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 […]

On this day in 2010 a platoon from D coy 6 RAR, mentors and their ANA counterparts set off for patrol into the village of Derapet.   Three and a half hours later it became one of the defining battles of our deployment. In it we lost one of finest, LCPL  Jared “Crash” MacKinney. A […]

Dave Sabben, Commander 12 Platoon, D Company, 6 RAR at the Battle of Long Tan has gone live with  a page on his website that traces the history of the Long Tan Cross in pictures.   The page is not meant to be a Masters Thesis – just a collection of photos (with or without people). […]

Vietnam vets … not forgotten Bob Meehan was a young man when he was required to register for National Service in 1969.  He served most of his two years compulsory military service as an infantryman within 12 Platoon, Delta Company of the 4th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment (4 RAR). During that time he was […]

Its a marvelous invention the internet, it allows us to research and to communicate effectively.I have done a little research and have documents titled Commanders Diary Notes – 6RAR for the period 1971 – 1973. During this period 6RAR were stationed in Singapore as part of the tri nation 28 ANZUK Brigade. There are two […]

by Nicole Hasham – Sydney Morning Herald Nov 23, 2011   Click for more photos Denis Gibbons- photojournalist Photojournalist Denis Gibbons, left, receives a briefing. Photo: Australlian War Memorial          HE would stand fifth from the front, just behind the machine gunner. On his hip was a revolver; on his back, a typewriter and in his […]

TOWNSVILLE based soldiers are now training and mentoring the Afghan National Army’s 4th Brigade, 205 Hero Corps after a recent Transfer of Authority ceremony in Tarin Kot. A mentoring task force based on the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, have replaced approximately 730 Brisbane-based personnel from 8th/9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8/9 RAR), who have […]

Taken from:  http://www.military.com/HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,722590%7C777958,00.html   From the Gospel according to Saint Miles, Ground-pounder.   In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth and the Infantry. And God looked upon the Infantry, saw that it was good, and said unto them, “Thou art my chosen children. Take thou dominion over the Earth; over the fish […]

FYI YOU MAY ASK WHY THE 2/15,  WELL SOME THE ORGINAL CAME TO THE RAR AND SERVED IN KOREA WITH 1, 2 & 3 AND A COUPLE OF THEIR NAMES ARE ON THE HONOUR ROLL AT THE RAR NMW, CHEERS GREG DECKER Folks – may I recommend that all tag into our web site as […]

On November 18, 1967, Private First Class Sammy Davis, wounded and under intense enemy fire, crossed a river to rescue three wounded soldiers near Cai Lay, Vietnam. On November 19, 1968, Davis received the Medal of Honor. The footage from that day as well as Davis’s citation were used as source materials for the film […]