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Lance Corporal Sam Kilgour, centre, disembarks a RAAF KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport after his deployment on Operation Kudu. Photo by Corporal Jonathan Goedhart.

Coming home to a new family member

29/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1236 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023, Operation Kudu

Returning from Operation Kudu, Darwin local Lance Corporal Sam Kilgour has celebrated his first Anzac Day after deployment – his

Australian Defence Force Women's All Star and Australian Army Corporal Elisha Gallagher kicks a forward 50 entry during the curtain-raiser game against the New South Wales Police Force women's team, as part of the AFL Anzac Round at Manuka Oval, Canberra on Saturday 22 April 2023. Photo by Corporal Lisa Sherman.

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From small town to Anzac footy crowd

29/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1271 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Once a pepperoni-loving, netballing, small-town girl from Yankalilla, Corporal Elisha Gallagher stands tall with the Anzac spirit after playing for

An Australian Army sapper from 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment stands at rest on arms reversed as a part of the catafalque party during the dawn service at ANZAC Park, Townsville, Queensland. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.

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Townsville brigade’s pride in Anzac connection

29/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1040 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

It was 4.18am on Sunday 25 April 1915 when Army’s 3rd Brigade landed on the shore of what is now

Musician Scott Collinson, from the Australian Army Band, stands beside the name of his relative, Private Alexander Walker, before the Anzac Day Dawn Service at the Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux, France. Photo by Sergeant Oliver Carter.

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Musician remembers lost relative in France

29/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1004 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Musician Scott Collinson was moved to be playing in the Australian Army Band at a Dawn Service in France this

Royal Australian Air Force musician Leading Aircraftwoman Chloe Bruer-Jones sings the French national anthem during a commemoration service at the French Cemetery in Gallipoli. Photo by Corporal Madhur Chitnis.

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Singing in tongues

29/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1055 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Royal Australian Air Force Band vocalist Leading Aircraftwoman Chloe Bruer-Jones has a talent for national anthems. CAPTION: Royal Australian Air

Royal Australian Air Force musician Leading Aircraftman Michael Fraser plays the Last Post at the Helles Memorial on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Türkiye. Photo by Corporal Madhur Chitnis.

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Third Gallipoli service for bugler

29/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 913 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

When Air Force musician Leading Aircraftman Michael Fraser played the Last Post at the Lone Pine service in Gallipoli, he

Australian Army's Corporal Carissa Carter from Australia's Federation Guard at the Canakkale Martyrs’ Memorial on the Gallipoli Pensinula. Photo by Corporal Madhur Chitnis.

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A career highlight in Türkiye

29/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 939 Views 1 Comment ANZAC Day 2023

Whatever else she does in her Army career, Corporal Carrisa Carter doesn’t imagine anything will top commanding Australia’s Federation Guard

The 2023 Anzac Day Dawn Service at Wellington Arch, London – from left, Admiral Sir Ben Key, First Sea Lord; Phil Goff, New Zealand High Commissioner; The Prince of Wales; Stephen Smith, Australian High Commissioner; Brigadier Grant Mason, Head of Australian Defence Staff London. Peter Livingstone Photography, Peter Livingstone.

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London service led by royalty

29/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1046 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Led by the Prince of Wales, about 1000 people attended the Anzac Day dawn service at the Australian War Memorial

Then Leading Seaman Marcus Salone plays the Last Post during a memorial service at the Bathurst War Memorial in 2016. Photo by Able Seaman Nicolas Gonzalez.

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Talking the language of music over many seas

29/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 921 Views 0 Comments Royal Australian Navy Band

Living in New York City and playing Latin music with Puerto Rican and Dominican bands, Sub-Lieutenant Marcus Salone knows how

Australia's Federation Guard march during the Turkish commemoration at the Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Türkiye. Photo by Corporal Madhur Chitnis.

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Old foes march together as friends

29/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 967 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Australia’s Federation Guard paraded at the Canakkale Martyrs’ Memorial on the Gallipoli Pensinula on the eve of Anzac Day, as

Petty Officer Ryan Kuipers and cremates from HMAS Anzac during the Anzac Day Dawn Service at Kranji War Memorial, Singapore. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarryd Capper.

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First port of call significant for HMAS Anzac

29/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 850 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

The ship’s company of HMAS Anzac commemorated Anzac Day in Singapore during the first overseas port visit of their regional

Flight Lieutenant Adon Lumley chats with Clayton Oliver from the Melbourne Football Club on ANZAC Day at The Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Ryan Howell.

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Aviator taken back to his football roots

29/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 814 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Anzac Day is a special time for serving members and veterans – and this year on Anzac Day, Flight Lieutenant

Lieutenant Commander Frederick Septimus Kelly, an Australian composer and British Olympic Gold Medalist.

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“Australia’s greatest cultural loss to war” remembered at Villers-Bretonneux

29/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1131 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

This year’s Anzac Day dawn service in France had on its agenda the music of Australian composer Lieutenant Commander Frederick

Australian Army Corporal Liam Haverty deployed on Operation Accordion at Australia’s operating base in the Middle East Region. Photo by Melina Young.

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Corporal follows in grandfather’s footsteps

29/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1623 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

On the same day Britain declared war in 1939, Corporal Liam Haverty’s grandfather, William Patrick Haverty, signed on to fight

Australian Army Captain Caitlin McDermid on Operation Accordion for Anzac Day 2023 at Australia’s operating base in the Middle Eastern Region. Photo by Corporal Melina Young.

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From cubby house to multinational construction

29/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 897 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Captain Caitlin McDermid was six years old when she built her first cubby house with her dad, laying the foundation

Leading Seaman Joseph Canning rehearses with his didgeridoo at ANZAC Cove on the Gallipoli peninsula in Türkiye. Photo by Corporal Madhur Chitnis.

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Invoking the Anzac spirit through song

29/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1194 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

When Leading Seaman Joseph Canning played his didgeridoo at the Anzac Day Dawn Service in Gallipoli, he was letting the

Royal Australian Air Force Flying Officer Aiden Pattison reflects on those who served in the Middle East before him on Operation Accordion in the lead to Anzac Day 2023 at Australia’s operating base in the Middle East Region. Photo by Corporal Melina Young.

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Firsthand experience adds meaning

28/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1538 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023, Operation Accordion

Flying Officer Aiden Pattison has seen the photos, now it’s his turn to stand where people have served before

Leading Aircraftwoman Hunter Westbrook, from Australia’s Federation Guard, visits the resting place of her distant cousin, Private Victor Westbrook, in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Northern France. Photo by Sergeant Oliver Carter.

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Visit to a cousin who never came home

28/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1686 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

As she took part in Anzac Day commemorations in France this year, Leading Aircraftwoman Hunter Westbrook remembered a relative who

Australia’s Federation Guardsman Able Seaman Tammy Vaughn rehearses her role in the catafalque party during the leadup to Anzac Day 2023 at the Australian National Memorial site in Villers-Bretonneux, France. Photo by Sergeant Oliver Carter.

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For kin and country

28/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1567 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Able Seaman Tammy Vaughn realised a childhood dream when she marched out as a member of the catafalque party at

Royal Australian Navy officer Sub Lieutenant Mary Booth holds a portrait of her great uncle Able Seaman Ernest Albert Booth, at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Photo by Corporal Luke Bellman.

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Sailor’s story inspires through the years

28/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1081 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023, HMAS Sydney II

More than 70 years after Able Seaman Ernest Albert Booth was killed in the sinking of HMAS Sydney II, his