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Australian Memorial Park

The Memorial Park was opened on 5 July 1998 by Bruce Scott, the Australian Minister for Veterans' Affairs, in the presence of Ian McLachlan, the Australian Minister for Defence.

Murder of Shane Geoghegan

Local TD and Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea, came under pressure to secure changes to the law and greater resources to tackle Limerick city's gangland crime.

Operation Morris Dance

The 'Dibb Report', which had been commissioned by Minister for Defence Kim Beazley to provide information on priorities for defence planning and the ADF's requirements, was released in 1986.


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105th Medium Battery, Royal Australian Artillery

A new artillery range was opened by Assistant Minister for Defence Mr. J. Francis in September 1934 at Mound Walker (near Rosewood).

Christina Odenberg

Odenberg was for some time politically active in the Moderate party and her brother Mikael Odenberg was Sweden's Minister for Defence 2006-2007.

Dermot Boyle

He was Chief of the Air Staff in the late 1950s and, in that role, deployed British air power during the Suez Crisis in October 1956 and defended the RAF against the views of Duncan Sandys, the Minister for Defence, who believed that the V bomber force rendered manned fighter aircraft redundant.

Formidable-class frigate

Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen has confirmed on 6 March 2012 that a Formidable-class vessel along with a naval helicopter will be deployed to the Gulf of Aden for the counter piracy mission with CTF-151 later in the year.

Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences

The first rector of Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences was Artis Pabriks, the former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia and the current Minister for Defence of Latvia.