ON
THIS DAY ...
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| 1964: Three SAS troops, plus a squadron HQ, parachuted into the Phillipines, spearheading the SEATO combined Exercise Litgas ... dig |
Artillery
Salute - Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II ... dig |
1940: Government ordered the formation of the fourth division of the Second AIF, the famous 9 Div ... dig |
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| 1952: CAPT B T Luscombe was killed on air observation post duties in Korea. The airfield constructed to serve the 1 ATF area in the Sth Vietnam campaign was named Luscombe Field ... dig |
1969:
Battle for Binh Ba, Sth Vietnam ... tanks critical in overcoming the entrenched enemy ... dig |
1917: Messines 1917 (7 -14 Jun 17). 3 Div had its baptism of fire in this significant battle ... dig |
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| 1950: Between 9-23 June, MAJ FSB Peach & SQNLDR RJ Rankin inspected military positions south of the 38th Parallel in Korea ... the only UN observers on the ground when North Korea invaded ... dig |
1918:
Shortly after dusk, 7 Bde (2 Div) seized a German front line system ... 325 prisoners ... dig |
1941: A company of 2/33 Inf Bn repulsed 2 determined attacks by Vichy French at Ferdisse ... dig |
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| 1996: Two 5 Avn Regt Blackhawk helicopters collided at High Range Training Area, killing 18 passengers & crew from SASR & 5 Avn Regt ... dig |
1945:
Brunei - 7 Japanese made a brave but hopeless charge against Aust Coy ... all killed ... dig |
1965: 1 RAR raised flag at camp in Sth Vietnam ... began area domination by active patrolling ... dig |
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| 1969: 3 RAR Pipes & Drums raised under direction of Pipe Major SGT Des Ross ... dig |
1948: Malay CTs killed 3 English rubber planters ... start of 12 year Malayan Emergency ... dig |
1915: Pier completed at Anzac Cove ... engineers from 2 Field Coy built this vital supply link ... first RAE Waterloo Dinner held at Gallipoli that night ... now an annual event ... dig |
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| 1952: 1 RARs first operational engagement with the enemy in the Jamestown Line, Korea ... battalion moved forward & relieved British 1st Leicesters ... dig |
1911:
First 42 cadets inducted into RMC Duntroon ... dig |
1897: NSW Lancers much admired on parade in London - exceptionally splendid ... dig |
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Commando Coy birthday & annual Green Beret presentation parade ... dig |
1919:
Treaty of Versailles signed in France ... legal end to WWI ... dig |
1942: Kanga Force (made up of 2/5 Cdo Coy & NGVR troops) conducted a raid on Japanese forces at Salamaua killing 60 enemy & damaging infrastructure ... dig |
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1935: 6 Bn (now 5/6 RVR) granted the title of The Royal Melbourne Regiment ... unit then entitled to colours of royal blue background & the troops to wear royal blue band on the top edge of their puggarees ... dig |
| Victoria
Cross - 25
June 1916 PTE W Jackson (17 BN AIF) SE of Bois Grenier, near Armientieres, France |