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Veterans Chaplaincy Pilot Program launched

04/04/202304/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1733 Views 0 Comments Veterans Chaplaincy

Veterans and families will soon benefit from the ongoing support of Australian Defence Force (ADF) chaplains in their transition to

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New commemorative medallion for Vietnam War vets

29/03/202330/03/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4700 Views 0 Comments

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Matt Keogh launched a commemorative medallion today to honour those who

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ADF News Veterans 

First Aussie soldier arrested for war crimes

20/03/202320/03/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8609 Views 40 Comments War crimes

A former SAS trooper has been arrested by Australian Federal Police near Goulburn, NSW, in relation to alleged war crimes

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A glass-panel depiction of Australian Army nurses in WWII – part of a magnificent national memorial to Service Nurses on Anzac Parade, Canberra, dedicated in 1999. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
ADF People Veterans 

Australians asked to share stories of nurses massacred on Bangka Island

15/03/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3216 Views 0 Comments Australian Army Nursing Service, Bangka Island Massacre, SS Vyner Brooke, Vivian Bullwinkel

In collaboration with the Australian College of Nursing, the ACN Foundation is calling for family, friends and colleagues to share

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A horse being loaded onto a ship destained for war, and Sarbi 'the wonder dog'. Photos courtesy of the Shrine of Remembrance.
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“Paws and Reflect” – war-animal remembrance at Melbourne’s Shrine

24/02/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3333 Views 1 Comment Shrine of Remembrance

Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance will mark War Animal Remembrance Day at its Last Post Service on 26 February 2023, following

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The Vietnam Memorial in Canberra. Photo by Laura Larking.
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Calling volunteers to visit all 523 Australian Vietnam KIA graves

18/02/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5496 Views 1 Comment Vietnam Veterans Commemoration Service

2023 marks 60 years since the arrival of the Australian Army Training team (AATTV) in South Vietnam (SVN) on 3

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Model of the statue of Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel that is set to be installed at the Australian War Memorial later this year. Supplied by Australian War Memorial.
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Vivian Bullwinkel statue design unveiled

16/02/202314/02/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3741 Views 3 Comments

To mark the 81st anniversary of the sinking of the SS Vyner Brooke and the massacre of 21 nurses at

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12 National Service Training Battalion, 4 Platoon, A Company, 4th Intake, October 1952.
News Veterans 

National Servicemen’s Day 2023

14/02/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2458 Views 1 Comment Nashos

Today, on National Servicemen’s Day, Australia acknowledges the contribution of thousands of our countrymen, also known as Nashos. FILE PHOTO:

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News Veterans 

Nowra Veterans Wellbeing Centre’s new mural painted by community

10/02/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2600 Views 0 Comments

Local veterans and community members across the Shoalhaven region, joined together to commence painting a mural at the Nowra Veteran

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NSW Senator and former Army Major General Jim Molan talks to an Australian Army pilot during a visit to Holsworthy Barracks, Sydney, 28 August 2020. Photo by Sergeant Sebastian Beurich.
Australian Army News Veterans 

VALE – Senator and former Major General Jim Molan

17/01/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3627 Views 1 Comment Jim Molan

Senator and former Army Major General Andrew James ‘Jim’ Molan, AO, DSC, died of cancer yesterday at age 72 FILE

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HMAS Vampire, Australia's largest museum vessel, will be moved for maintenance in January 2023. Photo courtesy Australian National Maritime Museum.
Australian News Veterans 

HMAS Vampire to ‘sail’ again on Wednesday – send us your photos

16/01/202308/02/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 13919 Views 13 Comments Australian National Maritime Museum, HMAS Vampire

Daring-class destroyer HMAS Vampire will be moved from the the Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour to Garden Island

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Aussie Heart Medal composite
ADF Australian News Veterans 

‘Purple Heart’-type award for Australia – RECOMMENDED

13/01/202321/02/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 13174 Views 34 Comments

In January 2021, then Minister for Defence Personnel Darren Chester directed Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal to consider recognition

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ADF People News Veterans 

Aussie veteran/ADF team closing in on South Pole

13/01/202313/01/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3080 Views 0 Comments

A team of ADF veterans are within days of reaching the South Pole as part of The Spirit Lives Antarctic

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Vietnam Veterans' Day held at the Vietnam Memorial in Canberra. Photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.
Australian News Veterans 

50 years since Australia proclaimed end to Vietnam War

11/01/202310/01/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3741 Views 0 Comments Vietnam Veterans’ Day

Today marks 50 years since the 1973 proclamation of the end of Australian involvement in the Vietnam War. Minister for

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Thought provoking Veterans 

Brothers

02/01/202302/01/2023 Barry Zworestine 2030 Views 0 Comments By Barry Zworestine

  Brothers Side by side They sat on the bench One fresh from war The other, weary and aged from

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Alison Frame (left) will take over as Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs from incumbent Liz Cosson in January 2023.
Australian News Veterans 

New boss to “clean up DVA’s shambles”

22/12/202222/12/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7027 Views 19 Comments Alison Frame, Department of Veterans' Affairs, DVA, Liz Cosson

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the appointment of Alison Frame as the new Secretary of the Department of Veterans’

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A teaser photo of a new statue of Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel that will be unveiled at the Australian War Memorial. Photo supplied.
News Veterans 

First look at Vivian Bullwinkel sculpture for Australian War Memorial

16/12/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2484 Views 0 Comments Australian War Memorial, Vivian Bullwinkel

A new sculpture of nurse Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel will be the first sculpture of an individual nurse or woman

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Australian News Veterans 

New Veterans’ and Families’ Hub opens somewhere in Wodonga

06/12/202206/12/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1733 Views 2 Comments Veterans’ and Families’ Hub

The latest addition to the Veterans’ and Families’ Hubs network officially opened today somewhere in Wodonga, providing tailored services and

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Australian News Veterans 

New Veterans’ and Families’ Hub opens in Nowra

05/12/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1796 Views 0 Comments Veterans’ and Families’ Hub

New South Wales’ first Veterans’ and Families’ Hub officially opened today in Nowra. Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Matt Keogh met

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ADF News Veterans 

50th Anniversary of National Service ending

05/12/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3450 Views 8 Comments Nashos, National Service

Today we recognise more than 280,000 Australians who were called up to serve their country in National Service schemes between

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