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Defence Reserves Association Dinner

 

 

 

The Defence Reserves Association-

Queensland Branch

 is pleased to invite you to their

Annual Dinner

Date:                            Friday, 20 June 2014

 Venue:                         United Service Club, 183 Wickham Terrace, Brisbane

 Cost:                             $80 per person includes a two course meal and after dinner port (all other drinks to be purchased from the bar)

 

Timings:                    7.00pm for a 7.30pm start

 

Dress:                          Navy: Mess Undress; Army: Mess Dress; RAAF: Mess Kit;

                                   or civilian equivalent

  

Entertainment:          Military Trivia

 

Seating:                    Pre-selected tables of 8 to 10 or random seating allocation

 

Attendees:                All ranks, Active, Standby, or Retired members, partners, friends and guests

 

Free Parking:              Available free at rear of the United Services Club entrance off Little Edward Street. Entry is opposite Astor Terrace.

 

Registration:               Via email to DRA Secretary MAJ Trevor Herrod

Trevor.herrod@defence.gov.au

or

Via registration form (attached) with payment to Defence Reserve Association-Queensland Branch and posted to:

MAJ Trevor Herrod

PO Box 384

Everton Park QLD 4051

 

Payment:                   Direct Debit to DRA Bank Account NAB Acacia Ridge
BSB 084-100, Account No 20 801 2836.

 

Last Date to Register: 14 June 14

 

                                

 

Defence Reserves Association-Queensland

Annual Dinner 20 June 2014

 

Please post completed Registration Form to:

Attn: MAJ Trevor Herrod

PO Box 384

Everton Park QLD 4051

 

I will be attending the function. My details are:

 

Name and Rank: ………………………………………….

 

My e-mail Address: ………………………………………

 

My Guests:

Rank or Title	First Name	Surname	Any Special Dietary needs	Contact ph or e-mail address

 

 

Total Number Attending: …….Is a group Table of 8 to 10 required: Y/N …….

If a group booking please provide the name for the table: …………………....

 

Total Payment: $  ………..

 

Selected Payment Method: Cheque     …………..    Cash …………..    Direct Debit …

 

Direct Debit to DRA Bank Account NAB Acacia Ridge BSB 084-100, Account No 20 801 2836.

If you pay by direct debit please send an e-mail to DRA Secretary MAJ Trevor Herrod

with a completed registration with the names of your guests.

 

Payment:  Must be received no later than 14 June 14.

 

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War Quotes

 

 

Every man meets his Waterloo at last.
Wendell Phillips speech 1 November 1859

The only law in France today is to win or die. I repeat my formal request, that you place in the highest positions only men who are young, energetic, and decided to win at any price; eliminate the old fossils without pity.
Adolphe Messimy, imploring Marshal Joffre 1914

Armies do not win wars by means of a few bodies of super- soldiers, but by the average quality of their standard units…… Any well trained infantry battalion should be able to do what a commando can do; in the Fourteenth Army they could and did.
William Slim 1956

The arms race is based upon an optimistic view of technology and a pessimistic view of man.
I. Stone March 1969

General (Moshe) Dayan once said that he would rather advance running in bare feet than walk in slippers; we were barefoot perhaps but we were able to advance fast.
Yael Dayan, A Soldiers Diary: Sinai 1967


 

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Things to Think About

 

 

My father used to be a blacksmith in a butcher shop. He used to shoo flies

My uncle is an espionage agent at the mint. He’s a mint spy

You’ll never lead the band if you cannot face the music

Success is relative. The more success the more relatives

There is one consolation about life and taxes. When you are through with one, you are through with the other

A dividend is per centum, per annum, perhaps

He’s such a brilliant accountant they have just named a loophole after him

The after-dinner speaker either drives his message home to his audience or drives his audience home

I have listened to your humble opinion and it certainly is

The cheapest way of tracing your family tree is to nominate for politics

Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid altogether

Why is it that wrong numbers are never out when you call?
 

