Victoria Remembers Calendar 2016 Did you know?

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^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

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