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PRESENT ARMS DRILL Lt Ronan Lambe salutes Parade Commander Col JJ O'Reilly (EO
2 E Bde) while the 85 Pln perform the Present Arms drill. Photo by Fr Robert McCabe CF
GALA CONCERT Pictured at the recent Gala Concert in Mullingar organised by the
4th Fd Arty Regt for four charities, are the Pipe Band of ONE from the Curragh (at their first concert performance). Music was also provided by the Military Band of the 4 W Bde and the Mullin- gar Choral Society. Photo courtesy of RSM Noel O'Callaghan (4 FAR/104 Inf Bn)
DUBLIN CITY MARATHON Pictured after the recent Dublin City Marathon are (L/R) Sgt Anthony Jinks, Cpl
PJ Byrne, Pte Stephanie Meehan, Col Ger Aherne (A/OC 4 W Bde), Pte Miriam Fortune, Cpl Jimmy Nugent (on his 100th marathon) and Pte Noel Kelly (winner of the Over 40s category with a time of 2hrs 32mins). Photo courtesy of Sgt Anto Feery (HQ 4 W Bde)
THE LIBRARIAN Pte Ray Jordan receives his last library book from Comdt Kevin Campion
(OC USAC) prior to his retirement after 25 years in the DF. Pte Jordan was the Librarian in USAC for most of his career. Photo courtesy of Cpl Eric O'Brien (USAC)
BRANCH MASS Photo shows members of the Lower Or-
monde Branch of ONEt from Nenagh, Co Tipperary who held their first Branch Mass on the 6 Nov 2011, they were joined with fellow members of ONEt, IUNVA and guests. Photo courtesy of Tommy Maguire / Eddie Lillis
IN MEMORY Paddy Armstrong, founder of the United Irish Ex Services Association of
Australia, who laid a wreath at the Armistice Day ceremony at the Sydney Cenotaph on November 11, in memory of the 50,000 Irish who died fighting in WWI and the 6,700 Irish-born (equivalent to 7 battalions) who served in the Australian Army in that conflict, of whom 900 died. Photo courtesy of Paddy Armstrong
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