Battalion to get new Colours
This Anzac Day was particularly poignant for the Ninth Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment.
View ArticleReflecting on Anzac Day
There was a strong military presence in Maryborough on Anzac Day with companies of the ninth battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment, travelling from across southern Queensland to take part.
View ArticleWide Bay Burnett falls silent for Remembrance Day
Communities across the Wide Bay Burnett fell silent for a minute today, to mark 90 years since the end of World War One.
View ArticleAlleged assault of soldier being investigated
The Defence department is investigating the alleged assault of a soldier during a training exercise on south-east Queensland's Fraser Coast.
View ArticleFallen soldiers honoured on return home
A service has been held at Amberley RAAF base to mark the return of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan last week.
View ArticleDiggers awarded posthumous medals
The two Australian soldiers killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan have been awarded medals upon their return home.
View ArticleFamilies, military prepare for soldiers' funerals
Separate funerals will be held this week for the two Australian soliders killed in Afghanistan last week.
View ArticleFallen soldier to be laid to rest
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will today attend the funeral of Australian soldier Sapper Jacob Moerland, killed in Afghanistan.
View ArticleTown farewells fallen soldier
There have been emotional tributes for Sapper Jacob Moerland at a hometown funeral in Queensland for the Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan last week.
View ArticleThe story of Z Special Unit
The story of Australia's largest World War Two undercover operation.
View ArticleSkate park honour ensures fallen soldier 'never forgotten'
The North Burnett Council in southern Queensland says the release of Federal Government funds means it can begin work on a skate park memorial honouring Gayndah soldier Jacob Moerland, in Afghanistan...
View ArticleStar of Gallantry dedicated to brothers in arms
A retired Fraser Coast solider who's received the Star of Gallantry has dedicated the medal to his former comrades. Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Smith received the award this week for his service as...
View ArticleStudents hope for biscuit packaging breakthrough
A group of Mary Valley primary school students on Queensland's Sunshine Coast has baked Anzac biscuits for Australian troops in Afghanistan as part of a science assignment.
View ArticleKorea veterans remember their fallen mates
Mates gather to remember those who didn't come home.
View ArticleRe-enactment group steps up for duty
What do you do if there's no catafalque party available for a military memorial service? If you're a team of returned servicemen in Hervey Bay, you band together and create your own.
View ArticleMt Perry says tanks for the memories
Mount Perry is one of only six towns in Queensland where you can get up close and personal with a recently decommissioned ADF tank.
View ArticleAfghanistan offers condolences to diggers' families
The Afghan Ministry of Defence has offered its condolences to the families of three Australian troops shot dead by an Afghan soldier.
View ArticleDefence names soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Defence has named the three soldiers, all based in Townsville, who were killed by an Afghan National Army soldier over the weekend.
View ArticleDefence names slain soldiers
Defence Minister Stephen Smith has released the names of the three Australian soldiers killed by an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier at the weekend.
View ArticleMemorial service honours fallen digger
One of three soldiers killed in Afghanistan last week, Corporal Ashley Birt, has been remembered at a military memorial service in Brisbane.
View ArticlePlaque to honour slain Gympie soldier
A memorial plaque will be unveiled today in Gympie in south-east Queensland in honour of local soldier, Corporal Ashley Birt, killed in Afghanistan 12 days ago.
View ArticleSoldiers to be laid to rest
The funerals for two of three soldiers killed in Afghanistan last month will held in Queensland today.
View ArticleCorporal Ashley Birt laid to rest
Family and friends have farewelled a 22-year-old Gympie soldier Corporal Ashley Birt who was killed with two other Australians in Afghanistan last month.
View ArticleTroops lend muscle to Queensland's flood recovery
Locals and soldiers start the clean-up after the Bundaberg floods, as a high-ranking Queensland police officer is appointed to oversee the devastated city's recovery.
View ArticleBundaberg residents hear flood update
Some North Bundaberg residents will be allowed to inspect their flood-ravaged homes and businesses this afternoon.
View ArticleArmy to boost flood recovery efforts
Defence force personnel are on their way to central Queensland to help with flood recovery operations in several isolated communities.
View ArticleNorth Bundaberg homes remain a no-go zone
An exclusion zone will remain in place tonight for people who live in North Bundaberg.
View ArticleArmy seeks to boost Bundaberg spirits
The Army is preparing to leave Bundaberg later this week.
View ArticleThe Army thanks the Wide Bay
In a show of solidarity with the Wide Bay region, the Army Emergency Support Force and Emergency services groups held a charity cricket match at Salter oval in Bundaberg.
View ArticleArmy wraps up Bundaberg flood work
The Army will farewell Bundaberg with a parade down the city's main street this morning.
View ArticleCivilians help cadets shine
A sleepy town in Queensland is currently the backdrop for Duntroon cadets to show the world what they've got.
View ArticleTin Can Bay plays town of unrest
Tin Can Bay is 'stabilised' as Army cadets carry out role plays in the streets of the town.
View ArticleCadets today, leaders tomorrow
The future of the Australian Defence Force is in the hands of these cadets.
View ArticleLive fire exercise started grass fire at Tin Can Bay in Qld's Wide Bay, army...
The Defence Department admits an army exercise has sparked another grass fire, this time in Queensland's Wide Bay.
View ArticleWidow awarded Army pension over late husband's love of salt
A widow on Queensland's Sunshine Coast has won the right to an Army pension after arguing that her husband died from his love of salt.
View ArticleBundaberg floods forge lasting Army link
Revisiting soldiers have a strong link with Bundaberg after the 2013 floods
View ArticleFallen soldier Jacob Moerland remembered with dedication at Gayndah units for...
A memorial dedicated to an Australian soldier killed while fighting in Afghanistan has been unveiled in North Burnett.
View ArticleDrones at work in the skies over Tin Can Bay
Spying on the enemy has never been safer since the introduction of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone as they are commonly known.
View ArticleLittle town of Wondai reserves big celebration for military
For the small Queensland town of Wondai the work to celebrate the military's part-timers is a full-time job
View ArticleLong Tan veteran Harry Smith on hand with stories for the Hollywood actor set...
Vikings star Travis Fimmel will be stepping it up a level in the battle stakes when he walks onto a film set in southern Queensland next month to play real-life war hero Lieutenant Colonel Harry Smith.
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