The Aussie Hero Quilts 15th Anniversary Dinner ... by LCDR Amy Beal Ret'd

I decided to do something a bit different this year and asked LCDR Amy Beal, Ret'd, our guest speaker, if she would consider writing a post I could share with you, describing her impressions of the evening.

Amy and her trusty support dog, Oran

Over to Amy.....

I’ll start by saying I’ve never been able to attend the annual Aussie Hero Quilts dinner. As a veteran, my service always had me away during the weekends activities. I now know what I’ve missed and it’s truly been unforgettable and will sit in my memory bank forever. I was not going to miss the 15^th Anniversary Dinner!

As my wife and I entered the Rex Hotel function room, we were met with smiling faces and laughter amongst the bright colours of quilts hanging along the walls and tables of silent auction items. We were extremely fortunate to sit at a table with JM, her Excellency the Governor General and amazing quilters! Located in the middle of the room, I felt the love and passion for the project started by JM 15 years ago, a project that brings love and support to so many ADF service men and women each and every year. In 15 years, over 18,000 quilts and 40,000 laundry bags have been distributed to Navy, Army and Airforce. Aussie Hero Quilts is definitely a force to be reckoned with!!  

Pello was the Master of Ceremonies for the evening and looked very dapper in her custom Aussie Hero Quilts two-piece suit courtesy of a recent trip to Thailand! She welcomed everyone to the event and requested that everyone find their seats. This took a little bit of time as people were busy chatting, catching up with people they only see at the Annual Dinner and overall just already having a good time!

We were fortunate to hear from one of AHQs generous supporters, the CEO of Lockheed Martin, who himself has received a quilt and laundry bag during his service. He even pulled out his laundry bag from his suit jacket and openly admitted to the room that the laundry bag had never seen a dirty piece of clothing. He has kept it clean and folded up in a specific place in his office for xxx years. Close by, so when the need arises to remember his service, the AHQ laundry bag is there to bring memories.

Jan-Maree spoke about how this was her favourite weekend every year. Yes, it takes a lot of work but that she thoroughly enjoys catching up with people and bringing both recipients and AHQ volunteers together. She spoke of how many quilts and laundry bags had gone out during the year, and also mentioned the 165 random Laundry Bags that were quickly sent to a large ship prior to a sudden deployment. The ship requested 165 laundry bags, and funnily enough it was the exact amount that AHQ HQ had on hand at the time – truly meant to be!

 

Principal Chaplain Navy, Chaplain Jason Wright spoke briefly of his connection with AHQ as a recipient but also as an organiser of the request lists for ships he has been on. He spoke of strange requests but also the joy and comfort each AHQ package brings onboard when they arrive. He also spoke about how surprised his ship mates were when his quilt arrived.

Jason spoke about his quilt and how the sailors wondered what the chaplian had requested... and then his quilt arrived!  It was nothing like anyone, including Jason, could have imagined!

I was fortunate and very honoured to be asked by Jan-Maree earlier in the year to speak at the dinner. I am a veteran of the Royal Australian Navy of 15 years and have been incredibly fortunate to receive three quilts and laundry bags across three deployments to the Middle East. I spoke about the comfort and warmth that each one of these invaluable gifts from AHQ and its band of phenomenal volunteers. My quilts have got me through some of the toughest moments and days in both my career and my life. Post medical discharge from the Navy, they hold an even greater importance to me - a reminder of phenomenal memories, the people I had the honour of serving with and the wonderful places I’ve seen. All reminders of what a great country we live in. 

Jan-Maree took the mic and asked all quilters that had been involved in the “Acacia Quilt” to gather to the right of the stage. JM then explained to the room that AHQ asked the Governor General if she would like on a quilt as Commander in Chief.  Her Excellency thanked AHQ for the offer, but requested that a quilt be made to be placed on display at Government House in Canberra. Specifically depicting wattle, Australia’s floral emblem. When the quilt was presented everyone was overwhelmed with the outcome. It was simply stunning! The Governor-General’s crest in the middle, painstakingly hand painted and embroidered, surrounded but a multitude of different portrayals of wattle. Her Excellency was very impressed and taken aback and announced to the room that it would be hung in the Wattle Corridor at Government House. By the sounds of it, a very fitting location.

