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Names of 75 WW1 Australian Soldiers Killed At the Battle of Fromelles have been Confirmed
The names of 75 WW1 Australian soldiers killed at the Battle of Fromelles in 1916 have been confirmed. Sadly no British soldiers could be named at this stage and families in the UK who have been helping with the identification process have been notified. While...
Missing Patrolmen Found in Indonesia After 44 Years
The remains of two Australian servicemen missing in action in Indonesia since 1966, have been found and positively identified. “Special Air Service (SAS) patrolmen Lieutenant Kenneth Hudson and Private Robert Moncrieff were part of an SAS patrol and...
Australian Army Dog Found Alive After a Year in the Afghanistan Desert
Australian media has reported that an Australian Army bomb-sniffing dog has been found alive and well after spending 14 months in the Afghani desert. How People Arrived Here: borno missing black lab
Unknown Soldier From World War I Identified
Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, today confirmed that an Australian World War I soldier recovered from a lost grave in Belgium in 2006 has been identified as Private George Richard Storey.
5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment’s Private Sabre, to be Promoted to Corporal
The 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5 RAR) has long been known as the ‘Tiger Battalion’, and since 1967 has had a Tiger as its mascot. A unit’s mascot is enlisted in the Army and can be promoted like any other soldier. How...
Australian Army to Receive Additional Skylark(R) I UAVs
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded yet another contract to supply the Australian Army with more Skylark(R) I UAV systems for an estimated value of several million dollars. This is the Australian Department of Defence’s third...
Australia to Send More Than 140 Army Reservists to the Solomon Islands
Australian Minister for Defence, the Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP, has announced the latest deployment of Army Reservists to the Solomon Islands, where Australia and her Pacific partners are helping the local government to bring peace and stability to the...
British Artifacts Found At Fromelles War Grave Site
The MoD announced today that two British Army buttons and a British matchbox have been found at the site of a World War One grave in Fromelles, France. This suggests that it is highly likely that there are British war dead buried there.
