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February 2010 |
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President's Report
 As
usual, QURA conducted our Christmas get together in December 2009 with
around 40 members attending at the Victory Hotel. It was great to see
members gathering to chat about old times. Some photos can be seen further
in this newsletter.
The Back to the Regiment function will be conducted on
Saturday
6 March 2010. Members from QURA join with members of the Regiment to
have a drink, talk, and share a meal in the Standfast Club. This year is
especially important in that it is the 30th Anniversary of the Club. A small
ceremony will be conducted to recognize this anniversary. LTCOL Harry
Standfast has indicated that he will attend. It is always a very relaxed
function and is a pleasant way to spend a Saturday evening. All QURA members
and their friends are welcome and are encouraged to attend. The Regiment
supports the function with the location and catering. We are greatly
appreciative of the work which the members of the Regiment do.
As indicated in the last newsletter this year is the Centenary of the
University of Queensland. The contribution and association of QUR and
the University Squadron RAAF members with the University will be recognized
by carvings of the unit badges on columns in the Great Court on campus.
QURA has been invited to support the project financially. At the last AGM (9
September 2009) QURA agreed to raise the funds required. QURA has
applied to the Department of Veterans Affairs for a grant and the shortfall
will be raised through donations from members. More details and
pictures will be seen further in this newsletter. Members will be
welcome to attend the unveiling.
Arrangements are currently underway to provide an historical display for
QUR. The display will be drawn from the historical items held by the
Association. It is intended to have the display complete by the Back
to the Regiment function.
We have been approached by members of QURA residing in north Queensland to
establish a chapter of QURA there. The executive management committee
is currently working on this in order for this proposal to be successful.
We are continuing our work in checking the accuracy of our membership
records so we can maintain contact. We welcome any information of any
ex member of QUR to add to our contact list.
Don’t forget we have for sale some QUR memorabilia which would make fine
presents for your friends. The details on how to purchase the items are at
the end of this newsletter. The small profits we make on sales go towards
our funding for projects.
I wish you all the best for the year and look forward to seeing you at the
Back to the Regiment.
CO's Report
February 2010
Although we are
already well into February, may I wish all members of the Association a
Happy New Year. I trust that all had a safe and happy festive season.
It has been a busy start to 2010 for the Regiment. We have already
delivered four separate 2 week courses, sent two groups of Officer
Cadets away to national training blocks, and conducted a field training
weekend for the remaining cadets. All activities have gone smoothly,
thanks to the investment in preparation work, late last year. Already in
2010, the Regiment has been true to its motto: ‘Scientia ac Labore’ -
'by means of knowledge and hard work'
This early high tempo will continue throughout the year. Indeed, it may
increase. But the Regiment is relishing the work, and enjoys carrying
the responsibility for such an important role within the Army Reserve.
The work is meaningful, challenging and rewarding, and QUR members feel
fortunate to be part of the Regiment during such an important phase in
its history.
On other Regimental matters, I am unable to provide any update on two
issues that I know are of interest to many of the Regimental Alumni. We
have received no news regarding the restructuring of all bands within
the Army, so any implications for the QUR Band are still unknown.
Similarly, no direction has emerged from last years’ review of the dress
embellishments for all University Regiments. I will keep the Association
informed of any developments on these matters.
Whilst the Unit will be extremely busy during 2010, it is important that
we do not become so task-focused that we don’t take time to enjoy and
uphold the esprit-de-corps that binds both serving and former members.
To this end, I would like to warmly encourage members of the Association
to participate in the well established annual events on the Regimental
calendar. The Back to the Regiment function, ANZAC Day activities and
the annual Officers Dinner are all very important for sustaining the
heritage and traditions of the Regiment, and I would particularly
encourage those who may not have attended such functions for a few years
to enjoy the camaraderie in 2010.
I look forward to catching up with many of the QURA throughout the year.
Scientia ac Labore
Tim O'Brien
Lieutenant Colonel
Commanding Officer
Queensland University Regiment
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Photos from
2009 QURA Christmas Party
The 2009 QURA Christmas party was held on 3rd
December, 2009
at the Victory Hotel in Charlotte Street Brisbane.
Approximately 35 members attended the very convivial night.
The following is a pictorial representation of the night thanks to photographer
Trevor Luttrell.
