Portal:Military of Australia/Selected anniversaries/May
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- 1885 - Private Robert Wier, New South Wales contingent to the Sudan, died from dysentery. Wier was the first soldier to die on active service in Australian uniform.
- 1945 - World War II: The 26th Brigade under Lieutenant-General Sir Leslie Morshead invade Tarakan
- 1901 - Second Boer War: 1st and 2nd Australian Horse contingents arrived in Australia after service in South Africa.
- 1915 - World War I: Australians attacked Baby 700, Quinn's Post and at Gaba Tepe at Gallipoli.
- 1901 - Second Boer War: 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry returned to Australia from South Africa.
- 1917 - World War I: the 2nd Division takes part in the Second Battle of Bullecourt assaulting the Hindenburg Line.
- 1917 - World War I: During the Second Battle of Bullecourt the 2nd and 4th Battalions used 30,000 hand grenades in a ten hour period.
- 1966 - Vietnam War: 1st Australian Task Force arrived at Vung Tau on HMAS Sydney and begins preparations to move into Phouc Tuy province.
- 1915 - World War I: The 2nd Brigade and the New Zealand Brigade were redeployed from ANZAC Cove to Cape Helles.
- 1951 - Korean War: 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment crossed the 38th Parallel in Korea.
- 1917 - World War I: George Julian Howell is awarded a VC for actions near Bullecourt, France.
- 1969 - Vietnam War: Rayene Stewart Simpson ia awarded a VC for actions in Kon Tum Province, South Vietnam.
- 1943 - World War II: M Special Unit formed to conduct special operation in New Guinea.
- 1953 - Korean War: 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment relieved the British 1 Durham Light Infantry on Hill 355 in Korea.
- 1915 - World War I: The 2nd Brigade takes part in the Battle of Krithia on Cape Helles.
- 1943 - World War II: In Singapore, 'H' Force of 666 POW departed Changi to work on the Burma Railway in Thailand.
- 1901 - Second Boer War: Tasmanian Mounted Infantry cleared the Craddock District in South Africa.
- 1943 - World War II: Point Stuart, Northern Territory, bombed by Japanese aircraft for the first time.
- 1900 - Second Boer War: New South Wales Mounted Rifles in action at Zand River, South Africa.
- 1937 - The Australian Contingent to the Coronation of King George VI mounted the first Australian Royal Guard at Buckingham Palace in London.
- 1945 - World War II: 6 Division captured Wewak, New Guinea in a combined amphibious and land assault. Its capture marked the beginning of the end of the Aitape Wewak campaign.
- 1969 - Vietnam War: Rayene Stewart Simpson is awarded a VC for actions in the Kon Tum Province, Vietnam.
- 1917 - World War I: Rupert Vance Moon is awarded a VC for actions near Bullecourt.
- 1945 - World War II: John Bernard MacKey is awarded a VC for actions on Tarakan Island.
- 1968 - Vietnam War: Fire support base coral is attacked by 141 NVA Regiment, 1RAR repulses the attack in the last battalion size battle fought by the Australian Army to date.
- 1943 - World War II: The North Africa campaign ends, Australian commitment in North Africa ends.
- 1973 - Army vessel AS 3052 Tarooki a 17.5 metre long former trawler, ran aground in New Guinea waters.
- 1943 - World War II: The hospital ship AHS Centaur is sunk by a Japanese submarine off the Australian coast. 268 personal were lost.
- 1945 - World War II: Wewak peninsular captured by members of the 6th Division.
- 1956 - Malayan Emergency: 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, attacks communist terrorists near Sungai Siput, Malaya.
- 1915 - World War I: Major General William Throsby Bridges commander of the 1st Division is wounded at Gallipoli. He died three days later.
- 1945 - World War II: Edward Kenna is awarded a VC for actions near Wewak, New Guinea.
- 1901 - Second Boer War: Frederick William Bell is awarded a VC for actions in Brakpan, Transvaal.
- 1968 - Vietnam War: The Battle for Fire support base coral ends in South Vietnam.
- 1916 - World War I: An ANZAC column in the Sinai successfully attacked Turkish troops at Bayoud and Mageibra.
- 1940 - World War II: Second convoy of the Second AIF arrived in Egypt. The force consisted of 17th Brigade and 6th Division Artillery.
- 1915 - World War I: Major General William Throsby Bridges died of wounds at Gallipoli.
- 1942 - World War II: the 14th Brigade ordered to move from Newcastle ordered to New Guinea to take part in the Kokoda Trail Campaign.
- 1915 - World War I: Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick killed by a sniper in Monash Valley at Gallipoli.
- 1915 - World War I: Albert Jacka is awarded a VC for actions on Gallipoli.
- 1918 - World War I: William Ruthven is awarded a VC for actions near Ville-sur-Ancre, France.
- 1941 - World War II: Operation Mercury Germany's airborne invasion of Crete begins.
- 1993 - Rear party from 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Battalion Group returned to Australia from Somalia.
- 1902 - Second Boer War: Tasmanian component of the 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse sailed for South Africa.
- 1915 - World War I: A Turkish attack was repulsed on ANZAC Cove near Quinn's Post.
- 1940 - World War II: The Government announces that the 8th Division of the Second Australian Imperial Force will be formed.
- 1942 - World War II: Japanese troops advancing over the Kokoda Track, encountered their first opposition in the form of 11 Platoon 39th Battalion. The Australians were forces back.
- 1945 - World War II: An order was issued to 1 Corps to seize and occupy Balikpapan on Borneo. This order lead to 7th Division landing as part of Operation Oboe Six.
- 1962 - Vietnam War: Government announced that a team of advisers was to be sent to Vietnam.
- 1942 - World War II: HMAS Nestor assists in the hunt for the Bismarck.
- 1969 - Vietnam War: Keith Payne is awarded a VC for actions near Ben Het, Vietnam.
- 1965 - Vietnam War: Lead elements of 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment arrived at Bien Hoa airbase, in South Vietnam.
- 1968 - Vietnam War: Fire support base Balmoral in is reinforced with Centurion Tanks just hours before two North Vietnamese Army battalions attacked.
- 1941 - World War II: 19th Brigade attacked by Germans west of Canea on Crete.
- 1945 - World War II: Second Borneo death march began.
- 1951 - Field Marshal Thomas Blamey died at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital in Victoria.
- 1965 - Vietnam War: HMAS Sydney departs on first voyage to Vietnam with 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment on board.
- 1901 - World War I: The 3rd Western Australian Bushmen Contingent arrived in Australia after service in South Africa.
- 1970 - Vietnam War: Australian Army Training Team Vietnam awarded Meritorious Unit Citation.
- 1867 - The Spring Hill and Fortitude Valley Rifle Corps' formed in Queensland, today they are known as the 9th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment.
- 1953 - Korean War: 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment moved out of the line on Hill 355 in Korea having been relieved by the Durham Light Infantry.
- 1941 - World War II: The last evacuation ships left Crete and the remaining troops were forced to surrendered. Australian losses for on Crete were 274 KIA, 507 WIA and 3100 POW.
- 1991 - The Government announced the establishment of the Ready Reserve Scheme largely based on 6th Brigade.
- 1918 - World War I: John Monash assumed command of the Australian Corps in France.
- 1942 - World War II: Three midget submarines attack Sydney Harbour. The depot ship HMAS Kuttabul was sunk with the loss of 22 on-board. All three midget submarines were lost.
