This Month in History – JANUARY

 

2^ND       1943     BUNA GOVERNMENT STATION CAPTURED

3^RD       1941     BATTLE OF BARDIA

4^TH          1942     JAPANESE AIR ATTACKS AGAINST RABAUL NEW BRITIAN

5^TH          1941     BARDIA CAPTURED

             1945     HMAS AUSTRAILA DAMAGED BY KAMIKAZE AIRCRAFT

7^TH       1952     HMAS TOBRUK BOMBARDS CHOMI-DO KOREA

8^TH       1958     LAST AUSTRALIAN SERVICEMEN RETURN FROM KOREA

10^TH     1940     SECOND A.I.F. SAILED FOR MIDDLE EAST

11^TH     1973     CEASATION OF HOSTILITIES IN VIETNAM BY AUSTRALIAN FORCES

12^TH     1943     ATTACK ON SANANANDA BEGINS

14^TH     1942     8^TH DIVISION INFLECTED HEAVY LOSS ON JAPANESE IN AMBUSH AT GEMAS, MALAYA

15^TH     1944     9^TH DIVISION CAPTURE SIO, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

19^TH        1942     NORTH BORNEO SURRENDERED TO JAPANESE

20^TH     1942     WIRRAWAYS ENGAGE JAPNESE FITHER AND BOMDER FORMATIONS OVER RABAUL

21^ST      1941     6^TH DIVISION BEGINS ITS ATTACK ON TOBRUK, LIBYA

22^ND     1941     TOBRUK SURRENDERS AUSTRALIAN 6^TH DIVISION

23^RD     1942     JAPANESE CAPTURE RABAUL, NEW GUINEA

             1944     7^TH DIVISION DEFEAT JAPANESE AT SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA

25^TH        1942     JAPANESE LAND AT LAE

              1942     FULL MOBILIZATION ORDERED IN AUSTRALIA

26^TH     1945     BEGINNING OF THE SANDAKAN DEATH MARCH, BORNEO

28^TH        1991     RAN CLEARENCE DIVING TEAM DEPARTS PERTH FOR KUWAIT

29^TH     1943     BATTLE FOR WAU NEW GUINEA BEGINS

30^TH     1968     TET OFFENSIVE BEGINS IN VEITNAM