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Please send contributions to Vollie News by - 4.00 pm Thursday

vollie.news@stjohnnt.asn.au - Frank Dunstan, editor/compiler - 0456 695 766

It’s again been busy in the office. Congratulations to Tammy Shepherd taking on the

TO Event Management. She has already started on operational plans.

I caught up with the Nightcliff Bendigo Bank branch manager and discussed some

promotional events that both organisations can be a part of.

It has been great to catch up with a few volunteers who have come in the Office after

their interviews for PTS. It is great to see you all applying.

Could I please remind everyone to look at your hours on DMS and to make sure you

have been marked present to all meetings. This is very important.

We have our major duties in the DMS so please look and sign up if you would like to

attend.

Mark Ferguson MStJ

Director First Aid Services

On other pages this week:

Richard Morris Award

Communiqué from Gwyn

Balch

Alice Springs happenings

SJA Ireland in 1916

Training Calendar

Tiny Tots

Norma Bell Award

NatCamp 2017

This week in history

The beginning of St John

Ambulance in Australia

The Clyde Fenton Story

Historical pix

Coming events for 2016

Links

Volunteer Office Contacts and to

subscribe to Vollie News:

volunteeroffice@stjohnnt.asn.au

Phone: 08 8922 6234

08 8922 6205

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Congratulations to the 2015 Richard Morris Award recipients http://www.stjohnnt.org.au/about-us/newsroom/24-enewsletters/238-enewsletter-february-2016#richardmorris

This year’s Richard Morris award recipients are Peter

Poole for the Darwin area and Mitchell Childs for the

Regional area. Congratulations to both on a well

deserved award.

Peter Poole commenced with St John in 1979 and is

one of our long term Volunteers. His commitment has

never wavered and he has continued to serve the

community, committing over 400 public event hours in

2015. Peter is a Knight of the Order of St John and loves

doing duties on the weekend. Peter always puts his

hands up to assist and help the community by doing

First Aid at events.

Mitchell Childs from Alice Springs, started as a

volunteer in 2014 and has been an outstanding

member, contributing over 500 public event hours.

Mitchell also helps out by assisting with photography

that we are able to use in our promotions. Mitchell is

always the first one to place his name onto duties and

loves helping out the community on weekends. He is a

passionate volunteer dedicating his time to help the

community

Well done to both members, who will be attending the

St John National Member Convention in South

Australia as part of their award.

Background of the Award

The Richard Morris Award is named in honour of Mr

Richard Morris AM KStJ who was Chairman of the

Board of St John for over a quarter of a century from

1977-2000. Richard made an enormous contribution to

St John and as the first Chairman [after independence

from South Australia], was the driving force behind

numerous successful ventures and ideas including the

establishment of the Ambulance Service.

Following Richard’s passing in 2000, his wife Gael

created an Endowment to St John to reward volunteers

for their tireless work. The Award is given to two

Volunteers, who openly display a great Community

Spirit and have also completed the most number of

public duty hours and fulfilled the selection criteria.

The same members are only eligible once every three

years.

Public Duties - the provision of First Aid at Community

and sporting events, and Volunteer Ambulance Duties.

Due to the high level of commitment of volunteers

across the Territory, there are two annual awards – one

for Greater Darwin, which includes Darwin, Palmerston

& Humpty Doo and one to include all other regions –

Batchelor, Nhulunbuy, Katherine, Tennant Creek and

Alice Springs.

Selection Criteria

Must be a volunteer of St John Ambulance (NT)

Inc.

Be a positive role model for St John in the

community

Must have been an active, efficient member

for at least 12 months

Must be over 18 years of age

Preferably have attended a minimum of 10

duties between January and December

Have completed the most Voluntary Public

Duties hours – according to Quarterly Return

Completion of the required annual skills

training

Same member is only eligible once every 3

years

Consideration will be given to members who have

contributed to the community in a variety of ways for

St John, including public duties. The final decision will

be at the Commissioner’s discretion.

