Remembrance Events Australian Military Ranks
Australian Defence Force ranks are divided into four bands: Commissioned Officers, Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Rank and File.
To be the sort of man who would give way when his mates were trusting to his firmness; to be the sort of man who would fail when the line, the whole force, and the allied cause required his endurance; to have made it necessary for another unit to do his own unit’s work; to live the rest of his life haunted by the knowledge that he had set his hand to a soldier’s task and had lacked the grit to carry it through – that was a prospect which these men could not face. Life was very dear, but life was not worth living unless they could be true to their idea of Australian manhood.Charles Bean, The story of ANZAC, The official history of Australia in the war of 1914–18, vol. 1
Australian Defence Force ranks are divided into four bands: Commissioned Officers, Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Rank and File.
Until the 1970s, Australian military personnel were awarded Imperial Medals through the British Empire. After that, Australia began issuing is own medals through the Australian honours system. Generally, medals are awarded for three categories of service. Note that not every medal is awarded for bravery.
There are four distinctive forms of Honourable Insignia currently in use by the Australian Army. Thier order of seniority is:
The Semaphore & Port Adelaide RSL Sub-Branch together with History SA and Veteran SA are Proud to Present the “Bravest of the Brave” Exhibition on display at the Semaphore & Port Adelaide Sub-Branch from 8th November through to the 14th January
The history of ANZAC Day is the subject of ongoing research and debate. Claims by different towns and cities to be ‘the first’ to establish various ANZAC Day rituals continue to be examined and, in some cases, disputed.
New evidence suggests that the history of ANZAC Day commemoration is more complex and goes back further than previously thought. Researchers at Monash University (working on the History of ANZAC Day research project) had discovered records of an ‘ANZAC Day’ held in Adelaide on Eight-Hour Day (now Labour Day) on 13 October 1915.
A Memorial to the 50th Infantry Battalion AIF will be dedicated at 11 am on Tuesday 13 August 2013 on the Pathway of Honour, Adelaide. The memorial will be unveiled by the Lieutenant Governor. Relatives of the 50th Battalion soldiers are welcome to attend, the service is open to the public. A light lunch will will follow in the Torrens Training Depot.
Sunday 2nd of June 2013 was one of the most successful days yet for the Semaphore and Port Adelaide RSL Sub-Branch since Reopening the Sub-Branch doors in September 2012, with the reunion of 5 Original Members from the 2/48th Battalion, the “Rats of Tobruk”.
These Heroes (most of whom are in their 90's now) fought in “The Battle Of El Alamein” Egypt, “Sattleburg” New Guinea, “Tarakan” Borneo and fought alongside Thomas Currie “Diver” Derrick VC, DCM the Semaphore and Port Adelaide RSL Sub-Branch's Patriot.
Semaphore and Port Adelaide RSL Welcomes the "Rats of Tobruk"
The following timeline includes Australia’s military history and peacekeeping operations from the turn of the twentieth century, World War I , until the present day.
The Semaphore and Port Adelaide RSL has always had a proud history of being one of the leading South Australian RSL Sub-Branch's. Even before the Sub-Branch was officially established in 1923 as the Semaphore and Port Adelaide R.S.S.I.L.A. (Returned Soldiers & Sailors Imperial League of Australia), the people of Semaphore and Port Adelaide had always been there for the Australian Men and Women who served their country.
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Service Number: 4459 Rank: Boy 1st Class Unit: HMAS Sydney Service: Royal Australian Navy Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918 Date of death: 21 December 1916 Place of death: North Sea, Atlantic Ocean Cause of…
Regimental number 2245 Place of birth Liddon Place, Portland Estate, South Australia Place of birth Port Adelaide, South Australia School Port Adelaide Public School, South Australia Religion Roman Catholic Occupation Horse-driver Address Portland…
They then embarked at Southampton on 1 November 1914 aboard the SS Maidan, bound for Europe. Bayly was killed instantly…
Regimental number 7458 Religion Church of England Occupation Labourer Address Semaphore, South Australia Marital status Single Age at embarkation 20 Next of kin Brother, J Brame, Hart Street, Semaphore, South Australia Enlistment date 16-Jul-17 Rank on…