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Committee meetings
Committee meetings are held regularly with most held at Paddington RSL
commencing at 1115 hrs.
The next Committee Meeting will be at
Paddington RSL
on Sunday
26
September 2010
commencing at 11.15pm.
Members are cordially invited to attend. More details
of scheduled Committee meetings will be available in the next issue of the
Associations
Newsletter LOCREP.
Scheduled Committee Meeting dates for this financial year will be
finalised at the meeting on
26
September 2010.
2010
26
September
2010
- at Paddington RSL.
Work
Parties
Work
parties
at
the RAA National Museum
are
normally
held on the last Sunday of each month.
Work
parties
commence at
1000
hrs
sharp in
the Locating Hangar
and conclude with an
Association-funded BBQ at 1400 hrs at
the North Fort Mess.
Scheduled work party dates for this year are as follows:
2010
26
September
- 31 October and 28
November.
All
future
dates will be confirmed
in the Associations
Newsletter.
ANKPQ-1 Radar South Vietnam
(Pdf file
may take a few moments to open)
Detachment 131 Divisional Locating Battery South Vietnam 1966 - 1970
This document records a brief history of the
mortar locating radars used by Detachment 131 Divisional Locating
Battery in South Vietnam
The
complete history of Australian Locating Artillery
The book
Tracks of the Dragon a History of Australian Locating Artillery
is now available and may be purchased directly
from
Keith
or
John.
40th Anniversary of the Battle of Coral & Balmoral
The RAA
Association (NSW) Inc.
http://www.artillerynsw.asn.au/index.htm with the assistance from
two volunteer photographers Bob & Chris Cook, attended the major
activities for the
40th
Anniversary of the Battle of Coral & Balmoral
during the period 12-14th May in Canberra and have created
working versions of approx 4 hours of video (2.1Mb/sec - too high a
resolution to display on broadband - the samplers are at 512mb/sec)
that will be distributed on two double layer DVDs. The still images
will be contained on a single DATA DVD that can be used to print off
selected photos either on a computer or at a digital photographic
kiosk
In order to make the project viable
the Association requires 500 orders with payment of $25 per set of
three DVDs for delivery anywhere in Australia. Orders are required by
15 August 08. Legacy will be the nominated beneficiary of 75% of
profits from the project.
Details of the offer can be found at:
http://www.artillerynsw.asn.au/arty_322_102fdbty_40DVDset.htm
Army Combat
Badge
(ACB)
The
Army Combat
Badge
(ACB) is to be awarded to recognise any
member of the ARA or ARes on continuous Full-time Service who has
served for a specified period of time in warlike operations or
situations. In exceptional circumstances, service on operations in
other than warlike activities, such as peacekeeping, may also be
recognised. For more information visit the
publications page
of the Australian Army Website to view the PDF file for eligibility
and retrospectively of the
ACB.
Forward your application direct to the address provided in the PDF
document. For further assistance contact
Keith.
Australian
Defence Medal
(ADM)
The Government has announced
Australia will recognise the service of former Defence Force personnel
with this Australian Defence Medal
(ADM). The
ADM will recognise those volunteers who had completed their
initial enlistment period, or four years service, whichever is the
lesser. The
Association
provides here the
Application Form for the ADM,
or you can go direct to the
Defence website.
If you have already lodged an application and have received an
acknowledgment from the department, the Department asks
please do not
lodge another application form. You can contact the hotline number on
1800
111 321 to establish that your name is on their
database.
Pavers. Memorial Walk
North Fort
Museum, the home of the National Artillery Museum invites
you to be part of their "Memorial Walk".
Our
Association’s
corporate-sized paver
is in place depicting the
Association’s
name and Logo and
we encourage members to get on board with pavers not only for
themselves but for family members as well. Complete
the attached form and forward to the
Association.
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