2 Sep 1892

Australia
1 Jan 1918

Australia
26 Nov 1920

Australia
5 Nov 1922

Australia
17 Jul 1929

Australia
  • Peter Drummond married Isabel Drake-Brockman at St John's Anglican Church in Toorak, Victoria, Australia. ww2dbase [Peter Drummond | Toorak, Victoria | CPC]
7 Nov 1940

Australia
  • British ship Cambridge hit a naval mine laid by German ship Passat and sank 6 miles off Wilson's Promontory, Australia; 1 was killed and 57 were rescued by Australian auxiliary minesweeper Orara. ww2dbase [Victoria | CPC]
4 Sep 1941

Photo(s) dated 4 Sep 1941
RMS Queen Mary (right), RMS Queen Elizabeth (left), and HMAS Sydney (foreground) off Wilson
24 Feb 1942

Australia
26 Feb 1942

Australia
  • The floatplane from Japanese submarine I-25 conducted a reconnaissance mission over Melbourne, Australia. ww2dbase [Melbourne, Victoria | CPC]
5 Mar 1942

Australia
  • US 8th Pursuit Squadron, flying P-40 fighters, was sent to Melbourne, Australia. ww2dbase [Melbourne, Victoria | CPC]
20 Mar 1942

Australia
  • The US Navy set up a new radio intelligence station at Melbourne, Australia; many of the staff members of this new station were recently evacuated from station CAST at Corregidor, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Melbourne, Victoria | CPC]
21 May 1942

Australia
  • The US Navy cryptanalytic team in Melbourne, Australia belatedly voiced its agreement that the Japanese Navy was likely targeting Midway Atoll. In Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, Joseph Rochefort furnished the official report noting that Midway Atoll was confirmed as the Japanese target. Chester Nimitz, who had already began to prepare for such an attack, ordered his carriers to exercise radio silence to prevent the Japanese from learning of his attempt to gather Pacific Fleet carriers at Pearl Harbor. ww2dbase [Battle of Midway and the Aleutian Islands | Melbourne, Victoria | CPC]
20 Jul 1942

Australia
11 Feb 1943

Photo(s) dated 11 Feb 1943
Group portrait of the officers of sunken German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran, HM Prison Dhurringile, Victoria, Australia, 11 Feb 1943; commanding officer Theodor Detmers in front row, second from the right
21 May 1943

Photo(s) dated 21 May 1943
MGen A. Vandegrift, Col M Edson, 2Lt M. Paige, and Plt. Sgt. J. Basilone at US 1st Marine Division Medal of Honor ceremony, Balcombe, Australia, 21 May 1943, photo 1 of 2MGen A. Vandegrift, Col M Edson, 2Lt M. Paige, and Plt. Sgt. J. Basilone at US 1st Marine Division Medal of Honor ceremony, Balcombe, Australia, 21 May 1943, photo 2 of 2
20 Dec 1943

Photo(s) dated 20 Dec 1943
St Paul
2 Feb 1944

Australia
  • Edmund Herring was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia. ww2dbase [Edmund Herring | Victoria | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 2 Feb 1944
Chief Justice of Victoria, Australia Edmund Herring shaking hands with Major General C. E. M. Lloyd, Melbourne, Australia, 2 Feb 1944
13 Dec 1944

Photo(s) dated 13 Dec 1944
Officers of the staff of Admiral Bruce Fraser meeting for the first time, Melbourne, Australia, 13 Dec 1944
2 Sep 1972

Australia
  • Edmund Herring stepped down as the Lieutenant Governor of Victoria, Australia. ww2dbase [Edmund Herring | Victoria | CPC]
5 Jan 1982

Australia
11 Oct 1989

Australia
14 Aug 2015

Australia

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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