Her Excellency, the Governor-General of Australia, Ms Sam Mostyn AC then took the dais to say a few words and she explained to the room why wattle was important to the office of the Governor General. She also shared with us that at every engagement she always has an ode to the wattle somewhere on her clothing. That evening she had a beautiful wattle brooch that was gifted to her when she visited Mongolia during her first state visit. She spoke about the phenomenal work that Australian’s do for others in their time of need and that AHQ was no different, giving back to those service men and women who protect Australia, often hundreds of kilometres from home.

At the completion of all the amazing speeches, people had time to chat, catch up and make sure their bid on a huge array of silent auction items was the highest! But prior to that came the auction items. They ranged from phenomenal paintings, to four displayed quilts, parts of Supercars and by far the most prized item – a commissioning of a quilt of your chosen design. The auction was fast and furious, with Pello quickly telling the serving ADF members in the room to dig deep as the Chief of Personnel had just announced a 3% pay increase. I believe the Chief of Airforce took this as a personal challenge and was very adamant to secure some of the items (truth be told I can’t remember if he did secure any of them as my head was spinning from the bids flying across the room)! Cath H made sure everyone knew she was not to be outbid on the commissioned quilt – defiantly keeping her hand raised even when the bid sat with her. Not to be outdone, she was successful for the quilt, paying a very generous (and if I do say so myself, worthy) amount for it! Bravo Cath and all the other bidders across the evening.

At the end of the evening, Pello took great delight (I swear there was some jumping around somewhere there) announcing that the Annual Dinner had beaten its last fundraising record of $31,000 and during the evening over $41,000 had been raised to support AHQ to keep doing its magical work!

Plans are already afoot for next year’s Thank You Weekend which will include a visit to Government House! So please keep sewing! For serving members and veterans. I highly recommend buying a ticket for next year’s dinner, you will not regret it and to meet some of the amazing people who create the works of art of quilts that adorn our racks and laundry bags that cover messes and laundries was an absolute honour! I’ll definitely be back next year – I already have some bids in mind for some silent auction items and who knows, maybe I’ll give Cath H a run for her money hahaha.

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Thanks Amy! What a great write up.

And just so you know, the date for next year’s Thank You Weekend is 22-24 October 2027 with the dinner scheduled for 23 Oct 27.

Til next time keep spreading the word and happy stitching! 

Jan-Maree xx

Saturday's Bus Tour by Jacqui and Bobbie

Well another AHQ weekend done and dusted and what a fabulous weekend as always.

Bobbie and I had a great day on the Saturday bus tour.

Bel was our bus boss with clipboard in hand she did a sterling job making sure everyone was on board and no one got left behind. At times it was a little like herding cats but she persevered. Good job Bel.

We were a bit spoiled this year as we had the delightful Sam giving us a running commentary on some historical and fun facts on Canberra.

Greg was our photographer extraordinaire and went everywhere with us. I’m sure he would have needed a Bex and a lay down when we got back!

Old Parliament House was interesting and had lots of exhibitions on, one was Behind the Lines and the other was the Press Gallery. Lots of cartoons stories and camera equipment. It seems it was very different job making the news years ago as their equipment was so bulky and heavy.

Some of the featured stories were enlightening and it was good to see protests are nothing new.

Something that caught our eye was the Gurindji Freedom Walk Banners. Stunning and thought provoking artworks.

The  Australian Democracy Museum was interesting. We have to admit we hadn’t heard of some of our early Prime Ministers.  In our defence some weren’t in the job very long!

The building itself is very beautiful but a bit of a rabbit warren, at least Bobbie and I thought so, as we kept getting lost. The courtyard gardens are beautifully tended with lovely shady places to sit.

We had time for coffee and a bit of lunch in the Courtyard cafe and then decided to duck  over to the gardens to see the roses. What a glorious space it is.  Some of the roses are hundreds of years old, highly perfumed and come from all over the world. We would have loved more time there. Canberra is such a beautiful city with loads of green spaces.

Time to board the bus for Hobbysew but before we did Greg wanted a group photo on the steps outside Old Parliament House! Finally got that done to his satisfaction… that herding of  cats comes to mind again lol

Hobbysew Belconnen, if you haven’t been there, is a great patchwork and sewing shop, there wouldn’t be much you couldn’t find there and the girls are all very helpful. More than a little cash may have been splashed in there. All for a good cause of course AHQ.

