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Royal Australian Artillery
Historical Company
ENewsletter Edition No 26

December 2017
AIRBURST
Royal Australian Artillery Historical Company Newsletter
In This Issue
Welcome
Notice - Change of Honorary Auditor
Closure of 12th Field Regiment (Vietnam) Association
2019 National Gunner Dinner
Did You Know?
Gunners Around the Nation
Featured Article
Artillery Badge Rotating 

CLOSURE OF 12 FIELD REGIMENT (VIETNAM) ASSOCIATION
 
 
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welcomeDear Gunners (Readers) -

WELCOME TO AIRBURST NO 26 - 2017  
 
It has been a busy period for the company since our last Airburst !  Lieutenant Colonel Rob Crawford and Frank Colley have joined the Board  giving us some new blood from both the serving and retired Gunner community. Unfortunately, due to personal reasons, Brian Hall has had to resign as  Honorary Treasurer but the good news is that he will remain on the Board.

Peter Lawrence has shouldered the burden of Treasurer but hopefully there are some interested souls out there. Please get in contact if you have some interest in artillery. 

 The RAAHC History Seminar Series has also continued strongly with a further four very successful seminars conducted in Canberra during the year on Firepower: Lessons From the Great War, with a further four more planned over the next year. David Connery has stepped into the breach to cover the absence of Nick Floyd who has been deployed overseas. 

The  most recent 8th Firepower seminar (Western Front: Cambrai & the beginning of the end) went well.  70 people attend, including the Sub 4 WO Gunnery course. Our speakers - Prof Michael Evans, Dr Jean Bou and LTCOL Chris Gardiner (CO 1 Armd Regt) -  provided a great overview of the period and the battle of Cambrai in particular. 

The ANZAC Centennial Gun Project suffered a tragedy in   the death of volunteer Luke Dowell in a car accident in September 2017. Luke was a stalwart supporter of the ACG and the Lead Driver for many of the events. He leaves a young family that will sorely miss him.  Luke was to be part of the Team that went to the Passchendaele Salute .
 
The Salute was an amazing event and began with a bonus; the Team met at Woolwich at 0830 hrs on 2 Nov 17 and spent a fascinating day with the  King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery.  The King's Troop were fantastic hosts and provided the Team with a full and detailed tour of their facilities.




Training early in the morn.


The barracks gates

     The RHA forges & Farriers


The 100 round salute was conducted by 16 WW1 guns-13 Pdrs, 75mm, 4.5 Inch How & 18 Pounders. The event took place at Fort Seclin , France since the Belgium Government was unwilling to bear the security risk. It was an emotional and spectacular event. All members of the Australian Team paid their own way to attend; they performed magnificently.


  The gun detachment                        No8 of 16 WW1 guns  fires


 
  Part of the gun line              The French 75mm


The Gun Line

Flame and fury

           All  of the  Gun Line                          Fire & Fury ANZAC Gunners
                ANZAC  Gunners

It has been a memorable year. I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the RAAHC Board, to hope you all had a great Xmas and please have a fantastic 2018.                                       
   
Ubique,
  
Ian Ahearn
Deputy Chair
RAAHC
noticeNotice - Change of Honorary Auditor
   
I advise the Members of the RAAHC that our Honorary Auditor has retired and is stepping back from his audit role after 17 years of providing pro bono audit services to the RAAHC. The new Honorary Auditor was appointed at the Annual General Meeting on 21 Oct 17.
 
Auditor details are:
 
Retiring Honorary Auditor:
William Neill
Frank Clune & Son - Chartered Accountants
Level 8   60 Carrington Street
Sydney NSW 2000
 
New Honorary Auditor:
Graham Martin
Director
Martin and Luscombe Pty Limited
7B Raymond Mall
Raymond Road
Springwood   NSW 2777
 
Authorised by
 
Peter Lawrence
Company and Honorary Secretary
Royal Australian Artillery Historical Company
PO Box 171 Cremorne Junction NSW 2090
raahcoffice@gmail.com

closure12fieldregimentClosure of the 12th Field Regiment (Vietnam) Association
                                       

Members are advised that with effect midnight on the 30th November 2017 the 12th Field Regiment (Vietnam) Association will close and be deregistered as an incorporated association.

On behalf of all members of the RAAHC I would like to take this opportunity to thank all members of the 12th Field Regiment (Vietnam) Association for their service, efforts and loyalty to the 12th Field Regiment (Vietnam) Association and wish them well into the future.

australianartilleryassociationAustralian Artillery Association -
2019 National Gunner Dinner
    

The Australian Artillery Association will hold a National Gunner Dinner over the period 23rd and 24th August 2019.  For full details please visit the Australian Artillery Association website.
didyouknowDid You Know?
                                       
Did You Know?   The Regimental Title.   Whilst the Regiment's accepted shortened title is Royal Australian Artillery, the full and correct title, which was granted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, on 19th September 1962, is: the Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery.
 
The title 'Royal' was originally granted to the permanent Artillery of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland by Her Majesty Queen Victoria on 14th August 1899 and as a result the relevant units became State Regiments of the Royal Australian Artillery. On 3rd March 1904, as a consequence of the Defence Act of 1903, all the state permanent Artillery units became the Royal Australian Artillery.
 
In 1936 Australia's Militia Artillery units were also granted the title 'Royal' and they were referred to as the Royal Australian Artillery (Militia). However, in 1949 all Australia's Artillery units were deemed to be as one: the Royal Australian Artillery.

gunnersaroundthenationGunners Around the Nation
                                       

View the latest Newsletters from various Artillery associations around the nation:

Australian Artillery Association - eNewsletter December 2017

A Field Battery Association - Newsletter Newsletter May 2017

RAA Association Victoria Newsletter - Cascabel

Locating Surveillance and Target Acquisition Association - Newsletter

131 Locators Association - Newsletter