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Jackson Boyd first sounded the bugle at the Australian War Memorial’s Last Post Ceremony as a
Recently, a group of DVA’s Men’s Health Peer Education (MHPE) volunteers gathered at the DVA office in Adelaide for a training session to improve their understanding of common men’s health issues.
Veterans and partners who receive the Service Pension, Income Support Supplement or Age Pension and are entitled to the Work Bonus will be able to earn more income from employment.
The Hellfire Pass interpretive Centre in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, will be closed for extensive
The successful secret evacuation of Anzacs from Gallipoli from 15 to 20 December 1915 saw some 36,000 troops evacuated from the peninsula. Despite concerns that the withdrawal of troops could result in heavy casualties, there were virtually none.
DVA is processing more veterans’ claims than ever before, meaning more veterans and their families are receiving support.
The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs today announced that the Australian Government is providing RSLWA with a grant of $5 million to lead the development of a Southwest Perth Veterans’ and Families’ Hub centred in Rockingham, Western Australia.
The last RAAF aircraft to have engaged in combat in a conflict (the Korean War) has been restored and is now on display at the RAAF Williamtown Heritage Centre.
Fifty-five years after a 17th Construction Squadron flag supposedly ‘blew off’ a flag pole in Nui Dat, at the 1st Australian Task Force base in Vietnam, the flag was returned to its rightful home at Zabul Lines, RAAF Base Amberley.
After 30 years in the Army, many of those final years working in organising ceremonial events, Paul Richardson CSC OAM found that moving to DVA’s Commemorative Events Team was a natural fit.