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September 3
Great Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany
June 14
France falls to Germany
June 17
2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion forms in South Australia
October 31
Battalion Companies from Vic., Tas. and WA arrive in SA
January 21
Battalion marches to Woodside camp
April 11
'Ile de France' leaves Sydney
May 14
Battalion arrives at Port Tewfik in the Suez Canal
May 15
Arrival at Hill 95, Palestine
June 8
Invasion of Syria by Allied troops begins
June 21
Colonel Blackburn (2/3rd MG Bn) accepts surrender of Damascus
July 9
Vichy French surrender in Syria
December 6
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
December 25
Battalion has Christmas in the snow at Fih, Syria
February 1
Embarkation on the 'Orcades' at Port Tewfik
February 15
Singapore surrenders to the Japanese
February 17
Orcades arrives at Oosthaven, Sumatra
February 19
Japanese planes attack Darwin
February 19
Battalion disembarks near Batavia (Jakarta) in Java
February 22
Kemajoian Aerodrome bombed by 27 Japanese Zeros
February 27
Battle of the Java Sea
March 1
Japanese invasion force lands in Java
March 4
Fight at Leuwiliang
March 8
Dutch surrender in Java
March 9
All Allied troops in Java ordered to disarm
March 13 to 29
Remnants of Battalion arrive in Adelaide from Middle East
April 15
Battalion is reinforced
June 1
Four Japanese 'midget submarines' enter Sydney Harbour
June 22
POWs moved to Bandung in Java
July 26
Reinforced Battalion arrives in Cowra, NSW
January 4
2/3rd POWs leave Java to work on Thai-Burma Railway
May 1
Battalion leaves Cowra for Deception Bay, Queensland
July 2
B Company arrives in Merauke, Dutch New Guinea
August 10
Arrival at Wondecla, near Cairns, Queensland
October 17
Thai-Burma Railway is completed
June 6
Allied invasion of Europe
June 18 to 19
US Pacific Fleet inflicts major damage on Japanese navy and air force
December 10
Battalion arrives in Aitape, New Guinea
January 27
Danmap River flood, New Guinea
March 7
Battalion captures Arohemi
March 22
Battalion captures Muguluwela
May 8
Germany surrenders in Europe
May 11
Troops landed at Dove Bay, near Wewak, New Guinea
August 6
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
August 9
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
August 14
Unconditional surrender of Japan
September 13
Official surrender of Japan
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