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- 28 Oct, 2014
- Updated Newsletters with
#156 (Oct 2014) (22 pages!)
- Updated
Diary with ALL of
planned 2015 dates.
Please take care when looking up Dec 2014 lunch (BELOW the
2015 entries with
RED 2015)
- Updated Lest We Forget
- Since Newsletter #156 has now been
published.
- 18 Aug, 2014
- 08 May, 2014
- Updated Lest We Forget
- Please note we have included 3rd member
who has passed since newsletter #154 & #155 published.
- 24 Mar, 2014
- Updated Newsletters
&
Diary with ANZAC Lunch
details found in Newsletter #155
(Mar 2014) Includes ANZAC Lunch Booking form (form AND payment
required to attend!)
- 09 Dec, 2013
- Updated Links
with 2/20th Association new web site
- 03 Dec, 2013
- Updated Lest We Forget
- Please note we have included 2nd member
who has passed since newsletter #154 published.
- 29 Oct, 2013
- Updated Newsletters with
#154 (Oct 2013) (12 pages!)
- Updated
Diary with ALL of
planned 2014 dates.
Please take care when looking up Dec 2013 lunch (BELOW the
2014 entries with
RED 2014)
- Updated Lest We Forget
- Please note we have included 1 member
who has passed since newsletter published
- 29 Mar, 2013
- Updated Newsletters with
corrected #153
(Mar 2013) (now with all 13 pages!)
- Includes ANZAC Lunch Booking form
(form AND payment
required to attend!)
- Updated
Diary with CANCELLED
Picnic in the Pub on 1 Apr, 2013. Club open but lunch
NOT available.
- 15 Mar, 2013
- Updated Newsletters with #153
(Mar 2013) Includes ANZAC Lunch Booking form (form AND payment
required to attend!)
- Updated
Diary with ANZAC Lunch
& Sunday Church service details.
- 19 Nov 2012
- Updated Newsletters with #152
(Nov 2012)
- Updated Lest We Forget
- Please note we have included 2 members
NOT included in the newsletter!
- Updated
Diary with ALL of
planned 2013 dates.
Please take care when looking up Dec 2012 lunch (BELOW the
2013 entries with
RED 2013)
- 05 May, 2012
- Updated Newsletters with #109
(Nov 1998)
- Updated Lest We Forget
- with a link to
Newsletter #109 (see near bottom of page)
- passing of Bob Ford and John "Mac"
McGrory (see near top of page)
- Updated
Diary with correct date for St, John's Gordon church service
- Sincere apologies to those who were
planning based on our incorrect date of 6 May. It was 29 April,
2012.
- 28 Feb, 2012
- Updated Newsletters with #151
(Feb 2012)
- Updated Lest We Forget with a link to
Newsletter #151
- Updated
Diary with dates up to Dec 2012, including
update to ANZAC Day lunch and St, John's Gordon church service
- 28 Nov, 2011
- 05 Aug, 2011
- 04 Mar, 2011
- Updated Newsletters with #148
(Feb 2011) including a link to the article of Merv in the Hornsby Advocate
- Updated Lest We Forget with a link to
Newsletter #148
- Updated
Diary with dates to Aug 2011.
- 02 Dec, 2010
- 25 Oct, 2010
- 10 Sep, 2010
- Updated Newsletters with #144
(Nov 2009), #145 (Mar 2010) and #146 (Aug 2010)
- Updated Lest We Forget with a link to
Newsletter #145
- Updated
Diary with Picnic in the dates to Feb 2011.
Please note - NO LUNCHES in Sep 2010 & Nov 2010 as per
Newsletter #146
- 16 Sep, 2009
- Updated Newsletters with #143, Aug 2009. Sorry for the delay, but to
compensate, you get to see most of the phoots in colour!
- Updated Lest We Forget with a link to
Newsletter #143
- Updated
Diary with Picnic in the Pub dates to Dec 2009
- 20 May, 2009
- Friday 15 May, 2009 see the passing of the
29th remaining original 2/18th member. Check out
Lest We Forget
which has been updated with a link to the obituary (and 3 other passed
members that may have been overlooked in recent newsletters.)
- 21 April, 2009
- Did you miss Compass' Windows To Sandakan on
ABC TV Sunday 19, 2009 at 9:30pm? If so, we have a link to the ABC
Compass site where you can read about, view or even download (Caution
100MB!!!) the episode. See
Links (in section - Other sites to assist in Australian Military
Research).
- 13 Apr, 2009
- More
History.
- Linda Ottery
has provided insight and
information about her uncle, Pte Owen smith (NX26029) including last letter and
photos.
- Paula Wilson has provided info and
letters from her husband’s grandfather, Pte Arthur Mitchell NX33261, 2/18
Btn, B Coy.
- More Links. 2/19th,
additional section on Books, and 2/13th final communication.
