DEFENCE MEDIA ALERT
Issued by Ministerial Support and Public Affairs, Department of Defence, Canberra, ACT
Phone: 02 6127 1999, Fax: 02 6265 1545
MSPA 314/10
Friday, 23 July 2010
Local Defence Supports the Big Roll
What:
Forty Army members from the Army Logistic Training Centre
(ALTC), Albury Wodonga, and 4th Combat Service Support
Battalion (4 CSSB), Wangaratta, will be volunteering as part of the
Sir Roden and Lady Cutler Foundation’s BIG ROLL over a five
days and will be available for interview prior / after their
participation. Volunteers from 4 CSSB will commence their
wheelchair push from approx 10 kilometres South of Wangaratta on
Sunday 25 July and will complete their push approx 10 Kilometres
North of Wangaratta on Monday 26 July.
Volunteers from ALTC will commence their wheelchair push from
Chiltern to Albury on Tuesday 27 Jul and will be met by members
of 4 CSSB approximately 5 kilometres South of Albury for a
combined push with ALTC into Albury. The event will continue on
Wednesday 28 July with volunteers from ALTC pushing the
wheelchair through Gerogery, Culcairn and Holbrook. On Thursday
29 July, ALTC volunteers will continue their support by pushing the
wheelchair through Kyeamba, Tumbarumba, Batlow and Tumut.
Police escorts will be provide as the Charity Wheelchair push
travels through all towns within NSW.
Where:
Wangaratta, Chiltern, Albury, Gerogery, Culcairn, Holbrook,
Kyeamba, Tumbarumba, Batlow and Tumut.
When:
Sunday 25 – Thursday 29 July 2010
Timings:
3 pm – 4.30 pm, Sunday 25 Jul
7.30 – 9.00am, Monday 26 Jul
7 am – 4pm, Tuesday 27 Jul – Thursday 29 Jul
Media Background
Members of the Australian Army are always keen to volunteer to help worthy
charities like the Sir Roden and Lady Cutler Charities.
DEFENCE MEDIA ALERT
Issued by Ministerial Support and Public Affairs, Department of Defence, Canberra, ACT
Phone: 02 6127 1999, Fax: 02 6265 1545
In 2010 the BIG ROLL will see volunteers push a wheelchair from Perth to Sydney –
a distance of 4500 kilometres in just over 100 days. They departed Perth in late April
and arrive in Sydney on 15 August.
Members of the Australian Army are always keen to volunteer to help worthy
charities like the Sir Roden and Lady Cutler Charities.
Media Contacts:
UPRO MAJ Paul Maxwell Henry (Albury Wodonga area) UNIT HQ ALTC
Mobile number: 0458 788 435
CAPT Steve Lillis (Wangaratta area)
UNIT 4 CSSB
Mobile number 0409 300 462
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