Calendar of Events

39th Australian Infantry Battalion Association (1941-43) Inc. 70th Anniversary of Kokoda fundraising lunch Thursday 26th July 2012 noon for 12:30 RACV Club, level 17, 501 Bourke street, Melbourne Guest speaker: Lieutenant General David Morrison AO Chief of the Army In the presence of Kokoda diggers Tickets $125 per person. Tables of 10: $1250 (ww2 veterans […]

The book will be launched by Stuart Hughes, manager of the Point Nepean National Park. Barrie Follows will then speak followed by Dr Bob Marmion who will talk on Victorian Defences 1803-1945. Signed copies of the book will be available for purchase at $20 each.

The Victorian Colonial Infantry will form a guard of honour during the event commemorating the Foundation day of Victoria.

Much has been written, particularly in recent years, about the costly attack at Fromelles on 19 July 1916. Much has been written, particularly in recent years, about the costly attack at Fromelles on 19 July 1916. If some have called it the forgotten battle, an epithet which was never really merited, they can hardly do […]

Military History group meeting this friday at Croydon library¬†at 2pm. Our guest speaker will be MHHV Member David Holloway who has written an excellent book on the 4th Light Horse called "Endure and Fight : a detailed history of the 4th Light Horse Regiment, AIF, 1914-19 Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine, France and Belgium". He will […]

Deakin University Cultural Heritage Seminar by Dr Marina Larsson The Centenary of World War One (2014-18) will be a significant¬†international event. Known as the 'Anzac Centenary' in Australia, this¬†anniversary will see a renewed focus on preserving the heritage of war and¬†telling the histories of this era. Dr Marina Larsson will present a¬†discussion of war-related heritage […]

The Forgotten Cruiser: HMAS MELBOURNE (I)¬† Australia‚Äôs first light cruiser arrived in Melbourne in March 1913. Serving until 1928, it received the battle honours of Rabaul 1914 and North Sea 1916-1918. MELBOURNE ¬†was a work horse of the RAN, somewhat overshadowed by its sister ship SYDNEY but won accolades for the hazardous rescue at the […]

'Sir Sidney Smith RN' a hero from the age of sail in the tradition of 'HornBlower', Cochrane' etc. Serving in the American and French revolutionary wars, he later rose to the rank of admiral. Napoleon Bonaparte, reminiscing later in his life, said of him: "That man made me miss my destiny". The presentation prepared by […]

Terry Smith tells the little known story of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam. (AATTV) in 1972, 64 Australians, who never numbered more than 30 at any¬†one time, who helped train 27 light infantry battalions of the Cambodian Army, a total of 13,600¬†officers and men, in Phuoc Tuy Province of South Vietnam between January and […]

Presented by Pattie Wright Many would call these two men heroes and they would be right. Sadly,only one returned. Hec Waller was an RAN Captain, and Weary Dunlop, a Lieutenant Colonel, a¬†doctor and POW. What are the odds that two of Australia‚Äôs greatest came from what was then a¬†small town by a river in northwest […]

This is our last get together for the year so come with your partner and friends for a celebration. The RSL‚Äôs ‚ÄúWarramunga Restaurant‚Äù looks after us extremely well and the food is delicious. Speaker: This year our guests are Captain Katherine Richards RAN, and her husband, Colonel Bernard Richards, who combine two full time careers, […]

Presented by Dr David Holloway Victoria‚Äôs 4th Light Horse Regiment had, after its dismounted turn on¬†Gallipoli, seen little serious action. By the time of the attack on Beersheba¬†it was champing at the bit for action. The unlikely charge by the 4th and 12th Light Horse¬†Regiments armed only with slung rifles and bayonets to hand was, […]