Portal:Military of Australia/Selected anniversaries/February
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- 1943 - World War II: Last Australian forces, members of the 9th Division sail for home from the Middle East.
- 1964 - 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is established at Woodside Barracks, South Australia.
- 1942 - World War II: First Japanese air attack on Port Moresby.
- 1968 - Vietnam War: The 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, recaptured Baria after the Tet Offensive.
- 1943 - World War II - Australian troops counter attack Japanese forces at Wau, New Guinea.
- 1965 - Indonesian Confrontation: The Australian Government decided to commit ground troops for operational service in Borneo.
- 1917 - World War I: Captain Harry Murray wins VC for action at Stormy Trench near Gueudecourt, France.
- 1942 - World War II: Japanese demands for the surrender of Singapore rejected.
- 1942 - World War II: Australian troops sailed from Suez to return to Australia in response to the Japanese threat.
- 1993 - 12th/40th, Royal Tasmanian Regiment granted freedom of entry to the City of Hobart.
- 1941 - World War II: Australian troops of the 2/4th Battalion enter Benghazi, Libya.
- 1942 - World War II: First massacre of Australian troops by the Japanese at Laha airfield on Ambon.
- 1902 - The Rising Sun Badge is approved as the official badge of the Australian Army.
- 1941 - World War II: All Australian forces in the Darwin area were transferred to the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command.
- 1841 - Construction begins on Victoria Barracks, Sydney, using a labour force made up mostly of convicts.
- 1942 - World War II: Japanese invade Singapore by crossing the Straits of Johore clashing with 22nd and 27th Brigades.
- 1900 - Second Boer War: Australian troops in action at Slingersfontein and Jasfontein, South Africa.
- 1916 - World War I: Australian Government decides to increase the size of the First Australian Imperial Force from two to five divisions.
- 1944 - World War II: Members of the 5th Division link up with the 126th Regiment at Saidor to mark the end of the Huon Peninsula campaign.
- 1968 - Vietnam War: 3 RAR flew north to relieve 7 RAR in Operation Coburg at Fire Support Base Anderson.
- February 11
- 1941 - World War II: Australian Government announced that the defences at Darwin and Port Moresby were to be strengthened.
- 1975 - Vietnam War: Major R Burnard, Naval and Military Attache to Vietnam returned to Australia. He was the last Australian soldier to serve in the country.
- 1902 - Second Boer War: The first contingent of Australian Commonwealth troops embarked on the SS St Andrew for service in the Boer War.
- 1940 - World War II: First convoy of troops of the Second Australian Imperial Force reached Egypt and entrained for their camp at Qastina, Palestine.
- 1946 - 34th Brigade disembarked at Kure, Japan as part of the Australian commitment to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force.
- 1965 - Indonesian Confrontation: The advance party from 1 SAS Squadron departed for service in Borneo.
- 1916 - World War I: Riots broke out amongst troops at Liverpool and Casula, at its peak 15 000 participated in the riot, 1 soldier was killed.
- 1942 - World War II: The SS Vyner Brooke was sunk of Banka Island by Japanese aircraft, many survivors who made it to shore were killed in the Banka Island massacre.
- 1885 - The British Government announced its acceptance of the New South Wales Governments offer of a military contingent to the Sudan campaign.
- 1942 - World War II: Singapore falls to the Japanese, 12,000 Australian troops are captured.
- 1942 - World War II: Banka Island massacre takes place following the sinking of the SS Vyner Brooke, Lt Vivian Bullwinkel was the only survivor.
- 1947 - World War II: Demobilisation of Second Australian Imperial Force is completed.
- 1942 - World War II: The Australian Government demanded the return of 6th and 7th Divs from the Middle East.
- 1970 - Vietnam War: 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment fought the Battle of Long Hai in South Vietnam, supported by tanks from 1 Armoured Regiment.
- 1941 - World War II: 22 Brigadede of the 8th Division arrived in Singapore to reinforce the Commonwealth garrison.
- 1943 - World War II: 9th Division arrived in Fremantle on its return from the Middle East.
- 1942 - World War II: First Japanese air raid on Darwin, 243 were killed and 350 injured.
- 1943 - World War II: The Government passed the Defence (Citizen Military Forces) Act 1943. This act defined the so-called South West Pacific Zone to which militia units could be sent for active service.
- 1901 - Government issued the proclamation leading to the amalgamation of all Australian colonial naval and military forces. The order was effective on 1 March 1901.
- 1968 - Vietnam War: 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repulsed the second attack at Fire Support Base Anderson
- 1918 - World War I: The city of Jericho is capture by the 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
- 1967 - Vietnam War: 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment lost 7 killed and 22 wounded in two land mine explosions in the Long Hai hills area of South Vietnam.
- 1944 - World War II: Papuans of Papuan Infantry Battalion pursue Japanese troops towards Madang, New Guinea.
- 1967 - Vietnam War: Peter John Badcoe was awarded the VC for actions in the Phu Thu district South Vietnam.
- 1970 - Monash University Regiment was raised.
- 1941 - World War II: Members of the 2/5th Battalion exchanged fire with German force Agheila. This was the first contact between the Germans and Australians in the campaign.
- 1951 - Korean War: 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment commenced a three day battle leading to the capture of Hill 614, in Korea.
- 1917 - World War I: I Anzac Corps launched a series of attacks at Le Barque, a pocket of German resistance during the Allied pursuit to the Hindenburg Line.
- 1942 - World War II: American-British-Dutch-Australian Command was dissolved.
- 1902 - Second Boer War: Western Australian components of the 2nd Australian Commonwealth Horse and the Commonwealth Army Medical Corps sailed for South Africa.
- 1965 - Following an expansion in the Army, 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment was split to form 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.
- 1900 - Second Boer War: The 3rd South Australian Bushmen contingent sailed for service in South Africa.
- 1942 - World War II: Japanese troops began to land on Java beginning the Battle of Java.
- 1900 - Second Boer War: The Australian Regiment advanced to the relief of Colesberg and proceeded through the Orange Free State to the Capital, Bloemfontain.
- 1942 - World War II: The military assumed control of Northern Australia combat areas under the National Security (Emergency Control) Regulations.
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