Battle for Australia Ceremony
60th Anniversary of the Royal Australian Regiment Victoria Barracks Paddington
Reviewing Officer: Governor-General Her Excellency - Ms Quentin Bryce AC Principal Guest Chief of Army - LTGEN KJ Gillespie AO DSC CSM Host Officer: MAJGEN BW Howard AO MC ESM Regimental Colonel - BRIG MD Bornholt AM Parade Commander: LTCOL AJ Egan Regimental Adjutant: CAPT RL Spackman Regimental Sergeant Major: WO1 KM Ryan OAM Royal Guard provided by 3 RAR Photographs by Maj Ben Morris, RFD (Retd) ex-5 RAR, 2 RAR, 1 RAR
70th anniversary of the Royal Australian Regiment
The 70th anniversary of the Royal Australian Regiment was marked with a parade at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, on 23 November 2018. The parade was reviewed by former Regiment officer and Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove, AK MC (Retd).
The parade presented a unique opportunity to see the revered Queen’s and recently updated Regimental Colours, which feature the 17 theatre and battle honours bestowed on the Regiment.
The Regiment was formed when three ‘regular’ infantry battalions were raised for service in Japan in 1948. The Regiment has filled various roles including those of light, parachute, motorised and mechanised infantry and units of the Regiment have deployed on operations including, but not limited to, Japan, Korea, Malaya, Borneo, Vietnam, Somalia, Rwanda, Cambodia, East Timor, the Solomon Islands, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Band of the Royal Marines Plymouth in Sydney Australia - 9 October 2013
The Band of the Royal Marines Plymouth visited Sydney, Australia, as part of the International Fleet Review celebrating the centenary of the first entry of the Royal Australian Navy fleet into Sydney Harbour in 1913. As a British colony until Federation as a nation in 1901, previously the Royal Navy operated from Sydney. From 1913 the permanent Royal Australian Navy bands wore the Royal Marines ceremonial uniform until around thirty years ago.
At 2:47, in the background just above the Drum Major, about 50 metres away, is the exact spot where Captain Arthur Phillip RN, landed in 1788 with Royal Marines to establish the first European settlement of the Port of Sydney, Colony of New South Wales and eventually the Nation of Australia.
On 9 October 2013 the Band formed up in The Rocks area of Sydney and were near the rear of a parade of contingents from all visiting vessels down George Street for review by the Governor General of Australia. They were immediately in front of the H.M.S. Daring contingent.
The Director of Music, Royal Marines School of Music, Portsmouth, Major Jason Burcham, can be seen standing behind the Drum Major at the step off.
Whilst it was 28 degrees Celsius (83 F), the following day was 37 degrees!!
The Band had a final performance at the Capitol Theatre on 10 October, some recreation, then departure on 13 October 2013.
All the Royal Marines bands have a great musical heritage and behind the public performances is an enormous effort to excel. Plymouth continued this excellence in their Sydney performances.
Performance of the full music H.M.S. Ocean (thank you lirbugler) at the end of this clip can be seen in the link below, a week earlier, in Wellington, New Zealand. However, the brass section sounds much sweeter in Sydney, the warmer weather perhaps?
Australian War Memorial - Development - Flythrough
Our Continuing Story
The Memorial commemorates our living history — for every veteran and for every Australian.
The time has come to modernise and expand our galleries and buildings so we can tell the continuing story of Australia’s contemporary contribution to a better world through the eyes of those who have served in modern conflicts; connecting the spirit of our past, present and future for generations to come.
Our Development Project plans were launched on Monday 18 November 2019 by the Prime Minister, the Hon. Scott Morrison MP.
The project includes a new southern entrance, refurbishment of the main building, a new Anzac Hall connected to the main building via a glazed link, an extension to the Bean Building, and public realm works. Sensitively connected to the existing landscape, the detailed plans will ensure the heritage façade remains unchanged.
