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www.anzaccentenary.sa.gov.auBackground Image: “Following the barrage, 20th September, 1917.”

A hand-coloured print of a photograph taken by an unknown Australian soldier showing the attack on Polygon Wood by the Australian troops that followed a great barrage on the morning of 20 September, 1917. (Courtesy of the Australian War Memorial, P05380.006).

This calendar is an initiative of the Veterans’ Advisory Council of South Australia.

For more details on these important events in the military history of our State and Nation please telephone Veterans SA on (08) 8226 8552 or email veteranssa@sa.gov.au

Throughout the Anzac Centenary we remember the courageous men and women from South Australia whose service and sacrifice in all wars, conflicts and peace operations ensured the preservation of the way of life we enjoy today.

January 14 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Gemas, Malaya (1942)

February 14 15 16

19 27

National Servicemen’s Day 75th Anniversary of the Fall of Singapore (1942) 75th Anniversary of the Radji Beach Massacre, Dutch East Indies (1942) 75th Anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin (1942) 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Java Sea (1942)

March 11 120 26 31

Formation of Commonwealth Naval Forces (1901) Formation of Australian Army (1901) 75th Anniversary of HMAS Perth sinking, Sunda Strait (1942) Second Gulf War commences, Iraq (2003) Centenary of the First Battle of Gaza (1917) Formation of Royal Australian Air Force (1921)

April 210 24 25

Centenary of the Battle of Noreuil, France (1917) Siege of Tobruk, North Africa (1941) Battle of Kapyong, Korea (1951) Anzac Day, Gallipoli Landing, Turkey (1915)

May 412

29

75th Anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea (1942) Battle of Fire Support Bases Coral and Balmoral, South Vietnam (1968) Sandakan Remembrance Day, Borneo (1945)

June 246710

Aboriginal Veterans Commemorative ServiceBomber Command Commemorative DayD Day Landings at Normandy, France (1944)Centenary of the Battle of Messines, Belgium (1917) Battle of Shah Wali Kot, Afghanistan (2010)

July 1

410 2731-10/11

75th Anniversary of the Montevideo Maru sinking, Philippines (1942)Battle of Le Hamel, France (1918) Formation of the Royal Australian Navy (1911) Korea Veterans Day Third Battle of Ypres, Belgium (1917)

August 49

15 18 1825

31

Britain Declares War on Germany (1914) 75th Anniversary of HMAS Canberra sinking, Solomon Islands (1942)Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day (1945)Vietnam Veterans Day Battle of Long Tan, South Vietnam (1966) 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Milne Bay, Papua (1942)Malaya & Borneo Veterans Day

September 36711141520

Britain, France and Australia declare war on Germany (1939)Battle for Australia Day (1942/43)Australasian Soldiers Dardanelles Cenotaph Unveiled, Adelaide (1915)RAN Assault on Bita Paka Wireless Station, New Britain (1914)Australian Peacekeepers DayBattle of Britain Day (1940)Arrival of Australian-led International Force East Timor (1999)

October 341223262931

Battle of Maryang San, Korea (1951)Centenary of the Battle of Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium (1917) Centenary of the First Battle of Passchendaele, Belgium (1917) 75th Anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein, North Africa (1942)Centenary of the Second Battle of Passchendaele, Belgium (1917)Australian Servicewomen’s Commemoration ServiceCentenary of the Battle of Beersheba, Middle East (1917)

November 11 19

Remembrance Day Sinking of HMAS Sydney (II), Australia (1941)

December 13920

75th Anniversary of the HMAS Armidale sinking, Timor (1942)Arrival of first Australian forces in Afghanistan (2001) Centenary of the Capture of Jerusalem (1917)The last Australian soldiers evacuate Gallipoli (1915)

South Australia’s Ex-Service Commemorative Calendar 2017

Anzac Centenary Edition