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Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service
remembered at the
2012 ANZAC Day Parade
at the
National War Memorial
(South Australia)
Adelaide
On the 2012 ANZAC day - 25 April 2012 - the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service was remembered with pride by the laying of a tribute on the National War Memorial (South Australia), at Adelaide by Diana Hill, RFA Historical Society member
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The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal 2012 |
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In June 2011 it was announced that a Commemorative medal would be struck to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who will have reigned for sixty years in June 2012.
The medal which is being issued by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport on behalf of Her Majesty will be issued to members of the Armed Forces, both regular and reserve (including the RFA), who have completed 5 years full years service on the 6th February 2012. Other entitled recipients of the medal will be members of the Police service, Fire service, Ambulance service and Prison service who have also completed five full years service.
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Philippines Liberation Medal |
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Surviving veterans from one RFA tanker could be honoured for their service in the Second World War. RFA Bishopdale, a Dale class tanker was loaned to the Royal Australian Navy in 1941, and took part in the fierce fighting for the Philippines at the latter end of the war.
RFA Bishopdale in 1943
Bishopdale was launched on the 31st March 1937 and spent the beginning of the war on the North Atlantic convoy routes, before being lent to the Royal Australian Navy at the end of 1941. The ship arrived in Sydney in April 1942 and served with the Australian fleet until October 1945, during which time she survived two brushes with disaster. On the 5th August 1942 the ship survived striking a mine in Noumea harbour as she was sailing to Brisbane, this disaster put her out of the war until February 1943.
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