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President Kovind visits Anzac Memorial in Sydney
Sydney (Australia), Nov 21 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind along with the First Lady of India, Savita Kovind visited The Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park in the heart of Sydney. President Kovind was greeted by former senior Australian Army officer, David Hurley and his wife Linda Hurley during his visit. The grand memorial was officially opened to public last month after an unveiling ceremony led by Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The building was constructed in 1934 as memorial to Australian Imperial Force in World War I. A daily remembrance ceremony is held where visitors pause for a minute of silent reflection. The visiting President and the First Lady were given an overview of Australian and Indian military connections at the Hall of Memory, by senior curator and historian Brad Manera. There are four Niches of Remembrance in the Hall of Memory. President Kovind was shown The Gallipoli Niche, which highlights the Sari Bair battle that Australian soldiers shared with the 29th Indian Brigade and the Krithia battle, Australian soldiers also shared with several Indian infantry regiments. At the Sinai Palestine Niche, Manera explained how most of the Australian light horse battle honours were shared with Indian cavalry regiments. President Kovind along with the Governor of New South Wales laid a wreath at the memorial, followed by one minute’s silence. President Kovind also looked down the Well of Contemplation which offers a glimpse of the sculpture of ‘Sacrifice’. They even took a tour of the Hall of Service which recognises more than a century of service by Australian servicemen and servicewomen. The threshold to the space reads words: “NSW Service with and for All Australians”. Here, Fiona Hall’s artwork pays tribute to the people from across NSW who offered to serve in the Great War and their ongoing service and sacrifice. It also contributes significantly to a new civic space in Sydney’s cultural landscape. The eight walls of the Hall of Service display soil samples from 1,701 New South Wales towns, cities and districts given a place of address by WWI enlistees, including one location called ‘Lucknow’. (No one knows exactly how the town got its unusual name. Some explanations suggest that it was named after Lucknow in India because the bookkeeper at one of the mines had been wounded at the Siege of Lucknow in 1857. Others suggest it was named Lucknow as a contraction of ‘luck now’ which was what had happened to so many of the gold mining residents. It is known that the name was first used in 1863.) President Kovind is the first leader to visit this new wing. He also made a diary entry praising the efforts and sacrifices of the memorial and of Australia’s service people.
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Pozieres (2nd Australian Division March) - The Lancer Band/Second Division Bands (Australian Army)
Pozieres (The March of the Second Australian Division) - The Combined Bands of the Second Australian Division
Origin unknown. Original arrangement by Allis - this transcription and arrangement by CPL Ben North
Vocals: MUSN Elizabeth Smith
Bandmaster: WO2 David Pragnell
Video: MUSN Malcolm Ramsay
Audio: MUSN Richard Coward, MUSN Malcolm Ramsay, CPL Tom Urquhart
Thanks to the fine musicians of 23 Light Battery (4/3 RNSWR) and the University of New South Wales Regiment
Recorded July 2015
LYRICS
THE MARCH OF THE SECOND AUSTRALIAN DIVISION - POZIERES - (Arr Allis, origin unknown)
VERSE 1
We came by sea from the great south land
To fight for the Empire’s cause
And the sands of Egypt burned out feet
On the way to ANZAC shore.
There from August’s heat to December’s cold
We earned the Digger name
And we left our mates in the silent dawn
As we doused the battle’s flame.
VERSE 2
Then first through France to Flanders’ fields
To the Somme and Pozieres
With the First and Fourth we charged through hell
on the ridge of unanswered prayers.
Through the storms of fire a legion lost
We took and held our ground
And we made the Second Division’s name
Where the last post ever sounds.
CHORUS
We are from Australia, we wear the Diamond patch
From ANZAC to New Guinea, we haven’t met our match!
We’ve fought our country’s battles, by palm and pine and sea
In war and peace we solider on to keep our homeland free.
We’re slickers from the cities, and bastards from the bush
We held the Turk and beat the Hun and Tojo’s evil push
And when with “two crossed bayonets” we stand to arms again
We will fight to victory then!
VERSE 3
By Bullecort, Bapauame, Broodseinde,
Menin Road and Passchendaele,
We fought through these and battles more
By blood we did not fail.
Then we cleared the guards from St. Quentin’s Mount
To break the German Line
And we fought till last at Beaurevoir
For a peace some did not find.
CHORUS
VERSE 4
Then years of peace till the bugle sounds
Called us to defend our land
First the Sydney fortress then the west
From Nippon’s grasping hand
Then to Moresby, Gona, the Fourteenth went,
and Eighth Madang did hold
by Wewak, Sepik, we battled through
‘till victory’s bells were tolled!
