1944— Battle of Adele River, a series of patrolling actions in southern Bougainville.

1951— HMAS Sydney completed a tour of operations off the west coast of Korea. Aircraft from Sydney significantly disrupted enemy supply lines.

1917— The first Sopwith Pup flew from a temporary flightdeck of HMAS Australia.

1941— Australian and Dutch forces occupied Portuguese Timor.

1942— Battle of Cape Endaiadere-Sinemi Creek, Papua New Guinea. 

1942— The Australian Army Medical Women’s Service, or AAMWS, was established within the Australian Army Medical Corps. Voluntary Aid Detachments were absorbed into this new service. 

1944— Battle of Artillery (Arty) Hill, Bougainville.

1939— The Empire Air Training Scheme agreement was signed. Australia was to provide basic training, followed by advanced training in Canada for 28,000 personnel over three years to relieve aircrew shortages. 

1941— HMAS Swan and HMAS Bantam landed troops on the island of Ambon, Indonesia.

1941—HMAS Nizam was fired on by 15-inch shells from an Italian battleship during the Battle of Sirte.  This was the last time an RAN ship was engaged by an enemy battleship.

1944— Battle of Matapau, New Guinea.

1944 — HMAS Napier and HMAS Nepal supported the 74th Indian Brigade as it drove south in the vicinity of the Naf River, Burma.  

1900— HMS Royal Arthur, bringing the first Governor General of Australia, the Earl of Hopetoun, arrives in Sydney.

1941— HMAS Nestor sinks the German U-boat U127 south-west of Cape St Vincent, Portugal.

1944— Australian troops landed at Bougainville to relieve US forces. 

1941 — Japanese forces landed at Penang, Malaya, in their drive down the Malay peninsula.

1944— HMAS Napier provided support for Allied troop attacks around St Martins Island, Burma, with close-range gunfire.

1944 — In the largest operation of its type, twenty-four RAAF PBY Catalina aircraft took off from Leyte to mine Manila Bay.  One failed to return resulting in the loss of nine personnel.

1914— Lieutenant Norman Holbrook RN was awarded a Victoria Cross for his bravery as the Commanding Officer of Royal Navy submarine HMS B11, in penetrating the Dardanelles and sinking a Turkish warship. The NSW town of Germanton was renamed Holbrook in his honour.

1915— Australian Light Horse troops were deployed against pro-Turkish Arab forces, known as the Senussi, at Um Rakham, Egypt.

1942— HMA Ships Colac, Ballarat, Broome, and Whyalla landed troops at Buna.

1941 — In response to the increasing threat from Japan, the War Cabinet of the Australian Government decided that women and children should be evacuated from Darwin.

1918— HMAS Brisbane arrived in Sevastopol, Russia, in support of White Russian forces fighting against revolutionary Bolshevik forces.

1941—The corvette HMAS Goulburn captured the Japanese fish carrier, Kofuku Maru off Singapore. The vessel was taken to Colombo and later renamed Krait.