ON
THIS DAY ...
| OCTOBER
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1945: Demobilisation from WW2 began, completed 16/2/47 ... dig |
1918: 100 troopers of 3 ALH captured 1500 Turks & 3 guns near Khan Ayash in modern day Syria ... dig |
1951:
Kowang-San - "probably the greatest single feat of the Australian Army during the Korean War"... dig |
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5 | 6 | 7 |
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1943: Kumawa ... heavy rain, 2/17 Bn fought from pits filled with water ... a quagmire ... dig |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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1993: Operation Lagoon ...South Pacific Peacekeeping Force (SPPKF) ... mission to secure a site for peace talks between secessionists on Bougainville & PNG Gov ... dig |
1917: LT Scott's party vanished on a raid near Broodseinde ... dig |
1899: Boer War declared ... by end of war 16,314 troops landed ... dig |
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14 |
| 1917: Raevebeek Valley - CPL WA Murray gave up his place in a queue waiting for stretcher bearers ... never heard of again ... dig |
1939:
Military Districts become Commands ... system instituted to facilitate unified control by C in C ... dig |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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1996: A21 announced ... radical reorganisation of the Army ... dig |
1971: Nui Dat - control of ops passed from 4 RAR to Sth Vietnamese ... dig |
1944: "offensive action to destroy enemy resistance as opportunity offers without committing major forces" - controversial order issued by Blamey ... dig |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
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1953: Chiefs of Staff of Australia, Britain & NZ met to discuss establishment of Commonwealth Far East Strategic Reserve in Malaya ... dig |
1939: Compulsory military training & service for all unmarried men announced ... dig |
1950: Yongyu - C Coy 3 RAR mounted bayonet charge to relieve US paratroopers ... dig |
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| 1942: El Alamein - 9 Div integral to final Allied push to drive Axis forces out of North Africa ... dig |
1945:
United Nations Day, UN Charter signed ... dig |
1915: Gallipoli - PTE James Martin died of enteric fever & heart failure ... age 14 ... youngest Australian soldier to die in WWI ... buried at sea ... dig |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
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1909: First course at School of Musketry conducted ... dig |
1917: Gaza-Beersheba - this battle honour records the outstanding contribution of the Light Horse to the British victories in the advance into Palestine ... dig |
1901:
Victorians captured the Boer leader, Commandant Poreiter ... dig |
1945: Borneo - Japanese Capt Fujino surrendered his 346 troops after fight with party led by Major Rex ... dig |
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31 |
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1929: Gov't suspended universal training, reduced defence vote ... Army at lowest level of capability in its history... dig |
| Victoria
Cross - 3
October 1918 LT J Maxwell (18 BN AIF) Beaurevoir-Fonsomme Line, near Estrees, north of St Quentin, France |
| Victoria
Cross -
4 October 1917 (posthumous award)
SGT
L McGee (40 BN AIF) East of Ypres, Belgium |
| Victoria
Cross - 25
October 1942 (posthumous award) PTE P E Gratwick (2/48 BN AIF) Miteiriya Ridge, Egypt |