We had time for a shop in the mall before our day was done. Bobbie and I thought we’d look in Bed Bath and Table and we got chatting to one of the sales ladies. She was originally from The Mid North Coast where Bobbie and I live and her daughter had received a quilt from Aussie Hero’s a few years ago, small world.

She directed us to a very good coffee shop which we were grateful for.

Back on the bus, it was a little quieter on the way back to the Rex, think we might have been just a little bit weary but happily so.

All in all, a great and enjoyable day out.

Thanks Bel, Greg and Sam, job well done and appreciated by us all.

Jacqui and Bobbie

Great report Jacqui and Bobbie, thank you! 

Weekly Dispatch 30th October 2026

 Hello Friday!!!

Another week of Amazing Quilts and Laundry Bags being sent off to our ADF pers!!

I think we can all agree, a great display of quilts and laundry bags, yet again from our amazing volunteers....

Please enjoy!!!

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This week we dispatched 7 Quilts which takes our yearly total to 534 and our grand total to 18,124!!

We dispatched 12 Laundry Bags which takes our yearly total to 2,364 and our grand total is 40,241!!

Donna J

Donna J

Heather B

Janice B

Janice B

Janice B

Jen W

Jen W

Melissa L

Millie C

Renee P

Rita C

Sally R

Sally R

Toni D

Toni D

Toni D

Vicki D

Vicki D

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More Than a Craft.............

 On Friday the 16th in Canberra at our Volunteers' Gathering Mary Powell, one of our Board Members, presented the following and I thought it was something all of our volunteers would enjoy reading. 

More Than a Craft: Quilts as Art, History, Memory, and Community

By Mary Powell, Aussie Hero Quilts Board Member

 

Good evening everyone,

Thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight about something that many of us value deeply, but which is sometimes underestimated by those outside the quilting community.

When people hear the word quilting, they often think of it as a craft. They think of fabric, thread, patterns, sewing machines, and perhaps a treasured quilt on a bed or hanging on a wall. All of those things are part of quilting, but they are only part of the story.

A quilt is rarely just a quilt:  it can be a work of art, a family archive, a memorial. It can preserve history, celebrate identity, express gratitude, and build community. A quilt can carry stories across generations in a way that few other objects can. In many respects, it is memory stitched into cloth.

That is why quilting deserves to be recognised not simply as a craft, but as an important cultural, artistic, and community endeavour.

The history of quilting stretches across centuries and continents. Wherever people lived, they found ways to stitch layers of fabric together to provide warmth and comfort. Yet it did not take long for necessity to become creativity.

People began arranging colours, shapes, and patterns in ways that reflected their values, beliefs, and surroundings. A practical object became something expressive. What was made to warm the body soon began to nourish the spirit as well.

One of the remarkable things about quilts is that they tell the stories of ordinary people. History books often focus on governments, wars, leaders, and major events. Quilts tell us about families, homes, communities, and everyday life. They reveal what people wore, what materials they had access to, what they valued, and how they responded to the challenges of their time.

Many historic quilts were made from clothing and household textiles that already held personal significance. Pieces of a wedding dress, a child's clothing, a work shirt, a military uniform, or a cherished garment might all find their way into a quilt. Looking at such a quilt is a little like reading a family history, except the stories are told through fabric rather than words.

Long before photography became commonplace, quilts preserved fragments of people's lives. They held memories that might otherwise have been lost.

Because of this, quilts are increasingly recognised by museums and historians as important cultural artefacts. They provide insights that cannot always be found in official records. They remind us that history is not only made in parliaments, courtrooms, or battlefields. It is also made around kitchen tables, in family homes, and within communities.

Today, the artistic significance of quilting is increasingly recognised. Quilters make decisions about colour, balance, design, texture, symbolism, and visual storytelling in much the same way as painters or sculptors.

Perhaps no example illustrates this better than the celebrated quilts of Gee's Bend in Alabama. Created by African American women from available materials and borne out of practical necessity, these quilts are now displayed in leading museums and galleries around the world. They are recognised not merely as examples of craftsmanship, but as significant works of art.  This reminds us that great art does not always emerge from studios or academies. Sometimes it emerges from community traditions, lived experience, and the resourcefulness of ordinary people.

