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Attached please find an invitation to attend the Luncheon to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the start of the 2/15Bn Sunday 5th September 2010
This is a very special occasion in the life of our Battalion and we have had quite a few people who have already sent in their completed applications to attend, however we want more.
The reason is very simple --- this may well be the last time that in fact we will be able to celebrate in this fashion (excluding Anzac Day each year) because as you know our blokes are not getting any younger, and we need to let them know in no uncertain fashion how highly we acknowledge them
The guest speaker has now been finalised and is as follows:
"Rear Admiral Ken Doolan AO RAN (Retd), RSL National President,
will attend the 70th Anniversary of the formation of the Battalion on 5 September 2010."
So please get those forms filled in well before the closing date of Saturday 28 August.
Looking forward to seeing you
Kind regards
STEVE ROWAN
Secretary
Download the Invitation here.
 70th Reunion Form (23.3 kB)
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Caveant Hostes
Let Enemies beware!
Introduction to the Battalion
The 2/15th Infantry Battalion of the Second AIF was raised in Brisbane on 1 May 1940, and was disbanded in Brisbane on 21 January 1946. It was an infantry battalion that was primarily raised in Queensland, as is shown by the army identification number prefix (QX) of most of its members during its life.
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And, yes, there's more!
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The following photos are from the Club's ANZAC Day Dinner in Brisbane at the College of Training and Hospitality in South Bank.
They show the veterans of the battalion who were able to attend the function
In some of the group photos, the veterans were joined by Pte David Lee of 1RAR in Townsville,
who has just returned from a tour of duty in Afganistan.
Captions for Photo 14/14
Rear Row
Perc Lyall, Col Hadwen, David Lee (1 RAR), Dick Chapman, Gordon Wallace
Front Row
Keith Pickering, Pat Collins, Les Chase, Doug McLean, Bob Scarr |
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These are a selection of photos taken at the Club's ANZAC Day lunch in Brisbane on 25 April 2010.
No captions as yet unfortunately.
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The following are some photos that were taken of the various items that were on display during the Club's 2010 ANZAC Day Dinner in Brisbane on 25 April 2010.
Most are now titled in the Memorabilia Section.
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From June 2010 Caveant Hostes
Anzac Day this year was to some extent a slight disappointment due mainly to the new arrangements for the positioning of the World War 2 banners, as well as the lack of thought as to where the veterans belonging to the various unit banners were placed . In other words all of the veterans were not placed right behind the banners they would have been following normally. Due to illness some of us who would have marched were unable to do so, and so ended up in Jeeps or golf buggies. This would have been OK if we had been placed behind our own banners so that our people would have known where to look for the veterans they wanted to see on the day in the march, however the hoods on the buggies made it difficult to recognise anyone.
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