Flashing Lights newsletter, February 2016

http://www.stjohnnt.org.au/about-us/newsroom/24-enewsletters/238-enewsletter-february-2016

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Steve and I have settled into our home in the Barossa

Valley and loving it. Life continues to be busy (just not

sure doing what) and it has been great to see so many

family and friends come to visit, including some of our

St John friends. We have a lovely view of the hills and

are amazed how they constantly change colour.

Yesterday I was delighted to be invited to St John

Headquarters in Adelaide to join Noel and Liz Talbot

and other members of St John SA for lunch and a

special presentation. SA Commissioner, Noel Hender

presented Bronze Commendations to both Noel and Liz

for their work both in the Northern Territory, and more

recently, in South Australia. Noel was also presented

with his 4th Service Bar. The SA Commissioner read a

citation about Noel and Liz’s contribution to St John

and also a message from NT Commissioner, Mark

Ferguson.

We do miss our friends and family in the NT but love

catching up with all the news and of course the weekly

Vollie News.

Regards,

Gwyn Balch

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Ambulance Service OIC Julie Wickham has set up a

new service; twice a week a paramedic will be taking

a vehicle out to where St Vinnies set up their soup

kitchen to help out. Its aim is to promote positive

community interaction in the hope that it will lead to

less assaults on the Service. She has invited the vollies

to come along and bring out a troopie to join in to

provide the opportunity to promote St. John,

Community Education, recruit new members and

when needed provide first aid. It will be running on a

Tuesday and Friday nights from 4pm- 6pm, starting

this week.

Alex Smith

Car 161 is being rebuilt prior to going to Alice Springs

Photo courtesy Paul Berry

Lifting and loading training night

Photos courtesy Paul Berry

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https://www.facebook.com/St-John-Ambulance-Ireland-in-1916-623687417733458/

St. John Ambulance Brigade, Ireland - Welfare

Department

After the Easter Rising many people were left

displaced with no home and the struggle for survival

was a challenge that faced so many families.

Dr. Ella Webb was third in command of St. John

Ambulance in 1916, the organisation had almost 3,000

members and was at its peak with so many members

joining during the war years. The priority during the

Rising was to assist all who fell injured and those that

were left homeless were provided with shelter and

food. This was the start a welfare department in the St.

John Ambulance. The work continued for almost 50

years.

The welfare department developed over the

course of 6 years from 1916-1922. In 1923 Dr. Webb

worked alongside Miss Gwendoline Barrington who

was in charge of the welfare department (for women)

in the Jacobs biscuit factory, she was also a qualified

social worker. The demand grew for the dining rooms

with 3 being opened in Dublin. The biggest of these

rooms was at 40 Merrion Square, the St. John

Ambulance headquarters. A welfare committee was

setup and the funding flowed in to help develop this

good cause.

Little is known about this welfare department; for

fifty years it provided food, clothing and care for

pregnant mothers. In the first 10 years of the

department over 247,000 dinners were provided to

pregnant women. A programme was setup for these

women and the nursing sisters/officers of SJA worked

with each woman to ensure they attended; this gave

them every possible chance of a healthy pregnancy.

Milk was also given to the pregnant mothers to bring

home and this quality grade milk was provided by the

Overend family, Dundrum. The sisters in the family

were both members. Those who had children were

given soup to bring home. The support from many

families like the Overends was greatly appreciated.

The comfort and support of the department

continued throughout the year and the members gave

up their time at Christmas to provide food and comfort

for the poor of Dublin.

St. John Ambulance has been on the Island of

Ireland for 135 years. Through several years of research

I have discovered some amazing stories of the women

that passed through the ranks.

Both women no doubt helped save the lives of

many women and unborn children.

Pàdraig Allen

SJA members in period uniform at Litton Hall; this hall

is just behind Lumsden House, St. John Ambulance

Ireland NHQ, Dublin.

