ON
THIS DAY ...
| JULY
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1942: 12 women of the AWAS marched-in to the Sydney Fortress Coast Artillery at North Head, NSW ... the first Australian women posted to an operational combat position ... dig |
1912:
Two BE 2a & 2 Deperdussin aircraft ordered ... first military aircraft ordered for Australia ... dig |
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1941: Syria ... bayonet-wielding Australians charged entrenched enemy ... dig |
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1965: LCPL David Munday awarded 1 RAR's first decoration in the Vietnam Campaign ... dig |
1953: 28 Comm Brigade moved into a position at 'The Hook' in Korea ... dig |
1918: "troops of the 1st Aust Div gave a striking example of their ascendancy over the German infantry opposite them. At 1100 am on this day, 4 men went out on patrol near Merris (France) & returned with between 30 & 40 prisoners" (Haig) ... dig |
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14 |
| 1938: Site of the Pozieres Windmill bought from French Gov by Australian War Memorial. 1, 2 and 4 Divs suffered 24,140 casualties within sight of that place ... dig |
1901:
6 Qld Imperial Bushmen surprised a Boer laager at Koffeyfontein, Sth Africa ... dig |
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| 1942: North Australian Observer Unit reached AIF status (as 2/1 NAOU) ... dig |
1989: First 9 man contingent to support the UN Mine Clearance Training Team arrived in Pakistan ... dig |
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| 1916: Battle of Fromelles First major Australian action on Western Front ... 5 Div & 61 UK Div ordered into an ill-conceived & hastily prepared attack ... over 5000 Aust casualties overall ... dig |
1998: Aust Army field hospital deployed to PNG for relief ops in wake of tidal wave ... dig |
1918: A party of 26th Bn recovered German A7V tank (Mephisto) from a shell hole near Villers Brettoneux ... dig |
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1900:
First Australian to be awarded VC ... CAPT NR Howse for his action at Vredfort ... dig |
1994: The Government announced that 300 troops would be sent to assist the UN efforts in the Rwanda ... dig |
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1965: US asked for increased Australian support in the conflict in South Vietnam ... dig |
1953: Korean War ceasefire agreement signed at Panmunjom, Korea ... dig |
1885:
Fort Queenscliffe - 12 Victorian gunners charged with mutiny ... brought to light the poor conditions under which gunners were expected to serve ... dig |
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1960: State of Emergency lifted in Malaysia ... a battalion of the RAR continued searching for remnants of Communist terrorist forces for the next 4 years ... dig |
| Victoria
Cross -
6 July 1918
CPL
W E Brown (20 BN AIF) Villers Brettoneux, France |