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News Veterans 

New employment assistance for recent veterans

29/03/2021 Brian Hartigan 292 Views 0 Comments

Veterans can access more one-on-one support to help them find employment through a new Support for Employment program launched today.

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A Royal Australian Navy MRH-90 Taipan multirole helicopter from 808 Squadron, prepares to launch from HMAS Albatross in support of Operation NSW Flood Assist. Photo by LAC John Solomon.
ADF News Royal Australian Navy Veterans 

ADF search and rescue mission

25/03/202126/03/2021 Mike Hughes 599 Views 0 Comments Operation NSW Flood Assist 21-1

A Royal Australian Navy MRH-90 helicopter evacuated nine stranded campers, including a nine year old boy and pet dog from NSW floods.

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A motion calling on the overnment to establish a Royal Commission into veteran suicide passed the Lower House, 22 March 2021.
ADF News Veterans Videos 

Suicide Royal Commission motion passed in Parliament

22/03/202129/03/2021 Brian Hartigan 624 Views 0 Comments

A motion calling on the overnment to establish a Royal Commission into veteran suicide passed the Lower House, 22 March 2021.

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Notice of Motion in Australian Senate calling for a Royal Commission into ADF and veteran suicide
Australian News Veterans 

Senate votes for suicide Royal Commission

20/03/2021 Brian Hartigan 804 Views 2 Comments Dave Stafford Finney, Julie-Ann Finney

A motion calling on the government to establish a Royal Commission into veteran suicide passed through the Australian Senate on Thursday.

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Ben Jones and his new psychiatric assistance dog Belle. Photo supplied.
Australian News Veterans 

First psychiatric assistance dog trained by veterans for a veteran

02/03/2021 Brian Hartigan 564 Views 0 Comments

The first psychiatric assistance dog trained by veterans, for veterans, has moved home with her veteran handler in Canberra. CAPTION:

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ANZAC Day 2020 in Kiama Downs NSW. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Australian News Veterans 

ANZAC Day arrangements – what’s on, what isn’t

26/02/202126/02/2021 Brian Hartigan 480 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day

Anzac Day services overseas are cancelled again in 2021, while domestic services can go ahead in line with state and territory COVID rules.

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Former Able Seaman Ronald Bergman, 94, (and inset) is presented a World War II 75th anniversary commemorative medallion by the Executive Officer HMAS Cerberus Commander Martin Holzberger during Mr Bergman’s visit to the base. Photo by Leading Seaman James McDougall.
ADF People Veterans 

WWII veteran visits base where his service began

25/02/202127/02/2021 Mike Hughes 439 Views 0 Comments

A World War II veteran has returned to the shore establishment where his career in the Royal Australian Navy began

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file photo
Australian News Veterans 

National Servicemen’s Day

14/02/202114/02/2021 Brian Hartigan 357 Views 0 Comments

Today, on National Servicemen’s Day, we honour those who have served our nation through compulsory military service.

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Participants in the first Veterans Surfing Program, which was launched at Gerroa, NSW, on 10 February 2021. Story and photo courtesy Robert Crawford, South Coast Register.
Australian News Veterans 

Veterans love hitting the waves in new program

11/02/2021 Brian Hartigan 356 Views 0 Comments

STORY AND PHOTOS courtesy Robert Crawford, South Coast Register If the cheers, celebrations and high fives are anything to go by

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ANZAC Day 2020 in Kiama Downs NSW. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Australian News Veterans 

Anzac Day Schools’ Awards now open

08/02/2021 Brian Hartigan 508 Views 0 Comments

The 2021 Anzac Day Schools’ Awards are now open, encouraging students to learn about veteran service and Australian wartime history.

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A proposed design for an Australian Killed in Action medal. Submitted by Leslie Edgar Anderson.
News Veterans 

Proposed design for Australian KIA Medal

07/02/202121/02/2021 Brian Hartigan 2939 Views 15 Comments

A proposed design for an Australian Killed in Action medal, submitted to CONTACT by Leslie Edgar Anderson of Perth Western Australia.

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A94-983 Sabre in RAAF's 75 Squadron markings on its first flight after restoration at Temora Aviation Museum. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Veterans 

RAAF 100 Squadron re-formed

06/02/2021 Brian Hartigan 2051 Views 0 Comments

Ahead of centenary commemorations of the Royal Australian Air Force, No. 100 Squadron will be re-formed as the Air Force

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Artist's impression of the Australian War Memorial expansion. AWM image.
Australian News Veterans 

Two new appointees to the AWM Council

05/02/2021 Brian Hartigan 416 Views 0 Comments

Rhondda Vanzella and Glenn Keys have joined the Council of the Australian War Memorial, filling the vacant positions previously held

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Captain Sir Tom Moore – 1920-2021 – RIP
Europe News Overseas Veterans 

Captain Sir Tom Moore – 1920-2021 – RIP

03/02/2021 Brian Hartigan 800 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.

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The 2020 Australian Invictus Games team at the team announcement, Victoria Barracks, NSW. Photo by Leading Seaman Jayson Tufrey.
Australian News Veterans 

Invictus Games The Hague postponed again

02/02/202102/02/2021 Brian Hartigan 439 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games 2020

The Invictus Games The Hague 2020 has been postponed for a second time, with the event now tentatively moved to the Spring of 2022.

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Wreaths surround the memorial plaque at the rededication service commemorating the 80th anniversary of the RAAF Anson A4-5 crash at Glenbrook, NSW. Photo by Corporal Kylie Gibson.
News Royal Australian Air Force Veterans 

Memorial rededicated in Glenbrook

02/02/202102/02/2021 Mike Hughes 384 Views 0 Comments

A rededication service was held on January 28 in Glenbrook, NSW, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of five RAAF members

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3D concept model for the proposed new Aircraft Hall and Anzac Hall galleries in the Australian War Memorial redevelopment/expansion.
Australian News Veterans 

AWM survey on future development

02/02/202102/02/2021 Brian Hartigan 437 Views 0 Comments

Are you interested in how the Australian War Memorial’s new galleries will tell the continuing story of Australia’s military service?

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Officers and sailors on HMAS Adelaide's flight deck during a mental-health awareness event at Garden Island. Photo by Petty Officer Justin Brown.
News Veterans 

Fee increase for mental-health-care providers

01/02/2021 Brian Hartigan 285 Views 0 Comments

Mental-health-care and others who provide vital services to our veteran community are set to receive an increase in fees from today.

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Australian News Veterans 

Veteran-led charity offers free mental health app to all Australians

29/01/2021 Brian Hartigan 268 Views 0 Comments

With funding from BHP, veteran-led charity Swiss 8 is now offering its mental-health monitoring app free to all Australians.

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Aussie Heart Medal composite
ADF Australian News Veterans 

Should Australia have a ‘Purple Heart’-type award?

22/01/2021 Brian Hartigan 4700 Views 50 Comments

Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal will consider recognition for members of the ADF injured, wounded or killed in service.

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