The hall was used by St. John Ambulance during the

Easter Rising of 1916, it was converted into a

temporary emergency auxiliary hospital, with an

improvised operating theatre and a team of medical

staff worked for 10 days. This was one of 7 auxiliary

hospitals set up by St. John Ambulance during the

Rising.

Ambulance member Oliver, Nursing officer Susan and

Corps Supt Padraig.

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St John Ambulance members on duty in

Dublin during the Easter Rising of 1916

Sir John Lumsden KBE, MD - founder of the St. John

Ambulance Brigade in Ireland in 1903

By 1914 St. John Ambulance was well established in

Ireland with up to 3,000 members. The leadership of

Lumsden was closely watched by the headquarters in

London and in 1914 St. John Ambulance was officially

registered as the No. 12 (Irish) District and Lumsden

appointed Deputy Commissioner, the leader in

Ireland.

Just two years later in 1916 Dr. Lumsden led the

organisation during the Easter Rising with over 600

members turning out on the streets. One member

was killed in crossfire and several others were

wounded.

The members not only assisted the wounded from

both sides but also helped to staff the city hospitals

and provide welfare for those displaced by the

rebellion.

The Silver Order of St. John Life Saving Medal with

plain black ribbon was awarded to Sir John Lumsden

and the Bronze to his wife Caroline Frances Lumsden

for selfless acts of bravery, attending to the wounded

under heavy fire, Easter Week, 1916.

http://droghedalife.com/791/175085/a/talk-on-

droghedas-connection-with-st-john-ambulance-and-

the-easter-rising

This Bronze Order of St. John Life Saving Medal was awarded to Caroline F. Lumsden, wife of Sir

John Lumsden KBE, MD.

The awards were granted by the Order of St. John and presented in the RDS, January 1917.

There were 86 Certificates of Honour, 20 Bronze Life Saving Medals and 4 Silver Life Saving Medals

awarded at this presentation. A substantial amount and a rare event to see so many presented at

the same time - awarded to members (majority) and others who took part recovering the wounded

and carrying out selfless acts to save lives during the Easter Rising.

The members and some of those who gave up their time certainly did so in the cause of humanity.

The last Life Saving Medal awarded in Ireland was in 1946. Pàdraig Allen

Read more at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John_Ambulance_Ireland

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St John Ambulance Australia (NT)

First Aid Services Training Calendar 2016

Date Course Location

Every Thurs 6pm - midnight

Volunteer PTS crew – rostered

Casuarina

March 10th

Workshop – Completing paperwork (Mandy)

Venue TBA

12th & 19th Induction Casuarina

18th/19th/20th Cert III Basic Health Care (Ron) Alice Springs

20th (Sun) PFA (Barb) Casuarina

April 7th

Workshop (Topic TBA)(Mandy)

TH2 after day course

7th – 10th

Team Leadership & Officer Leadership training(P. Le Cornu)

TH2 Casuarina

23rd/24th PAFA (Christine) Parap centre

May 5th

Workshop (Topic TBA) Mandy

TBA

14th Medications workshop Palmerston

21st/22nd Cert III - Practicals TBA

29th PFA (Christine) TH2 Casuarina

June 4th/5th

2nd

PAFA (Christine) Workshop (MP)

Parap centre TBA

June 11th-13th Finke Desert Race Alice Springs

18th & 22nd Induction Casuarina

July 7th

Workshop (MP)

TBA

August 11th

Workshop (MP)

TBA

September 4th 1st 10th/11th

PFA (Christine) Workshop (MP) PAFA (Christine)

TH2 Casuarina TBA Parap centre

October 6th

Workshop (MP)

TBA

November 6th 3rd 12th/13th 14th-18th 21st-25th

PFA (Christine) Workshop PAFA (Christine) TAE (Peter Le Cornu) TAE (Peter Le Cornu)

TH2 Casuarina MP TH2 Casuarina TH2 Casuarina TH2 Casuarina

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December 1st

Workshop (complete any bookwork)

TBA

The latest issue of Spotlite, the SJAA National newsletter:

http://members.stjohn.org.au/docs/Spotlite%202016%20February.pdf

TIPS ON TRAINING

Hello Everyone,

A quick word about signing off workbooks. As previously discussed the Cert II (FR) books can only be signed by an approved assessor. As these books are then held by training for their auditing protocols it is very important that we ensure that our workbook is filled in properly.

