1916 — 6th Australian Brigade attacked MOQUET FARM, near POZIERES, on the Somme River. Between 8th August and 3rd September 1916, some 11,000 Australians were killed or wounded in the fighting around Mouquet Farm
1942 — RAAF Squadrons 75,76, 30, and 22 in action at MILNE BAY, KOKODA and BUNA (PNG)
1941 — Persian sloop BABR sunk by HMAS YARRA at Khorrashahr Naval Base IRAN
1942 — Battle of MILNE BAY (PNG) began, resulting in the first defeat of the Japanese land forces in World War II
1948 — The first transport crews leave Australia to take part in Berlin Airlift
1942 — Australian Coastwatcher at PORLOCK (PNG) reported the Japanese 5th Sasebo Special Naval Landing Force moving along the coast between BUNA and MILNE BAY
1942 — HMAS AUSTRALIA and HMAS HOBART participated in Battle of East Solomon Islands during which the Japanese aircraft carrier RYUJO was sunk
1918 — Lt W.D. Joynt (8th Battalion) won VC at HERLEVILLE WOOD, France
1918 — Lt L.D. McCarthy won VC at MADAME WOOD, France
1940 — HMAS SYDNEY, WATERHEN, and STUART bombard Gulf of Bomba, LIBYA
1941 — HMAS STUART left the Mediterranean bringing to an end the 10th Destroyer Flotilla, the “SCRAP IRON FLOTILLA”
1942 — 18th Brigade landed at MILNE BAY (Papua), bringing Allied numbers in the area to more than 8,800
1944 — 44 Wing RAAF disbanded. This unit controlled Radar installation across Northern Australia. The Wing was reformed in 2000 and now commands military Air Traffic Control in Australia and overseas, including Sudan, East Timor, Iraq and the Solomon Islands
1908 — Great White Fleet enters Sydney
1915 — 17th and 18th Battalions AIF landed at ANZAC COVE
1943 — Brocks Creek, Northern Territory, is bombed by Japanese aircraft
1945 — 450 Sqn, Royal Australian Air Force, is disbanded at Lavarino, Italy
1994 — Main body of the Australian contingent to UNAMIR arrives in Kigali, Rwanda
1941 — Relief of Australian troops in TOBRUK. Between April and August 1941, about 14,000 Australian soldiers were besieged in Tobruk. They became known as the “Rats of Tobruk”
1943 — Japanese abandon positions in Mt Tambu, the highest point on the track that ran between Salamaua and Mubo in south-eastern New Guinea
1966 — Battle of LONG TAN (South Vietnam)
VIETNAM VETERANS DAY
1900 — Imperial Bushmen in action at BUFFELS HOEK, South Africa (Boer War). 5 Australians were killed
1914 — 3rd Battalion AIF is formed at Victoria Barracks, Sydney
1942 — 2/12th Battalion lands at MILNE BAY, New Guinea
1943 — Port Hedland (Western Australia) is bombed by Japanese aircraft
1918 — AFC Squadrons take part in raids on the SOMME
1966 — Heavy mortaring of Australian base at NUI DAT (South Vietnam) resulting in 24 wounded