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Volume 26 Number 3 |
August 2014 |
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Since the
last newsletter the Association has not had much activity but in the near
future many significant activities will occur.
Firstly
the Annual General Meeting and Dinner will be held at the United Services
Club on Friday 11 September 2013 at 1900 for 1930 hours. The night is a very
relaxed dinner during which the necessary activity for the conduct of an
Annual General Meeting occurs. At the end of the dinner we look forward to a
brief update of the status of the Regiment given by the Commanding Officer.
Please
note that it will be the last evening that the current Commanding Officer
will dine with us as CO due to the normal rotation of Commanding Officers.
We will be honoured to have Dick Palk speak to us about his time with the
Department of Foreign Affairs especially his work with other countries in
the preparation for the celebration of the Anniversary of the 1914 War.
The
cost of the dinner is $85.00. If you wish to attend, please go to the notice
about the dinner in this newsletter and email Peter Morton your attendance.
Payment can be made by electronic means or payment is accepted on the night.
As usual the old executive management committee will stand down from their
positions and a new committee will be formed (President, Vice President,
Secretary/Treasurer, Membership Secretary/Website Manager, History Manager,
Newsletter Editor, Committee members.) Should you be prepared to be
available for any of the positions please let me know and I will make the
necessary arrangements for your nomination to be go forth.
I must
make note of the forthcoming change in 2015 of Commanding Officer of the
Regiment. Firstly on behalf of all the ex members of QUR I wish to convey
our gratitude to Lieutenant Colonel Mark Armstrong for his period of
Command. In the last newsletter we published a document which demonstrated
the span of work, which is expected of the CO, and Mark completed the
resultant tasks with great success. We wish the best to Mark for his future
military career and thank him for his time guiding and managing the
Regiment.
As an
introduction please find enclosed a copy of the biography of the incoming
Commanding Officer - Lieutenant Colonel Richard Peace.
The
physical work of the new preservation of the history of QUR has now
commenced in earnest. It will be slow but at least we have started. We will
be electronically scanning all new documents and photos available to add the
last written history. If you have any photo or document from any period of
QUR please allow us to borrow it so it may be scanned. Or even better scan
it yourself and send it to us by email.
I look
forward to catching up with you at the AGM/Dinner on Friday the 11th
September at the United Service Club.
CO's Report August 2014
This month bring news of the selection of LTCOL Richard Peace,
RAE to be the next CO of QUR. LTCOL Peace’s appointment will be
effective as of 01 Jan 2015. In addition, QUR graduate and
previous Regimental 2IC, LTCOL Luke Hughes, has been selected to
command 9 RQR. I would like to congratulate both LTCOL
Peace and LTCOL Hughes on this significant career milestone.
May and June were extremely busy months for QUR with a
significant amount of training delivered. Training Coy,
supported by Admin Coy, ran 12 courses in four locations
training over 300 members (from Recruit to Major) in a broad
range of military skills. This tempo stretched the Regt, but I
am pleased to report that the results were excellent thanks
largely to the effort and flexibility of QUR and other
supporting staff.
 In
July, QUR OCDTs again performed strongly on the Training Block 5
(conducted by RMC). LT Michael Bobbin won the Sword of Honour
and the Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey Prize for Leadership,
while LT Taylor won the Defence Prize for Physical Fitness. Both
officers were allocated to the RAE and posted to 11 Engineer
Regt. QUR has won three of the last four Swords of Honour, a
testament to the dedication, commitment and professionalism of
Jacka Coy staff and the quality of training outcomes delivered
by QUR.
July also saw the participation of the 11 and 13 Brigade
Battlegroup as part of 3 Briagde on Exercise Hamel held at High
Range in Townsville. This Battlegroup (named Battlegroup Cannan)
of 500 personnel was formed after intensive preparation over
many months. From all reports, Battlegroup Cannan performed
credibly and provided a valuable capability for the Commander of
3 Brigade.
An important event in the next period is the Officer and
Sergeants Mess Regimental Dinner to be held on Fri, 17 Oct at
the old Commander’s Mess at Gallipoli Barracks. This promises to
be a great night with QUR farwelling a number of retiring
officers and SNCO’s. As always, members of the QURA are
cordially invited and details of the event will be passed to the
QURA via the President and Secretary.
