—
1943
ITALY announced unconditional surrender to the Allies. Fighting against the Germans went on in Italy for more than a year
—
1954
AUSTRALIA signed the “MANILA TREATY” to form a military alliance with France, UK, US, New Zealand, Philippines, Pakistan and Thailand, known as the SEATO Alliance
—
1964
76 Sqn RAAF deployed to Darwin in case of Indonesian attack. This was part of “Operation Handover” a response to the Indonesian — Malaysian Confrontation
