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News at the RARA SA – 25 April 2025

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

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Vale – Colonel Peter Scott DSO OAM MID

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

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Army News Edition Latest Issue

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

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ESORT Briefing Papers

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

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Latest from RSL SA

Veteran Financial Full Services  

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Last editions of RARA SA Infantryman

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  

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Virtual War Memorial

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/

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Signed Essendon Player Jumper Presentation By Kevin Sheedy

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

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Film posted by John Neervoort

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

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National Servicemen in Combat

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

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Pocket Book for National Servicemen

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

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Two Items Worth Revisiting

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

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RCB Update

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).

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‘He should have died’: the Vietnam veteran who never really returned

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

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