This week’s news RARA-SA – News – Week Ending Friday 24th November 2023
Please note RARA email address, especially for financial and membership matters is rar01@internode.on.net
This week’s news RARA-SA – News – Week Ending Friday 24th November 2023
Please note RARA email address, especially for financial and membership matters is rar01@internode.on.net
In this edition of Army News
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Click on the link to you copy of the August edition of The INFANTRYMAN
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For April 2023
https://www.flipbookpdf.net/web/site/17ef59c2ff279366dd632e24cc749c7e9c1f1604202304.pdf.html#page/1
For August 2022 Infantryman August 2022 – Copy
April 2022 Infantryman 8 April 2022
and, for December 2021
https://flipbookpdf.net/web/site/372aa22cf26e4539e706972f04490333e07abcad202112.pdf.html
If you have not visited this site yet, it is very interesting and has some current members of the RARA SA on it, including the President, Mike von Berg MC OAM and Robert “Dogs”Kearney.
NEW ROYAL COMMISSION INTO DEFENCE AND VETERAN SUICIDE INTERIM REPORT
Financial Assistance Helping Veterans to Stay at Home
Additional mental health support for white card holders
I have posted a number of videos on Youtube of film that I took on 6RAR’s second tour in 1969-70. Each video is about 5 minutes long. There is no commentary, just appropriate sounds of aircraft/guns/armour and background music. I originally did these for the National Vietnam Veterans Museum so they could be used on a free standing TV operated by the viewer alongside the museum item on display (eg, film of guns firing next to a 105mm howitzer).
One special film is when I went on a flight with Jade 8 (between operations) and witnessed an airstrike by Canberra bombers from the air. Years later after contacting Chris in Texas, he said he had taped the cockpit conversations between the Forward Air Controller (himself) and a flight of Canberra bombers on a similar airstrike. I have included that to add to the authenticity. I believe the film of the bombs dropping from the Canberra is unique in that can only be done from the perspective of a Forward Air Controller.
Vietnam War Aussie Armour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FATinuPC4Aw
Vietnam War Aussie Artillery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7mDAMNvPYY
Vietnam War Aussie Airstrike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au0W75-aTOs
Vietnam War Aussie Infantry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9tpxCqskFE
Vietnam War Aussie Hueys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtoTbN3BHhI
Vietnam War Aussie Navy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdS926B_xVU
Vietnam War Aussie R&C Vung Tau https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdAe0lZhSnM
An interesting read National-Servicemen-in-Combat
Courtesy Dave Wilkins OAM and 5RAR Website
Please view the latest news on the RCB campaign here RCB Update
There is an extensive history to this campaign under the Advocacy tab (above).
Courtesy of the 5RAR website, here is some historical information which may help revive a number of fading memories
http://www.5rar.asn.au/history/information-book-for-nashos.pdf
Please take the time to read this article which is primarily about Michael McKernan’s book, “When This Thing Happened”. The title defers to Michael Stawyskyj’s constant reference to the moment in Vietnam in 1969 – “When this thing happened”. Michael Stawyskyj is the father of Joe Stawyskyj. a 5RAR digger serously wounded in 1969.
Here is the link http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/postcolonial-blog/2015/nov/25/tell-me-more-michael-mckernan-youve-got-a-few-books-left-in-you-yet