Key Dates in Australia's Military History: 1951–1954
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March 1951
Introduction of national service scheme: all Australian males over 18 years old who are British subjects are eligible for call up.
Members of RAAF Transport Flight Vietnam march along the tarmac at Tan Son Nhut airfield, Saigon, August 1964.
(AWM P01947.001)
23–25 April 1651
Battle of Kapyong, Korea.
21 June 1951
United States Presidential Unit Citation is awarded to 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, for ‘extraordinary heroism and outstanding performance’ at Battle of Kapyong, Korea.
25 July 1951–31 January 1952
HMAS Murchison participates in the bombardment of enemy positions in the Han River estuary, Korea.
3–8 October 1951
Battle of Maryang-San, Korea.
1 November 1951
Award of Republic of South Korea Presidential Citation to 77 Squadron, RAAF.
Australian soldiers on patrol in Malaya, 1950s
(AWM EL1/51/283/MC)
6 November 1951
Death of Private Horace Madden, 3RAR, POW awarded the George Cross posthumously.
23 January 1952
Death of John Treloar who, along with CEW Bean, did more than any other individual to establish and develop the Australian War Memorial. Treloar served as Director of the Memorial from 1920 to 1952.
28 April 1952
Australia ratifies Peace Treaty with Japan; official ending of British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF), Japan.
27 July 1953
Armistice signed at Panmunjom brings hostilities in Korea to an end.
10 February 1954
Tree planted by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, at the Australian War Memorial to mark the beginning of the Remembrance Driveway between Canberra and Sydney.
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