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A COVID-delayed commemorative service for all former National Servicemen was held at the National Servicemen’s Memorial at the Australian War Memorial on 8 September 2022.
A national reunion for WRANS, celebrating 80 years of Navy Women will be hosted in Brisbane with a ceremony at Jack Tar Memorial, Southbank on 29 September at 11am.
As one of the milestone events for veterans, families and broader communities, Veterans’ Health Week (VHW) is a great initiative to be involved in.
Each month the department will provide information on processing times on the Claims Processing page of the DVA website.
Matt Thistlethwaite, Assistant Minster for Veterans' Affairs, has farewelled the first ever military veteran team to compete at the Lifesaving World Championships in Italy.
To ensure the recently announced public holiday to mourn Her Majesty The Queen does not delay pension payments, payday will be advanced to Wednesday 21 September 2022.
Application deadline for new pilot program for Defence family members returning to work extended to 14 September.
It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Her Majesty The Queen on 8 September 2022
A commemorative service was recently held at the Aviation Heritage Museum in Perth for the family members of Flight Sergeant Richard Hobbs, who died in a Second World War air crash.
Today on Battle for Australia Day, we remember all those who served in the defence of our nation