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Volume 27 Number 1 |
February 2015 |
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I trust you all enjoyed the
recent festive season.
Firstly let me officially welcome the new Commanding Officer, Richard Peace.
We look forward to supporting him and the unit in the next couple of years.
Congratulations to Peter Rule and Rhys Thomas who were awarded the Public
Service Medal in the recent honours list on Australia Day.
Towards the end of 2014 I received an email from the spouse of a deceased ex
QUR soldier. When the spouse was clearing the old papers from her husband’s
memorabilia she found a QUR plaque. She kindly forwarded it to me. It is one
of the first plaques produced in QUR and is in mint condition. It will be
hung in one of the cabinets at the Regiment.
I have been contacted by an Association member, Peter Hurwood, about some
music which was written by Stuart Fawcett, ex bandmaster for the QUR band
many years ago. Stuart had written some music to go with the lyrics for
“Pour Bacchus” and Peter was trying to locate the music. During my
investigations to find the music I was able to contact Stuart Fawcett by
email. He is a resident in the UK and is still associated with military
bands. Stuart was unable to find the music which he had written many years
ago. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone (especially ex QUR band
members) has a copy of the sheet music which Stuart had written. If you have
a copy please forward it to me so I can pass it onto Peter Hurwood.
Following the AGM held in September 2014 we sent out a survey to members
about “the future” of the Association. The feedback from the survey of
members has been considered by the executive management committee and the
following is a summary of the results.
- The Xmas drinks would be run at the Normanby Hotel.
- The AGM to be conducted as a “normal” meeting at a suitable venue
- Following the meeting,
attending members could go (own choice) onto dinner at the venue or one
close by. An example is to hold the meeting in a committee room of an RSL
club then into the dining area of the RSL Club.
- The Back to the Regiment function would be held later in the year,
probably around the birthday date of the Regiment. In 2015 this would be
with the planned unit’s birthday celebrations.
- The decision regarding the AGM format is not finalized at this time.
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The work of recording the historical items continues. It has been noted that
a framed painted portrait of Brigadier Eric Martin has not been located
during a recent audit. From investigations we know it was normally located
in the Officer’s Mess. Years ago (about 10-15 years) a photographic copy was
made from the portrait. It was to be used as a picture for the collection of
CO’s pictures which were hung on the wall. Since then it went missing,
although it’s absence was not noticed. If anyone was around when the
portrait was still within the Unit’s building, or can assist with any
information, please contact me so I can continue the search for it.
It has been decided to conduct a get together (similar to the Christmas function)
at the Normanby Hotel on Wednesday 18 March 2015. It will give you a chance
to meet up with old friends from QUR. Come along for a drink from 1730
hours. Arrangements have been made to provide some finger foods.
A reminder to all that we are busy collecting any items of historical
interest from ex members of the Regiment. If you have anything at all from
your time in the Regiment please contact me (mobile 0437 442 964). We will
scan the documents and will return them to you. Possible sources – old
exercise instructions, photos, old camp newsletters, old camp instructions.
Why don’t you write a short note about something that you did or saw in your
time as a member of QUR. It can be just a few lines. Eg – “I remember camps
in August at Greenbank when the water in the fire buckets froze. It was
cruel to expect us to roll the flaps of the tents when they were frozen
stiff.”
We look forward to supporting the Commanding Officer again this year.
CO's Report February 2015
I would
like to thank the President for this opportunity to address
the Association. As the Commanding Officer and Chief
Instructor of
the Queensland University Regiment, I am conscious of our
heritage and
links to our past. From the early beginnings as a Company
attached to
the 9th/15th Battalion (Moreton and Oxley Regiment) to the
raising as
a Regiment in our own right, we have been involved in the
training and
development of young (and not so young) personnel within the
Australian Army.
