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NZ Article 10 Support Dennis Ayrton UPPER HUTT RETURNED & SERVICES ASSOCIATION (INC.) QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER – SEPT.2020 Kia ora koutou. We hope you enjoy this latest issue of our quarterly newsletter and are seeking contributions from our members for future issues. If you have an idea for a subject you would like to see covered, a brief article or perhaps a photo you would like to share with other members, please forward them, under the title ‘Newsletter’, to the email address given on the Contacts page. Officers of the Upper Hutt RSA: The following members were elected at the Annual General Meeting (delayed due to Covid19 restrictions) held on 11 July 2020 to serve for the forthcoming year. CONTENTS President: A J (Tom) Cormack JP President’s Message 2 Vice President: Mick Pendlebury Welfare/Cadet Liaison 3 Life Membership Awards 3 Executive: Roy Adams, Poppy Places Trust 4 Dave King, Kiwis in Bomber Command Peter Moore, 5, 6 & 7 Events Calendar 8 Dennis Oldridge, Important Contacts 9 Sandra Tomasi SSAANZ Article 10 Support Dennis Ayrton Officers: Roy Adams Now Grand-Dad Ode of Remembrance They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. 1 President’s Message: “Thank you for reconfirming me as your President for a further year. I, along with Vice-President Mick Pendlebury (also reconfirmed) and your Executive Committee elected at our delayed AGM in July, will continue to serve you in the best interests of our association. Your Committee this year is Roy Adams, Dave King, Peter Moore, Denis Oldridge and Sandra Tomasi. We want to focus this coming year on developing our support for veterans and their dependants and are exploring ideas such as introducing home visits. The support team will be led by Vice President Mick and if you have any thoughts or suggestions about Support, you should discuss these with Mick. At the AGM we also appointed three new Life Members, Roy Adams and Dennis Ayrton for their long and valuable service in the Welfare/Support areas and also Wayne Myers for his work in Commemoration including leading the team that brought to fruition the “Now Grand-dad” memorial at the entrance to the Council Chambers. The Life Membership Certificates and badges were presented at our recent Members Evening by the newly appointed Wellington – West Coast – Taranaki District RSA President Jack Steer. Jack replaced me when I stepped-down from that rôle due to work commitments at the District AGM held in Wanganui. I have resumed the rôle of one of two District Vice- Presidents. Also present at the awards ceremony were the Upper Hutt Mayor, Wayne Guppy and the President of the Upper Hutt Cosmopolitan Club, Gavin Bannatyne. Armistice Day this year falls on a Wednesday and apart from our normal 11 am. Service at the Civic Centre, we are also planning to unveil the recently planted Gallipoli Pine at Trentham Memorial Park. National RSA has explored the idea of holding Poppy Day on 11 November because of earlier cancellation, however that is not proceeding as it is thought to be too close to our traditional Poppy Day of 23 April 2021.” Kei Wareware Tātou / Lest we forget. Tom Cormack President Upper Hutt Returned and Services Association 2 Welfare and Cadet Liaison Reports Due to Covid19 restrictions, Welfare visits have been on hold. Similarly, the Cadet Forces have only just begun to operate again. We hope to have further updates in the next Newsletter. Important Welfare Appeal: It has been suggested that the Welfare Committee consider the introduction of home visiting for ex-service men and women (whether RSA members or no) in addition to the regular hospital and residential care visits they carry-out. We need you; our members, to help us identify anyone you feel might welcome such a call. Similarly, we need to be kept informed of those entering hospital or care facilities to ensure we can fully carry-out our Welfare duties. If you feel you know someone who might benefit from such a programme, please contact either Roy Adams or Dennis Ayrton of the Welfare Committee whose details can be found on the Important Contacts page further on in this newsletter. Life Membership Awards At the recent Members evening on 18 September, Life Membership Certificates and badges were awarded to Roy Adams and Denis Ayrton for their long-time and continuing work in Welfare and also to Wayne Myers for his efforts in bringing to fruition the ‘Now Grand-dad’ Memorial which stands outside the Civic Centre. The evening was well attended by fifty-five members and guests who included the Upper Hutt Mayor Wayne Guppy, the Cossie Club President Gavin Bannatyne and the Wellington-West Coast-Taranaki District RSA President, Jack Steer, who presented the awards. Thanks to all those who attended to help celebrate the event. Jack Steer presenting the Life Member Awards to (L to R) Roy Adams, Denis Ayrton and Wayne Myers. 