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The latest newsletter:  RARA-SA – News – Week Ending Friday 28th March 2025 Please note final details below for ANZAC day: ANZAC Day Commemorative March Adelaide 25 April 2025. Information No. 2 For those who wish to renew their subs, see Membership … Continue reading →

NEW ESORT Summary and Budegt Papers_20250326_0001 Older items below: SA DC Forum Minutes 5 Dec 2024 Peter King CLS MODEL December 2024 Final ESORT Communique – 3 December 2024 – FINAL ESORT Communique – 27 August 2024 ESO Portal Discovery … Continue reading →

Good Afternoon All, Community consultation sessions are being held around Australia on the establishment of a new agency focused on veteran wellbeing – a recommendation from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. The consultation will be led by … Continue reading →

In this edition of Army News  20 March, 2025 Welcome to the latest edition of Army News. Click HERE to read this edition. TRUE GRIT: Troops pushed beyond their limit on Ex Shaggy Ridge – Page 2 DAWN OF AN ERA: … Continue reading →

Veteran Financial Full Services RSL Reach Out Launch Invitation – Royal Aust Regim  -Invite for 14th Feb

Click on the link for the August 2023 edition of The INFANTRYMAN https://www.flipbookpdf.net/web/site/d4744afb3630991b11a6904c5cb4a560bbbeb665FBP28313339.pdf.html For April 2023 https://www.flipbookpdf.net/web/site/17ef59c2ff279366dd632e24cc749c7e9c1f1604202304.pdf.html#page/1 Infantryman December 2022 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. https://vwma.org.au/

20240512 ADSO DISCUSSION PAPER 1-2024 Policy Objectives 2022-2025 (003) 20240513 ADSO DISCUSSION PAPER 2-2024 DEFENCE FAMILY CONCERNS ADSO members, The attached two Discussion Papers are the first of other ADSO Papers on relevant subjects that from time to time will … Continue reading →

On Friday 5 April the RARA was presented with a Essendon guernsey by Kevin Sheedy L to R: Honourable Federal Minister for Trade and Tourism, Special Minister of State, Hon. Senator Don Farrell /RARA-SA Vice President (and RARA-SA (Burnside) RSL … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

NEW   ROYAL COMMISSION INTO DEFENCE AND VETERAN SUICIDE INTERIM REPORT ABS Census slides – July 2022 Financial Assistance  Helping Veterans to Stay at Home Additional mental health support for white card holders  

An interesting read    National-Servicemen-in-Combat Courtesy Dave Wilkins OAM and 5RAR Website

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

100719 version REDRESS OF DFRDB PENSION INJUSTICE FOR FORMER ADF PERSONNEL

Click on the image for improved viewing, 1967 I think. Join Army

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).

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 … Continue reading →