If the module includes questions and filling out a Patient Care Record, all items must be completed. For example; module 1 includes 2 questions, a demonstration of managing a patient, a Patient Care Record and completion of the Utstein cardiac arrest data form. The date of completion is the date the actual module was completed on, therefore, if the scenarios were done on a particular date, but the questions were not answered until 2 weeks later, that date is the one which is entered against the module sign off.

It is imperative that these assessments are signed at completion, not gathered up and kept till the end of the year where someone sits down and ‘guesses’ a date to enter into them.

At formal audit, it would not be surprising if the auditor requested an attendance register to make sure the owner of the workbook was actually present on the night the assessments were done! In 2015 there were a number of workbooks that had signatures and dates for the entire book, all done on the same date. Please do not let this occur in 2016 or your book will be returned.

Don’t forget, the first workshop will be held at 6pm Thursday March 10th at Casuarina. We will be going over paperwork so I would like to see as many people there as possible. Open to everyone. Please encourage your newer members. I will try to make it a fun night.

I am happy for anyone to request a workshop on any particular topic for the future.

Alice Springs – there will be a Cert III (Advanced Responder) course in March. Very few people have nominated to do this. If unsure if you are eligible to do this, please ask me.

HAPPY TRAINING

If you require any further information on this or any other training issue please contact me:

Email: mandy.paradise@stjohnnt.asn.au

Phone: 8922 6205

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Team Leadership, Officer

Leadership Course

(Minimum age 17 years)

The aim of the program is to

develop the management and

leadership skills and knowledge of

St John Ambulance Australia

members to be officers.

Where: Casuarina Centre

Date: 7 – 10 April 2016

Time: 0900-1700

Applications are now open.

Divisional Officers are

encouraged to apply. Numbers

will be limited.

As per usual TA17 must be

completed.

Applications to be received in the

volunteer office by COB 18th

March 2016

Nominations are now open for

those interested members who

would need to complete a:

Provide First Aid (Flex)

As Pre–course workbooks will be

required please complete a form

VFAS 2.8, signed by your

Superintendent by the 12th March

2016

When: Sunday 20th

March 2016

Where: TBA

Times: 0830 - 1700

ALL ENQUIRIES TO:

Volunteer Office

Ph 89226205

mandy.paradise@stjohnnt.asn.au

Certificate IV Training &

Assessment

All approved volunteer Trainers &

Assessors must have the full

TAE40110 + LLN. Peter Le Cornu

has kindly agreed to run another

course in Darwin. This course is

open for Expressions of Interest

to give people the opportunity to

organize time off work.

Where: Casuarina Centre

Date: 14-25 Nov 2016

Time: 0900-1700

Expressions of interest to the

volunteer office please. Numbers

will be limited to 15

As per usual TA17 must be

completed.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/the-risks-and-rewards-of-participating-in-clinical-

trials/7195942?section=health

CPR and bystanders:

http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/

content/2016/s4414311.htm

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St John First Aid kit ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR8_RoShtX0

Ad for CPR:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4drj8RVINU

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Port Augusta Dispatch and Flinders' Advertiser, Sat 3

March 1883

SURGICAL TRAINING FOR THE POLICE.

