From George Mansford – Warrior Poet and Commentator on topical Events “An old warrior by the name of John Burns made contact to advise he and other veterans of his unit who fought in Borneo, post WW2, were soon to return there to recognize the 50th year since the end of the war against Indonesia, […]
OPINION – Ross Eastgate – Townsville Bulletin 31 March 2016 IN many democratic societies the path from military service into parliament is one well trodden. Popular military commanders, particularly if they have been victorious have translated that success into political opportunity. The Duke of Wellington enjoyed a long political association with both the Irish and […]
New SBS documentary ‘Vietnam: The War That Made Australia’ tells unheard side of the war Three-part series reveals a new side to a war that changed lives and Australia forever Premieres 8.30pm Sunday 3 April on SBS Vietnam: The War That Made Australia is the extraordinary untold story of the elite ‘Australian Army Training Team […]
Paul O’Sullivan, President RAR Association NSW Branch, has advised the following: “Due to the renovation of Regimental Square that is currently being undertaken by the City of Sydney Council, there will be no service at the RAR Memorial this year. The 8.30 AM service will resume from Anzac Day 2017. In addition, while the route […]
Hi All, Can you please share as widely as possible the link for the following web site http://www.racgp.org.au/afp/2016/march/, it is the internet version of the Australian Family Physician magazine issued to all members of the Australian College of General Practitioners. This is their March edition principally devoted to the Defence Community and their health care. […]
The Royal Australian Regiment Association extends our condolences to Joan and the extended family of Brigadier Bill Rolfe AO (Retired) who touched the lives of so many in the Defence community through his lifelong work and devotion to duty both as a serving member and in his retirement. The Regimental ODE: Rest Ye, Oh Warrior You’ll battle […]
Gibraltar Bunker, Pozieres August 1916 (courtesy Wikipedia) POZIERES* The Australians stormed the trenches in the town of Pozieres. They wrested it from the Germans, who had claimed the ground as theirs. But the enemy knew the lay of the land, and where each trench was set, So they poured in high explosive shells, from the […]
FIRE SUPPORT BASE ‘ CORAL’ From late May 1968 , the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment, with 102 Field Battery and 161 Field Battery RNZA fought a series of battles from the Fire Support Bases of ‘Coral’ and ‘Balmoral’ against a formidable force of North Vietnamese soldiers. Some of the […]
Former ADF general and onetime coalition operations chief in Iraq during 2004-05, Jim Molan presents the second of his four part series entitled “The Answer is Strategy” Regardless of your view of the invasion of Iraq, nothing was preordained. Even if the intervention was strategically unwise, once it occurred we were obliged to remain. […]
Opinion Article from Ross Eastgate -Townsville Bulletin 1 March 2016 John Donald Eastgate’s death certificate records he died on May 9, 2004, although he had been dead for several days before his body was discovered. He was my only, younger sibling, a fellow soldier and his death just three months after his 50th birthday remains a […]
TWO POEMS IN MEMORY OF PAUL LARGE This photo reminds me of the terrible cost, When a young digger’s life is suddenly lost. Captured in time drinking from his canteen. As moving a photograph as I’ve ever seen. For young Paul was killed at the Battle of Long Tan. Facing the enemy as he […]
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