 

 

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Quotes

 

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
Hector Berlioz

My goal is to die young at a very old age.
Anonymous

The only exercise I get is as a pallbearer to my friends who exercise.
Red Skelton

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat.

There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in a geriatric ward.
John Mortimer

Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.
Sophia Loren

The trouble with the dictionary is that you have to know how a word is spelled before you can look it up to see how it is spelled.
William Cuppy

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.
Bertrand Russell

 

 

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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:- John Hammond

 

To:- Trevor Luttrell

Subject:-  The SATNAV by Pam Ayres

 

 

 I have a little Satnav, It sits there in my car.
A Satnav is a driver's friend, it tells you where you are.
I have a little Satnav, I've had it all my life.
It's better than the normal ones, my Satnav is my wife.
It gives me full instructions, especially how to drive
"It's sixty k's an hour", it says,
"You're doing sixty five".
It tells me when to stop and start, and when to use the brake
And tells me that it's never ever, safe to overtake.
It tells me when a light is red, and when it goes to green
It seems to know instinctively, just when to intervene.
It lists the vehicles just in front, and all those to the rear
And taking this into account, it specifies my gear.
I'm sure no other driver, has so helpful a device
For when we leave and lock the car, it still gives its advice.
It fills me up with counselling, each journey's pretty fraught
So why don't I exchange it, and get a quieter sort?
Ah well, you see, it cleans the house, makes sure I'm properly fed
It washes all my shirts and things, and keeps me warm in bed!
Despite all these advantages, and my tendency to scoff,
I only wish that now and then, I could turn the bugger off.

 

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From:- Rod Hardaker

 

To:- Peter Morton

Subject:-  Monopoly WW2

 

Monopoly - I Did Not Know This!   (You'll never look at the game the same way again!)        Starting in 1941, an increasing number of British airmen found themselves as the  involuntary guests of the Third Reich, and the Crown was casting about  for ways and means to facilitate their escape.   Now obviously, one of the most helpful aids to that end is a useful and accurate map -- one showing not only where stuff was, but also  showing the locations of 'safe houses' where a POW on the lam  could go for food and shelter.   Paper maps had some real drawbacks -- they make a lot of noise when you open and  fold them, they wear out rapidly, and if they get wet they turn into  mush.     Someone in MI-5 got the idea of printing escape maps on silk. It's durable, can be scrunched up into tiny wads, and unfolded  as many times as needed, and makes no noise whatsoever.    At that time, there was only one manufacturer in Great Britain that had perfected the technology of printing on silk, and that was John  Waddington, Ltd.  When approached by the government, the firm was only too happy to do its bit for the war effort.    By pure  coincidence, Waddington was also the U.K. licensee for the popular American board game Monopoly.  As it happened, 'games and  pastimes' was a category of item qualified for insertion into 'CARE  packages', dispatched by the International Red Cross to prisoners of war.    Under the strictest secrecy, in a securely guarded and inaccessible old workshop on the grounds of Waddington's, a group of sworn-to-secrecy employees began mass-producing escape maps, keyed to each region of Germany or Italy where Allied POW camps were.  When processed, these maps could be folded into such tiny dots that they would actually fit inside a Monopoly playing piece.    As long as they were at it, the clever workmen at Waddington's  also managed to add:  1.    a playing  token, containing a small magnetic compass; 2.    a two-part metal file that could easily be screwed together; 3.  useful amounts of genuine high-denomination German, Italian and French currency, hidden within the piles of Monopoly money!   British and American air crews were advised, before taking off on their first mission, how to identify a 'rigged' Monopoly set -- by means of a tiny red dot, one cleverly rigged to look like an ordinary printing glitch, located in the corner of the Free Parking square.   Of the estimated 35,000 Allied POWs who successfully escaped, an estimated one-third were aided in their flight by the rigged Monopoly sets.   Everyone who did so was sworn to secrecy indefinitely, since the British Government might want to use this highly successful ruse in still another, future war.    The story wasn't declassified until 2007, when the surviving  craftsmen from Waddington's, as well as the firm itself, were finally honored in  a public ceremony. It's always nice when you can play that 'Get Out of Jail Free' card!

