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19.01.2022 Good job done by all for a great parade.

13.01.2022 In these unprecedented times we remain apart, however today we all stand together, Lest We Forget #AnzacDay2020 #AnzacDay #WeWillRememberThem #WeRememberThem #AnzacAtHome #LestWeForget #RSLWAmateship #DrivewayDawnService

07.01.2022 16th September 2019 More of our digitisation converting VHS tapes that were previously on old projector film, to a video file. It is of the ‘Trooping the Colour...’ Parade by the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment. However we are not sure exactly where or on what date this took place. We do know that it occurred during the visit to Australia by Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent in 1959. The CO at the time was LTCOL Mann. It looks as though it is a showgrounds and she attended both The RNA Showgrounds in Brisbane and the RAS Showgrounds in Sydney. The Battalion was posted to Holesworthy at this time so it very likely Sydney. We still dont know the date?.Please share this video so we might get more information about this video from someone that was there. Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent, as she was then known was the daughter of Prince George, fourth son of King George V and was then sixth in line to the throne. Twenty-two year old Princess Alexandra visited Australia from 14 August to 20 September 1959. The main reason for her visit was to attend the Queensland Centenary Celebrations. Crowds of over 200 000 filled Brisbane's streets on 18 August, the date of her arrival in the city and she attended the State Reception at the Cloudland Ballroom took place that night. Her time was spent mainly in Queensland, with a week in Brisbane and then a fortnight touring regional areas. These included Warwick, Toowoomba, Charleville, Longreach, Mount Isa, Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Bundaberg and a brief holiday on the Barrier Reef. She also toured for a fortnight in New South Wales, Victoria and Canberra. Trooping the Colour is a ceremony performed by regiments of the British and Commonwealth armies. It has been a tradition of British infantry regiments since the 17th century, although its roots go back much earlier. On the battlefield, a regiment's colours, or flags, were used as rallying points. Consequently, regiments would have their ensigns slowly march with their colours between the ranks to enable soldiers to recognise their regiments' colours. Cheers The Curator Please like our Page to see our future posts Please share our posts to any group, page or your own news feed to help spread the great work and history of a great Battalion