From "Chambers Journal" we learn that:— “A most

useful and much desiderated branch of police

education has just been introduced into the [London]

Metropolitan force. This consists in giving the police

officers a kind of surgical training sufficient to enable

them to deal readily with many of the ordinary

accidents to which people are liable. The society under

which the training is carried out is called the St John

Ambulance Association. Certificates of efficiency were

a few weeks ago presented to seventy-nine London

policemen; and Dr. Sieveking, Physician Extraordinary

to the Queen, addressing the force on that occasion,

spoke of the sympathy felt by the medical profession

with the objects of the association, and of the special

value to the police of the instruction imparted. He

advised them to keep up their knowledge, and

encouraged them to do so by referring to a case which

had come under his notice, where valuable assistance

was rendered to an injured lady by a policeman.

Colonel Duncan, director of the association, also spoke,

and referring to the case of an officer who was shot in

the femoral artery, and of a man who was that day

reported to have bled to death in consequence of a

wound from a scythe, said that any one of the men who

were receiving certificates that day would probably

have been able to save those lives if he had been near

at the time. The objects of this association seem to us

to recommend themselves very strongly to place

authorities all over the country."

London Police Ambulance, circa 1885

A meeting to form the first St John Ambulance Association centre in Australia was held in Melbourne on 13th June 1883,

very closely followed by a meeting to form another centre in Brighton, a suburb of Melbourne, on the 18th June 1883.

The Argus (Melbourne), Tuesday 5 June 1883

THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION.

Circulars have been issued by Dr. Neild and Mr. R.

B. Warren inviting co-operation in the formation in

Melbourne of a branch of the St John Ambulance

Association. This association, it is explained was

established in 1877, by the Duke of Manchester and

the Chapter of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in

England, for the purpose of disseminating general

information as to the preliminary treatment of the sick

and injured among all classes of society so as to lessen

the unnecessary suffering so frequently caused by the

ignorance of those unskilled persons with whom the

patient is first brought in contact. The circular proceeds

— “By rough handling, or by the mere want of the

slightest knowledge of how to lift an injured limb a

simple fracture may he converted into a compound

fracture. The method of arresting bleeding from an

artery is so easy that a child may learn it yet thousands

of lives have been lost, the very life blood ebbing away

in the presence of sorrowing spectators because none

among them had been taught one of the first

rudiments of instruction of an ambulance pupil — the

application of an extemporised tourniquet. Again, how

frequent is the loss of life by drowning, yet how

comparatively few persons understand the way to

treat properly the apparently drowned. It is lamentable

to reflect how many of these lives might have been

saved, how much unnecessary torture might have been

avoided, had those first present on the scene but

known how to take the requisite steps for the

restoration of life or the alleviation of pain.”

The scheme of operations has embraced the

formation of :— (a) Centres in important towns and

districts, with an organisation consisting of a local

committee and staff of officials performing gratuitous

service. (b) Detached classes held in towns or villages

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pending opportunity arising for the formation of

regular centres. A very large number of these detached

classes have been held in all parts of the United

Kingdom. The course of instruction, which is limited to

a syllabus drawn up by a medical committee, has

consisted of five lectures (given gratuitously by medical

practitioners), with intervals of a week between each,

followed by an examination. This last is conducted by

one of the examining stuff, all the members of which,

as well as the lecturers must be duly qualified medical

practitioners. Those who pass the examination receive

a certificate of proficiency, and certificated pupils who

have twice undergone re-examination in accordance

with the terms of the resolution of July 25th, 1879, with

an interval of not less than 12 months between each

examination, are exempt from any further

examinations, and allowed to purchase a medallion

(bronze, silver, or gold at the pupil's option) to be

carried in the pocket or worn as a brooch, or on the

watchchain, but never as a decoration and to be used

when necessary as a certificate of competency to

render first aid to the injured. Women who have

passed the first or "preliminary" course are allowed to

attend a "second course," consisting of lectures on

home nursing and hygiene, and if successful in passing

the examination for this course are allowed to count

this as a re-examination if the required interval of 12

months since the previous examination (or re-

examination) has been complied with.