 

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From:- Ian Bunce

 

To:- Trevor Luttrell

Subject:-   Men of WW1

 

 I captured this from a wall on a recent visit to Canberra and the War Memorial. I have never particularly liked Bean especially regarding his machinations, with Murdoch, against Monash. But these words go a long way towards redress. You are almost certainly aware of them but they were very new to me, and had great impact when first I read them. They need quoting to all those cynical ideologues now gearing up, with intent, on attacking the men of the First World War as part of their academic or journalistic occupations, as this century’s anniversaries roll on. I suppose however such people would be immune to the power of these words.

 

 

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From:- Rob Cumming

 

To:- Peter Morton

 

Subject:-  Re Attending BTR

Dear Peter,

I will be attending the BTR function on Tuesday, 18 March
This is also the opportunity for me to put in writing my idea for a 40 year reunion for those of us who joined QUR in 1975. 

I had originally thought of joining in with something like the BTR function but, given the change to format to a Tuesday night, that probably won’t suit those travelling from out of town. 

Perhaps the best idea is for a Sat night of a training weekend.  During the day, subject to the ability to observe training, I thought there might be a tour of the St Lucia depot and perhaps at Enoggera to observe training coupled with a brief etc with dinner at a restaurant nearby (say St Lucia Golf Club).  Alternatively, using one of the messes may be an option. 

That is the general concept.  I probably need to get a list of enlistees in that year.  I remember a few names etc, but not all.  Some of the training staff may be around too.  Peter Rule and Dickie Palk were the two recruit training PL COMD.  Regrettably, I know a few people are no longer with us.

I will chat to you and any others who are there on BTR night to gauge interest levels and likely levels of support.

Cheers

Rob Cumming

 

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From:- Chris Goodhew

 

To:- Peter Morton

 

Subject:- The Standfast Club

 

“At the conclusion of the final parade I was pleased to host the family of LTCOL Harry Standfast for the re-naming of the OCDT Mess to the ‘Harry Standfast Club’.     This name with it’s historical significance to the Regiment was passed to the OCDT  mess on the closing of the Soldiers Club.  The re-naming ceremony featured moving speeches, the un-veiling of a new sign over the entrance and the hanging of a portrait of LTCOL Standfast over the bar.”

 

 

What do you think of the dedication of the “Harry Standfast Club” as the officer cadet’s mess?  One would have thought that the club was long dedicated.  There is no mention of the fact that is was named the “Standfast Club” for near 30 years.  The more cynical among us may conclude that the stain of association with a former OR’s Mess is to be avoided in some quarters.  This notwithstanding that for many years the officer candidates were for the most part corporals messing in the Standfast Club.

 

Was there ever an RO series canning the Standfast Club name, rededicating the shed as the Soldier’s Club name, closing the Soldier’s Club, and dedicating the OCDT Mess name?

 

I’m not against change per se; however, one should shine the brightest of lights into the dark corners where history is rewritten.

 

 Chris T Goodhew

Registered Patent & Trade Marks Attorney

Goodhew IP Services

 

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From:- Peter Sharwood

 

To:- Peter Morton

 

Subject:-  Re February Newsletter

 

Peter,

 

It is again with great pleasure I read the Newsletter. I congratulate you on your efforts and dedication to the task. Please continue!

 

It is so good to see the achievements of our up and coming members and as well to read the reminiscences of colleagues with whom I served. Perhaps there is still an active Reserve, something which the country cannot do without. Remember, Australia's only Field Marshall was a Reserve Officer and had the ED!

