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Beaufort bombers in 1945.
News Royal Australian Air Force Veterans 

Missing WWII bomber found off PNG

27/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2364 Views 0 Comments

Royal Australian Air Force officials have positively identified a missing World War II aircraft, discovered late last year in waters

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Australian soldiers with 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conduct a medical evacuation of a local boy in the Oecusse Enclave, East Timor. Photo by Corporal Brian Hartigan.
ADF Asia New Zealand News Operations Veterans 

25 years since INTERFET deployment

20/09/202420/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5197 Views 2 Comments East Timor, INTERFET, Timor-Leste

When the Timorese people took the courageous step of voting for independence in 1999 and asked the international community for

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Army officer Captain Rachael Kloprogge greets Legacy widow and former signaller Shirley Ross during a Legacy Brisbane Backyard Assist at Mrs Ross’ home in Chapel Hill, Brisbane. Story by Major Evita Ryan. Photos by Lance Corporal Luke Donegan.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing Veterans 

Volunteers join backyard blitz for Legacy widow

18/09/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1129 Views 0 Comments 6th Brigade, Legacy

Legacy widow Shirley Ross was overwhelmed by the support she received during a Legacy Brisbane Backyard Assist at her Chapel

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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles. Photo by Jay Cronan, digitally altered by CONTACT.
ADF News Veterans 

Defence Minister Marles’ updates on Brereton Report

12/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1911 Views 0 Comments

Statements by Minister for Defence Richard Marles… FILE PHOTO: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles. Photo by

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This year’s focus for R U OK? Day is to ask the question on any day, because meaningful conversations can make a difference.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing Veterans 

Have a chat that could save a life

12/09/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1108 Views 0 Comments R U OK

Whether it’s on exercise, operations or in the office, there’s never a wrong time to ask R U OK? It

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ADF News Veterans 

Final Report from veteran-suicide Royal Commission handed down

09/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1475 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide Final Report has been delivered to the government and tabled in Parliament

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Commanding Officer HMAS Harman Commander Glyn Hunter presents Legacy Club of Queanbeyan-Eden-Monaro president Suzanne McInnes with a cheque during a morning tea at the Legacy Club of Queanbeyan-Eden-Monaro, NSW. Photos by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
News Royal Australian Navy Veterans 

A supportive hand for those in need

03/09/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1087 Views 0 Comments HMAS Harman, Legacy Week

When her father returned from the Second World War, Suzanne McInnes helped him sell Legacy badges to raise funds for

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Retired Caribou aviators and 35 Squadron Association members with a restored de Havilland DHC-4 Caribou at the RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre. Story by Flight Lieutenant Rob Hodgson. Photos by Sergeant Peter Borys.
History News Royal Australian Air Force Veterans 

Wallaby Airlines remembered

21/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2179 Views 2 Comments C-27J Spartan, No. 35 Squadron, RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre, Wallaby Airlines

On a cold, wet morning at RAAF Base Amberley, 35 Squadron Association members gathered to commemorate a significant event for

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Military working dog 'Kuga' in Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan, Afghanistan. SOTG photo.
Australian Veterans 

Remembering SAS hero dog Kuga

17/07/202421/07/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3124 Views 0 Comments Military Working Dogs

Belgian Mallinois Kuga saved lives in Afghanistan but paid the ultimate price, succumbing to war wounds on 24 July 2012.

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Former Air Force Nursing Officer Val Lawrence, meets Warrant Officer Class One Darren Wasley at the War Veterans’ Home at Myrtle Bank in South Australia. Story by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel. Photos by Sergeant Murray Staff.
ADF People History Veterans 

Nurse and rescued orphan meet 50 years on

16/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2364 Views 0 Comments Service Nurses, Vietnam War

After decades of war and with the imminent fall of Saigon in 1975, a humanitarian crisis was unfolding in South

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Former members of 1 Commando Company, from left, National Secretary Airborne and Special Forces Association Pat Doherty, President 1 Commando Association Merv Liddell and Chairman of Operation Pilgrimage Group Allan Miles at the unveiling of the new heritage marker at the company barracks, Georges Heights, Sydney. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers.
Australian Army History News Veterans 

Mission accomplished for former commandos

11/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2492 Views 0 Comments HMAS Penguin

Sixty-one years after he first walked through the gates of 1 Commando Company, Allan Miles trod the familiar path to

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ADF People Health and Wellbeing Veterans 

Memories of a Vietnam veteran

05/07/202410/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2364 Views 0 Comments Vietnam veterans

In 1969 at the age of 20, Rudolph Stachow was on his first patrol in Vietnam as an infantryman. CAPTION: Vietnam

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News Veterans 

New veterans’ entitlements legislation now law

03/07/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2573 Views 1 Comment

The federal government is simplifying and harmonising Australia’s veterans’ rehabilitation and compensation system – with new legislation introduced today. Under

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News Veterans 

New appointees to Australian War Memorial Council

28/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1820 Views 0 Comments Australian War Memorial, AWM

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Matt Keogh today announced three new members have been appointed to the Australian War Memorial Council.

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Team Australia's Ben Owens, right, moves past Jamie Adam Smyth during a wheelchair rugby training session in preparation for the Warrior Games 2024. Story by Flying Officer Tina Langridge. Photo by Flight Sergeant Christopher Dickson.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing Veterans 

Ready to tackle wheelchair rugby at Warrior Games

21/06/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1409 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Warrior Games

Ask Ben Owens which event he’s looking forward to most at the upcoming 2024 Warrior Games and he’ll give you

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Warrior Games 2024 Team Australia conducts wheelchair rugby training at the ESPN Athletics Centre in Orlando, Florida. Story by Simon Paton. Photos by Flight Sergeant Christopher Dickson.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing Veterans 

Warrior Games showcases Defence resilience

21/06/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1052 Views 0 Comments 4th Brigade, Invictus Australia, Warrior Games

The Australian 2024 Warrior Games team have arrived in Orlando ahead of this year’s games, hosted by the US Department

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News Veterans 

Suicide RC publishes “book of lived experiences”

20/06/202420/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1385 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

Minister for Defence Richard Marles said today that the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide “has delivered a report

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Homeless in Sydney mockup, by CONTACT.
News Veterans 

New Veterans’ Acute Housing Program launched

20/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1400 Views 0 Comments Veterans’ Acute Housing Program

The Federal government announced a $30million grants pool to address veteran homelessness. FILE IMAGE: Homeless in Sydney mockup, by CONTACT.

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Laurie Wallace walks his family dogs Patch and Zelda around their north Brisbane suburb. Story by Major Evita Ryan. Photo by Lance Corporal Luke Donegan.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing Veterans 

Marching for a cause

14/06/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 888 Views 0 Comments 6th Brigade, 7th Brigade, Army Reserve, Kokoda Track, Soldier On

Walking the 96km Kokoda Track has always been on Laurie Wallace’s bucket list. CAPTION: Laurie Wallace walks his family dogs Patch

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Last known image of AE1, 9 September 1914 – five days before she was lost – with HMAS Ships Australia and Yarra in the background.
News Royal Australian Navy Veterans 

Marking 110 years of silent service

25/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2192 Views 0 Comments HMAS AE1, HMAS AE2

It’s been 110 years since the Royal Australian Navy took delivery of its first submersible vessels, and while the technology

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