28/08/2026
📣What was on in September? 📣
Source AWM (Australian War Memorial)
1 September 1939 Germany invades Poland The German invasion of Poland led to the declaration of war against Germany by the United Kingdom and France and began the Second World War.
3 September 1939 Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany The German invasion of Poland led to the declaration of war against Germany by the United Kingdom and France and began the Second World War.
4 September 1943 9th Division land at Lae, New Guinea Lae was the focus of a major land, sea, and air operation by Australian and American forces.
6 September 1951 HMAS Anzac bombs targets near Haeju, Korea
7 September 1943 Liberator crash kills 59 Australians A liberator crashed on take-off at Port Moresby hitting five trucks carrying men of the 2/33rd Battalion; 15 were killed instantly, 44 died of their injuries, and 92 were injured but survived.
8 September 1943 Italy announces unconditional surrender to the Allies
8 September 1951 Peace treaty (Second World War) signed with Japan The peace treaty signalled the formal end of hostilities with Japan, though the fighting had ended some six years before.
10 September 1943 Italy signs armistice with the Allies
11 September 1914 Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force lands at Rabaul
12 September 1955 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, advance party arrive in Penang, Malaya
14 September 1914 HMA Submarine AE1 lost off New Guinea
15 September 1939 Australian Government announces mobilisation of the militia and the establishment of the second AIF for service abroad
18 September 1918 Australian attack on Hindenburg Line
19 September 1918 5th Light Horse Brigade capture Nablu
20 September 1912 Official approval given for the establishment of a military Central Flying School. Official formation of the Australian Flying Corps
21 September 1914 German New Guinea surrenders
21 September 1918 Australian Flying Corps at Wadi Fara
21 September 1971 Battle of Nui Le, South Vietnam
22 September 1952 ANZUS meeting at Pearl Harbor
23 September 1940 HMAS Australia action at Dakar
25 September 1918 ANZAC Mounted Division capture Amman
25 September 1942 HMAS Voyager grounded and destroyed at Betano Bay, Timor
26–27 September 1943 Operation Jaywick destroys Japanese shipping
28 September 1950 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment arrives in Korea
29 September 1918 Battle of St Quentin canal