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Ruth Kassulke and David Bates-Smith in earnest
converstion |
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Hardaker, Bruce Davis, Garry Collins
and Frank Van Shagen enjoying a drink at the 2009
Christmas Party |
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David Fisher and
Hugh Gardiner happily enjoying a beer with CO, QUR
Tim O'Brien |
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(out of picture) snatching a snack whilst Rod
Anderson and Sue Goodhew look on |
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Chris Goodhew, Andrew Blunt and Chris
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Correspondence from Members
Please note: QURA receives emails/letters from time to time requesting contact
details of members. The current policy is if a fellow member requests
contact with another member, the contact details are given without
contacting the relevant member.
Where contact is requested by a non-member, the contact is referred to the
individual member to follow up the contact if they so desire.
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From:- Trevor Luttrell
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:-
F16 Vs C-130
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From:- David Sallows
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:-
QURA Date Claimer
Thanks for the
invitation, and the chance to dance in the
ashes!
Unfortunately this year
I will be elsewhere - UK, Cologne and Lisbon
to be precise, which will be a darn sight
less cosy than the back bar of the Victory I
would suggest.
A Merry Christmas to
all.
All the best ( and see
you maybe at Back to The Regiment next
March? )
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From:- Ian Bunce
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:-
QUR
July 1984
Peter,
I am
currently going through old photographs
to pass onto the Association before time
and moths get them. Here is a
photo from the July 1984 Camp
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From:- Rob Cumming
To:-
Peter Morton
Subject:-
Re
QURA Date Claimer
Thanks for the invitation. Unfortunately, yet again I must send my
apologies.
I have just deployed on OP MAZURKA to the Sinai in Egypt to work as part of
the 25 strong Australian Contingent to the Muntinational Force & Observers (MFO)
as the Staff Officer Plans in the Ops Branch and as OPSO for the Australian
contingent. The posting is for six months and I return just before Anzac Day
2010. I'm sure I'll have a few stories to tell on my return.
Please pass on my best wishes to all those attending what I'm sure will be a
great Christmas function.
Cheers
Rob Cumming
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From:- Neil Munro
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:- Re QURA 2009 AGM
G'day Peter,
I'm still in China and will be at the time of the party,
so regretfully
won't be able to attend.
I hope that the party goes well in the (new?) Victory
Hotel.
cheers,
Neil.
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From:- Richard Palk
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:-
QURA - November Newsletter
As always good to
get the QURA newsletter. Unfortunately I
won't be able to make it to Christmas drinks
- I'm in Canberra already where I have to
spend about four months before heading off
to Europe in March next year. Good to catch
up again during my few years in Brisbane -
and, all things going according to plan,
I'll be back there on a more permanent basis
after the posting to Brussels. Of course
I'll be able to keep up with QURA
"happenings" via your newsletter - and of
course if ever you decide to venture to the
other side of the world it would be great to
catch up in Europe.
Cheers,
Dick
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From:- Pat O'Keefe
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:- Re QURA Christmas Party
Hi Peter,
I am currently on the Rhine River in Germany so
please accept my apology for 3 December.
Cheers,
Pat.
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From:- Steven de Rooy
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:- Christmas Function
Hi Peter,
Thanks for your email. Unfortunately I won't be able to attend
the function on the 3rd Dec.
I have been returned to 41RNSWR at Tweed Heads after being
overseas for a few years. If any QUR staff cadets happen to be
based or moving to the Gold Coast, there any always subbie
positions available at my unit. Feel free to pass on my details
and they can contact me at anytime.
Have a good Xmas!
Kind Regards,
LT Steven De Rooy
41RNSWR
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QUR Camp Visit 1979
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CO QUR, LTCOL Denis
Luttrell, The Governor of Queensland Sir Walther Campbell,
2IC QUR, Major Ian Bunce, Honorary Colonel QUR Brigadier
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The following were
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QUR Plaque for University of Queensland
Sculptured Badges on
Great Court Columns 3 July 2010.
This year is
the Centenary Year for the University of Queensland.
On the weekend 2-4 July 2010 the University will celebrate
this milestone. As part of the celebrations the
University Senate wishes to recognize the long association
of QUR and the University of Queensland Squadron RAAF (now
disbanded) with the University. This will be gained by
having the badges of both units carved into the column
capitals in the cloister of the heritage listed Great Court
of the St Lucia campus. On Saturday morning 3 July
2010, the carvings will be unveiled. The Governor
General of Australia has been invited to undertake the
unveiling.
As a project,
QURA has undertaken to provide the funds for the carving of
the Regimental Badge and the administrative costs for the
unveiling ceremony. Dr Rhyl Hinwood, a well known
artist will sculpture the badge.
QURA has
applied to the Department of Veterans Affairs for a grant
under the Australian Government commemorations program,
“Saluting Their Service”. If this application is
successful QURA will still be required to provide funds to
cover the complete cost. The success or otherwise of this
application will not be known
until April.
At the Annual
General Meeting of QURA in September 2009 a motion was
passed to call for donations from members who would like to
contribute to cost of the plaques. As QURA is not
certain of the success of the grant application and the
final cost of the project, the Association has decided to
wait on the call for donations. This will mean that we
will not have much time to call for support. However,
if members would like to contribute earlier, we would be
greatly appreciative. All donors will be issued with a
receipt from the University of Queensland, which may be used
as a taxation deductible cost. Alternatively, to
enable the Executive Management Committee to guarantee
success of the funding for the project, members might wish
to contact Trevor Luttrell (Home 3345 2754, Mobile 0437 442
964 Email
trevor.luttrell@gmail.com) with an indication as to an
approximate value of any donation which may be offered.
Obviously the committee will attempt to keep the donations
required to a minimum for members.
This is an
exciting project where QURA can mark the contribution of
members of QUR within the life of the University.
I encourage
all to ensure that this opportunity is successful.
Trevor
Luttrell
President,
QURA
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The plaques will be sculptured on two column capitals to
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Close up of column capitals where badges will be
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Presentation of the Colours 1978
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Back to the Regiment - 2010
It's on again!! The Queensland University Regiment has
invited the Association to enjoy their hospitality at
SATURDAY
6 MARCH 2010
OPERATION ORDER 01/10
Situation
This annual activity continues to be a highly successful social function for the Association
Mission
Association members and their guests are to RV in the
Staff Cadets Mess (the old
Standfast Club), at the
Regiment’s St Lucia depot, for an evening of good cheer with old comrades and new acquaintances from amongst the membership and those currently serving in QUR.
Execution
General Outline:
The activity is to be conducted in 5 phases:
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Phase 1 Concentration
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Phase 2 Drinks and fellowship – some current equipment will be available for inspection
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Phase 3 Barbecue meal (and maybe a few brief words of welcome and appreciation)
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Phase 4 More drinks and the exchanging of yarns (some lies are permissible)
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Phase 5 Departure
Groupings and Tasks
Groupings will be fluid and the task is to have a good time.
Co-ordinating Instructions
H Hourr
1800 hours
Dress
Smart casual
Assembly
Area
Ample parking is available in the depot grounds in Walcott Street.
Administration
and Logistics
Payment
At the door by QUR
RSVP
2 March. Please
email/phone Peter Morton
Drinks
Soft drinks will be available for those wishing to avoid alcohol
Rations The unit
will be providing a gourmet barbecue
Command and Signals
Come along and enjoy a drink
and catch up with old friends of QUR and meet some new
members of the Association.
Please RSVP by 2nd March 10 for catering purposes
email reply to Peter Morton
Name: ________________________________________________________________
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I will be attending the
Association’s Annual Back to the Regiment Function to be held at the
Walcott St Depot on the evening of
Saturday 6 March 2010 starting at 1800 hours.
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I regret that I am unable
to attend. Please tender my apology.
DUE TO A CHANGE IN CATERING ARRANGEMENTS (EXTERNAL
CATERER), MEMBERS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY INDICATED THAT THEY WILL BE
ATTENDING MAY BE
CHARGED IF THEY CANNOT ATTEND ON THE NIGHT
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War Quotes
There was never a good war or a bad peace.
(Benjamin Franklin
1706-90)
An officer is
much more respected that any other man who has a little
money.
(Samuel Johnson 1709-1794)
The right of conquest has
no basis except the right of might.
(Jean Jacques Rousseau
1712-1778)
It is the fashion these days to make
war, and presumably it will last a while yet.
(Frederick the Great 1712-1786)
The Services in war time are only fit
for desperadoes, but in peace are fit only for fools.
(Benjamin Disraeli 1804-1881)
The legitimate object of war is a more
perfect peace.
(William Sherman 1820-1891)
It has been said by officers
enthusiastic in their profession that there are three causes
which make a soldier enlist,
viz, being out of work, in a a
state of intoxication, or, jilted by a sweetheart. Yet the
incentives to enlistment,
which we desire to multiply, can
hardly be put by Englishmen of the nineteenth century in
this form,
viz, more poverty, more drink, more faithless
sweethearts.
(Florence Nightingale 1820-1910)
Duty is ours, consequences are God’s.
(Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson 1824-1863)
A piece of spaghetti or a military unit
can only be lead from the front end.
(George Patton
1885-1945)
The only war I ever approved of was the
Trojan war; it was fought over a woman and the men knew what
they were fighting for.
(William Lyon Phelps 1933)
If slavery in not wrong then nothing is
wrong.
(Abraham Lincoln 1864)
When asked which of two officers or
equal rank should salute the other first, Foch made the
famous reply;
‘The most polite’.
(George Roditi on Ferdinand
Foch 1851-1929)
Things to Think About
If at
first you don’t succeed, redefine success.
If one
synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown
too?
In one
minute I think I’m a wigwam, and the next minute In
think I’m a teepee, does that mean I’m too tense?
A
bargain is something you can’t use at a price you can’t
resist.
If
procrastinators had a club, would they ever have a
meeting?
If
quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
If
Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her
friends?
If
someone got arrested for tripping people up would he be
charged with a ‘fell on knee?’ (one for our legal
friends!)
If the
police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right
to remain silent?
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is
not putting it in a fruit salad.
If the
professor in Gilligan’s Island could make a radio out of
a coconut, why couldn’t he fix a hole in a boat?
The
only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.
If
toast always lands butter side down, and cats always
land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast
on the
back of a cat and drop it?
Quotable Quotes
Often it is fatal to live too long.
(Racine)
No
matter how rich you become, how famous or powerful, when
you die the size of your funeral will
pretty much depend on the weather.
(Michael Pritchard)
I
stay away from natural foods. At my age I need all the
preservatives I can get.
(George
Burns)
One
good thing about middle age spread is that it brings
people closer together.
(Martin
Buxhaum)
Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so
much.
(Oscar
Wilde)
I
hope that while so many people are out smelling the
flowers, someone is taking the time to plant
some.
(Herbert Rappaport)
A
life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable
but more useful than a life doing nothing.
(George
Bernard Shaw)
A
man can have two, maybe three love affairs while he’s
married. After that it’s cheating.
(Yves
Montand)
Cogito ergo spud. (I think, therefore I yam.)
The
generation of random numbers is too important to be left
to chance.
(Robert
Coveyou)
Abstract Art - A product of the untalented, sold by the
unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.
(All
Capp)
Copy
from one, it's plagiarism; copy from two, it’s research.
(Wilson
Mizner)
There are two kinds of books: those that no one reads
and those that no one ought to read.
(H.L.
Mencken)
Too
many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
(Igor
Stravinsky)
Bach
in an hour. Offenbach sooner.
(Sign
on a music store’s door)
Fox
hunting is the unspeakable in pursuit of the
inedible.
(Oscar
Wilde)
When
asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called
America before the white man came,
an
Indian simply said, “Ours”
(Vine
Deloria Jnr)
Generally, the theories we believe we call facts, and
the facts we disbelieve we call theories.
(Felix
Cohen.)
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FUNCTIONS - 2010
Back to the Regiment Saturday 6 March 2010 (1800Hrs)
(NOTE change to Saturday
evening)
Anzac
Day Sunday 25 April 2010 (Gunfire breakfast at Walcott St, St
Lucia)
Regimental Dinner Saturday
8 May 2010 (TBC) - By Invitation from QUR
Unveiling of QUR Plaque Saturday 3 July ( Morning Function in U of Q Great
Court)
AGM Friday 10 September 2010 - ( 1900Hrs for 1930Hrs)
Christmas
Function Thursday
2 December 2010 - 5.30 PM (Victory
Hotel)
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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 2010.
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? - 2000 membership fees due for 2010
Annual dues are $10 and a 10 year paid-up membership can be had for $70.
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
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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