70th ANNIVERSARY OF WOMEN’S SERVICES   This year heralds 70 years since the formation of three specific military services for the women of Australia.   The first of the services to be formed, the Women’s Australian Auxiliary Air Force (WAAAF) was established in February 1941, the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) was formed in […]

RAEME / RAINF / RAAChD Farewell from the Army 1200754 / 8252883 LTCOL (Catholic Chaplain) Graeme John RAMSDEN OAM http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=879683&search_type=simple&showInd=true   17 Const Sqn Wksp Vietnam http://www.vietnamroll.gov.au/VeteranDetails.aspx?VeteranId=1246617   1 JSU INTERFET http://www.peacekeepers.asn.au/   http://www.ausdeacons.org.au/content.php/news/remembering-our-defence-chaplains-this-anzac-day_1810   FYI below and attached concerning a man who dedicated his life and service to the Army (RAEME, RAInf & RAAChD) […]

Korean War   Dedication of Queensland Korean War Memorial 9.30 AM Saturday 20th August 2011 Cascade Gardens, Gold Coast, Queensland (2730 Gold Coast Hwy, Broadbeach QLD 4218 – http://www.gcparks.com.au/park-details.aspx?park=1240 )   Dress – Jackets, medals, Blue Beret (if entitled) and name badge please   Wreaths – may be laid   NOTE NO parking available in […]

     Our condolences to Reigan and their children   and to parents Val and Neville Langley. From   The RAR Family A Warrior’s Farewell Go now and travel beyond the void Seek the green column and when you meet See once more those smiling faces Hear again laughter and sounds of marching feet No […]

The Chairman of the RAR Corporation Michael von Berg MC has offered his deepest sympathies to the family of Sapper Jamie Robert Larcombe, who was killed in action during operations in Afghanistan on Saturday 19th February 2011. Sapper Larcombe was serving with 1st Combat Engineer Regiment on operations with Mentoring Task Force 2 when he […]

The Chairman of the RAR Corporation MichaeL von Berg MC has offered his deepest sympathies to the family of Corporal Richard Edward Atkinson, who was killed in action during o perations in Afghanistan on Wednesday 2nd February 2011. Corporal Atkinson was serving with 1st Combat Engineer Regiment on operations with Mentoring Task Force 2 when he tragically […]

Major General B.W. (Hori) Howard, AO, MC, ESM (Retd) Colonel Commandant The Royal Australian Regiment Colonel Commandant The Royal Australian Regiment Corporation 15 Balfour Road AUSTINMER NSW 2515 25 January 2011 Corporal Benjamin Roberts-Smith, VC, MG The Special Air Service Regiment Campbell Barracks SWANBOURNE WA 6010 On behalf of the Royal Australian Regiment, and of […]

“KEEPING THE SPIRIT ALIVE” The Association is “Keeping the Spirit Alive”. It recognises that the Regiment’s binding force is that welded by its men who in serving Australia in the Regiment developed an esprit de corps, second to none, for its living and its dead.The Association fosters and keeps that spirit alive through caring for […]

THE NATIONAL SERVICE MEMORIAL AT THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL IN CANBERRA WILL BE DEDICATED ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2010. The National Council of the National Servicemen’s Association of Australia Incorporated and the Council of the Australian War Memorial have approved a fountain set in its own precinct on the Eastern side of the main entrance […]

Private Benjamin Ranaudo was killed in action on the 18th July 2009 age 22 years when an anti-personnel explosive device detonated in the Baluchi Valley, near Tarin Kowt in the Uruzgan Province in Afghanistan. He was returned to Australia on Sunday, 26th July and laid to rest with full military honours on Friday, 31st July. […]