1974— RAAF C-130 Hercules of No 37 Squadron arrive in Darwin in the wake of Cyclone Tracy to begin the Australian Defence Force relief of the city.

1941— Benghazi is recaptured in one of five times the city changed hands during the war in North Africa.

1974— HMAS Arrow sank with the loss of 2 lives, and HMAS Attack was driven aground when Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin. 

1916— The ANZAC Mounted Division under Major General Chauvel, captured Magdhaba, Sinai.

1962— The Indonesian Confrontation begins with an Indonesian backed attempted coup in the Sultanate of Brunei in north Borneo.

1916— The ANZAC Mounted Division under Major General Harry Chauvel began an overnight march to attack Magdhaba, Sinai.

1941— The first soldiers from the United States arrived in Australia.  Australia soon became a major base for US forces in the war against Japan and signalled a re-alignment of Australia’s defence strategy.

1916— Australian Light Horse capture El Arish. El Arish became one of the first steps in the Allied advance on Palestine.

1942— Battle of Sio, New Guinea, commences.

1970— HMAS Perth engaged in a counter-battery duel with Viet Cong guns located in the Long Hai hills of South Vietnam.

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.