Branches/Chapters
You will notice that on this website some member groups are titled Chapters instead of the customary Branches. This is simply a nomenclature initiative necessitated by the use of computer based membership management to differentiate between those member groups that are self-administering (Branches) and those whose membership administration is managed by a sub-committee of the State Council (Chapters).
Click on Branch/Chapter name for more information
30 Squadron Beaufighter Branch
SECRETARY
Yvonne Holt
[email protected]
02 9639 9862
4/5 Army Co-Op Squadrons Branch
PRESIDENT
Robert Watts
[email protected]
02 6258 1845
SECRETARY
Dennis Wilkes
[email protected]
02 6254 0609
458 Squadron Branch
PRESIDENT
Keith Cousins
02 9449 1637
SECRETARY
David Longhurst
02 9810 4416
Membership Point of Contact
Peter Gustafson
[email protected]
0414492401
Branch Address
PO Box 494
PO Box 494 PADDINGTON 2021
Annual Fees
$30 per year
463/467 Squadrons Branch
Membership Point of Contact
Peter Gustafson
[email protected]
0414492401
Branch Address
PO Box 494
PO Box 494 PADDINGTON 2021
Annual Fees
$30 per year
5ACS Flying Shovels Branch
Membership Point of Contact
Peter Gustafson
[email protected]
0414492401
Branch Address
PO Box 494
PO Box PADDINGTON 2021
Annual Fees
$30 per year
Air Force Association Far North Coast Branch
PRESIDENT
Richard (Dick) Wills BEM
[email protected]
0414 618 793
SECRETARY
Colleen Wills
[email protected]
0429 198 989
Membership Point of Contact
Dick Wills
[email protected]
0414 618 793
Branch Address
Air Force Association Far North Coast Branch
C/- 35 Skinner Street Ballina 2478
Branch Meetings
Monthly general meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month except December. At the Cherry Street Sports Club 68 Cherry Street Ballina, starting at 11.00am. The Club's Restaurant provides for a branch lunch after the meeting.
Branch Information
Air Mobility Branch
AIRTC & AAFC Branch
PRESIDENT
Merridy Thompson OAM
[email protected]
0407 224 779
SECRETARY
Sharon Lim
[email protected]
0404 098 102
Membership Point of Contact
Karim Anwar JP
[email protected]
0401 154 154
Branch Address
AIRTC & AAFC Branch
PO Box 97 LIDCOMBE 1825
Annual Fees
$25 per year
Branch Meetings
The Branch meetings will held on the following dates, times and location: Fri 24Feb2023, 1200 h Lunch in the Bistro for 1400 h AGM Meeting, Bankstown Sports Club and Zoom Fri 28Apr2023, 1800 h, Lidcombe Multi-User Barracks and Zoom Fri 23 Jun2023 , 1800 h, Lidcombe Multi-User Barracks and Zoom Fri 11 Aug2023, 1200 h Lunch in the Bistro for 1400 h Meeting, Bankstown Sports Club and Zoom Fri 13Oct2023, 1800 h, Lidcombe Multi-User Barracks and Zoom Tue 12Dec2023, Social Christmas Function, 1800 h, Lidcombe Multi-User Barracks
Albury-Wodonga Branch
PRESIDENT
Grahame Carroll
[email protected]
(0414) 510 715
SECRETARY
Fred Thompson (Acting)
[email protected]
(0432) 808 485
Membership Point of Contact
Grahame Carroll
[email protected]
(0414) 510 715
Branch Address
Air Force Association (Albury-Wodonga)
PO Box 1010 Albury 2640
Annual Fees
$30 per year
Branch Meetings
SOCIAL DAY LUNCH on First Sunday every month at 1200 hrs at various location notified by newsletter - please confirm venue/attendance with the Secretary. After the AGM and GMs lunch will be held in The Bistro, SS&A Club Albury. GENERAL MEETINGS will be held at 1130 hrs before Social Day Lunch in February, March, April, June (AGM), August and October. The AGM and GMs are held at the SS&A Club Albury unless otherwise notified to members. A COMMITTEE MEETING will be held every second month before the GENERAL MEETING and at the same venue at 1030 hrs. Branch Biannual Newsletter - Ad Astra - provides details and updated information. Facebook group page is open to members - ask to join from the group Facebook page.
