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Appendix 5 Rabaul to Return indicative domestic and international program, 2014–15



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Appendix 5 Rabaul to Return indicative domestic and international program, 2014–15


(Example only, as actual program will differ from this)

Domestic program


Date

Day/anniversary

Possible event/initiative

4 August 2014

100th anniversary of the commencement of the First World War




10 August 2014

100th anniversary of commencement of voluntary recruitment for Australian Imperial Force (WWI)




13 August 2014

100th anniversary of the establishment of the Australian Red Cross




19 August 2014

100th anniversary of departure of expeditionary force from Australia to capture German possessions in Pacific (WWI)




3 September 2014

Merchant Navy Day

Annual observance

11 September 2014

100th anniversary of Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force landing at Rabaul, New Guinea




1 November 2014

100th anniversary of the departure of the convoy carrying the AIF and New Zealand Expeditionary Force from Albany for Egypt

Albany Convoy commemorative event

Opening of the Anzac Interpretive Centre in Albany



9 November 2014

100th anniversary of HMAS Sydney disabling German cruiser SMS Emden in Battle of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean

Naval commemorative service on Cocos (Keeling) Islands

11 November 2014

Remembrance Day

Annual observance

January 2015




Australia Post WWI commemorative stamp issued

DVA education resource

Sydney Festival

National Multicultural Festival (ACT)

Opening of National Archives of Australia ‘Australian Experiences of WWI at Home’ exhibition (ACT) (exhibition to run from January to September 2015)


February 2015




Anticipated official launch of AWM redeveloped First World War Galleries (ACT)

19 February 2015

100th anniversary of the commencement of the Allied warships’ bombardment of Turkish defences of the Dardanelles




March 2015




Royal Australian Mint coin release

AWM/ANU International Conference ‘Gallipoli 1915—A Century On’

Avalon Air Show ‘Anzac’ theme including WWI aircraft (VIC)

Anzac Air Show Travelling Exhibition

Adelaide Festival (SA)

Ten Days on the Island Festival (TAS)



18 March 2015

100th anniversary of the conclusion of the Battle of Canakkale, Dardanelles




April 2015




Opening of expanded Shrine of Remembrance (VIC)

Opening of Australian Turkish Friendship Memorial Sculpture (VIC)



25 April 2015

Anzac Day—100th anniversary of first landings by Australian and Allied forces on Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey

Locally organised Anzac Day commemorations will occur in communities across Australia

Digitisation of WWI records

History of Anzac Day publication by Monash University

Launch of South Australian Virtual War Memorial

Storage and display of WWI glass plate negatives (Fairfax Media)

AFL game


8 May 2015

100th anniversary of Australian involvement in the Second Battle of Krithia, Gallipoli Campaign




19 May 2015

100th anniversary of Turkish counterattack on ANZAC forces, Gallipoli Campaign




24 May 2015

100th anniversary of formal truce to bury dead of 19 May battle, Gallipoli Campaign




Late May

Reconciliation Week—Indigenous veterans’ ceremonies

Annual observance week

August 2015




Darwin Festival (NT)

6–9 August 2015

100th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Lone Pine and 100th anniversary of the charge of an Australian Light Horse Brigade at the Nek, Gallipoli campaign




September 2015




Floriade (ACT)

Brisbane Festival (QLD)



3 September 2015

Merchant Navy Day

Annual observance

October 2015




Melbourne International Arts Festival

10 October – 12 November 2015

100th anniversary of the first Coo-ee March from Gilgandra to Sydney

Re-enactment of Coo-ee March from Gilgandra to Sydney (NSW)

11 November 2015

Remembrance Day

Annual observance

20 December 2015

100th anniversary of the evacuation of the last Anzac troops from Gallipoli Peninsula



International program


Date

Day/anniversary

Possible event/initiative

14 September 2014

100th anniversary of the loss of HMAS AE1 off New Guinea

Naval commemorative service off Rabaul

February 2015




Australia and New Zealand cricket match

25 April 2015

Anzac Day—100th anniversary of first landings by Australian and Allied forces on Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey

DVA will coordinate international commemorative services, including at Gallipoli, Villers-Bretonneux in France, Hellfire Pass in Thailand, Sandakan in Borneo, and Port Moresby and Isurava in Papua New Guinea

NRL Australia vs New Zealand test match



29 April 2015

100th anniversary of the loss of HMAS AE2 in Sea of Marmara during Gallipoli Campaign

Naval commemorative service at site of wreck

May 2015




New Zealand matches—volleyball, basketball, netball, soccer


Appendix 6 Century of Service indicative domestic and international program, 2014–15


(Example only, as actual program will differ from this)

Domestic program


Date

Day/anniversary

Possible event/initiative

5 August 2014

70th anniversary of Cowra NSW breakout by Japanese prisoners of war (WWII)




18 August 2014

Vietnam Veterans’ Day

Annual observance

3 September 2014

Merchant Navy Day and Battle for Australia Day

Annual observances

3 September 2014

75th anniversary of the commencement of WWII




14 September 2014

National Peacekeeper and Peacemaker Day

Annual observance

15 September 2014

75th anniversary of mobilisation of militia and establishment of Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) for service overseas announced by Australian Government (WWII)




