When Governor-General Quentin Bryce awarded Corporal Daniel Keighran with the Victoria Cross he earned a unique distinction in the history of The Royal Australian Regiment, he became the RAR’s first soldier to be awarded our nations highest award while on active service with a Battalion of the Regiment.  Since the Second World War and the formation of the RAR, […]

Major General Cedric Maudsley Ingram ‘Sandy’ Pearson AO, DSO, OBE, MC (retired) was farewelled with full military honours at Newington College in Sydney today. Born in Kurri Kurri, NSW, Major General Pearson graduated from the Royal Military College Duntroon in 1940 and went on to have an extensive military career spanning 36 years. He saw […]

It is that time of year again when at the 11th Hour on the 11th Day of the 11th Month, we remember the sacrifice of all Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen who have served and those who have sacrificed their lives in the defence of our Nation. The Great War, as World War I became known […]

Damien Murphy looks behind the lines to reveal the story of The Battle of Derapet Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/he-used-his-body-as-a-weapon-for-us-20121109-2935d.html#ixzz2Bl44Th2K GETTING on for four in the afternoon of August 24, 2010, Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott, Bob Katter and Adam Bandt were meeting in Canberra’s house in the hill to choose between Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott. In […]

Mark Irving, The West AustralianUpdated September 28, 2012, 2:40 am · Sam McDonald with his flagpole at the Timbers Edge lifestyle village. Picture: Nic Ellis, The West Australian Sam McDonald fought in the jungles of Borneo and Vietnam – and now he’s battling the owners of a Dawesville lifestyle village over his Australian flag. The […]

Checking out a capture VC Machine gun – circa 1966.   2/7758 Warrant Officer 2 John William ‘Jack’ Kirby, Company Sergeant Major (CSM) D Company, 6th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) of Windsor, Brisbane, Qld, (left), and Major Harry Smith of Ashgrove, Brisbane, Qld, Officer Commanding D Company 6RAR, test firing the Goryunov SG43 […]

In his Vietnam Veterans’ Day Commemorative address to the RAR Association, Fred Fairhead concluded that the RAR Association is doing its best to help those in need and Trojan’s Trek, tailored for younger veterans, is a good example of that. On the broader front the Association is taking the lead, as indeed you would expect […]

Saturday, 8 September 2012 – Melbourne, Australia By Kris Sayce Why Women Really are Smarter Than Men Wanted: Your Feedback The Best of the Week How Government Unleashed Obesity in the USA     There are some things I’d like to write to you about more often than I do. But when I do write […]

AUSTRALIA’S top soldier has voiced the anger of his troops at the assassination of three Diggers by a rogue Afghan soldier, branding it “murder” at a time when the men were defenceless. Chief of the Army Lieutenant General David Morrison spoke out as bereaved family members joined military top brass, representatives and members of the […]

What can you do to help!   Click here to visit the website for full details, here is an introduction into this wonderful initiative that not enough people have heard about;   I have tried to structure this to be inclusive of everyone, regardless of skill, time or financial situation.   I hope everyone can find […]