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The Military of Australia, officially known as the Australian Defence Force (ADF) since 1976, consists of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the Australian Army and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The Australian Department of Defence administers the Australian Defence Organisation (ADO) which consists of the ADF and the civilian personnel supporting the ADF. Approximately 53,000 men and women serve in the ADF with another 21,600 serving in the three reserve components.

The ADF is constituted under the Executive Government sections of the Australian Constitution, Section 68, that says, "The command in chief of the naval and military forces of the Commonwealth is vested in the Governor-General as the Queen's representative." In practice, the control of the ADF is, politically, vested in the Minister for Defence and several subordinate ministers. The Minister acts on most matters alone, however, important matters are considered by the National Security Committee of Cabinet. The Minister then advises the Governor-General who acts as advised in the normal form of executive government. The current Chief of the Australian Defence Force is General David Hurley.

The Military history of Australia covers a period of around 200 years starting with the colonisation of Australia by the British in 1788. Australians have fought in nearly every major war of the 20th Century including the Second Boer War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War as well as numerous UN peace-keeping missions.

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Although Australia was remote from the main battlefronts of World War II, there was considerable Axis naval activity in Australian waters during the war. A total of 53 German and Japanese warships and submarines entered Australian waters between 1940 and 1945 and attacked ships, ports and other targets. Among the best-known attacks are the sinking of HMAS Sydney by a German raider in November 1941, the attack on Darwin in February 1942 and the Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney Harbour in May 1942. In addition, many Allied merchant ships were damaged or sunk off the Australian coast by submarines and mines. Japanese submarines also shelled several Australian ports and submarine-based aircraft flew over several Australian capital cities.

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Photo credit: PH1 Terry Cosgrove USN
The guided missile frigate HMAS Canberra refuels from the underway replenishment tanker HMAS Success as the vessels takes part in exercise RIMPAC '88 off the coast of Hawaii.

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"On Anzac eve we dug in among friends. At last I felt like an Anzac, and I imagine there were 600 others like me,"

— Captain Reg Saunders, said following the withdrawal during the Battle of Kapyong

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AV2767 Crusader in 1945

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  • 8 November, 2010 - The Spitfire flown by and remains of Flight Lieutenant Henry Lacy Smith have been found in Normandy. He was killed after being shot down five days after D-Day during World War II.Read more...
  • 16 March, 2010 - The remains of Special Air Service Patrolman Lieutenant Kenneth Hudson and Private Robert Moncrieff have been found after being missing in action since 1966 during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation.Read more...
  • 18 February, 2010 - AN Australian Defence Force inquiry has backed navy seamen who saved their colleagues before asylum seekers when a boat exploded near Ashmore Reef last year. Read more...
  • 13 February, 2010 - Japan, Australia To Sign Military Logistics Pact-Nikkei. Read more...
  • 30 July, 2009 - The remains of Flying Officer Michael Herbert and Pilot Officer Robert Carver, missing in action (MIA) in Vietnam have been found. They were the last Australian MIA in Vietnam. Read more...
  • 16 January, 2009 - Trooper Mark Donaldson is awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia following his actions in Afghanistan on 2 September 2008. Read more...

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. Major General Philip Michael Jeffery AC, CVO, MC (born 12 December 1937) was the 24th Governor-General of Australia. Jeffery was born in Wiluna, Western Australia and was educated at state schools in Perth. Jeffery military service started by attending the Royal Military College, Duntroon, where he graduated in 1958. During a tour of duty in Vietnam he was awarded the Military Cross. He retired from the Australian Army in 1993 to become Governor of Western Australia. On 11 August 2003, Jeffery became the first Australian career soldier to be appointed Governor-General.

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Australian 9th and 10th battalions Egypt December 1914 AWM C02588.jpeg

The 10th Battalion was an infantry battalion raised for the First Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. The battalion was completely recruited from South Australia and formed part of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division. The 3rd Brigade was the covering force for the Anzac landing on 25 April 1915, and went ashore at around 4.30 am. The battalion served at Gallipoli until the evacuation in December. In March 1916, it sailed to France and served out the war on the Western Front. The battalion returned to Australia in November on 5 February 1919, the 9th and 10th Battalions were amalgamated. The battalion lives on today as the 10th/27th Battalion part of the Royal South Australia Regiment. Template:/box-footer

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HMAS Torrens

The River class was to a class of torpedo boat destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy built just prior to World War I. All six ships of the class were named after famous Australian rivers (one from each state), starting a tradition in the RAN of naming ships after the rivers of Australia. The first three ships - Parramatta, Warrego and Yarra - were initially ordered for the British Royal Navy as Acheron-class vessels, but transferred to the RAN before completion and replaced by three new orders for the RN. Australian yards produced the remaining three ships.

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