January–August 1945
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Sandakan-Ranau death marches occurred
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9 January 1940
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Australian Comforts Fund (ACF) established
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10 January 1940
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First convoy of 2nd AIF sailed for Middle East
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26 January 1945
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First Sandakan death march commenced in Borneo
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13 February 1965
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First Australian SAS Squadron advance party departed for Borneo (Indonesian Confrontation)
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19 February 1915
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Allied warships commenced bombardment of Turkish defences of the Dardanelles
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18 March 1915
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Final day of combined British–French naval assault on the Dardanelles
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25 April 1915
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First landings by Australian and Allied forces on Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey
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29 April 1915
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HMAS AE2 scuttled in Sea of Marmara
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29 April 1965
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Prime Minister Menzies announced commitment of first Australian combat forces (1RAR) to South Vietnam
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1 May–August 1945
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Borneo Campaign
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8 May 1915
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Battle of Krithia, Gallipoli Campaign
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8 May 1945
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Victory in Europe (VE) Day
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19 May 1915
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Turkish counter-attack on Anzac forces, Gallipoli Campaign
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19–20 May 1915
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Actions that led to award of Victorian Cross to Lance Corporal Albert Jacka, 14th Battalion, AIF, Gallipoli Campaign
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27 May 1965
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First Australian combat force departs for Vietnam
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25 June 1950
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Commencement of Korean War
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27 June 1950
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Australia’s first involvement in Malayan Emergency (RAAF bomber squadron sent to Malaya)
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29 June 1950
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Australia committed military units to United Nations Force in Korea
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10 July – 31 October 1940
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Battle of Britain
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10 July 1945
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Operations commenced in Borneo (Labuan)
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15 July 1940
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Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) formed for home defence
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19 July 1940
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HMAS Sydney II sank Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni off Crete
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24 July 1900
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Actions that led to award of Victoria Cross to Lieutenant Neville Howse, NSW Army Medical Corps, Boer War
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26 July 1940
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Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS) formed
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31 July 1960
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Malayan Emergency ended
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6 and 9 August 1945
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Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by US bombers
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6 August 1915
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Battles of Lone Pine and Sari Bair began
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7 August 1915
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Charge of Australian Light Horse units at the Nek, Gallipoli
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15 August 1945
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End of WWII — Victory in the Pacific
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2 September 1945
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Formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay
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12 September 1955
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Malayan Emergency — 2RAR advance party arrived in Malaya
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10 October 1990
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HMAS Brisbane and Sydney left for Persian Gulf to join multinational naval forces as part of Operation Desert Shield
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10 October – 12 November 1915
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Coo-ee March from Gilgandra to Sydney
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19 October 1945
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War Widows Guild of Australia founded
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