The extent of the work performed by the

association in the United Kingdom may be inferred

from the statement that since its establishment, up to

St. John’s Day (24th June), 1882, over 130 centres have

been formed, and over 40,000 certificates awarded to

persons of both sexes. The steady increase of the work

is shown by the number of persons attending classes

during the year ending on the above date, namely,

10,741.

Among the more notable classes in the public

services have been those for the instruction of the

metropolitan and city police, county constabulary,

London and provincial fire brigades, Royal Naval

Artillery Volunteers, the War-office, Admiralty,

Somerset-house, and other Government departments,

the Custom house, East and West India Docks, Surrey

Commercial Docks, Victoria Docks, and many of the

provincial volunteer corps. It is only necessary to add,

as a further proof of the value of the movement, that

several members of the Royal family hold the offices of

presidents, or patrons, of country centres.

The work of the association has lately been

extended to India and France, and in Russia the

handbook of the association has been translated into

the native language and there, as well as in Germany

and the United States, work on the lines laid down by

the association, has been actively and successfully

commenced. It is hoped therefore, that it will be

warmly supported in Australia where there should be

an exceptionally wide field for its work, on account of

the great distances at which a large proportion of the

population lives from the nearest medical aid. The

association has no connexion with any of the

associations or fraternities now existing for benevolent

purposes, whether similar or not in name, nor is it allied

with any religious denomination, but is thoroughly

universal, embracing among its members’ associates

those who are willing to devote a portion of their time

or their means to the help of the suffering and the sick.

It is proposed to hold a public meeting shortly for

the purpose of forming a Melbourne branch of the

association.

Courier Mail (Brisbane), Monday 1 May 1939

STRANDED ON BEACH FOUR NIGHTS

Rescued Flyer Tells Story

DARWIN, Sunday.— “I feel all right. I'm a little tired,

though — but for goodness' sake give me a cigarette.”

With these words Roy Edwards, 31 year-old

Darwin pilot, who was lost for nearly four days in

inhospitable country, near the east Arnhem Land coast,

stepped from his plane this evening.

Outside the Eastern Hill, Victoria, Fire Station, 1901

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He had flown the 300 miles from the Millingimbi

Island Methodist Mission with Dr. Clyde Fenton, the

“flying doctor.”

Edwards disappeared on Tuesday evening after

setting out from here that afternoon to bring in from

Yirrkala Methodist Mission, on the east coast of

Arnhem Land, the Rev. W. S. Chaseling, a missionary

reported to be dangerously ill.

Edwards was discovered at noon yesterday by the

West Australian Air ways airliner, Canberra, piloted by

Captain E. D. Anderson.

He was on Howard Island, on a beach about 20

miles west of the south-west corner of Elcho Island.

Edwards spent the four nights on the beach with

natives.

“I never want such an experience again,” he said.

Worried By Mosquitoes

“The mosquitoes bit me nearly to death the first

three nights, and the most welcome things dropped by

the Canberra were a mosquito net and a shirt. My

failure to reach Yirrkala was a bitter disappointment. I

was not worried about myself — the natives took good

care of me.

“My greatest concern was the knowledge that

others were worrying about me, particularly my

mother in Sydney and friends in Darwin.”

Edwards said that he was within 25 miles of

Yirrkala when he encountered a terrific storm, against

which it was impossible to continue. He turned back,

hoping to reach Milingimbi, but after a while saw that

the petrol was getting so low that a forced landing was

possible soon.

On seeing an aboriginal camp on a beach, he

landed beside it.

“They gave me water, for which I was so grateful

that I handed them all the cigarettes I had, except

two,” he said.

Dawn Take-off

After finding Edwards yesterday Captain Anderson

notified Darwin, and the civil aviation officials

wirelessed Milingimbi and the search plane Dunbar

Hooper, in which the chief civil aviation officer of the

Territory, Mr. A. Collins, was searching. Dr. Fenton also

was searching, but as he had no radio he got news of

Edwards' position only when he returned to Milingimbi

last night.

