Victoria Remembers Calendar 2016 Did you know?



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April 2016

April 2016





Friday

1

The Australian Imperial Force is formally disbanded, 1921.

Saturday

2

Private Joergen Jensen of 50th Battalion is awarded the VC, Noreuil, France, 1917.

Sunday

3

The first Australian Special Forces contingent is welcomed home from its six-month deployment to Afghanistan, 2002.

Monday

4

3rd and 4th Australian Divisions defends Villers-Bretonneux and Dernancourt, France, 1918.

Tuesday

5

Battle of Ancre, France, 1918.

Wednesday

6

1RAR takes up positions in Korea, taking over from the Royal Leicesters, 1952.

Thursday

7

Geelong-born Captain James Newland performs the first of several extremely brave deeds which see him awarded the Victoria Cross, 1917.

Friday

8

General Erwin Rommel's lead forces arrive on the outskirts of Tobruk the 9th Division and one brigade of 7th Division will be the main defenders of the advance,1941.

Saturday

9

Destroyer HMAS Vampire sunk by Japanese aircraft while escorting the British aircraft carrier Hermes off Ceylon, 1942.

Sunday

10

At the Shrine Commemorative service: Rats of Tobruk Association and 2/4th Australian General Hospital, Siege of Tobruk 75th Anniversary

Monday

11

4th Australian Division takes part in the attack on Bullecourt, 1917.

Tuesday

12

1st Australian Division involved in the Battle of Hazebrouck, France, 1918.

Wednesday

13

Australian infantry and tanks of the Royal Horse Artillery fight off Rommel's Afrika Korps at Tobruk,1941.

Thursday

14

Corporal John Edmondson, 2/17th Battalion, awarded a posthumous VC during the defence of Tobruk, 1941.

Friday

15

Lieutenant Charles Pope is awarded a posthumous VC for his actions at Louverval, France, 1917.

Saturday

16

2RAR arrives home in Brisbane from service in the Korean War, 1954.

Sunday

17

Second Battle of Gaza, Palestine, 1917.

Monday

18

Battle of Tempe Gorge, Greece, 1941.

Tuesday

19

The "Morotai Mutiny" occurs when several RAAF officers submitted identical letters of resignation to the commander of 1st Tactical Air Force, Air Commodore Harry Cobby, 1945.

Wednesday

20

Riots in Honiara, Solomon Islands, see Australian peacekeeping forces deployed, 2006.

Thursday

21

Baron Von Richthofen, the Red Baron, is shot down by Australian anti-aircraft machine-gunners of 5th Division while involved in low-level aerial combat with Royal Flying Corps aircraft, 1918.

Friday

22

At the Shrine Commemorative service: Melbourne Legacy Student's Service

Saturday

23

Battle of Kapyong begins, Korea 1951.

Sunday

24

At the Shrine Commemorative service: Friends on the 15th Brigade, Villiers Bretonneux Day

Monday

25

ANZAC Day At the Shrine Commemorative service: ANZAC Day

Tuesday

26

Australian 4th Infantry Brigade occupies Alexishafen, New Guinea, 1944.

Wednesday

27

RAAF 75 Squadron F/A18 Hornets fly their last combat missions in Iraq, 2003.

Thursday

28

Australia ratifies the Treaty of San Francisco, otherwise known as the Peace Treaty, with Japan, 1952.

Friday

29

Central Flying School (CFS) is reformed at Point Cook, 1940.

Saturday

30

Australian submarine AE2 is sunk in the Sea of Marmora, 1915.


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