 

I am glad to hear of the appointment of Mick Fairweather as Colonel Commandant. I have worked with him in the past and would like to pass on my congratulations.

 

Now I have been retired from the Military for nearly two years after over 47 years continuous service, I have little contact with many former comrades, and one soon realizes that after you leave, you are soon forgotten, a fact which saddens me. My main Military connections now are as Chair of the Military Section of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and I am still the International Representative on the Board of the Society of Military Orthopedic Surgeons (USA).

 

Having given up operating practice in Orthopaedic surgery, I spend most of my time now assessing Veteran's disabilities and as such do meet with some with whom I have served, both in Australia and overseas including recently Lesley Pyecroft, one of the first female enlistees in QUR who subsequently served for many years in the Army as a nursing officer. These encounters sometimes do make me run late for the next patient which is really nothing new, though mostly ex-military understand. 

 

I do hope to be at the function on the 18th March, though I will be intrastate during the day, thus probably a little late depending on the air traffic control at Brisbane Airport.

 

I was amused by the list of Rules you published. One I use a lot is O'Toole's law. It is "That Murphy was an optimist!"

 

Regards

 

Peter Sharwood OAM RFD

Colonel (Retired) RAAMC (QUR 1965 - for ever)

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From:- Trevor Luttrell

 

To:- Peter Morton

 

Subject:-  Re Electromagnetic Rail Gun

 

The US Navy is planning sea trials for a weapon that can fire projectiles at seven times the speed of sound using electromagnetic energy.

Chief of Naval Research Rear Admiral Matthew Klunder told a roundtable group recently, the futuristic electromagnetic railgun had already undergone extensive testing on land and would be mounted on the USNS Millinocket, a high-speed vessel, for sea trials beginning in 2016.

 

 

"It's now reality and it's not science fiction. It's actually real. You can look at it. It's firing," Rear Admiral Klunder said.

Railguns use electromagnetic energy known as the Lorenz Force to launch a projectile between two conductive rails.

The high-power electric pulse generates a magnetic field to fire the projectile with very little recoil, officials said.

Rear Admiral Klunder planned to discuss progress on the system with military and industry leaders at a major maritime event, the Sea-Air-Space Exposition, near Washington.

"It will help us in air defence, it will help us in cruise missile defence, it will help us in ballistic missile defence," he said.

"We're also talking about a gun that's going to shoot a projectile that's about one one-hundredth of the cost of an existing missile system today."

The railgun can fire a low-cost, 10-kilogram projectile at 8,575 kilometres per hour.

The Navy research chief said that cost differential - $25,000 for a railgun projectile, versus $500,000 to $1.5 million for a missile - will make potential enemies think twice about the economic viability of engaging US forces.

"That ... will give our adversaries a huge moment of pause to go, 'do I even want to go engage a naval ship?'" Read Admiral Klunder told reporters.

"You could throw anything at us, frankly, and the fact that we now can shoot a number of these rounds at a very affordable cost, it's my opinion that they don't win."

US officials have voiced concerns that tight defence budgets could cause the Pentagon to lose its technological edge over China, Russia and other rivals, who have been developing anti-ship ballistic missile systems and integrated air defences capable of challenging US air and naval dominance.

Weapons like the electromagnetic railgun could help US forces retain their edge and give them an asymmetric advantage over rivals, making it too expensive to use missiles to attack US warships because of the cheap way to defeat them.

The US Navy has funded two single-shot railgun prototypes, one by privately held General Atomics and the other by BAE Systems.

Rear Admiral Klunder said he had selected BAE for the second phase of the project, which will look at developing a system capable of firing multiple shots in succession.

"We're talking about a projectile that we're going to send well over 100 miles (160 km), we're talking about a projectile that can go over Mach 7 (8,575 kph), we're talking about a projectile that can go well into the atmosphere," Rear Admiral Klunder said.

Ships can carry dozens of missiles, but they could be loaded with hundreds of railgun projectiles, he said.