He set out this morning and landed beside

Edwards. Finding him well. Dr. Fenton returned to

Milingimbi and loaded petrol for Edwards' plane and

returned.

Australian Servicemen with an ambulance presented

by the Women's Christian Temperance Union, 1916.

The swastika was an ancient, very widely used symbol

of good fortune before being corrupted by the Nazis

into what many consider a reviled symbol of evil.

Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-

29644591

British nurse in Salonika with medical supplies, 1916.

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When What Where Comments Requirements Web

March

Sun 06 Clean Up Australia Day

Your local area Organise, or take part

in a local clean up

Suitable clothing and

footwear http://www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/

April

Monday 25 Anzac Day Your local area Dawn Service, March Ask your Superintendent

www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/anzac/

Thu 28 Mindil Markets opening

Mindil Beach

Annual dry season markets on Thursday (1630 to 2200) & Sundays (1530 to 2130)

1 x First Aid Unit/ clinic vehicle & First Aiders & Responders

https://www.facebook.com/mindilmarket

http://www.mindil.com.au/

May

Mon 09 – Sun 15

National Volunteer Week

http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/

Fri 13 –

Sun 15

Fred’s Pass Rural Show

Fred’s Pass Reserve

TBA http://www.fredspassruralshow.com.au/

Wed 18 2016 Investiture / Graduation Ceremony

Government House Darwin

By invitation only Uniform with tie and

medals / Territory Rig www.stjohnnt.org.au/

Sat 21 BASSINTHEGRASS Darwin Amphitheatre

Great music assisting the SJA Volunteers, meals and refreshments supplied

TBA www.bassinthegrass.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/BASSINTHEGRASS

Sun 29 Merrepen Arts Festival

Nauiyu Namibia Community, Daly River

Generally accommodation for 1 or 2 male volunteers

1 x First Aid Unit and Volunteers.

http://www.aroundyou.com.au/whats-on/events/2016-merrepen-community-festival

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June

Fri 3 – Sun 5 Adelaide River Show

Dorat Road

Adelaide River

Darwin Volunteers

welcome

Batchelor First Aid Unit

& Volunteers http://www.arss.org.au/adelaide-river-show

Sat 4 –

Sun 5 Greek Glenti

The Esplanade, Darwin

TBA https://www.facebook.com/glenti.com.au

Sat 10 –

Mon 13 Finke Desert Race Alice Springs

A fantastic weekend camping under the stars in the Finke Desert enjoying the company of SJA Volunteers and your peers, meals supplied, (SJA may be able to assist in transport from Darwin and accommodation down and back).

NOTE: There is an

Officials safety briefing

to be held in Alice

Springs Centre that all

participants MUST

attend.

http://finkedesertrace.com.au/

Thu 16 – Sun 19 (TBC)

Brunette Downs Races

Brunette Downs Station

Rodeo & Campdraft

held at a station with

first aid post

Volunteer: First Aider & Responders Ambulance: TBA

www.abcraces.com.au/

Fri 17 –

Sun 19 V8 Supercars

Hidden Valley, Berrimah

TBA TBA http://www.v8supercars.com.au/darwin/

Fri 24 St John’s Day

July

Fri 1 Territory Day Your local area Fireworks 1800 - 2300 http://www.territoryday.nt.gov.au/

Fri 1 – Sat 2 Alice Springs Show Alice Springs Meals and

refreshments supplied

Volunteer Division working negotiated rosters, includes Roving Patrols on foot Ambulance: TBA

https://alice-springs.com.au/

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Friday 8 Tennant Creek Show

Tennant Creek Meals and

refreshments supplied

Volunteer Division working negotiated rosters, includes Roving Patrols on foot - Ambulance: TBA