Branch Information
The Albury-Wodonga Branch covers North-East Victoria and Riverina New South Wales. The region has strong historical links with the RAAF through wartime and post-war training; these links continue today. The Branch's 30th Anniversary was celebrated on 30 April 2019.
The Branch's focus is on promoting military aviation heritage and comraderie, encouraging veteran advocacy, promoting today's air force in the local community and supporting youth development through events and with flying scholarships for local air force cadets.
Committee meetings are held monthly and there are monthly social events for all members, prospective members and guests. Five general meetings, including the AGM, are held during the year - on on even-numbered-months (except December).
Albury-Wodonga welcomes new members and visitors. The branch's email address is: [email protected]
The Albury Wodonga Branch Committee for 2023-24 is:
Membership enquiries to: (1) airforce.albu[email protected] or (2) (0414) 510 715 or (3) (0432) 808 485.
Association Honorary Chapter
Chapter Information
The Associaion Honorary Chapter is a record of Association Honorary members.
Honorary Membership can only be awarded in accordance with the Association Constitution clause 7 (5)
Bomber Command Branch
PRESIDENT
Dr Ron Houghton DFC Ld'H
[email protected]
02 9954 7000
SECRETARY
Mrs Annette Guterres
[email protected]
02 9743 5794
Membership Point of Contact
Annette Guterres
[email protected]
0412759912
Branch Address
Bomber Command Association in Australia Inc
PO Box 325 Concord 2137
Annual Fees
$25 per year
Branch Meetings
Committee usually meets on the second Tuesday of the second month.
Branch Information
Membership is open to all with an interest in Bomber Command. A quarterly newsletter is sent to all members. More details are on our website www.bombercommandassociation.org.au
Each year ceremonies are held in each state for Bomber Command Commemorative Day. More information about the ceremonies can be found on www.bombercommandcommemorativeday.com
Canterbury/Bankstown Chapter
Central Branch
Civil Air Crew Vietnam Branch
PRESIDENT
George Nelson
[email protected]
(02) 9517 1314
SECRETARY
Peter McCabe
(02) 9607 2167
Membership Point of Contact
George Nelson
[email protected]
(02) 9517 1314
Branch Address
AFC & RAAF Association (NSW Division) Inc
PO Box A2638 SYDNEY SOUTH 1235
Annual Fees
$25 per year
Coffs Harbour & District* Branch
PRESIDENT
Peter Bennetts
[email protected]
02 6655 5001
SECRETARY
Jennifer Kelloway
[email protected]
0412 665 632
Membership Point of Contact
Peter Bennetts
[email protected]
02 6655 5001
Branch Address
Air Force Association CH&D Branch
PO Box 6712 COFFS HARBOUR PLAZA 2450
Annual Fees
$30 per year
Branch Meetings
Branch meets 2nd Sunday in February (AGM), April, June, August and October, 1030 for 1100 at Sawtell RSL Club Ltd, First Avenue, SAWTELL. A Christmas meeting is also held late November or early December.
Coogee-Randwick Branch
PRESIDENT
Jon Gardiner
[email protected]
0449 595 511
SECRETARY
Mrs Bernice Wright
[email protected]
0438 264 174
Membership Point of Contact
Mrs Bernice Wright
[email protected]
0438 264 174
Branch Address
AFC & RAAF Association (NSW Division) Inc
PO Box 556 Spit Junction 2088
Annual Fees
$30 per year
Fighter Squadrons Branch
PRESIDENT
Ron Haack
[email protected]
0416 077 770
SECRETARY
Geoff Peterkin
[email protected]
0406 186 926
Membership Point of Contact
Geoff Kubank
[email protected]
0410 325 644
Branch Address
Fighter Squadrons Branch
Salamander Bay LPO PO Box 656 SALAMANDER BAY NSW 2317
Annual Fees
$30 per year
Branch Information
PATRON
AIR VICE MARSHAL W. H. SIMMONDS, AO, MID
FROM WHENCE IT SPRUNG
Since WWII, a number of individual and independent associations sprouted to accommodate the needs of ex-members. Those associations were largely squadron-centric owing to the members' (mostly WWII veterans) strong sense of connection and identity with their particular squadrons. In 1971, the “Kitty Hawk Squadrons' Association” was formed as an offshoot of the original "No 77 Squadron Association" which was established in June 1953.
