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04/10/2026

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Seventy-five years ago, at Maryang San, Australian soldiers fought one of their most significant battles in Korea.

The Korean War began in June 1950, when North Korea invaded South Korea. Australia was one of 21 nations that sent forces under the United Nations to defend the South. By the end of 1950, China had entered the war on the North's side.

In October 1951 the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), was given the job of capturing Maryang San - also known as Hill 317 - from a larger Chinese force dug in on the heights.

Led by Lieutenant Colonel Frank Hassett, who drew on tactics that had served Australians well against the Japanese in New Guinea during the Second World War, the battalion fought its way along the ridgelines and seized the summit on 5 October.

Two days later the Australians took a neighbouring height known as 'the Hinge'. They then held their ground under the heaviest Chinese bombardment they had yet faced in the war, until the Chinese withdrew on 8 October.

Twenty Australians were killed and 104 were wounded.

Today we remember the men of 3RAR who fought at Maryang San, the 20 who never came home, the South Korean porters who carried am******on, water and wounded men under fire, and all who served in Korea.

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On 5 October, the Last Post Ceremony will commemorate the life and service of Lance Corporal William John Yeo, who was killed during the battle. Watch live at 4.30 pm AEST: https://brnw.ch/21x688f

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To mark the 25th anniversary of Australian service in Afghanistan 2001- 2021, the Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs will hold a national commemorative service in Canberra on 11 October 2026 at the Australian War Memorial.

We remember the Australians who lost their lives during or because of their service and acknowledge the physical and mental impacts that service has had on many veterans and the families who support them.

For those unable to attend in person, the service will be broadcast live on the ABC 10:30am – 11:30am AEDT.

For more information, visit dva.gov.au/afghan25

04/10/2026

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The night the bombs fell on a field hospital.

Meet Alice Ross-King, an Australian nurse who enlisted in 1914 and served in Egypt and France during the First World War.

On the night of 22 July 1917, 29-year-old Alice was caring for wounded soldiers at No. 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station in France when a German aircraft appeared overhead. Then she heard something above her.

She wrote in her diary: “The whirr of the dropping bomb.”

“Get down. Get down” cried Batty.

The bomb fell just ahead of Alice. Four more followed.

“The concussion was so great that I was thrown to the ground.”

Alice got up and raced along the duckboards and through the wards towards a tent holding dozens of wounded men. Above her, aircraft circled and fragments fell from the sky.

“The next thing I knew I went over into a bomb crater.”

What happened next would earn her the Military Medal for bravery.

Hear how the night ended, and discover the stretcher-bearers and nurses who risked their lives to save others, in Unarmed and Under Fire, the latest episode of Through Their Eyes.

🎧 Available on all major podcast platforms: https://brnw.ch/21x66Bm

📷 Image: Alice (left) salutes during a servicewomen's march in Melbourne, 1942. AWM 136909

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Today is Korean Veterans Day.

On this day in 1953 the Armistice ending fighting in the Korean War came into effect.

Following the invasion of South Korea by North Korea on 25 June 1950 Australia, and 15 other members of the United Nations, took part in direct military action in support of the South.

When the United Nations forces arrived on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea was on the verge of victory, having pushed the South back to a very small section of land in the very southeast of the country.

The UN alliance managed to push the North Korean army back almost to the northern border with China before Chinese forces entered the war and began to push the front lines back south.

After three years of bitter fighting the war ended in stalemate. The north and south were just as divided as it had been when the war began and remain to this day.

Over 17,000 Australians served in the Army, Air Force and Navy during the course of the war. In total Australia suffered 1586 casualties in the course of the war including 340 killed, 1216 wounded and 30 captured and taken as prisoners of war

The people of Korea suffered terrible casualties from the war. It is believed 700,000 South Koreans and 900,000 North Koreans were killed during the fighting.

Today we remember the sacrifice of the Australian servicepeople who served in the Korean War, and honour their service.

Lest we forget.

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