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Lest We Forget

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.
Australian Army Lest We Forget News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Veterans 

How Anzac Day was commemorated in the Middle East

28/04/202228/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2829 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

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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.
Australian Army Lest We Forget News Veterans Videos 

Perth students commemorate Anzac Day…slightly early

22/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2263 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

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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.
ADF People Lest We Forget 

Excited to take part in Anzac Day ceremony

16/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2066 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

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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.
History Lest We Forget News Royal Australian Navy 

Loss of HMAS Perth I remembered

04/03/202204/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1819 Views 1 Comment 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

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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.
History Lest We Forget News Royal Australian Air Force 

Remembering lost aviators of Windsor 380

17/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2171 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

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

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

31/01/202131/01/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2493 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.

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Iraqi children shake hands with JGSDF soldiers during a reconstruction operation. Photo by Rikujojieitai Boueisho, via WikiCommons.
Lest We Forget Letters to the Editor 

Returning the support – JSDF/Australia

22/11/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2490 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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Matilda Poppies by Lisa Robson
CONTACT BLOG SPOT Lest We Forget 

500 Matilda Poppies

18/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4475 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.

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Dave Stafford Finney, RIP 2 February 2019
Dave Finney Lest We Forget News Personal stories Royal Australian Navy Veterans 

RIP Dave Stafford Finney – 3 February 2019

03/02/201919/06/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 14632 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

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Dead Man's Penny – image digitally altered by CONTACT to include Richard Moffat's name.
CONTACT BLOG SPOT Lest We Forget 

The Message from the Grave

03/03/201810/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3345 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

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