"Your magazine never runs out, you just keep shooting, and that's compelling," Rear Admiral Klunder said.

The 2016 sea trials will be conducted aboard the joint forces high-speed cargo ship because it has the space to carry the system on its deck and in its cargo bay.

Officials said they would begin looking at integrating the system into warships after 2018.

Reuters

 

 

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From:- Chris Goodhew

 

To:- Peter Morton

 

Subject:-  Re February Newsletter

 

Peter

 

Out of interest, one of the “quite interesting” bits, relating to the “Boeing 797”, is false.  See http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/boeing797.asp

 

Like a lot of these things, they gain traction by either appealing to a sense of “American exceptionalism” or preying on fears of foreign technical or capacity encroachment on American pre-eminence, especially in defence matters.

 

Chris T Goodhew

Registered Patent & Trade Marks Attorney

 

 

 

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From:- Trevor Luttrell

 

To:- Peter Morton

 

Subject:-  Ponderisms

 

 

PONDERISMS

I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.

Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. 

The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.

Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead. 

Life is sexually transmitted.

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing. 

Have you noticed since everyone has a phone camera these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to. 
 
 
Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird.  Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal. 

How is it one careless match can start a bush fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer? 

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window? 

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

 

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From:- Dave Sallows

 

To:- Peter Morton

 

Subject:-  Recent Correspondence

 

Hello Peter, and Happy New Year!

 

In a recent issue, Phil Bushell-Guthrie outlined his service, and he made mention of his deafness arising from use of the SLR.

 

This remark is of more than passing interest to me as I suffered from the same syndrome, but in those distant years, I did not think much about the relationship to the SLR and the later deafness that arose possibly being directly related to exposure to the “new weapon of the day”, the SLR , until I saw Phil’s remarks. I thought then I may not be alone in this. We never wore ear plugs in those days of course. I recall its first manifestation was one morning after a range practice introducing the SLR to the troops when we were in Camp at Wacol and I remarked to my room mate – I think it was Tasky when we were both Sergeant Majors – that I had “water in my ear that was annoying me”. Sadly I did not go to the RAP of course, and eventually it subsided and I thought no more of it.

 

I too had my army career reduced as I was attached to CSTU in Sydney doing my Captain’s exams ( I had been transferred in my employment) when it was confirmed independently for the requisite medical that I was going deaf, so it was “Com Zone only” from there on – that was then end of that.

 

Maybe there are others elsewhere who are in the same boat?

 

I have not got Phil’s address, so I wonder if you could pass this on to him, in its entirety to give him the picture, and maybe he can contact me direct

 

Best regards

 

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From:- Rod Hardaker

 

To:- Peter Morton

 

Subject:-  Military Humour!

 

THANK GOD THE MILITARY CAN STILL MAINTAIN THEIR SENSE OF HUMOUR

 

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From:- John Taske

 

To:- Peter Morton

 

Subject:-  Re Talk by Chief of Navy

 

Hi Peter,

My apologies for both these functions. All going well, I will be flying with a friend from Brisbane to Perth in his FIB (Flying inflatable boat), starting around the 8-10^th March. The whole trip is likely to take a few weeks as the FIB is slow and very weather sensitive; can only fly safely in very calm conditions, so we may be holed up somewhere across the Nullabour for a few days.

Thanks for the invite.

John Taske.

 

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From:- John Hammond

 

To:- Trevor Luttrell

 

Subject:-  The Military System

 

Hello Trevor

 

This was taken from the 49^th Battalion Association Newsletter

 

The article was submitted by Ted Weeks, ex CO of the 42nd Battalion and a former member of QUR.

 

THE MILITARY SYSTEM

 

A friend once told me he didn’t understand the military system.

Dumb civilian, I said to myself, but openly I said, “The system is really quite simple.”

