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January
1
1916 — #41RNSWR
1951 — 3RAR holds blocking position at Tokchon, Korea.
1956 — 2RAR contacts communists in Malaya.
1965 — #126 Sig Sqn.
1982 — #5 Bde.
1989 — #Adelaide Log Bn.
1990 — #ADF Helo School.
2000 — #Combat Training Centre (was Army Battle Simulation
Gp)
January
2
1943 — Australian and US troops capture Buna Village,
New Guinea.
January
3
1941 — 6 Div attacks Bardia, Libya.
January
4
1902 — Victorians repulse Boers at Onverwacht, South
Africa.
January
5
1941 — 6 Div captures Bardia.
January
7
1901 — Victorians relieve the garrison at Schwezer Renecke,
South Africa.
January
8
1958 — Last Australians return from Korea.
1990 — #Sig Centre Watsonia,
**** — #HQ LSF.
January
9
1917 — Light Horse captures Rafa, Egypt.
January
10
1940 — First 2AIF convoy sails to the Middle East.
1942 — Japanese planes attack Singapore. January 11 1942
— Japanese capture Tarakan, Borneo.
January
12
1942 — Japanese enter Kuala Lumpur, Malaya.
1943 — 2/9 and 2/12 Bns, supported by three tanks, attack
Sanananda, New Guinea.
January
13
1900 — Boers attack New South Welshmen at Prieska, South
Africa.
1983 — #Latchford Dent Unit.
January
14
1942 — 8 Div inflicts heavy losses on Japanese in an
ambush at Gemas, Malaya.
January
15
1944 — 9 Div captures Sio, New Guinea.
January
16
1942 — 8 Div in Battle of Muar, Malaya.
January
17
1967 — #B Sqn 3/4 Cav Regt.
January
18
1919 — Peace conference opens in Versailles.
1942 — 2/29 Bn attacked by Japanese light tanks at Bakri,
Malaya.
1952 — Australians in front line at Little Gibraltar,
Korea.
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January
19
1944 — 1st New Guinea Inf Bn seizes observation post
on Gazelle Peninsula, New Guinea.
January
20
1942 — Six RAAF Wirraways engage 100 Japanese planes
over Rabaul, New Guinea.
1951 — A Coy 3RAR occupies Ichon, Korea.
**** — #25RQR.
January
21
1940 — 6 Div begins attack on Tobruk.
1942 — Japanese planes attack Lae and Salamaua, New Guinea.
January
22
1940 — Tobruk surrenders to Australians.
1942 — Australians in Battle of Parit Sulong, Malaya.
1942 — Lt-Col Charles Anderson, 2/19 Bn, awarded VC for
actions near Akri, Malaya.
1943 — Australians capture Sanananda, New Guinea.
January
23
1942 — Japanese land on Rabaul, Kavieng and Bougainville.
1943 — Japanese ground resistance in Papua crushed.
January
25
1942 — Japanese land at Lae, New Guinea.
1944 — 7 Div drives Japanese from Shaggy Ridge.
1950 — #21 Const Sqn.
1955 — #1 Cdo Coy.
January
26
1788 — Landing of the First Fleet.
1942 — 2/18 Bn sets ambush for Japanese north of Jemaluang,
Malaya.
1943 — Last ridge at Kankiryo, New Guinea, falls into
Australian hands forcing Japanese off the strategically important
high ground.
1944 — Air raid on Rabaul destroys Australian planes
on the ground and in the air.
1945 — Borneo death march begins.
1952 — 3RAR fails to take Hill 227 from the Chinese.
1982 — #5IRC, The Pilbara Regt.
January
27
1941 — Fighting in Derna, Libya, between Australians
and Italians. Full mobilisation of militia forces ordered
in Australia.
1942 — Withdrawal of British forces from Malaya to Singapore
begins.
1943 — Australians force Japanese from the last ridge
at Kankiryo, New Guinea, gaining a valuable strategic advantage.
1973 — Conclusion of hostilities in Vietnam.
January
28
1945 — First convoy to use Burma Road since recapture
arrives in China.
January
29
1941 — Italians evacuate Derna.
1943 — Japanese attack Wau Airfield, New Guinea.
January
30
1941 — 6 Div occupies Derna.
1942 — Japanese attack Ambon, New Guinea.
1968 — First Battle of Saigon begins Operation Coburg
for 2 and 7RAR.
1989 — #1PST.
January
31
1943 — German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad.
1968 — Beginning of the Tet Offensive, Vietnam.
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