Portal:Military of Australia/Selected anniversaries/September
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- 1900 - John Hutton Bisdee wins a VC in Transvaal, South Africa
- 1900 - Guy George Egerton Wylly wins a VC at Warm Baths, South Africa
- 1918 - Alexander Henry Buckley wins a VC in Peronne, France
- 1918 - William Matthew Currey wins a VC in Peronne, France
- 1918 - Albert David Lowerson wins a VC in Mont St. Quentin, France
- 1918 - Robert MacTier wins a VC in Mont St. Quentin, France
- 1918 - Edgar Thomas Towner wins a VC in Mont St. Quentin, France
- 1951 - Australia, New Zealand and the United States sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
- 1918 - Arthur Charles Hall wins a VC in Peronne, France
- 1918 - Lawrence Carthage Weathers wins a VC in Peronne, France
- 1915 - Wilbur Taylor Dartnell wins a VC in Maktau, Kenya
- 1939 - Australia declare war on Germany following her invasion of Poland
- 1942 - Japanese evacuation of Milne Bay begins after suffering its first defeat of WWII
- 1942 - John Alexander French wins a VC Milne Bay, New Guinea
- 1943 - Australian 9th Division lands at Lae, New Guinea
- 1939 - Formation of Second Australian Imperial Force and call for volunteers for service during World War II
- 1951 - HMAS Anzac shells targets near Haeju, North Korea
- 1943 - B-24 Liberator crashes at Port Moresby and kills 59 Australians from the 2/33rd Battalion
- 1965 - HMAS Mildura, launched 1941, was sold for scrap to Brisbane Non-Ferrous Pty Ltd.
- 1914 - The light cruiser HMAS Melbourne captures the German radio station in Nauru.
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- 1955 - 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, advance party arrive in Penang, Malaya.
- 1943 - Richard Kelliher wins a VC in New Guinea
- 1947 - HMAS Warrnambool sinks after hitting a mine off Cairns, 4 sailors lost their lives
- 1914 - Australian Submarine AE1 is lost off New Guinea, becoming the RAN's first loss of WWI
- 1939 - Australian Government announces mobilisation of Militia and the establishment of the Second Australian Imperial Force for service abroad during WWII
- 1942 - Japans advance in Owen Stanley Range is stopped at Ioribaiwa
- 1943 - Japanese troops abandon Lae Papua New Guinea after heavy fighting
- 2006 - HMAS Westralia (O 195) decommissioned and HMAS Sirius commissioned.
- 1918 - The 1st and 4th divisions breach the Hindenburg Line during the Battle of the Hindenburg Line
- 1918 - Maurice Vincent Buckley wins a VC at Le Verguier, France
- 1918 - James Park Woods wins a VC at Le Verguier, France
- 1918 - 5th Light Horse Brigade capture the town of Nablus
- 1918 - Battle of Megiddo part of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign begins and lasts for 3 days
- 1943 - 2/6th Independent Company capture Kaiapit, New Guinea
- 1912 - Official formation of the Australian Flying Corps
- 1917 - Frederick Birks wins a VC at Glencourse Woods near Ypres
- 1944 - Academy award winning Australian cameraman Damien Parer killed while filming American troops on Peleliu
- 1914 - Reginald Roy Inwood wins a VC in Polygon Wood, Belgium
- 1917 - German New Guinea officialy surrenders to the Australian forces
- 1918 - Australian and British airmen of the Australian Flying Corps and Royal Flying Corps massacre retreating Turkish troops in the Wadi Fara, Palestine.
- 1952 - ANZUS military representatives begin three day meeting at Pearl Harbour.
- 2006 - The first 18 of Australia's 59 new M1A1 Abrams arrive in Melbourne.
- 1940 - HMAS Australia begins action against Vichy French during the Battle of Dakar
- 1942 - General Blamey appointed Commander in Chief of Allied land forces in New Guinea
- 1942 - HMAS Voyager is grounded at Betano Bay, Timor while transporting troops to the island
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- 1918 - Anzac Mounted Division captured the city of Amman, Jordan
- 1942 - HMAS Voyager is destroyed by demolition charges at Betano Bay, Timor after grounding two days earlier
- 1917 - John James Dwyer wins a VC in Zonnebeke, Belgium
- 1943 - Members of Z Force sink 7 ships in Singapore during Operation Jaywick
- 1917 - Patrick Joseph Bugden wins a VC in Zonnebeke, Belgium
- 1950 - 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment arrives in South Korea.
- 1918 - Hubert Wilkins awarded bar to Military Cross for rallying United States troops at the Battle of the Hindenburg Line, while taking photographs. Becoming the only Australian official photographer to be decorated for bravery in the field.
- 1918 - Blair Anderson Wark wins a VC Bellicourt, France
- 1918 - Ernest Albert Corey wins a third bar to Military Medal. Becoming the only person to be awarded the MM four times
- 1918 - John Ryan wins a VC at the Hindenberg Defences, France