This shared tradition of training and development is
important, as we
can only effectively do this by maintaining currency and
relevancy to
the issues of the day. Currently, the Regiment is
responsible for
training cadets, junior officers and soldiers to enable them
to
perform their role in todays Army. This has seen, and
continues to
see, change in our methods of instruction, doctrine and
structure. I
will not labour this point, other than to say the Regiment
is in a
continual state of change that will continue for the coming
years of my tenure.
The mission of the Queensland University Regiment is to
deliver
directed Tier 1, 2 and 3 individual training in order to
enable 2nd
Division and 11th Brigade Force Generation. My vision is the
Queensland University Regiment is the centre of excellence
for
training Officers and Soldiers, generating Army's
Operational
Capability. I am passionate about mission focus and
generating
operational capability and see my role as ensuring the
Regiment
achieves this fundamental requirement. I will speak more
about this
in the
coming editions of the newsletter.
I look forward to meeting more of the members from the
Assocation over
the coming years of my tenure. My initial exposure to some
of you at
the Association Diner last year was fantastic, and I hope
that this
can continue. My belated congratulations to the members of
the
Assocation who received honours in the 2015 Australia Day
Honours
List. It shows the strength of the Association and the
dedication
that the members have to the community - the Army ethos of
Service
before Self
still holds.
Finally, I extend a warm invitation to all members of the
Association
to our family open day and Regimental Birthday on 9 May 2015
at the
Regimental Headquarters, St Lucia.
Richard Peace
Lieutenant Colonel
Commanding Officer/Chief Instructor
Queensland University Regiment
''Scientia Ac Labore - Knowledge Through
Work'
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History Project
Continues
QURA continues with
the History Project under the direction of Trevor
Luttrell. Progress is being made in the electronic
storing of photographs, Camp Newsletters, Past CO
remembrances, etc. Examples of some of the
details already scanned are below. As with any
history project, time diminishes remembrances and it is
hoped that members of the Association can help this
project in supplying additional information, photos,
personal memories.
If you have any additional info
on the following (such as dates,
location, names) please contact
Trevor Luttrell on 3345 2754.
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How to Remove a
Hummer Engine
Soldiers
in Hummer
survived!!
This
is one
of the
new
"hardened"
MRAP vehicles
that
was hit by a 500
lb
bomb (IED).
The
vehicle was
totally
destroyed, but EVERYONE IN THE VEHICLE WALKED
AWAY.
Note the unusual
construction of the
bottom
of the hardened Pathfinder
APC. Note
the
bottom looks
like
the hull
of a
ship.
The
blast
picked up
the truck and
turned
it around!
The driver got some
broken
ribs (see
the
photo of
the
steering wheel), but that's
it.
Everyone
walked away
from a
500 lb
explosion directly beneath
their
vehicle.
MAJ
Brent
Ruhlen Sr.
Project
Officer
TCM-BC, CP
Division
Ft. Leavenworth,
KS
66027
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QURA March 2015 `Get Together`
QUR is having an
open day on
Saturday, 9th
May to celebrate
the Regiment's
Birthday.
Consequently,
QURA Executive
has been decided
to co-ordinate
our usual BTR
function with
this event.
As a result, we
have decided to
hold a simple
get together in
March for
Association
members.
The Get Together
will be held at the Normanby Hotel, 1 Musgrave Rd, Red
Hill (Normanby
Fiveways), Brisbane on the evening of
Wednesday 18th
March 2015 from 1730 in the
upstairs Patio
Bar.
QUR
Association
Executive
is pleased to invite you
and partner/friends to the
QURA March `Get Together`
from 5.30pm
The Normanby
Hotel is
conveniently
located opposite
the Normanby Bus
Station which is
just 1 stop from
the Roma Street
train/bus
interchange.
QURA will be
providing some
finger food
during the
evening ($5
entry to help
defray costs) and
members may
purchase their
drinks from the
bar.
If you know of any former members of QUR that have been part of
QURA or might like to join, please invite them along.
Come along and
enjoy a few
drinks and a
chat
with old
friends.
If you haven't
already replied,
please send an
email to
the membership
Secretary
(Peter Morton
).
