Report to Government

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.