Portal:Military of Australia/Selected anniversaries/December
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- 1942 - World War II: HMAS Armidale is sunk by Japanese aircraft near Timor
- 1951 - Korean War: 12 RAAF Meteors from 77 Squadron engage between 40-50 Chinese Mig-15s over Sunchon, North Korea
- 1914 - World War I: First Australian military aircraft leave for overseas service
- 1854 - Battle of Eureka Stockade, the last occasion when British troops quelled a civil uprising in Australia
- 1914 - World War I: First Australian Imperial Force arrives in Egypt
- 1954 - Korean War: No. 77 Squadron RAAF returns from Korea
- 1854 - Ballarat is placed under martial law after battle of Eureka Stockade.
- 1914 - World War I: Australian and New Zealand Army Corps enter Cairo for the first time
- 1990 - Royal Australian Navy involvement in the Persian Gulf approved by the Australian Government
- 2006 - The First RAAF C-17 Globemaster III arrives in Australia.
- 1939 - World War II: First official RAAF operation of the WWII is carried out by No. 10 Squadron
- 1950 - Korean War: HMAS Bataan and Warramunga assist in the evacuation of Chinnampo, South Korea
- 1901 - Second Boer War: Victorians involved in running battle with Boers
- 1951 - Korean War: HMAS Sydney begins its second patrol off Korea
- 1915 - World War I: Evacuation of ANZAC forces from Gallipoli begins
- 1941 - World War II: Siege of Tobruk ends after 242 days at a cost of 3009 Australian casualties and 942 POWs
- 1941 - World War II: Japan invades Malaya and Thailand
- 1941 - World War II: Australia declares war on Japan
- 1917 - World War I: Jerusalem occupied by the Desert Mounted Corps
- 1941 - World War II: Australian troops occupy Gona, New Guinea
- 1997 - Ted Matthews the last surviving Australian to land at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 died.
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- 1916 - World War I: HMAS Sydney and Melbourne join the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron serving in North Sea.
- 1952 - Korean War: 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment begins Operation Fauna in Korea
- 1917 - World War I: HMAS Australia damaged in a collision with the battle cruiser HMS Repulse
- 1940 - World War II: 16th Brigade involved in its first desert action
- 1915 - World War I: Light Horse troops was deployed against pro-Turkish Arabs at Um Rakham
- 1941 - World War II: Japanese forces land at Penang, Malaysia
- 1944 - World War II: Australian N class destroyers bombard Burma.
- 1939 - World War II: Second Australian Imperial Force advance party embarks for the Middle East
- 1943 - Word War II: Australians capture Lakona, Greece
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- 1967 - Vietnam War: HMAS Perth under fire off Dong Hoi, Vietnam
- 1944 - World War II: Troops of the 9th Battalion capture Arty Hill, Bougainville a major Japanese position on the Numa Numa Trail
- 1951 - Korean War: HMAS Sydney completes a tour of operations off Korea's west coast
- 1915 - World War I: Evacuation of Anzac and Suvla is completed
- 1917 - World War I: Second conscription referendum is held and defeated
- 1916 - World War I: Australian Light Horse troops capture El Arish, Egypt
- 1916 - World War I: Australian Light Horse troops march on to Magdhaba, Egypt
- 1941 - World War II: First United States troops arrive in Australia
- 1916 - World War I: Soldiers from the 1st and 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigades take part in the Battle of Magdhaba
- 1941 - World War II: Australian troops assist in the recaptured of Benghazi
- 1959 - Malayan Emergency: 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment in action in Malaya
- 1941 - World War II: Japanese forces capture Hong Kong
- 1941 - World War II: Prime Minister John Curtin announces that Australia looks to America for its protection and survival
- 1940 - World War II: 6th Division in their first action near Bardia
- 1860 - First Taranaki War: Victorian Colonial warship, HMVS Victoria, takes part in the action at Matarikoriko, New Zealand. Victoria's service in New Zealand waters represents the first overseas military operation by an Australian unit
- 1944 - World War II: Australians of the 25th Battalion occupy Pearl Ridge, Bougainville
- 1914 - World War I: The second convoy of the First Australian Imperial Force departs Albany
- 1967 - Vietnam War: 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment arrives in South Vietnam on board HMAS Sydney
