Portal:Military history of Australia/Selected anniversaries/October

Selected anniversaries in October

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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.

October 1

October 2

October 3

October 4

October 5

October 6

October 7

  • 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.

October 8

October 9

October 10

October 11

October 12

October 13

October 14

October 15

October 16

October 17

October 18

October 19

October 20

October 21

October 22

  • 1950 – Battle of the Apple Orchard begins in Yeongju, South Korea.

October 23

October 24

October 25

October 26

  • 1956 – 2RAR in action against communist terrorists at Sungei Siput, Malaya.

October 27

October 28

October 29

October 30

October 31