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Post by Admin on Feb 25, 2013 22:05:55 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Oct 4, 2013 12:27:27 GMT -5
Royal Australian Navy 100 years: International Fleet Review: Warships descend on Sydney Harbour:Warships from around the world have sailed into Sydney Harbour to mark 100 years since the Royal Australian Navy fleet first entered the waterway. LINK
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Post by Admin on Apr 24, 2014 15:36:44 GMT -5
Anzac Day
Friday 25 April 2014Record numbers attended ceremonies at the Australian War Memorial on Anzac Day 2013 with 35,000 attending the Dawn Service and a further 17,000 attending the National Ceremony. Anzac Day goes beyond the anniversary of the landing on Gallipoli in 1915. It is the day on which we remember Australians who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations. The spirit of Anzac, with its human qualities of courage, mateship, and sacrifice, continues to have meaning and relevance for our sense of national identity. LINK
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Post by Admin on Sept 3, 2014 7:18:43 GMT -5
Merchant Navy Day, a Time to Remember:September 3rd is Merchant Navy Day. Celebrated annually around the world, it is a day to remember merchant seafarers who died in war. During World War II, Australian merchant navy ships were at just as much risk as Royal Australian Navy warships as they delivered critical supplies. Hospital ships were also crewed by merchant seamen. Contrary to popular belief, merchant seamen were not well-paid, did not have comfortable working hours, and their living conditions were often very poor, says Don Fraser in “Men of a service’ : Australian merchant seamen”. Figures published by the Seaman’s Union of Australia (SUA) in 1972 indicate that 386 members of the union lost their lives during the Second World War. Given the union’s claim of a total membership of 4,500 at the beginning of the war, the overall fatality rate among seamen members of the SUA during the Second World War was 8.5 percent, a rate higher than that sustained by Australia’s fighting services. LINK
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