1/7Former RAAF pilot Pete Marris in a Yak-52 warbird, previously used by Russians to train their military pilots. Pete works full-time for Lifeflight as a rescue helicopter pilot in Bundaberg.
‘When the Yanks were here’: NQ Military Muster a humble success
Attendence numbers at Townsville’s first-ever military muster have surprised organisers, with a stream of curious enthusiests turning up in Woodstock. See the picture gallery.
2/7Former RAAF pilot Pete Marris prepares to take passenger Marly Page, 13, into the air in the Yak-52 warbird plane.
3/7Military and Historic Vehicle Club president Col Feather and Cairns collector David McLean with David's 1942 Jeep GPW.
4/727th Light Horse Regiment Incorporated rider Lester Mengel, 73, with Gabriel and Socks.
5/7Townsville man George Sellen with his 1945 Dodge weapons carrier.
6/7Lucky Keizer with his hand-crafted Merlin motorcycle. Lucky says the built probably took him about 1000 hours in the '80s. "It was 300 hours to make a crankshaft," he said.
7/7Lucky Keizer with his hand-crafted Merlin motorcycle.
RSL to dig deep for Veterans’ Health Week
The RSL have planned out a packed slate of activities and opportunities for veterans and their families ahead of Veterans’ Health Week.
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Farewell Frank: Wife’s tribute to miner ‘loved by everyone’
The heartbroken wife of a miner killed in a tragic workplace death at a Qld mine has paid tribute to an amazing man who was ‘loved by everyone’. Read her moving words.
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