Victoria Remembers Calendar 2016 Did you know?



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June 2016




June 2016





Wednesday

1

The final Commonwealth troops are evacuated from Crete, 1941.

Thursday

2

The Victorian 37th/52nd Australian Infantry Battalion lands on Karkar Island during the advance on Sio, New Guinea, 1944.

Friday

3

HMAS Melbourne and USN Frank E. Evans collide in the South China Sea with 74 lives lost, 1969.

Saturday

4

Battle of Midway begins, 1942.

Sunday

5

At the Shrine Commemorative service: Bomber Command

Monday

6

Australian servicemen are involved on sea, air and land, most serving with British units, in what becomes known as D-Day, 1944.

Tuesday

7

Battle of Messines begins, costing ANZAC Corps 13,500 casualties, 1917.

Wednesday

8

Sydney and Newcastle are shelled by Japanese submarines, 1942.

Thursday

9

Australian 7 Division crosses the Litani River, Syria, 1941.

Friday

10

Operation Oboe 6, an amphibious landing on Labuan Island in Brunei Bay on the island of Borneo begins, 1945.

Saturday

11

Corporal Ben Roberts Smith, SAS, is awarded the VC for actions during a helicopter assault in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, 2010.

Sunday

12

Two Army Blackhawk helicopters crash during a night time training mission, killing 15 members of the SAS and 3 aircrew, 1996.

Monday

13

Queen's Birthday At the Shrine Commemorative service: Queen's Birthday 21 Gun Salute

Tuesday

14

6RAR begins first operation in Vietnam, 1966.

Wednesday

15

Sergeant James Rogers, 1st Victorian Mounted Infantry Company, is awarded the VC for rescuing several men whose mounts had been shot from under them during the Boer War, 1901.

Thursday

16

HMAS Nestor is sunk whilst escorting a convoy to Malta, 1942.

Friday

17

A pilot of 10 Squadron, RAAF, receives the first decoration for bravery after carrying out an attack on a German U-boat, 1940.

Saturday

18

RAAF C-130 Hercules transport planes bring home the final members of the ADF Overwatch Battle Group from Iraq, 2008.

Sunday

19

Lieutenant Roden Cutler, 2/5th Field Regiment is awarded the VC for repeated acts of bravery between 19 June and 6 July during the Syrian Campaign, 1941.

Monday

20

The supply ship HMAS Matafele disappears with all hands while en route from Townsville to Milne Bay, Papua, 1944.

Tuesday

21

Damascus, Syria, captured by British and Australian forces, 1941.

Wednesday

22

Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of Russia, 1941.

Thursday

23

The Australian contingent to the Sudan War returns to Sydney Harbour, 1885.

Friday

24

German General Rommel advances into Egypt, 1942.

Saturday

25

North Korea invades South Korea, sparking Australian preparations for deployment, 1950.

Sunday

26

Private John Jackson, 17th Battalion becomes the first Australian to be awarded the VC on the Western Front, 1916.

Monday

27

Royal Military College, Duntroon, Canberra, is founded, 1911.

Tuesday

28

Treaty of Versailles signed, formally ending the Great War, 1919.

Wednesday

29

Australia's commitment to the United Nations intervention in the Korean War begins, 1950.

Thursday

30

HMAS Waterhen sunk, the first Australian vessel lost during WWII, on the Tobruk Run, 1941.


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