Calendar of Events

This exhibition will focus on entertainers in Vietnam from the Museum’s own Dr Denis Gibbons AM Image collection, with other aspects of morale building entertainment for the diggers including Armed Forces Radio, film nights at ‘the Dat’, the R&R experience and PX store media from the 60s.

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is developing an amphibious task force based on two new 27,000 tonne amphibious assault ships with a view to the main permanent component, the Amphibious Task Group, being certified operational by 2017, and with a smaller Amphibious Ready Element due to be certified operational in 2015. This will be a […]

Deniliquin Genealogy Muster $10 entry fee per day allows access to all Seminars and the Main Hall. Research with help from professionals.

Centenary Dinner for the raising of 4 Bde at the Maygar Barracks Mess

A half-day seminar to mark the centenary of the occupation of German New Guinea by the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force in September 1914 will be held on Tuesday 30 September 2014 in the SMSA Mitchell Theatre from 1-5 pm. PRIOR BOOKING AND PAYMENT REQUIRED Cost: $30.00 members, $45.00 non members Click here for […]

In partnership with Open House Melbourne, join us for a tour of the Shrine including an exclusive opportunity to hear about the Galleries of Remembrance, one of the most significant building projects to take place in Melbourne this year. Dates: Saturday 26 - Sunday 27 July Tours will take place hourly from 10.00 am to […]

Back by popular demand; the Shrine of Remembrance is once again offering you the opportunity to tour the Salvation Army Museum with curator and historian Lindsay Cox. This stately Victorian building in Bourke Street Melbourne, which has been occupied by the Salvation Army since 1894, houses an extensive museum collection. Opened to the public on […]

100th Anniversary of the Battle of Lone Pine - ¬†Gallipoli and the ANZACSGates open at 10.30am 21st Legacy Lone Pine Ceremony at 11.00am¬†followed by complimentary morning tea located on Level 1 of the Rupert Clarke Grandstand Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Lone Pine, together with the 21st Legacy Lone Pine ceremony, Caulfield […]

Join Tim Whitford, RSL Advocate, as he discusses the search for the missing men of the Battle of Fromelles. Tim‚Äôs tireless search and advocacy over many years led to the discovery of a mass burial site for 250 soldiers lost since the First World War. This search has led to the creation of the first […]

Calling former Naval & Military Club members of The Pipeclay Club to the AGM & Luncheon: Thursday, 31 July 2014, in the President’s Room of the RACV City Club, 501 Bourke Street at 11.30am for the AGM and 1230pm for Luncheon. Register through website: pipeclay.com.au

Vietnam Veterans’ Luncheon: Friday, 15 August 2014, in the Club Pavilion room at the RACV City Club, 501 Bourke Street, at 12.30 for 1.00pm. Book direct through the RACV – 9944 8888.

The DRA VIC Branch AGM: Wednesday, 17 September 2014, at Sargood Barracks, Chapel Street, Windsor, at 6.00pm. The AGM will feature an interesting speaker at 7.00pm, followed by light refreshments and camaraderie.