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Volume 19 Number 3 |
November 2007 |
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President's Report
 This
will be the last newsletter for 2007.
In
September the Annual General Meeting was held in conjunction with
a dinner at the United Service Club. Thirty four members
enjoyed the evening. We were all very interested in the address which the
Commanding Officer presented. A copy of the notes from her address is
further on in this newsletter. The highlight of the night was the after
dinner presentation from Dick Palk. He took us on a journey of highlights of
his military service and diplomatic life. He gave a fascinating look behind
the scenes of the diplomatic staff interspersed with appropriate pictures
and humour.
The executive management committee was re-elected for the following year.
The list of names and contacts can be seen in the newsletter.
Recently we were advised of changes to the regulations governing
Incorporated Associations. Prior to the AGM a draft of the changed
constitution was published on the web. This draft was approved by the
assembled members. The new constitution will be sent to the Department. On
acceptance the new constitution will be appropriately displayed on the web.
We were contacted by representatives of a newly formed Queensland University
Squadron Association asking whether we would be interested in joining them
in a submission to install a plaque in the University commemorating the two
units linked to the University. I have enclosed a copy of the letter in this
newsletter. I would be happy to speak with any QURA member who wishes to
become involved or who is interested in furthering investigations.
The next activity is the Xmas function at the Victory Hotel. Full details
can be found further in this newsletter. I hope to see as many of you as can
make even if only for a short time.
I wish to you all a healthy and happy festive break.
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CO's Report
to the 2007 AGM
President, MAJGEN Luttrell, MAJGEN Golding, Previous COs, graduates and members,
Thank you for the opportunity to talk about my favourite subject QUR. There has
been a significant amount of change in the past six months since I assumed
command. It certainly has been a busy time with refurbishment, changes to the
First Appointment Course, changes to the role of the Army Reserve and changes to
the command and control of QUR, pay structures.
First things first-
In February QUR graduated 17 SCDT, 2 from NQC and 15 from SQ. 2LT Michelle Scott
from NQC was awarded the Geddes Prize for excellence in military skills. Currently QUR has 170 staff and 114 SCDT, spread across NQ and SQ.
15 SCDT are OTRS – studying at the local university and gaining military skills
with the ARes students. More about the SCDTs later.
To date this year, we’ve conducted:
an SSO course with 28 students
Mod 111A1 with 94 students
Mod 111A2 with 87 students
In the remainder of this year, QUR will conduct:
Adventurous Training – EX JAYWICK – commemorating a Z Force commando operation
in September 1943. The exercise will conduct sea kayaking between Cleveland and
Tangalooma wrecks off Sth Stradbroke over several days, island hopping etc.
Section Competition for 2 days in November
Mod IIIA3 in December.
In October 2006 Brigadier Mark Bornholt was appointed as COMDT RMC-A. He is a
mover and shaker, and has shaken the ARES GSO FAC 2008 from its current
structure to a new one. Much of the change was driven by the change to Role of
the Reserve – the New FAC is to produce “Pl Comd capable of commanding in peace
and stability operations in the Hardened and Networked Army”.
What that means, is that no longer are the ARES training for conventional
operations – but that does not mean that we will not learn conventional
operations. The ARES is more likely to serve overseas in places such as the
Solomon Islands, Timor etc where the emphasis is on peace operations. If ARES
officers are to serve in FT deployments, then they will get JIT training through
pre-deployment to get them up to speed. But in the mean time, what ARES FAC
Officers need is different continuum of training.
To achieve this, the First Appointment Course (FAC) for ARes GSO Officers has
been streamlined, from 142 days to 104 days. It has been organised into 5
modules:
Mod 1 = RRTC 28 days – advantages is that offr done the same as a soldier, if
soldiers do not make the grade then they can transfer to the soldier stream
without detriment (now SCDT must resign) and in service applicants may be exempt
the first module. 2 courses per calendar year, plus trickle feed
Mod 2 – Centre of Excellence is AUR / WAUR – Small military team leader theory
(2 weeks)
Mod 3 – Centre of Excellence is UNSWR (Duntroon) – Small Team leader practical
(2 Weeks)
Mod 4 – Centre of Excellence is MUR and MonUR – Command, Leadership and
Management (2 Weeks)
Mod 5 – Centre of Excellence is RMC and SUR at Duntroon – Peace and Stability
Operations and Graduation (4 weeks).
