26 Nov 1920
Australia
Australia
- Edmund Herring arrived in Melbourne, Australia. ww2dbase [Edmund Herring | Melbourne, Victoria | CPC]
24 Feb 1942
Australia
Australia
- George Brett arrived in Melbourne, Australia and assumed command of US Army Forces in Australia. ww2dbase [George Brett | Melbourne, Victoria | CPC]
26 Feb 1942
Australia
Australia
- The floatplane from Japanese submarine I-25 conducted a reconnaissance mission over Melbourne, Australia. ww2dbase [Melbourne, Victoria | CPC]
5 Mar 1942
Australia
Australia
- US 8th Pursuit Squadron, flying P-40 fighters, was sent to Melbourne, Australia. ww2dbase [Melbourne, Victoria | CPC]
20 Mar 1942
Australia
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
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
Australia
- Douglas MacArthur departed Melbourne, Australia. ww2dbase [Douglas MacArthur | Melbourne, Victoria | CPC]
11 Oct 1989
Australia
Australia
- Roberts Dunstand passed away in Melbourne, Australia. ww2dbase [Roberts Dunstan | Melbourne, Victoria | CPC]
14 Aug 2015
Australia
Australia
- Stan Laurie passed away in Melbourne, Australia. ww2dbase [Stan Laurie | Melbourne, Victoria | CPC]
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