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1901
Sailors from NSW, Victoria, and South Australia returned to Australia after service in China during the Boxer Rebellion.
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1915
Landings at Gallipoli. Soldiers of the British Empire, including Australia and New Zealand, and France were involved in a series of co-ordinated landings on both sides of the Dardanelles.
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1915
HMA Submarine AE2 penetrated the Dardanelles and sank an Ottoman warship.
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1918
Victory in the Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. The final clearance of the town was undertaken with extreme ferocity and few prisoners were taken.
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1975
An RAAF C-130 evacuated the Australian Embassy before the fall of Saigon.