Continuation training between each of the modules to achieve competencies prior
to the modules.
Now some may have noticed that QUR is not a Centre of Excellence for the FAC.
That is because until the amalgamation of QUR and LWC in January 2009, QUR will
take on Grade 2 and Grade 3 (postgraduate courses) for the Office Continuum. The
proposal will go to CASAG for QUR to assume the lead role in several courses
including INF IET, RRF and Dvr Trg. This will be a busy unit, but I anticipate
the ability to harness the assistance of LWC in the transition will be
invaluable.
At this time, we anticipate that 25 cadets will attend Module 5 in February
2008. I look forward to letting you know of their successes.
Thank you.
Regards
Jenny Cotton
Lieutenant Colonel
Commanding Officer
Queensland University Regiment
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PRESENTATION TO AGM 2007 BY DICK PALK
(Reported by Trevor Luttrell)
Dick’s brief for his after dinner address was, in the words of Peter Morton,
“tell us what you have done since you left QUR”. No small feat considering
his last year at QUR was 1977 – thirty years ago!
For most of that time he has been away from Queensland, spending the first
sixteen years as a Public Affairs Officer in the Regular Army and since 1994
he has been with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. His
presentation covered highlights of his time in both organisations, with an
emphasis on the “out of the ordinary events” in his time in the Army and a
focus on military activities during his time in the Foreign Service.
In Australia, Dick served in Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide and Sydney during
his time in the Regular Army and he said the great advantage of being a
Public Affairs Officer was always being involved in “high profile” military
events – service life was never boring! During his service he participated
in many major Army activities ranging from Kangaroo exercises to being
Defence Director at the Government Media Centre for the First Gulf War. He
also provided PR support to operations and exercises in Malaysia, PNG, NZ,
the USA, the UK, Turkey, Greece and Cambodia.
 However his address focused on the “out of the ordinary” when addressing
his time in the military. He spoke of his involvement in promoting the
Bicentennial Military Tattoo in 1988 – a huge Public Relations and
recruiting exercise for the Army and his involvement in unusual events
ranging from honouring the then three living Victoria Cross winners to
promoting the film “Good Morning Vietnam” with Robin Williams.
While posted to Land Headquarters in Sydney he had the great honour to
coordinate publicity for the ADF’s involvement in the 75th Anniversary
Pilgrimage to Gallipoli in 1990 and the 50th Anniversary of the Greek
Campaign in 1991. He accompanied the veterans and ADF contingents on both
pilgrimages. The Gallipoli Campaign itself needed no explanation however he
was humbled by the heroism and understatement of the 59 veterans, aged
between 92 and 103, who made the Gallipoli pilgrimage.
The 220 veterans, mostly from the AIF’s 6th Division who made the 50th
Anniversary Pilgrimage to Greece and Crete were also amazing servicemen.
Their significant contribution to the Greek Campaign was obvious by the
sincerity, gratitude, hospitality and warmth with which the veterans were
greeted by the locals, particularly in Crete, who remembered these Aussies
who had fought the Germans until their ammunition was exhausted and they
could do no more.
The peak of his military career was to serve as the Chief of Military Public
Information for the United Nations Transitional Authority (UNTAC) in
Cambodia. The operation was the largest deployment of a UN force on a
peacekeeping operation, with 15,500 soldiers from 32 countries deployed to
Cambodia. In his address he gave some background on the situation in which
the UN found itself in Cambodia and he talked about the 500 Australian Army signallers deployed to 55 locations throughout the country. He explained how
the UN force went about preparing for, and then conducting, the election in
Cambodia and described the public affairs and civic aid responsibilities of
his UN Public Information unit based in Phnom Penh.
