November 1
1914 — First Australian and New Zealand contingent sails from Albany, WA.
1942 — 9 Div in heavy fighting at El Alamein.
1950 — Chinese enter Korean War.
1973 — #DSU Hobart and Rockhampton.

November 2
1942 — Australian troops re-occupy airfields at Kokoda Track.

November 3
1916 — Australians in Battle of Flers, Western Front, France.
**** — #LWC

November 4
1942 — Japanese land at Jacquinot Bay, New Britain, PNG.
1952 — #44 Tpt Sqn.

November 5
1900 — New South Welshmen in operations against Boers in Bothaville, South Africa.
1950 — 3RAR repels Chinese forces from defensive position on the Chongchon River, Korea.
1951 — D Coy 3RAR launches diversionary attack on Baldy hill to support 1 Bn The Leicestershire Regt’s attack on Hill 217.

November 6
1951 — 1RTB.

November 7
1940 — Mines off Wilson’s Promontory, Victoria, sink a British freighter.

November 9
1914 — HMAS Sydney sinks German raider Emden at Cocos Island.

November 10
1900 — Victorians capture pompom gun and stock at Manana, South Africa.
1942 — Australians force Japanese to withdraw from Oivi, New Guinea.
1948 — RAAMC granted Royal Warrant.
1950 — 3RAR patrols to Pakchon and captures 25 North Korean prisoners.
**** — #RA Sigs.

November 11
1916 — Light Horse raids Maghara, Sinai.
1918 — Allies sign armistice with Germany. Remembrance Day.
1942 — 7 Div captures Gorani, New Guinea, from Japanese.
1943 — Last Japanese air raid on Darwin.
1950 — 3RAR advances to a position east of Pakchon, Korea, capturing eight prisoners.

November 13
1942 — Australians capture Wairopi, New Guinea, from Japanese.
1965 — W02 Kevin Wheatly, AATTV, awarded posthumous VC for his actions at Tra Bong, Vietnam.
1966 — #109 Sig Sqn.
1973 — #173 Gen Spt Sqn.

November 14
1917 — Anzac Mounted Division pursues Turks towards Jaffa, Israel.

November 15
1943 — Last major air battle over PNG.

November 16
1917 — Allies capture Jaffa.
**** — #2 Mdm Regt.

November 17
1900 — #SUP
1943 — 9Div attacks Sattelberg, New Guinea.

November 18
1916 — Battle of Somme, France.
1942 — 16 Bde captures Popondetta, New Guinea.

November 19
1914 — Australian Expeditionary Force occupies Admiralty and Western Islands.
1941 — German raider Kormoran sinks HMAS Sydney with all hands.Kormoran also sinks

November 20
1917 — 55 Siege Bty fires in support of British tanks at Cambrai, France.
1942 — Australians forced to retire after capturing Gona, New Guinea.
1970 — #2 Cav Regt, Cambrai Day.
1987 — #5 Avn Regt.

November 21
1943 — Japanese attack 9 Div defence at Scarlet Beach, New Guinea.
1950 — 3RAR concentrates with 27 Common- wealth Bde for advance to Yalu River, Korea.
**** — #32 Div Loc Bty.

November 22
1916 — 3 Div reaches France.
1944 — Australia assumes responsibility for Bougainville, New Guinea.
1951 — Chinese probe 4RAR’s defensive position near Hill 317, Korea.

November 23
1901 — Lt Leslie Maygar, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, awarded the VC for his actions Geelhoutboom, Natal.
1944 — Australian troops relieve American soldiers at Cape Torokina, Bougainville.
1945 — #The RAR.
1951 — 3RAR deploy as reserve on the Samichon River, Korea.
1965 — #6 Fd Sup

November 24
1943 — Sgt Thomas Derrick, 2/48 Bn, awarded the VC for his actions at Sattelberg,
New Guinea.
1958 — RAR ambushes counterterrorists near Lasah, Malaysia.
1965 — 1RAR captures Duc Hanh village, Vietnam.

November 25
1899 — NSW Lancers in Battle of Graspan, South Africa. 26 Div, with artillery support, repulses Japanese attacks at Pabu nea.
1951 — 3RAR in Battle of Sunchon, Korea.

November 26
1942 — HMAS Adelaide sinks German blockade runner Ramus in the Indian Ocean.