JOINT MEDIA RELEASE THE HON DAN TEHAN MP MINISTER FOR VETERANS’ AFFAIRS and SENATOR THE HON MARISE PAYNE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE The Government welcomes the contribution of the Senate Reference Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade’s report into the mental health of Australian Defence Force (ADF) members and veterans and will carefully consider the Inquiry report […]
Introduction to Myths & Legends [an address by Dr Brian O’Toole, posted with his permission] Dr Brian O’Toole from Sydney University’s Brain & Mind Research Institute is an epidemiologist with a long interest in the health of Vietnam veterans and the health consequences of war service. He has worked on the Australian ‘agent orange’ scientific […]
Work has commenced on an independent history that will document and analyse the medical legacies of the Vietnam War. The volume, commissioned by the Council of the Australian War Memorial, will be written by Dr Peter Yule, a research fellow at the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne. Dr Yule […]
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 […]
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