In Seymour Victoria. the Mitchell Sub Branch is still heavily involved in the construction of Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk, a project to name all 62,100 people who went to Vietnam, with a small hole next to each name for a Poppy. We are looking at walls made from polished granite although our original idea was […]

I cannot let the passing of Benny O’Dowd go without making a few remarks on this remarkable soldier. He served with 67Aust Inf Battalion from its inception in Moratia and with it in BCOF in the occupation of Japan. He was on the strength of 3AR and 3RAR and thus was a father of the […]

Video taken by David Roach at the Long Tan Cross. Check out the new walkway to the Cross. The pipers came over from Melbourne to play at the opening of the new military museum located in Vung Tau in January http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a0ehFeTfCk

It has been a long journey and we have covered much ground. As you well know, our role in Afghanistan is to mentor the ANA 4th Bde and by doing so give them the skills, capabilities and confidence to continue the war against the insurgency and protect the people of Uruzgan. We will not win the […]

This is a really well researched, & spoken by a Year 10 student, on Vietnam Veterans Day and reported in THE VIETNAM VETERAN PEACEKEEPER AND PEACEMAKERS JOURNAL Click here to read the full article

Hi Friends, Just a short note to advise that 3 RAR held a small ceremony and morning tea at Holsworthy yesterday (30 November), to mark their departure after 28 years, and to honour those members of “Old Faithful” who died during this period. The memorial, consisting of an impressive metal eagle, the emblem of airborne forces, was unveiled.  As most will […]

The volunteer Public Relations Officer for the Queensland Korean War Memorial Alan Fortunato has put together a collection of photographs taken at the Unveiling and the subsequent Celebration at Albert Waterways. Please go to the website http://www.koreanwarmemorial.com.au/# where you may view them on upper banner “photos”. You may either use the “slide show” or if […]

“KOREA” We didn’t do much talking, We didn’t raise a fuss, But Korea really happened, So please-remember us,   We all just did our duty, But we didn’t win or lose, A victory was denied us, But we never got to choose,   We all roasted in the summer, In the winter, damn near froze, Walking […]

The Chairman of the RAR Corporation, Michael von Berg has offered his deepest sympathies to the family of Private Matthew Lambert, who was killed in action during operations in Afghanistan on 22nd August 2011. Private Lambert was a member of the Mentoring Task Force – Three and was from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment […]

In military campaigns, specific engagements or events often come to symbolise and connect the public to the character of that war at large.  Breaker Morant in the Boer War, the Gallipoli landings in the Dardanelles through to the Somme on the Western Front in WWI.  The Kokoda track and Battle of Coral Sea in WWII […]