Archive Defence Media items
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
Governor General Quentin Bryce presenting Major Paul Shields with his MBE.  |
Infantry officer Major Paul Shields has been honoured with an MBE for his operational service in Iraq with the 1st Battalion Scots Guards (1SG). British authorities highlighted Major Shields' "exceptional personal contribution" to the success of the British Op Telic 11 in Basra with 1SG. |
| Five Soldiers Suffer Minor Wounds In Afghanistan Incident |
Australian soldiers operating in Afghanistan with the Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force were attacked by insurgents using an improvised explosive device yesterday. |
| Rifleman Stuart Nash awarded posthumous MiD for gallantry |
Rifleman Stuart Winston NASH, 1st Battalion, The Rifles, British Army, who was killed on operations on 17 December 2008, whilst serving in an Operational Mentoring & Liaison Team (British OMLT) alongside the Afghan National Army in the Nad Ali District in Afghanistan, has been awarded a posthumous Mention in Despatches (MiD) for gallantry |
| Minister announces archaeological excavation at Fromelles |
Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, today announced that the archaeological excavation at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles, France has now successfully concluded. 250 sets of remains and 1200 artefacts have so far been excavated from six graves. |
| Exercise Chong Ju (EXCJ) at the Puckapunyal Military Area (PMA) |
The Australian Army has demonstrated its latest combat weapons to Army officers, soldiers and invited guests during Exercise Chong Ju (EXCJ) at the Puckapunyal Military Area (PMA). |
| Australian and Coalition Special Forces find new weapons Cache |
Afghan National Security Forces, with support from Australian Special Forces, have uncovered several major bomb-making factories and munitions caches in a town to the east of Tarin Kowt. |