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Lone Pine Medals

Locality: Mudgee, New South Wales

Phone: +61 421 728 764

Address: PO Box 346 2850 Mudgee, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.lonepinemedals.com.au

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25.01.2022 On this day 1971: Battle of Nui Le, South Vietnam. Soldiers of B Company and D Company, 4RAR/NZ, fought an intense battle against a large enemy force from 33 North Vietnamese Army Regiment in the north of Phuoc Tuy province. The enemy defended their well constructed bunker systems and then attacked D Company for several hours. Five Australians were killed in action, and 24 were wounded in this battle, which was part of Operation Ivanhoe. This was the last battle fought by Australians in South Vietnam, before the final withdrawal of the task force in early December 1971. www.awn.gov.au

25.01.2022 On this day 1943: Operation Avalanche, began with the landing of two British divisions and one American division at Salerno; the British troops pushed 8 to 11 kilometers inland, with the Americans holding on to a precarious beachhead. To the north, German troops disarmed their former Italian allies and classified them as prisoners of war.

24.01.2022 On this day 1917: Beersheba, Palestine. At Beersheba the 4th Light Horse Brigade's bold charge against Turkish positions at Beersheba, seized a critical wells that enabled British empire forces to break the Ottoman line near Gaza and advance into Palestine. www.awm.gov.au

23.01.2022 On this day 1917: Battle of Poelcappelle, Western Front. Australian divisions continued to attack in the third battle of Ypres. The attack on Poelcappelle, launched amid heavy rain, was to cost 1250 casualties for no gain of ground. www.awm.gov.au

22.01.2022 On this day 1917: The Bolshevik revolt overthrew Czar Nicholas and seized Petrograd, Russia. The Provisional Government fell and Prime Minister Alexander Kerensky fled the country. The "Ten days that shook the world" had begun and communist forces began to gain control over Russia.

22.01.2022 On this day 1914: HMA Submarine AE1 lost off New Guinea. The AE1 and AE2 were the first submarines to serve with the Royal Australian Navy. The AE1 disappeared without trace during operations for the capture of German New Guinea. www.awm.gov.au This boat has since been found.

22.01.2022 On this day 1950: Battle of Pakchon, Korea. The 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, successfully assault and hold crucial hill features overlooking Pakchon in the face of heavy North Korean and Chinese resistance. www.awm.gov.au

21.01.2022 On this day 1941: HMAS Sydney [II] sunk. Sydney was lost with its entire crew of 645 men in a sudden and disastrous encounter with the German raider, Kormoran, off the Western Australian coast. The circumstances surrounding its loss remain controversial to this day. www.awm.gov.au

21.01.2022 On this day 1943: 2/6th Independent Company capture Kaiapit, New Guinea. Kaiapit was needed for the airstrip that was to be constructed there once the Japanese had been driven from the area. Kaiapit became a base for the 7th Divisions advance up the Markham Valley. www.awm.gov.au

21.01.2022 On this day 1939: Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany. The German invasion of Poland led to the declaration of war against Germany by the United Kingdom and France and began the Second World War. www.awm.gov.au

18.01.2022 On this day 1950: Sariwon, Korea. 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment in action at Sariwon, Korea. In a bold bluff, the battalions second-in-command, Major Ferguson, convinces at least 1,500 North Korean soldiers to surrender at Sariwon during confused fighting. www.awm.gov.au

17.01.2022 On this day 1944: Operation Market Garden begins. Three Allied airborne divisions would drop into Holland and secure territory and bridges in and around the towns of Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem. This would create a corridor along which British XXX Corps would advance. www.iwm.org.uk

16.01.2022 On this day 1918: Australian Light Horsemen take Damascus. The Light Horse advances into Damascus, the Syrian capital, at the end of the long and victorious advance that ended the First World War in the Middle East. www.awm.gov.au

16.01.2022 On this day 1955: 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, advance party arrive in Penang, Malaya. Australian forces served in Malaya as part of the Far East Strategic Reserve. Their primary role was to deter external communist aggression against south-east Asia and their secondary role was to assist in the suppression of the communist insurrection in Malaya. www.awm.gov.au

15.01.2022 On this day 1917: Beersheba, Palestine. At Beersheba the 4th Light Horse Brigades bold charge against Turkish positions at Beersheba, seized a critical wells that enabled British empire forces to break the Ottoman line near Gaza and advance into Palestine. www.awm.gov.au

15.01.2022 On this day 1942: Second Battle of El Alamein begins. The battle of El Alamein, in Egypt, one of the turning point battles of the Second World War, began with a massive artillery bombardment preceding attacks by British and Australian divisions. www.awm.gov.au

15.01.2022 On this day 1942: Japanese advance in Owen Stanley Ranges stopped at Ioribaiwa. The Japanese were too ill-equipped and their supply lines too extended over forbidding terrain to enable them to reach their objective Port Moresby. www.awm.gov.au

