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Japanese Ambassador to Australia, Yamagami Shingo, lays a wreath during the Battle of Coral Sea 80th anniversary commemorative service at Russell Offices in Canberra. Story by Lieutenant Gordon Carr-Gregg. Photo by Nicole Mankowski.

Battle of the Coral Sea 80th anniversary

17/05/202217/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 258 Views 0 Comments Battle of the Coral Sea, HMAS Coonawarra, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, US Army, US Navy, WWII

The 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea was commemorated across Australia early this month. CAPTION: Japanese Ambassador

Royal Australian Navy Principal Chaplain Andrew Lewis gives the ‘Blessing’ during the Battle of Coral Sea 80th anniversary commemoration service at Russell Offices in Canberra. Photo by Nicole Mankowski.

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Battle of the Coral Sea – 80th anniversary

11/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 228 Views 0 Comments

Australian and United States military personnel and veterans gathered at the Australian-American memorial in Blamey Square at Russell Offices in

Officer Commanding of No. 92 Wing, Group Captain Paul Carpenter (left), officially hands over the P-3 Orion A9-754 memorial display to sergeants' mess committee chairman Warrant Officer Peter Christensen at RAAF Base Edinburgh in Adelaide. Story by Flight Lieutenant Claire Burnet.

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Memorial marks the loss of an airman

06/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1326 Views 0 Comments AP-3C Orion, No. 10 Squadron, No. 11 Squadron, RAAF Edinburgh

A routine flight home to Australia 31 years ago turned into a tragedy for the ADF members on board P-3C

Australian Defence Force and New Zealand Defence Force personnel stand by the cenotaph after the Anzac Day commemorations in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Story and photo by Captain Edward Pym.

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How Anzac Day was commemorated in the Middle East

28/04/202228/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 339 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2022, Middle East

Following a two-year hiatus because of COVID-19 restrictions, Anzac Day was commemorated in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on April

Rosalie Primary School Year 6 students laying a memorial wreath at their Dawn Service at the State War Memorial in Kings Park Perth WA. Story by Bourke . Photo - Video clip.

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Perth students commemorate Anzac Day…slightly early

22/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 240 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2022

Students from Rosalie Primary School’s Year 6 class in Perth held their own, slightly early, Dawn Service on Wednesday, 6

Lieutenant Amy Hannigan will play a key role in the dawn service at the war memorial in her home town of Quorn. Story by Captain Annie Richardson.

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Excited to take part in Anzac Day ceremony

16/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 297 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2022, Headquarters 17th Brigade

With a population of less than 1500, the town of Quorn, South Australia, is fondly called home by one Army

Post Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 12163, James Maughmer, lays a wreath during a service held in Fremantle commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Sunda Strait. Story by Lieutenant Gary McHugh. Photo by Leading Seaman Craig Walton.

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Loss of HMAS Perth I remembered

04/03/202204/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 232 Views 0 Comments HMAS Perth I, Thai-Burma railway, WWII

HMAS Perth III visited Fremantle recently for events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the sinking of HMAS Perth I and

Commanding Officer No. 33 Squadron Wing Commander Neil Bowen at the commemorative service in the Wilberforce memorial garden at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. Story by Eamon Hamilton. Photo by CPL Brett Sherriff.

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Remembering lost aviators of Windsor 380

17/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 588 Views 0 Comments 33 Squadron

On October 29, 1991, an accident off the coast of Gippsland took the lives of five aviators during a training

The Private P.Z. Trzecinski Bridge on the New England Highway, near Maitland, NSW. Photo from warmemorialsregister.nsw.gov.au

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A hell of a way to get your name on a bridge

31/01/202131/01/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 990 Views 0 Comments By Tomas 'Paddy' Hamilton

In the town where I once lived they built a bridge, named the Private Ziggy Trzecinski Bridge, after my mate killed in Vietnam.

Iraqi children shake hands with JGSDF soldiers during a reconstruction operation. Photo by Rikujojieitai Boueisho, via WikiCommons.

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Returning the support – JSDF/Australia

22/11/2020 Ross L 1222 Views 0 Comments

Thanks for the reminder of the Japanese escort from Albany at the opening of WW1: as you say, little-known – or appreciated.

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500 Matilda Poppies

18/02/2020 Lisa Robson 2282 Views 4 Comments

CONTACT fan crochets 500 Matilda Poppies for her local RSL – then 500 more for another – to remember the 500 souls lost to veteran suicide.

Dave Stafford Finney, RIP 2 February 2019

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RIP Dave Stafford Finney – 3 February 2019

03/02/201919/06/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 11853 Views 6 Comments Dave Stafford Finney

Dave Stafford Finney, a recently retired Royal Australian Navy Petty Officer – is how he described himself when he allowed

Dead Man's Penny – image digitally altered by CONTACT to include Richard Moffat's name.

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The Message from the Grave

03/03/201810/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2114 Views 0 Comments Dead Man's Penny

. It is generally accepted in life that under normal circumstances, children pay their last respects to their parents when