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Veterans’ campaigner Graham Walker’s 21 years in the Australian Regular Army included active service during the Indonesian Confrontation and the Vietnam War. He was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star. After retiring from the Australian Army in the early 1980s, Graham shifted his focus to the domestic battleground […]
Hi Folks It is that time again to put together the team/s for ‘Push to the Bush’ for 2013. For those who don’t know what this is, this will be the 8th year that we have organised groups of Veterans to go out to the small country towns and take the message of […]
I am pleased to advise that our Webmaster Alan Fortunato has loaded our two publications on our web http://www.koreanwarmemorial.com.au/# Open up to the home page and you will see two bars on the bottom for the Anniversary Booklet and for the Memorial History Booklet. Select each one by left click which opens a bottom bar […]
FOR THOSE IN THE BRISBANE AREA OR VISITING ON 18 AUGUST 2012. Hi All, Please see below the details provided by the RSM for Long Tan Day 2012. 18 Aug 12, Service commences at 1000 h and is anticipated to be completed NLT 1100 h Location: St John’s Cathedral, Ann St Brisbane […]
TOWNSVILLE based soldiers are now training and mentoring the Afghan National Army’s 4th Brigade, 205 Hero Corps after a recent Transfer of Authority ceremony in Tarin Kot. A mentoring task force based on the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, have replaced approximately 730 Brisbane-based personnel from 8th/9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8/9 RAR), who have […]
FYI YOU MAY ASK WHY THE 2/15, WELL SOME THE ORGINAL CAME TO THE RAR AND SERVED IN KOREA WITH 1, 2 & 3 AND A COUPLE OF THEIR NAMES ARE ON THE HONOUR ROLL AT THE RAR NMW, CHEERS GREG DECKER Folks – may I recommend that all tag into our web site as […]
On November 18, 1967, Private First Class Sammy Davis, wounded and under intense enemy fire, crossed a river to rescue three wounded soldiers near Cai Lay, Vietnam. On November 19, 1968, Davis received the Medal of Honor. The footage from that day as well as Davis’s citation were used as source materials for the film […]
As you already know, the original Long Tan Cross, erected by 6 RAR on the 3rd anniversary of the Long Tan Battle, is being loaned by the Vietnamese government to the Australian War Memorial. Harry Smith has advised “I have been told the AWM LT Cross display will be on the afternoon of the […]
by: Greg Sheridan, Foreign editor From:The Australian July 04, 201212:00AM THE death of the 33rd Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan – and the 16th member of the special forces – shows the inadequacy, poor structure and imbalance of the Defence Force. The special forces are not just the tip of the spear of the Australian […]
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