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ANZAC Day 2023

Royal Australian Air Force Flying Officer Aiden Pattison reflects on those who served in the Middle East before him on Operation Accordion in the lead to Anzac Day 2023 at Australia’s operating base in the Middle East Region. Photo by Corporal Melina Young.
ADF People Videos 

Firsthand experience adds meaning

28/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1730 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023, Operation Accordion

  Flying Officer Aiden Pattison has seen the photos, now it’s his turn to stand where people have served before

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Leading Aircraftwoman Hunter Westbrook, from Australia’s Federation Guard, visits the resting place of her distant cousin, Private Victor Westbrook, in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Northern France. Photo by Sergeant Oliver Carter.
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Visit to a cousin who never came home

28/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1929 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

As she took part in Anzac Day commemorations in France this year, Leading Aircraftwoman Hunter Westbrook remembered a relative who

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Australia’s Federation Guardsman Able Seaman Tammy Vaughn rehearses her role in the catafalque party during the leadup to Anzac Day 2023 at the Australian National Memorial site in Villers-Bretonneux, France. Photo by Sergeant Oliver Carter.
ADF People Videos 

For kin and country

28/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1822 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Able Seaman Tammy Vaughn realised a childhood dream when she marched out as a member of the catafalque party at

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Royal Australian Navy officer Sub Lieutenant Mary Booth holds a portrait of her great uncle Able Seaman Ernest Albert Booth, at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Photo by Corporal Luke Bellman.
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Sailor’s story inspires through the years

28/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1280 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023, HMAS Sydney II

More than 70 years after Able Seaman Ernest Albert Booth was killed in the sinking of HMAS Sydney II, his

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Australian Army Band member Lance Corporal Lenore Evans with a painting by her great-great-great-uncle, War Artist Frank Crozier who served at Gallipoli and in France. The painting is held by the Australian War Memorial at the Treloar Technology Centre, Canberra. Photo by Sergeant Oliver Carter.
ADF People 

Family tribute to artist of war and peace

27/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1113 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Australian Army Band member Lance Corporal Lenore Evans has been planning to pay special tribute to family members who served

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Trumpet and bugle player for the Australian Army Band Sergeant Danny Dielkens in the practice room of the Band of the Royal Military College - Duntroon in Canberra. Photo by Sergeant Oliver Carter.
ADF People 

Soldier close to home a world away

27/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1372 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Trumpet and bugle player for the Australian Army Band, Sergeant Danny Dielkens has been preparing to return close to his

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Lieutenant Commander Ashleigh Payne holds a picture of her great-uncle Leading Aircraftman James Geoffrey Payne in front of the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial. Photo by Corporal Michael Rogers.
ADF People 

A picture worth a thousand words

27/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1260 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Though her great-uncle was gone well before she was born, Lieutenant Commander Ashleigh Payne was always aware of his presence,

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Sergeant Beau Wright, 7th Brigade Commander's XI Cricket Captain, prepares for the annual Anzac Day Shell Green match against the Brisbane Lord Mayors XI. Photo by Major Roger Brennan.
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Cricket match honours famous event at Gallipoli

25/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1724 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Captain of the ADF cricket team, Sergeant Beau Wright, will lead the 7th Brigade Commander’s XI against the Brisbane Lord

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Eldest son firefighter Ronan Boyd, father then Corporal Andrew Boyd, mother Lieutenant Anthea Boyd, daughter Cadet Lance Corporal Layla Boyd and youngest son Cadet Under Officer [now Recruit] Jahan Boyd, on ANZAC Day last year. Photo by Heather Barnes.
ADF People 

Family’s tradition of service continues

25/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1251 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Biloela may be one of Queensland’s smaller country towns but it has a big Anzac Day heart with proud traditions

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Sir Peter Cosgrove with pre-schoolers from the Little Diggers Pre School, at the RSL LifeCare Anzac Village. Screen grab from supplied video.
Australian News Veterans 

RSL LifeCare survey on importance of ANZAC Day

19/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2050 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

In the lead up to Anzac Day, new research suggests 43% of Australians agree that veterans are adequately supported with

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