The Royal Australian Engineer (RAE) Corp World War 1 to present Hosted by Gold Coast Regional Group VENUE WW1 and Gallipoli – The role of engineers and Nerang RSL achievements 69 Nerang Street, Presented by Mark Swain Nerang QLD 4211 The presentation will give a brief overview of the role DATE & TIME engineers took through World War 1, with a focus on Wednesday 5 August 2015 Gallipoli. This historical overview will show through a series 6:00pm for 6:30pm start of pictures the hardships and achievements made by the Royal Australian Engineers. The provision of basic TICKETS (incl. GST) necessities such as power and communications in the harsh environment generated significant challenges. The need to Non-members $85.00 overcome significant obstacles, such as rivers and poor EA Members $55.00 ground conditions, with limited resources and technology RSL Members $55.00 tested the skills of those involved – the outcomes by Students: $45.00 necessity were practical. (dinner & beverages incl.) About the Speaker: REGISTRATIONS CLOSE Mark Swain is a committee member for Nerang RSL and is 12pm - Friday 31 July 2015 the manager for the World War 1 Display Centre at Nerang. Mark had over 20 years experience in the Australian Army. He was a technician who worked in many roles with the army, with periods in the Royal Australian Engineers 21 Construction Regiment 103 Construction Squadron through to Royal Australian Artillery 41 Field Battery. He had active For further information contact service in East Timor from 1999 to 2000. In recent years he CPD Events & Group has put time into researching the historical records of World Engagement Team War 1 and Gallipoli for the development of the Nerang RSL Phone: 1300 653 113 Display Centre. This role is expected to continue over the Email: next 4 years for the 100 year commemoration of World [email protected] War1. The Royal Australian Engineer (RAE) Corp World War 1 to present Hosted by Gold Coast Regional Group RAEs role in various theatres since the end of World War 1 Presented day By Patrick Kidd, CPEng, RAE Corp The presentation will give a brief overview of the RAEs role in various theatres since the end of World War 1 to the present day. The RAE has had substantial involvement in virtually all theatres of conflict, peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance, development work and infrastructure works undertaken within Australia that have involved the Australian Army, since the end of World War 1. Through a series of pictures and some background briefing a synopsis of these operations and works will be provided to assist the audience in understanding the types of tasks the RAE corp has undertaken over the last 100 years. About the Speaker Patrick Kidd is currently working as the Geotechnics Manager SMEC Gold Coast office. He has over 20 years' experience in geotechnical engineering and engineering geology. Patrick is also a long term serving member of the Royal Australian Engineers. He has served in the Army Reserve for over 20 years and performed virtually every job at soldier and non- commissioned officer level, within a combat engineer squadron up to and including the Squadron Sergeant Major. Over his army career Patrick has been deployed to East Timor and locally on Operation Flood Assist. He has also deployed as a post disaster recovery specialist for Aus Aid/Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade four times, generally working closely on these operations with Australian Defence Force and other Australian Government personnel. .