Scientia ac Labore
Mark Armstrong
Lieutenant Colonel
Commanding Officer
Queensland University Regiment
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Biography - LTCOL
Richard Pearce - CO QUR 2015
LTCOL Richard James Peace - CO QUR 2015
Lieutenant Colonel Peace entered the Royal Military
College in 1995, graduating to the Royal Australian
Engineers. His first posting was as a Project
Engineer, 19th Chief Engineer Works in Randwick,
being involved in the commencement of the ATSIC Army
Community Assistance Projects (AACAP).
In
1999, he was posted to the 21st Construction
Squadron in Brisbane. Lieutenant Colonel Peace led
the initial reconnaissance party for the deployment
of the Squadron into East Timor as part of INTERFET
in November 1999. During this deployment, he was
promoted to Captain with the subsequent command of
Plant/Transport Troop.
At the
beginning of 2001, Lieutenant Colonel Peace was
posted to the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment in Darwin
as a Squadron and then Regimental Reconnaissance
Officer, completing the Mechanised Regimental
Officers Course. During this time he undertook
an exchange posting to the Singaporean Armoured
Engineer Centre and completed the Regular
Intermediate Staff Course during this time.
In
2003, Lieutenant Colonel Peace was posted to the
School of Military Engineering as the Course Leader
of the RAE Regimental Officers Basic Course (ROBC)
and Second-in-Command of Engineer Operations Wing.
At the
end of 2004, Lieutenant Colonel Peace was posted to
Land Command as a Watch Keeper for Land Component,
Joint Operations Command.
In
October 2005, he elected to transfer to the Army
Reserve and relocated to Brisbane, as the Operations
Officer for 11th Field Squadron, 2nd Combat Engineer
Regiment (2 CER). At the end of 2006, he was
promoted to Major and was given Command of the
Squadron.
In
2008 and 2009, he was fortunate to be able to
undertake Continuous Full Time Service as the
Operations Officer at 2 CER, with a major
involvement in OP STORM ASSIST in Brisbane.
In
2010, Lieutenant Colonel Peace deployed to
Afghanistan with Mentoring Task Force 1 as the
Senior Project Manager, Works Team. On the raising
of Combined Team Uruzugan (CTU), he was also
required to act as the Chief Engineer for Uruzgan
Province. Lieutenant Colonel Peace completed the
Australian Command and Staff College (Reserve) in
2011, being awarded the Commander 2nd Division Prize
for Tactics.
On
completion of Staff College, he re-deployed to
Afghanistan in 2012 as the CTU Afghan National
Security Forces Development Chief, focussing on
training and capability development of the Afghan
Army and Police within Uruzgan. For his efforts in
this role Lieutenant Colonel Peace was awarded a US
Army Commendation Medal. He was promoted at
the end of 2012 prior to assuming the role of Career
Advisor for Staff College qualified Major’s.
Lieutenant Colonel Peace is married to Peta, an
accountant, who runs her own company. They have two
girls Georgia (13) and Shelby (7), both of whom
attend school in the Ashgrove and Enoggera areas.
Lieutenant Colonel Peace and his family enjoy
travelling and spending time together. Lieutenant
Colonel Peace completed a Bachelor of Engineering
with Honours in 1994 and a Masters of Business
Administration in 2009. Lieutenant Colonel Peace is
a Certified Practising Engineer and works as a
Project Manager in private enterprise.
Lieutenant Colonel Peace is privileged to have been
allocated to command of the Queensland University
Regiment and is looking forward to the next few
years.
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Vale Joel Barnett
QURA member and stalwart
9 RQR Historian, Joel Barnett, passed away on Friday,
20th June 2014 after
combatting an illness over a long period and had as
recently as early this year appeared to be winning the
battle. He is survived by his wife Karen. Below
is Joel's eulogy delivered by QUR member Pat O'Keefe.
VALE JOEL BARNETT
“History with
its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past
Trying to
reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes
And kindle with
pale gleams the passion of former ages.”
When Sir
Winston Spencer Churchill penned these words, he may
well have had in mind the type of 18th
century soldier scholar that Joel reminded his good
friend and fellow barrister, Richard Galloway, of, with
his penchant for painstaking research and earnest
attention to detail.
