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Registered by AUSTRALIA POST NO. PP607128/00001 THE April 2010 VOL. 33 No.2 The official journal of The ReTuRNed & ServiceS LeAgue Of AustraliA POSTAGE PAID SURFACE ListeningListeningWA Branch incorporated • PO Box 3023 Adelaide Tce, Perth 6832 • est. 1920 PostPostAUSTRALIA MAIL Your Guide to ANZAC Day 2010 Mecure Hotel Australia Subiaco Raise PLEASE JOIN Defence Football US TO RAISE A a Glass Credit Union Club GLASS... 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On 1942-02-20 she was bombed and beached off Wyndham (Naval Historical Collection). month year title event 1 March 1901 Naval and military forces of the States With Federation state and federal authorities began planning for the establishment of federal military transferred to Commonwealth control forces. 3 March 1942 Broome and Wyndham bombed The Japanese air raid on Broome came when the port was crowded with refugees fleeing the Japanese invasion of the Netherlands East Indies. About 70 people, including many civilians are thought to have been killed in the raid. Japanese Attacks on Wyndham focused on the town's aerodrome. 20 March 1916 ANZAC Corps land in France With Gallipoli behind them the bulk of Australia's forces were now sent to France where the terrible fighting on the Western Front awaited. 27 March 1953 Last engagement between Meteors and Meteors had been found to be inferior to MIGS in air to air combat in Korea and were transferred to MIGS in the Korean War ground attack duties. 5 April 1951 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Operation Rugged involved United Nations forces crossing the 38th Parallel and occupying strong Regiment, involved in Operation defensive positions formed by a line of hills codenamed the Kansas Line and including Hills Salmon, Cod Rugged, Korea and Sardine, 45 kilometres north of Seoul. 7 April 1967 Major P.J. Badcoe, VC Major P.J. Badcoe, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, originally from Adelaide, SA, was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for a series of actions in South Vietnam between February and April 1967. 9 April 1968 HMAS Sydney arrived at Vung Tau The 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, disembarked and the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, embarked. Sydney made 24 voyages to Vietnam during the war. 24-25 April 1918 Lieutenant C.W.K. Sadlier, VC Lieutenant C.W.K. Sadlier, 51st Battalion, AIF, originally from Camberwell, Vic., wins the Victoria Cross at Villers Bretonneux. Supplied from the AWM Canberra. Jake Gaynor joins ANZAC Club Jake Gaynor has joined the ANZAC year 11 and went to Challenger TAFE to study Certificate 4 ‘Commercial Cooking’ Club Restaurant as a Kitchen Hand. study Hospitality and Tourism for a year, with the aim of becoming a chef.
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