Since the mid-sixties, however, this strength of identity has diminished to a degree because of more diverse involvement with several squadrons and/or aircraft types. In 1976 the “Kitty Hawk Squadrons' Association” was renamed the “NSW Fighter Squadrons Branch”. That was the first attempt to establish a "combined association" concept. Such a change not only broadened the scope of membership by excluding reference to aircraft type, but based on the logic that the common thread was their fighter squadron heritage, it was envisaged that this organisation could fulfil the needs of camaraderie for all older and younger-generation members who served within the many fighter squadrons in existence.
WHAT IS IT
The Fighter Squadrons' Branch (FSB) is now a fully established branch of its parent body namely "The Australian Flying Corps and Royal Australian Air Force Association (New South Wales Division) Incorporated" - or RAAFANSW. Naturally, all members of the FSB are fully subscribed members of the RAAFANSW.
The FSB is not an independently constituted, incorporated or otherwise, organisation. Accordingly, the statutory functioning of the FSB is fully governed by the constitution of RAAFANSW. There is no provision in the RAAFANSW constitution for its branches to spawn sub-branches.
WHAT IT DOES
The broad charter of the FSB is to:
- foster ongoing camaraderie among all members past and present of the fighter squadrons community;
- promote welfare of and assistance to members of the branch and their dependents;
- disseminate relevant information from RAAFANSW and/or other sources;
- plan, coordinate and conduct reunions, formal and social events;
- maintain a website with both public and private access segments; and
- provide limited financial assistance to kindred and affiliated organisations and groups.
IMPLEMENTATION
In 2003, following requests from some of the independent associations, the FSB committee established and formalised the “umbrella” concept - a concept where the FSB sits in a focal position relative to a cluster of individual and independent squadron associations, thus providing a linkage for embracing the fighter squadrons' fraternity as a whole.
In late 2004 the Fighter Squadrons Branch website was launched, with the home page graphically illustrating implementation of this concept. From an original eight associations, some twelve groups now populate this cluster.
During the following years FSB operated in a supportive rather than a governance sense in respect of the members of the independent associations. The passage of time however took its toll in these associations and governance positions became more difficult to fill.
Since 2011 major constitutional changes within RAAFANSW have fertilised progressive management concepts and IT leading to the establishment of websites and better communication capabilities for the division and branches alike.
These changes enabled branches to conduct their own membership management, previously undertaken at division level, permitting independent associations to merge with FSB whilst retaining their squadron identities as chapters within FSB if they wished. This arrangement now retains the aforementioned "umbrella" concept and allows wider scope for all members to enjoy the collective benefit of the branch as a whole whilst perpetuating chapter initiatives in respect of history recording and collection of memorabilia.
Membership of the Fighter Squadrons Branch is open to past and present members of Fighter Squadrons.
Friends and associates of the fighter community, persons with connections to Williamtown and Amberley air bases and persons with a genuine interest in military aviation are also eligible and welcome to join.