Joel Mark
Barnett was born the son of Mark and Peggy Barnett on 9
June 1949.
He was educated
at Brisbane Grammar School and Brigadier Rod Hamilton,
prior to his departure overseas, wrote the following:
“Catherine and I
very much regret that we are overseas and unable to
share in this celebration of Joel’s life.
My friendship
with Joel goes back more than fifty years to when we
were students of Brisbane Grammar School where we shared
a passion for the Army Cadets. One of my very enduring
memories of this time is that of Joel punctiliously
saluting his father when collected after the Monday
parade.
Joel became the
long-serving curator of the Association Museum and a
Trust member. Pat will elaborate on his contribution but
I can report that it was characterised by hard work,
attention to detail and a decided flair for matters
historical.
He was a real
gentleman – a gentle man – in every sense of the word.
Perhaps he
should have been
born in an earlier century, as indicated by his
predilection for waistcoats
and fob watches.
He was a warm man, generous of spirit, whose life was
enhanced by his
marriage to the
lovely Karen. I thoroughly enjoyed his frequent phone
calls which always
began with “Oh
Rod, it’s Joel.I must tell you something which can’t be
repeated…” His love
and devotion to
his cats also meant that there would be an account of
the latest feline antics.
Only the
good die young and Joel has been taken from us far too
soon. His influence
in his many
spheres of interest and expertise was profound and he
will be etched in our
memories as a
good man
.
PRO ARIS ET FOCIS
Rest
well, old mate.”
In like manner,
Air Vice Marshal David Dunlop wrote the following from
London:
“I am presently
away in the UK and therefore, regrettably, will not be
able to attend Joel’s funeral on Thursday.If it is
appropriate could you please read out the message below.
A Farewell Message from
Dave Dunlop
I first met Joel
when we were at Brisbane Grammar in the 1960s. Although
we were not in the same class, we were both in the
cadets, in my case the Air Training Corps and for
Joel,the Army Cadets. My recollection was that Joel was
always very smart in his uniform –
perhaps a
reflection of his Father’s extensive Army experience. We
Air Force cadets
struggled to
look good in our hand me down World War 2 vintage
uniforms, but Joel always looked immaculate. In many
ways , Joel was more military than the military, a
characteristic that endured throughout his life.BGS had
its own rifle range set up on the oval using the cliff
face as the butts. There we fired 303s with .22 barrels.
Perhaps this was the start of Joel’s love of shooting
although I suspect that may have come from his Father.
After high
school, we went our separate ways –I joined the RAAF and
Joel continued his association with the Army through
university. It wasn’t until many years later when I was
posted to RAAF Base Amberley that we again met up. As I
am sure many of you would recall, Joel was very involved
with the Army museum at Kelvin Grove and he invited me
to visit.This led to us renewing our friendship and
although we only met occasionally, usually for Anzac day
or dinner in the United Service Club, we did communicate
regularly.
We found that we
shared an interest in military history and this led to
us exchanging via email, interesting articles, stories,
photos and web site addresses. Joel had the knack of
finding unusual snippets of information on often long
forgotten events. One area of particular interest was
German research during WW2 into advanced weapons and
technology.
Following a
visit I made to the restored WW2 launching site of the
V2 missile, La Coupole in the Pas de Calais in north
west France, I found a number of books on the post war
program to uncover German secret weapons and to capture
German scientists.Joel was intrigued by these programs.I
suspect he secretly believed in the conspiracy theory
concerning the German nuclear program.
When I visited
Joel in hospital just before I left for the UK, he was
deeply immersed in an old copy of “The Final Battle”
that I had found in an antique store in Burra in South
Australia.Despite his discomfort, he recounted in detail
what he had read of the battle that led to the fall of
Berlin.
I bid you
farewell my friend. I will miss our conversations on
legal intrigue, military secrets, vintage watches,
shooting pistols, fountain pens and faithful cats.
Although I am many miles away, I will raise a glass old
whisky in honour of our friendship.”
Joel Barnett
will be remembered for his many connections, such as
with
Queensland
University Regiment – with whom he served from 1968 to
1970 and, thereafter,his membership of its regimental
Association.
The National
Servicemen’s Association – South Brisbane Branch -of
which he was a member.
The Returned and
Services League of Australia – whose Salisbury
Sub-Branch’s affairs he presided over.
