Cockscomb Veterans Retreat was well attended this year. Representatives from State Brittany Lauger MP, Local Councillors Bill Ludwig, Jan Kelly, Margaret Strelow, Rose Swadling, P-F-H District President Mr Barry Vains OAM and the guest speaker Mr Jack Parr.
Run for Resilience
Mackay ultra-runner and young veteran, Wayne McMurtrie, set off from ANZAC Square in Brisbane on a 1,500 kilometer Run for Resilience on 1 September 2018. The run took 22 days and ended in Winton in Central-Western Queensland on 22 September.
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Legendary Digger Farewelled
North Mackay State School
These students are going overseas from the North Mackay State School. Two of the students are the winners of the Peter Jarrott Memorial Award and they have just returned from Canberra War Museum. The Canberra tour with the Anzac group
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9th Battalion Living History Unit
Our boys are off to France on a two week visit of the Western Front. The five representatives from Rockhampton QLD will have a busy schedule. Cpl – David Bell LCpl – Chris Withoos Pte – Jacob Withoos Pte –
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St Christopher’s Chapel (Rememberance Day 4 July)
Each year Australian and our American allies come together to commemorate Rememberance Day. This year was the centenary of the battle of Hamel on the western front of France. Each year a service is held at the St Christoper’s Chapel
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Mates4Mates (Australias Greatest Mate)
Presentation of Defibrillators – June 2018 Springsure RSL Sub Branch
On Saturday the 9 June 2018 State President Mr Stewart Cameron CSC, P-F-H District President Mr Barry Vains OAM and P-F-H Vice President Mr Phillip Luzzi attended Springsure AGM. After the meeting P-F-H presented a defibrillator to the President of
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District Presidents Award – 2017
The District Executive decided in 2017 to introduce the District President’s Award. The award is a perpetual trophy that is to be awarded to a sub-branch each year that has engaged with their community and excelled in meeting the
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Normandy and the Western Front – May 2018
Mr Barry Vains OAM. Barry visited France during the month of May. The main focus of his trip was to visit the battlefields on Normandy and the Western Front. I have included a poem that is very heart wrenching and
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