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HELP IDENTIFY THIS
COURSE
20/68 SENIOR NCO
GUNNERY (FD) COURSE |
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This is a photo of the 20/68
Senior NCO Gunnery (FD)
Course conducted at the
School of Artillery in North
Head, Manly NSW.
The Royal Australian
Artillery Historical Company
(RAAHC) is trying to
identify all course
attendees and instructors
within the photo for
historical purposes.
Anyone with information are
requested to contact the
RAAHC representative Mr
Kevin Browning via
email. To view an
enlargement of the photo
click on the photo. |
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TIANJARA RANGE
HAVE YOU BEEN THERE? |
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A
request has been
received from a Naval
Officer asking for
information about
Tianjara Range.
Recently the National
Parks people have open
an area to the South to
bush walkers. Their
records show no UXO
exist in that area but
the Navy officer is not
convinced and is seeking
user input to either
confirm or counter the
‘No UXO’ belief. Of
course his concern is
some innocent walker
being injured as a
result of poor
information.
To view the Naval
Officers request for
information including
maps of the area
concerned then
Click Here.
To respond to the
request
email Cris George. |
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SCHOOL OF ARTILLERY
CUTLER CLUB
NORTH HEAD, MANLY
PHOTOS REQUIRED |
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The
Sydney Harbour
Federation Trust who now
administer the old
School of Artillery site
at North Head are
leasing the old Cutler
Club to the
International
Hospitality College. The
College has asked if
there are any old photos
of activities in the
Cutler Club available.
If you can assist please
contact Kevin Browning
at the RAAHC via
email. |
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MEMBERSHIP
EXCEEDS
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Over the 2011/ 2012
Christmas/New Year
period membership of the
Australian Artillery
Association exceeded 500
and now stands at 517 in
total (as at 2 Feb 12).
We had a total of 46,012
visits to the website
which consumed a total
of 21.7 gb of bandwidth.
The membership number
and visitor numbers to
the site are truly a
significant achievement
and we are very happy
that you enjoy the site
and continue to return
to keep up to date.
Our aim is to achieve a
membership number of
1000 over the next 3
years so please spread
the word and a link to
the website.
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131 Divisional Locating
Battery
60th Anniversary
BIG
BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATION |
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131
Divisional Locating
Battery will celebrate
their 60th Anniversary
on Saturday 9th June
2012 at the
Maitland City Bowling
Club New England Highway
Rutherford (Maitland),
NSW.
Read more... |
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102 (Coral) Field
Battery RRAA |
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Read
about the actions taken
to preserve the Honour
Title Scroll awarded to
102 (CORAL) Field
Battery RRAA by the
Governor General during
the 40th
Anniversary
Commemorations of the
Battle of Coral.
Read more... |
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Record your memories of those
memorable moments at work or
in the mess, the gun
park on
exercise, overseas deployment
or major
events or activities |
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Royal Artillery
Gunner Magazine
The Royal Artillery Gunner
Magazine
is now available for viewing
Online or Downloading
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Australian Peacekeeping
Memorial Project |
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The vision is to create
a national memorial that
will appropriately
honour the sacrifice of
Australian Peacekeepers
(which includes Gunners)
in the service of
international peace and
security, and recognise
the courage and
professionalism of
Australian Peacekeepers
in the face of the
particular challenges of
their operations. The
Memorial will be the
focus for recognising
the continuing
significant contribution
by Australians to
international
peacekeeping.
Read more... |
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AUSTRALIA'S MEMORIAL
WALK
A NATIONAL COMMEMORATIVE
WALKWAY
NORTH HEAD SYDNEY, NSW |
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Click image to enlarge
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The paved pathway links
five monuments erected
to remember different
conflict periods in
Australia’s history.
These are: Colonial,
World War I, World War
II, Post WWII and
Peacekeeping. Funding
for construction of the
site commenced with a
grant from the
Department of Veterans’
Affairs with the
majority of the funds
being donated from the
public and organisations
whose contributions are
recognized with an
engraved paver
containing words of
their choosing. To date
some 4000 individual
pavers and 65
Centrepiece pavers have
been laid and the
available space for the
Memorial Walk is filling
fast. A dedication of
the site is planned for
December 2012 after
which the site expansion
will be limited. It is
recommended that any of
the Australian Artillery
Association members
seeking to have a
memorial paver laid in
the Walk before its
dedication later this
year should initiate
their request now.
For further information
on the Memorial Walk
visit the RAAHC
website.
View correspondence
from the Chairman of the
RAAHC Board, Major
General Tim Ford, AO
(Retired), dated 27
April 2012. |
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I Was Only 19 |
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We all know what a great
song "I Was Only 19" by
the Australian band
Redgum was and how much
it became the anthem of
the Vietnam conflict.
However have you ever
wondered why and how it
was written?
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