Australia Day 2018
Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaAustralia Day 2018 at the Shrine of Rememberance.
RAA LUNCHEON
RACV Club 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaBrigadier D. I. Perry OAM RFD ED cordially invites both serving and retired Gunners to the Annual Royal Australian Artillery Luncheon. This is a great opportunity to catch up and renew friendships with other Gunners and especially to reunite those Gunners that we have not seen for a number of years. The RAA Luncheon has ... Read more
RSVP due – 9 Regt raising the regiment parade
Today is the cut off for RSVP expressions of interest in attending the raising the regiment parade of the newly formed 9 Regiment. Further details can be found under calendar 14 April 2018. Contact: Secretary@artilleryvic.org.au
Shrine presentation – Stealth Raiders
Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaIn 1918 a few daring low ranking Australian infantrymen, alone among all the armies on the Western Front, initiated stealth raids without orders. Join Lucas Jordan as he examines this distinct but neglected group who killed Germans, captured prisoners and advanced the line, sometimes thousands of yards and almost always without command on either side ... Read more
RAA Association (Vic) Inc Committee Meeting
Sargood Barracks, East St Kilda 6-10 Chapel Street, East St Kilda, VIC, Australia9 Regiment RAA raising the regiment parade
Victoria Barracks Sydney Oxford Street, Paddington, New South Wales, AustraliaTo mark the establishment of 9 Regt, there will be a raising the regiment parade and other activities on 14 April 2018 at Victoria Barracks, Sydney. Timings for the event itself would be: 1300 hrs - Guests arrive for event 1300 - 1430 - Victoria barracks museum open 1445 - Guests seated 1500 - ... Read more
Shrine presentation – Australians and Villers-Bretonneux
Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThe immense German onslaught in March 1918 led to Britain’s gravest crisis of World War I. The Australians were rushed to the rescue in this climax of the conflict. The significance of what they did in 1918 is under-recognised today, but they were influencing the destiny of the world more than Australians have done in ... Read more