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Lance Corporal Ralph Johnson, 32nd Bn, AIF, age 19 of Middle Brighton, Victoria, left, and Lance Corporal John Alexander Crawford, 32nd Bn, AIF, age 30 of Hindmarsh, South Australia.
Australian Australian Army Europe News Overseas Veterans 

Another seven Australian soldiers identified from the Battle of Fromelles

26/03/201926/03/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2878 Views 0 Comments Fromelles

Seven Australian soldiers who fought and died in the World War One attack at Fromelles in France between 19 and 21 July 1916 have been formally identified by the Fromelles Identification Board.

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Composite image by CONTACT
Australian Europe News Overseas Science & Technology 

E-7A Wedgetail buy by UK reflects on Australia

23/03/201923/03/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4059 Views 0 Comments

The United Kingdom today announced that it has signed a contract with Boeing to acquire five E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early

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Anzac Cove, Gallipoli.
Australian Europe News Overseas Veterans 

Statement re Dawn Service at Anzac Cove

21/03/201921/03/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2767 Views 0 Comments

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs is continuing to make plans to conduct the traditional commemorative services at Anzac Cove on

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Australia’s Federation Guard catafalque party prepare to dismount during the commemorative service for the centenary of the First World War Armistice, Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France. Photo by Corporal Jake Sims.
Australian Europe News Overseas Veterans 

DVA confirms timings for Anzac day service at Villers-Bretonneux

08/02/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3896 Views 1 Comment Villers-Bretonneux

Following publication of “Timings for Anzac Day service at Villers-Bretonneux changed at short notice“, CONTACT asked the Department of Veterans’

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Blood-pressure check on an ADF member. (image digitally modified)
ADF Australian Europe News Overseas 

Serco to deliver ADF health-services

05/02/201910/02/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4521 Views 1 Comment

Serco Group plc (‘Serco’ or ‘the Group’), the international service company, through its Australian subsidiary and as sub‑contractor to Bupa

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The Royal Navy's Duke-class frigate HMS Montrose departs Auckland, New Zealand after a five-day visit. Photo and video by Mike Millett, AirflowNZ.
Asia Europe Middle East New Zealand News Overseas Pacific Rest of World Videos 

HMS Montrose visits NZ during 4-year deployment

22/01/201922/01/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3255 Views 0 Comments HMS Montrose

From Devonport Naval Base in Plymouth, UK, to Devonport Naval Base in Auckland – the Royal New Zealand Navy welcomed

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Australian Army Major Alistair Court backflips during the men’s slopestyle final at the Australian Defence International and Interservices Alpine Snow Sports Championships at Mt Perisher, New South Wales. Photo by Corporal Chris Beerens.
ADF Australian Europe News Overseas 

30 ADF compete in European ski champs

17/01/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2745 Views 0 Comments

More than 30 Australian Defence Force athletes are currently in Europe competing at the United Kingdom Armed Forces Inter-Services Snowsports

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Australian Army pallbearers lower the coffin of a recently identified Australian soldier to his final resting place, at Queant Road Cemetery, France, more than 100 years after he was killed in action on the Western Front. Photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.
Australian Australian Army Europe News Overseas Veterans 

Two more WWI soldiers identified and interred

13/11/201813/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2819 Views 0 Comments Queant Road Cemetery

The remains of two World War One Australian soldiers previously recorded as missing, then killed in action in 1917, have

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16th Field Regiment of the Royal Regiment of the New Zealand Artillery fire a 100-Gun Salute to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Beginning of the First World War (2014). The same guns and the same regiment will fire a 100-gun salute at 10.50am on 11 November 2018 to mark the end of WWI. NZDF photo.
Australian Australian Army Europe New Zealand News 

Royal artillery regiments to fire 100-gun salutes before Armistice Centenary

09/11/201809/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2628 Views 0 Comments Centenary of Armistice

Gunners from 16th Field Regiment of the Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery will play a key role in commemorating

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A new Menin Gate lion at Ypres – a gift from the people of Australia. Photo from Darren Chester's Twitter.
Australian Europe News Overseas Veterans 