 

You see, all people in the Army are soldiers, all privates are soldiers, but not all soldiers are privates. Some are officers who are commissioned, but some are officers who are not commissioned. Obviously if every private was called private it would be confusing, so some privates are called things like trooper, driver, gunner, crafts-men, sapper or signaller.

 

Not all of the drivers actually drive because some of them cook, but we don’t call them cooks, for that matter, not all drivers are called drivers – some of them are privates or gunners. Gunners as I’m sure you know are the blokes that fire guns, unless of course they are drivers or signallers in which case we call them gunners rather than drivers or signallers just to make it clearer.

 

All gunners belong to the artillery, except that in the infantry we have gunners who are called privates because they fire a different sort of gun, for the same reason we call our drivers and signallers private as well. A Lance Corporal is called Corporal, unless he is a Lance Bombardier then we call him Bombardier to distinguish him from a full Bombardier, who is just like a Corporal.

 

All other ranks are called by their rank for the sake of simplicity except that Staff Sergeants are called Staff, but they are not on the staff, some Warrant Officers, who are not officers, are called Sergeant Major although they are not Sergeants or Majors. Some Warrant Officers are called Mister which is the same thing that we call some officers but they are not Warrant Officers.

 

A Lieutenant is also called Mister because they are subalterns, but we always write their rank as Lieutenant or Second Lieutenant, and second comes before first. When we talk about groups of soldiers there obviously has to be clear distinction. We call them Officers and Soldiers although we know that officers are soldiers too, sometimes we talk about officers and other ranks which is the same as calling them soldiers. I guess it is easiest when we talk about rank and file which is all the troops on parade except the officers and some of the NCOs - - and a few of the privates – and the term is used whether everyone is on parade or not.

 

A large unit is called a battalion, unless it is a regiment but sometimes a regiment is much bigger than a battalion and then it has nothing to do with the other sort of regiment. Sub units are called companies unless they are squadrons or troops or batteries for that matter. That is not radio batteries and don’t confuse this type of troop with the type who are soldiers but not officers.

 

Mostly the Army is divided into Corps as well as units, not the sort of Corps which is a couple of divisions but the sort which tells you straight away what trade each man performs, whether he is a tradesmen or not. The Infantry Corps has all the infantrymen for example and the Artillery Corps has all the gunners. Both these Corps also have signallers and drivers except those who are in the Signals or Transport Corps. In fact the Signals Corps is not a service at all because it is an Arm. Arms do all the fighting, although Signals don’t have to fight too much, rather like the Engineers who are also an Arm but they don’t fight too much either.

 

“So you see, it’s really quite straightforward really” .

 

With such a simple explanation, my friend walked away looking none the wiser.

 

Civies, you just can’t follow them!

 

 

Ted Weeks is the bloke in the hat, clasping his hands.  The photo was taken at the ANZAC Day march in Emerald this year.

 

John H

 

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From:- Trevor Luttrell

 

To:- Peter Morton

 

Subject:-  FB-1B Belly Landing.....

 

Landing on runway 31 at Diego Garcia, skidding 7,500 feet down the runway.

The aircraft and crew were landing at the end of an 11 hour ferry mission that started at Andersen AFB , Guam .

During the landing, the B-1B caught fire and emergency crews extinguished the flames.

The four-person aircrew escaped from the plane through the overhead escape hatch.

The aircraft was finally removed from the runway 4 days later.

  The Air Force Accident Investigation concluded the pilots forgot to lower the landing gear.
The USAF estimated the damage to the B-1B at $7.9 million, and the damage to the runway at $14,025. RBRM and those old SEABEES made one tough runway, that's for sure!
 
For those of you who've never seen a $285,000,000.00 bomber on the deck, here she is:

 

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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 - Gallipoli Barracks )

AGM                                                       Friday 12 September 2014 - ( 1900Hrs for 1930Hrs)

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

Christmas Function                              Thursday 11 December 2014 - 1730Hrs (Normanby 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 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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