1915 — Troops of the 2nd Division suffered heavy casualties attacking Hill 60 on Gallipoli.

1941 — HMAS Stuart, the last of the Scrap Iron Flotilla, left the Mediterranean Sea. 

1908 — The British Royal Navy’s Great White Fleet entered Sydney Harbour. 

1943 — Brock’s Creek in the Northern Territory was bombed by Japanese aircraft. 

1994 — The main contingent of Australian United Nations peacekeepers arrived in Kigali, Rwanda. 

1914 — The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force departed from Sydney. 

1943 — Japanese troops retreat from Mount Tambu, Papua New Guinea.

1966 — The Battle of Long Tan, Vietnam. 

1971 — The Australian Government announced plans for the withdrawal of all troops from Vietnam. 

1900 — The Battle of Buffel’s Hook, in South Africa, ended. 

1943 — Japanese aircraft bombed Port Hedland in Western Australia. 

1959 — RAAF Canberra bombers conducted their last sortie of the Malayan Emergency. 

1900 — The Battle of Elands River ended. 

1900 — The Battle of Buffel’s Hook began in South Africa. 

1918 — RAAF aviators intercepted a major German air raid on Lille. 

1966 — The Australian base at Nui Dat, South Vietnam, was heavily mortared by Vietcong forces. 

1914 — The Australian 1st Division was formed. 

1945 — Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s unconditional surrender in the Second World War. 

1914 — The Australian Red Cross was established. 

1918 — The Battle of Etinehem ended in France. 

1921 — The ‘Royal’ prefix was added to the Australian Air Force. 

1940 — The Canberra air disaster occurred.

1941 — The Australian Women’s Army Service was formed. 

1918 — The battle of Proyart ended in France. 

1918 — General John Monash was knighted in the field by King George V. 

1942 — The Battle of Deniki began in Papua New Guinea.

1918 — The Battle of Lihons ended in France. 

1966 — The Indonesian Confrontation officially ended.