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HMAS Australia after her return from the allied invasion of the Philippine Islands
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Remembering the largest naval battle of the Second World War

In October 1944, a large combined United States and Allied fleet, also including Royal Australian Navy vessels, launched an assault to begin liberating the Philippines from Japanese occupation.

The fleet, in excess of 600 vessels, was about to prevail in the largest naval battle of the Second World War, the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

From Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs

 During the period of the East Timor Presidential Election, ADF soldiers patrol Dili streets aboard armoured personnel carriers (APCs).
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Recognising 77 years in the pursuit of peace

On 14 September 1947, Australians were among the world's first peacekeepers deployed into the field, when working alongside personnel from Belgium, Britain, China, France and the United States, they help Indonesia gain independence from the Netherlands. This heralded the start of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations.

From Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs

Battle of Crete Memorial in Perth's King Park
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New Battle of Crete memorial unveiled

A new war memorial commemorating the Second World War Battle of Crete was unveiled in Perth’s King Park.

The memorial honours the almost 800 Australians who were killed or wounded and more than 3,000 who were captured defending the Greek island, which German forces invaded in a massive parachute assault in May 1941.

From Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Service organiser Rieny Nieuwenhof. (Ivan Kemp) 339531_07
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Remembering those who served in Vietnam

The Greater Geelong community will recognise people who served and died in the Vietnam War with a memorial service and march this Vietnam Veteran’s Day.

From Ocean Grove Voice

HMAS Sydney personnel walk on board the USS Arizona memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during Exercise RIMPAC. Photos: Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman
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Soaking up the history at Pearl Harbor

While alongside at Pearl Harbor, crew of HMAS Sydney toured the historical battleship USS Missouri and the USS Arizona memorial.

From Australian Government Defence

71st anniversary Korean War armistice
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71st Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice

27 July 1953 saw the end of one of the most destructive conflicts of the modern era with the signing of an armistice to end the Korean War.

From Government House Western Australia

Lester St
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Warrant Officer Lester’s war service honoured

Warrant Officer Donald Lester’s World War II service with the Royal Air Force has been honoured through Bundaberg Regional Council's Streets of Remembrance program. The program sees the badge under which local veterans served added to the signs of Bundaberg Region streets as a tribute to their service.

Private Miller Mack
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Honouring Private Miller Mack

The first thing most people notice about this striking photograph of Ngarrindjeri Anzac Private Miller Mack is his eyes; the second is that he is an Aboriginal man. The photograph is often used as a symbol of Indigenous Australians’ contribution to the First World War.

From Australian War Memorial

The Australian Aboriginal League float in the 1947 May Day procession included several returned service personnel from the Second World War.
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Service as Citizenship

Current Memorial research estimates that approximately 1,200 Indigenous Australian men attempted to enlist in the First World War. They did so in spite of the military restrictions on their service and the widespread dispossession, discrimination, and inequality many faced in their day-to-day lives.

From Australian War Memorial

HMAS Adelaide
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A versatile ship: HMAS Adelaide’s service during the Second World War

The light cruiser HMAS Adelaide had seen service by the start of the Second World War. Built at the end of the First World War, it had been re-fitted and updated several times, as well as participating in policing actions in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, and trans-Tasman exercises with New Zealand.

From Australian War Memorial

The Spitfire was one of more than 10,000 Allied aircraft involved in the epic D-Day operation.
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Australians remembered for role in D-Day landings

Eighty years ago, Australian Spitfire pilot Colin "Dinger" Bell and more than 3000 of his countrymen braved enemy fire as they stormed the heavily-defended beaches of Normandy.

From The Northern Daily Leader

War Memorial
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Funding secured for 19 war memorials

The NSW Government has today announced that 19 war memorials across the state will receive funding from Round 2 of the 2023/24 Community War Memorials Fund.

From Australian Seniors

President of Penshurst RSL Sub-branch, John Hoban, Shadow Minister for Veterans, Robyn Preston, Oatley MP Mark Coure, and Secretary of South-Hurstville RSL Sub-branch, Gordon Blair at the upgraded Hurstville Memorial Square.
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Upgraded Hurstville Memorial Square praised by RSL

The restored Hurstville Memorial Square and has been praised by local RSL Sub-branches.

The upgrade of Hurstville Memorial Square was recently completed, creating a revitalised space for the community to honour those who have given their lives in defence of Australia's freedoms.

From St George & Sutherland Shire Leader