And Australia has its own rich heritage

Australia's textile traditions are both ancient and diverse. Long before European settlement, Aboriginal peoples across south-eastern Australia created possum skin cloaks made from carefully sewn possum pelts. These cloaks provided warmth, shelter, bedding, and protection from the elements, but they were far more than practical garments. They were deeply personal cultural objects that accompanied people throughout their lives and were often handed down through generations. As additional skins were added over time, a cloak could become a record of a person's journey through life. The inner surface was often incised with patterns, symbols, insignia, totems, and designs representing Country, family connections, responsibilities, and significant experiences. In this way, a possum skin cloak functioned not only as clothing, but also as a repository of memory, identity, and belonging. Like a quilt, it carried stories that could be touched, worn, shared, and passed on. The revival of possum skin cloak making by Aboriginal communities in recent decades has highlighted the continuing cultural significance of these remarkable objects and reminds us that some of Australia's oldest textile traditions were already preserving stories through stitched skins thousands of years before European quilting traditions arrived.

European settlers later brought with them a range of quilting traditions that evolved in response to Australian conditions. In a country where materials could be scarce and distances immense, fabric was carefully conserved and nothing was wasted if it could be given a second life. What could have been discarded was transformed into something useful and beautiful. Quilts became practical household objects, but they also became repositories of family history.

As Australia grew and welcomed migrants from around the world, quilting traditions travelled with them. Techniques, patterns, colours, and textile traditions from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and many other regions became part of Australia's quilting story. Contemporary Australian quilting reflects that rich diversity and serves as a reminder that culture is constantly evolving while remaining connected to its roots.  The result is the rich and varied quilting culture we see in Australia today, one that reflects both the world's oldest continuing cultures and the many communities that have since made Australia home.

There is another reason quilts occupy such a special place in human culture. Unlike a painting hanging on a wall or a sculpture displayed on a pedestal, a quilt is made to be touched, handled, wrapped around the body, and lived with. From the moment it is created, a quilt enters the intimate spaces of people's lives. It is pulled over sleeping children, draped across laps, packed into suitcases, carried from one home to another, and passed from one generation to the next. Over time, it absorbs the traces of those who use it. This physical closeness gives quilts a unique emotional power.

They do not simply depict human experience; they participate in it.

Because quilts are made for use as well as contemplation, they are often able to carry stories, memories, and feelings in a particularly immediate and tangible way. The worn edge where a hand has rested for years, the faded patch from a favourite dress, or the careful repair made by a parent or grandparent can evoke memories with a force that few other art forms can match. A quilt does not merely remind us of people and events. It allows us, quite literally, to feel connected to them. That capacity to combine beauty, utility, memory, and human touch is one of the qualities that makes quilts such remarkable cultural objects.

Quilts have also played an important role in moments of collective remembrance.

One of Australia's most significant examples is the AIDS Memorial Quilt. Created by families, friends, and communities, its panels commemorated those who had died from HIV/AIDS. What began as individual acts of remembrance became a powerful public work that honoured lives, challenged stigma, and ensured that people would not be forgotten.

The AIDS Memorial Quilt demonstrates something important about quilting. Quilts are capable of carrying both personal and public meaning at the same time. They tell individual stories, but they also tell larger social stories.

This has often given quilts an unexpected role in political and social life.

Throughout history, quilts have sometimes been used to express values, support causes, and draw attention to important issues. Long before many women had access to formal political influence, textiles provided a means through which they could participate in public conversations. Quilts were used to support charitable causes, raise funds for social movements, commemorate historical events, and promote ideas about justice, equality, peace, and community responsibility.

What is particularly striking is that quilts rarely communicate through argument or confrontation. Instead, they communicate through stories.

A quilt rarely tells people what to think. It invites them to reflect.

By presenting human experiences in a tangible and deeply personal form, quilts often encourage understanding in ways that speeches, reports, or statistics cannot. A viewer may encounter a quilt because of its beauty, but stay because of the story it tells.

This ability to connect individual experience with broader social issues is one of quilting's most powerful qualities.

And perhaps nowhere is that more evident than in quilts created for veterans and serving military members.

Throughout history, men and women serving their countries have treasured letters from home. Those letters carried comfort, encouragement, and reassurance. They reminded people serving far from home that they remained connected to those who cared about them.

A quilt given to a veteran serves a similar purpose.

In many ways, it is a letter from home written in fabric rather than ink.

