RIFLE COMPANY BUTTERWORTH SUPPORTERS GROUP 46 WOODEND RD SHEIDOW PARK SA 5158 [Download the full document by clicking here.] PART TWO COMPLAINT TWO 1. We contend that DHAT (at the time of issuing TOR and collecting evidence was administered under the Defence Act, although at the time of publication of the report was administered by […]

RIFLE COMPANY BUTTERWORTH REVIEW SUPPORTERS GROUP 46 WOODEND ROAD SHEIDOW PARK SA 5158 [Download the full document by clicking here] PART THREE COMPLAINT THREE 1. We contend that under the Duty of Care responsibilities of Senior Defence leadership at the time in 1973 are guilty of dispatching armed troops to protect Australian personnel and assets at […]

This is the letter sent to Mike Dennis after his visit with Senator David Seeney, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence in relation to ADHAAT inquiry.

From Evernote: Australian Marines to flex muscles | thetelegraph.com.au Clipped from: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/australian-marines-to-flex-muscles/story-e6freuzr-1226175648532 We’re following suit … US Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Force on exercises in Rockhampton / Pic: Gary Ramage Source: The Daily Telegraph Join us over on Facebook | Twitter AUSTRALIA’S first batch of dedicated amphibious soldiers or "marines" will be ready […]

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 […]

Air Vice Marshall Peter Criss was interviewed at 7.30 am this morning on the 2UE Jason Morrison Show Click here to listen to the full interview. Jason’s main reason for asking Peter to conduct an interview was that the Government can keep finding money to throw at a raft of issues, including refugees but can’t […]

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 […]

Stefanie Balogh From: The Australian August 19, 2011 12:00AM Reviews into defence Reviews into defence The new Defence Force chief has foreshadowed a wave of reforms'at the Australian Defence Force Academy following the Skype sex scandal. TEN19 August 2011 Close Advertisement Replay: Reviews into defence StumbleUpon More services Email Email To: Your Email: Message: Send […]

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 […]

Ian Stenlake, the lead actor in the popular Sea Patrol TV series, has come out fighting in support of a fair system for military retirement pensions. Ian has said through the role he played, he had come to know some remarkable people who s erved in the Australian Defence Force, but was surprised to learn […]

70th ANNIVERSARY OF WOMEN’S SERVICES   This year heralds 70 years since the formation of three specific military services for the women of Australia.   The first of the services to be formed, the Women’s Australian Auxiliary Air Force (WAAAF) was established in February 1941, the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) was formed in […]