The Sporting
Shooters Association – whose muzzle- loading division he
helped to found and with whom he participated as a
“black powder shooter” under the nickname of “Duke of
Clarence”.
The Victoria
Barracks Historical Society – which, along with Tom
Parslow, myself and others, he helped to found
( as an aside,
it would not be too difficult to imagine that God’s
biggest problem today is keeping the unholy trinity of
Pat Shanahan, Tom Parslow and Joel Barnett from
establishing a military memorial museum in Heaven)
And most
importantly to me, personally,
The 9th
Battalions Association – of which he was a life member,
a trustee and, between the years 1975 and 1995, its
Museum Curator.
Often
unsupported, always under-funded and sometimes
forgotten, Joel gave to our Museum a priceless gift of
time, energy and expertise.
I shall miss
you, old friend, but I shall never forget, when we stood
together and polished History’s flickering lamp.
P.J.O’Keeffe
OAM
Chairman
9th
Battalions War Memorial Museum Collection and Property
Trust
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QUR Officer and Sergeants Mess Regimental Dinner
QUR will hold their Annual Officer
and Sergeants Mess Regimental Dinner on Friday 17th
October 2014 at the old Commander's Mess at
Gallipoli Barracks. All members of QURA are
invited to attend to help celebrate the service of a
number of retiring Officers and Senior NCOs.
More details of the dinner will be
emailed to members when available from QUR.
(Please note
change of date)
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QUR History Excepts
Preview of some
history items being collated by the QURA History
Committee - Current members are Trevor Luttrell, Ian
Bunce, Gary Collins and Brian Venz. If you
have any QUR related items that you think would be
appropriate for inclusion, please contact Trevor
Luttrell
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Extract from the University of
Queensland Newspaper ( Semper
Floreat ) circa July 1949.
Illegible details at the bottom of
article are:-
The success or
failure of the University Regiment
will provide the answer.
Allan B Steele ,
Brigadier
Commander 7th
Infantry Brigade
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Officers Mess - Annual Camp 1965
Front Row:
LT A.W. English, LT J.E Taske. CAPT J. A. Desmarchelier,
MAJ R.I. Harrison (2IC), LTCOL J.A. Springhall (CO),
CAPT M.C. Mules (Adjt), CAPT B.C. Peacock, LT D. O’Brien
(SUR), LT J. Jackson (SUR, LT W.J. Hazard.
Second Row:
LT G
Allen, LT S Smith, LT A.W. Gibbs, LT T Fenwich, LT J.W.
Howarth, LT D.J. Jago, LT C.H. Tranberg, LT D Axten.
Third Row:
LT E
Dunwoody, LT R Taylor, LT K.M. Lindley, LT D. R.
Woodrow, LT A.W. Hoveling, LT R.M. Hughes, LT J. J.
Lilley (RAS), LT A Cahill, LT D.S. Sallows, LT J. Uhlman
Fourth Row:
LT S Gregory, LT G Ozols, LT I. H. Bunce, LT I Fenwick,
LT R Cosgrove, LT M Wheeler, LT A Mc Leod (RAS) LT D.J.
Horgan
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QUR Association AGM and Dinner
QUR
Association
Executive
is pleased to invite you to the
QURA AGM and Dinner
The Annual General Meeting for the QUR
Association will be held at the United Service Club, Wickham
Terrace, Brisbane on the evening of Friday 12 September 2014 at 1900 for 1930 hours.
If you know of any former members of QUR that have been part of
QURA or might like to join, please invite them along to the
Dinner/AGM.
The cost for the evening will be
$85 - Includes
pre-dinner drinks with a 3 course meal with wine and
port.
RSVP 8th Sep
2013
EMAIL reply to the membership Registrar
(Peter Morton
).
Name: ________________________________________________________________
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I will be attending the Association’s
Annual General Meeting / Dinner to be held at the United Service Club,
Wickham Terrace, Brisbane on the evening of Friday 12 September 2014 at 1900 for 1930 hours.
I understand that from
8 September 2014 should I later find that I
cannot attend, I will be liable to pay for the function.
For members with internet banking,
a payment of $85.00 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.
If you wish to pay by cash or cheque, please pay on the night.
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE!!
