Support our Troops

The Department of Defence has set up a 24-hour email and free call fax service (1800 643 938) to provide members of the public with the facility to send their messages.

The Department of Defence will collate all messages and send them in hard copy form to personnel serving away from home. Messages should be no longer than one page in length and should be of a general nature. Please note that this facility is not designed to forward messages of support to individual service men and women as other arrangements have been put in place for family members and friends.

Please note that some "Messages to the Troops" may be selected for publication in Service Newspapers.

 

Support the families of Defence personnel

The Department of Defence has set up an e-mail service ourfamilies@defence.gov.au to give members of the public the opportunity to send their messages of support to the families of Defence personnel deployed in Australia's national interest.

The messages of support will be posted on this website for the families of Defence personnel and members of the public to read. Messages should be no longer than 100 words in length and should be of a general nature. The names and addresses of contributors will not be posted.

This facility is not designed to forward messages of support to individual families of service men and women. Please note that some messages may be selected for publication (without attribution) in Service newspapers.

View the messages of support to families.