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September 2016




September 2016


Thursday

1

Battle of Mont St Quentin begins at 5am, 1918.

Friday

2

The Australian commander of the 2nd AIF, General Thomas Blamey, signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the battleship USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, 1945.

Saturday

3

The Second World War begins after Germany ignores an ultimatum to stop its invasion of Poland,1939.

Sunday

4

20th Brigade, 9 Division, makes an amphibious landing near Lae, New Guinea, 1943.

Monday

5

Russo-Japanese War ends, 1905.

Tuesday

6

Destroyer HMAS Anzac sees action for the first time when she is ordered to shell enemy positions during the Korea War, 1951.

Wednesday

7

At the Shrine Commemorative service: Battle for Australia

Thursday

8

Australia is one of the signatories of the South East Asia Collective Defense Treaty is signed in Manila, 1954.

Friday

9

The Commanding Officer of 77 Squadron, Wing Commander Lou Spence, is killed when his P-51 Mustang fighter crashes during a ground attack, South Korea, 1950.

Saturday

10

Battle of Madagascar, 1942. The capture of the island secures transport routes across the Indian Ocean as it prevents the Axis forces from using it to launch naval attacks on Allied convoys.

Sunday

11

At the Shrine Commemorative service: Rabaul Remembers

Monday

12

The Japanese transport ships Rakyuo Maru and Kachidoki Maru are sunk by American submarines, with more than 1,500 Australian and British POWs killed, 1944.

Tuesday

13

Minesweeper HMAS Warnambool is sunk by a mine whilst engaged in post-war mine clearance operations in the Great Barrier Reef area, 1947.

Wednesday

14

Australian submarine AE1 disappears near New Britain and is presumed lost at sea, 1914.

Thursday

15

Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies announces the formation of the 2nd AIF, 1939.

Friday

16

Troops of 7th and 9th Division enter Lae from different directions, 1942.

Saturday

17

Melbourne born combat photographer Damien Parer, famous for his Kokoda Frontline documentary, is killed in action while with the US Marine Corps on the island of Peleliu, 1944.

Sunday

18

At the Shrine Commemorative service: Peacekeepers and Peacemakers Veterans' Association; The Royal Air Forces Association (Battle of Britain)

Monday

19

2/6th Independent Company captures the Japanese held town of Kaiapit, New Guinea, 1943.

Tuesday

20

2nd Lieutenant Frederick Birks, 6th Battalion awarded the VC for his exceptional bravery during the advance on Glencourse Wood, Belgium, 1917.

Wednesday

21

Private Reg Inwood, 10th Battalion, awarded the VC during the Battle of Polygon Wood, 1917.

Thursday

22

9 Division lands at Scarlet Beach, New Guinea, 1943.

Friday

23

General Thomas Blamey appointed Commander in Chief of Australian Military Forces, 1942.

Saturday

24

While delivering 2/4th Independent Company to reinforce the Australian guerilla forces on Timor, the destroyer HMAS Voyager runs aground and is later destroyed by demolition,1942.

Sunday

25

Anzac Mounted Division captures Amman, Jordan, 1918.

Monday

26

5,800 Australian casualties in the Battle of Polygon Wood, 1917.

Tuesday

27

Z Special Unit paddles into Singapore Harbour and plants mines to sink Japanese ships in Operation Jaywick, 1943.

Wednesday

28

3RAR arrives in Korea, 1950.

Thursday

29

Battle of St Quentin Canal, planned by Australian General John Monash and which broke through the Hindenburg Line and hastened the end of the war, 1918.

Friday

30

Private Edward Ryan, 55th Battalion is awarded the VC during the assault on the Hindenburg Line, 1918.



veterans standing in formation looking towards the shrine of rememberance




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