Hello All, It is with pleasure that I can start this report by stating that The Walk is in tip top shape! The weather has been reasonably kind and everything is growing well and the lawns are as green as I have seen them. We are also in a happy place financially...
The Royal Australian Regiment’s Memorial Walk is the spiritual home of The Regiment It’s located in Gallipoli Barracks Enoggera where every Monday morning between 0600 and 1000 hours our veteran volunteer’s (aka Dads’ Army (DA)) meet to carry out maintenance tasks....
The unveiling ceremony will take place at the NMW ,Gallipoli Barracks , Enoggera Brisbane on Monday 14 th February at 10.30 am. Paul's mother Mrs Angela McKay will unveil the plaque. The ceremony will be lived streamed via this link https://youtu.be/Sj_t6A8yAN0...
The 3 RAR Memorial Garden Commemoration Service was held on a rainy 22nd March 2021 day in the NMW Contemplation Building with Padre Lionel Orreal (8/9 RAR) conducting the Service. Over 50 people attended including the NMW Patron Major General Stuart Smith AO CSC, a...
A very thirsty Walk welcomed 130mm over the week and more since. It will do wonders for the place but in other ways be a hindrance such as it is too wet to have the turf cut and delivered and the Western Bank will now have turf laid in the new year. Another downsize...
Dave McDonald has been formally appointed as the Manager. In advising Dave of his success Mike von Berg Chairman of the RAR Corporation Board and National President of the RAR Association wrote: Dear David, Further to our discussions yesterday I am very pleased to...
Expressions of Interest are invited for this voluntary position, located in Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera, Brisbane. The RAR National Memorial Walk, the spiritual home of The Regiment, is a “living memorial” dedicated to those infantrymen of the RAR who died while...
President’s Message We have had a busy period since the last ENews, some good and some sad.Remembrance Day at The Walk and Contemplation Building for the last eleven years has been one of the highlights on our calendar. We host the Year 6 Class from McDowall State...
The Regiment is saddened by the news of Mrs Olwyn Green passing. She is the widow of LTCOL Charlie Green DSO (CO 3 RAR) who died of wounds in Korea on 1 November 1950. Olwyn maintained a keen and loving interest in and support for the troops of 3 RAR "Old Faithful"...
On 11 November 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent after four years of continuous warfare. With their armies retreating and close to collapse, German leaders signed an Armistice, bringing to an end the First World War. From the summer of 1918, the five...