11 October 2014


115th anniversary of commencement of Boer War




24 October 2014

United Nations Day

Annual observance

10 November 2014

50th anniversary of the announcement of reintroduction of National Service on 10 November 1964




11 November 2014

Remembrance Day

Annual observance

January 2015




DVA education resource

Sydney Festival

National Multicultural Festival (ACT)


10 January 2015

75th anniversary of First convoy of Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) sailing for Middle East in 1940 (WWII)




26 January 2015

70th anniversary of commencement of first Sandakan, Borneo death march in 1945




13 February 2015

50th anniversary of First Australian SAS Squadron advance party departed for Borneo for Indonesian Confrontation




14 February 2015

National Servicemen’s Day

Annual observance

March 2015




Royal Australian Mint coin release

Adelaide Festival (SA)



Ten Days on the Island Festival (TAS)

24 April 2015

Kapyong Day

Annual observance

1 May – August 2015

70th anniversary of the beginning of the Borneo Campaign (WWII)




8 May 2015

70th anniversary of end of WWII in Europe in 1945. Victory in Europe (VE) Day

Annual observance

27 May 2015

50th anniversary of First Australian battalion departing for Vietnam War




Late May

Reconciliation Week—Indigenous veterans’ ceremonies

Annual observance week

29 May 2015

Sandakan Day

Annual observance

25 June 2015

65th anniversary of commencement of Korean War




1 July 2015

Reserve Forces Day

Annual observance

10 July – 31 October 2015

75th anniversary of Battle of Britain (WWII)




10 July 2015

70th anniversary of commencement of operations in Borneo (Labuan)




15 July 2015

75th anniversary of the 1940 formation of the Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) formed for home defence (WWII)




19 July 2015

75th anniversary of sinking of Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni by HMAS Sydney II off Crete (WWII)




26 July 2015

75th anniversary of the formation of the WWII Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS)




27 July 2015

Korea Veterans’ Day

Annual observance

August 2015




Darwin Festival (NT)

6 and 9 August 2015

70th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by US forces in 1945 (WWII)




18 August 2015

Vietnam Veterans’ Day

Annual observance

September 2015




Floriade (ACT)

Brisbane Festival (QLD)



2 September 2015

Battle for Australia Day

Annual observance

2 September 2015

70th anniversary of the formal surrender of Japan in WWII in 1945




3 September 2015

Merchant Navy Day

Annual observance

14 September 2015

National Peacekeeper and Peacemaker Day

Annual observance

October 2015




Melbourne International Arts Festival

10 October 2015

25th anniversary of departure of HMAS Brisbane and Sydney to Persian Gulf for Operation Desert Shield




24 October 2015

United Nations Day

Annual observance

11 November 2015

Remembrance Day

Annual observance

22 November 2015

70th anniversary of the formation of the War Widow’s Guild



International program


Date

Day/anniversary

Possible event/initiative

February 2015




Australia and New Zealand cricket match

May 2015




New Zealand matches—volleyball, basketball, netball, soccer

15 August 2015

70th anniversary of the end of WWII—Victory in the Pacific (VP Day)—Sandakan Day

Annual observance with service held at Sandakan Memorial Park, Sabah


Bibliography


Australian Army History Unit, The Australian Army: A Brief History, Big Sky Publishing, Newport, NSW, 2011.

Beaumont, J., Australia’s War 1914–18, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, 1995.

Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Amiens to the Hindenburg Line, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 2008.

Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Australian Flying Corps, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 2010.

Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Australian Light Horse, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 2007.

Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Bapaume and Bullecourt, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 2007.

Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Fromelles and the Somme, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 2006.

Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Gallipoli, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 2010.

Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Villers-Bretonneux to Le Hamel, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 2008.

Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Ypres 1917, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 2008.

Giese, D., Courage and Service, Chinese Australians and World War II, Sydney, 1999.

Grey, J., A Military History of Australia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990.

Larsson, M., Shattered Anzacs: Living with the Scars of War, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, 2009.

Londey, P., Indigenous Australian Servicemen, Australian War Memorial, http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/aborigines/indigenous/.

Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Centenary of Anzac, media release, Anzac Centenary Grants Announced, 19 February 2013.

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Victoria, media release, 1 May 2012.

National Commission on the Commemoration of the Anzac Centenary, How Australia May Commemorate the Anzac Centenary, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, March 2011.

Oppenheimer, M., Australian Women and War, Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Canberra, 2008.



The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1995.

Simkins, P., Jukes, G., Hickey, M., The First World War: The War to End All Wars, Osprey, Oxford, 2003.



Wong Sue, J., Blood on Borneo, Skindivers publication, Perth, 2001.

1 Larsson, M., Shattered Anzacs: Living with the Scars of War, University of New South Wales Press Ltd, University of NSW, 2009.

2 Grey, J., A Military History of Australia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990.

3 The Australian Army: A Brief History, Big Sky Publishing, Canberra, 2011.

4 Material in this section has been drawn extensively from Oppenheimer, M., Australian Women and War, Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Canberra, 2008.

5 Material in this section has been drawn primarily from Londey, P., Indigenous Australian Servicemen, Australian War Memorial, http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/aborigines/indigenous/, and The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1995.

6 National Commission on the Commemoration of the Anzac Centenary, How Australia May Commemorate the Anzac Centenary, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, March 2011.

7 Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Victoria, media release, 1 May 2012.


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