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Vietnam Veterans Day 2018 – Address by Ron Sheargold

20 August 2018

On this the 52nd anniversary of Long Tan we are yet again united as one common entity however it is not only the bravery at Long Tan we remember but other bloody battlefields now recorded as part of our military Continue reading →

Vietnam Veterans Day 2018

20 August 2018

The 18^th August 2018 marked the 52^nd Anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan now commemorated as Vietnam Veterans Day.

Each year the Eurobodalla Branch of the Vietnam Veterans Federation of Australia hosts a service in Batemans Bay. Continue reading →

ANZAC Run to Young 2018

27 April 2018

In 2017 the Veterans MC Federal Chapter made the trip to Young, the Cherry capital of Australia, to participate in the ANZAC Day parade. The weather turned for the worse and organisers cancelled the parade instead holding the main service Continue reading →

The importance of Vietnam Veterans Day

24 February 2018

The 18^th of August is Vietnam Veterans day. The date is significant as it was on this day in 1966 that D Coy 6^th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment engaged with an estimated 2,500 VC and Continue reading →

AIHW – Report on the Incidence of Suicide

24 February 2018

AIHW – Incidence of suicide among serving and ex-serving Defence Force personnel – Detailed analysis 2001-15

A National Tragedy

24 February 2018

What does it take to drive someone to so much despair that they take their own life?

Don’t they understand the pain they are causing for the ones they leave behind, the all-consuming grief their loved ones are going to Continue reading →

The Long Ride Show N Shine ACT

24 February 2018

After a long cold winter it was great to see a beautiful sunny 24 degree day in the nation’s capital for the Long Ride Show N Shine held at Blamey Square, Russell Offices. Right next to the Chook on a Continue reading →

VETERANS MC FEDERAL CHAPTER ANNUAL TOUR OF DUTY POKER RUN AND ROLLING BIKE SHOW

24 February 2018

SATURDAY 28th October was the date for the Veterans MC Tour of Duty Poker Run and Rolling Bike Show sponsored by ICON Water. After a bit of rain and cool mornings in the week leading up it was Continue reading →

45th Anniversary of the cessation of hostilities with Vietnam

24 February 2018

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The 11^th of January 2018 marked the 45th Anniversary of the Proclamation by the Governor-General of cessation of hostilities by Australian forces in Vietnam. In total approximately 60,000 Australians—ground troops, air-force and naval personnel—served in Vietnam between 1962 Continue reading →