Colours paraded at AWM to mark RAR 70th
The 70th anniversary of the raising of the Australian Army’s Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) was marked with a ceremonial parade at the Australian War Memorial on 23 November 2018.
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Australian Army National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, DC. 2019
Australian Army in the US were proud to support and march in the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, DC. The parade, commemorating its fifteenth year, is the largest Memorial Day event in the USA, drawing hundreds of thousands of spectators to the National Mall to pay tribute to those who have served, are serving, and most importantly those who have made the ultimate sacrifice ????????️????????
Royal Australian Regiment's 60th Anniversary Victoria Barracks
Reviewing Officer: Governor-General Her Excellency - Ms Quentin Bryce AC Principal Guest Chief of Army - LTGEN KJ Gillespie AO DSC CSM Host Officer: MAJGEN BW Howard AO MC ESM Regimental Colonel - BRIG MD Bornholt AM Parade Commander: LTCOL AJ Egan Regimental Adjutant: CAPT RL Spackman Regimental Sergeant Major: WO1 KM Ryan OAM Royal Guard provided by 3 RAR Photographs by Maj Ben Morris, RFD (Retd) ex-5 RAR, 2 RAR, 1 RAR
The Queen presents royal colours to Australian military college
Queen Elizabeth presents new royal colours to the Royal Military College at Duntroon, Australia in its 100th anniversary year.
Tarin Kot, Afghanistan - ANZAC Day 2013
Soldiers, sailors, airmen and women at Multi National Base -- Tarin Kot gathered at a dawn service marking the last ANZAC Day ADF personnel will experience in Uruzgan province. Several hundred personnel from the 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Combined Team Uruzgan, Force Support Unit 7, the Counter Rocket Artillery Mortar detachment, Force Communications Unit 8, Shadow Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Group 2, Soldiers, sailors, airmen and women at Multi National Base -- Tarin Kot gathered at a dawn service marking the last ANZAC Day ADF personnel will experience in Uruzgan province. Several hundred personnel from the 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Combined Team Uruzgan, Force Support Unit 7, the Counter Rocket Artillery Mortar detachment, Force Communications Unit 8, Shadow Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Group 2, Multi National Base Command Tarin Kot, Special Operations Task Group, Provincial Reconstruction Team and Defence and Government civilians attended the dawn service. They paid a solemn tribute to personnel who had died on operations, including the 39 Australian soldiers who had fallen in Afghanistan since 2002.
Anzac Day Parade 2019 Melbourne City Australia
(Anzac Day Parade 2019) Melbourne City Australia
Anzac Day (/ˈænzæk/) is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations and the contribution and suffering of all those who have served.[ Observed on 25 April each year, Anzac Day was originally devised to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who served in the Gallipoli Campaign, their first engagement in the First World War (1914–1918).
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The Australians' final campaign in 1918 (silent)
After the third battle of Ypres in September 1917 the Australians were put in to hold the Messines Wytschaete sector and to prepare defences against the expected German spring offensive. The German offensive was launched opposite Amiens and the Australians were sent to meet it. The heaviest fighting was around Villers Bretonneux which was retaken by the Australians. In May General Monash took command of the Australian Corps from General Birdwood. On 4th July the Battle of Hamel was fought by Australians and Americans under Australian command. On 8 August the Allied offensive took place with tanks and cavalry used on a large scale. General Monash knighted by King George V at Corps HQ Bertangles. The capture of Mont St Quentin by the 2nd Division; Peronne captured at the same time. At Chuignes the 3rd Battalion captured their largest trophy ever, a 15 inch naval gun weighing over 500 tons. Prime Minister Hughes visited the front and met the AIF at Peronne. The AIF broke through the Hindenburg Line after the Americans were checked at Gillemont Farm. On 21 September 1918 the 53rd Battalion held a memorial parade at Quinconce.
