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ACA National Committee Meeting<br />
& Operation Rimau Commemoration<br />
10 July 2016<br />
The July 2016 Quarterly meeting of the ACA<br />
National Committee took place, as has become the<br />
custom, to coincide with the Operation Rimau<br />
Commemoration conducted annually by the ACA QLD<br />
branch. Both the ceremony and the meeting were held<br />
at the Queensland Maritime Museum.<br />
The commemoration was once attended by the<br />
Queensland Governor His Excellency the Honourable<br />
Paul de Jersey AC who was escorted by the ACA<br />
National Vice President in the absence of the President<br />
who is hopefully on the mend after a period of ill<br />
health.<br />
The commemoration is a simple but moving event<br />
consisting of Vice Regal patronage, surviving Z Special<br />
Unit members, serving and former members of<br />
SOCOMD units, the Queensland National Service Pipes<br />
and Drum and students from Ambrose -Treacy College.<br />
The Roll of Honour was called by a former <strong>Commando</strong><br />
Warrant Officer and a Pipers’s Lament was played as<br />
students placed a national flag and a cross for each of<br />
the Z Special Unit members lost on the operation.<br />
After a quick lunch the ACA National Committee<br />
convened in entirely appropriate surroundings – the<br />
Ward Room of the former HMAS Diamantina – a WW II<br />
River Class Frigate now on display at the Queensland<br />
Maritime Museum.<br />
The meeting started with a minutes silence in<br />
memory of the former ACA QLD President MAJOR<br />
Keith Long RFD (Ret’d)<br />
The following areas were then discussed:<br />
• The changing role and purpose of the ACA in<br />
both the states and nationally.<br />
• Member welfare issues including advocacy,<br />
networking and employment opportunities.<br />
• The 2016 / 2017 events calendar including social<br />
and commemorative events.<br />
• Fundraising to expand the reach and capabilities<br />
of the ACA nationally.<br />
• Working in tandem with the <strong>Commando</strong> Welfare<br />
Trust.<br />
• Comparing and aligning the ACA State<br />
Constitutions.<br />
• Forms of communication with the national<br />
membership base.<br />
The next meeting of the ACA National Committee<br />
will be held in Foster, Victoria to coincide with the<br />
Victorian Branch’s annual commemoration held at the<br />
<strong>Commando</strong> Cairn at Tidal River Wilson’s Promontory.<br />
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20 COMMANDO NEWS ~ Edition 8 I August 2016
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