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Soldiers from 13th Brigade take part in Exercise Litani Combine 2025 at the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson, Western Australia. Story by Major Dean Benson. Photos by Corporal Nakia Chapman.

Australian Army News

Soldiers rehearse homeland security

27/06/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1583 Views 2 Comments 13th Brigade, 16th Battalion RWAR, Exercise Litani Combine, Henderson WA

More accustomed to the grey of the Navy uniform, the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson, Western Australia, took on a

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Soldiers and officers from 16th Battalion, The Royal Western Australia Regiment, and 10th Light Horse Regiment run to shore during the Rottnest Channel Swim. Story by Major Sandra Seman-Bourke. Photo by Lieutenant Colonel Lachlan Bromley.

Swimming dream comes true for soldier

22/03/202324/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1642 Views 0 Comments 10th Light Horse Regiment (10LHR), 16th Battalion RWAR

For 10th Light Horse Regiment (10LHR) troop leader Lieutenant Sinéad Jameson, completing the 19.7-kilometre Rottnest Channel Swim solo has been

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World War 2 veteran Arthur Leggett returns the sporran badge to 16th Battalion, Royal Western Australia Regiment. Story by Ray Galliott. Photo by Lt-Col Leigh Partridge.

ADF People History Veterans

Adventures of a ‘souvenired’ sporran

07/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2801 Views 0 Comments 16th Battalion RWAR, WWII

After 87 years of unauthorised possession, travel and survival, Arthur Leggett OAM, a 103-year-old veteran of WW2 recently returned a

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Army nursing officer Lieutenant Lorraine Cheesewright pays her respects at the grave of her great uncle, Corporal Frederick Cheesewright at the Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery in Papua New Guinea. Story and photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.

Australian Army History Lest We Forget News Videos

Keeping Kokoda memory alive

27/09/202230/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1814 Views 0 Comments 16th Battalion RWAR, Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea, WWII

Corporal Frederick Cheesewright’s new stripes were barely sewn to his uniform when a sniper’s bullet abruptly ended his life on

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Lieutenant Colonel Leigh Partridge, commanding officer of the 16th Battalion, Royal Western Australia Regiment, lays a wreath during a dawn service commemorating 80 years since the start of the Battle of Brigade Hill, along the Kokoda Track, in Papua New Guinea. Story and photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.

Australian Army Lest We Forget News Videos

Remembering Kokoda

23/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2826 Views 1 Comment 16th Battalion RWAR, 39th Operational Support Battalion, Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea, WWII

Several events have been organised to mark the 80th year since the Kokoda Track Campaign in Papua New Guinea during

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Australian Army soldier Private Jack Green from the 16th Royal Western Australian Regiment during Zodiac familiarisation training on Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Story by Lieutenant Jordan Chee. Photo by Corporal John Solomon.

Army Reservist bolsters amphibious force

15/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2959 Views 1 Comment 16th Battalion RWAR, 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Army Reserve, F470 Zodiac, HMAS Canberra, Lavarack Barracks, RIMPAC

Australian Army Reserve Infantry Soldier Private Jack Green is testing out his sea legs as he sails on HMAS Canberra

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