ON
THIS DAY ...
| MAY
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| 1885: 395 PTE Robert Wier, Infantry Roll, NSW contingent to the Sudan, died from dysentery, the first soldier to die on active service in Australian uniform ... dig |
1994: Army Blackhawk helicoptor A25-214 rescued the crew of the stricken yacht Heather Maria. ... dig |
1918:
In Palestine, the Australian Light Horse abandoned Es Salt, taking 900 prisoners including 43 Germans ... dig |
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| 1918: We have the Australians against us & they are very quick & cunning. They glide about in the night like cats & go right up to our trenches without our seeing them ... dig |
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| 1943: In Singapore, 'H' Force of 666 PW departed Changi to work on the Burma railway in Thailand ... dig |
1927: The opening of Parliament House in Canberra - an Army contingent of 80 RMC cadets, 1 Bty RAA, 7 Light Horse Regiment, 1200 other reservists & 120 senior cadets ... dig |
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| 1968: Coral Day - Remembering 1RAR's Battle for Fire Support Base Coral, South Vietnam ... Last battalion size battle fought by the Aust Army to date ... dig |
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| 1918:
6 Fd Coy built a bridge over the Ancre River to allow 23 Inf Bn to to establish a bridgehead ... dig |
1942: 14 Bde, at Newcastle ordered to New Guinea. This poorly trained militia brigade was to play an important part in the Kokoda campaign ... dig |
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| 1915: PTE JS Kirkpatrick (Simpson) killed by a sniper ... tireless efforts at bringing in wounded through all conditions with the assistance of a small ex-Indian Army donkey ... dig |
1957:
111 AD BTY birthday ... re-equipped with US Redeye system ... replaced by Swedish RBS-70 system... dig |
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| 1915: Turks mounted another attack at Quinn's Post at Gallipoli ... spirited counter-attack using bayonets by 15 Bn regained the position ...named after Major H Quinn who was killed in the fighting on this day... dig |
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| 1990: Announcement that women were to be allowed in all Army employments except infantry, armour, artillery & combat engineer tasks ... dig |
1902:
The treaty ending the Boer War was signed ... 16175 Australians served, 1400 casualties, 6 VCs & one awarded the Queen's Scarf ... dig |
| Victoria
Cross - 6
& 11 May 1969 WO2 RS Simpson (Commander 232 MSF Coy) Kontum Province, Sth Vietnam |