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-
No general ever won a war whose conscience
troubled him or who did not want ‘to beat his
enemy too much’.
Robert Edward Shelford Bidwell 1899- 1968
- Smooth answers smooth the path to promotion.
Basil Henry Liddell Hart 1895 – 1970
- To get rid of the gun we must first grasp it
in our hands.
Mao
Tse Tung 1893 – 1976
- I have never met anyone who wasn’t against
War. Even Hitler and Mussolini were, according
to themselves.
David Low 1891-1966
- Revolutions are always the work of a
conspicuous minority.
Walter Lippmann 1889-1974
- There is only one defence against the Russians
and that is a very hot climate.
Marie Henri Beyle Stendhal 1783-1842
- Officers of the army are apt in general to
write like kitchen maids.
Lord Palmerston 1784 – 1865
- An army is a nation within a nation; it is one
of the vices of our age.
Alfred de Vigny 1797 - 1863
- The consecutive achievements of a war are not
premeditated but spontaneous and guided by
military instinct.
Helmuth
von Moltke (the Elder) 1800 – 1891
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Things to Think About
Life is a play. And it’s
not it’s the length but it’s the performance that
counts.
If at first you don’t
succeed, quit.
It at first you do succeed,
don’t take any more chances.
A consultant is simply a
professional who can’t find a job of his own.
Diets are for women who are
thick and tired of it.
She was only a cab driver’s
daughter, but you sure auto meter.
She was only the horse trainer’s daughter, but all the
horse manure.
I told my wife she didn’t
have a sense of humour. “ I married you didn’t I?” she
replied.
An atheist is a man without
any invisible means of support.
A shotgun wedding is a case
of wife or death.
My uncle had his tongue
shot off during the Vietnam War, but he does not talk
about it.
A little boy said his
ambition was to drive a tank. His father said: “Well I
wont stand in your way.”
The sergeant- major growled
at the young soldier: “I didn’t see you at camouflage
training this morning.” “Thank you very much, sir.”
An Army general and a Navy
admiral were sitting in a barber’s shop. Both were
coming to the end of their shaves when the two barbers
reached for some after-shave to slap on their customer’s
faces. The admiral shouted: “Don’t put that stuff on me!
My wife will think I’ve been in a whorehouse!”
The general turned to the
barber and said; “You can put it on me. My wife doesn’t
know what the inside of a whorehouse smells like.”
My grandfather was in the
very first submarine. Instead of a periscope, they had a
kaleidoscope. He screamed: “we’re surrounded.”
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Quotes
Something to
ponder over
A man goes into a
doctor for a complete check-up. He hasn’t been
feeling well and wants to find out if he’s ill.
After the check-up the doctor comes out with the
results of the examination. “I’m afraid I have
some bad news. You’re dying and you don’t have
much time,” the doctor says.
“Oh no, that’s
terrible. How long have I got?” the man asks.
“Ten….” says the
doctor.
“Ten? Ten what?
Months? Weeks? What?!”
“Ten, nine, eight
seven…”
There are
two times in a man’s life when he should
not speculate: when he can’t afford it
and when he can.
Mark
Twain
Let advertisers spend the same amount of
money improving their product that they
do on advertising and they wouldn’t have
to advertise.
Will
Rogers
Committees have become so important
nowadays that subcommittees have to be
appointed to do the work.
Laurence J. Peter
Criticism comes easier than
craftsmanship.
Zeuxis
c. 400BC
A specialist is one who knows everything
about something and nothing about
anything else.
Ambrose Bierce 1842-1914
A good novel tells the truth about its
hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth
about its author.
G.K.
Chesterton
Personally I’m always ready to learn,
although I do not always like being
taught.
Winston Churchill 1874-1965
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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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Email received in response to card
sent to Judith Loveday by QURA
From:- Judith
Loveday
To:- Trevor Luttrell
Dear Trevor,
Thank you for your thoughts. Larry was very proud of the
friendship and duties with his Army mates.