A year after leaving Cambodia he joined the Foreign Service. His first
posting was to Bangkok, initially as a Public Affairs Officer but, as a
result of a DFAT re-organisation, he was transferred to the position of
Consul General in the Embassy. The Consul General is, in Army terminology,
Chief of Staff for the Embassy and is also responsible for all Australians
in the country. This was a challenging task for the Embassy in Thailand
which has one of the largest consular workloads overseas. In just three
months in 1998 the post handled seven deaths, 13 hospitalisations, 32
general whereabouts cases, six arrests and administered 12 prisoners in Thai
gaols.
 One of the highlights of the posting was his involvement in the Opening of
the Hellfire Pass Museum, constructed by the Australian War Graves
organisation, on the Thai Burma Railroad about 80 kilometres from
Kanchanaburi in Thailand. Prime Minister Howard opened the museum in the
presence of a large group of Australian Thai-Burma Railroad veterans on the
eve of Anzac Day 1998. 2,710 Australian soldiers died constructing the
railroad, which killed 13,000 POWs and 100,000 forced labourers. He
explained a QUR assault pioneer from the late 60s, Rod Beattie (up
the ladder), was
responsible for clearing the railroad and supervising the museum’s
construction.
Dick was transferred from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur in 1999 where he again
took up the position of Consul General. During this posting he was involved
again in another military Commemorative Ceremony, - this time a ceremony to
commemorate the 161 Australian soldiers massacred by the Japanese in 1942 in
the Malaysian village of Parit Sulong. Veterans from the 2/29th Battalion,
the 2/15th Field Regiment and 8 Div Signals units returned to the village in
2002 to commemorate this horrific event.
He explained that while in Malaysia his QUR ties came to the fore when
former QUR member Alan Patching (late 60s, early 70s), then CEO of Stadium
Australia, volunteered his time to visit Kuala Lumpur and address the
Malaysia Australia Association on the construction of Stadium Australia,
which at the time was being finalised for Sydney’s Olympic Games – an
excellent and generous promotion from Alan for Australia and for Sydney
2000. Alan is pictured centre and on
his left is Peter Varghese, the Australian High
Commissioner and on his right Dick Palk, Australian Consul General
Dick’s next posting was as High Commissioner to Malta – a country he
explained with an amazing history stretching back 7,000 years. The country
has the oldest free standing monuments in the world, erected in pre-history,
and has seen the Phoenicians, the Carthaginians, the Romans, St Paul, the
Arabs, the Knights of St John, Napoleon and the British inhabit its shores.
It sustained a Great Siege in 1535 and 407 years later, to the day, its
second great siege ended During World War 11. The country holds the record
for the heaviest sustained bombing attack in history with 6,700 tons of
bombs dropped on the island over 154 days, destroying 40,000 homes.
It was as a result of the devastation imposed on this tiny island during
World War 11 that Australia gained its close links with this tiny
Mediterranean island. In the 1950s and 1960s one in six of the population of
Malta, and its second island of Gozo, emigrated to Australia. Malta has a
population of 400,000 and with more that 137,000 people of Maltese heritage
in Australia every family has a close connection with Australia. Apart from
bilateral Social Security and other community agreements Australia conducts
banking and other business in Malta. Australia currently pays 3,756 pensions
in Malta to the value of $21 million annually.
Dick was fortunate to be in Malta when it became one of the latest group of
countries to join the European Union in 2004. He explained he was also there
for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference in 2005 which saw both
the Queen and Prime Minister Howard visit the tiny isle. He was in Malta to
see Melbourne’s Commonwealth Games Baton run across the island and to host
the visit of the HMAS Anzac – the first Royal Australian Navy ship to visit
the island in 43 years.
He explained that the military links continued with the Australian High
Commission’s coordination of Anzac Day activities in Malta – a country which
had close military ties with our nation. During the Gallipoli campaign Malta
was the “Nurse of the Mediterranean” and as a result 202 Australian Imperial
Force servicemen and 72 New Zealand Expeditionary Force members are buried
on the island. During World War 11 the island was the base for attacks on
the German supply lines to North Africa and it was used as a springboard for
the invasion of Sicily, resulting in 24 RAAF and 7 NZAF personnel being
buried on the island. The annual Anzac Day Dawn Service and 11am
Commemorative Service, attended by the President of Malta, always saw in
excess of 300 ex-servicemen in attendance. Dick finished his posting to
Malta in August 2006 and is now serving at the Foreign Affairs State Office
in Brisbane.
