The Australian Artillery Calendar Some Dates of Historical Significance March: by Anniversary & Day 122 1-Mar 1904 1 March: Australian Regulations and Orders for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth, Provisional Edition, 1904, Part I, establishes the Precedence of Corps, including that the Royal Australian Artillery Regiment (if mounted), and the Batteries of Australian Field Artillery (if allotted to units of the Light Horse) on ceremonial parade with their guns, take the right of the line, and march at the head of the Light Horse Regiments. 24 4-Mar 2002 4 March: A Troop, 16th Air Defence Regiment, completes its deployment aboard HMAS Kanimbla for Operation Slipper in the North Arabian Gulf, 2 December 2001–4 March 2002. 164 8-Mar 1862 8 March: A School of Artillery is established in Argyle Street, Hobart, Tasmania, fitted out partially for a battery and partially as a lecture room. 49 9-Mar 1977 9 March: The Royal Australian Artillery National Memorial is dedicated by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Second, Captain General of The Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery, at the summit of Mount Pleasant, Canberra. 115 10-Mar 1911 10 March: Approval granted by His Majesty King George V for The Royal Australian Artillery and the Permanent Batteries of Field Artillery to be redesignated respectively as The Royal Australian Garrison Artillery and The Royal Australian Field Artillery. 76 10-Mar 1950 10 March: A scarlet lanyard is authorised to be worn by officers, warrant officers, and NCO of the RAA who were required to carry a whistle in the exercise of their command. 18 13-Mar 2008 13 March: A troop of 15 gunners from 8th/12th Medium Regiment, after training for six months in the United Kingdom as part of a bilateral program, deploy with 7th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery in support of United Kingdom Operation Herrick in Helmand province, Afghanistan. RAA batteries on rotation provided similar support until 2011. 83 26-Mar 1943 26 March: The nomenclature 'anti-tank' is altered to 'tank-attack'. 91 31-Mar 1935 31 March: The alliance of the 110th Field Battery (Howitzer) RAA(M) with the 100th Field Battery RA is approved.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MjE4NTMz