ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARMY DENTAL CORPS ASSOCIATION INC.

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to keep our members informed of activities and events.
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Reunion Canberra 2010
RAADC Corps History
Newsletter No.14
This years Executive Committee
EX-POW Dr's Plaque Burleigh Memorial Park
AGM Montville -May 2009.
Membership
Web Site and e:Mail Address
e:Mail Us
RAADC Merchandise
State Representatives
National News
Privacy Act

 Forthcoming Events

Reunion Canberra 2010

Reunion time is almost here again. Has it really been four years since the last reunion in Melbourne.The previous reunions have been only three years apart but this time it was put back to four years till the next reunion in Canberra. Reunion dinner will be on Friday night 23rd April at the Crowne Plaza Hotel followed on Saturday with an escorted tour of the Australian War Memorial followered with the Association Annual General Meeting at the Crowne Plaza. Sunday is our big day marching in the Canberra ANZAC Day parade then returning to the Crowne Plaza for an after march function.

All past and present serving members of the RAADC and civilians who had served with the Corps are welcome to attend. You can download the Reunion Registraion here and forward it to our treasurer as indicated on the registration.

             ANZAC DAY 25 th. April 2010 Brisbane

Reunion year will see a much dimisnished attendance at the Brisbane ANZAC Day march.

For those members residing in SE Qld, who are unable to attend the Reunion in Canberra, but who would still like to march in the Brisbane ANZAC Day parade arrangement will be made for you to attend with 11Fd Amb Association, followed by a gathering at Gilhooleys Hotel. Further details of this event will be provided closer to the day.

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Newsletter No 14

Our latest newsletter is out.  You can read the on line version (and earlier newsletters) by clicking on the link at the top of the page.

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EX-POW DR'S Plaque Burleigh Heads

Monday 15th February a dedication ceremony was held at the Burleigh Heads Memorial Park for the plaque commorating the Doctors and Dentists of Changi and Burma Railroad. Mr Mick Kildy paid for and supplied the plaque.
Jock Clarke is the first name on the dentists list. Jock was an avid supporter of the RAADC Association and his diary of his time on Changi is available to read on our web site. For a photo of the plaque and the dedication ceremony please click through to the Burleigh Heads RSL Sub Branch web site.

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Membership

Our membership is presently have 96 financial members located throughout the country.

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WEBSITE AND EMAIL ADDRESSES

The Association now has its own domain and the Web site is firmly ensconced in its new home.  The new addresses are:

Web Site: www.raadcassociation.com 

President	Dexter Purcell	Display email address	If you have any questions please feel free to contact any committee person. As a defence against spam you need to click on the link to display the email address. Then click on that email address to send an email..
Vic President	Mal Slattery	Display Email Address
Treasurer	Graham Sagar	Display Email Address
Web Master	Graham Sagar	Display Email Address

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EMAIL US

If you are on the “Net” – please send us an e:Mail.  You don't have to say much, just "Hi!" will do.  We are updating our database and whilst we may already have your e:Mail detail, there are many for whom we don’t have this information or it is out of date. As a cost cutting measure, we would like to use electronic mail (where appropriate) to forward items such as the Newsletter etc.   The savings on postage will be quite considerable.  Look forward to "e:hearing" from you.

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RAADC MERCHANDISE

The Association holds stocks of some items of Corps apparel and clothing.  We have stocks of:

RAADC Ties, multi dragons RAADC Dragon Tie Pins RAADC Pocket badges RAADC Association Plaques 33 Dental Unit Plaques RAADC Baseball Caps

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$30.00   $5.00 $15.00 $35.00 $35.00 $25.00

There is an additional charge for postage and handling for each of the above items.

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State Reps

Details of Area Liaison Reps are as follows:

NQ - Paul Boothroyd – Ph. (07) 4774 0100

Central/SE Qld – Mal Slattery- Ph. (07) 3408 0417

NSW – Rabah Khodja – Ph. (02) 9545 0412

Victoria – Karen Quinn – Ph (03)9431 6137

South Aust – Colin Twelftree – Ph (08) 8271 0571

Western Aust – Dianne Sutton – Ph(08) 9401 9438

Tasmania – Tom Higgins – Ph(03) 6267 4684

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NATIONAL NEWS.

It is our intention to provide news items from ALL the states and territories in future updates of the Web site and in our Newsletters. This may take a little time to set up, but we will eventually achieve this goal.

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The RAADC Association Inc. collects personal information that is necessary for it to fulfill its functions and objects as outlined in its Constitution. The type of information collected includes the member’s name, title, address, phone/fax details, email address, service details and comments which are provided by the member.  All of the information gathered appears on our Application for Membership form.

Member’s details are treated as confidential and are not released to any other person or organisation without the express approval of the member concerned.

The member’s name may appear in Newsletters or on the Association web site.  No personal or private details would be given.  All future Applications for Membership have a I DO/DO NOT section in which the member has a choice as to whether their name appears in Association publications or web site.   Should any member desire that their name NOT appear in Newsletters or Web site, please advise.

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Until next time – KEEP THE DRAGON FLYING.

We look forward to hearing from all RAADC members both
  past and present