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Official guests of the Remembrance Day Service held at Victoria Barracks Brisbane watch on during proceedings before laying wreaths at the cenotaph. Photo by Corporal Jessica de Rouw.

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Millions pause to remember, 100 years since WWI Armistice

11/11/2018 Brian Hartigan 509 Views 0 Comments Centenary of Armistice

Australian Defence Force members and Australian citizens joined millions around the world this Remembrance Day in reflection upon the tragedy

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The (New York) Evening World declared the war over in its 7 November issue. The actual Armistice document was signed at 5am on 11 November. (Library of Congress)

Australian News Veterans

We must remember – 100 years since ‘the guns fell silent’

09/11/2018 Brian Hartigan 509 Views 0 Comments Armistice Day, Centenary of Armistice, Remembrance Day

All Australians are encouraged to pause on Remembrance Day 2018, the centenary of the First World War Armistice, and remember

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16th Field Regiment of the Royal Regiment of the New Zealand Artillery fire a 100-Gun Salute to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Beginning of the First World War (2014). The same guns and the same regiment will fire a 100-gun salute at 10.50am on 11 November 2018 to mark the end of WWI. NZDF photo.

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Royal artillery regiments to fire 100-gun salutes before Armistice Centenary

09/11/201809/11/2018 Brian Hartigan 780 Views 0 Comments Centenary of Armistice

Gunners from 16th Field Regiment of the Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery will play a key role in commemorating

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