If you go searching you will find many more but this is enough to give you the general idea -
4/8/1900 Battle of Elands River - Bushmen from Australia helped in its defense against the Boers.
4/8/1914 War declared on Germany - 20,000 Australian soldiers pledged
6/8/1915 Battle at Lone Pine Gallipoli - 2,200 Australian casualties and 7 Australians awarded a Victoria Cross
3/8/1916 Battle of Romani - Australian Light Horse were involved
8/8/1918 Battle of Amiens - Some 11,000 Australians were killed or wounded in the fighting
13/8/1941 The Australian Women's Army Service was established
9/8/1942 HMAS Canberra sunk whilst supporting US marines landing at Guadalcanal.
5/8/1944 Breakout of Japanese prisoners from Cowra POW camp
18/8/1966 Battle of Long Tan - 108 men of D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, supported by artillery and a timely resupply by
the RAAF, fought off an attack by an enemy force of more than 2,000 in a rubber plantation near the abandoned village of Long Tan.
So here's the challenge for August - from your own perspectives and thoughts, for whatever piece of our military history impacts on your hearts the most - share your words with us. Whether that be a single event, an overall perspective, whatever you feel able to share - for some, I would hope that this may even be a healing exercise, but whatever people chose to write - it will be treated with the utmost respect.
To those of you who partook in last months exercise - well done. Our numbers may be small but our words are powerful. Have any of you ever considered that your words may become the time capsules of our generation?
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Anyway, something to ponder perhaps - Go to it my lovelies and make magic and memories with your words.