COMMANDO Edition 1 2020
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UPCOMING ACA EVENTS (Continued from page 5)
ACA Western Australia
THURSDAY 06 FEBRUARY 2020
Committee Meeting
Bassendean RSL from 1900-2030. Contact Secretary
for more information at
acawa_secretary@commando.org.au
SATURDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2020
BBQ Fundraiser
ATI Midland from 0900-1300. Contact Treasurer on
acawa_treasurer@commando.org.au
SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2020
Range Shoot
At PLARC from 0830. Contact Vice President on
murrfam@gmail.com for further details.\mando
SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2020
BBQ Fundraiser
ATI Midland from 0900-1300. Contact Treasurer on
acawa_treasurer@commando.org.au
SUNDAY 22 MARCH 2020
Archery Shoot
At WA Archery Centre from 0830.
Contact Vice President on murrfam@gmail.com
for further details.
Commando Regiments
SATURDAY 01 FEBRUARY 2020
1st Commando Regiment formed in 1981
(39th Birthday) and
4 RAR renamed 4 RAR Commando in 1997
(23rd Birthday)
SIGNIFICANT COMMANDO DATES
JANUARY
22 January 1942
1st Independent Company began its fighting
withdrawal from Kavieng New Ireland, New
Guinea.
January 1943
2nd/5th & 2nd/7th Independent Company’s fly
into Wau Airfield to repel the Japanese invasion.
January 1944
2nd/9th & 2nd/10th Cav Commando Squadrons
were raised as part of the 2nd/6th Cav
Commando Regiment and 2nd/11th & 2nd/12th
Cav Commando Squadrons were raised as part
of the 2nd/9th Cav Commando Regiment.
FEBRUARY
February 1941
No.7 Infantry Training Centre was established at
Wilsons Promontory Victoria, the home and
birthplace of Australian Commando.
19/20 February 1942
Japanese troops land in Dutch & Portuguese
Timor, beginning the guerrilla campaign by the
2nd/2nd Independent Company, which would
last until they withdrew in December 1942.
February 1943
2nd/2nd Independent Company arrives in Port
Moresby.
February 1945
2nd/10th Cav Commando Squadron begins
combat operations protecting the flanks of the
2/5th & 2/7th Infantry Battalions 2nd AIF, pushing
south towards Maprik, New Guinea.
1 February 1981
1st & 2nd Commando Company’s come under
direct command of the 1st Commando
Regiment when it was formed at Victoria
Barracks in Sydney, NSW.
1 February 1997
4 RAR was re-rolled into a Commando Battalion
at Holsworthy Barracks, NSW signifying the first
full time Commando Capability since WW2.
4 RAR Commando would be commonly known
as 4 Commando until it was renamed the 2nd
Commando Regiment on 19 June 2009.
MARCH
March 1943
After returning from New Guinea, the 2nd/6th
Independent Company reforms as the 2nd/6th
Cav Commando Squadron of the 2nd/7th Cav
Commando Regiment at the Jungle Warfare
School at Canungra, SE Qld.
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