Portal:Military history of Australia/Selected anniversaries/May/May 14

May 14


 * 1943 – World War II: The hospital ship AHS Centaur is sunk by a Japanese submarine off the Australian coast. 268 personal were lost.
 * 1945 – World War II: Wewak peninsula captured by members of the 6th Division during the Aitape–Wewak campaign.
 * 1956 – Malayan Emergency: 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, attacks communist terrorists near Sungai Siput, Malaya.