Category: General Information Updates

Safety, Security & Support for Veterans & Seniors

VIETNAM VETERANS DAY 18th AUGUST 2020

VIETNAM VETERANS DAY 18th AUGUST 2020 Brisbane City With the current Covid 19 restrictions in place, we have had to cancel the VV Day Memorial March and Service this year. This decision wasn’t taken lightly. Check with your local RSL to see if any services will be conducted close to you? The Service went ahead …

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VIETNAM VETERANS DAY, 18TH AUGUST, 2016

Vietnam Veterans Day 50th Anniversary Ceremony for 2016 at ANZAC Square Brisbane.

Portable Military Memorabilia Display.

Portable Military Memorabilia Display. The volunteer Curator of the Gold Coast War Museum, Mr. Bob Meehan OAM (a Vietnam War Veteran)has extended his activities in order to provide military memorabilia displays, free of charge,  to organisations such as Schools, Defence Establishments,  Services Clubs and Ex-Service Organisations. The original concept was displays of memorabilia depicting each …

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VICTORIA’S EX-SERVICE COMMUNITY GETS CREATIVE

Friday, 26 September 2014  VICTORIA’S EX-SERVICE COMMUNITY GETS CREATIVE The creative talents of members of Victoria’s ex-service community will be celebrated today at the official launch of the 2014 Victorian Veteran Community Story Writing and Art Competition (SWAC) exhibition. Today I have the privilege of viewing the 401 entries that have been submitted across the …

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WAR veterans will be forced to queue at Centrelink

WAR veterans will be forced to queue at Centrelink when the Department of Veterans Affairs closes its Frankston office next month. A department spokesman, who declined to be named, confirmed the office would close on October 17 and its services would move to the Centrelink office in Davey St. Frankston Mayor Darrel Taylor, who served …

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Afghanistan – Avenue of Honour

  Below is a copy of an email received from Graham Anderson OAM JP National Secretary Vietnam Veterans’ Association of Australia Inc.   Yesterday I fulfilled a special wish on my ‘bucket list’. We travelled to Yungaburra on the Atherton Tablelands to visit the ‘Avenue of Honour’ a very moving memorial to those who lost …

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Doin’ IT For The Troops DVD Now on Sale.

Doin’ IT For The Troops DVD play list is as follows: Doin’ It For The Troops is narrated by award winning artist Amber Lawrence. The DVD beings with a live to camera speech from General Peter Cosgrove (Ret’d) – now Governor General of Australia Shout – Performed by Kylie Minogue & John Farnham Shadow Boxer …

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INTERNATIONAL SHIPS TO JOIN THE ALBANY CONVOY

INTERNATIONAL SHIPS TO JOIN THE ALBANY CONVOY   The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC Senator the Hon. Michael Ronaldson today confirmed international ships from Japan and New Zealand will join Royal Australian Navy vessels in the Albany Convoy Commemorative Event in October. Click in the …

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NEW WEBSITE LINKS VETERANS TO SUPPORT WHEN THEY NEED IT

NEW WEBSITE LINKS VETERANS TO SUPPORT WHEN THEY NEED IT The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Senator the Hon. Michael Ronaldson has officially launched a new dedicated website for the Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service (VVCS) at the South Australian RSL Congress in Adelaide today. VVCS is a free and confidential service that offers eligible …

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