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Two members of the Half Flight seated in a Maurice Farman Shorthorn aircraft, Mesopotamia, 1916. Image courtesy Australian War Memorial.

Two members of the Half Flight seated in a Maurice Farman Shorthorn aircraft, Mesopotamia, 1916. Image courtesy Australian War Memorial.

  • The first Australian military aircraft and their crews leave Australia. They would later form the ‘Mesopotamian Half Flight’ and fight in what is now Iraq.
  • The Serbian capital of Belgrade is officially captured by the Austro-Hungarians