Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/January/January 27
1906
– A
cyclone
damages
Cairns
and
Innisfail
in Queensland.
1921
–
Victoria Cross
winner
Maurice Vincent Buckley
dies following a riding accident at
Boolarra
in Gippsland.
1941
– Following the capture of
Tobruk
, two brigades of the
6th Australian Division
under Major General
Iven Mackay
pursue the Italians westwards and encounters an Italian rear guard at
Derna
.