He said during his address that he had been asked to comment on whether his
nine years with QUR had had any impact on his career since leaving the
Regiment. He said he could honestly say that QUR had laid the foundation for
both his Regular Army and his Foreign Affairs career. In addition to basic
attributes provided by QUR training such as man management skills,
leadership, teamwork, ethics, tactics (which hones analytical thinking) and
the value of mateship, he said he was convinced he was selected for the
Regular Army as a result of having being commissioned in QUR, and the
Foreign Service was a logical progression from the Army. In essence, he
firmly believes QUR provided him with the grounding for his careers in both
the Army and DFAT, for which he will always be grateful.
Further pictures from Dick Palk's presentation to the QURA AGM September 2007
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QUR photo of the officers in my last full year at QUR in 1977
(Dick left in early 1978) |
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The three surviving Australian VC winners (in the
late 1980's) at Victoria Barracks in Sydney |
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Dick Palk with Robin Willams on
Sydney Harbour for a promotion for the film "Good Morning Vietnam"
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Ninety five year old Gallipoli veteran Jack Ryan meets former
Turkish adversary Hussein Kacmaz during the 75th Anniversary
Pilgrimage to Gallipoli in 1990 |
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A veteran of the Battle of Crete in 1941 meets
monks in 1991 from the 500 year old Monastery of Prevali - a
monastery from which a monk and a British soldier helped hundreds to
escape by submarine during the conflict.
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Briefing the international media in Phnom Penh |
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Paying respects after laying wreaths at Parit Sulong in
Malaysia - when commemorating the deaths of 161 Australian soldiers
massacred by the Japanese in 1942 |
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Dick Palk (second from left) and Helen Palk in the Grand
Master's Palace, Valletta, Malta (built in the 1530s) en route to
present credentials to the President of Malta at the start of Dick's
posting as High Commissioner to Malta
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The Prime Minister of Malta, the Hon. Lawrence
Gonzi, with Melbourne's Commonwealth Games Baton, brought to him by
a group of schoolchildren on the steps of the Prime Minister's
Office in Malta (the Auberge d'Castille) on the Prime Minister's
right (looking at the picture) is Malta's Education Minister, the
Hon Louis Galea and on the other side, Dick Palk |
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Guests at the 11am Anzac Day Commemorative Service in Malta -
on Dick Palk's right (looking at the photo) is the President of
Malta, HE Dr Edward Fenech-Adami and on his left (with beard) the
British High Commissioner, HE Sir Vincent Fean |
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During the visit to Malta by the HMAS Anzac the ship's
Commanding Officer, Captain Richard Menhenick, briefed Maltese VIPs
on the ship's bridge |
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During the visit of the HMAS Anzac to Malta the
ships Commanding Officer, Captain Richard Menhenick greeted the
President of Malta, HE Dr Edward Fenech Adami (left) and the Maltese
Foreign Minister, the Hon. Michael Frendo (right) |
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We are asking too much from our TA
soldiers
This article was written by Colonel Bob Stewart who was the first British
United Nations Commander in Bosnia and published in the London Weekly
Telegraph 29 Aug 07
(Thanks to Sam Harrison for the extract who thinks
that there is a lot of similarities with the Australian Army Reserve
situation)
Barely a day goes by without another story of our beleaguered Army
hitting the headlines. As the number of dead increases, so do the
stories of nonexistent aftercare and lack of respect for the fallen. We are
spending a lot of time worrying about our troops, and rightly so. But
what of our reservists – those young men and women who are part time
soldiers and part time civilians? Our troops are struggling, but the
Territorial Army’s soldiers find themselves in a similarly parlous
situation. Under today’s incredible operational pressure – short of
men and short of money – the Army needs the TA more than at any time since
the Korean war.
Over the past 20 years there has been a revolution in the way part time
soldiers are used. When our Army was primarily concerned with
deterring the Soviet Union, the TA was simply a reserve that could be
mobilized quickly if war in Europe threatened. No Regulars expected to
see TA soldiers serving in places such as Ulster.
