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1st Regiment Royal Australian Artillery

Gunners from the 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, fire an M777 Howitzer while taking up defensive firing positions, at Shoalwater Bay Training Area. Photo by Private Alfred Stauder.
Australian Army News 

Soldiers experience ‘danger-close’ artillery

29/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1793 Views 0 Comments 1st Regiment Royal Australian Artillery

Soldiers from 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, conducted live-fire training, including danger-close serials, as part of a combined-arms training activity

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WO1 Mick Beeton, from the 1st Field Regiment Band, leads the Solomon Islands Police Force band during a march-out parade for new recruits in Honiara. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Corporal Jonathan Goedhart.
Australian Army News 

Music breaks through barriers in Solomons

26/10/202228/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1966 Views 0 Comments 1st Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF)

Army musicians and the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) band partnered during Exercise Coastwatchers recently. CAPTION: WO1 Mick Beeton, from the

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Gunners from 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, fire the M777A2 155mm howitzer during Exercise Long Tan at Lone Pine Barracks in Singleton. Captain Cody Tsaousis. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.
Australian Army News 

1 Regiment trains for ‘danger close’

23/09/202227/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2483 Views 2 Comments 1st Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, Canungra, M777 Howitzer, Shoalwater Bay Training Area

Members from 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (1 Regt), deployed to Singleton military area in September for Exercise Long Tan,

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Australian Army Gunners from the 105th Battery of the 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, fire a 155mm SMArt anti-armour round from a M777 155mm Howitzer during Exercise Barce 2022 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area. Story by Captain Taylor Lynch. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.
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Today’s forecast: steel rain on Exercise Barce

17/06/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2370 Views 1 Comment 1st Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, Exercise Barce, M777 Howitzer, Shoalwater Bay Training Area

Gunners from the 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, sent an abundance of munitions down range during Exercise Barce, with the

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Brisbane community members dressed up to attend In Concert with the Force at Brisbane City Hall. Story by Captain Taylor Lynch. Photo by Major Roger Brennan.
Australian Army News 

Force of Star Wars with Brisbane for a night

13/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1542 Views 0 Comments 1st Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, Legacy

Not so long ago, in a Brisbane City Hall not so far away, the Band of the 1st Regiment, Royal

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