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Battle for Australia Day (1942/1943)Australasian Soldiers Dardanelles Cenotaph Unveiled, Adelaide (1915)RAN Assault on Bita Paka Wireless Station, New Britain (1914) Australian Peacekeepers’ Day Battle of Britain Day (1940)

October 3-8

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65th Anniversary of Battle of Maryang San, Korea (1951)10th Battalion Embark from Outer Harbor on HMAT Ascanius (1914)

November 5-14

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100th Anniversary of the Battle of Gueudecourt, France, (1916)Remembrance Day (1918) 75th Anniversary of Sinking of HMAS Sydney (II) (1941)Australian Servicewomen’s Commemoration Service

December 3 Arrival of first Australian forces in Afghanistan (2001)

January 5 75th Anniversary of the Capture of Bardia, Libya (1941)

February 13

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Australian British Commonwealth Occupation Forces arrive at Kure, Japan (1946)National Servicemen’s Day Fall of Singapore (1942) Bangka Island Massacre, Dutch East Indies (1942) Bombing of Darwin (1942)Battle of Hat Dich, South Vietnam (1969)

March 1115

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Formation of Commonwealth Naval Forces (1901) Formation of Australian Army (1901) 75th Anniversary of Formation of the Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force (1941)Second Gulf War commences, Iraq (2003) Formation of Royal Australian Air Force (1921)

April 61021

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75th Anniversary of the Battle of Greece (1941)75th Anniversary of the Siege of Tobruk, North Africa (1941)75th Anniversary of Formation of Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (1941)65th Anniversary of the Battle of Kapyong, Korea (1951) Landings at Gallipoli, Turkey (1915)100th Anniversary of first commemoration of Anzac Day (1916)

May 4-812

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Battle of the Coral Sea (1942) Battle of Fire Support Bases Coral and Balmoral, South Vietnam (1968) 100th Anniversary of Battle of Suez Canal (1916)75th Anniversary of the Battle of Crete (1941)Sandakan Remembrance Day, Borneo (1945)

June 35610-15

Aboriginal Veterans’ Commemorative Service Bomber Command Commemorative DayD Day Landings, Normandy, France (1944) Battle of Shah Wali Kot, Afghanistan (2010)

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Battle of Hamel, France (1918) Formation of the Royal Australian Navy (1911) 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles (1916)100th Anniversary of the Battle of Pozières, France (1916)Kokoda Track Campaign, New Guinea (1942) Korea Veterans’ Day

August 3-545-3/96-10813

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100th Anniversary of the Battle of Romani, Sinai (1916)Britain Declares War on Germany (1914)100th Anniversary of the Battle of Mouquet Farm (1916)Battle of Lone Pine, Gallipoli (1915) Battle of Amiens (1918)75th Anniversary of Formation of the Australian Women’s Army Service (1941)Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day (1945) Vietnam Veterans’ Day50th Anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, South Vietnam (1966) Malaya & Borneo Veterans’ Day www.anzaccentenary.sa.gov.au

Background Image: The Windmill site at Pozieres, France today, where many South Australians died in battles fought here and at nearby Mouquet Farm between July 23 and 6 September, 1916. (Source: CWGC). Photo: Anzac Centenary Coordination Unit.

“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

ANZAC CENTENARY EDITION

South Australia’s Ex-Service Commemorative Calendar 2016

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 preservation of the way of life we enjoy today.