Australian military milestones in 2016

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.

* 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