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25.01.2022 https://fb.me/e/3NxOpyCwP

25.01.2022 Flashback Friday A little rain won't stop the performance! The Rats play at The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, 2008

25.01.2022 Flashback Friday Coleraine, Victoria. 1976

24.01.2022 AC/DC has announced a new album 'Shot In The Dark'. To celebrate, we take you back to 1975 when members Alan Butterworth, Kevin Conlon and Les Kenfield bemused shoppers down Swanston Street on the back of a flatbed truck. This has become one of the most-watched clips of all time, with 34 million views on YouTube. We look forward to rocking out to the new album which is to be realised this year! AC/DC

23.01.2022 Drum Sergeant and Principal of Ensemble Rob Bennett is hosting a free online workshop as part of Pipe Bands Australia series on online learning. Pipers and Drummers from any grade or band type are welcome

20.01.2022 Flasback Friday ANZAC Day. 1977, Melbourne

18.01.2022 75 years on. Today , October 2nd marks 75 years since the inaugural meeting held at Anzac house , just two months after the end of the war. The Association is ...very lucky to still have the original minute book from that meeting (below) The Rats of Tobruk Association has the world change greatly over the past 75 years, whether it be King to Queen or Pence to Cents , the Association has stood strong and remained true to its purpose 75 years on. With the passing of time we have sadly seen the ranks thin , with just 19 Rats left nationally, but the Association now also serves its purpose through The Commemoration and Education of those brave Rats whom have passed . We give special thanks to all the hundreds (even thousands?) of people who have volunteered their time and made this great Association what it is over the past 75 years. Please feel free to tell us your favourite memories of the Association in the comment section below. Here’s to another 75

17.01.2022 Flashback Friday The Australian Pipe Band Championships. Melbourne, 1982

15.01.2022 We miss you too

13.01.2022 Sad news out of Brisbane yesterday with the loss of another veteran Rat of Tobruk.

13.01.2022 Flashback Friday Band members march in The Glasgow Cavalcade. August 1994

13.01.2022 The band wish to advise the passing of Captain (Ret) Ernie Marchant. Thursday 22 October in Annan Cottage Hospital UK. Ernie was the Commandant at Redford Barrack during the bands early trips to perform in the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo and took great care of our members and the wider Tattoo community. Ernie will be sadly missed. We send our condolences to Marie and family at this sad time.

13.01.2022 https://youtu.be/Yq7R2MBkqlk The Rats return to Edinburgh! Here's a clip from our 2012 performance from The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

13.01.2022 Flashback Friday Duncan McLennan presents Drum Major James Peebles with the sash for the Australian Champion Drum Major

12.01.2022 As we approach the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, the Governor-General and Mrs Hurley visited Mr Sydney Kinsman, a veteran of the 2nd/48th... Battalion and a Rat of Tobruk. The Governor-General presented Mr Kinsman with a special commemorative medallion marking the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The medallion is a way of Australia saying ‘thank you for your service’ to all those who served in WWII. Mr Kinsman has lived in Alice Springs since 1948 and, in addition to his service to the nation, he and his wife June have been a valued members of the Alice Springs community. The Governor-General and Mrs Hurley enjoyed afternoon tea with Mr and Mrs Kinsman, thanking them for their contributions and service. The commemorative medallion is available to all living veterans of the Second World War by applying through www.dva.gov.au/medallion Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs

10.01.2022 Flashback Friday Australian Championships, Adelaide. 1963 Drum Major - Jim Peebles Pipe Major - Harold Maas... Mascot - Lloyd Page, age 9 (learner side drummer) See more

09.01.2022 Great work from the Glenbrae Dancers!

09.01.2022 Flashback Friday Pipe Major Harold Maas.

09.01.2022 Today is Fathers Day in Australia and New Zealand. We would like to thank all fathers and grandfathers out there!

07.01.2022 If there's one thing we've all become used to in 2020, it's events being cancelled or postponed. Then cancelled. Sadly, the deferred Australian Pipe Band Champ...ionships is no different. The promoters of the 2020 Aussies, Maryborough Highland Society, advised registered bands of its cancellation for the reasons we all know. Despite that, it is important to recognise the work that had already been done in preparation for the initial event and the work put in to rescheduling to 2021. Thank you all. Those efforts will bear fruit in the future. It was also great to see that bands from every Branch had entered and we hope they do when The Aussies are next on!

06.01.2022 Flashback Friday The band plays in 'The Rat Hole' in Albert Park after the ANZAC Day march though Melbourne and up to the Shrine of Remembrance

05.01.2022 Sad but necessary

03.01.2022 On August 15, 1945, Prime Minister Ben Chifley announced the end of World War II. Commemorate the end of World War II by joining the Victory in the Pacific Day online presentation on RSL Victoria Facebook or the Shrine of Remembrance at 11.20am Melbourne time.

02.01.2022 Flashback Friday The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, 1997. The band has performed in Edinburgh seven times since 1988.

01.01.2022 Richard paying tribute for the 75th anniversary of WWll. Pipes and drummers this Saturday will pay tribute to Australian men and women who served in World War Two in a special VP Day commemoration. Hundreds of Australian pipers and drummers will be joined by musicians from across North America and Britain for the 9.30am performance of VP 75 Lest We Forget, a tune specially commissioned by Pipe Bands Australia and written by Melbourne composer Mark Saul for the 75th annivers...ary of the end of World War Two. The lament honours all Australians who served at home and abroad and particularly those who did not return from theatres of war and prisoner-of-war camps. Musicians will be at local cenotaphs and memorials or in their driveways to comply with COVID-19 social restrictions. See more

01.01.2022 Flashback Friday The band bids farewell to the ocean liner, SS Iberia. 1972