U4 AOS2 DATES Flashcards
UN FORMED
OCTOBER 1945
Refugees from Soviet-occupied countries begin arriving
1947
WW2’S AUXILIARY SERVICES DISBANDED
1948
FRENCH BOMB HAIPHONG WHICH MARKS THE START OF INDOCHINA WAR:
NOVEMBER 1946
MALAYAN EMERGENCY :
JUNE 1948-1960
LIBERAL-COUNTRY PARTY GOVERNMENT UNDER ROBERT MENZIES ELECTED
NOVEMBER 1949
ALLIANCE BETWEEN COMMUNIST CHINA AND SOVIET UNION FORMED
FEB 1950
KOREAN WAR
1950-1953, Australia was part of a US-led UN force made up of 23 countries defending South Korea against the communist-backed North
WOMEN’S ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE (WRAAF) FORMED + WOMEN’S ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL SERVICE (WRANS) FORMED
1950
LIBERAL-COUNTRY COALITION GOVERNMENT RE-ELECTED
APRIL 1951
AUSTRALIAN SIGNS ANZUS TREATY
SEPTEMBER 1951
REFERENDUM TO BAN COMMUNISM PARTY FAILS
SEPTEMBER 1951
Women’s Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) formed
1951
FIRST NUCLEAR TESTS IN AUS
1952
ARMISTICE SIGNED IN KOREAN WAR
JULY 1953
PETROV AFFAIR
APRIL 1954
30 Australian military advisers are sent to Vietnam to train the South Vietnamese ArmY
1962
AUS INCREASES ITS MILITARY ADVISERS TO VIETNAM TO 83 WITH EXPANDED ROLES:
8 JUNE 1964
PM MENZIES ANNOUNCES THE REINTRODUCTION OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME THROUGH THE NATIONAL SERVICE ACT
10 NOVEMBER 1964
WHAT’S THE NATIONAL SERVICE ACT?
Regular recruiting for the Army seemed insufficient again, so the Australian Government introduced the National Service Act 1964. In this scheme, men aged 20 were selected by a birthday ballot for the Army
AUS SENDS ADDITIONAL 200 ADVISORS TO VIETNAM AND OFFERS TO SEND GROUND TROOPS
18 DECEMBER 1964
ORDER OF AUSTRALIAN PM’S:
PM ROBERT MENZIES (1949-1966), PM HAROLD HOLT (1966-67), PM JOHN GORTON (1968-71), PM GOUGH WHITLMAM ALP (1972-1975) AND PM PAUL KEATING (1991-1996)