Portal:Military of Australia/Selected anniversaries/October
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- 1918 - Australian Light Horsemen take Damascus one day after entering the city
- 1943 - 9th Division captures Finschhafen, New Guinea
- 1918 - Joseph Maxwell wins a VC in Estrées, France
- 1992 - Dedication of the Vietnam Forces National Memorial in Canberra
- 1951 - Battle of Maryang-San begins, 3RAR played an important part in the battle
- 1917 - Lewis McGee wins a VC in Ypres, Belgium
- 1917 - Walter Peeler wins a VC in Ypres, Belgium
- 1918 - Troops of the 2nd Division capture the town of Montbrehain suffering 430 casualties
- 1918 - George Morby Ingram wins a VC in Montbrehain, France
- 1951 - HMAS Sydney begins her first patrol in Korean waters
- 1951 - Australian Government announces that 1RAR will becomes the second battalion committed to Korea, it arrived in March
- 1971 - HMAS Sydney embarks 3RAR at Vũng Tàu
- 1830 - The ‘Black Line’ campaign of the Black War begins in an attempt to capture all Tasmanian Aborigines. The campaign lasts 7 weeks and only succeeds in bringing two Aborigines to the authorities.
- 1942 - Soldiers of the 25th Brigade, 7th Division make contact with the the Japanese rear-guard at Tempelton's Crossing on the Kokoda Track
- 1918 - Australian soldiers take part in the Third Battle of Ypres
- 1917 - Australian troops capture Poelcappelle during the Third Battle of Ypres
- 1944 - Australian troops land at Jacquinot Bay, New Britain
- 1917 - Clarence Smith Jeffries wins a VC during the Third Battle of Ypres
- 1969 - HMAS Brisbane returns to Sydney after its first deployment to Vietnam
- 1927 - HMAS Adelaide arrives in the Solomon Islands Protectorate as part of a British punitive expedition.
- 1942 - 25th Brigade, 7th Division, drive Japanese attackers back from Templeton's crossing on the Kokoda Track
- 1967 - Royal Australian Navy Helicopters deploy to Vietnam
- 1950 - 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment in action at Sariwon, Korea
- 1944 - HMAS Geelong sinks after it collided with an American merchant ship off New Guinea with no loss of life
- 1940 - World War II: 7th Division sailed for the Middle East.
- 1942 - World War II: Japanese counter 25 Brigades attack at Templeton’s Crossing on the Kokoda Track.
- 1900 - New South Wales naval contingent enters Peking during the Boxer Rebellion
- 1915 - Australian Red Cross Missing and Wounded Enquiry Bureau established
- 1916 - 5th Division enters the line on the Western Front for the first time
- 1944 - HMAS Australia becomes the first allied ship to be hit by Kamikaze aircraft during World War II
- 1950 - Battle of the Apple Orchard begins in Yeongju, South Korea.
- 1942 - World War II - Second Battle of El Alamein begins
- 1894 - The first military conference of all the Commandants of the Australian Colonial Forces assembled in Sydney.
- 1942 - World War II: The 16th Brigade, 7th Division, continued to drive the Japanese back along the Kokoda Trail.
- 1942 - Percival Eric Gratwick wins a VC at Miteiriya Ridge, Egypt
- 1900 - New South Wales contingent defeat De Ref’s Boers at Rensbury Drift, South Africa.
- 1942 - William Kibby wins a VC during the Battle of El Alamein
- 1901 - Victorian troops capture Boer Comdt Porgeiter.
- 1916 - First conscription referendum is held and defeated.
- 1950 - Australian troops reach ChongJu, the furthest northern pmost northerly point reached in the Korean War.
- 1970 - 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment received the South Vietnam Unit Commendation.
- 1915 - World War I: General Sir Charles Munro recommends a withdrawal from Gallipoli.
- 1918 - World War II: Armistice signed with Turkey.
- 1942 - World War II: 9 Division reaches sea in Battle of El Alamein.
- 1899 - First Australians land in South Africa.
- 1917 - 4th Light Horse Brigade's charge Turkish positions during the Battle of Beersheba
