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Military History Tours Tour Archive
These pages allow you to follow past Military History tours. Here we now cover
our tours from 2010 until the present day.
The "Bullecourt Centenary Tour " On this tour, we visited the battle sites on the Somme and commemorated the centenary of the Battle of Bullecourt.
The "Our Other ANZAC Day" tour 2017 where we again commemorated the Anniversary
of this turning point battle of Villers-Bretonneux, and visited the battlefields
of the Somme and the Ypres salient.
The "Fromelles and Pozičres Centenary Tour " On this tour, we visited the battle sites and commemorated the first Australian battles on the Western Front in World War 1.
The "Delville Wood Anniversary Tour" On this tour, we visited the battle sites and commemorated the actions of the South African soldiers in World War 1.
The "Boer War 114th Anniversary Tour" On this tour, we again traced the footsteps of our forefathers who were in combat when our nation was formed over 100 years ago. Some of the tour group took an extension that covered the Kruger Game reserve with Touch African Safaris. This extension is included in the tour archive.
The "Our Other ANZAC Day" tour 2016 where we again commemorated the Anniversary
of this turning point battle of Villers-Bretonneux, and visited the battlefields
of the Somme and the Ypres salient.
The "Lone Pine Tour of the Gallipoli Battlefields"
2015 where we visited the Gallipoli battlefields, honoured relatives who gave their lives in the campaign, took part in the Australian Lone Pine and New Zealand Chunuk Bair centenary commemorations and held our own Nek and Chessboard ceremonies.
The "Bomber Command (RAAF in the UK)" tour
2015 where we again successfully toured airfields and air force museums in the United Kingdom from where
Australian airmen flew during World War II.
The "Western Front Extension " tour
2015, of the battlefields of France and Belgium that followed our ANZAC Centenary Tour to the commemoration of the ANZAC landings at Gallipoli.
The "Gallipoli 100 " tour
2015, the ANZAC Centenary Tour to the commemoration of the ANZAC landings at Gallipoli in 25 April 1915.
The "ANMEF (Rabaul - New Guinea)" tour
2014, the first of our ANZAC Centenary Tours took us to the place where the first Australians died in World War 1.
The "Guadalcanal Battlefields" tour
2014 took us to the place where so many United States soldiers paid the ultimate price to secure our Australian homeland.
The "Bomber Command (RAAF in the UK)" tour
2014 where we again toured airfields and air force museums in the United Kingdom from where
Australian airmen flew during World War II.
The "Boer War 112th Anniversary Tour" On this tour, we again traced the footsteps of our forefathers who were in combat when our nation was formed over 100 years ago. Many of the tour group took an extension that covered the Kruger Game reserve with Touch African Safaris. This extension is included in the tour archive.
The "Vietnam Tunnel Rats and Sappers' Tour May 2014" This tour hosted by Colonel Alex (Sandy) MacGregor MC (Ret’d) and Jimmy Thomson, renowned author, took our tour group to where these latter-day ANZACS gave their lives when their country called.
The "ANZAC Day in Athens - Greece and Crete - April and May
2014" on this tour, our tour group for the third time took part in the ANZAC Dawn Service in Athens to mark the
73nd anniversary of the campaign where many Australian soldiers made the supreme sacrafice in a failed effort to save Greece from NAZI occupation. This tour, as with all of our Greek visits allowed participants to
again see the locations of gallant actions past and experience the boundless hospitality of the Greek people.
The "Our Other ANZAC Day" tour 2014 where we again commemorated the Anniversary
of this turning point battle of Villers-Bretonneux, and visited the battlefields
of the Somme and the Ypres salient. You can and follow the tourists day by day to
find out where they went.
The "Bomber Command (RAAF in the UK)" tour
2013 where we again toured airfields and air force museums in the United Kingdom from where
Australian airmen flew during World War II.