3 THE UPPER HUTT RSA AND POPPY PLACES TRUST PROMOTING THE POPPY IN OUR REGION The Upper Hutt RSA has been working closely with both the New Zealand Poppy Places Trust and the Upper Hutt City Council in promoting the “Poppy” and what it stands for within our area. The Poppy Places Trust is responsible for, “The Places of Remembrance Project”, which is about identifying and recording many of the street names and places throughout New Zealand that are directly related to people and events from our overseas military history. The Trust works with community groups and local councils, to identify these places and develop the story behind the naming. The Trust has identified and written the stories for 287 Streets and places across our country. Each location is identified by a Poppy. The locations and stories of each site can be seen on the Trust website (www.poppyplaces.nz). The website also provides information on the Trust role, how it operates, the Trustees and contact details. Upper Hutt has 31 Poppy Places and streets identified. This would have not been achieved if it were not for the support of the local Mayor and his Council. Where appropriate, our RSA has supported the Project and we are very proud to have been part of the planning of a number of sites, in particular those led by recently appointed Upper Hutt RSA Life Member, Wayne Myers, with the establishment of the Garden of Remembrance in front of the Civic Centre where we hold all of our remembrance activities including our Anzac Day Service. The Upper Hutt RSA sees this work as a significant way to help keep our military history alive and to promote the sacrifice of servicemen and women throughout recent history. The significance of this project prompted not only our contribution to assist with the planning, but also the desire to donate to the Trust an annual Koha, so they can continue with their good work. The relationship with Poppy Places has been well worthwhile in so far as it complements the role and aims of the RSA, and brings together people with the same passion. The Trust needs support from volunteers to be city and town champions to identify Poppy Place streets and places, and work with local authorities to research the background for the name of the street or place. Donations to the Trusts “Poppy Places” give-a-little web page is another way to support the Trusts work. The Upper Hutt RSA would strongly recommend that other RSA’s, if they have not done so already, contact Poppy Places Trust ([email protected]) to find out how they can support the Project and develop the relationship that we enjoy with the Trust Members and the Upper Hutt Mayor and Council. Kiwis in Bomber Command Avro Lancaster Following the fall of France, the evacuation of the BEF and until Germany entered the North African campaign; it fell to the RAF and in particular, Bomber Command to take the war to Germany. The bombing campaign was to last more than 5 years and while it had strong public support at the time, post war concerns about the ethics of ‘area bombing’ meant that no Campaign Medal was awarded to the thousands of men and women who took part. An estimated 125,000 men of 60 nationalities served as aircrew in Bomber Command during the period of WW2 and of these, 57,205 were killed – a loss rate of 46%. A further 8,403 were wounded and 9,838 became POW’s. No other individual service of the armed forces suffered such high fatalities. The only other armed force with a higher mortality rate was the German U-Boat service with the deaths of 28,000 men from a total of 40,900 men who served - an attrition rate of 68%. At the outbreak of WW2, the RAF was little more than 30 years old. It went into immediate expansion and relied heavily on the Dominions to help supply the manpower it needed. Most prominent among those to respond were Australia, Canada and New Zealand. At that time, New Zealand had a population of around 1,600,000 and of these; around 140,000 men and women would eventually serve in the armed forces before the end of the war. The 2NZEF swallowed 104,000 with the remainder divided between the navy and air force. At the outbreak of the war New Zealand undertook to supply 880 trained pilots with a further 1,992 personnel composed of pilots, observers (later known as navigators) and air gunners who were sent to Canada to complete their training and many of these served with the RAF in the European conflict.
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