1941— Australian 6th Division troops began the attack on Tobruk, Libya. HMA Ships Stuart, Vampire, and Voyager were also involved in the attack.
1942— Japanese submarine I-124 is sunk by HMAS Deloraine in the Arafura Sea, the first Japanese warship to be sunk by the RAN in the Second World War.
1965— Following a formal request for assistance by the Malaysian Government, the Australian commits 3RAR to the Indonesian Confrontation.
1942— In response to the Japanese build-up in the Pacific, No 24 Squadron, RAAF, was relocated to Rabaul, New Britain, to protect the area.
1951— A Company, 3RAR occupied Inchon, Korea, while moving north with the 27th Brigade in a counter-offensive operation.
1942— North Borneo surrendered to the Japanese providing access to oil fields vital to the Japanese war effort in the Pacific.
1951— Mustangs of No 77 Squadron, RAAF, launched a rocket attack on suspected Chinese headquarters in Pyongyang, Korea.
2003— Operation BASTILLE commences with HMA Ships Anzac, Darwin, and Kanimbla as part of a coalition force preparing for operations against the Iraqi regime.
1942— Lieutenant Colonel Charles Anderson of the 2/19 Battalion, is awarded a Victoria Cross for his actions in Australia’s first contact with Japanese troops at Maur, Malaya. He had previously been awarded a Military Cross in the Great War.
1945— Australian troops of the 2/5 Battalion engaged troops of the 41st Japanese Division near the village of Balif, New Guinea.
1917— No 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, sailed for France. This was the last AFC Squadron formed during the Great War.
1945— Battle of Tsimba Ridge, a strongly fortified Japanese position in northern Bougainville.
1991— Coalition air attacks began against Iraqi forces in Iraq and Kuwait, marking the beginning of the Gulf War.
1942— Australian, British, and Indian troops were engaged in fierce fighting with Japanese forces near Muar, Malaya, resulting in heavy losses.
1952— The Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney began its seventh, and final, patrol of the Korea War.
1944— Australian 9th Division troops captured Sio, New Guinea. This victory represented the final destruction of the Japanese in the protracted campaign on the Huon Peninsula.
1993— 1RAR arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia in support of United Nations efforts. 1RAR’s task was to provide a safe zone from which humanitarian aid could be distributed.
1918— Petty Officer Percy Kempster, a RAN sailor seconded to the Royal Navy, died when HM Submarine G8 was lost in the North Sea. PO Kempster had been awarded a Distinguished Service Medal for his bravery and dedication to duty while serving in G8 only weeks before his death.
1900— “A” Squadron, NSW Mounted Rifles marched on the rebellious township of Prieska during the Boer War in South Africa.
1916— 189 men of the RAN Bridging Train, in camp on Imbros Island, mutinies over lack of pay. They were all arrested but released three weeks later.
1965— The Australian military commitment to the Indonesian Confrontation commences with the arrival of 1 Squadron SAS in Borneo.
2005— HMAS Kanimbla reached Banda Aceh to provide medical and food support to the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
1943— The Allied attack on Sanananda, New Guinea, commences.
1988— Captain Peter McCarthy, of the Australian Army, became the first Australian killed in United Nation peace-keeping duties when his vehicle hit a land mine in Lebanon.