VIRTUAL reality technology and stunning 360-degree drone footage are bringing the Australian Remembrance Trail along the Western Front to Australians across the world, through an Anzac 360 app featuring interactive videos. The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and...
Commemoration
Who Do You Remember During a Minute’s Silence?
IN the lead-up to Remembrance Day, Australians are being encouraged to take a moment to reflect on who they will be thinking about during the minute’s silence at 11am on 11 November and share it using the hashtag, #1MS (1 Minute’s Silence). As part of promoting #1MS,...
Just Ask About Your Military History. You Might be Amazed
AUSTRALIANS are being encouraged to Just Ask questions within their families and make enquiries online to see if they have a lost family connection to one of the almost two million people who have served Australia in wars, conflicts and on peacekeeping operations over...
Find Your Local Remembrance Day Service
This Sunday, 11 November represents a particularly special Remembrance Day – the Centenary of the Armistice of WWI. There are more than 200 Remembrance Day services and special Armistice Centenary events organised by RSL Sub Branches around Queensland, including the...
The Royal Australian Regiment – 70th Anniversary Celebrations
The Royal Australian Regiment will be a focus of activities in Canberra 22-23 Nov 18 to mark the 70th Anniversary of the Regiment. Past and serving members of the regiment, together with supporters of the regiment are invited to a number of events: Thu 22 Nov 18....
Happy Fathers Day
To all the military Dad's currently serving, at home or away, and veterans our best wishes to YOU for a HAPPY FATHER'S DAY
Commemorating the Service of Malaya and Borneo Veterans
Malaya and Borneo Veterans’ Day, today recognises Australian military personnel who served in two historical campaigns - the Malayan Emergency (1948–1960), and the Indonesian Confrontation, or Konfrontasi, (1962–1966). Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Darren...
An Honour to Serve, a Dishonour to Forget
MANY Australians still remember that absurdly youthful face of Alec Campbell peering out from the front page of newspapers after he died in May 2002. The “Last Anzac’’, who joined up at the age of 16 in 1915, was the final living link Australia had to perhaps our most...
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Vietnam Veterans’ Day and the Battle of Long Tan
TODAY on Vietnam Veterans’ Day and the 52nd anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, all Australians are encouraged to pause and reflect on the service and sacrifice of the men and women who served during the Vietnam War. Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Darren Chester...