Victoria Remembers Calendar 2016 Did you know?


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October 2016




October 2016





Saturday

1

Australian Light Horsemen capture Damascus, Syria, 1918.

Sunday

2

20 Brigade, 9th Division, captures Finschhafen, New Guinea, 1943.

Monday

3

Battle of Maryang San begins, Korea, 1951.

Tuesday

4

The Battle of Broodseinde Ridge begins, 1917.

Wednesday

5

2nd Lieutenant George Ingram of Sandhurst is awarded the VC for his extraordinary heroism at Montbrehain, 1918.

Thursday

6

The crest of Hill 317 is captured by 3RAR during the Battle of Maryang San, Korea, 1953.

Friday

7

John Curtin becomes Prime Minister of Australia, 1941. Within weeks the Japanese will launch their attacks and Australia will go through its darkest hours.

Saturday

8

Australian-led peacekeeping "Operation Lagoon" in Bougainville, begins, 1994.

Sunday

9

Battle of Poelcappelle, 1917.

Monday

10

82 men killed when Aircraft Carrier HMAS Melbourne and her escorting destroyer HMAS Voyager collide, 1964.

Tuesday

11

Boer War begins, 1899.

Wednesday

12

2/25th Battalion contact Japanese defenders at Templeton's Crossing on the Kokoda Track, 1942.

Thursday

13

RAAF C-130 Hercules transport planes begin the evacuation of those injured in the Bali Bombings, 2002.

Friday

14

Battle of Eora Creek/Templeton's Crossing, Kokoda Track, Papua, 1942.

Saturday

15

25 Brigade drives the Japanese back from Templeton's Crossing on the Kokoda Track, 1942.

Sunday

16

Japanese forces launch concerted attacks on Scarlet Beach with 2/17th Battalion bearing most of the brunt, 1943.

Monday

17

3RAR involved in capture of Sariwon, North Korea, 1950.

Tuesday

18

At the Shrine Commemorative service: Navy Commemorative Service

Wednesday

19

2RAR arrives in Malaya for its first tour of operations, 1955.

Thursday

20

First Australian troops arrive in Somalia, 1992.

Friday

21

HMAS Australia is hit by a Japanese Kamikaze aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Philippines, killing 30 crew members, including her Commanding Officer, Captain Emile Dechaineux, 1944.

Saturday

22

Australian Flying Corps formed, 1912.

Sunday

23

Battle of El Alamein, 1942.

Monday

24

16 Brigade, 6th Division, attempts to outflank Japanese defences, Eora Creek, 1942.

Tuesday

25

The Australian Government announces the deployment of Army, Navy and Air Force assets to support the US led Coalition operations in Afghanistan, 2001.

Wednesday

26

Private Percy Gratwick, 2/48th Battalion, is awarded a posthumous VC, El Alamein, 1942.

Thursday

27

Rommel attempts counterattack at El Alamein, but 9 Division holds firm, 1942.

Friday

28

Conscription referenda, 1916.

Saturday

29

Battle of Chongju, North Korea, 1950.

Sunday

30

The Armistice of Mudros ended the war between the Ottoman Empire and the Allied powers, 1918.

Monday

31

The 4th Light Horse Brigade launches its most famous assault of the war, the Battle of Beersheba, 1917.



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