Portal:Military of Australia/Selected anniversaries/June
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- 1952 - Korean War: 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment joined the 28th Brigade of the 1st Commonwealth Division in Korea.
- 1966 - Vietnam War: 1st Australian Task Force established for operations in Phouc Tui Province, South Vietnam.
- 1918 - World War I: 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps destroyed 15 German aircraft.
- 1967 - Vietnam War: 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment arrived in South Vietnam.
- 1900 - Second Boer War: Lieutenant T W.R. Watson of the New South Wales Mounted Rifles rode into Pretoria to demand the immediate surrender of the Boer forces their.
- 1944 - World War II: The Royal Australian Air Force took part in its last major air battle of the war when 15 P-40Ns from No. 78 Squadron attacked 15 Japanese aircraft shooting down 10 aircraft for the loss of P- 40.
- 1900 - Second Boer War: Victorians and Western Australians engaged in a conflict at Six Mile Spruit, South Africa.
- 1940 - World War II: The Government ordered the formation of the 9th Division.
- 1916 - World War II: 7 Brigade conducted the first Australian raid in France.
- 1919 - Russian Civil War: 250 Australians land at the Archangel, Russia, with the British North Russia Relief Force.
- 1916 - World War II: The Returned Soldiers and Sailors Imperial League of Australia was formed.
- 1969 - Vietnam War: Battle of Binh Ba began in South Vietnam.
- 1917 - World War I: The 3rd Division engages the enemy for the first time in the Battle of Messines.
- 1917 - World War I: Robert Cuthbert Grieve is awarded a VC for actions near Messines.
- 1917 - World War I: John Carroll is awarded a VC for actions near St Ives[disambiguation needed], France.
- 1941 - World War II: Troops from the 21st and 25th Brigades of the 7th Division crossed into Lebanon.
- 1942 - World War II: Japanese submarine I-24 and I-21 surface and bombard Sydney and Newcastle respectively.
- 1985 - 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (Group) Memorial was unveiled at the entrance to Holsworthy Barracks.
- 1940 - World War II: A convoy carrying 8000 Australian troops arrived at Guorock, Scotland. The troops were incorporated into the islands defences.
- 1957 - 1 Special Air Service Company raised at Swanbourne, Western Australia.
- 1901 - Second Boer War: The New South Wales Citizen Bushmen contingent returned from South Africa.
- 1940 - World War II: Australia declared war on Fascist Italy.
- 1900 - Second Boer War: New South Wales mounted rifles and Western Australian mounted infantry involved in the capture of Diamond Hill, Pretoria, South Africa.
- 1996 - Two Blackhawk helicopters the 5th Aviation Regiment collided at High Range Training Area, killing 18 passengers and crew from SASR and 5th Aviation Regiment.
- 1945 - World War II: On Bougainville the 24th, 57th/60t, 58th/59th Infantry Battalions from the 15th Brigade swept through the bush surrounding the Buin Road to clear the Japanese defenders.
- 1968 - Vietnam War: 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment returned to Brisbane on the troopship HMAS Sydney.
- 1901 - Second Boer War: The 2nd Tasmanian Bushmen contingent returned to Australia from South Africa.
- 1966 - Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force in South Vietnam completed with the arrival of 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.
- 1901 - Second Boer War: James Rogers is awarded a VC for actions near Thaba’Nchu, Orange Free State.
- 1945 - Second World War: Labuan and Muara Islands cleared of Japanese troops by 24th and 20th Brigades respectively.
- 1942 - World War II: The HMAS Nestor was was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, of Tobruk.
- 1953 - Korean War: 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment relieves 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment in Korea.
- 1945 - World War II: 2/32 Battalion landed at Weston, North Borneo.
- 1966 - Vietnam War: MV Jeparit began its first resupply voyage to South Vietnam.
- 1943 - World War II: Government announced that Australia was considered no longer to be under direct threat from Japan.
- 1953 - Korean War: Australian prisoners of war of the Korean War released at Panmunjon.
- 1941 - World War II: Arthur Roden Cutler is awarded a VC for a series of actions at Merdjayoun, Lebanon.
- 1952 - Korean War: The 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, relieved the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment on the Jamestown line, Korea.
- 1864 - Australians in action against Maori forces at Te Ranga, New Zealand.
- 1943 - World War II: D Coy of the 2/6 Battalion defend and hold Lababia against an Japanese attacking force numbering more than 1,500 troops.
- 1911 - First 42 cadets inducted into Royal Military College Duntroon, 32 Australians and 10 New Zealanders. The college was officially opened six days later.
- 1951 - Korean War: 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, for "extraordinary heroism and outstanding performance" during the Battle of Kapyong.
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