Swan Island (Victoria)
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Swan Island is a 1.4 km2 sand barrier island which, with Duck Island and the Edwards Point spit, separate Swan Bay from Port Phillip in Victoria, Australia. It lies close to and north of the town of Q
Swan Island, view from Swan Bay Jetty
View across Queenscliff Harbour to Sand Island and Swan Island
Special Air Service Regiment
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The Special Air Service Regiment, officially abbreviated SASR and commonly known as the SAS, is a special forces unit of the Australian Army. Formed in 1957 as a company, it was modelled on the Britis
Swan Island (Victoria)
…A former SIAD instructor reportedly said "It is more like a finishing school or a centre of learning for the non-gun stuff". On 9 April 2007, three Special Air Service Regiment soldiers from Perth completing a course on Swan Island were involved in a car accident after returning from a Queenscliff hotel and died. In 2006, the…
Members of the Queensland branch of the Australian Special Air Service association during the 2007 ANZAC Day march in Brisbane
An SASR patrol during Operation Coburg, South Vietnam 1968.
SASR soldiers returning to the main Australian base at Nui Dat after a patrol in May 1970
The two SASR recipients of the Victoria Cross for Australia for actions in Afghanistan, Mark Donaldson and Ben Roberts-Smith, in 2011