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Tiaro RSL sub-branch

Locality: Tiaro, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 4193 9340

Address: 1 Mayne st 4650 Tiaro, QLD, Australia

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25.01.2022 The Third Battle of the Aisne. A German field battery (7.7 cm Feldkanone 16) in action against the British IX Corps in the ruins of a village near Fismes, Marn...e in north-eastern France. May 1918. 29 May 1918 - The German army launched a renewed offensive on a front approximately 30 miles south of Laon in France. The Germans crossed the River Aisne between Vailly and Berry-au-Rae a front of 18 miles in length and succeeded in advancing as far as Fismes and Bazoches. The loss of Fismes was considered a significant setback to the allies as it had served as one of the chief centres of communication in the area and the Germans’ advances in the region undoubtedly facilitated their designs on Paris. (Photo source - IWM Q 55319) German official photographer Colour by Doug

25.01.2022 56408 Corporal Henry Paul Travers, of Nollamara, WA , prepares his medical kit at the 'dust off' helicopter pad at Vung Tau. Before his posting to Vietnam in S...eptember 1968, Cpl Travers was based at RAAF Pearce. Cpl Travers is wearing a helmet with red crosses and the word 'medic' on it; which denotes him as a member of RAAF Aeromedical Evacuation Team (known as medevac). South Vietnam - 1969.

24.01.2022 We Remember Today - VFX66028 Captain Sister Margaret Lamont Adams, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), of Melbourne, Vic. Sr Adams enlisted on 13 November ...1941, and was killed at sea, aged 29, whilst serving aboard the 2/3rd Australian Military Hospital Ship Centaur. At approximately 4 am on Friday 14 May 1943, during a voyage northwards, the Centaur was off Brisbane at Point Lookout, on Stradbroke Island, when she was struck without warning by a torpedo from a Japanese submarine. A total of 286 lives were lost, including 11 out of the 12 nurses on board.

23.01.2022 Members of an RAAF disposal unit using a land mine detector. Left to right: Corporal Keith Piper of Swan Hill, Vic; Corporal Dick Cox of Sydney, NSW, using det...ector; Leading Aircraftman Edward Maclure of Vic. Piper and Maclure are covering Cox with M1 carbines as he advances. When the detector contacts any metal underground, a buzzing noise is heard through the small speaker on the operator's right shoulder. Morotai Island - 5th October, 1944

20.01.2022 THE BATTLE OF ARRAS, APRIL-MAY 1917. Gunners of the Royal Marine Artillery by a captured German 105 mm FH 98/09 field howitzer in Feuchy, April 1917. (IWM IWM... Q 5187) The Battle of Arras lasted from 9 April to 16 May 1917. British troops attacked the German defenses on the Western Front near the French city of Arras. The advance was slow and the loss of human life on both sides was very heavy. The British of the First and Third armies lost 160,000 men, the Germans of the 6th Army about 125,000 ROCOlor

20.01.2022 Soldiers of the 1st Tank Section, Australian Tank Corps - circa 1930s.

20.01.2022 "Just before darkness set in, I heard a noise in a gully that ran into our trench, so I figured it must be an enemy mop-up patrol. I only had a few bullets left... in my .45. The noise stopped, and a head popped into sight. When I was about to fire, I gave another look, and a white and distorted face proved to be that of George Cooper, so I grabbed him by his shoulders and pulled him down into the trench beside me. He must've had atleast twenty bullet holes in him, but none of them was well enough to kill him. He made an effort to speak, so I told him to keep quiet and conserve his energy. I had a few malted milk tablets so I took them out and forced him to eat them. I also poured the last of my water into his mouth. Then he asked me if I had any bullets left in my pistol and begged me, with tears rolling out of his eyes, to please, for God's sake, kill him. He screamed, "Charlie! I just cannot stand the pains any longer." It was an awful decision to make, but I just could not kill my buddy like that. "No George, when night falls, we will crawl under the barbed wire and find the road, and we will crawl back to our lines." Just then, a German Fokker flew over us, as I looked he reached and grabbed my .45 but before he could use it on himself, I got it away from him, and then night overtook us. Now we began to crawl towards the road, and on our way out he regained some strength enough to talk. He explained how he was taken to an enemy first aid station where his wounds were dressed, and then the doctor motioned to have him taken to the rear but the Sergeant major pushed him towards our lines and into no man's land, pulled out his luger and shot him down. Then, he began to crawl towards our lines being shot at consistently by snipers until he finally reached us." - Sgt. Charles Leo Boucher, 26th New York National Guard, AEF, Battle of Seicheprey, France, April 1918.

