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South Australia’s Ex-Service Commemorative Calendar 2018 Anzac Centenary Edition

January 1 Centenary of the Formation of the Australian Corps (1918) May 4 Battle of the Coral Sea (1942) September 2 Lawrence Carthage Weathers awarded VC at Peronne, France 2 75th Anniversary of the Capture of Buna, 12 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Fire Support Bases (1918) Papua (1943) Coral and Balmoral, South Vietnam (1968) 3 Britain, France and Australia declare war on Germany (1939) 22 75th Anniversary of the end of Battle of Sanananda Track, 29 Sandakan Remembrance Day, (1945) 7 Australasian Soldiers Dardanelles Cenotaph Unveiled, (1915) (1943) 31 End of the Boer War (1902) 14 Australian Peacekeepers Day 30 50th Anniversary of the Tet Offensive, Vietnam (1968) 14 Loss of HMAS AE1 off Rabaul (1914) June 1 Aboriginal Veterans Commemorative Service 18 James Park Woods awarded VC at Le Verguier, France (1918) February 14 National Servicemen’s Day Command Commemorative Day 4 Bomber 19 Centenary of the Battle of Megiddo, Syria (1918) 15 Fall of Singapore (1942) Battle of Long Khanh, Vietnam (1971) 6 20 Arrival of INTERFET in East Timor (1999) 16 Radji Beach Massacre, Dutch East Indies (1942) Battle of Shah Wali Kot, Afghanistan (2010) 10 29 Lawrence Carthage Weathers VC killed in action, France (1918) 19 Bombing of Darwin (1942) 28 Corporal P. Davey awarded VC at Merris, France (1918) October 3 Battle of Maryang San, Korea (1951) March 1 Formation of Commonwealth Naval Forces (1901) July 4 Centenary of the Battle of Hamel, France (1918) 16 75th Anniversary of the completion of the Thai Burma Railway (1943) 1 Formation of Australian Army (1901) 4 Private Jack Axford awarded VC at Hamel, France (1918) 29 Australian Servicewomen’s Commemoration Service 2 75th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bismark Sea (1943) 10 Formation of the Royal Australian Navy (1911) 31 Battle of Beersheba, (1917) 20 15th Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq in 23 Kokoda Track Campaign, New Guinea (1942) Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003) 27 Korea Veterans Day November 9 HMAS Sydney sinks German Emden (1914) 31 Formation of Royal Australian Air Force (1921) 11 Centenary of Armistice Day (1918) August 6 Battle of Suoi Chau Pha, Vietnam (1967) 17 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Sattleburg (1943) April 10 Siege of , North Africa (1941) 8 Centenary of the Battle of Amiens, France (1918) 19 Sinking of HMAS Sydney (II), Australia (1941) 24 Centenary of the Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, France (1918) 11 End of the Indonesian Confrontation (1966) 23 70th Anniversary of the Formation of the Royal Australian Regiment (1948) 24 Battle of Kapyong, Korea (1951) 15 Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day (1945) 24 Corporal Tom Derrick awarded VC at Sattelberg, Papua New Guinea (1943) 18 Vietnam Veterans Day 25 Anzac Day, Gallipoli Landing, Turkey (1915) December 27 75th Anniversary of the Battle for the Pimple at Shaggy Ridge, 18 Battle of Long Tan, South Vietnam (1966) 30 Centenary of the Raid on Es Salt, Palestine (1918) Papua New Guinea (1943) 30 Loss of HMAS AE2 (1915) 31 Malaya & Borneo Veterans Day 31 Conclusion of Operation Slipper, Afghanistan (2014) 31 Centenary of the Battle of Mont St Quentin, France (1918)

This calendar is an initiative of the Veterans’ Advisory Council of South Australia.

For more details on these important events in the military history of our State and Nation please telephone Veterans SA on (08) 8226 8552 or email [email protected] Do you have an Anzac story to share? Find out how at: Throughout the Anzac Centenary we remember the courageous men and women from South Australia whose service and sacrifice in all wars, conflicts and peace operations ensured the www.anzaccentenary.sa.gov.au preservation of the way of life we enjoy today. Anzacs Passing Lights’ Statue, December 1918. (Observer, 14 Dec 1918)