South ’s Ex-Service Commemorative Calendar 2016 ANZAC CENTENARY EDITION “The ruin of Pozieres Windmill which lies here was the centre of the struggle in this part of the Somme battlefield in July and August 1916. It was captured on August 4 by Australian troops who fell more thickly on this ridge than on any other battlefield of the war.” Charles Bean

January 5 75th Anniversary of the Capture of Bardia, Libya (1941) June 3 Aboriginal Veterans’ Commemorative Service September 7 Battle for Australia Day (1942/1943) 5 Bomber Command Commemorative Day 7 Australasian Soldiers Dardanelles February 13 Australian British Commonwealth Occupation Forces 6 D Day Landings, Normandy, France (1944) Cenotaph Unveiled, Adelaide (1915) arrive at Kure, Japan (1946) 10-15 Battle of Shah Wali Kot, Afghanistan (2010) 11 RAN Assault on Bita Paka Wireless Station, 14 National Servicemen’s Day July 4 Battle of Hamel, France (1918) New Britain (1914) 15 Fall of Singapore (1942) 10 Formation of the Royal Australian Navy (1911) 14 Australian Peacekeepers’ Day 16 Bangka Island Massacre, Dutch East Indies (1942) 19 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles (1916) 15 Battle of Britain Day (1940) 19 Bombing of Darwin (1942) 23-29 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Pozières, France (1916) 19 Battle of Hat Dich, South Vietnam (1969) October 3-8 65th Anniversary of Battle of Maryang San, 23 Kokoda Track Campaign, New Guinea (1942) Korea (1951) March 1 Formation of Commonwealth Naval Forces (1901) 27 Korea Veterans’ Day 20 10th Embark from Outer Harbor 1 Formation of Australian Army (1901) August 3-5 100th Anniversary of the , Sinai (1916) on HMAT Ascanius (1914) 15 75th Anniversary of Formation of the Women’s Auxiliary 4 Britain Declares War on Germany (1914) 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Australian Air Force (1941) November 5-14 5-3/9 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Mouquet Farm (1916) Gueudecourt, France, (1916) 20 Second Gulf War commences, Iraq (2003) 6-10 Battle of , (1915) 11 Remembrance Day (1918) 31 Formation of Royal Australian Air Force (1921) 8 Battle of Amiens (1918) 19 75th Anniversary of Sinking of April 6 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Greece (1941) 13 75th Anniversary of Formation of the Australian HMAS Sydney (II) (1941) 10 75th Anniversary of the Siege of Tobruk, North Africa (1941) Women’s Army Service (1941) 30 Australian Servicewomen’s 21 75th Anniversary of Formation of Women’s Royal Australian 15 Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day (1945) Commemoration Service Naval Service (1941) 18 Vietnam Veterans’ Day December 3 Arrival of first Australian forces 24 65th Anniversary of the Battle of Kapyong, Korea (1951) 18 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, in Afghanistan (2001) 25 Landings at Gallipoli, (1915) South Vietnam (1966) 25 100th Anniversary of first commemoration of (1916) 31 Malaya & Borneo Veterans’ Day www.anzaccentenary.sa.gov.au May 4-8 Battle of the Coral Sea (1942) Background Image: The Windmill site at Pozieres, France today, where many 12 Battle of Fire Support Bases Coral and Balmoral, South Australians died in battles fought here and at nearby Mouquet Farm South Vietnam (1968) between July 23 and 6 September, 1916. (Source: CWGC). 18 100th Anniversary of Battle of Suez Canal (1916) Photo: Anzac Centenary Coordination Unit. 20 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Crete (1941) Throughout the Anzac Centenary we remember the courageous men 30 Sandakan Remembrance Day, Borneo (1945) and women from South Australia whose service and sacrifice in all wars, conflicts and peace operations ensured the preservation of the way of life we enjoy today.