Applications to join are made through RAAFA NSW website https://raafansw.org.au/membershipNew.php
PRESIDENTS
Alwyn Quoy 1969 - 1985
Ken Hitchcock 1985 - 1987
Jack Lynch 1987 - 1990
Dick Gregory 1990 - 1996
Dave Bowden 1996 - 2003
Dave Leach 2003 - 2005
Ian Whisker 2005 - 2009
Bruce Connell 2009 - 2015
Mike Lavercombe 2015 -
Halifax Chapter
SECRETARY
Keith Campbell OAM
02 9489 3250
Liberator Chapter
Manly-Warringah* Chapter
Manning River Branch
PRESIDENT
John Smith
SECRETARY
Jacinta Bryan
Membership Point of Contact
Jacinta Bryan
National Service* Branch
PRESIDENT
Brian C. Morelli
[email protected]
02 4330 0091
SECRETARY
Robert Dickey
[email protected]
02 9553 0998
Membership Point of Contact
Robert Dickey
[email protected]
02 9553 0998
Branch Address
Secretary RAAF National Service
PO Box 111 Penshurst 2222
Newcastle Branch
Membership Point of Contact
Memberships Member
[email protected]
0418 396 681
Branch Address
Newcastle Branch
Salamander Bay LPO PO Box 656 SALAMANDER BAY NSW 2317
Annual Fees
$20 per year
Orange Chapter
Pathfinder Branch
PRESIDENT
Ken Youdale DFC OAM
0408 219 920
SECRETARY
Jeff McClenaughan
02 9527 1048
Port Macquarie Chapter
RAAFA HARS Branch
PRESIDENT
Bob DeLaHunty
[email protected]
0433 941 306
SECRETARY
Douglas Haywood
[email protected]
0431 704 991
Membership Point of Contact
Douglas Haywood
[email protected]
0431 704 991
Branch Address
HARS Branch
HARS Museum, Airport Rd & Boomerang Ave Albion Park Rail 2527
Annual Fees
$20 per year
Branch Meetings
TBA
Branch Information
RAAFA HARS Branch membership is open to all HARS members, whether they haved served or not. It only requires an interest in military aviation.
Radar Air Defence* Branch
PRESIDENT
John King
[email protected]
02 4937 4033
SECRETARY
Ian David Gibson
[email protected]
02 4951 3239
Membership Point of Contact
Ray O'Donoghue
[email protected]
0411 409 178
Branch Address
Radar Chapter, Fighter Squadrons Branch
7 Breeze Court WHITEBRIDGE 2290
Annual Fees
$35 per year
Branch Meetings
TBA
Branch Information
From 1 July 2023, RADAR Branch (formerly RADAR Air Defence Branch) will be fully integrated into Fighter Squadrons Branch (FSB) but will retain its RADAR identity as the RADAR Chapter of FSB.
From that point, membership and annual fees will be managed by FSB, although RADAR Chapter will retain oversight of it's associated members and management of it's awards schedule. RADAR finances will also be managed by FSB as a sub-ledger to allow purchase of awards, plaques, wreaths and other RADAR-specific needs.
More information, including POC details, will be published as it becomes available.
RADSCHOOL Branch
Rotary Wing* Branch
PRESIDENT
Bob Redman
[email protected]
04 18 570 768
SECRETARY
Steve Hartigan
[email protected]
0438 585 202
Membership Point of Contact
Steve Hartigan
[email protected]
0438 585 202
Branch Address
No 9 Sqn Association
PO Box 635 Gatton 4343
Annual Fees
$20 per year
SEAAC Chapter
St George* Branch
PRESIDENT
George Hurley OAM
[email protected]
0404 600 852
SECRETARY
Elizabeth Wood
[email protected]
0400 805 009
Membership Point of Contact
Paul Gregory
[email protected]
0477 345 906
Branch Address
RAAFA St George Branch Inc
5/647 Princes Highway BLAKEHURST 2221
Annual Fees
$30 per year
Branch Meetings
At Victory House, 647 Princes Hwy, Blakehurst, 3rd Friday Monthly except January
Sunderland Squadrons Branch
PRESIDENT
Peter W Dowling RFD
[email protected]
0418281775
SECRETARY
Peter W Dowling RFD
[email protected]
0418 281 775
Membership Point of Contact
Peter W Dowling RFD
[email protected]
0418 281 775
Branch Address
Sunderland Branch, c/o Peter W Dowling.
2 Brawn Ave Lake Wendouree 3350
Annual Fees
$30 per year
WAAAF Chapter
Wanderers Branch
PRESIDENT
Gordon Pert
[email protected]
0407 239 382
SECRETARY
Malcolm Baker
[email protected]
0435 653 630
Membership Point of Contact
Malcolm Baker
[email protected]
0435 653 630
Branch Address
Unit 11/40 Antill Street Queanbeyan 2620
Annual Fees
$35 per year
Branch Information