Nui Dat evacuated DPR/TV/1459
Nui Dat - home of the Australian Task Force in Vietnam for more than five years - was finally evacuated by the Australians last weekend with the move to Vung Tau of the 4th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment/New Zealand (ANZAC) and supporting units. The move was a further phase in the overall withdrawal of the Australian Force from Vietnam. A simple ceremony in the Anzac Battalion's lines heralded the end of an era. The ceremony, in which the Battalion and Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment flags were lowered, was attended by the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Jim Shelton, the Regimental Sergeant Major, Warrant Officer Wally Thompson, the unit's band and regimental police. The bulk of the Battalion was out in ambush positions, standing-to, or carrying out defensive patrols around the base perimeter. Gradually, as the last patrols to be mounted from Nui Dat returned, either by foot or aboard armoured personnel carriers of A Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, they began personal preparations for their move to Vung Tau. Road convoys with men and guns of the Battalion and 104 Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, slowly made their way through the main gate of the base for the last time, while other members of the Battalion prepared to move by RAAF Caribou aircraft and Iroquois helicopters. With the Battalion extracted, armoured personnel carriers began their final move along Route 2 to Vung Tau, progressively being joined by other APCs of the Squadron which had been guarding Route 2 during the move of earlier convoys. Their entry into Vung Tau marked the end of the combat role of the Australian Force in Vietnam. Also identified: 220238 Private (Pte) John Chares Whittington of Hurstville, NSW; 1202914 Pipe Major Warrant Officer 2 Douglas Alexander Thoresen of Townsville, Qld; 47001 CO Lieutenant-Colonel James Curnow Hughes MC of Townsville, Qld; 28609 RSM Warrant Officer 1 Wallace Talbot (Wally) Claxton Thompson of Townsville, Qld; 2796254 Pte John Henry Skennar of Grafton, NSW; 56101 Pte Barry John McGlone of Launceston, Tas; 1736712 Lance Corporal Terrence Colin (Terry) Contor of Mackay, Qld; 2794152 Pte Raymond James (Ray) Foster of Griffith, NSW; Pte Jim Hawkes of Geraldton, WA; 2795446 Pte Donald George (Danny) Miers of Cootamundra, NSW; Pte Graham Taylor of Coorow, WA; 219387 Pte Christopher James Hogarth of Morang, Vic; Corporal Peter Skews of Windsor, NSW; Captain Robert Wade of Holsworthy, NSW.
Anzac Day 2019 - Sydney march and service
The Anzac Day march held in Sydney on 25 April 2019 is 'a lasting memento' from this year's significant commemorations.
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3 RAR guard of honour
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ANZAC Day 2017 - Soldiers of Australia and the Gurkhas
The following bands and contingents are shown in this video:
Australian Army
- 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
British Army
- 1st Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles
- 2nd Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles Pipes and Drums
Australian Army
- 8/9 RAR Pipes and Drums
- 8/9 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
- 7th Combat Service Support Battalion
- 2nd General Health Battalion
Filmed at ANZAC Square in Brisbane City on Tuesday April 25, 2017 (ANZAC Day)
P.S. You will also see a very loud flyover by a Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet from the Royal Australian Air Force!!!!
Original Long Tan Cross Arrives at Australian War Memorial - Nine News
The Long Tan Cross was conceived by the 6th Battalion Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) WO1 James Jimmy Cruickshank during the unit's second tour of duty in 1969. It was constructed by the unit's engineers, the Pioneer Platoon.
On the third anniversary of the battle, the Cross was raised at the site of the battle where it remained untouched while the Australians were stationed in the province.
Today it is usually located in the military museum at Bien Hoa but it has been kindly loaned to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and will be on display from 17 August 2012 to April 2013.
2nd Divsion Centenary Parade
Soldiers from 13th Brigade units travelled to Canberra to mark a 100 years of service by the Australian Army’s 2nd Division in a landmark parade at the Australian War Memorial.
They joined more than 300 Army Reserve soldiers from across Australia to take part in the parade which displayed the Colours, Guidons and Banners of 2nd Division units.
The 2nd Division was formed in Egypt on 26 July 1915. Its members were the first Australians to fight the Germans on the Western Front in 1916.
The modern-day 2nd Division continues that heritage. As a predominately Army Reserve formation it provides a key element of the Army's capability through augmenting regular Army units and contributing to domestic security and regional stabilisation missions.