SIGNIFICANT MILITARY MILESTONES IN 2016:
* 100 years since the first memorial to mark the Gallipoli landing was built in Australia. The Australasian Soldiers' Dardanelles Cenotaph in Adelaide.
* 100 years since the first Battle of the Somme in France.
* 100 years since the Battle of Fromelles where in July 1916, 5533 Australians were killed or wounded in a day. The nation's worst 24 hours at war.
* 100 years since the first of two plebiscites confirmed the Australian Imperial Force would remain a volunteer-only force.
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* 75 years since the siege of Tobruk and the battles of Greece and Crete in World War II.
* 75 years since the sinking of the HMAS Sydney off the West Australian coast.
* 50 years since the battle of Long Tan in the Vietnam War.
* 25 years since the First Gulf War.
Source: RSL SA Branch
