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Presentation by Lt/Col. (Ret.) Stanley F Botten MMM
30 minute Presentation by SAMVOTA veteran, Lt/Col. (Ret.) Stanley F Botten MMM who was one of the founding members of the Hunter Training...


Perth’s two-comma-fô for July 2023
Facebook post by Veteran Ben Opperman 1.7.2023 Daar’s hy manne en maninne!.....Perth’s two-comma-fô for the month that will be July for...


Perth’s two-comma-4 for June ‘23
Facebook Post by Veteran Ben Opperman 3.6.23 That’s it fellow veterans, friends, family and countrymen…..Perth’s two-comma-4 for the...


Memorial Day Service in Utah SAMVOTA
Facebook post by Veteran Belinda Van Fleet 30.5.23 Memorial Day Service with the Mayor of the City of Lehi and American Legion Post 19 in...


Boer War Memorial Service - Melbourne Australia 2023
Facebook post by Richard Southey 28.5.23 Scenes from the Boer War Memorial service this morning held indoors at the Shrine of Remembrance...


SAMVOA NSW Annual Winter Campout
Facebook Post by Tim Peach 22.5.23 So this Saturday gone by, some of the NSW veterans and their sons, braved the winter, and embarked on...


Story of the successful recovery of Gunner Gideon Obbes deep in Angola (Operation Savannah)
Story of the successful recovery of Gunner Gideon Obbes deep in Angola (Operation Savannah) 40 KM past Novo Redondo on the 24th November...


2023 ANZAC Day - Canterbury NZ
Facebook Post by Veteran Rich Hurt SAMVOA Canterbury, New Zealand. We participated in the ANZAC parade held at Rolleston, near...


2023 ANZAC DAY - Sydney NSW
Recount by Veteran DL Curry SAMVOA NSW Regional Chairman. Dear Veterans, Congratulations on a fantastic march in Sydney yesterday. I...


2023 ANZAC DAY - Canberra ACT
Facebook Post by Carlo Vlok It was a small group who marched in Canberra today. We were joined by families and two ADF veterans for lunch...


2023 ANZAC DAY Ringwood VIC Dawn Service
Facebook Post by Richard Southey 25th April 2023 Ringwood dawn service this morning. The crowd was requested to turn their mobile's...


2023 - ANZAC DAY - Warragul, Gippsland, Victoria , Australia
Recount by Veteran Tony Macquet MMM ANZAC Day Commemorative Ceremony Tuesday, April 25th 2023 in Warragul, Gippsland, Victoria,...


SAMVOA NZ - Canterbury's inaugural monthly 2,4
Facebook Post by Rich Hurt on 11th March 2023 SAMVOA Canterbury's inaugural monthly 2,4 (modelled on the event pioneered by the Perth...


1992 Tattoo - 90th Anniversary of the Transvaal Scottish 1902 - 1992
It is 30 years since the celebrations of the 90th Anniversary since its inception in 1902. In the words of Veteran Trevor ( Porky) Wright...


March 2023 - SAMVOA WA 2,4km
Facebook post by Veteran Ben Opperman Goodbye summer, hello autumn! Just like that, ‘poof!’ summer gone! We endured a month of varied...


SS Mendi Service - Avelon Cemetery in Soweto on the 19th Feb 2023.
Facebook Post by Veteran Colin Bowring 19.2.23 Attended the SS Mendi service this afternoon at the Avelon Cemetery in Soweto. Was also...


SAMIVA Sunrise Memorial Service
Facebook Post by Veteran Colin Bowring on 6th February 2023 Attended the SAMIVA sunrise memorial service on 05/02/2023 with my two...


2023 - Presentations & Special Guest
Warragul RSL - Friday 13th January 2023 Friday 13th – Unlucky for some, but not unlucky for SAMVOA Warragul, where this Club showed its...


M.O.T.H Remembrance Day Parade
Flak Shellhole, Jeffreys Bay, South Africa Article provided by Veteran Tiaan Jacobs & compiled by Pottie Potgieter. (Histotian &...


2022 - Remembrance Day at Warragul - Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
Fortunately, Remembrance Day this year fell on a rain free day, which is unusual, given that there has been so much rain around in recent...
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