Portal:Military of Australia/Selected anniversaries/March
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Anniversaries can be found at either Here from the Army news website or here AWM or here Australian History unit
- 1901 - Official birthday of the Australian Army
- 1942 - World War II: HMAS Perth sunk during the Battle of Sunda Strait
- 1972 - Vietnam War: Last Royal Australian Air Force flight leaves Vietnam.
- 1985 - 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers granted freedom of entry to Sydney, New South Wales.
- 1885 - New South Wales contingent to the Sudan sailed from Sydney. The force was first time Australian troops had served overseas in a purely Australian unit.
- 1942 - World War II: Broome and Wyndham bombed by Japanese aircraft.
- 1942 - World War II: HMAS Yarra sunk south of Java.
- 1948 - The Government approved the re-raising of the CMF to begin 1 Jul 1948.
- 1941 - World War II: Advance party of 6 Division arrived in Greece.
- 1945 - World War II: Australians capture Saposa, Solomon Islands, from Japanese invasion force.
- 1940 - World War II: Australian Government announces the creation of the 7th Division as part of 2 AIF.
- 1975 - 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment relieved 5th/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment in the cleanup operation at Darwin after Cyclone Tracey.
- 1942 - World War II: Japanese forces occupy Java and land at Lae and Salamaua, New Guinea.
- 1967 - Vietnam War: Peter John Badcoe awarded VC for actions in South Vietnam.
- 1915 - World War II: 1 Division Order No 81 was issued at Mena, Egypt establishing the unique system of Unit Colour Patches.
- 1968 - Vietnam War: 2nd and 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment begin Operation Pinnaroo in the Long Hai Hills, South Vietnam.
- 1942 - World War II: First troops from the Middle East began to arrive back in Australia.
- 1942 - World War II: The Citizens Militia Force and Volunteer Defence Corps were mobilised for the defence of Australia.
- 1900 - Second Boer War: The 3rd Victorian Bushmen Contingent sails for South Africa.
- 1949 - The Australian Regiment given approval by the late King George VI, to use the prefix Royal, henceforth to be known as The Royal Australian Regiment.
- 1942 - World War II: General Thomas Blamey Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Military Force.
- 1951 - The Pacific Island Regiment was formed in New Guinea as an integral part of the Australian Army.
- 1900 - Second Boer War: Members of the New South Wales Mounted Rifles reached Bloemfontein.
- 1951 - Korean War: C Coy 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment captured Hill 703.
- 1901 - General Order 10 is issued and notified the disbandment of the various colonial military forces that made up the newly formed Australian Army.
- 1989 - 49th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment granted freedom of entry to Brisbane.
- 1942 - World War II: Horn Island was bombed by Japanese aircraft.
- 1951 - Korean War: 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment captured Hill 410 during the United Nations northern advance.
- 1916 - World War I: Bombardier Klintworth becomes the first Australian to be killed in France.
- 1942 - World War II: Japanese Imperial Headquarters debated whether to invade Australia, or not. It was decided to capture Port Moresby and the Solomons and then to isolate Australia by seizing Fiji, Samoa and New Caledonia.
- 1916 - World War II: Harry Chauvel was appointed to command the newly formed Anzac Mounted Division.
- 1943 - World War II: William Ellis Newton posthumously awarded the VC for his actions at Salamaua Isthmus, New Guinea.
- 1917 - World War I; During the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, the town of Bapaume fell to the 2nd Division.
- 1951 - National Service Act approved, up to 227,000 men were trained until 1959.
- 1941 - World War II: 16th Brigade arrived in Greece.
- 1971 - 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment granted freedom of entry to Townsville, Queensland.
- 1916 - World War II: The first members of the 2nd Division arrive at Marseilles, France.
- 1932 - New South Wales Lancers provided the mounted escort for the Governor General at the ceremony marking the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
- 1917 - World War : Frank Hubert McNamara was awarded a VC for rescuing a downed comrade in Palestine becomesing the first Australian airman to win the award.
- 1954 - Korean War: 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment embarked in Sydney on the New Australia for its second tour in Korea.
- 1918 - World War I: Battle of the Somme (1918) begins.
- 1953 - Korean War: 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment paraded together at Camp Casey, near Tongchuchon, in for the first time since the regiment had been granted the 'Royal' prefix.
- 1942 - World War II: Nine Japanese aircraft conducted an air raid at Katherine killing one soldier.
- 1945 - World War II: Reginald Roy Rattey was awarded the VC for actions at Bougainville.
- 1891 - Shearers' Strike: Queensland troops arrested the strike leaders in the union camps at Clermont and Barcaldine.
- 1942 - World War II: Japanese aircraft attacked Wyndham, Western Australia.
- 1901 - Second Boer War: New South Wales Imperial Bushmen captured De La Rey's convoy, including nine artillery pieces at Veldfontein, South Africa.
- 1942 - World War II: Japanese aircraft bome Port Moresby.
- 1902 - Second Boer War: The 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse sailed for service in South Africa.
- 1945 - World War II: Albert Chowne awarded the VC posthumously for his actions at Dagua, New Guinea.
- 1917 - World War I: Percy Cherry awarded the VC posthumously for his actions at Lagincourt, France.
- 1942 - World War III: General Thomas Blamey appointed Commander-in-Chief, Australian Military Forces.
- 1944 - World War II: Australian Government launches first Victory Loan aimed at raising £150 million for the war effort.
- 1953 - Korean War: Last engagement between RAAF Meteors and enemy Migs for the war.
- 1918 - World War I: Stanley Robert McDougall is awarded a VC for action at Dernancourt, France.
- 1941 - World War II: The 9th Division relieved 6th Division in North Africa, 6th Division was sent to Greece.
- 1942 - World War II: The northern part of the Northern Territory was put under military control.
- 1885 - New South Wales Military Contingent to the Sudan campaign arrived at Suakin on the Red Sea.
- 1918 - World War I: The 3rd Division repulses a series of heavy German attacks, the attacks were repulsed north of Luce and both banks of the Somme River, France.
- 1945 - World War II: 25 Infantry Battalion took part in the Battle of the Puriata River on Bougainville and suffered heavy casualties.
- 1979 - Special Air Service Regiment granted freedom of entry to the City of Perth, Western Australia.
- 1921 - The Royal Australian Air Force was formed from the Army's Australian Flying Corps.
- 1949 - The prefix "Royal" granted to the Australian Regiment, henceforth to be known as the "Royal Australian Regiment".