13.01.2022 On this day 1918: Capture of Montbrehain, France. Montbrehain was the AIFs final action in France in the First World War, in which the 2nd Division captured the village at a cost of 430 casualties. www.awm.gov.au

12.01.2022 Between this day and the 31st 1942: Sergeant W.H. Kibby, 2/48th Battalion, originally from Durham in the United Kingdom, wins the Victoria Cross at the battle of El Alamein, Egypt. www.awm.gov.au

12.01.2022 On this day 1943: Italy signs armistice with the Allies Prior to this the Italians had been fighting with the Germans. Despite the Italian surrender the Allies faced more than a year of difficult fighting against the Germans in Italy. www.awm.gov.au

12.01.2022 On this day 1914: Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force lands at Rabaul. The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force landed at Rabaul and went into action at Bitapaka. This was the only major New Guinea action of the First World War. www.awm.gov.au

11.01.2022 On this day 1942: Templetons Crossing. 25th Brigade, 7th Division, contacts Japanese rear-guard at Tempeltons Crossing. The pursuit of the Japanese retreating along the Kokoda Trail involved hard fights. Templetons Crossing was named after an officer of the 39th Battalion, lost without trace in the retreat from Kokoda. www.awm.gov.au

11.01.2022 On this day 1942: Corporal J A French, 2/9th Battalion, originally from Toowoomba, Queensland, wins the Victoria Cross at Milne Bay, New Guinea. It was a posthumous award. www.awm.gov.au

11.01.2022 On this day 1946: Corporal J. Sewell, 10th Australian Bomb Disposal Platoon, British Commonwealth Occupation Force, was awarded the George Medal for his rescue of Japanese survivors after an explosion in a boat carrying high explosives. www.awm.gov.au Image is not of Mr Sewell.

11.01.2022 On this day 1917: Captain C. Jeffries, 34th Battalion, originally from Wallsend, New South Wales, wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium It was a posthumous award. www.awm.gov.au

10.01.2022 On this day 1944: HMAS Australia damaged by Kamikaze aircraft. The Japanese first used special air units (Tokk-tai) to undertake suicide attacks on warships in the Allied fleet supporting the American landings on Leyte in the Phillipines. www.awm.gov.au

10.01.2022 On this day 1918: Private E J Ryan, 55th Battalion, originally of Tumut, New South Wales, wins the Victoria Cross at Bellicourt, France. Lance Corporal E A Corey, wins third bar to Military Medal. Lance-Corporal E A Corey, a stretcher bearer with the 55th Battalion, wins a third bar to his Military Medal, first won on 5 May 1917. The winning of four Military Medals is a unique feat.... www.awm.gov.au See more

09.01.2022 On this day 1940: Bantam delivered a prototype, officially named the "Pilot" but nicknamed the "Blitz Buggy", to the US Army vehicle test center at Camp Holabird, Maryland, United States for a requirement that would result in the Jeep.

08.01.2022 On this day 1917: The battle of Polygon Wood. This was the Ist ANZAC component of a larger British and dominion operation staged as part of the third battle of Ypres. The infantry advanced behind a heavy artillery barrage - the noise of this was compared to a roaring bushfire. www.awm.gov.au

07.01.2022 On this day 1942: A Japanese fighter detected Australian destroyer HMAS Voyager in Betano Bay, East Timor at 1330 hours, which ran aground on the previous day. At 1600 hours, a wave of Japanese bombers attacked, heavily damaging the ship.

06.01.2022 On this day 1918: Australian 1st and 4th divisions attck the Hindenburg Line. Sergeant M V Buckley, 13th Battalion, originally from Hawthorn, Victoria, wins the Victoria Cross at Le Verguier.... Private J P Woods, 48th Battalion, originally from Gawler, South Australia, wins the Victoria Cross at Le Viguier. www.awm.gov.au

06.01.2022 On this day 1918: Lieutenant J. Maxwell, 18th Battalion, originally from Sydney, New South Wales, performed the action that resulted in him being awarded the Victoria Cross, on the fortified Beaurevoir line, near Estrees, France. www.awm.gov.au

06.01.2022 On this day 1950: United Nations Forces advance into North Korea. Following the surprise landing at Inchon, behind North Korean lines, United nations forces rapidly pushed back the North Koreans and advanced deep into North Korea. www.awm.gov.au

06.01.2022 On this day 1943: 9th Division land at Lae, New Guinea. Lae was the focus of a major land, sea, and air operation by Australian and American forces. Fighting lasted until 16 September, when the encircled Japanese garrison were either killed, captured, or escaped. www.awm.gov.au

03.01.2022 On this day 1944: The battle of the bulge. The last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II.

03.01.2022 On this day 1943: Operation Jaywick destroys Japanese shipping. An Australian Special Operations Australia Unit operating from the former fishing vessel, Krait, mines Japanese ships in Singapore Harbour. Seven ships were sank or badly damaged. www.awm.gov.au

02.01.2022 On this day 1950: 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment arrives in Korea. The Battalion was immediately committed to the United Nation forces northward advance against the retreating North Koreans. www.awm.gov.au