Portal:Military history of Australia/Selected anniversaries/June
Selected anniversaries in June
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Anniversaries can be found here from the Army news website or here at the AWM or here at the Australian History unit, or in books, journals or other sources related to Australian military history.
- 1952 – Korean War: 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment joined the 28th Brigade of the 1st Commonwealth Division in Korea.
- 1966 – Vietnam War: 1st Australian Task Force established for operations in Phouc Tui Province, South Vietnam.
- 1918 – World War I: 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps destroyed 15 German aircraft.
- 1967 – Vietnam War: 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment arrived in South Vietnam.
- 1900 – Second Boer War: Lieutenant T W.R. Watson of the New South Wales Mounted Rifles rode into Pretoria to demand the immediate surrender of the Boer forces there.
- 1944 – World War II: The Royal Australian Air Force took part in its last major air battle of the war when 15 P-40Ns from No. 78 Squadron attacked 15 Japanese aircraft shooting down 10 aircraft for the loss of a single P-40.
- 1900 – Second Boer War: Victorians and Western Australians engaged in a conflict at Six Mile Spruit, South Africa.
- 1940 – World War II: The Government ordered the formation of the 9th Division.
- 1916 – World War I: the 7th Brigade conducts the first Australian raid in France around Armentieres.
- 1919 – Russian Civil War: 250 Australians land at Archangel, Russia, as part of the Australian contribution to the Allied Intervention in Russia 1918–1919 serving with the British North Russia Relief Force
- 1916 – World War I: The Returned Soldiers and Sailors Imperial League of Australia was formed.
- 1944 – World War II: Australian personnel and units take part in the Normandy landings
- 1969 – Vietnam War: Battle of Binh Ba began in South Vietnam.
- 1917 – World War I: The 3rd Division engages the enemy for the first time in the Battle of Messines.
- 1917 – World War I: Robert Cuthbert Grieve is awarded a VC for actions near Messines.
- 1917 – World War I: John Carroll is awarded a VC for actions in the Battle of Messines
- 1941 – World War II: Troops from the 21st and 25th Brigades of the 7th Division crossed into Lebanon during the Syria–Lebanon campaign.
- 1942 – World War II: Two Japanese submarines – I-24 and I-21 – surface and bombard Sydney and Newcastle respectively.
- 1985 – 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (Group) Memorial was unveiled at the entrance to Holsworthy Barracks.
- 1918 – World War I: the Third Battle of Morlancourt is fought on the Western Front
- 1940 – World War II: A convoy carrying 8,000 Australian troops arrived at Gourock, Scotland. The troops were incorporated into the island's defences.
- 1957 – 1 Special Air Service Company raised at Swanbourne, Western Australia.
- 1901 – Second Boer War: The New South Wales Citizen Bushmen contingent returned from South Africa.
- 1940 – World War II: Australia declared war on Fascist Italy.
- 1900 – Second Boer War: New South Wales mounted rifles and Western Australian mounted infantry involved in the capture of Diamond Hill, Pretoria, South Africa.
- 1996 – Two Blackhawk helicopters the 5th Aviation Regiment collided at High Range Training Area, killing 18 passengers and crew from SASR and 5th Aviation Regiment.
- 1945 – World War II: On Bougainville, after crossing the Hongorai River, the 24th, 57th/60th, 58th/59th Infantry Battalions from the 15th Brigade advance through the bush surrounding the Buin Road to clear the Japanese defenders.
- 1968 – Vietnam War: 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment returned to Brisbane on the troopship HMAS Sydney.
- 1901 – Second Boer War: The 2nd Tasmanian Bushmen contingent returned to Australia from South Africa.
- 1966 – Vietnam War: The concentration of the 1st Australian Task Force in South Vietnam is completed with the arrival of the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.
- 1901 – Second Boer War: James Rogers is awarded a VC for actions near Thaba’Nchu, Orange Free State.
- 1945 – Second World War: Labuan and Muara Islands cleared of Japanese troops by the 24th and 20th Brigades respectively.
- 1942 – World War II: HMAS Nestor was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, of Tobruk.
- 1953 – Korean War: 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment relieves 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment in Korea.
- 1945 – World War II: the 2/32nd Battalion landed at Weston, North Borneo.
- 1966 – Vietnam War: MV Jeparit began its first resupply voyage to South Vietnam.
- 1943 – World War II: Government announced that Australia was considered no longer to be under direct threat from Japan.
- 1953 – Korean War: Australian prisoners of war of the Korean War released at Panmunjon.
- 1941 – World War II: Arthur Roden Cutler is awarded a VC for a series of actions at Merdjayoun, Lebanon, during the Syria-Lebanon campaign.
- 1952 – Korean War: The 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, relieved the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment on the Jamestown line, Korea.
- 1864 – Australians in action against Maori forces at Te Ranga, New Zealand.
- 1943 – World War II: D Company, 2/6th Infantry Battalion defend and hold Lababia against a Japanese attacking force numbering more than 1,500 troops.
- 1911 – The first 42 cadets are inducted into the Royal Military College Duntroon, consisting of 32 Australians and 10 New Zealanders. The college was officially opened six days later.
- 1951 – Korean War: 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, for "extraordinary heroism and outstanding performance" during the Battle of Kapyong.
- 1941 – World War II: Troops of the 19th Brigade fought a defensive action against overwhelming odds at Brallos Pass.
- 1945 – World War II: Japanese resistance on Tarakan ends.
- 1885 – The New South Wales Contingent to the Sudan disembarks in Sydney.
- 1943 – World War II: The Australian Army Dental Corps was formed.
- 1940 – World War II: The British Government requests the Australian Government for military assets to assist in the garrisoning of Malaya, resulting in the despatch of the 22nd Brigade in early 1941
- 1942 – World War II: Maroubra Force is formed.
- 1916 – World War I: William Jackson is awarded the Victoria Cross for actions near Armientieres, France.
- 1942 – World War II: The 9th Division was ordered to Egypt in response to Rommel's advance across Africa.
- 1911 – Royal Military College, Duntroon officially opened in Canberra.
- 1950 – Australia in the Korean War: Australian Government announced that ground troops would be sent to Korea.
- 1950 – Malayan Emergency: No. 1 Squadron and No. 38 Squadron join the Far East Air Force in Malaya.
- 1950 – Korean War: United Nations Security Council recommends United Nations assistance to South Korea.
- 1918 – World War I: Phillip Davey is awarded the Victoria Cross for actions near Merris, France.
- 1945 – World War II: Leslie Thomas Starcevich is awarded the Victoria Cross for actions near Beaufort, North Borneo.
- 1942 – World War II: General Thomas Blamey reorganises the Australian Army for the defence of Australia.
- 1918 – World War I: The 1st Division captured Merris, France.
- 1942 – World War II: The New Guinea Volunteer Rifles and the 2/5th Independent Company raid Salamaua.
- 1943 – World War II: Allied force land at Nassau Bay in New Guinea