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May 2016a woman in front of the wall of rememberance




May 2016





Sunday

1

Operation Oboe 1, the invasion of Tarakan Island, Borneo, begins, 1945.

Monday

2

Battle of Berlin ends as German defenders surrender to Russian forces, 1945.

Tuesday

3

Second Battle of Bullecourt begins, France, 1917.

Wednesday

4

The Battle of the Coral Sea begins and Australian cruisers Australia and Hobart are involved, 1942.

Thursday

5

The 2nd Australian Infantry Brigade from Victoria and the New Zealand Brigade are redeployed from their positions at Anzac Cove to assist the British forces at Cape Helles, 1915.

Friday

6

Corporal George Howell, 1st Battalion, is awarded the VC during the Battle of Bullecourt, 1917.

Saturday

7

Victory in Europe, 1945.

Sunday

8

At the Shrine Commemorative service: 6th Battalion Association, Krithia Day

Monday

9

100,000 anti-war protestors demonstrate outside the White House, Washington DC, coinciding with other marches around the world including Australia, 1970.

Tuesday

10

Germany invades France, Belgium and the Netherlands, 1940.

Wednesday

11

19 Brigade, 6 Division, including the Victorian 2/8th Battalion, captures Wewak, New Guinea, 1945.

Thursday

12

Lieutenant Rupert Moon of Bacchus Marsh, is awarded the VC for his actions during the Battle of Bullecourt, 1917.

Friday

13

9 Australians are killed in the Battle of Fire Support Base Coral, Vietnam War, 1968.

Saturday

14

Australian hospital ship Centaur, en route from Sydney to Cairns, is sunk by a Japanese submarine, with the loss of nearly 300 lives, 1943.

Sunday

15

Private Edward 'Ted' Kenna, 2/4th Battalion from Hamilton, is awarded the VC for knocking out a Japanese machine-gun position during the fighting for Wewak, New Guinea, 1945.

Monday

16

1RAR and the 3rd Cavalry Regiment repel attacks at Fire Support Base Coral, Vietnam War, 1968.

Tuesday

17

617 Squadron, later known as the Dambusters, launch their first and most famous air raid on Ruhr Valley dams, Germany, 1943.

Wednesday

18

Major-General William Throsby Bridges, commander of the Australian Imperial Force, dies of wounds, Anzac Cove, 1915.

Thursday

19

John Simpson Kirkpatrick, "the man with the donkey" is killed in Monash Valley, Gallipoli, 1915.

Friday

20

German airborne forces begin the invasion of Crete, and Australian and New Zealand forces provide the bulk of the defenders, 1941.

Saturday

21

HMAS Sydney leaves Brisbane bound for Vung Tau, South Vietnam, carrying 4RAR, 1968.

Sunday

22

4RAR, the last battalion to serve in the Vietnam war, arrives in Vietnam, 1971.

Monday

23

2/5th Independent Company arrives at Wau to reinforce Kanga Force, New Guinea, 1942.

Tuesday

24

Warrant Officer Class 2 Keith Payne, a member of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, awarded the VC for actions on this night,1969.

Wednesday

25

German submarine U-21 sinks the RN battleship HMS Triumph off Gallipoli, reducing the naval gunfire support, 1915.

Thursday

26

2 Australians killed at the Battle of Fire Support Base, Balmoral, 1968.

Friday

27

The aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney begins her first of 25 'Vung Tau' supply and transport runs, in which she will carry thousands of Australian soldiers, to South Vietnam, 1965.

Saturday

28

Victorian 2/7th and 2/8th Battalions cover the withdrawal of Commonwealth forces south to evacuation beaches at Sphakia, Crete, 1941.

Sunday

29

At the Shrine Commemorative service: Boer War

Monday

30

The first 'Thousand Bomber' raid on a German city occurs, when Cologne is hit by the RAF. Dozens of RAAF aircraft take part, 1942.

Tuesday

31

At the Shrine Commemorative service: Indigenous Service Personnel



a veteran wearing medals holding the australian flag.




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