1944 — Rakuyo Maru was torpedoed by an American submarine. 

1914 — The Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force landed at Rabaul on New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

1945 — Australian troops liberated the Batu Lintang prisoner of war camp on Borneo, Indonesia. 

1910 — HMAS Paramatta and Yarra were commissioned.

1942 — Australian troops were driven from Brigade Hill on the Kokoda Trail, Papua New Guinea. 

1945 — General Thomas Blamey accepted the Japanese surrender on Morotai. 

2004 — Ten Australians were killed in the Jakarta embassy bombing, Indonesia. 

1943 — Italy surrendered unconditionally to the Allies. 

1951 — The Treaty of San Francisco was formally signed ending hostilities between the Allies and Japan. 

1954 — Australia signed the Manilla Treaty. 

1940 — German aviators began the Blitz in Britain. 

1942 — The Japanese evacuation from Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, concluded.

1943 — The Liberator Crash occurred at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 

1951 — HMAS ANZAC shelled targets near Haeju, Korea. 

1999 — RAAF aircraft began evacuating civilians from Dili, East Timor. 

1942 — Australian troops were driven from Templeton’s Crossing on the Kokoda Trail, Papua New Guinea. 

1942 — Japanese forces began their evacuation from Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. 

1943 — Australian troops landed at Lae, Papua New Guinea.

1975 — An RAAF Caribou was hijacked by East Timorese soldiers fleeing Dili.

1939 — Britain and Australia declared war on Germany.

1939 — The first German attack against an allied merchant ship occurred. 

1958 — Australian Canberra bombers performed their first combat mission in Malaya. 

2000 — First commemoration of Merchant Navy Day.