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The latest edition of Army News is now available to view online: www.defence.gov.au/news/armynews ON THE PROWL: 1 Bde sharpens warfighting skills on Exercise Predator’s Run. – Pages 1 and 13-16 SHOOT TO SKILL: Allied troops test military skills during Exercise … Continue reading →

Members and Friends of the RARA SA. On Friday 23 November, we will be conducting a Regimental Birthday evening from 1600 hours. This is going to be externally catered by Cheryl’s Cuisine at a cost of $15 per head.  An … Continue reading →

From RARA National https://rarnational.org.au/the-royal-australian-regiment-70th-anniversary-celebrations/ More on the dinner below. The 2018 Royal Australian Infantry Corps Annual Dinner will be held on Thursday 22 November 2018 in Canberra.  The RAR Foundation and the RAR Association (ACT Branch) have again joined to host … Continue reading →

Here is the latest Holdfast.  http://tunnelrats.com.au/pdfs/newsletters/Holdfast-32.pdf  

This is the current issue of the Infantryman Infantryman August Below for March 2018 Infantryman final 2 March 2018 Below is December 2017 Infantryman December 2017 Dec 4 Below is the August 2017 issue Infantryman August 2017

Yet again, a highly enjoyable and successful Dinner with fabulous food, great friends and wonderful comradeship. A selection of photos below  

Here is a copy of the 2nd edition of A Duty Done;  ADD 2 Ed Combined MkII (3)    posted on 27 June 18.   To order the original book, please view this  A Duty Done Order_Form_Sep If paying by EFT, … Continue reading →

Greek Night – 4 May 18. A highly successful evening with more than 65 guests enjoying a feast provided by Tim, Tas, Con & Sia. a

What a great afternoon of eating drinking and generally making merry with wonderful friends along with our two very learned wine experts in William Smidmore and Mike von Berg.  Of course without the wonderful team of workers who made it … Continue reading →

Here are a few photos of our highly successful dinner.  As always, by selecting a photo you will be able to view a better photo as well as the caption for it. And some nostalgic memories of our May 2013 … Continue reading →

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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).

The Casualty List has been off line for some time, here it is revived. Note by clicking on the sub-headings, unit or coy/pl for example, you can then filter your searches. http://www.thecasualtylist.com/

Here is the April 2017 edition Infantryman April 2017 You can view the November 2016 edition here Infantryman November final 16.11.2016 the August 2016 edition here Infantryman August and the April 2016 edition here Infantryman+April+2016 There are numerous excellent articles and a … Continue reading →

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

An interesting article concerning Jock Buchan, KIA 11 December 1969, his ashes found in Scotland! You can read it here  Buchan Article ======================== Further to the above article, comments and a link from Paul Jackson, Jock’s Platoon Commander. Hi Fred,  … Continue reading →

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. https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/

Chamberlain, Ernest: The Viet Cong D445 Battalion: Their Story (and the Battle of Long Tan). Vietnam Veteran and linguist Ernie Chamberlain has recently written and privately-published a book that would certainly interest all who served in Phuoc Tuy province during … Continue reading →