Upcoming Events
Saturday 20 October - Anzac Memorial Extensions Sydney, Official opening
Saturday 20 October - Peace Comes to Liverpool Exhibition opens at Liverpool Regional Museum
Sunday 21 October – Canberra Family History Group – Mary Sutters to speak on The Impact of WW1.
3-16 November - 2018 Australian War Graves Photographic Archive Western Front Commemorative Tour
Friday 9 November - Remembrance Event at Rookwood
10AM to 2PM (Ceremony 10:30AM to 11:30AM) @ All Souls Chapel and Village Green, Hawthorne Avenue, Rookwood CemeterySaturday 10 November – FFFAIF AGM followed by WFA Branch Meeting
Sunday 11 November – Remembrance Day at Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park
Sunday 25 November – Rallying the Troops
Kur-ing-gai Historical Society – Lambis Englezos launches Vol 4 of the Soldiers of Kur-ing-gai Shire.Dates in History
October
1 October 1918 Australian Light Horse take Damascus.
5 October 1918 Capture of Montbrehain, France by AIF.
10 October 1917 Battle of Poelcappelle, Western Front. (Third Battle Ypres).
21 October 1915 Australian Red Cross Missing & Wounded Bureau established.
21 October 1916 5th Australian Division enter the front line near Flers, Somme.
28 October 1916 First conscription referendum.
30 October 1918 Armistice with Turkey.
31 October 1917 4th Light Horse charge at Beersheba, Palestine.
November
1 November 1914 1st AIF Convoy sails from Albany, Western Australia.
7 November 1916 Third Battle of Gaza.
9 November 1914 HMAS Sydney sinks the Emden.
11 November 1918 Germany signs the Armistice. REMEMBRANCE DAY.
11 November 1941 Opening of the Australian War Memorial
14 November 1917 End of Third Battle of Ypres, Western Front.
December
2 December 1914 First Australian military aircraft despatched to war.
3 December 1914 First AIF disembarked in Egypt
3 December 1915 Siege of Kut begins in Mesopotamia.
7 December 1915 Evacuation of ANZAC troops from Gallipoli begins.
9 December 1917 Jerusalem occupied by the Desert Mounted Corps.
12 December 1917 HMAS Australia damaged in a collision with HMS Repulse.
13 December 1915 Australian Light Horse fight at Um Rakham.
20 December 1915 Last Australian troops evacuated from Gallipoli.
20 December 1917 Second conscription referendum held in Australia.
21 December 1916 Australian Light Horse capture El Arish
23 December 1916 Battle of Magdhaba, northern Sinai
31 December 1914 The second convoy of the First AIF departed Albany Western Australia.
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Recent News
- Vale – Major General Gordon Lindsay Maitland AO, OBE, RFD, ED
- The Story of Rembrella Poppy Umbrellas in Australia
- 2018 John Laffin Memorial Lecture
- Commemoration of the Battles of Third Ypres, Sydney
- 2018 John Laffin Memorial Lecture
- Fromelles Day Sydney 2018: Commemorative Procession from the Archibald Fountain to the Anzac Memorial and Commemorative Service
- Headstone Rededication and Commemoration at Fromelles 19 July 2018
- Fromelles Association AGM 10:30am Sunday 29 July 2018 at Castle Hill RSL Club
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- The Families and Friends of the First AIF applauds the joint Australian–UK decision, to conduct a full DNA testing program on the remains of Australian and British soldiers found in mass graves at Pheasant Wood (Fromelles), and for their continuing commitment to identify as many of the fallen as is possible.
Category Archives: Australian Flying Corps
Smithy's Anniversary
Charles Kingsford Smith 1897 – 1935 This year marks the 75th Anniversary of the death of one of Australia’s most famous aviators – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. Many recognize him as the face on the A$20 note but few know … Continue reading →
Over The Front
over the front – the Great War in the Air is an exhibition now open at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. The exhibition reflects the part Australians played in the air battles over the battlefields of the Western Front. … Continue reading →
AIF takes to the air.
In September 1912 Government approval was given for the establishment of an Australian military flying school. The Central Flying School was based at Point Cook in Victoria. At the commencement of the Great War the Australian Flying Corps was formed … Continue reading →