1900 — 1st NSW Mounted Rifles engaged in the Battle of Bothaville, during the Boer War in South Africa.
1951 — Private Horace “Slim” Madden is posthumously awarded a George Cross for outstanding heroism while a Prisoner of War of the Chinese Communist forces in Korea.
1914— Britain and France declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
1942— Battle of Gorari, New Guinea, began. This was the last major engagement on the Kokoda Trail.
1950— Battle of Pakchon, Korea. 3RAR attacked and defended crucial positions in the face of heavy North Korean and Chinese resistance.
1950— No 77 Squadron RAAF flies in support of the 3RAR for the first time in the Korean War during the Battle of Pakchon.
1944— HMA Ships Vendetta, Swan and Barcoo provided gun support for the Australian landing at Jacquinot Bay, New Britain.
1991— HMAS Sydney, HMAS Brisbane, and Navy Clearance Diving Team 3 were awarded Meritorious Unit Citations for their service in the Gulf War.
1918 — Armistice signed with Austria-Hungary, leaving Germany to fight alone for the remaining days of the Great War.
1941 — HMAS Napier and HMAS Nizam landed troops of the British 50th Division at Famagusta, Cyprus.
1942 — Lieutenant John Mould RANVR was awarded a George Cross for coolness and valour in disarming German mines.
1899— NSW Lancers became the first overseas volunteers to take part in the Boer War when they land in Capetown, South Africa.
1917— Battle of Daur, Mesopotamia, with the 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron supporting the British forces.
1942— Kokoda was recaptured during the Australian advance across the Owen Stanley Ranges.
1917— Battle of Beersheba, Palestine, by the 4th and 12th Australian Light Horse Regiments against Ottoman positions. This forces a break to the Ottoman line near Gaza and opens the advance into Palestine.
1942— SGT William Kibby is posthumously awarded a Victoria Cross for his actions between 23 and 31 October during the El Alamein campaign.
1918— The Ottoman Empire surrenders, ending their involvement in the First World War. Australian troops had faced Ottoman forces in Gallipoli, Palestine and Egypt, and Mesopotamia.
1942— HMAS Warrego, in preparation for an amphibious assault on Buna by Australian and American forces, surveyed the passage between Milne Bay and Cape Nelson off New Guinea.