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Richmond RSL Sub-Branch Inc.

Locality: Richmond, Queensland

Phone: +61 437 436 679

Address: 73 Goldring Street 4822 Richmond, QLD, Australia

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25.01.2022 A Soldier with PTSD fell in a HOLE and couldn’t get out. A Senior NCO went by and the Soldier with PTSD called out for help. The Senior NCO yelled at, told him... to suck it up dig deep & drive on, then threw him a shovel. But the Soldier with PTSD could not suck it up and drive on so he dug the hole deeper. A Senior Officer went by and the Soldier with PTSD called out for help. The Senior Officer told him to use the tools your Senior NCO has given you then threw him a bucket. But the Soldier with PTSD was using the tools his Senior NCO gave him so he dug the hole deeper and filled the bucket. A psychiatrist walked by. The Soldier with PTSD said, Help! I can’t get out! The psychiatrist gave him some drugs and said, Take this. It will relieve the pain. The Soldier with PTSD said thanks, but when the pills ran out, he was still in the hole. A well-known psychologist rode by and heard the Soldier with PTSD cries for help. He stopped and asked, How did you get there? Were you born there? Did your parents put you there? Tell me about yourself, it will alleviate your sense of loneliness. So the Soldier with PTSD talked with him for an hour, then the psychologist had to leave, but he said he’d be back next week. The Soldier with PTSD thanked him, but he was still in the hole. A priest came by. The Soldier with PTSD called for help. The priest gave him a Bible and said, I’ll say a prayer for you. He got down on his knees and prayed for the Soldier with PTSD, then he left. The Soldier with PTSD was very grateful, he read the Bible, but he was still stuck in the hole. A recovering Soldier with PTSD happened to be passing by. The Soldier with PTSD cried out, Hey, help me. I’m stuck in this hole! Right away the recovering Soldier with PTSD jumped down in the hole with him. The Soldier with PTSD said, What are you doing? Now we’re both stuck here!! But the recovering Soldier with PTSD said, Calm down. It’s okay. I’ve been here before. I know how to get out.

25.01.2022 The Anzac on the Wall I wandered thru a country town, 'cos I had some time to spare, And went into an antique shop to see what was in there. Old Bikes and pumps and kero lamps, but hidden by it all, ...Continue reading

23.01.2022 48 years ago on this day, 16 May 1968, the second attack on Australian Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral took place in Vietnam. By 15 May Coral had become a strong ...defensive position, more prepared than it had been on that first night of 13 May to withstand further North Vietnamese attacks. The next one came early on the morning of 16 May and, like the earlier assault, it began with a barrage of mortar and Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) fire, this time directed mainly against the guns of 102 Field Battery, A Battery 2/35th Battalion US Artillery and the headquarters and maintenance areas. On this occasion two battalions of North Vietnamese soldiers were sent against Coral. 1RAR’s A, B and C companies bore the brunt of the onslaught but few of the assaulting troops were able to penetrate the Australian defences. Fire from Coral’s small arms, artillery and mortars, a United States battery, helicopters and the lethal spookies C-47 aircraft equipped with flares and miniguns stopped the North Vietnamese but only after, as one Australian said later, ‘a torrid four hours’. By 6.30 am the battle was over; only the North Vietnamese rearguard fought on to cover the main force’s withdrawal. Five Australians had been killed and thirty-four North Vietnamese bodies were found in front of the Australian positions. A medic in C Company, 1RAR, remembered the unsettling effect of seeing the enormous amount of weaponry arrayed against the North Vietnamese only to find ‘a few bodies’ the next morning. The practice of removing as many of their dead as possible from the battlefield meant that no-one had any real idea of how many North Vietnamese had been killed or wounded in these battles. Between 12 May and 6 June 1968, 25 Australians were killed and 99 Australians, 5 New Zealanders and 5 Americans were wounded in the battles at FSB's Coral and Balmoral. At least 267 NVA were killed (officially) and 7 were captured. But many NVA dead and wounded were taken away from the battlefield. Download this great, detailed outline of the first Battle of Coral 12 & 13 May 1968 - http://bit.ly/1qn4hyo (854 KB) Learn more about the Battles of Coral and Balmoral here - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/Battle_of_Coral%E2%80%93Balmoral

19.01.2022 Thank you to those who made it to the cenotaph and to those who are remembering in their own ways today. Your efforts are very much appreciated. Richmond What's On - Richmond Shire Council

08.01.2022 Restoring some Australian World War One history to an English hillside

06.01.2022 Such a great song. Makes me proud to serve.

04.01.2022 Peter Jackson's new documentary shows the Great War "as its never been seen before": https://www.forces.net/news/remastering-ww1-footage-new-film

04.01.2022 Our Work Time to honour our Engineers and their Military Working Dogs. In the Army, during physical training, one might see a soldier with a T-Shirt emblazone...d with the words: ‘Follow the Sapper!’ To the uninitiated, this may seem an odd thing but to those who serve or who have served it has a significant meaning. Sapper is a general term given to a soldier in the engineers within a military but is also specifically the name given to the rank of a soldier in the Royal Australian Engineers corps within The Australian Army The term originates from the old French to describe soldiers that would dig or sap under the defences of the enemy or create protective trenches to bring cannon closer to an objective such as a fortification in order to weaken them. The term: ‘to sap one’s strength’ comes from the same origin. Today’s Engineers encompass two key capabilities: field engineering and combat engineering. Both involve construction and demolition tasks however the combat environments in which each task is performed may differ and therefore the equipment used in those tasks may differ. In either case, the abilities of the Royal Australian Engineers are highly sought. One task an engineer may do is a route clearance such as depicted in the accompanying image. Sappers lead the way with an explosives detection dog seeking and marking explosive devices and clearing them thus opening up the route for the troops following. Here the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment conducts an exercise near Robertson Barracks in Darwin, home of the 1st Brigade. This training has proven vital in our involvements in Iraq and Afghanistan where the RAE has lost good men and dogs in their efforts to clear the way for others. When in doubt, follow the Sapper! Keep following this page where we'll be honouring the military working dogs of The Australian Army in the next few days. Image of Sappers and EDD Commonwealth of Australia Pic by CFN P M Arachchi

03.01.2022 Australia just so you don't forget. 77 years ago today 19th February 1942 was the bombing of Darwin. "It was the largest and most destructive single attack mo...unted by a foreign power on Australia and led to the worst death toll from any event in the nation’s history. The assault was more savage than Pearl Harbor; more bombs fell on Darwin, more civilians were killed, and more ships were sunk." Lest we Forget.

03.01.2022 Private Gunner Edward John Summons was born in Tamworth in 1879 was a Labourer in Richmond when he enlisted on 18.08.1915. He served in the 5th Light Horse Reg...iment and the 5th Divisional Ammunition Column. Pte Gnr Summons was discharged 24.08.1919. #throwbackthursday #idigrichmond #lestweforget #qanzac100 See more