The first signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between a private sector employer and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) regarding part time Defence personnel, has been signed at Victoria Barracks, Paddington. Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Senator David Feeney, says the MOU will help further develop ties between the two organisations. Qantas’ Head of Government […]
From Evernote: Soldier ‘ramp riding’ before death, inquiry told Clipped from: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-30/adf-to-probe-soldier27s-death/4164068 Updated July 30, 2012 18:16:53 CLICH HERE TO WATCH Video ON ABC NEWS Jeff Waters reports on an inquiry into an Australian soldier’s death (7pm TV News NSW) A Defence Force inquiry into the death of an Australian soldier in Afghanistan last year […]
From Evernote: UN arms trade deal blocked by key nations – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Clipped from: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-28/un-arms-trade-deal-collapses/4161190 Photo: The UN draft treaty would have regulated the international arms trade. (Nicky Loh: Reuters) Map: United States A UN deal to regulate the international arms trade has suffered a serious setback. The Australian-sponsored draft treaty […]
Many members of the Defence family are angered and dismayed with the PM’s responses to David Jamison’s questions on fair indexation of military superannuation on the recent online forum program, “Hangout with the PM”. In this video, AVM Peter Criss (Retd) reflects their concerns with his insightful comments on the PM’s remarks. Misha Schubert the moderator, who has a […]
From Evernote: WEAPONS-MAKER DROPS A BOMB Clipped from: http://www.brisbanebusinessnews.com.au/article3433/WEAPONS-MAKER%20DROPS%20A%20BOMB.html ASX-LISTED Metal Storm (MST) today entered voluntary administration with debts exceeding $11.9 million. The decision came less than a fortnight after the Darra firearm-maker secured an equivalent $1.43 million engineering-services contract with military-defence contractor Colt Canada. Adam Shepard and Adam Farnsworth, of Dean-Willcocks Shepard Recovery and […]
From Evernote: World’s most wanted Nazi arrested Clipped from: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-19/worlds-most-wanted-nazi-arrested-in-hungary/4140540 Source: ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), view full post at link above Updated July 19, 2012 13:13:05 Photo: Laszlo Csatary leaves the courthouse in Budapest (AFP: Attila Kisbenedek) Map: Hungary The world’s most wanted Nazi war criminal has been put under house arrest by authorities in […]
From Evernote: Diggers given their names back in Fromelles Clipped from: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-24/brown-australian-soldiers-given-their-names-back/4148666 Source: The Drum – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) click on the link above for the full article By ABC’s Rachael Brown Updated July 24, 2012 13:44:57 Photo: John Cyril Wynn was killed at the Battle of Fromelles in 1916. (Rachael Brown) Nine more […]
From Evernote: ‘Iconic’ Long Tan cross arrives in Canberra – Clipped from: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-26/long-tan-cross-in-canberra/4156620 Source: ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) When 6 RAR deployed on its second rotation to Vietnam, a commemorative service was conducted and the Long Tan Cross was erected on the Battlefield of Long Tan. The young soldiers from D COY contacted an estimated 2500 enemy […]
See http://veteransretreatsofwesternaustralia.org.au/ An old cattle station in Western Australia’s Pilbara region has been transformed into a camping getaway for war veterans and servicemen and women from all around the country. Along the banks of the Nullagine River, near Marble Bar, is the new Meentheena Veterans Retreat. Vietnam veteran Bill Thompson describes it as beautiful country. […]
Dave Sabben, Commander 12 Platoon, D Company, 6 RAR at the Battle of Long Tan has gone live with a page on his website that traces the history of the Long Tan Cross in pictures. The page is not meant to be a Masters Thesis – just a collection of photos (with or without people). […]
Russell Robinson- Herald Sun -July 17, 2012 PUB bars over the years have been infested with sad, lonely men who dishonestly lay claim to military service, hoping for some form of social acceptance. ARTHUR ‘REX’ CRANE WAS OUTED BY A MILITARY HISTORIAN WHO REALISED HIS CLAIMS WERE RIDICULOUS. PICTURE: NEWS LTD HWT IMAGE LIBRARY They […]
Vietnam vets … not forgotten Bob Meehan was a young man when he was required to register for National Service in 1969. He served most of his two years compulsory military service as an infantryman within 12 Platoon, Delta Company of the 4th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment (4 RAR). During that time he was […]
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