The 83rd Annual Gunner Dinner was held at Parramatta RSL Club on Saturday, 7th August 2010. The Guest of Honour was Brigadier David Coghlan AM, Head of Regiment, who in the company of Colonel Ian Ahearn, Colonel Commandant Eastern Region, joined with gunners from many units spanning the period WW2 to the present, to mark this annual occasion. Major General Tim Ford AO, Representative Colonel Commandant, offered his apologies due to his father suddenly taking ill.

The Dining President for the evening was Lieutenant Colonel Schon Condon RFD KSJ, President RAA Association (NSW).

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		BRIG David Coghlan, Head of Regiment, with LTCOL Schon Condon, President RAA Association (NSW).
COL George Laurie, President RAA Association (SA) and his wife Helen.
		BRIG David Coghlan AM, Head of Regiment, updated the gathering regarding happenings in the Regiment, comparing current times with 10 years prior, when the future was very unclear. Now the new 155 mm guns will soon arrive, and the level of sophisticated equipments is going up by leaps and bounds. The Reserve units in SA and VIC are well advanced in the conversion to 81 mm mortars, while the NSW units will keep their 105 mm guns for at least 2 more years.
COL Ian Ahearn, recently appointed Colonel Commandant Eastern Region, read the Loyal Message and her Majesty's response.
		Our guest and after dinner speaker Dr Andrew Richardson, from the Australian Army History Unit Canberra, outlined his research and aspects of his forthcoming publication, The Battle of Hamel.

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