Join us to commemorate A Vietnam Veterans’ Day Remembrance Service will be held at ANZAC Square, Brisbane on Monday 18th August 2025, commencing at 11:00am. Guests to be seated by 10:40am in ANZAC Square where the Service will be held. The Remembrance Service is to honour those who fell during the Vietnam War and those …
Category: General Information Updates
Jul 15
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 …
Jun 20
VIETNAM VETERANS DAY, 18TH AUGUST, 2016
Vietnam Veterans Day 50th Anniversary Ceremony for 2016 at ANZAC Square Brisbane.
Oct 07
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 …
Oct 07
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 …
Oct 07
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 …
Jul 15
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 …
Jul 15
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 …
Jul 09
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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