8th/9th Battalion parade and consecration of the 8th Battalion Colours to the 8th/9th Battalion , the Royal Australian Regiment at King George Square, Brisbane City commencing at 9:30 am.

Battalion Magazines are now available for download, go to the “About Us” tab and then “History” scroll to the bottom and you will find the various links to the Magazine by year. We will upload more as they become available.

Program has been completed as posted below.

Committee to be raised from all era’s, so far Mossy Hockley, Greg Steele, Robert Harris, Dave Bennett

Samford Showgrounds booked for the week 27 October to 2 November 2023, Caravan & camping available for that period, Info on bookings shortly.

Brief outline, Friday 27th meet & Greet at Samford, Saturday 28th Freedom of the City Parade in Brisbane City followed by 50th Reunion , Sunday 29th AGM & Company Functions , Monday 30th Battalion Open Day & Sausage Sizzle, Tuesday 31 Memorial Service and Formal luncheon at Kedron – Wavel RSL.

We will update as we go.

When purchasing membership you may only add one type of membership to the shopping cart at a time as each membership is required to have a unique email address (i.e. If you wish to purchase membership as an Ordinary member and also an associate membership for your partner then it must be transacted as two separate transactions with each having a unique email address.)

Association Rules can be found by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page “Terms of Service”

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