1911 — The Royal Military College at Duntroon officially opened. 

1945 — The Battle of Beaufort, Borneo, began. 

1945 — Australian troops on Bougainville broke Japanese defences on the Mivo River. 

1950 — The Korean War began. 

1942 — German General Erwin Rommel’s Panzerarmee Afrika drove into Egypt. 

1942 — Maroubra Force was formed on the Kokoda Trail, Papua. 

1941 — Merdjayoun, Lebanon, was recaptured by Australian forces.

1956 — HMAS Vampire (II) was commissioned. 

1941 — The Battle of Dimas, Syria, began. 

1956 — An Australian patrol was ambushed at Sungei Bemban, Borneo. 

2013 — Australian commandos raided the Kalash Valley, Afghanistan. 

1864 — The Battle of Te Ranga, New Zealand. 

1911 — The Royal Military Academy at Duntroon inducted their first officer cadets. 

1913 — HMAS Australia (I) was commissioned. 

1941 — The Vichy French garrison in Damascus, Syria, surrendered. 

1941 — The Battle of Damascus, Syria, began.

1943 — The Battle of Lababia Ridge, New Guinea, began.

1943 — 14 Japanese aircraft were shot down by RAAF interceptors over Darwin. 

1950 — 38 Squadron of the RAAF deployed to the Malayan Emergency. 

1952 — Australian troops took up positions on the ‘Jamestown Line’, Korea. 

1940 — The RAAF lost their first personnel on active service.

1954 — The RAN received their first DeHavilland Vampire fighters.