The "ANZAC Day in Athens - Greece and Crete - April and May
2013" on this tour, our tour group for the third time took part in the ANZAC Dawn Service in Athens to mark the
72nd anniversary of the campaign where many Australian soldiers made the supreme sacrafice in a failed effort to save Greece from NAZI occupation. This tour, as with all of our Greek visits allowed participants to
again see the locations of gallant actions past and experience the boundless hospitality of the Greek people.
The "Our Other ANZAC Day" tour 2013 where we again commemorated the Anniversary
of this turning point battle of Villers-Bretonneux, and visited the battlefields
of the Somme and the Ypres salient. You can and follow the tourists day by day to
find out where they went.
The "Swim the Dardanelles Tour of Turkey 2012"
where we took swimmers and their supporters on a tour of the Gallipoli ANZAC
sites and supported their Swim of the
Dardanelles in 2012. Our tour group had a triumph over Neptune rivalling that of Caligula! All our swimmers finished the course a triumph in itself. Four collected prizes for first in age group, one being the first woman and first non-Turk regardless of gender. Another was second in age. The report includes a complete results list.
The "Bomber Command (RAAF in the UK)" tour
2012 where we again toured airfields and air force museums in the United Kingdom from where
Australian airmen flew during World War II.
The "Boer War 110th Anniversary Tour" On this inaugural tour, we traced the footsteps of our forefathers who were in combat when our nation was formed over 100 years ago. Many of the tour group took an extension that covered the Transvaal Scottish 100th anniversary medal presentation parade, and a few took an extended tour of the Krueger Game reserve with Touch African Safaris. These extensions are included in the tour archive.
The "ANZAC Day in Athens - Greece and Crete - April and May
2012" on this tour, our tour group again took part in the ANZAC Dawn Service in Athens to mark the
71st anniversary of the campaign where many Australian soldiers made the supreme sacrafice in a failed effort to save Greece from NAZI occupation. This tour, as with all of our Greek visits allowed participants to
again see the locations of gallant actions past and experience the boundless hospitality of the Greek people.
The "Our Other ANZAC Day" tour 2012 where we again commemorated the Anniversary
of this turning point battle of Villers-Bretonneux, and visited the battlefields
of the Somme and the Ypres salient. You can and follow the tourists day by day to
find out where they went.
The "Swim the Dardanelles Tour of Turkey 2011"
where we took swimmers and their supporters on a tour of the Gallipoli ANZAC
sites and supported their Swim of the
Dardanelles in 2011 where we were again successful with two prizewinners.
The "RAAF in the UK" tour
2011 where we again toured airfields and air force museums in the United Kingdom from where
Australian airmen flew during World War II.
The "ANZAC Day in Athens - Greece and Crete - April and May 2011" on this historic tour, our tour group took part in the first ANZAC Dawn Service in Athens to mark the 70th anniversary of the campaign where many Australian soldiers made the supreme sacrafice in a failed effort to save Greece from NAZI occupation. This tour, as with all of our Greek visits allowed participants to see the locations of gallant actions past and experience the boundless hospitality of the Greek people.
The "Fromelles New Cemetery Dedication" Tour - July 2010 where tour guests visited the sites in France and Belgium where in 1916-1918 more Australians died that on any other field of battle, and on 19 July, 94 years after the sacrafice of the Australian 5th Division witnessed the dedication of the new war cemetery at Fromelles.
The "RAAF in the UK" tour 2010 where we held the inaugural tour to
visit airfields and air force museums in the United Kingdom from where
Australian airmen flew during World War II.
The "Our Other ANZAC Day" tour 2010 where we commemorated the 92nd Anniversary
of this turning point battle of Villers-Bretonneux, and visited the battlefields
of the Somme and the Ypres salient. You can and follow the tourists day by day to
find out where they went.
The "Egypt and Libya" tour 2010 where we toured the Western Desert battlefields where Australians fought in World War 2. Heading out from Cairo, we visited the battlefields of El Alamein and Tobruk; and took in the sites where ancient Greece and Rome met Africa.
Bullecourt and the Battle of the villages Centenary Tour April and May 2017
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Bomber Command - RAAF in the UK June and July 2011
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