http://tennantcreekshow.com.au/

Sat 9 Camel Cup Alice Springs www.camelcup.com.au/

Sunday 17 Beercan Regatta Mindil Beach, Darwin

Lunch provided, Surf

Life Saving Association

liaise closely with SJA

members

Volunteer: FAP and Volunteer Ambulance Ambulance: Major Events Coordinator with appropriate vehicle and Paramedic Kit to support SJA Volunteers

www.beercanregatta.org.au/

Fri 15 –

Sat 16 Katherine Show Katherine

Lunch and

refreshments supplied

Volunteer: Division working negotiated rosters, includes Roving Patrols in SJA Buggy (where accessible) and on foot. Ambulance: 1 x Ambulance crew (TBC) with OIC Katherine Major Events Coordinator with appropriate vehicle and Paramedic kit to support SJA Volunteers

http://katherineshow.org.au/

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Thu 21 –

Sat 23 Royal Darwin Show

Winnellie Showgrounds

Meals and

refreshments supplied

Volunteer: Divisions working negotiated rosters, includes Roving Patrols in Buggy (where accessible) and on foot Ambulance: Major Events Coordinator with appropriate vehicle and Paramedic Kit to support SJA Volunteers

www.darwinshow.com.au/

TBA Lingalonga Festival Batchelor Batchelor Adults & First

Aid Unit www.lingalonga.org/

Fri 29 –

Mon 1 Aug Garma Festival

Gulkula, Arnhemland

Camping – Indigenous

Community Festival

Volunteer: First Aider & Responders Ambulance: TBA

www.yyf.com.au/

August

Monday 1 Darwin Cup Fannie Bay Racecourse

Great day out

meals provided

Volunteer: 1x First Aid Unit and First aiders & Responders for spectator coverage Ambulance: TBA

www.darwinturfclub.org.au/

Saturday 20 Henley on Todd Regatta

Alice Springs www.henleyontodd.com.au/

September

Sat 3 –

Sat 10 Variety Bash

Broome to Lake Argyle

First Aid Support for

the “Bashers” on their

Annual Fund Raising

Jaunt.

TBA https://www.variety.org.au/NT/Events/The-Variety-Bash-

Story/Variety-Bash-NT---20151/

TBA Great Northern Clean Up

Your local area Organise a clean-up in

your local area

http://www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/about/about-the-

event/great-northern-clean-up

Monday 19 International Talk Like a Pirate Day

“Aarrr!!!”

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html

https://www.facebook.com/InternationalTalkLikeAPirateD

ay

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October

TBA Ophthalmic Week www.stjohneyehospital.org

November

TBA SJANT Volunteer Awards night

Darwin By invitation Uniform with medals www.stjohnnt.org.au/

TBA Annual Church Service

Darwin Uniform with medals www.stjohnnt.org.au/

December

Mon 5 International Volunteer Day

http://www.unv.org/what-we-do/intl-volunteer-day.html

Clean Up Australia Day

Sunday 6th March

https://www.facebook.com/CleanUpAust

http://www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/

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St John Ambulance Australia (NT) Inc.

http://www.stjohnnt.org.au/

National Members’ website

http://members.stjohn.org.au/

user name: onestjohn

password: member

St John International

http://www.stjohninternational.org/

St John Vollies (Darwin area)

Add “Jonny St John” as a

friend to join this NT group

St John Ambulance Australia

https://www.facebook.com/st

johnambulanceaus

SJA Australia (unofficial)

https://www.facebook.com/gro

ups/sjaaus/

St John Ambulance NT

https://www.facebook.com/st

johnambulancent

Chief Cadet Officer

https://www.facebook.com/ChiefCad

etOfficer

Awkward Hours, Awkward Jobs

A History of St John Ambulance in the NT

1915 – 2012

by Frank Dunstan

https://sites.google.com/site/awkwardhoursawkwardjobs/

https://youtu.be/mVn1r_4PNf4

Information on the book, where to buy, and download an

order form.

Copies for sale in Volunteer Office and with the author.

Back issues of Vollie News

http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/handle/

10070/179615

Only $30

plus postage if applicable