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1941
The Australian 6th Division captures Bardia, Libya, taking 40,000 prisoners. 130 Australians were killed and 326 wounded in Australia’s first major ground campaign of the Second World War.
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1945
HMAS Arunta and HMAS Australia are damaged by a kamikaze aircraft, resulting in 27 dead and 30 wounded.
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1969
Australian Army Landing Ship Clive Steel came under rocket attack in South Vietnam.
