Portal:Military history of Australia/Selected anniversaries/May/May 1

May 1

• 1885 – Private Robert Wier, New South Wales contingent to the Sudan, died from dysentery. Wier was the first soldier to die on active service in Australian uniform.
• 1945 – World War II: The 26th Brigade under Lieutenant-General Sir Leslie Morshead invade Tarakan, commencing Australia's final campaign of the war in Borneo