ADD A BIT OF NEW BLOOD TO OUR AGEING EXECUTIVE,
NOMINATE TO BE A PART OF THE QURA
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
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War
in its ensemble is not a science, but an art.
Antoine Henri de Jomini, 1779 – 1869
The
national spirit of an Army (enthusiasm,
fanatical zeal, faith, opinion) displays itself
most in mountain warfare, where every one down
to the common soldier is left to himself. On
this account a mountainous country is the best
campaigning ground for popular levies.
Expertness of an Army through training, and that
well tempered courage which holds ranks together
as if they had been cast in a mould, show their
superiority in an open country.
Karl von Clausewitz 1780 – 1831
War
is a game in which princes seldom win, the
people never.
George Caleb Colton 1780 – 1832
You
cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it.
William Tecumseh Sherman 1820 -1891
I
had rather lose one man in marching than five in
fighting.
Ulysses Simpson Grant 1822 – 1885
If
your bayonet breaks, strike with the stock; if
the stock gives way, hit with your fists; if
your fists are hurt, bite with your teeth.
Mikhail Ivanovich Dragomirov 1830 – 1905
Satisfactory attack this morning – advances made
with 11 tanks on one mile of front. All
objectives taken, 12 infantry casualties and 14
men of Tanks hit. Without tanks we would have
lost 600!
Douglas Haig diary entry 19 August 1917 3rd
Battle of Ypres
Every road was littered with broken down motor
trucks, guns, machine gins and trench mortars.
Great stacks of supplies and of military stores
of all kinds were abandoned. Every railway line
was blocked with loaded trucks which the Germans
had been unable to remove…. It is beyond dispute
that on November 11 the lines of communication
immediately behind the German armies had been
thrown into complete disorder greatly
intensified by the attacks if Allied airmen.
Sir Fredrick Maurice, The Last Four Months 1920
They advanced in line after line, dressed as if
on parade, and not a man shirked going through
the extremely heavy barrage, or facing the
machine gun and rifle fire that finally wiped
them out ….. Hardly a man of ours got to the
German front line.
Brigadier Rees, commanding the 94th
Infantry Brigade July 1916. Some 20,000 men died
in the attack on 1 July 1916, the first day of
the Battle of the Somme and the worst death toll
for a single day in the history of the British
army.
War
is a misfortune, but it is even more unfortunate
that we must place it in the hands of the
military.
French premier Astride Briand, August 1916
We
had to jump from corpse to corpse. If we stepped
in the mud on either side, we’d get stuck. We
had to use the dead face-down because if we
stepped on their stomachs our feet would sink
in. It was disgusting. It was terrible. We were
surrounded by death.
Marcel Batreau, survivor of Verdun, interviewed
for the BBC 1995.
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Things to Think About
Caravans are a drag.
Cannibals and not
vegetarians. They are humanitarians.
Cattarrh really gets up my
nose.
Corrugated iron is really
groovy.
Defeatism will really get
the better of me.
Enemas really put the wind
up me.
Epilepsy has me in fits.
Equestrians ask too many
questions.
Hermaphrodites can’t have
it both ways.
Its’ hard to believe from
the Darwin theory that only the fit have survived.
Fred doesn’t go to church
so much since he became a Seventh Day Absentist.
How come the Madonna and
Child had time to pose for all those paintings?
My girlfriend wears a
biblical dress, low and behold.
The meek had a meeting
today and decided they don’t want to inherit the earth.
A generous parishioner donated a
loudspeaker for the church, in memory of his wife.
Why do they sterilize needles for lethal
injections?
If quitters never win and winners
never quit, what idiot came up with, “Quit while you are
ahead?”
Whose idea was it to have an “s” in
the word “lisp”?
If it is zero degrees outside today
and it is supposed to be twice as cold tomorrow, how
cold is it going to be?
Why is it that when a door is open,
it’s ajar – but when a jar is open, it’s not a door?
Is it possible to have a civil war?
Why is it when you open a can of
evaporated milk it’s still full?
Why do shops, which are open 24/7,
have locks on their doors?
If most car accidents occur within
10km of home, why doesn’t everyone just move 20 km away?
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Quotes
Invention is the mother of necessity.
Thorstein Veblen
We
don’t know a millionth of one percent about
anything.
