Newsletters from the Western Australia Branch
DRA WA Branch newsletter dated July 2023 can be downloaded here
The July 2023 Western Australia branch newsletter is now on line - it includes:
- Combined Associations' Dinner - Friday 25th August 2023
- The Dick Cook Memorial Essay Prize (page 1 & page 4 & the Essay itself midway through the newsletter – “Ambiguities in the Law of Armed Conflict: Opportunities and Risks in Information Operations”)
- Defence Reserves Association Annual Dinner – Saturday 21st October 2023
- ADF service statistics, by age, from the 2021 Census
- DRA Xmas Party 2023 – Sunday 26th November 2023
- DRA National Conference – Saturday 19th August 2023 plus the program towards the end of the newsletter
- New DRA National President
- DRA National Submissions to Royal Commission and Defence Strategic Review
- DRA WA Events 2023 – including the AGM Sunday 10th September 2023
- Defence Reservists Deserve Non-Liability Health Care
- Ukraine A Living Lab for AI Warfare
- 2023 Brigadier Arnold Potts Oration – Friday 11th August 2023
- Unveiling of the Korean War Memorial in Perth
- Vietnam Veterans Vigil
- VJ Day/End of WW11 Commemoration
- Freedom of Entry to the City of Rockingham – Saturday 9th September 2023
- Long Tan Round – Saturday 12th August 2023
DRA WA Branch newsletter dated July 2022 can be downloaded here.
The July 2022 Western Australia branch newsletter is now on line - it includes:
- Legacy Centenary Torch Relay 2023
- 51 ACU (Swan Regiment) Drums and Pipes
- The Royal Western Australia Regiment – 62nd Anniversary of its Raising on 1 July 1960
- RUSI Land Warfare Conference 2022 - UK
- HMAS Stalwart’s homecoming
- HMAS Sydney II 81-year mystery finally laid to rest
- The Dishonouring of the Australian National Flag as a form of protest and provocative symbolism
- New Regt raised in WA at heart of innovation
- Defence Strategic Mobilisation Background Paper
- The Chief of the General Staff General Sir Patrick Sanders' speech at the RUSI Land Warfare Conference 2022
- Tour of Airforce bases fosters international ties
DRA WA Branch newsletter dated April 2022 can be downloaded here.
The April 2022 Western Australia branch newsletter is now on line - it includes:
- The President's Message
- The DRA History
- ANZAC Day 2022 Commemorative Service.
- DRA WA Annual Dining In Night – University of WA Club, Crawley.
- DRA Annual Confernece – Melbourne
- Profile DRA WA Vice President – Sean O’Connell
- Obituary – LTCOL Keith F Chapman AM RFD
- Notable Interviews on Capital Community Radio
- Ukraine – “I Hope the Russians Love their Children Too”
- 11/28 RWAR – Quarter One 2022 Update
- Indigenous – Introducing: Jack Alick Bond, Gordon Charles Naley, Charles ‘Charlie' Burns and Leonard Victor Waters
DRA WA Branch newsletter dated Sep 2021 can be downloaded here.
The September 2021 Western Australia branch newsletter is now on line - it includes:
- The President's Message
- Support to 13 Brigade
- LTCOL Richard Cook AM RFD Memorial Prize & Essay Competition.
- DRA National Conference 2021
- Afganistan Enquiry Reform Plan
- WW2 War Veteran Celebrates his 103rd Birthday