Judith Loveday.
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From:- Barry Hayne
To:- Peter Morton
Dear Peter Morton:
Many thanks for your latest invitation to
the Regimental Social on 18 March. Over the
last few years you have sent me many
invitations, most of which I have declined.
My last attendance at a Regimental function
(and I have attended only two) was some ten
years ago when my photograph was taken with
one of the few members I knew. I feel that
I would be attending your meetings under
false pretences, since when I left National
Service in 1953, I attended no parades with
the Regiment but almost immediately
transferred into 3 Interrogation Company,
Northern Command. There is almost nobody I
know now connected with the regiment, and
while thanking you for your continuing
attention, I think it best that you remove
my name from your mailing list.
Cordially, Barrie Hayne
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From:- Chris Gladstone
To:- Peter Morton
Hi mate
Thought you might find this
interesting !!!
Cheers
Chris
Evil at its' worst.
Subject: WHAT COMES NEXT AFTER A MILITARY PURGE?
(READ TO THE END)
LIKE SITTING DUCKS - THINK OF WHAT HAPPENED ON DEC.
7, 1941 IN HAWAII
The picture is of the five first line US nuclear
carriers docked together in one place. Just
like Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor , December 7,
1941.
This picture was taken the February 2014 in Norfolk
, Virginia. Obama ordered
5 nuclear carriers into harbor for "routine" (?)
inspections. Heads of the Navy were flabbergasted by
the directive but had to comply as it was a direct
order from their Commander-in-Chief.
The carriers were all pulled out from the MIDDLE
EAST and the Afghanistan
support role leaving our land forces naked and
exposed without the air support
needed to carry out their missions.!
NORFOLK, VA. (February 8, 2014). This is the first
time since WWII that five
aircraft carriers were docked together. (These are
all nuclear carriers).
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69),
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77),
USS Enterprise (CVN 65),
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75),
and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
are all in port at Naval Station Norfolk , Va. , the
world's largest naval station.
Knowledgeable sources stated that this breached a
long standing military
protocol in the Navy meant to avoid a massive enemy
strike on major US forces.
(U..S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication
Specialist Ryan J. Courtade/Released).
This ordering of most of the Navy's capitol ships
into one place is
unprecedented since Pearl Harbor !
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From:- Eden
Huston
To:- Peter Morton
Philosophers of this Century…
As I hurtled through space, one thought kept
crossing my mind -
every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest
bidder.
~ John Glenn...
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When the white missionaries came to Africa they had
the Bible and we had the land.
They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we
opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
~ Desmond Tutu...
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America is the only country where a significant
proportion of the population believes that
professional wrestling is real
but the moon landing was faked.
~ David Letterman...
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I'm not a paranoid, deranged millionaire. God dammit,
I'm a billionaire.
~ Howard Hughes...
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After the game, the King and the pawn go into the
same box.
~ Old Italian proverb....
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Men are like linoleum floors. Lay 'em right and you
can walk all over them for thirty years.
~ Betsy Salkind...
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The only reason they say 'Women and children first'
is to test the strength of the lifeboats.
~ Jean Kerr...
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I've been married to a communist and a fascist, and
neither would take out the garbage.
~ Zsa Zsa Gabor....
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You know you're a redneck if your home has wheels
and your car doesn't.
~ Jeff Foxworthy....
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When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's
either a new car or a new wife.
~ Prince Philip...
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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no
match for me at kickboxing.
~ Emo Philips...
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Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it
yourself.
~ Harrison Ford....
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The best cure for Sea Sickness, is to sit under a
tree.
~ Spike Milligan...
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Lawyers believe a person is innocent until proven
broke.
~ Robin Hall...
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Kill one man and you're a murderer, kill a million
and you're a conqueror.
~ Jean Rostand...
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Having more money doesn't make you happier.
I have 50 million dollars but I'm just as happy as
when I had 48 million.
