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Here is a copy of the 2nd edition of A Duty Done; A Duty Done 2nd Ed

The latest edition of Army News is now available to view online: www.defence.gov.au/news/armynews TOP DOG: Military working dog’s heroics honoured after thwarting insurgent ambush. – Pages 2-3 NEVER FORGOTTEN: Unknown WWI soldiers laid to rest in Belgium. – Pages 8-9 … Continue reading →

Members and Friends of the RARA SA. On Friday 23 November, we will be conducting a Regimental Birthday from 1600 hours. Finally, on Friday 14 December, we will have our Xmas party for members.

There are strong reasons to support this campaign. https://chuffed.org/project/protecting-the-rar Duty First

You can view it here  Federal Labor

The Toolkit is series of videos that aims to inform and educate current and former members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), and importantly families and friends, about mental health. These videos cover post-traumatic mental health, avenues to treatment and … 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  

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 →