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Tuesday, 28 July 2020

Activities of Friends of the Odd Bods

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Friends of the Odd Bods engage in a number of activities throughout the year and we report on most of them through this website. But sometim...
Wednesday, 8 July 2020

New Medallion To Celebrate 75th Anniversary of War Ending

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On 1st July this year the Department of Veterans’ Affairs announced it will produce a Commemorative Medallion and Certificate of Commemora...

Victory In The Pacific Day (VP Day) To Be Livestreamed From Shrine

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The 75th anniversary of Victory In The Pacific Day (VP Day) will be celebrated at the Melbourne Shrine on Saturday 15th August 2020. The...

Handley Page Halifax Rescue Group

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The Handley Page Halifax played a significant role in WW2 with examples being flown by the RAF, RAAF, and RCAF. A Canadian group (Halifax...
Friday, 26 June 2020

Odd Bods Plaque Dedication Features In RAAFA Wings Magazine

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The Winter 2020 edition of the RAAFA "Wings" magazine contains the usual variety of fascinating RAAF related articles including th...
Friday, 19 June 2020

Dame Vera Lynn Well Remembered

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Dame Vera Lynn passed away in England on Thursday at the age of 103. Just a few weeks ago we published a rousing video about Dame Vera and...
Sunday, 10 May 2020

Dame Vera Lynn Sings A Couple of Classics

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Veterans and many of their family members will know the words to these classics from WW2 - "The White Cliffs of Dover" and "W...
Friday, 8 May 2020

VE Day Service 2020 Livestreamed From Shrine

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Friends of theOdd Bods Wreath (right) laid in the Inner Sanctum of the Shrine today 8/5/2020 VE Day commemorates a very spe...
Saturday, 25 April 2020

ANZAC Commemorations In Isolation

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The coronavirus pandemic has certainly changed aspects of our lives but the challenges of isolation have been successfully addressed by ma...
Wednesday, 22 April 2020

Last Post ANZAC Initiative - Even More Posts From Members

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  ANZAC Day 2020 is taking place without the usual social get together, and we are inviting readers to post their stories as a way of celebr...

Is This The Best Aircraft Sound Ever - (Turn up the volume)

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Tuesday, 21 April 2020

Last Post ANZAC Initiative - More Contributions from Members

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ANZAC Day 2020 is taking place without the usual social get together, and we are inviting readers to post their stories as a way of celebr...

Last Post Initiative - Cheers To Bomb Aimers

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The Friends of the Odd Bods Last Post initiative invites contributions about ANZAC Day from members and we are pleased to announce tha...
Monday, 20 April 2020

Odd Bod Hits Front Page Herald Sun

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Frank Sims is a bit of a legend in Friends of the Odd Bods ranks and now he has hit the front page of Melbourne's Herald Sun newspape...

An ANZAC Post From Our Patron

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AVM Peter Scully AO RAAF (Rtd), Patron of Friends of the Odd Bods Association Inc. has sent us this post as we prepare for ANZAC Day in un...
Sunday, 19 April 2020

The Last Post ANZAC Day 2020 - Readers Contributions

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ANZAC Day 2020 is taking place without the usual social get together, and we are inviting readers to contribute their stories as a way of ...