~ Arnold Schwarzenegger...
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We are here on earth to do good unto others. What
the others are here for, I have no idea.
~ WH Auden...
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In hotel rooms I worry. I can't be the only guy who
sits on the furniture naked.
~ Jonathan Katz...
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If life were fair, Elvis would still be alive today
and all the impersonators would be dead.
~ Johnny Carson...
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I don't believe in astrology. I am a Sagittarius and
we're very skeptical.
~ Warren Tantum... (School photo album).
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Hollywood must be the only place on earth where you
can be fired by a man wearing a
Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap.
~ Steve Martin...
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Home cooking. Where many a man thinks his wife is.
~ Jimmy Durante...
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America is so advanced that even the chairs are
electric.
~ Doug Hanwell...
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The first piece of luggage on the carousel never
belongs to anyone.
~ George Roberts...
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If God had intended us to fly he would have made it
easier to get to the airport.
~ Jonathan Winters...
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I have kleptomania, but when it gets bad, I take
something for it.
~ Robert Benchley...
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From:- Trevor Luttrell
To:- Peter Morton
Peter,
I have received this from Denis after Barbara Handley
visited him recently.
Can you please include the following message in the next
newsletter.
Ta
Trevor
We have received a message of sincere thanks and
appreciation to the QURA from Barbara Handley for messages
of condolence, members’ support and attendance at the
funeral service of her late husband WO1 Alf Handley, former
RSM of QUR
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From:- John Hammond
To:- Trevor Luttrell
As it used to be! AND STILL
SHOULD BE !!!!!
The photos below were taken in Adelaide by an
Advertiser photographer at 11am on the 11th of
November 1955, Remembrance Day.
People step out of their cars, some halfway across
the intersection, others stop midway while crossing
the road, and stand in complete silence to honour
the fallen.
The photos convey the significance of the day back
then and how solemn an occasion it was to both the
city and to a nation, still with memories lingering
from World War 2.
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From:- Heather
Pearson
To:- Peter Morton
Subject: Re Classic Maths
Teacher Arrested At
Brisbane International Airport - held in
isolation
A secondary school teacher was arrested today at
Brisbane's International airport as he attempted
to board an international flight while in
possession of a ruler, a protractor, a pair of
compasses, a slide-rule and a calculator.
At the press conference, an Australian Border
Control spokesman said he believes the man is a
member of the notorious extremist Al-Gebra
movement. He did not identify the man, who has
been charged by the Police with carrying weapons
of math instruction.
'Al-Gebra is a problem for us', the Spokesman
said. 'They derive solutions by means and
extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in
search of absolute values.' They use secret code
names like "X" and "Y" and refer to themselves
as "unknowns;" but we have determined that they
belong to a common denominator of the axis of
medieval with coordinates in every country. As
the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say,
"There are three sides to every triangle."
When asked to comment on the arrest, Opposition
Leader Bill Shorten said, "If God had wanted us
to have better weapons of math instruction, He
would have given us more fingers and toes."
Fellow Labor colleagues told reporters they
could not recall a more intelligent or profound
statement by the Opposition Leader
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From:- Bruce
Davis
To:- Trevor Luttrell
Subject:- When orders are clear
and concise
The following set of orders were delivered
during WWI
Special
Orders to No.1 Section 13/3/1918 (7 men)
(1) This position will be held, and the
section will remain here until relieved.
(2) The enemy cannot be allowed to interfere
with this programme.
(3) If the section cannot remain here alive,
it will remain here dead, but in any case it
will remain here.
(4) Should any man, through shell shock or
other cause, attempt to surrender, he will
remain here dead.
(5) Should all guns be blown out, the
section will use Mills grenades and other
novelties.
(6) Finally, the position as stated, will be
held.
F.P. Bethune Lt
O/C No.1 Section.
Orders issued by Lieutenant F.P. Bethune
(1877 - 1942) to his group of seven men in No.1 section, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Australian Imperial
Force, when sent to
defend an exposed position at Passchendaele
in France in March 1918.
