89RAR

In the mid 1990's Sterling ‘Mossie' Hockley conducted a number of ‘back to 8/9 RAR' BBQs at 9 RQR, then located at Kelvin Grove. At the 1997 BBQ Mossie and a number of other like-minded ex members thought it might be time to raise an ‘association' to represent former members of the Battalion... Apart from the mundane ‘admin' requirements of setting up a new Association, the Committee's first order of business was to ascertain if the Association was allowed to ‘march' in the Brisbane City Anzac Day Parade, as there was a view that as the Battalion had never deployed, it was not entitled to ‘march'. Approval, without hesitation was quickly given by both the Parade organizers and the RAR Association QLD Branch, both of whom saw that the Battalion had an important link to Brisbane, through the ‘local enlistment program' conducted in the late 80's and early 90's and through the Battalion's support during natural disasters. On Anzac Day 1998, 20 or so ex members proudly marched under the..

Primary location: Brisbane United States