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Queen Elizabeth confers the Honour of Knighthood on Captain Tom Moore at an investiture at Windsor Castle – and Sir Tom with proud family members after the ceremony. Photos courtesy The Royal Family.

Captain Tom formally invested by the Queen

19/07/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3485 Views 0 Comments

Captain Sir Thomas Moore’s knighthood is now formal after a ceremonial sword-on-shoulder investiture by Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle on 17 July.

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Captain Tom to be knighted

20/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4072 Views 0 Comments

Just six weeks after setting a goal to raise £1000 for the National Health Service, news that Captain Tom Moore is to be knighted for service to his country

Colonel Tom Moore talks to Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Miller while holding The Yorkshire Regiment Medal, re-presented as a birthday gift from the British Army after he lost the original. Photo by Corporal Robert Weideman, UK Ministry of Defence.

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Former Captain Tom Moore promoted on his birthday

30/04/202005/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5646 Views 0 Comments

World famous walkathon fundraiser and now former-captain Tom Moore has been promoted to the rank of colonel on his 100th Birthday.

Captain Tom Moore and his singing partner – and favourite singer – Michael Ball show off their Number One charts award after their cover of You'll Never Walk Alone debuted at Number 1. Photo courtesy Official Charts web site.

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Captain Tom making and breaking records

28/04/202028/04/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3148 Views 0 Comments

Captain Tom Moore, 99 year old World War 2 veteran and walkathon legend, has officially set two very significant records before his 100th birthday.

Captain Tom finishes the 100 laps of his garden he initially set out to achieve, but vowed to walk on as long as people kept donating. Photo by by Emma Sohl – Capture The Light Photography.

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‘Bowie’ tribute to Captain Tom as he passes $50million

23/04/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3847 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

A Scottish pantomime singer has recorded a tribute to Captain Tom Moore – the 99-year-old British walk-a-thon fundraiser.

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment form an honour guard for Captain Tom Moore as he races towards what was supposed to be the finish line in an epic fundraising effort. Photo by Frances Haycock, UK MoD.

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Captain Tom Moore races past charity goals

17/04/202017/04/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3643 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

WWII vet Captain Tom Moore, walking to raise funds for the British National Health Service, is more than 17,000,000% past his initial fundraising goal.

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Captain Sir Tom Moore – 1920-2021 – RIP

03/02/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3278 Views 0 Comments

Britain’s beacon on hope in a very dark year, Captain Sir Tom Moore had died at the age of 100, secumbing to COVID-19.

Captain Matthew Flinders. Story by Lieutenant Commander JA Thompson.

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Captain Matthew Flinders finally returns home

19/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2062 Views 0 Comments

The ADF was on hand recently for the reburial of the Royal Navy captain who led the first circumnavigation of

Flight Sergeant Nathan King, Assistant Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Matt Thistlethwaite and Able Seaman Taryn Dickens at the Invictus Games 2023 announcement of Team Australia's co-captains. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Andrew Dakin.

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Invictus Games 2023 Team Australia co-captains announced

18/06/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2541 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2023

Flight Sergeant Nathan King and Able Seaman Taryn Dickens have been announced as the co-captains of Team Australia for Invictus

Teachers and students of Lekutu Secondary School during the official handover ceremony to celebrate the completion of the reconstruction project in Vanua Levu, Fiji on July 21. Story by Captain Sarah Kelly. Photo by Corporal Lisa Sherman.

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Rebuilding schools for Fijian leaders of tomorrow

26/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3034 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, Fiji, Republic of Fiji Military Forces, Tropical Cyclone Ana, Tropical Cyclone Yasa

In a rural Fijian town well off the tourist map, hundreds of school children were dancing, singing and celebrating the

Army scientific officer Captain Lisa Rigby, right, feeds mosquitoes as part of her research. Story by Captain Annie Richardson.

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Army captain passionate about mozzies

20/08/202127/08/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2232 Views 0 Comments

Australian Army scientific officer Captain Lisa Rigby works at the 2nd General Health Battalion researching and educating personnel on mosquitoes. CAPTION: