Military Specialist

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War Quotes

 

 

For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.

Niccolo Machiavelli 1469-1527

 

Every gunner should know that it is good for him to drink, and eat a little meat, before he discharges any piece of artillery, otherwise the fumes of the saltpeter and brimstone may damage his brain.

Niccolo Tartataglia 1499-1557

 

Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier.

Samuel Johnson 1709-1794

 

It is only repeating an ancient maxim of war to say, “that he who divides his force, will be beaten in detail”. If you are about to give battle, strain every nerve to get together as many troops as you possibly can, for they never can be employed to better purpose.

Frederick the Great 1712-1786

 

The first consideration with a general who offers battle, should be the glory and honour of his arms, the safety and preservation of his men is only the second.

Napoleon Boneparte 1769-1821

 

I have seen war, and faced modern artillery, and I know what an outrage it is against simple men.

Thomas Kettle 1880 – 1916

 

Interior lines at night are a general’s delight. Exterior lines at morning are the general’s warning.

Archibald Percival, Lord Wavell 1883-1950

 

Darkness is a friend to the skilled infantryman.

Basil Liddell Hart 1895-1970

 

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. And however undramatic the pursuit of peace, that pursuit must go on.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1917-1963

 

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Things to Think About

 

 

Judge: “Are you trying to show contempt for this court?”

Defence Lawyer: “No. I’m, trying to hide it.”

 

A jury is twelve people who will try anything once.

 

Talk is cheap until you talk to a lawyer.

 

Is a lady barrister without briefs a solicitor?

 

The fifth commandment is humour thy father and thy mother.

 

A conservative admires radicals a century after they are dead.

 

The Conservative Party stands for innovation, progress and new ideas; but not yet.

 

One of the best things you can have up your sleeve is your funny bone.

 

“So your sister makes up jokes. Is she a humourist?” “No. She works in a beauty salon,”

 

Don’t try to keep up with the Joneses. It’s cheaper to drag them down to your level.

 

The Big Bang Theory

Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, and the other was eating fireworks.

They charged one and let the other one off.

 

Life

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take out breath away.

 

Toothache

The pain that drives you to extraction.

 

Committee

A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.

 

Tomorrow

One of the greatest labour saving devices of today

 

 

 

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Quotes

 

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.          

H.G. Wells

 

My father gave me these hints on speech making:

“Be sincere….. be brief….. be seated.”

James Roosevelt

 

He grounds the warship he walks on.

John Braken (Referring to Captain Barney Kelly who grounded the USS Enterprise in San Francisco Bay 1983)

 

Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

Abba Eban

 

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.

Dean William Inge

 

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

Will Durant

 

The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin.

Heinrich Heine

 

What a time! What a civilization!

Cicero 106-43BC

 

Humanity is acquiring the right technology for all the wrong reasons,

R. Buckminster Fuller

 

Physics lesson: When a body is submerged in water, the phone rings.

Anonymous

 

 

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Correspondence from Members

 

Listed below is some of the correspondence received since the last Newsletter.  These emails are reproduced here for entertainment and also to keep members informed of other members movements, etc.

 

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:- Elona Drain

 

To:- Peter Morton

Subject:-  ARA Graduation Ceremony

 

 

Sirs,

 

I have attached a photo that was taken on Tuesday 10 Dec 13 at the latest ARA Graduation Ceremony at RMC Duntroon.  Why was I there??????? you have asked - because all three that graduated were ex QUR OCDTs who decided to transfer to the full time army.

 

LT Clarkson was the Sword of Honour winner as well as the Queens Medal Receiptant.  This was only the second time in the history of RMC ever to be awarded to the same person.  The first time this occurred was in 2006 which was also to a female.

 

I was both honoured and proud to be present.

 

Kind regards,

 

Elona Drain

SGT Elona Drain

ORS

Jacka Coy

Queensland University Regiment

 

Names are L to R ------ LT Aaron Garnham (posted to Norforce as RASIGS), SGT Elona Drain, LT Kate Clarkson (posted to 2/14 LHI as RAAC) and LT Andrew Harbour (posted to SME as RAE).

 

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From:- Alan Pawley

 

To:- Peter Morton

Subject:-  US Navy's Most Intimidating Creation Yet Just Hit The Water- OCT 29, 2013

 

US Navy's Most Intimidating Creation Yet Just Hit The Water

 

 

 

The Navy just put its newest destroyer, the USS Zumwalt, into the sea.

Constructed by General Dynamics with weapons systems and software from other companies, the Zumwalt "DDG-1000" Guided Missile Destroyer is like the iPhone 6 of naval ships.

Its "tumblehome" hull avoids enemy radar while composite armor absorbs it, advanced weaponry strikes from more than 100 miles offshore, Linux-based networking in the bridge allows for purchase and implementation of off-the-shelf software, and an all-electric drive system keeps her purring quietly like a well-fed tiger.

Lucky for America's rivals, at about 87 percent completion, the Zumwalt is not quite ready to start making the rest of the globe flinch yet.

The USS Zumwalt hit the water Oct. 29 and is due to start patrolling by 2014.

The Zumwalt was originally estimated to cost about $3.8 billion, but so much technology was crammed onboard that its cost has nearly doubled, and after the first three are built, production will stop.

 

With all the new weapons systems the Navy wants aboard the Zumwalt, planners installed a power plant that could provide power to 78,000 homes (around 78 megawatts).

 

 

Such power could enable the first uses of the Navy's magnetic rail gun project, which combines magnetic currents and electric fields to fire projectiles at 7 times the speed of sound.

 

Computers and automation have reduced the crew to a bare bones 158. (By comparison, the USS Barry Arleigh-Burke Class requires 210 sailors.)

Sean Gallagher of Arstechnica referred to the Linux-powered bridge as a "floating data center" and wrote that it was akin to the bridge on Star Trek's Starship Enterprise.

On the outside, the USS Zumwalt not only looks cool (rule #1), but it's a full 100 feet longer than existing classes of destroyer.

 

According to the Navy's press release, "The shape of the superstructure and the arrangement of its antennas significantly reduce the ship's radar cross section, making the ship less visible to enemy radar at sea."

The hull of the ship is made of a composite material which effectively absorbs radar waves.

 

Construction of the ship required General Dynamics to build a special $40 million "Ultra Hall" to hold the pieces.

 

The Zumwalt's weaponry is tailored for land attack and close-to-coast dominance and will also have a sensor and weapons suite optimized for littoral warfare and for network-centric warfare.

BAE Systems Land and Armaments developed the ship's advanced gun system (AGS), which will be able to fire advanced munitions and the Zumwalt Class vessels have two landing spots for helicopters.

Zumwalt has a peripheral vertical launch system (PVLS), which consists of 20 four-cell PVLS situated round the perimeter of the deck.

 

The ship also has space for two medium-lift helicopter systems.

And finally, the new Long Range Attack Projectile (LRAP) ­ The DDG 1000 will be armed with tactical tomahawks, standard missile SM-3s, and the evolved SeaSparrow missile.

With the "tumblehome" hull reducing drag and radar detection, along with such advanced weapons, it's like the Zumwalt is the Navy SEAL of ships ­ always operating under cover of night, a ninja of the sea.

 

 

 

 

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From:- Trevor Luttrell

 

To:- Peter Morton

Subject:-   re Boeing 797

 

Hi Peter,
 

BOEING 797

It can comfortably fly 10,000 Miles (16,000 km) at Mach 0.88 or 654 mph (1,046 km/h) with 1000 passengers on board !

They have kept this secret long enough.
This shot was taken last month

 

 

 

 The  BOEING  797

Boeing is preparing this 1000 passenger Jet Liner that could reshape the Air Travel Industry. Its radical "Blended Wing & Fuselage" design has been developed by Boeing in cooperation with NASA Langley Research Centre. The mammoth aircraft will have a wing span of 265 feet compared to 211 feet of its 747, and its been designed to fit within the newly created Air Terminals for the 555 seat Airbus A380, which is 262 feet wide.

 

The new 797 is Boeing's direct response to the Airbus A380, which has racked up orders for 159 already. Boeing decided to kill its 747X Stretched Super Jumbo in 2003 after little interest was shown for it by Airline Companies, but continued to develop its "Ultimate Airbus Crusher", the 797 at its Phantom Works Research Facility in Long Beach, California.

The Airbus A380 had been in the works since 1999 and has accumulated $13 Billion in development costs, which gives Boeing a huge advantage. More so because Airbus is thus committed to the older style tubular structure for their aircraft for decades to come.

There are several big advantages in the "Blended Wing & Fuselage" design, the most important being the “Lift to Drag” ratio which is expected to increase by an amazing 50%, resulting in an overall weight reduction of the aircraft by 25%, making it an estimated 33% more fuel efficient than the A380, and thus making the Airbus's $13 Billion Dollar investment look pretty shaky.

"High Airframe Rigidity" is another key factor in the "Blended Wing & Fuselage" technology. It reduces turbulence and creates less stress on the airframe which adds to fuel efficiency, giving the 797 a tremendous 10,000 Mile range with 1,000 passengers on board cruising comfortably at Mach 0.88 or 654 MPH, which gives it another advantage over the tube-and-wing designed A380's 570 MPH.

 

The exact date for introduction of the 797 is as yet unclear, but the battle lines are clearly drawn in the high-stakes war for future civilian aircraft supremacy.

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From:- Bill Beach

 

To:- Peter Morton

 

Subject:-  Re QURA AGM

Dear Peter,

 

Interesting digital history project by the the National Archives and imperial way museum.

 

http://www.operationwardiary.org/

 

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From:- Richard Gavin

 

To:- Peter Morton

 

Subject:- No Sex Since 1955

 

Something for the military men/wanabees among us:

 A crusty old Army Sergeant Major found himself at a gala event hosted by a local liberal arts college.

There was no shortage of extremely young idealistic ladies in attendance, one of whom approached the Sergeant Major for conversation. "Excuse me, Sergeant Major, but you seem to be a very serious man. Is something bothering you?"

  "Negative, ma'am. Just serious by nature."

  The young lady looked at his awards and decorations and said, "It looks like you have seen a lot of action."

"Yes, ma'am, a lot of action."

  The young lady, tiring of trying to start up a conversation, said, "You know, you should lighten up. Relax and enjoy yourself."

  The Sergeant Major just stared at her in his serious manner. Finally the young lady said, "You know, I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but when is the last time you had sex?"

 "1955, ma'am."

  "Well, there you are. No wonder you're so serious. You really need to chill out! I mean, no sex since 1955! She took his hand and led him to a private room where she proceeded to "relax" him.

Afterwards, panting for breath, she leaned against his bare chest and said, "Wow, you sure didn't forget much since 1955."

The Sergeant Major said, after glancing at his watch, "I hope not; it's only 2130 now."

  (Gotta love military time) 

 

 

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From:- Lesley Pyecroft

 

To:- Peter Morton

 

Subject:-  Vale Percival Meredith

 

Just to let you know that my ex husband Warrant Officer  Percival James Meredith 
Passed away on the 29th November 2013 from pancreatic cancer .

 

He was on staff for QUR in The Q store (2003?) and was also seconded from 6 RAR as an instructor on annual camp in Tin Can Bay 1980  

 

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From:- Trevor Luttrell

 

To:- Peter Morton

 

Subject:-  Irish Medical Terms

Medical Term   Irish Definition Artery - The study of paintings Bacteria - Back door to cafeteria Barium - What doctors do when patients die Benign - What you be, after you be eight Caesarean Section - A neighbourhood in Rome Cat scan - Searching for Kitty Cauterize - Made eye contact with her Colic - A sheep dog Coma - A punctuation mark Dilate - To live long Enema - Unfriendly female Fester - Quicker than someone else Fibula - A small lie Impotent - Distinguished, well known Labor Pain - Getting hurt at work Medical Staff - A Doctor's cane Morbid - A higher offer Nitrates - Normally more money than working Days Node - I knew it Outpatient - A person who has fainted Pelvis - Second cousin to Elvis Post Operative - A letter carrier Recovery Room - Place to do upholstery Rectum - Nearly killed him Secretion - Hiding something Seizure - Roman Emperor Tablet - A small table Terminal Illness - Getting sick at the airport Tumor - One plus one more Urine - Opposite of you're out

 

 

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From:- Rod Hardaker

 

To:- Peter Morton

 

Subject:-  Humour in Uniform

 

 

ON SOME AIR BASES THE AIR FORCE IS ON ONE SIDE OF THE FIELD AND CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT USE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD, WITH THE CONTROL TOWER IN THE MIDDLE.

One day the tower received a call from an aircraft asking, "What time is it?"

The tower responded, "Who is calling?"

The aircraft replied, "What difference does it make?"

The tower replied, "It makes a lot of difference. If it is a commercial flight, it is 3 o'clock. If it is an Air Force plane, it is 1500 hours. If it is a Navy aircraft, it is 6 bells. If it is an Army aircraft, the big hand is on the 12 and the little hand is on the 3. If it is a Marine Corps aircraft, it's Thursday afternoon and 120 minutes to "Happy Hour".

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During training exercises, the lieutenant who was driving down a muddy back road encountered another car stuck in the mud with a red-faced colonel at the wheel.

"YOUR JEEP STUCK, SIR?" ASKED THE LIEUTENANT AS HE PULLED ALONGSIDE.


"Nope," replied the colonel, coming over and handing him the keys. "Yours is."

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Having just moved into his new office, a pompous new colonel was sitting at his desk when an airman knocked on the door. Conscious of his new position, the colonel quickly picked up the phone, told the airman to enter, then said into the phone, "Yes, General, I'll be seeing him this afternoon and I'll pass along your message. In the meantime, thank you for your good wishes, sir."

Feeling as though he had sufficiently impressed the young enlisted man, he asked, "What do you want?"

"Nothing important, sir," the airman replied, "I'm just here to hook up your telephone."

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Officer: "Soldier, do you have change for a dollar?"
Soldier: "Sure, buddy."
Officer: "That's no way to address an officer! Now let's try it
again! Do you have change for a dollar?"
Soldier: "No, SIR!"

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Q: How do you know if there is a fighter pilot at your party?
A: He'll tell you.

Q: What's the difference between God and fighter pilots?
A: God doesn't think he's a fighter pilot.

Q: What's the difference between a fighter pilot and a jet engine?
A: A jet engine stops whining when the plane shuts down.

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An Air Force chief master sergeant and a general were sitting in the
barbershop. They were both just getting finished with their shaves,
when the barbers reached for some after-shave to slap on their faces.

The general shouted, "Hey, don't put that stuff on me! My wife will think I've been in a whore-house! "

The chief turned to his barber and said, "Go ahead and put it on. My wife doesn't know what the inside of a whore-house smells like."

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"Well," snarled the tough old Navy Chief to the bewildered seaman, "I suppose after you get discharged from the Navy, you'll just be waiting for me to die so you can come and pee on my grave."

"Not me, Chief!" the seaman replied. "Once I get out of the Navy, I'm never going to stand in line again!"
 

 

 

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From:- John Hammond

 

To:- Trevor Luttrell

 

Subject:-  Sanananda Lines, Greenbank

 

 

Hello gentlemen

Photographs taken at the official opening of the Sanananda Lines, Greenbank on 16 Nov 13.

John H

 

 

 

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From:- Russ Stevenson

 

To:- Trevor Luttrell

 

Subject:-  QUR Invitation

 

Dear Peter,

I regret that I will be away in the last weekend of November so I am unable to accept the invitation. I am delighted Harry Standfast is being honoured in this way. He was a true gentleman and I enjoyed serving under him.

 

Cheers,

 Russ

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From:- Trevor Luttrell

 

To:- Peter Morton

 

Subject:-  Forget Newton and Galileo...Here are the REAL LAWS......

 

I DIDN'T BELIEVE THESE LAWS AT FIRST, BUT  I HAVE FOUND THEM TO BE TRUE . 1.Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee. 2.Law of Gravity - Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner. 3. Law of Probability- The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act. 4.Law of Random Numbers - If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal and someone always answers. 5.Supermarket Law - As soon as you get in the smallest line, the cashier will have to call for help. 6.Variation Law -If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now.   7.Law of the Bath - When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings. 8. Law of Close Encounters - The probability of meeting someone you know increases dramatically when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with. 9. Law of the Result - When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will. 10. Law of Biomechanics - The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.. 11.. Law of the Theater & Hockey Arena - At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle, always arrive last. They are the ones who will leave their seats several times to go for food, beer, or the toilet and who leave early before the end of the performance or the game is over.. The folks in the aisle seats come early, never move once, have long gangly legs or big bellies and stay to the bitter end of the performance. The aisle people also are very surly folk. 12. The Coffee Law - As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold. 13. Murphy's Law of Lockers - If there are only 2 people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers. 14. Law of Physical Surfaces - The chances of an open-faced jam sandwich landing face down on a floor, are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet or rug. 15.Law of Logical Argument-Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about. 16. Brown's Law of Physical Appearance - If the clothes fit, they're ugly. 17.Oliver's Law of Public Speaking- A closed mouth gathers no feet. 18.Wilson's Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy -As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it. 19. Doctors' Law- If you don't feel well, make an appointment to go to the doctor, by the time you get there you'll feel better... But don't make an appointment, and you'll stay sick. This has been proven over and over with taking children to the pediatrician.   If you don't forward this, your belly button will unscrew and your bum will fall off---------

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FUNCTIONS - 2014

 

Back to the Regiment                            Tuesday 18 March 2014 - QUR hosted Function  (Walcott St Depot) 
Anzac Day                                            Friday 25 April 2013 - 0615Hrs s

                                                                   (Dawn Service - BBQ breakfast at QUR)
QUR Birthday All Ranks Function     Saturday 3 May 2014

                                                                    ( (Includes partners - QUR Parade Ground )

AGM                                                    Friday 5 September 2014 - ( 1900Hrs for 1930Hrs)

Officers/SNCO Regimental Dinner        Saturday 11 October 2014 (Unit and QURA members only)

Christmas Function                             Friday 12 December 2014 - 1730Hrs (Walcott St)

 

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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 2014

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:

• SMEMB - Special Member (no fees)

• LMEMB - Life Member (no fees)

• PUOM - Paid Up Ordinary member (no fees but can transfer to 10 year membership for $50)

• NEW - New member (no membership fees received as yet)

• 2014 - 201? membership fees paid to year indicated

• 199? - 2013 membership fees due for 2014

 

Annual dues are $10 however a 10 year paid-up membership is available 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 Sectretary  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                    Historian

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

 

Position	Name	Bus Hrs	A/Hrs	Email
President	Trevor Luttrell	0437 442 964	3345 2754	President
Vice President	Col Ahern	0409 616 922	3278 1862
Secretary/Treasurer	Bruce Davis	0402 768 142	3878 2920	Treasurer
Membership Secretary	Peter Morton	3114 2010	0419 484 736	M/ship Secretary
Committee Members				Executive
	Greg Adams	3264 5544	0418 744 678
	Garry Collins		3359 5993
	Judy Costello
	David Ross	3227 6974	0402 904 204

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