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MARCH

awards

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1901: Official birthday of the Australian Army Under the Constitution, the Minister of Defence took formal control of all the former state colonial military forces ... dig	1944: George Cross - Capt LC Matthews ... dig	1942: Japanese aircraft attacked the flying boat base at Broome, WA ... dig	1945: 2/9 Cdo Sqn & 2/3 MG Bn cleared mountainous hinterland in the Wewak campaign to Anumb River ... dig

5	6	7
1972: Last Australian logistic support elements left South Vietnam ... dig	1916: 48 Independent Field Battery, RAA formed at Tel el Kibir, Egypt ... dig	1957: 2 RAR patrol captured an arms factory in Kuala Kangsar area ... dig

8	9	10	11
1992: Exercise Kangaroo 92 commenced ... dig	1942: Allied forces in Java surrendered to the Japanese ... marked the effective end of British involvement in the defence of Australia ... dig	1916: The Australian Army Postal Corps was formed ... dig	1951: 3 RAR captured Chisan, Korea ... dig

	12	13	14
	1900: Australians arrived in Bloemfontein, South Africa ... dig	1918: This position will be held ... If the Section cannot remain here alive, it will remain here dead, but in any case it will remain here dead ... dig	1981: 3 RNSWR granted freedom of entry to Canberra ... dig

15	16	17	18
1942: Japanese Imperial HQ debated whether to invade Australia, or not ... dig	1953: The Government passed the National Service Act ... dig	1978: 12 CE Works birthday ... dig	1968: In Vietnam, a SAS patrol led by SGT Frank Cashmore ambushed a enemy resupply party (the Tractor Ambush )... dig

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1942: All units and personnel of the AMF exchanged their unit badges and insignia for the blackened General Service patterns ... dig	1940: CBB White promoted to General; the first Australian to hold that rank in wartime... dig	1901: NSW Bushmen and NZ troopers captured an important Boer convoy ... dig	1951: UN launched Operation Courageous, an advance to the 38th Parallel in Korea ... dig

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1943: Personnel of the Australian Army Nursing Service given Army ranks ... dig	1967: An enemy suicide squad penetrated Nui Dat base in Vietnam ... dig	1945: Victoria Cross (posthumous) - LT A Chowne, 2/2 BN AIF ... dig

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1942: Blamey appointed Commander-in-Chief, Australian Military Forces ... dig	1918: Dernancourt action began - 12 & 13 Bdes destroyed the combat power of 4 German divisions ... dig	1993: PTE Ashley Franklin wounded in action in Baidoa ... Australia's second battle casualty in Somalia ... dig	1886: The first official cadet unit in Australian was formed at St Marks Collegiate School in Sydney, NSW ... dig

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1957: 1 RAR presented with its first set of colours in Brisbane ... dig		1921: The Royal Australian Air Force formed from the Army's Australian Flying Corps ... dig