- Update
New Book - Corrections with
supporting documentation for Okey addition / correction.
- 28 Mar, 2009
- Updated Newsletters with #142, Mar 2009 including booking slip for ANZAC Day
Lunch / AGM.
- 12 February, 2009
- Updated
Diary with booking form for ANZAC Day Picnic.
See 25 April, 2009 entry.
- 11 February, 2009
- Major update after computer problems
- Updated
Diary with Picnic in the Pub dates to April 2008
as well as 15 Feb & Anzac Day functions.
- Updated Links
with corrected link in POW, AWM Nominal Rolls & added info about 2nd/30th
Training Group at Butterworth, Malaysia.
- Updated
Newsletters with #140 (Sept 2008) and #141 (Jan 2009)
- 11 June, 2008
- Updated Newsletters with #139, May 2008. If you would be happy to
receive newsletter electronically rather than by post, saving the
Association money, please let us know via Feedback.
- 31 May, 2008
- Updated
Diary with Picnic in the Park dates from June to
October 2008.
- 05 May, 2008
- Updated Photo Gallery
with photos at ANZAC Sunday and 5 May picnic.
- 03 May, 2008
- Updated Lest We Forget
with details of from some older newsletters.
- Updated Photo Gallery
with 2nd gallery of ANZAC Day and AGM lunch photos.
- 28 April, 2008
- Updated Photo Gallery
with section on ANZAC Day and AGM lunch.
- Updated stories associated with photos of 1940s Battalion
and 1942 Canteen Party in History.
- 25 April, 2008
- 05 April, 2008
- 04 April, 2008
- 30 March, 2008
- Updated
Diary to to correct, Sunday ANZAC service time.
- Warning message on History page as Okey letter upload had a problem.
- 29 March, 2008
- Updated
Diary to indicate we no longer have the picnic at Hayne Flat and
will continue at Area 1 (Koonjeree)
- Added Newsletters - #138 - February 2008 to
Newsletters.
- More
History. Joan Okey has allowed us a personal
insight to her Dad, Major D.T. Okey, by way of a copy of a private letter to
his sister.
- 3 February, 2008
- Updated
Diary including picnics, Fall of Singapore and ANZAC Day details.
- Added
Newsletters
#137
- More
History by way of Jim McCorry in Ireland, info on
his uncle, Patrick Harrington, born in Ireland, but served in the 2/18th.
- 12 October, 2007
- 07 September, 2007
- More
History with an extract of Pte David Boughton's
diary.
- 06 September, 2007 -
- 05 September, 2007 -
- 5 July, 2007 -
- 25 June, 2007 - Updated
- History with
letter from a "new" member and his Dad, a Sergeant in the 2/18th.
- Newsletters with #001
from 1946 and the minutes from the inaugural General Meeting.
- 22 June, 2007 -
- 28 May 2007 - Added
- New history of O'Grady brothers, visit
History
- Changed -
- Picnic-in-the-Park location from June 2007 until further
notice, see Diary
- 2006 to 2007 Committee, see
About Us (same as 2006!)
- 14 Apr, 2007 - Added
- 13 Apr, 2007 - Added
- 28 Feb, 2007 - Updated
- Newsletter #134 with photos and text of
Lynette Silver's address to 66th Birthday Luncheon. See
Newsletters
- The new book is AVAILABLE. See
New Book
- History with links
to a brief history (back cover of new book) and plans for stories from
members and their families.
- Sales with ISBN
numbers of both old and new books.
- 27 Feb, 2007 -
- We are excited to announce an online extract
of the Association's newsletter at
Newsletters
- Updates to
- 21 Feb, 2007 - Added Nomination Form for
donating copies of the new book at
New Book
- 17 Feb, 2007 - Added link to 2/18th
Battalion war diaries on AWM site on Links page.
- 16 Feb, 2007 - Added
- 05 Feb, 2007 - Added 2/18th reference in
Wikipedia on our Links page.
- 25 Jan, 2007 - Added
- additional links on our
Links page.
- date / time of Memorial Service for
Commemorating Fall of Singapore on our Diary page
- 18 Jan, 2007 - Added a gallery of photos
from AWM plaque
dedication 1 Nov 2006
- 03 Jan, 2007 - Added the last of the gallery
of photos from 66th Birthday Lunch
- 31 Dec, 2006 - Added the 2nd gallery of
photos from 66th Birthday Lunch
- 28 Dec, 2006 - Added the 1st gallery of
photos from 66th Birthday Luncheon.
- 16 Dec, 2006 - Added info & order form for
2/18 Battalion (AIF) Association - New Book
- 13 Dec, 2006 - Added Borneo POW
Website to Links
page.
- 12 Dec, 2006 - Update of Diary events
- 13 Nov, 2006 - Creation of the new site.
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