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Sergeant Pamela Dillon is a Sport Education Coordinator with the School of Sport Education NT. Known as ‘Dillon’ in the remote communities she visits in the Barkly Region, she delivers sport education programs to the region’s young people.
DVA is transforming the way we meet the needs of veterans by making it easier for veterans and their families to engage with the department.
Jackson Boyd first sounded the bugle at the Australian War Memorial’s Last Post Ceremony as a
The Hellfire Pass interpretive Centre in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, will be closed for extensive
Veterans and partners who receive the Service Pension, Income Support Supplement or Age Pension and are entitled to the Work Bonus will be able to earn more income from employment.
Recently, a group of DVA’s Men’s Health Peer Education (MHPE) volunteers gathered at the DVA office in Adelaide for a training session to improve their understanding of common men’s health issues.
The successful secret evacuation of Anzacs from Gallipoli from 15 to 20 December 1915 saw some 36,000 troops evacuated from the peninsula. Despite concerns that the withdrawal of troops could result in heavy casualties, there were virtually none.
DVA is processing more veterans’ claims than ever before, meaning more veterans and their families are receiving support.
The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs today announced that the Australian Government is providing RSLWA with a grant of $5 million to lead the development of a Southwest Perth Veterans’ and Families’ Hub centred in Rockingham, Western Australia.
Fifty-five years after a 17th Construction Squadron flag supposedly ‘blew off’ a flag pole in Nui Dat, at the 1st Australian Task Force base in Vietnam, the flag was returned to its rightful home at Zabul Lines, RAAF Base Amberley.