Thomas Edison 1847-1931
I
wish there was a knob on the TV so you could
turn up the intelligence. They have one marked
brightness, but it doesn’t work, does it.
Gallagher
What bothers me about television is that it
tends to take our minds off our minds.
Robert Orben.
If
you are on a golf course during a storm and are
afraid of lightning, hold up a 1 iron. Not even
God can hit a 1 iron.
Lee Trevino
Plato was a bore.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzshe 1844-1900
Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.
Leo Tolstoy 1828-1910
I’m
not going to climb into the ring with Tolstoy
Ernest Hemingway 1898 -1961
Hemmingway was a jerk.
Harold Robins
Harold Robins doesn’t sound like an author, he
sounds like a company brochure.
The New Yorker
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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:- Brad Shillig
To:- Trevor Luttrell
Subject:- Milne Bay Memorial Library
and Research Centre Web Site
Hi,
Our Association has
a Milne Bay Memorial Library and Research Centre at
Chermside in Brisbane.
Its building is the
former Sandgate Drill Hall. The
9th Battalion (Moreton Regt) and
2/9th Battalion fought at the
Battle of Milne Bay.
A new web site has been created for the Library and
Research Centre at
www.milnebaybattlecentre.org
It also has a
Milne Bay Memorial Library and Research Centre
public Facebook page.
Regards,
Brad Shillig
Membership Officer
Ninth Battalions Association
email:
membership@9bnassoc.org
web:
www.9bnassoc.org
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From:- Rod Hardaker
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:- I Remember
The '70s - when being in the Army meant something, was a
good life,
with strong mateship, & was without the many divisive
issues faced by soldiers of today !!!
Tom Whalin, the bandmaster shown, re-scored the
traditional 1812
Overture to provide the soundtrack to 18 minutes and 12
seconds of army highlights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mgfFbTV6u0c
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From:-
Peter Sharwood
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:- QURA
May Newsletter
Peter,
I am currently traveling
overseas and will be away until the end of June.
I was interested in the
article about the Colonel Commandant, but unfortunately
it will not download properly.
You may be interested to
know that I was rung recently and told I have been
appointed Colonel Commandant RAAMC for Queensland.
Regards
Peter Sharwood
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From:-
John Hammond
To:-
Trevor Luttrell
Subject:- Re Happy Queensland
Day
Hello everyone
Congratulations! You live in
Queensland and it is Queensland Day!
Queensland Day is June 6. Generally the day is
incorporated into a week of celebrations which
focus on the State's history and development,
the people of Queensland and their achievements.
Queensland Day itself acknowledges the birth of
Queensland as a self-governing colony, the
anniversary of the date on which Queen Victoria
signed documents granting Queensland the right
to its own representative government and
appointing Queensland's first Governor, Sir
George Bowen.
From 1859 to 1901, Queensland had the status of
a self-governing colony. From 1 January 1901,
Queensland became one of the six founding States
of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Since 1981, Queensland's birthday has been
officially celebrated and promoted by the State
Government.
John H
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From:- MAJ Ian McNab
To:-
Trevor Luttrell
Subject:- Training in QUR
G'day
Sir,
A couple
of photos of the new Training Coy and Admin Coy
building at Enoggera (the person is Major Gabby
Raffin, OC Admin Coy).
Cheers
Ian
Major
I.D. McNab
Executive
Officer
Queensland University Regiment
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From:-
Rod Hardaker
To:-
Peter Morton
Subject:- Re Vale Peter Gargett
Hi Peter,
I knew Peter because his wife and I sang in QUMS in the
1960s, but I had no idea he'd served in QUR.
The service will be in Morris (not Moms) Hall.
Regards,
Rod
Greetings
all,
I know that many of you - even those who still live in
Brisbane - don't get The Courier-Mail, so here is the
obit for Peter which was published on 31 May.
Regards,
Rod
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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
Friday 17
October 2014 (Unit and QURA members only)
Christmas Function
Thursday 11 December 2014 -
1730Hrs (Normanby Hotel)
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Membership status codes are:
-
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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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 |
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Committee
Members |
|
|
|
Executive |
|
|
Greg
Adams |
3264
5544 |
0418 744
678
|
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Garry
Collins |
|
3359
5993 |
|
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Judy
Costello |
|
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David
Ross |
3227
6974 |
0402 904
204 |
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