Portal:Military history of Australia/Selected anniversaries/January
Selected anniversaries in January
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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.
- 1901 – Proclamation of the Commonwealth of Australia.
- 1901 – Second Boer War: The Queensland Mounted Infantry Regiment suffers the first casualties of any Australian colony.
- 1975 – Office of Australian War Graves is established.
- 1942 – World War II: the 8th Division made contact with the Japanese in Malaya.
- 1943 – World War II: Buna Government Station is captured from Japanese forces.
- 1914 – World War I: First Australian Imperial Force disembarked at Alexandria, Egypt.
- 1941 – World War II: 6th Division in action at Bardia, Libya beginning Australia's first major ground campaign of the war.
- 1942 – World War II: Japanese air attacks begin against Rabaul, New Britain.
- 1941 – World War II: The 6th Division captures the city of Bardia and 40,000 Italian prisoners, including four generals, at a cost of 130 killed and 326 wounded.
- 1945 – World War II: HMAS Australia was damaged by Kamikaze aircraft in Lingayen Gulf, Philippines killing 25.
- 1906 – First meeting of the commanders of the Australian Military Forces.
- 1952 – Korean War: HMAS Tobruk bombards Chomi Do, Korea.
- 1952 – Korean War: RAAF launch first Gloster Meteor rocket attack against ground forces.
- 1958 – Korean War: Last Australian servicemen returns from Korea.
- 1917 – World War I: The 1st and 3rd Light Horse Brigades take part in the Battle of Rafa, capturing the town.
- 1940 – World War II: Australian Comforts Fund re-established.
- 1966 – Vietnam War: 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment begins operations during Operation Crimp.
- 1940 – World War II: Second Australian Imperial Force sails for the Middle East.
- 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces captured Tarakan Island, Borneo.
- 1973 – Vietnam War: Official cessation of hostilities in Vietnam by Australian forces.
- 1943 – World War II: Australian and American forces begin attack on Sanananda during the Battle of Buna–Gona.
- 1988 – Captain PJ McCarthy was killed whilst on duty the UNTSO Observer Group in Lebanon becoming the first Australian Serviceman to die whilst serving with the United Nations.
- 1900 – Second Boer War: Troops from New South Wales are attacked at Prieska by Boers.
- 1944 – World War II: The 20th Brigade occupied a major Japanese barge and supply point at Nambariwa in the Australian advance to Sio in New Guinea.
- 1942 – World War II: 8th Division causes heavy casualties on Japanese in an ambush at Gemas in the first Australian contact with Japanese troops of the war.
- 1947 – The School of Infantry is reformed following World War II.
- 1944 – World War II: Australian 9th Division capture the town of Sio destroying the Japanese 20th Division in the protracted Huon Peninsula Campaign.
- 1993 – Main contingent of 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment began to arrive in Somalia by aircraft as part of Operation Solace.
- 1952 – Korean War: HMAS Sydney begins its seventh patrol and final tour in Korean waters.
- 1962 – Frank Hurley the first official AIF photographer dies.
- 1917 – World War I: No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps sail for France.
- 1993 – 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment assumed responsibility for security of the town of Baidoa, Somalia.
- 1901 – Second Boer War: New South Wales and New Zealand troops defeat approximately 800 Boers at Ventersdorp.
- 1942 – World War II: North Borneo surrendered to Japanese forces.
- 1951 – Korean War: Mustangs of No. 77 Squadron RAAF attacked a suspected Chinese headquarters in Pyongyang.
- 1942 – World War II: Charles Groves Wright Anderson wins a VC at Muar River, Malaya.
- 1942 – World War II: Wirraways of No. 24 Squadron RAAF engage Japanese fighters and bombers over Rabaul, 8 were shot down.
- 1941 – World War II: Australian 6th Division begins its attack on Tobruk, Libya.
- 1941 – World War II: Tobruk surrenders to Australian 6th Division.
- 1943 – World War II: HMAS Patrica Cam was sunk by Japanese aircraft near the Wessel Islands.
- 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces capture Rabaul, New Guinea.
- 1944 – World War II: Australian 7th Division defeat Japanese forces at Shaggy Ridge, New Guinea.
- 1967 – Vietnam War: Members of 1st Australian Task Force make contact with the enemy for the first time in the area of the Bien Hoa.
- 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces land at Lae.
- 1942 – World War II: Full mobilisation ordered in Australia in response to the threat of Japanese invasion.
- 1952 – Korean War: Last day of service for HMAS Sydney in the Korean war.
- 1945 – World War II: Beginning of Sandakan Death Marches in Borneo only 6 of the 6,000 marchers survived.
- 1941 – World War II: Australian 6th Division engages the enemy at Derna, Libya.
- 1991 – First Gulf War: RAN Clearance Diving Team departs Perth for Kuwait during the First Gulf War.
- 1941 – World War II: Italians evacuate Derna, Libya after being defeated by units of the 6th Division.
- 1941 – World War II: 6th Division occupies Derna.
- 1942 – World War II: Japanese attack Ambon, New Guinea.
- 1968 – Vietnam War: First Battle of Saigon begins Operation Coburg for 2 and 7 RAR.
- 1942 – World War II: Allied forces withdraw to Singapore after being driven from the Malay Peninsula.