With the end of the cold war, a peace dividend was enacted. The
Regular and Territorial armies were reduced to fit the lesser “Threat”.
It is ironic, then, that in the past 15 years fighting commitments have
grown hugely.
Right now 13,000 service personnel are facing sustained operational pressure
– demonstrated vividly by the number of casualties in the Iraq and
Afghanistan wars.
Our relatively small Regular Army is stretched to its limit and so,
inevitably, has turned to its Reserve forces for urgent help. Most of the 38
Infantry Battalions are under strength by, on average, 50 men. Given
that each battalion should have just over 500 soldiers, this represents an
undermanning to the tune of 10 percent.
The quickest and most economic way to make up such differences is to call on
the Territorials. Reservists make up 4 percent and 7 percent of the
total manpower deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan respectively. The MoD
plans to molilise 1,200 reservists a year for the foreseeable future.
All but a handful will be sent in harm’s way.
I recently toured Britain and Basra talking to TA soldiers and was seriously
impressed by their passion and commitment. As an ex Regular, I was
proud of them. Not one complained about being mobilised, whether he
volunteered or not. All were very happy to have served their country,
even if some would not want to do so again – at least in the immediate
future.
The MoD’s proposal to cut TA funding by five million pounds over two years
seems strange – even if these cuts are not meant to affect operational
ability; five million pounds is a drop in the ocean of defence spending –
but its effects on cash strapped TA units will be significant.. Training
days have already be pared to the bone but the TA needs an additional 10
days’ training per soldier a year to maintain operational standards.
All the soldiers told me that not being allowed to train properly was a huge
“turn off”.
The TA is about 7.000 under its established strength of around 38.000.
But, for understandable reasons such as recent mobilisation or short term
medical problems, there may be considerably fewer than 18,000 available and
fit personnel to reinforce the Regulars. The fact that a lot of their senior
officers and non commissioned officers are not needed. The Army wants
junior ranks to fill gaps in its order of battle. This causes problems
of cohesion for TA units whose juniors go to war while the seniors stay at
home.
A relatively small pool of junior officers and soldiers – perhaps as few as
10,000 – is being extensively quarried. But TA soldiers feel poorly
served by comparison with their Regular counterparts, whose families are
kept informed by regimental families’ organisations. Large number of
TA centres have closed – exacerbating the problem. And it was only
after serious pressure that the Government agreed that wounded reservists
would be entitled to specialist after care like the Regulars.
Reservists need to have a full-time, central welfare structure. This
too would cost little to establish. Our Army needs the TA, almost like
never before. But there is a danger that the Territorials will be worn
to shreds by over use and dependence on relatively few people. What
happens then? The frightening thing is, we are very close to finding out.
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Correspondence from Members
The following emails were received from members in response to
invitations to the AGM in September.
They are reproduced here to help you keep in touch with member's whereabouts and circumstances.
From:-
Tscherepko, Kerry MAJ
To:- Trevor Luttrell
Subject:- QUR Activities 2008
Hello Sir,
Could you please advise QURA members to pencil in the
following dates for QUR activities in 2008:
Back to the Regiment Night at QUR - 7 Mar 08
Regimental Dining In Night at Cromwell College - 10 May 08 (Officers
Only).
The Regt is keen that as many past officers as
possible attend the Regt's 60th birthday. It is requested that
your members use their networks to inform everybody of the occasion and
contact the Adjutant, Capt Aric Zimmerle (3721 4302) to ensure that they
get an invitation if they are not a regular attendee. The Governor
General has been invited to attend the evening and we are awaiting
confirmation of his attendance.
As you are aware the Regt is undergoing substantial
refurbishment which should be completed by the end of this month.
The Back to the Regt Night will enable QURA members to inspect the
renovations - which I am led to believe are the most extensive since the
1974 floods. The CO will also be able to provide a brief on the
significant changes ahead for the Regt. It will also provide an
opportunity to meet the Staff Cadets currently undergoing training.
