This Month in History – MARCH | Nerang RSL Sub Branch

1^ST    1942   HMAS PERTH SUNK IN SUNDA STRAIT
2^ND    1943   BATTLE OF THE BISMARCK SEA BEGINS
3^RD    1942    BROOME AND WYNDHAM BOMBED
4^TH    1942    HMAS YARRA SUNK SOUTH OF JAVA
10^TH  1942    JAPANESE LANDED AT FINSCHHAFEN
16^TH  1943   FLT LT W.E. NEWTON V.C. AT SALAMAUA
20^TH  1916    ANZAC CORPS LAND IN FRANCE
          1917    FLT LT F.H. MC NAMARA V.C. AT PALESTINE
          2003    IRAQ WAR BEGINS
22^ND  1945    CPL R.R. RATTEY V.C. AT BOUGAINVILLE
25^TH   1945   LT A.L. CLOWNE V.C. AT DAGUA NEW GUINEA
26^TH 1917    FIRST BATTLE OF GAZA
          1917   CAPT P.N. CHERRY V.C. AT LAGINCOURT FRANCE
28^TH  1918   SGT S.R.MC DOUGALL V.C. AT DERNANCOURT FRANCE
29^TH  1885   NSW CONTINGENT ARRIVED IN SUDAN
31^ST 1921   RAAF ANNIVERSARY