RAA Liaison Letter 2024 - 2025 Edition

RAA Liaison Letter – 2024 / 2025 Edition 165 MAJ M.L. Van Tilburg MAJ T.W. Vercoe MAJ M. St C. Walton MAJ C.V. Wardrop MAJ P.J. Watkins MAJ P.R. Widelewski CAPT M.A. Pasteur (AAAvn) CAPT P.J. Smith CAPT P. Wertheimer LT J.F. Henry LT S.L. Shepherd WO1 D.G. Annett WO1 D.W. Bowman WO1 K.J. Browning * WO1 L.A. Cooper WO1 B.A. Franklin WO1 E. Harkin WO1 G.A. Jebb WO1 M.I. Johnson WO1 M.A. Johnston WO1 T.L. Kennedy WO1 D.R. Lehr WO1 P.A. Matthysen WO1 B.J. Stafford WO1 R.J. Thompson WO1 M. Vandyke  WO1 P.T. Washford WO1 C.F.J. Watego WO1 G.J. Webster WO2 D. Bannerman WO2 M. Broughton WO2 P. Carthew WO2 M.R. Dawson WO2 R.T.B. Hay WO2 J.J. Hennessy WO2 D.G. Ogden WO2 A. Pavlovich WO2 R.N. Skelton SSGT R.W. Morrell SSGT E.J. Paddon SGT J. Nield SGT G.V. Saint SGT D.H. Wood Mr C.J. Jobson Note (See *): COL M.C. Crawford, COL E.D. Hirst, MAJ A.J. Balsillie and MAJ A.H. Smith have paid three life subscriptions. LTGEN B.A. Power, MAJGEN T.R. Ford, MAJGEN J.P. Stevens, MAJGEN J.D. Stevenson, MAJGEN J. Whitelaw, BRIG G.W. Finney, BRIG R.K. Fullford, BRIG N.D. Graham, BRIG J.R. Salmon, COL A.R. Burke, COL A.D. Watt, LTCOL J.E. Box, LTCOL D.M. Murphy, LTCOL G.K. Phillips, MAJ J.B. Evans, WO1 K.J. Browning, and M. Vandyke have paid two life subscriptions. Associations RAA Association (Tas) RAA Association (Qld) RAA Association (North Qld) RAA Association (Vic) RAA Association (SA) RAA Association (NSW) RAA Association (NSW) - Newcastle Branch 105th Field Battery Association 107 (Field) Battery Association Fort Lytton Historical Assoc RAA Retired Officers of South East Queensland Australian Air Defence Artillery Association 13th Battery Association Deceased Benefactors Sir Roden Cutler MAJGEN T.F. Cape MAJGEN G.D. Carter MAJGEN P. Falkland MAJGEN R.G. Fay MAJGEN G.J. Fitzgerald MAJGEN J.D. Stevenson (see note) MAJGEN J. Whitelaw  (see note) BRIG R.K. Fullford  (see note) BRIG A.G. Hanson BRIG R.Q. Macarthur-Stranham BRIG I.J. Meibusch BRIG J.R. Salmon  (see note) BRIG D.D. Weir COL M.C. Crawford  (see note) COL J.H. Humphrey COL M.J. Kingsford COL G.M. Salom COL A.D. Watt * LTCOL R.H.E. Harvey LTCOL K.W. MacKenzie LTCOL P.L. Overstead LTCOL G.K. Phillips LTCOL G.W. Tippets MAJ A.J. Balsillie* MAJ M. Dawson MAJ J.B. Evans (see note) MAJ A.A. Thwaites CAPT A.E. Sheridan WO1 K.M. Cossart RAA Gunners Fund Needs Your Support Introduction The RAA Gunners' Fund is designed to provide a source of funds that can be utilised for the benefit of all Gunners regardless of rank. One of the most important uses for these funds is to support requests from RAA units and organisations to assist in the ongoing preservation and promotion of Regimental heritage. Other worthy goals that the Fund supports includes, but is not limited to: • support RAA extra-Regimental activities, • encourage RAA Officers and Soldiers who excel in their profession, • support activities that benefit RAA personnel, not funded by public money, • safeguard, maintain and purchase items of RAA Regimental property, • preserve RAA heritage and history, and • record RAA Operational service since deployments began in the 1990s. The Regimental Committee cannot achieve these worthy goals without the support of individual members and organisations within the Gunner community. All ranks are encouraged to make a financial contribution to the Gunners' Fund; be it