1917 — The Third Battle of Ypres began.

1962 — The first members of the Australian Army Training Team for Vietnam arrived in South Vietnam. 

2009 — Australian combat operations in Iraq officially ended. 

1915 — The first Australia Day was held. It was organised by Ellen Wharton Kirke to raise funds for those serving in the Great War.

1942 — Darwin, Port Headland, and Horn Island were bombed by Japanese warplanes.

1942 — Australian troops retreated from Kokoda, Papua New Guinea. 

1951 — RAAF pilots flew the first combat mission by Australian jet aircraft in Korea. 

1942 — The First Battle of Kokoda began in Papua New Guinea.

1942 — Townsville was bombed by Japanese warplanes. 

1942 — The Australian Women’s Land Army was formed. 

1942 — The battle of Ruin Ridge was fought in Egypt during the First Battle of El Alamein.

1953 — The Korean War ceasefire came into effect. 

1940 — The RAAF Nursing Service was formed. 

1942 — Darwin was raided by Japanese warplanes.

1945 — The Allies issued their surrender ultimatum to Japan.

1950 — Australian ground troops were committed to the Korean War. 

1953 — The Battle of the Samichon River ended in Korea. 

1910 — The Australian Government authorised construction of HMAS Sydney and Melbourne. 

1943 — Benito Mussolini was arrested.

1944 — Ruby Boye, Australia’s only female Coastwatcher, was awarded the British Empire Medal. 

1900 — The Battle of Stinkhoutboom, South Africa.

1943 — Operation GOMORRAH began over Hamburg, Germany. 

1953 — The Battle of the Samichon River began in Korea. 

1916 — The Battle of Pozieres began in France. 

1942 — Australian and Papuan troops ambushed Japanese troops at Awala on the Kokoda Trail, Papua New Guinea.

2006 — RAAF aircraft began evacuating Australians from Lebanon. 

1900 — The Battle of the Koster River, South Africa. 

1938 — The Australian War Memorial opened at Villers-Bretonneux. 

1942 — Japanese troops began advancing up the Kokoda Trail.