We regret to advise that Maurie Smith passed away on Monday 2 nd March 2026 at the age of 102. Maurie was the last active Odd Bod in our ...

Details of the march to the Shrine on Saturday 25th April 2026 have been released.  The Odd Bods will be proudly marching again this year, a...

  The Australian Government has released plans to sell-off under-utilised defense properties including RAAF Point Cook. The idea is to rel...

  Linking with other organisations has long been at the forefront of our association’s yearly activities. Like minded organisations get-toge...

 We have the latest reports on the students we sponsor at the Ryder-Cheshire Raphael School in Northern India. Ansh, Sarthack, Ishan and Vai...

  A Memory Owed is a new movie about aviators in WW2, and it weaves some amazing action scenes into an emotional storyline.  This short movi...

  Remembrance Day (11th. November) commemorates the end of WW1. In the UK it is conducted as Remembrance Sunday on the Sunday nearest 11th N...

  As we get closer to Remembrance Day our incoming  mailbox is growing, and here are just some of the interesting subjects. The Best Looking...

  FOTOBAI Committee Member, Stephen Trask, recently visited the UK, and his Father's WW2 airfield, Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire. Stephen...

 A recent worthwhile addition to our Odd Bods Book List concerns the often forgotten contribution by over 1700 RAAF Aircrew in the Burma Cam...

  Our financial support of the Raphael Centre in Northern India is funded by subscriptions from members, particularly the additional donatio...

The Australian War Memorial is currently undergoing a major redevelopment and one of its most beloved exhibitions, a WW2 Lancaster Bomber kn...

  The Odd Bods support of  the Raphael Centre for children with disabilities was influenced by a decorated WW2 Pilot. The Ryder-Cheshire Fou...