Victoria Remembers Calendar 2016 Did you know?


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March 2016




March 2016




Tuesday

1

Naval forces of the Australian colonies are amalgamated in the Commonwealth Naval Forces, 1901.

Wednesday

2

Battle of the Bismarck Sea begins, New Guinea, 1943.

Thursday

3

For the first time, an Australian force from a self-governing colony serves in an imperial war when the Australian contingent leaves Sydney Harbour for Sudan, 1885.

Friday

4

HMAS Yarra is sunk while attempting to escape from Singapore, 1942.

Saturday

5

HMAS Sydney returns to Australia from Vietnam with 5RAR onboard, 1970.

Sunday

6

NSW Mounted Rifles engage Boer guerillas on the approach to Blomfontein, 1900.

Monday

7

3RAR deploys to Borneo during Konfrontasi with Indonesia, 1965.

Tuesday

8

Australia's first flying school, the Central Flying School, is formed at Point Cook, Victoria, 1913.

Wednesday

9

First elements of 7 Division arrive in Adelaide after service in Middle East, 1942.

Thursday

10

After landing at Lae and Salamaua on 8 March, Japanese forces land at Finschhafen, New Guinea, 1942.

Friday

11

The first Australian contingent arrives in Namibia as part of the United Nations Transition Assistance Group, Australia's largest deployment since the Vietnam War, 1989.

Saturday

12

3RAR captures Hill 703 during the Korean War, 1951.

Sunday

13

Australian troops enter Blomfontein, South Africa, during the Boer War 1900.

Monday

14

Labour Day Bert Hinkler is made an honorary Squadron Leader in the RAAF after the first successful solo flight from England to Australia, 1928.

Tuesday

15

Recruiting for the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) begins, 1941.

Wednesday

16

St Kilda's Lieutenant William Newton, 22 Squadron, leads an attack on the Japanese for which he will be awarded a VC, 1943.

Thursday

17

Australian forces attack Italian outposts in the Battle of Giarabub, Libya, 1941.

Friday

18

The decision to undertake an amphibious landing at Gallipoli on 25 April is made after British and French vessels are sunk by Turkish sea mines in the Dardanelles, Turkey, 1915.

Saturday

19

Australian commander General Blamey arrives in Athens, 1941.

Sunday

20

Frank McNamara becomes the first Australian aviator to receive the VC during World War One, 1917.

Monday

21

The Australian Corps play a pivotal role in stopping the German advance during the Kaiseschlacht (Kaiser's Battle), 1918.

Tuesday

22

Most of the Australian 16 Brigade, 6th Division, arrives in Greece, 1941.

Wednesday

23

Australian forces capture Waitavolo and Tol Plantations on New Britain, 1945.

Thursday

24

The final Australian infantry battalion, 1RAR, leaves Korea, 1956.

Friday

25

Good Friday Lieutenant Albert Chowne, 2/2nd Battalion, receives posthumous VC during the Aitape-Wewak Campaign, New Guinea, 1945.

Saturday

26

Captain Percy Cherry, originally from Drysdale, is awarded the VC for "bravery beyond description" during the battle of Lagnicourt, France, 1917.

Sunday

27

C-47 Dakota crashes after take-off from Archerfield airbase, Brisbane, killing all onboard, the largest single loss of RAAF personnel,1943.

Monday

28

Easter Monday 7th Brigade involved in the Battle of Slater's Knoll, Bougainville, which would last a week, 1945.

Tuesday

29

Battle of Cape Matapan off the Greek coast ends, in which HMAS Perth and Stuart have participated, 1941.

Wednesday

30

As the South Vietnamese regime collapses in the face of the communist offensive, RAAF C-130 Hercules transports fly humanitarian relief missions, 1975.

Thursday

31

After World War One, the squadrons of the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) became the Australian Air Corps in 1920 and then the Royal Australian Air Force,1921.


soldiers in formation in front of the shrine of rememberance. flags are at half mast.



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