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January

14th of January, 1942 – Black Jack Galleghan and the ambush at Gemencheh River – the Battle of Gemas.

13 – Black Jack Galleghan and the ambush at Gemas

18th of January – Battle of Bakri – LT Mcure and a section from the 2/4th Anti Tank Regiment engage Japanese tanks.

14 – LT McCure, Moral Courage and the Battle of Bakri

22nd January 1942 – The Parit Sulong Massacre.

15 – LT COL Anderson VC and his moral and physical courage at Bakri and Parit Sulong

February

14 February, 1797 – The Battle of Cape St Vincent.

52 – Lord Nelson and the Battle of Cape St Vincent

March

2 – 4 March, 1943 Battle of the Bismarck Sea.

April

9 – 11 April, 1917 – The Battle of Vimy Ridge

77 – The Battle of Vimy Ridge

11 April, 1917 – The First Battle of Bullecourt.

73 – 1st Battle of Bullecourt – The Australian Infantry’s most brilliant achievement

May

31 May – 1 June 1916 – The Battle of Jutland.

Firepower 21: Jutland and the advent of Over the Horizon Warfare

July

22 – 25 July, 1797 – The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

59 – Nelson, Mission Command and Mission Failure
46 – The Battle of the Bismarck Sea

August

1st of August, 1871 – The Birth of Australian Artillery.

63 – Beginnings – the 150th Anniversary of Australian Artillery

2nd August, 216 BC – The Battle of Cannae

18 – The Roman Center of Gravity at the Battle of Cannae

18th August, 1966 – The Battle of Long Tan.

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23 – Long Tan 1: Readiness, Conscription and the Nashos

October

11 October, 1943 – The Battle of Pallier’s Hill

41 – The Assault on Pallier’s Hill

December

10th of December, 1941 – the sinking of Force Z – a failure of Concentration of Force.

8 – Concentration of Force in the Malaya Campaign

31st of December, 1941 – 2nd of January 1942 – The Battle of Kampar

11 – Flexibility in the Malaya Campaign