Airburst is intended to facilitate a two way flow of information between the Board, Members and the broader community. Please encourage anyone to subscribe; history and tradition is not a closed shop. We believe that using this means of communication will enable us to communicate more efficiently to a significantly wider audience than in the past, particularly to the current serving Gunners both in Australia and overseas.

Over time it is intended that AIRBURST will develop into a comprehensive and informative means of communicating and your input would be greatly appreciated.

Our thanks go to Graham Hampton our AIRBURST editor and RAAHC webmaster. Without his tireless support AIRBURST would not be possible.

If you have any questions regarding any of the content within AIRBURST please email the Editor and he will forward your enquiry to the appropriate person within the RAAHC.

Ubique

For and on behalf of the Directors,

DEDICATION OF AUSTRALIA'S MEMORIAL WALK

Australia's Memorial Walk, North Fort, North Head Sanctuary, a significant project of the Royal Australian Artillery Historical Company (RAAHC), will be officially dedicated as an enduring Memorial on 1st December 2012

The Dedication Service will be held at the entrance to the Walk and will commence at 10:15AM, with all attendees to be seated by 10:00AM

All those who have donated commemorative pavers to this magnificent project, members of the RAAHC and the Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery will be most welcome to attend the Service and the Reception afterwards.

Dress will be uniform with medals or civilian attire with medals. Families will be most welcome to attend the event."

CREATION OF A 'AUSTRALIAN GUNNER OBITUARIES' RESOURCE BY THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY HISTORICAL COMPANY

The Royal Australian Artillery Company (RAAHC) announces that it will make Australian Gunner Obituaries readily accessible by hosting and retaining recent and past obituaries on the Company website.

The 'Australian Gunner Obituaries' page on the website will host all obituaries made available to the RAAHC for publishing. It is intended that the obituaries resource will be grown to be a valued source for family members, genealogists and military history researchers. It is also intended that the obituaries page will be designed to encourage the capturing of increased numbers of obituaries of gunners of all ranks. The creation of an 'Australian Gunner Obituary' resource furthers the preservation of Australian artillery history and heritage.

The RAAHC has included obituaries in its professional Journal 'Cannonball', over the years.  With the consent of the authors, these will be placed on the web page. There are numerous other sources of obituaries, and all of them are welcome to submit their obituaries for inclusion on the RAAHC website.  The author of an obituary will be recognised in each entry.  Colonel Arthur Burke, a well-known obituary author, has already agreed to provide all obituaries he has published to the RAAHC for inclusion on the page. The intent is to start with an alphabetical listing by name, however with time, more sophisticated search tags might be able to be indexed, such as: state/territory of birth, names of units that members served in, and awards for gallantry.

The contact for the placement of obituaries on the RAAHC website is Peter Bruce.

Peter Bruce will manage the development of the detailed approach and 'formatting' requirements to permit consolidation of obituaries into a single accessible resource.  An important aspect is that should a visitor to the RAAHC site decide to print an obituary, the RAAHC intends that a suitable and respectful print will be able to be made.  There will probably be some IT hurdles, but it will be worth the effort overcoming them.  It is expected that up to two hundred obituaries could be available on the web page by mid to late 2013.

Through the 'Australian Gunner Obituaries' initiative, the RAAHC has created an opportunity for the Australian gunner family that will be lasting and appreciated.
 

Please give it your support; future generations will thank you.