1943 — Australian troops landed at Scarlett Beach on the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. 

1943 — An Australian midget submarine damaged the German Battleship Tirpitz in Norway.

1918 — The Battle of Wadi Fara was fought in Palestine.

1971 — The Battle of Nui Le was fought in Vietnam. 

1912 — The Australian Flying Corps was officially formed.  

1917 — The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge began in Belgium. 

1999 — The International Force for East Timor landed in Dili.

1918 — The Battle of Megiddo began in Palestine.

1942 — Australian commandos captured Kaiapat, Papua New Guinea. 

1918 — Australian troops launched a large attack against the Hindenburg Line in France. 

1999 — The bulk of warships supporting the International Force for East Timor put to sea. 

1942 — The Japanese advance along the Kokoda Trail was stopped.  

1944 — Damien Parer was killed covering the Battle of Peleliu, Palau. 

1950 — The advance party of 3RAR arrived in Korea. 

1942 — Japanese troops secured Ioribaiwa on the Kokoda Trail, Papua New Guinea.

1943 — Japanese troops evacuated Lae, Papua New Guinea.

2006 — At the same ceremony, HMAS Westralia was decommissioned and her replacement, HMAS Sirius, was commissioned. 

1939 — The Australian Government announced the formation of the Second Australian Imperial Force. 

1940 — The largest aerial engagement during the Battle of Britain occurred over London. 

1944 — Australian forces began their assault on Morotai in modern-day Indonesia.

1948 — Operation PELICAN - Australia’s contribution to the Berlin airlift began. 

1986 — Australia’s federal cabinet met aboard HMAS Stalwart to celebrate the Royal Australian Navy’s 75th Anniversary. 

1914 — Australia’s first submarine AE1 sank off New Guinea.

1947 — Australian peacekeepers under United Nations remit began operations in Indonesia. 

2001 — Prime Minister John Howard invoked the ANZUS treaty in response to the 9/11 attacks. 

1914 — HMAS Protector captured the German Merchant Ship Madang off New Britain. 

1947 — HMAS Warrnambool sank off Queensland.