Regards
KERRY-ANNE TSCHEREPKO
Major
Second in Command
Queensland University Regiment
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From:-
VanDyk, Robert MAJ
To:-
Peter Morton
Subject:- AGM
Unfortunately I will be unable to
attend the AGM as I will be in the US and Canada, 22 Aug to 04 Oct 07.
Please pass on my regards to LTCOL
Richard Palk. I'll be sorry to miss out on his presentation. He was
the PL Commander on my recruit course way back in Jan 1977 at Wacol (1
Trg Gp). He favourably impressed us all with his professionalism and
his plain humanity to us raw recruits.
An example of this was the case of a
young recruit who had not even commenced shaving (just had almost
indiscernable "bum fluff"!!) and who was to be charged for not shaving
by the WO2. LT Palk interceded successfully on his behalf.
Rob VanDyk
Major
SO2 Policy / Projects
DRES-A (AHQ)
R1-4-A001 / CP3-7-137
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From:-
Justice Fryberg
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:- QUR AGM
Please
convey my apologies to the meeting.
I
shall be visiting the Court of Appeals in Athens at that time, thanks to
some help from the guest of honour!
Justice Fryberg
Supreme Court of Queensland
George St
BRISBANE
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From:-
Rod Hardaker
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:- Leonie Woodrow
Dear Peter,
This morning's Courier-Mail has a funeral notice for David
Woodrow's late wife, Leonie. The funeral is tomorrow (Friday) at
11 am at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Buderim.
Regards,
Rod
(ed. Unfortunately the email arrived too late to send out to
members prior to the service)
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War Quotes
I propose getting rid of conventional armaments and replacing them with reasonably priced hydrogen bombs that would be distributed equally throughout the world.
Idi Amin
I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.
Mark Twain
There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result
Winston Churchill
Cannon (n): An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries
Ambrose Bierce
War is a series of catastrophes that results in victory
Georges Clemenceau
You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.
Jeanette Rankin
I’d like to see the government get out of the war altogether and leave the
whole field to private industry.
Joseph Heller
Name me an emperor who was ever stuck by a cannon ball.
Emperor Charles V
Join the army, see the world, meet interesting people and kill them.
Anomyous
Being in the army is like being in Boy Scouts, except that the Boy Scouts
have adult supervision.
Blake Clark
War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
Barbara Tuchman
A doctor could make a million dollars if he could figure out a way to bring
a boy into the world without a trigger finger.
Arthur Miller
Peace (n): In international affairs, a period of cheating between two
periods of fighting.
Ambrose Bierce
You can’t say civilizations don’t advance…. In every war they kill you in a
new way.
Will Rogers
A revolution is a violent change of mismanagement.
Ambrose Beirce
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
Phyllis Diller
Truce is better than friction.
Charles Herguth
Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.
Kin Hubbard
I’m free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.
W C Fields
The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
Jacqueline Schiff
A man can’t be too careful in the choices of his enemies.
Oscar Wilde
There are few problems in life that wouldn’t be eased by the proper
application of high explosives.
Anonymous
I like life. It’s something to do.
Ronnie Shakes
If at first you don’t succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.
Bill Lyon
Whatever you do, you’ll regret it.
Allan Gray
Life isn’t fair. It’s just fairer than death, that’s all.
William Goldman
The shortest distance between two points is under construction.
Noelie Altito
The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
Marcel Proust
We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
George Bernard Shaw
Defeat is worse than death as you have to live with defeat.
Bill Musselman
A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.
Joseph Stalin
Epitaph – An irritating reminder that someone else always has the last word.
Gordon Bowker
Things to Think About
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Teachers are weapons of mass
instruction in the war against error
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Five out of four people have
trouble with fractions
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The pen is mightier than the
sword and considerably easier to write with
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There’s no use in being a
pessimist. It wouldn’t work anyway
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Time is what keeps things from happening at once
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War does not determine who is
right… but who is left
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If I am a nobody and nobody is
perfect, does that mean I am perfect?
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Always proofread carefully to
make sure you haven’t any words out
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To be sure of hitting the
target, shoot first and whatever you hit, call it a target
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Never take life too seriously;
no one gets out alive
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A closed mouth gathers no foot
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Some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue
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All generalisations are
false, including this one
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Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way
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Do historians realise there is no future in it?
