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1941
Battle of Tempe (Pinior) Gorge, Greece. The Australian 2/2nd and 2/3rd Battalions and the 21st New Zealand Battalion stemmed a German advance, enabling the Allies to establish a defensive line across the Thermopylae Peninsula.
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1942
Prime Minister Curtin handed operational control of all combat sections of the Australian Navy, Army, and Air Force to Lieutenant General MacArthur.
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1966
The first National Service troops departed for service in Vietnam.