by admin | May 5, 2020 | Historic Events
22 July 1922 – 13 April 2017 AVM Stephenson was born in UK and joined the RAF and trained as a navigator before serving on 207 Squadron RAF, a Lancaster bomber squadron. During a bombing raid on Berlin in December 1943, his aircraft was shot down by a night...
by admin | May 5, 2020 | Historic Events
2 February 1923 – 17 April 2017 AIRCDRE John Thorp passed away peacefully at the Canberra Hospital on 17 April 2017, aged 94 years, with his family by his side. A private funeral service was held. John enlisted in the RAAF in Sydney, NSW, on 10 October 1942,...
by admin | May 5, 2020 | Salute Their Service
Canberra Bomber The Canberra’s first public flying display was at Farnborough in September 1949 and it stole the show. The aircraft met with immediate success and about 1400 were built in UK, USA and Australia. The Canberra set many speed and performance records...
by admin | Apr 10, 2020 | News
Korean War MIA Working Group The Unrecovered War Casualties-Army (UWC-A) section in Army HQ was established to identify and recover the remains of Australian servicemen Missing in Action (MIA). It is the lead agency in the investigation and recovery activites. A...
by admin | Apr 10, 2020 | News
Investigation into the DFRDB Scheme administration On 11 December 2019 the Commonwealth Ombudsman, Mr Michael Manthorpe, PSM, released a report into the historic administration of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) scheme – specifically the...