Bethune was a clergyman from Tasmania who had enlisted in the AIF in Hobart on the
1 July 1915. Interestingly, Bethune chose to
enlist as a soldier rather than as a padre, seeing action numerous times, being wounded and also
gassed twice.
After Bethune had issued the above orders,
the unit repulsed repeated attacks over an 18 day period. They were also subjected to constant
artillery barrages of
high explosive, shrapnel and gas shells. All
survived.
The orders were later circulated throughout
the allied armies in France and embodied in British Army Orders until 1940. Twenty-two years
later, after the fall of Dunkirk,
they were reproduced as posters under the
caption 'The spirit which won the last war'
and displayed throughout England.
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From:- Garry Collins
To:- Trevor Luttrell, Peter Morton
Subject:- Perhaps a small item for the
next QURA newsletter
Hi Trevor & Peter
Reading the November 2014 issue of the newsletter, I
noticed on the order of service for Alf Handley’s
funeral that the civil celebrant was Rod Schafferius.
Rod also officiated at the funerals for both my
mother and father.
And quite some time before that, in the 1970s, he
was a student in one of my English classes at
Gladstone State High School. It’s a small world!
Garry Collins
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From:- Bruce Davis
To:- Trevor Luttrell
Subject:- Camouflage Training
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From:-
Donna-Lee Greaves
To:- Peter Morton
Hi
Peter,
It is clear from these that few things have changed
politically, throughout history.
Regards,
Donna-Lee
In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one
useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or
more is a government.
John Adams
If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if
you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
Mark Twain
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member
of government. But then I repeat myself.
Mark Twain
I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into
prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying
to lift himself up by the handle.
Winston Churchill
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always
depend on the support of Paul.
George Bernard Shaw
Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from
poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor
countries.
Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown
University
Giving money and power to government is like giving
whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody
endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
Frederic Bastiat, French economist(1801-1850)
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and
report the facts.
Will Rogers
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until
you see what it costs when it's free!
P.J. O'Rourke
In general, the art of government consists of taking as
much money as possible from one party of the citizens to
give to the other.
Voltaire (1764)
Just because you do not take an interest in politics
doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!
Pericles (430 B.C.)
No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the
legislature is in session.
Mark Twain (1866)
Talk is cheap...except when government does it.
Anonymous
The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a
happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the
other.
Ronald Reagan
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist
is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
Mark Twain
There is no distinctly Native American criminal
class...save government.
Mark Twain
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)
A government big enough to give you everything you want,
is strong enough to take everything you have.
Thomas Jefferson
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to
public office.
Aesop
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FUNCTIONS - 2015
March Get Together
Wednesday
18 March 2015 -
1730Hrs
(Normanby Hotel)
Anzac
Day Saturday
25 April 2015 -
0430Hrs
(Dawn Service
-
No QUR function at Depot)
QUR
Birthday Celebration Saturday
9 May 2015
(
All day event - i ncludes
displays, etc . Messes will be open )
AGM
Thursday
10 September 2015 - ( 1900Hrs for 1930Hrs)
Officers/SNCO Dinner
Saturday 10
October 2015 (Unit and QURA members and Partners)
Christmas Function
Wednesday 9 December 2015 -
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 2015
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)
-
2015 - 202? membership fees paid to year indicated
199? - 2014 membership fees due
for 2015
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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QURA EXECUTIVE
|
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 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Committee
Members |
|
|
|
Executive |
|
|
Greg
Adams |
3264
5544 |
0418 744
678
|
|
| |
Garry
Collins |
|
3359
5993 |
|
| |
David
Ross |
3227
6974 |
0402 904
204 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
QURA
Administration
|
Position |
Name |
Bus Hrs |
A/Hrs |
Email |
|
Membership
Secretary |
Peter
Morton |
3114
2010 |
0419 484 736 |
M/ship Secretary |
|
