28/08/2026
What was on in October ? Source AWM (Australian War Memorial)
1 October 1918 Australian Light Horsemen take Damascus The Light Horse advances into Damascus, the Syrian capital, that ended the First World War in the Middle East
2 October 1943 9th Division captures Finschhafen
3 October 1992 Dedication, Australian Vietnam Veterans' National Memorial The Vietnam Veterans' National Memorial, Anzac Parade, Canberra, was opened by the Prime Minister, the Hon. Paul Keating, MP, and honours those Australians who served and died in the war in Vietnam.
5 October 1918 Capture of Montbrehain, France Montbrehain was the AIF's final action in France in the First World War,
5 October 1951 HMAS Sydney in Korean waters The commencement of the aircraft carrier, HMAS Sydney's, first patrol off Korea's west coast
5 October 1951 Second Australian battalion committed to Korea
6 October 1971 HMAS Sydney at Vung Tau The carrier embarked the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, as Australia's participation in the Vietnam war wound down.
7 October 1950 UN command forces authorised to cross 38th parallel
7 October 1951 Fighting continues at Maryang-San, Korea
9 October 1950 United Nations Forces advance into North Korea
10 October 1917 Battle of Poelcappelle, Western Front Australian divisions continued to attack in the third battle of Ypres.
11 October 1944 Australians land at Jacquinot Bay, New Britain
13 October 1969 HMAS Brisbane returns to Sydney This was the end of the Brisbane's first deployment to Vietnam
14 October 1927 HMAS Adelaide at Solomon
16 October 1967 Royal Australian Navy Helicopters deploy to Vietnam
18 October 1944 HMAS Geelong sunk
18 October 1967 HMAS Perth hit HMAS Perth struck by return fire near Cape Lai, Vietnam,
19 October 1945 War Widow's Guild of Australia founded. It is still an active organisation today.
21 October 1915 Australian Red Cross Missing and Wounded Enquiry Bureau established
21 October 1916 5th Australian Division on Western Front
21 October 1944 HMAS Australia damaged by Kamikaze aircraft
23 October 1942 Battle of El Alamein begins
28 October 1916 First conscription referendum Dismayed by heavy losses at Fromelles and Pozières on the Western Front, Prime Minister W.M. Hughes proposed that conscription be introduced for overseas service. The proposal was defeated.
30 October 1918 Armistice with Turkey Armistice signed with Turkey, ending Turkish involvement in the First World War. Australian troops had taken a prominent part in the war against the Ottoman empire, especially on Gallipoli and in Sinai-Palestine.
31 October 1917 Beersheba, Palestine At Beersheba the 4th Light Horse Brigade's undertook a bold charge against Turkish positions at Beersheba.
