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ACTION! ACTION! ACTION! book available now

The new book on a short history of the Royal Australian Artillery, Action! Action! Action! is available now. It is co-Authored by our Association Vice President and Tiger Rag Editor, Paul Stevens and former CO 1st Regiment RA Nicholas Floyd. Click on Books and References for information and purchase.

RECENTLY DECEASED – Ian Jewel; Lawrie Willey

With great sadness and remembrance of our Mateship with the passing of:

Ian Jewel, veteran of the 105 Field Battery tour in Malaya 1955-57, and Life Member of the Association recently passed away to the Big Gunpark on 15 March 2025. Ian had been living with wife Gwen at Alexandra Hills, Redland City Qld. Ian also served in Borneo with 2 Sqn SAS, 2 Command Coy UK, and 2 tours of Vietnam as a WO2 with AATTV.

Lawrence (Lawrie) Willey, a Life member of our Association serving in Vietnam 105 Field Battery 1st Tour, and subsequently in Vietnam with 4 Field Regiment in 1967-68, passed to the Big Gunpark on in early March 2025. He had been living at Duncraig in WA.

Rest-in-Peace Ian Jewel and Lawrie Willey.

Tiger Rag Edition 64 (TR64) open for contributions

The next digital edition, of Tiger Rag, TR 64 is expected to be published in June-July 2025 .

Tiger Rag Ed 64 is now open for contributions of information, articles, stories, images, nostalgia, or other material of interest to gunners and former gunners,  Material contributions should be sent to the TR Editor

Tiger Rag edition 63 (TR63) is the first digital format publication of the Tiger Rag Newsletter circulated to Members with an email addtess recorded in our email list. TR63 is also published on this website.  Find it on the Books and References page.

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Should you have any queries regarding this notice, please contact the Secretary