C January 1 January– Formation of the Australian Army Corps (1918) O February 10 February – HMAS Melbourne/HMAS Voyager Collision (1964) 14 February– National Service Day M 16 February – Radji Beach Massacre, Dutch East Indies (1942) 19 February – Bombing of Darwin (1942) 19 February – Battle of Hat Dich, Vietnam (1969) M 24 February – War Animal Day 28 February – 30 Anniversary of the end of the Gulf War August 8 August - World Suicide Prevention Day March 13 August - Formation of the Australian 1 March – Formation of Australian Women's Army E Army (1901) Service (1941) 15 March – Formation of Women’s 15 August – Sandakan Memorial Day, Auxiliary Australian Air Force (1941) Sabah Borneo 18 March – First arrival of 18 August – Vietnam Veterans’ Day M Australian contingent of UNTAG in Namibia 31 August – Malaya & Borneo (1989) Veterans’ Day 19 March – Iraq War commenced (2003) September 31 March – Formation of Royal Australian 2 September– Battle for Australia Day Air Force (1921) 3 September – Merchant Navy Day 31 March – Formation of Australian O 7 September – Australasian Soldiers Navy (1901) Dardanelles Cenotaph Unveiled, (1915) 14 September – Australian April Peacekeepers Day 2 April – RAN Sea King crash, Nias 14 September – Loss of HMAS AE1 off R Island Indonesia (2005) Rabaul (1914) 10 April – Siege of Tobruk, North 15 September - Battle of Britain Africa (1941) 20 September – Arrival of INTERFET in 21 April - Formation of and first East Timor (1999) enlistments in Women's Royal Australian 20 September – Formation of Australian A Naval Service (1941) Flying Corps (1912) 23 April – 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Kapyong Korea (1951) October 25 April – Anzac Day, Gallipoli 3 October – Battle of Maryang San, T Landing, Turkey (1915) Korea (1951) 29 April – 30th Anniversary 10 October – World Mental Health Day of UN Mission for the Referendum in 16 October – 30th Anniversary Western Sahara (MINURSO) established of the first arrival of Australian contingent of UNAMIC in Cambodia (1991) I 30 April – Anniversary of the Loss of HMAS AE2 (1915) 20 October – First arrival of ADF MovCon Unit (MCU) in Somalia (1992) O May 21 October – Battle of Nui Le, South 4 May – Battle of the Coral Sea Vietnam (1971) 29 October – National Police (1942) Remembrance Day 25 May – 15th Anniversary N of the start of Operation Astute in East November Timor 1 November - Formation of the Australian 29 May – International Day of UN Corps (1917) peacekeepers 11 November – Remembrance Day 29 May - Aboriginal Veterans’ S 19 November – Sinking of HMAS Sydney Commemorative Service (II), Australia (1941) 29 May – Sandakan Remembrance Day, Borneo December 3 December – Arrival of First SASR June forces in Afghanistan (2001) 5 June– Bomber Command 31 December– Conclusion of Operation 2 Commemorative Service SLIPPER, Afghanistan (2014) Day 6 – 7 June – 50th Anniversary of Battle of Long Khanh 0 19 June – Vietnamese Armed Forces Day 27 June – PTSD Awareness Day July 1 July– Reserve Forces Day 2 17 July – 15th Anniversary of Operation Perth begins (2006) 24 July– First arrival of RAMSI forces in the Solomon Islands (2003) 1 25 July - First arrival of Australian contingent of UNAMIR II in Rwanda (1994) 27 July– Korea Veterans’ Day All images sources from the Australian War Memorial. This calendar is an initiative of the South Australian Veterans' Advisory Council..