ON
THIS DAY ... |
| FEBRUARY
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1964: 4 RAR raised at Woodside Barracks, SA ... first regular Infantry Corps battalion to be raised on Australian soil ... officially redesignated 4 RAR (CDO) in 1997... dig |
1940: Darwin Overland Maintenance Force established base camp at Alice Springs ready for transport ops up the Track ... dig |
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1993: 12/40 RTR granted freedom of entry to Hobart ... origins in Tas Vol Rifle Regt, formed 1878 ... dig |
1952:
2 RAR band received its drums the day of King George VI's death ... drums coloured black ... dig |
1902: MAJGEN Hutton approved original design of 'Rising Sun' badge ... Australilan Army insignia .. dig |
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1841: Work began on the construction of Victoria Barracks, Sydney, using a labour force made up mostly of convicts ... dig |
1997: Ready Reserve scheme ended ... last soldier under FT training was transferred to PT service ... dig |
1998:
Gov announced up to 250 troops offered to support possible US led strikes against Iraq ... dig |
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1978:
A bomb was detonated at the Hilton Hotel, Sydney, during CHOGM ... Gov later decided to form the Tactical Assault Group at SASR as the National Counter Terrorist Asset ... dig |
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1942: Fall of Singapore - over 12,000 Australians captured by Japanese here & in other areas ... dig |
1942: Survivors of ship Vyner Brook massacred by Japanese at Banka Island. Men, including wounded, were bayonetted whilst 21 Aust nurses were herded into the sea & shot ... dig |
1970:
Battle of Long Hai fought by 8 RAR, supported by tanks from 1 Armd Regt over 17-18 Feb ... dig |
1902: 1st Aust Cth Horse sailed for Sth Africa ... first national unit to serve OS ... first unit to wear Rising Sun hat insignia ... dig |
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1900: Members of the NSW Nursing Service Reserve arrived in South Africa & were dispersed to various military hospitals ... dig |
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1970: Monash University Regiment raised ... dig |
1951: B Coy 3 RAR captured Hill 614 ... steep & narrow approach route caused difficulty but, assisted by a massive napalm, artillery & mortar barrage, the Hill fell to a determined charge ... dig |
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1900: At the Battle of Paardeburg Drift - one party of Boers found nobody to accept their surrender ... dig |
Long
Hai Day Commemorating Black Saturday, 1970, which saw heavy losses to 8/9 RAR... dig |
1960: Malaraba (aka The Soldiers Place) opened at Coolangatta ... cost effective RNR for soldiers ... part of an Australia wide network of similar establishments ... dig |
| Victoria Cross
- 4
February 1917 |