During Lent we are invited to consider the nature of our lives and our actions in a time of reflection, prayer and penance as we prepare for Easter. We may even consider the painful times when we feel let down or we let others down. So to begin, the other day I encountered two people. […]

                                                    The RAR Corporation wishes all Australians an enjoyable Australia Day with the understanding that this day recognises the contribution that many people have made to making Australia what it […]

The team, comprised of eight members from Townsville’s 2nd Battalion, traversed the 50 kilometre course in 40 hours carrying 40 kilograms of gear each. “It was tough” admits team leader Corporal Lee Newham who says the challenges they were given were complicated further by the Welsh weather and soggy, mountainous terrain. “Especially moving by night, […]

When Governor-General Quentin Bryce awarded Corporal Daniel Keighran with the Victoria Cross he earned a unique distinction in the history of The Royal Australian Regiment, he became the RAR’s first soldier to be awarded our nations highest award while on active service with a Battalion of the Regiment.  Since the Second World War and the formation of the RAR, […]

Major General Cedric Maudsley Ingram ‘Sandy’ Pearson AO, DSO, OBE, MC (retired) was farewelled with full military honours at Newington College in Sydney today. Born in Kurri Kurri, NSW, Major General Pearson graduated from the Royal Military College Duntroon in 1940 and went on to have an extensive military career spanning 36 years. He saw […]

It is that time of year again when at the 11th Hour on the 11th Day of the 11th Month, we remember the sacrifice of all Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen who have served and those who have sacrificed their lives in the defence of our Nation. The Great War, as World War I became known […]

Damien Murphy looks behind the lines to reveal the story of The Battle of Derapet Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/he-used-his-body-as-a-weapon-for-us-20121109-2935d.html#ixzz2Bl44Th2K GETTING on for four in the afternoon of August 24, 2010, Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott, Bob Katter and Adam Bandt were meeting in Canberra’s house in the hill to choose between Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott. In […]

Mark Irving, The West AustralianUpdated September 28, 2012, 2:40 am · Sam McDonald with his flagpole at the Timbers Edge lifestyle village. Picture: Nic Ellis, The West Australian Sam McDonald fought in the jungles of Borneo and Vietnam – and now he’s battling the owners of a Dawesville lifestyle village over his Australian flag. The […]

Checking out a capture VC Machine gun – circa 1966.   2/7758 Warrant Officer 2 John William ‘Jack’ Kirby, Company Sergeant Major (CSM) D Company, 6th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) of Windsor, Brisbane, Qld, (left), and Major Harry Smith of Ashgrove, Brisbane, Qld, Officer Commanding D Company 6RAR, test firing the Goryunov SG43 […]

In his Vietnam Veterans’ Day Commemorative address to the RAR Association, Fred Fairhead concluded that the RAR Association is doing its best to help those in need and Trojan’s Trek, tailored for younger veterans, is a good example of that. On the broader front the Association is taking the lead, as indeed you would expect […]