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The latest newsletter: RARA-SA – News – Week Ending Friday 25th April 2025 – ANZAC Day For those who wish to renew their subs, see Membership Renewal Forms  If you have any queries about your membership, please send us an email at … Continue reading →

RARA-SA – Vale – Colonel Peter Scott DSO OAM MID  

In this edition of Army News  17 April, 2025 Welcome to the latest edition of Army News.  Click HERE to read this edition. CITATION FOR 1RAR: Recognition for Somalia operation – Page 3 SPECIAL COIN MINTED: Tribute to centenary of RA … 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 DRAFT ESORT Communique … Continue reading →

Veteran Financial Full Services  

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/

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 →

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

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 →