New Menin Gate lions unveiled in Ieper

06/11/201822/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4256 Views 1 Comment Ieper (Ypres), Menin Gate

New Menin Gate lions are now a permanent fixture on the plinths in front of the Menin Gate Memorial, as

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Two European Tiger variants.
Europe News Overseas Science & Technology 

Study to develop next-gen upgrades for Tiger

28/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4148 Views 1 Comment Tiger ARH

Europe has commenced a ‘de-risking study’ to develop and deliver next generation battlefield capabilities for the Tiger helicopter fleet. FILE

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Warrant Officer Ken Bancroft who is leading the vigil team of Royal New Zealand Navy sailors in England, examines the headstone of Engine Room Artificer Apprentice Philip Short, 20, who was killed in a vehicle accident and buried in England in 1958. NZDF photo.
Europe New Zealand News Overseas 

New Zealand exhuming sailors in UK for Te Auraki

13/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2868 Views 0 Comments Te Auraki

The New Zealand Defence Force has begun repatriating two Royal New Zealand Navy sailors buried in England in the third tranche

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A Patriot air and missile defense system. Raytheon photo.
Europe News Overseas Science & Technology 

Sweden becomes 16th nation to buy Patriot missile defence

12/08/201812/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3067 Views 0 Comments Patriot

The government of Sweden has signed an agreement to purchase Patriot air and missile defense system from the US. The

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Final resting place of Private Thomas Hurdis, Mont Huon Military Cemetery, France. Photo courtesy Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Australian Europe News Overseas Veterans 

Partial remains of WWI soldier reunited with his body

21/07/201828/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3442 Views 0 Comments AIF, Australian Imperial Force, Battle of Polygon Wood, Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Private Thomas Hurdis

The partial remains of a World War I soldier who died of his wounds after the Battle of Polygon Wood in

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Captain Kenneth Mortimer (left) and Private Henry Bell, both 29th Battalion, AIF.
Australian Europe News Overseas Veterans 

Nine recently identified Fromelles KIAs get new headstones

20/07/201820/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3447 Views 0 Comments Battle of Fromelles

Nine Australian World War I soldiers identified by the 2018 Fromelles Project Identification Board [announcement made in April] have had their new,

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BelugaXL number 1 takes off on its maiden flight. Airbus photo by H Goussé.
Europe News Overseas Science & Technology 

First ‘whale-face’ BelugaXL takes flight

20/07/201820/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4254 Views 0 Comments BelugaXL

The first of five BelugaXL aircraft took off and landed at Toulouse-Blagnac, France, yesterday afternoon after successfully completing its maiden

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The NZDF coningent that will travel to Belgium to participate in the Beligian National Day Parade in Brussels. NZDF photo.
Europe New Zealand News Overseas 

NZ Defence Force contingent marching in Belgium

15/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3115 Views 0 Comments Battle of Bapaume, Belgian National Day, Nationale feestdag van België, New Zealand Defence Force

The New Zealand Defence Force will parade a platoon made up of personnel from its three military services led by

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An emulation of what the image processing system 'sees' during the first automatic contact between an A310 MRTT demonstrator and a RAAF KC-30A. Airbus photo.
Australian Europe News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology Videos 

World first automatic air-to-air refeuling system test

12/07/201812/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3693 Views 0 Comments A330 MRTT, A3R, KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport

Airbus Defence and Space has successfully demonstrated an automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) between two multi-role tanker transports. CAPTION: An emulation of

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NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Official photo.
ADF Australian Europe News Overseas 

Two Aussie defence ministers in Europe

11/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2616 Views 0 Comments

Minister for Defence Marise Payne will represent the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the NATO Leaders’ Summit today and tomorrow

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Artist's impression of the Sir John Monash Centre. © Commonwealth of Australia 2018
Australian Europe News Veterans 

Two new Western Front ‘attractions’ launched

03/07/201803/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3055 Views 0 Comments Australian Remembrance Trail – A Traveller’s Guide, Naours Caves, Sir John Monash Centre, Western Front

Two significant initiatives encouraging Australians to visit the Australian Remembrance Trail along the Western Front – and to learn more

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