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Australia declares on Germany
Australia along with England France and America declare war on Germany -
Conscription introduced into Australia
Australian now could be force into training and then fighting during WW2 -
Australia declares war with Japan
Australia's governor general stated that Australia was at war with Japan -
Japanese aircraft bomb Darwin
during both January and February, Japanese planes where attacking until in 2nd February 1942 Darwin itself was bombed -
Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney harbour
Japanese subs deployed 3 kamikaze midget subs to attack Sydney harbour, with 2 people in each one -
Australians defeat Japanese landings at Milne Bay
2,000 Japanese marines where sent attack Milne Bay and lost because they under estimated how many troops where there, including 2 Australian infantry brigades. Ended 7th September 1942 -
Australians recapture Kokoda
Small Australian patrol led by Lieutenant Alexander Black found that Kokoda was abandoned by the Japanese, who had withdrawn to the Oivi Pass a few days earlier -
Australians capture Madang 28th April 1944
The 30th Australian infantry battalion was given the engagement honour after they participated in the capture of Madang, located at the northern tip of Astrolabe Bay, New Guinea -
Australians capture Brunei
30,000 Australians took part in the landings on Brunei bay and captured the airfields as well as a town of on the first day with Japanese resistance lasting until the 21st of June 2945
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Japanese surrender signed
Japanese announced their surrender in 15th August but was only sighed by the 2nd of September. after surrendering Australian and as well as other soldiers occupied japan encase of a fake surrender
