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41st Battalion Royal New South Wales Regiment

Sergeant Paul Dennis, left, and Lieutenant Jack Macklan talk to Lismore resident Chris McNamara near the flooded Wilsons River during a joint patrol to monitor floodwaters as part of Operation Topical Cyclone Alfred Assist. Story by Lieutenant Emily Tinker. Photos: byWarrant Officer Class 2 Raymond Vance.
Australian Army News 

Local knowledge vital in assisting community

21/03/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 713 Views 0 Comments 41st Battalion Royal New South Wales Regiment, 8/9 RAR, Army Reserve, Operation Tropical Cyclone Alfred Assist

Showing how quickly the ADF can mobilise when needed, the Lismore-based 41st Battalion, the Royal New South Wales Regiment (41

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Major General David Thomae addresses the crowd during the opening of the new Gordon VC multi-user depot at Chindera, NSW. Story by Captain Katy Manning. Photo by Private Peter Mosley.
Australian Army News 

Gordon VC multi-user depot opened in Kingscliff

12/09/202422/09/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1140 Views 0 Comments 41st Battalion Royal New South Wales Regiment, Gordon VC multi-user depot, Victoria Cross

Soldiers in northern NSW now boast a new state-of-the-art home at Chinderah. CAPTION: Major General David Thomae addresses the crowd

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Australian Army News 

Lismore and Army celebrate 50 years

03/07/202403/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1241 Views 0 Comments 41st Battalion Royal New South Wales Regiment, Freedom of Entry

The steady beat of military drums echoed through Lismore’s streets on Saturday June 22. CAPTION: Lieutenant Colonel Danial Healy, Commanding Officer

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Private Chen Shi raises a communications mast off the ground during Exercise Arras Sprint. Photos by Private Peter Mosley.
Australian Army News 

Soldiers tested to seize enemy base

17/05/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1483 Views 0 Comments 41st Battalion Royal New South Wales Regiment, 4th/3rd Battalion RNSW Regiment, 5th Brigade, 5th Combat Service Support Battalion, Army Reserve, Exercise Arras Sprint

Soldiers from 5th Brigade deployed to the Bathurst region of NSW in early May to demonstrate critical operational capabilities. CAPTION: Private

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Chief of Army Lieutenant General Simon Stuart attended the interment ceremony for Olwyn Green, former wife to Lieutenant Charles Green, at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, South Korea. Story by Captain Katy Manning. Photos by Private Graeme Bray.
ADF People History Lest We Forget 

Soldier pays respects in South Korea

07/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1055 Views 0 Comments 3rd Battalion RAR, 41st Battalion Royal New South Wales Regiment, Chief of Army, Chief of Defence Force, Korean War, WWII

A part-time Australian Army soldier from the 41st Battalion, the Royal New South Wales Regiment (41RNSWR), Private Graeme Bray, had

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Australian Army soldier Private Mesak Hlawng Sang during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Corporal Michael Currie.
ADF People 

Serving for a new home

15/09/202315/09/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1509 Views 0 Comments 41st Battalion Royal New South Wales Regiment

A NSW resident who hails from Myanmar says a lifelong desire to join the army motivated him to become a

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Soldiers and locals wade through the 2022 flood waters in Lismore, checking properties for stranded residents. Story by Private Nicholas Marquis.
Australian Army News 

Soldiers commended for sacrifices in floods

17/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2082 Views 1 Comment 41st Battalion Royal New South Wales Regiment, Army Reserve, MRH-90 Taipan, Operation Flood Assist 2022

As record flooding reduced Lismore to a pile of housing debris and overturned cars, 40 kilometres north, a mother and

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Major-General David Thomae and Mayor of Lismore Steve Krieg survey the damage and recovery efforts in Lismore from an Army MRH-90 Taipan. Story and photo by Warrant Officer Class 2 Max Bree.
ADF Australian Army News 

Rescues stuff of movie script, says commander

17/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2185 Views 0 Comments 41st Battalion Royal New South Wales Regiment, MRH-90 Taipan, Operation Flood Assist 2022

As floods decimated Lismore, the town mayor stood beside a highway – which became a river bank – and watched

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Australian Army soldiers from 41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment, survey flood devastation near Upper Main Arm during Op Flood Assist 2022. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard.
Australian Army News 

Extraordinary rescue by Army Reservists

08/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2962 Views 1 Comment 41st Battalion Royal New South Wales Regiment, MRH-90 Taipan, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Two people swept away by a landslide in a remote area of the Northern Rivers have been saved by local paramedics

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Sergeant Jody Cropp from 41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment loads crates of fresh food onto a helicopter operated by New South Wales Rural Fire Service, ready for delivery to areas of Northern NSW. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.
Australian Army News 

Support to smaller towns in Northern Rivers

08/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1596 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, 41st Battalion Royal New South Wales Regiment, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Full time and reservist soldiers based in Lismore have spread out to smaller towns in the New South Wales Northern

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ustralian Army soldiers Private Riva Brown and Private Jamie Morrison from 41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment, unload crates of refrigerated milk to Ulmarra on the New South Wales mid-north coast. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.
Australian Army News Videos 

Army trucks keep supplies rolling in

04/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2319 Views 0 Comments 41st Battalion Royal New South Wales Regiment, Operation Flood Assist 2022

The high-clearance vehicles from 41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment (41RNSWR), have been in demand during Operation Flood Assist

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