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If you're a Gunner, or an ex-Gunner, know that you're welcome here. Whether you were with Coastal, Field, Medium or Heavy; Ack-Ack or Air Defence; Divisional Locating or STA; we hope you'll find something here of interest to you.
HRH Prince Charles and HRH Princess Diana arrived at Tullamarine on 26 Oct 1985 to begin a brief tour of Victoria. 2/15 Field Regiment fired a Royal Salute for the … Read more
I’ve scanned in a set of photos from a 22 Bty photo album. These are from a Gunners Dinner held in the Dandenong Depot at some time in 1991.
I found the following photos in a photo album in the Memorabilia Room. They were from the Artillery Ball in 1991 so would have been after the 2/10 Mdm amalgamation. … Read more
I came across a letter to the then Cascabel editor, Alan Halbish, from Capt Percy Cooper with photos from 132 Div Loc Bty at Puckapunyal in 1968. The relevant sections … Read more
The cleanup of the RAA Association Memorabilia Room at Chapel Street continues to unearth gems that need to be recorded digitally for posterity. Two I found were the 23 Fd … Read more
Following is an article I wrote for Cascabel last year that didn’t get published. As part of the 150th Anniversary of Artillery in Australia in 2021, we had three batteries … Read more
SGT Helen Janner passed on a copy of the 22 Bty Journal from 2003. It’s a great read. It can be found here
We have published the latest RAA Association (Vic) newsletter on the Cascabel page. We’d love to get some feedback on the new format of the newsletter. If you have any … Read more
In response to my earlier post Random Photo – 23Bty Footy Team, Glenn Rabbas has shared the following photo from 37 Bty. From Glenn “around 1976 when 37 Mdm Bty … Read more
I came across this photo when we were cleaning up the Museum at Chapel St. It features a footy team at Baxter, and given the faces I’m assuming it was … Read more