Every stitch represents time freely given. Every carefully chosen piece of fabric reflects thought and care. The completed quilt carries a message that is both simple and profound:

your service is recognised, your sacrifice is remembered, your community has not forgotten you, and your country thanks you. 

Across Australia and many other countries, volunteers like yourselves dedicate thousands of hours to creating quilts for veterans. These quilts provide warmth, but more importantly they provide acknowledgement. They tell veterans that their experiences matter and that their service continues to be valued.

Many veterans treasure these quilts alongside medals, photographs, diaries, and service records. Some quilts become family heirlooms, passed from one generation to the next. They carry stories just as surely as letters, photographs, and personal memoirs do.

For that reason, quilts made for veterans and deployed military members deserve to be regarded as important historical artefacts in their own right.

Museums and war memorials preserve letters because they reveal the human side of military service. They preserve diaries because they give voice to individual experience. They preserve photographs because they connect us to moments in time.

Quilts serve exactly the same purpose.

They tell us not only about the individuals who served, but also about the communities that supported them. They reveal something about gratitude, remembrance, and collective responsibility. A veteran's quilt records a relationship between service and the community in a way that few other objects can.

Imagine a visitor standing in a museum hundreds of years from now, looking at a quilt created for a veteran of our own era. That visitor will not simply see fabric and stitching. They will see evidence of a community that chose to honour service through your generosity, skill, patience, and care. 

They will see an object that speaks not of politics or of military strategy, but of human connection.

Every Aussie Hero quilt represents time given, skills learned, stories remembered, and relationships maintained.

Every Aussie Hero quilt preserves memories, celebrates culture, honours service, strengthens communities, and encourages creativity.

Every Aussie Hero quilt reflects a belief that care, creativity, connection, recognition, and gratitude matter.

That is why quilt making - our quilt making - deserves to be recognised as far more than a craft. It is an art form, a cultural practice, a means of preserving history, a vehicle for community building, and sometimes even a way of expressing the values and concerns of an entire society.

When we look at an Aussie Hero quilt, we are not simply looking at fabric and thread. We are looking at lives, stories, memories, and relationships stitched together into something that can be shared, preserved, and passed on.

So, an Aussie Hero quilt does much more than keep us warm.

It keeps our history, our culture, our connection, and our gratitude alive.

It keeps the stories of our veterans and the story of our nation alive. 

Long after the hands that made it are gone, a quilt continues to speak. It speaks of who we were, what we valued, and how we cared for one another.

Few objects can do that so quietly, and so powerfully.

And that is the enduring power of a quilt: it takes pieces that might otherwise have remained separate, and stitches them together into something stronger, more beautiful, and more meaningful than any one piece could ever be on its own.  In doing so, it becomes an artwork, a family heirloom, an historical record, an act of love. 

This is why quilts matter, and why the tradition of quilt making deserves to be cherished, preserved, and passed on to future generations, carrying our stories into the future one stitch at a time. 

Grati-Wednesday 28th October 2026

 

Happy Wednesday Friends!

Hope everyone who could make it to the fantastic volunteer weekend in Canberra had a fabulous time!!

Don't forget to order your 2027 AHQ calendar.

Please enjoy another wonderful collection of gratitude letters and images. 

Please enjoy the canine aspect of this blog as well....

Grab a nice warm cuppa or cold drink (depending on where you live!), sit back and relax while you soak up some well-deserved gratitude!

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Good afternoon Cath H, Jan-Maree,

 

I want to preface this email with a massive thank you for the time and effort you go through to ensure those who are deployed in an unfamiliar environment are given something that reminds them of home.

 

I have recently returned home from a three month deployment overseas. I do want to thank you Cath not only for your beautiful laundry bag, but for the letter you sent through. It’s a wonderful thing making a new friend and listening to their stories and experiences in life.

 

I apologise for keeping this short and sweet, but please know I am incredibly grateful to have been given a gift that was made with love.

 

Look after yourselves,

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Hi Hilary T, 

I just wanted to send a quick email to thank you for the laundry bag I received through Aussie Hero Quilts.

I really appreciate the time and effort that volunteers like yourself put into supporting ADF personnel.

The bag will certainly be put to good use during our sailing. I hope your sailing is going well! 

Thanks again!

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Hello Steph F,

 

I have just received the dog mat made by yourself.

 

I am currently in training for a Defence Community Dog.

