ANZAC Day MarchWe look forward to seeing a good turnout for the March this year. Arrangements for the March are that we form up in George St between Charlotte and Mary Streets,as part of group 7. It is suggested that we will step off at approximately 11.15 am, so we should beready by 11.00. It […]
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This is an invitation to members, particularly those living in Far North Queensland, to reserve the date for the rededication ceremony, following the replacement of the 21st Brigade (2/14, 2/16, 2/27 Battalions) memorial plaque at Rocky Creek Memorial Park. The ceremony will take place at 11 am on Sunday, 11 August, 2024. A tour of
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It was a pleasure to meet a group of students from Yandina State School at the Memorial below MtNinderry early in March. They were quite interested as we discussed the formation of the Battalion,its early action in the Middle East and the reasons for its recall. Discussion then focussed on its time in the Yandina
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On 1 July, 2020, the Last Post Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial will commemorate the landings at Balikpapan that took place 75 years ago. The live stream of the ceremony will be broadcast on the AWM YouTube channel ttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKmio2JTTLpxC3gniK1f2IA and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AWMemorial/ from 4.55 pm AEST. On that date in 1945, the 2/14 Battalion took part in
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2017 is the 75th anniversary of the battles along the Kokoda Trail in the Owen Stanley Ranges. This is a significant event in 2/14 battalion AIF history. Patrick Lindsay, renowned author, film producer and good friend of the 2/14 Battalion Association is filming a documentary to celebrate this milestone in Australian History. He is seeking
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On the 30th August 1944, under direction of Lt-Col Phil Roden, an intensified training program began. Highlights of the period which followed was the training in amphibious training at Trinity Beach near Cairns. Royal Marines and two landing ships of the Royal navy which had taken part in the Normandy landings and other operations co-operated
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The 2/14th Battalion was officially raised on 26 April 1940 and began to assemble for training, at Puckapunyal in Victoria, on 11 May. It embarked at Sydney for service in the Middle East on 19 October and after stopping in India between 4 and 19 November, arrived in Egypt on 25 November. After disembarkation, the
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Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are warned that this website contains an image of a deceased person. VX 18629 Saunders H (Pte) 2/14 Battalion AIF. Joined 2/14 Battalion 30/5/1940 Served Middle East, Papua Wounded in action Jezzine, Lebanon 24/06/1941 Killed in action Gona, Papua, 29/11/1942 FOR the Saunders family it was the welcoming
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KOKODA CONCERT, HAWTHORN BAND AND 2/14 BTN. ASSOC. Read More »