(Editors note: if anyone has any books
with quotes/ proverbs/ sayings related to war/ conflict etc we would like a
photocopy so we can use them as interesting fillers in the newsletter.)
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CHRISTMAS PARTY
INVITATION - 2007
The 2007 Christmas Drinks for the QUR Association will be held at the Victory Hotel, Cnr Edward and Charlotte Sts, Brisbane on the evening of
Friday 7th December 2007 starting at 1730
hours.
The Association has reserved a section at the right front of the beer garden. To reduce the admin overheads for this year's
festivities, the executive has decided to provide free bar snacks and ask
member's to pay for their own drinks.
Come along after work and enjoy a few drinks and tall stories with fellow
members of the Association.
Please RSVP by 3rd Dec 07 for catering purposes
email reply to Peter Morton
Name: ________________________________________________________________
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I will be attending the
Association’s Annual Christmas Party to be held at the
Victory Hotel, Edward St, Brisbane on the evening of
Friday 7 Dec 2007 starting at 1730 hours.
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I regret that I am unable
to attend. Please tender my apology.
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FUNCTIONS - 2007
Back to the Regiment 9 March 2007
Anzac Day
25 April 2007
Regimental Dinner
12 May 2007 (By Invitation from QUR)
AGM 14 September 2007
- ( 1900Hrs for 1930Hrs)
Christmas Function
7 December 2007 (Victory Hotel Friday 5.30 PM)
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MEMBERSHIP DUES
- PAYMENT REMINDER
Please
check the Members Page to ensure that your membership is
current.
If you pay your membership fees on a year by year basis payment is
now due for 2007.
PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO PERUSE THE
Members Page AND CHECK THE ENTRIES WITH AN
ADDRESS FLAG OF `N`. WE HAVE LOST CONTACT WITH THESE MEMBERS AND REQUIRE
EITHER AN EMAIL ADDRESS OR POSTAL ADDRESS TO RE-ESTABLISH CONTACT
Membership status codes are:
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SMEMB - Special Member (no fees)
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LMEMB - Life Member (no fees)
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PUOM - Paid Up Ordinary member (no fees but can transfer to 10 year membership for $50)
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NEW - New member (no membership fees received as yet)
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2005 - 201? membership fees paid to year indicated
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199? - 2006 membership fees due for 2007
Annual dues are $10 and a 10 year paid-up membership can be had for $70.
Postage of newsletter $2.50 per year
Cheques should be forwarded to:
The Treasurer
QUR Association
24 Walcott Street,
St Lucia
4067
For those members with internet banking, payments may be made
direct to the QURA Bank Account.
Details are BSB 064 129, Account 0090 4500, Account Name QUR
Association Inc
Please ensure
your name is supplied in the payment details.
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EMAIL ADDRESSES
The Executive Committee encourages all members to provide a current email
address to allow quick and easy communication of important
notifications and reminders of upcoming events.
If you know of any ex-members of QUR who are not in the association, please
contact the Membership Registrar (Peter Morton)
with any contact details that you have.
THE ASSOCIATION WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO EXIST BY RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS
For members wishing to provide a new email address, please send an email to
Peter Morton
to ensure your address is
received and entered onto our contact list.
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HISTORY OF QUR
Have you
considered purchasing a copy of the History of QUR magnificently
complied and edited by Paul Smith?
It
contains 128 pages of stories, photographs and has a coloured badged cover.
COST : $15 per
copy.
What about a CD containing over 100 images of the history of the Regiment.
COST : $10 per
copy.
Why not treat yourself to a copy or buy copies for your friends. These are
collectors items so don't miss out.
How to purchase copies:
Ring
Trevor Luttrell
0437 442 964
Email
trevor.luttrell@qed.qld.gov.au
Send your payment to:
The Treasurer, QUR Association, 24 Walcott Street, St Lucia Q 4067.
For those members with internet banking, payments may be made
direct to the QURA Bank Account.
Details are BSB 064 129, Account 0090 4500, Account Name QUR
Association Inc
Please ensure
your name is supplied in the payment details.
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Association Office Bearers
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