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UPCOMING Events
The March
is Coming.
15–24 April 2027. Holsworthy Barracks NSW to Canberra ACT. Ten days. One purpose. No veteran who served this country should face what comes after — alone.
Unknown Veteran March 2027
Ten days. Three hundred kilometres. One unbroken line of men and women who served — walking from Holsworthy Barracks to the steps of Canberra, arriving the eve of ANZAC Day. This is the Unknown Veteran March 2027.
The march that carries every name.
Veterans die by suicide at twice the rate of the general population. They wait years for their claims to be processed. They leave service and disappear into a system that wasn't built for them.
The Unknown Veteran March 2027 is not a protest. It is not a fundraiser dressed up as a walk. It is a physical act of solidarity — boots on ground, carrying names, arriving at the nation's capital on the morning Australia pauses to remember those who served.
Every step is for a veteran who couldn't take it themselves.
Register your interest →The September 2026 commitment gate
Expressions of interest registered now shape the September 2026 go/no-go decision. The march proceeds when the community has spoken. Register your interest — it counts.
Sallyman Suppers & Community Gatherings
Before the march begins, we gather. The Sallyman Suppers are intimate dinners that bring communities together around veterans and their families — raising the names that will be carried to Canberra. Every city that holds a Supper sends its people to the wall.
The home of Advocates Online. The first Supper of the 2027 campaign season. An evening for the Townsville veteran community to gather, share stories and send their names south with the march.
The Sydney Supper is held just weeks before the march departs Holsworthy Barracks. The veteran community closest to the start line gathers to mark the moment before the first step is taken.
The Wall Comes North. Darwin loads its names onto the march — which then physically travels south to Canberra. A community-led gathering in the spirit of the Supper, earning a formal Supper in 2028.
What is a Sallyman?
Field presence. A bit of home.
The Sallyman is the Salvation Army volunteer who has walked alongside Defence on operations for over a hundred years. Not logistics. Not trucks. A person — present in the field, alongside the people doing the hardest work, bringing warmth, a conversation and a bit of home when it was needed most.
The Sallyman Supper takes its name and its spirit from that tradition. We gather the way communities gather when someone has served — around a table, with food, with stories, with space for what doesn't always get said.
The Sallyman is the guide figure in our story. Australia is the hero. Veterans are who we walk for.
"No veteran who served this country should face what comes after — alone."
Advocates Online — True NorthCarry A Mate™
Every name carried is a veteran seen.
The march carries names. Not just the marchers — every veteran, every family member, every person who could not be there in person can have their name on the wall, physically carried from Holsworthy to Canberra.
Carry A Mate is the mechanism. A brass tag. An enamel coin. A name on a wall that moves through ten days and ten communities before arriving at the nation's capital on ANZAC Day eve.
Learn about Carry A Mate →The march that started it all
The Unknown Veteran — Martin's story
The Unknown Veteran March 2027 did not come from a boardroom or a strategic planning session. It came from Martin — AO's National Engagement Manager and the man who became known as The Unknown Veteran. The effects of Martin's deployments, including his multiple deployments to East Timor and Afghanistan, caused significant mental health struggles, which contributed to his decision to discharge.
The 2027 march is the realisation of that story at national scale. A movement that asks Australia to look at its veterans — not just on ANZAC Day, but in the years before and after, in the claims offices and the waiting rooms and the quiet houses where the hard work of coming home happens alone.
The Unbroken Line. From Holsworthy to Canberra. April 2027.
Be part of it.
Whether you want to march, attend a Supper, carry a name, sponsor the movement or simply stay informed — start here. Send us your expression of interest and we will be in touch with details as they are confirmed.
Expressions of interest to hello@advocatesonline.com.au — we will respond within 5 business days. Eyes Front is the charitable vehicle for all donations. ACNC registered. DGR endorsed.