18.01.2022 On this day... in 1943, the 2/43rd Battalion repulsed strong Japanese attacks on Pabu Hill, an outlying feature near Sattelberg, New Guinea. The fighting was pa...rt of the Huon Peninsula campaign. The fighting over Pabu cost the Australians 25 killed and 51 wounded, with the Japanese suffering 195 killed. Lest we forget. Ian Smith Chair Anzac Day Committee Pabu Hill, photographed in early 1944. The sign describes the fighting in November 1943: AWM

18.01.2022 Join us today in paying our respects to WWII veteran Kathleen Carson (98), who sadly passed away earlier this month. When war broke out, Kathleen joined Women’s... Royal Navy Service (Wrens), where she served as a petty officer cook in the catering corps. Thank you for your service, Kathleen. See more

14.01.2022 South Canterbury and 12th Nelson Regiments preparing a meal near a damaged German tank, (originally British), after its recapture by a New Zealand Canterbury Re...giment at Pont-a-Pierre, France. Photograph taken in November 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. A field cooker is steaming behind them. Two soldiers are cutting food on a table while others look on. (Photo source - National Library of New Zealand) Colorised by Frédéric Duriez

14.01.2022 Sergeant Peter Smeaton of Brighton, Vic, a member of 'D' Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), examines a Russian blast grenade captured by his platoon from the Chinese. Korea - circa March 1951.

13.01.2022 Army's operational conversion program for the Boxer CRV is well underway in Queensland with the first field training and live fire already complete and the first Black Hats certified. Details and pics www.australiandefender.com.au

12.01.2022 The unveiling of a WWI War Memorial with 300 names on the Honour Roll - Toogoolawah, Queensland.

11.01.2022 4400005 Private Edgar James "Bomber" Brown, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), wearing a bandage on a head wound caused by a grenade during the battle on Hill Sardine. Korea - 15th April, 1951

09.01.2022 Members of the Mortar Platoon, Support Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), moving along the track to begin their attack on Hill Sardin...e. The first and third soldiers are carrying the tripod for the 3 inch mortar. Note the .303 Bren gun, magazines and M36 grenade on the edge of the weapon pit in the right hand foreground. 15th April, 1951

08.01.2022 On this day... in 1943, the Australian 9th Division captured Finschhafen in New Guinea, losing 73 killed and 285 wounded. Nearly 400 were evacuated sick. The fi...ghting was part of the Huon Peninsula campaign against Japanese forces. The 20th Brigade advanced on the town from the north, having landed at Scarlet Beach, and the 22nd Battalion advanced from the south, having landed near Lae. After the capture of the town, the Japanese withdrew then counter-attacked, endangering the landing beaches, causing another 49 killed and 179 wounded. Lest we forget. Ian Smith Chair Anzac Day Committee A machine gun team from the Australian 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion around Scarlet Beach, October 1943: AWM

06.01.2022 A group of six Royal Army Medical Corps men. One Sergeant and two Class One Tradesmen (with worsted rings on the lower right sleeves). The shoulder title could ...possibly be that of the Territorial RAMC East Anglian. Photo taken in the garden of amateur photographer Alfred Dupire at 45, Rue d'Amiens, Warloy-Baillon. ca.1917 Colour by Doug of DBColour https://www.facebook.com/ColouriseHistory

05.01.2022 Did you know... that during the Vietnam War, eight Royal Australian Navy officers and sailors were killed and 46 were wounded or injured? Over the ten years of ...war, the dedication and professionalism of the RAN shone through, on the gunline, in the clearance diving teams, through escorting and transporting troops and equipment to and from Australia, with RAN medical teams ashore, and in the air with the RAN Helicopter Flight Vietnam. Lest we forget. Ian Smith Chair ANZAC Day Committee Image of HMAS Perth providing naval gunfire support on the gunline in 1968: Wikimedia Commons

