Portal:Military of Australia/Selected anniversaries/September/September 16
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September 16
- 1942 - Japans advance in Owen Stanley Range is stopped at Ioribaiwa
- 1943 - Japanese troops abandon Lae Papua New Guinea after heavy fighting
- 2006 - HMAS Westralia (O 195) decommissioned and HMAS Sirius commissioned.
