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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 932 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 1304 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 1896 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 1048 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 1385 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 1689 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 1913 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 1792 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 1242 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

Australian Army Band member Lance Corporal Lenore Evans with a painting by her great-great-great-uncle, War Artist Frank Crozier who served at Gallipoli and in France. The painting is held by the Australian War Memorial at the Treloar Technology Centre, Canberra. Photo by Sergeant Oliver Carter.

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Family tribute to artist of war and peace

27/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1085 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Australian Army Band member Lance Corporal Lenore Evans has been planning to pay special tribute to family members who served

Trumpet and bugle player for the Australian Army Band Sergeant Danny Dielkens in the practice room of the Band of the Royal Military College - Duntroon in Canberra. Photo by Sergeant Oliver Carter.

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Soldier close to home a world away

27/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1361 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Trumpet and bugle player for the Australian Army Band, Sergeant Danny Dielkens has been preparing to return close to his

Lieutenant Commander Ashleigh Payne holds a picture of her great-uncle Leading Aircraftman James Geoffrey Payne in front of the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial. Photo by Corporal Michael Rogers.

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A picture worth a thousand words

27/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1244 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Though her great-uncle was gone well before she was born, Lieutenant Commander Ashleigh Payne was always aware of his presence,

Invictus Games 2023 Team Australia competitor Flight Sergeant Nathan King at the Sydney Academy of Sport and Recreation, Narrabeen NSW. Photo by Flight Sergeant Ricky Fuller.

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Second INVICTUS to raise the bar and pass the baton

26/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1451 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2023

Flight Sergeant Nathan King spent six weeks in ICU, half a year in hospital and nearly lost his life because

Sergeant Beau Wright, 7th Brigade Commander's XI Cricket Captain, prepares for the annual Anzac Day Shell Green match against the Brisbane Lord Mayors XI. Photo by Major Roger Brennan.

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Cricket match honours famous event at Gallipoli

25/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1706 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Captain of the ADF cricket team, Sergeant Beau Wright, will lead the 7th Brigade Commander’s XI against the Brisbane Lord

Eldest son firefighter Ronan Boyd, father then Corporal Andrew Boyd, mother Lieutenant Anthea Boyd, daughter Cadet Lance Corporal Layla Boyd and youngest son Cadet Under Officer [now Recruit] Jahan Boyd, on ANZAC Day last year. Photo by Heather Barnes.

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Family’s tradition of service continues

25/04/202329/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1229 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2023

Biloela may be one of Queensland’s smaller country towns but it has a big Anzac Day heart with proud traditions

Leading Seaman Joel Turley onboard HMAS Choules. Photo by Able Seaman Jasmine Moody.

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From the depths of the ship to flying ops

25/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1796 Views 0 Comments

Leading Seaman Joel Turley’s career has taken him from the depths of the ship to the open air. CAPTION: Leading

Australian Army Lance Corporal Matthew Troup, from B Squadron, 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers, on Exercise Waratah Run, Singleton, NSW. Photo by Corporal Jacob Joseph.

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Ex Trooper Troup living a full life

24/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1964 Views 0 Comments 1/15RNSWL, 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers

You could say Lance Corporal Matthew Troup lives a full life – when not crunching numbers on Australia’s renewable energy

Army Trooper Lisa McIntyre 'out bush' during Exercise Waratah Run at Singleton, NSW. Photo by Corporal Jacob Joseph.

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Childcare worker stuns coworkers with Army side gig

21/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1951 Views 0 Comments

When talk turns to what Trooper Lisa McIntyre does at weekends, her workmates sometimes struggle to comprehend the Sydney childcare

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Invictus Games Athlete Profile – Brooke Mead

21/04/202321/04/2023 Brooke Mead 3529 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2023

ADF service: I joined the Royal Australian Navy as a Communication Information Systems Sailor at age 18 in 2012. As a

Corporal Dannielle Tasker at Russell offices in Canberra. Photo by Kym Smith.

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Corporal Dannielle Tasker – repping Army’s ServeOn work initiative

21/04/202321/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1644 Views 0 Comments

In July 2021, Corporal Dannielle Tasker knew it was time to try something different. CAPTION: Corporal Dannielle Tasker at Russell