05.01.2022 One of the most unforgettable images that captures the incredible bond between soldiers and their horses. The loyal and courageous horses of two fallen light ho...rsemen stand behind their graves. Both men were killed when they were ambushed by Turkish soldiers on the 29th of September 1918. The fallen light horsemen were Sergeant Louis Shannon Brook MM, of Pimpinio, Victoria, and Trooper Clarence William Radburn, of Neville, New South Wales, both of the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment. Despite detailed notes and maps on the location of the graves on Trooper Radburn's service record, they were never found by grave registration units in 1922. The Australian Light Horse holds a proud and revered place in the hearts and minds of Australians. The Waler horses carried their men to victory during WW1 and were regarded as amongst the finest cavalry horses in the world. The Australian light horse regiments were devastated to learn that their beloved horses would not be coming home with them at the end of the war. Horses of the Desert Mounted Corps Memorial has these words... They suffered wounds, thirst, hunger and weariness almost beyond endurance. But never failed. They did not come home. We will never forget them. The memorial is located on the South West external wall of the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Lest We Forget. Some information and photograph comes from the Australian War Memorial. Image file number AWM P12049.008.

05.01.2022 The Business End!

05.01.2022 4 October 1918 A Mark V Male tank, No 09038, loaded with wooden bridging material and a ‘Crib’, a special contrivance for crossing trenches, stranded in a trenc...h in the Hindenburg Line at Belley Wood near Cologne Farm, in the Bellicourt section of the Hindenburg Defences, Aisne, Picardie on October 4th. 1918. Note that the tank’s forward right hand side track frame and the square cupola on the mid-upper hull have been painted with a white-red-white recognition flash, clearly marking the vehicle as British. This tank was part of C Company 8th Battalion. The tank's starboard sponson door has detached from the sponson. On the roof of the tank, just behind the bridging material are a number of track grousers. 9038 was later retrieved and in 1919 was sent to Russia as part of the White Russian Army but captured by the Red Russians on January 1st 1921. Colour by Joshua Barrett

03.01.2022 A Light Horse Patrol en route to Jifjaffa. Sinai, Egypt - Circa April 1916.

03.01.2022 The Leopard Trainer!

02.01.2022 Two Centurion MkV/1 tanks followed by a Centurion Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV) of C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps, (RAAC),... moving along Highway 15 en route to the area where Fire Support Bases (FSB's) Coral and Balmoral are soon to be established. South Vietnam 1968

02.01.2022 Vaccination parade! An AIF medical officer inoculating troops at Blackboy Hill Camp, Western Australia - circa 1914.

02.01.2022 British troops and their artillery guns being evacuated from Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, on rafts in daylight, December 1915. (Photo source - IWM Q 13637) Brooks, E...rnest (Lieutenant) (Photographer) Colourised by Doug - Colourising History

02.01.2022 Operation Silver City (March 7 - 23, 1966) Vietnam. 1966-03-11. Finger talk signals plan of action as Private (Pte) Graham Lobb of Reservoir, Vic, sends back a ...visual message to other members of an Australian patrol in the jungles of War Zone D, South Vietnam, during Operation Silver City. Pte Lobb is serving with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR). Operation Silver City (March 7 - 23, 1966) was a joined search and destroy operation, involving the 1st Infantry Division (HQ, USA); 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (USA); 173d Airborne Brigade (USA); 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment; 10th ARVN Division. In Bien Hoa, Binh Duong, and Long Khanh Provinces - War Zone D

01.01.2022 Commando Charlie!

01.01.2022 Private E. Millwood, of Kalgoorlie WA, and Private S. Gibbs of Glen Iris, Vic, both of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), operate a British 17... pounder Q.F. Anti-Tank gun. These two soldiers knocked out two German tanks at Tobruk on Good Friday, 14 April 1941, using a 2 pounder gun while members of the 2/3rd Anti-Tank Regiment. Pakchon, Korea - November, 1950.