Key Commemorative Dates

1st January – Commonwealth of Australia proclaimed (1901)

11th January – Official cessation of hostilities in Vietnam by Australian forces (1973)

31st January – Tet offensive commences, Vietnam (1968)

10th February – HMAS Melbourne & HMAS Voyager Collision (1964)

14th February – National Serviceman Day

15th February – Fall of Singapore (1942)

16th February – Radji Beach Massacre, Dutch East Indies (1942)

19th February – Bombing of Darwin (1942)

24th February – National Day of War Animals

28th February – Sinking of HMAS Perth (1942)

1st March – Formation of Australian Army (1901)

1st March – Formation of Australian Navy (1901)

2nd March – Battle of Bismark Sea (1943)

19th March – Iraq War commenced (2003)

31st March – Formation of Royal Australian Air Force (1921)

2nd April – RAN Sea King crash, Nias Island, Indonesia (2005)

10th April – Siege of Tobruk commences, North Africa (1941)

22nd April – Battle of Kapyong commences, Korea (1951)

25th April – Gallipoli Landing, Turkey (1915)

25th April – ANZAC Day

4th May – Battle of Coral Sea commences (1942)

8th May – Victory in Europe (VE Day)  (1945)

12th May – First attack on FSB Coral, Vietnam (1968)

13th May – End of the North African Campaign (1943)

14th May – Hospital ship Centaur sunk (1943)

26th May – First attack on FSB Balmoral, Vietnam (1968)

31st May – Boar War ends (1902)

31st May – Japanese submarines attack Sydney Harbour (1942)

6th June – D Day, Liberation of Europe commences (1944)

10th June – Battle of Shah Wali Kot commences, Afghanistan (2010)

12th June – Black Hawk helicopter tragedy, Townsville, QLD (1996)

25th June – Commencement of the Korean War (1950)

1st July – Reserve Forces Day

1st July – POW ship Montevideo Maru sunk, Philippines (1942)

1st July – First charter issued to Upper Yarra RSL Sub-branch (1930)

4th July – Battle of Hamel, Northern France (1918)

24th July – Arrival of RAMSI forces in The Solomon Islands (2003)

27th July – Korean Armistice signed (1953)

27th July – Korean Veterans Day

5th August – Cowra Breakout by Japanese POWs (1944)

15th August – Victory in The Pacific (1945)

18th August – Vietnam Veterans Day

31st August – Malaya and Borneo Veterans Day

1st September – Battle of Mont St.Quentin, France (1918)

2nd September – Battle for Australia Day

3rd September – Merchant Navy Day

14th September – Australian Peacekeepers Day

15th September – Battle of Britain Day

20th September – Arrival of INTERFET in East Timor (1999)

26th September – Operation Jaywick, Singapore (1943)

29th September – Breaking the Hindenburg Line, Europe (1918)

3rd October – Vietnam Forces Welcome Home Parade, Sydney (1987)

31st October – Charge of Beersheba, Palestine (1917)

1st November – AIF first convoy sails from Albany (1914)

10th November – Selective conscription introduced (1964)

11th November – Great War Armistice signed (1918)

11th November – Remembrance Day

11th November – Australian War Memorial, Canberra opened (1941)

18th November – Battle of Berlin (1943)

19th November – Sinking of HMAS Sydney II (1941)

10th December – Operation Fauna 1RAR, Korea (1952)

31st December – Conclusion of Operation Slipper, Afghanistan (2014)