 

Today I received my service dog along with my bag of goodies to support him. I appreciate your efforts and time you took to make the mat to support the DCDs.

 

Thank you for your letter and support, it is greatly appreciated.

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Good Afternoon Bridget R,

 

Thank you for making and sending a laundry bag.

 

I received it this week onboard HMAS Choules while deployed around Indonesia. The bag I got was Van Gogh, I chose this from a pile.

 

This was very fitting as I look similar – red head red beard.

 

I have also been doing painting drawing now sculpting over past few years. I have recently put 6 drawings in a veterans exhibition in Darwin.

 

I have been a medic for 18 years with various deployments in the middle east, boarder protection, COVID assist etc.

 

Thank you again for your contribution to veterans through this charity is very much appreciated and loved by all.

 

Regards

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Hi Jenny N,

Thank you so much for the bag. You do an amazing job, and yours caught my eye immediately.

I also wanted to thank you for your beautiful letter. It was wonderful to read about your family.

I have been serving in the Navy for 17 years. At the moment, I am deployed and expecting to return home in early December. Hopefully that goes to plan, as unfortunately we were unable to make it home for Christmas last year due to unforeseen circumstances.

I am married and have three children: 22, 19, and 16. My wife works as an Education Assistant, and my eldest daughter is studying to become a primary school teacher. The middle child is currently at university, while the youngest is still in high school. I feel incredibly fortunate to have such a wonderful and supportive family.

Thank you again for your kind words. I truly enjoy my work and feel very blessed to have the support of thoughtful and generous people like yourself. Knowing that people are thinking of us and supporting us while we are away from home means a great deal.

Wishing you and your family all the very best.

Kind regards,

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Good afternoon Robyn P,

 

I just wanted to say thank you for creating the wonderful Aussie Hero Quilt for me.

I, like all of the Veteran community who have been touched by these incredible gifts are thankful for your (and the other quilters) efforts and creativity.

Your attention to detail and dedication in the construction of the quilt are exemplary and I will cherish it for all time.

 

Thank you for your gratitude. It is citizens like yourself that enable the servicemen and women of this nation to keep putting on the uniform and serving the best country on the planet. 

Sincerely and respectfully,

 

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Hello Deirdre BL,

I am serving in the RAN. You recently created a red, white, and blue quilt featuring pictures of a Blue Heeler dog for me through AHQ and I just wanted to say thank you! Last year my dog, Violet, passed away while I was away and it was quite difficult for me. She was roughly thirteen years old and my family had her since I was about seven years old. I loved her to bits, although she barked a lot, she was the cutest.

As a fellow West Australian, I wasn't too fussed about the Dockers making it into the GF, as I'm more of an Eagles fan anyway .

I appreciated the Bluey bits on my blanket as I have a younger sister who not too long ago would force me to watch it with her, regardless if I wanted to or not. Anyways, I will finish up here in Sydney in the next couple of months and then I'll move back to Perth, still in the Navy. As much as I enjoy Sydney, I definitely enjoy the more laid back lifestyle of Perth!

Again, thank you so much for taking the time to make the quilt. I hope you have a good week ahead!

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Good afternoon Bridget R,

 

Hi from HMAS Choules, Royal Australian Navy ship.

 

Just emailing to let you know I have received the AWESOME laundry bag that you have made. Thank you so much, I definitely picked the ‘coolest’ one!!

 

Thank you for the letter, I hope yourself and your whole family are doing well, and I really appreciate the effort you have gone into making and sending the laundry bag through.

 

Hope you have a wonderful afternoon.

 

Kind regards,

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Dear Angela T, 

Thank you so much! I received my stay mat on my course in Bathurst whilst receiving my assistance dog from DCD in September this year.

I only just opened it and found this amazing letter. Thank you for sharing your journey with family members in the military. You must be so proud. Thank you for telling me a bit about you. It sounds like you’re happy where you are. Sounds like you also have an amazing job too. 

I am a Navy veteran and was in a while ago but had fond memories of this time. 

Here is a picture of my new assistance dog. He was a guide dog puppy and was acquired by Defence Community dogs to be trained. I have had him for 3 weeks and it has helped me a lot already.  

Thank you again for writing this letter and just know it was much appreciated. 

Kind regards,

 

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Cheers Catherine D

Until next week keep your letters, emails and photos coming in.  Wednesdays would be so totally boring without them!

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