The KPVCVBG has again successfully run Digger Day, our largest fund-raising event of the year, on 28th July 2026.The event this year commemorated the 50th anniversary of the awarding of the George Cross to one of our own, the late Michael Pratt GC, and the 60th anniversary of the Battle

Our pre-Digger Day walk-to-talk was HUGE this year with 71 in attendance.  Our numbers were bolstered by this likely being Keith Payne’s last visit to the Shoalhaven.  As well as Keith and the KPVCVBG regulars, we also had: Willie Apiata VC, the Shoalhaven Mayor, the Commanding Officer and Command Warrant

Our annual USS Frank E Evans commemoration ceremony was held at Longreach on 3rd June.  The USN representative was LT Eric Stewart USN, an exchange pilot at 725 Squadron.  Prayers and hymns were presented by CHAP Anthony Oboshi, from HMAS Albatross.Subsequent to the Melbourne/Evans collision, the USN produced a training

Colin McCallum competed for Team Australia at the Invictus Germany Sports Festival, 12-14 June 2026.  120 athletes from 10 nations competed, including a team from Ukraine, whose members were returning to the front line after the competition.  Australia sent a 20 member contingent and Colin was the co-captain.  There were four

Local artist Randall Sinnamon from Huskisson has painted a portrait of Keith for the Archibald Art Prize.  Keith sat for Randall last year and the piece took 6 months to complete.  This is not Randall’s first foray into the Archies, with him being a finalist in 2023.  We hope Randall

On the night of 24 May 1969, Sergeant Gerry Dellwo was a Green Beret medic in Vietnam, with his unit was under heavy fire and about to be overrun, when out of the jungle stepped Warrant Officer Keith Payne, who managed to turn the tide of the battle.  Keith and