Category: Royal Australian Corps of Signals

Categories: Australian Army

The Royal Australian Corps of Signals (RASigs) is one of the 'arms' (combat support corps) of the Australian Army. It is responsible for installing, maintaining and operating all types of telecommunications equipment and information systems. The motto of the Signals Corps is Certa Cito and is translated as 'Swift and Sure', signifying the aim of the signal service – that communication be carried out with maximum speed and certainty. Like their British counterparts, the Royal Australian Corps of Signals' flag and hat badge feature Mercury, the winged messenger of the gods, affectionately referred to by members of the corps as "Jimmy" (the origin dates back to the merge with Engineers when the Engineer's band's Drum Major had a "Jimmy" on his staff). The communications systems provided by Signals must keep pace with modern information technology. The control of the electromagnetic spectrum offers a decisive advantage in modern warfare and Electronic Warfare, listening to or interfering with enemy electronic transmissions, is a critical contribution by the Signals Corps to the Army's combat capability.

One notable member of the corps was Charles Kingsford-Smith, serving as a Sapper in the 4th Signal Troop, 2nd Division Signals at Gallipoli and a motorcycle dispatch rider in Egypt and France, before transferring as a Sergeant to the fledgling Australian Flying Corps. Colin Hall Simpson CBE MC VD was the Australian Army's Signals Officer in Chief during the traumatic days of the Second World War. He became the first Australian Corps of Signals officer to reach the rank of Brigadier and, later, Major General.

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

A

Joseph Allen 15 Jan 1900 Unley, South Australia, Australia - 24 Apr 1983

B

Charles Bamberry 06 Nov 1911 Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia - 06 Jun 1988

Living Bilsby

Living Branz

Charles Brown 27 Sep 1912 Bristol, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

William Bruce 29 Jan 1913 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia

Graham Burnett 26 Aug 1910 Colinton, Queensland, Australia - 25 Jan 1987

C

Thomas Chapman 1890 Queensland, Australia - 12 Jun 1978

Michael Clifford 10 Jul 1956 - 02 Nov 2017

Allan Cocksedge 29 Oct 1917 Annandale, New South Wales, Australia

Charles Cocksedge 04 Jan 1909 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - 1951

Reginald Cocksedge 13 May 1910 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - 1973

Walter Cocksedge 20 Mar 1913 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Aug 1960

D

Colin Dabb 22 Oct 1911 Maldon, Victoria, Australia - 17 Apr 1977

F

Henry Firth 18 Apr 1918 Orbost, Victoria, Australia - 27 Apr 2014

Hurtle Ford 1895 Bowral, New South Wales, Australia - 1974

Ian Frith 1940s 16681

H

Harold Hansen Jan 1896 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia - 1964

H cont.

Reginald Hast 1893 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia - 29 Oct 1917

Thomas Hast 1893 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia - 1969

Sidney Hatton 26 Jul 1890 Ryde, New South Wales (Australia) - 11 Jun 1966

Clarence Hawkins 05 Dec 1902 Korumburra, Victoria, Australia - 04 Jun 1945

I

Henry Ivison 31 Dec 1923 Parkes, New South Wales, Australia - 1995

K

Henry Killalea 22 Jul 1900 Exton, Tasmania, Australia - 05 Feb 1961

Harold Kippax 06 Oct 1920 Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia - 12 Aug 1999

L

Victor Lake 18 Jun 1924 Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia - 1984

Francis Lester 12 Mar 1905 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Thomas Luthy 05 Jul 1915 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

M

Russell Madden 04 Jun 1910 Traralgon, Victoria, Australia - 1966

Thomas Maher 28 May 1908 Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Dec 1994

Lionel Matthews 15 Aug 1912 Stepney, South Australia, Australia - 02 Mar 1944

Athol McDonald 24 Jul 1917 Ararat, Victoria, Australia - 08 Aug 1943

Kenneth McMaster 22 Apr 1923 Winton, Queensland, Australia - 03 Dec 1966

Gerald McPhee 26 Sep 1921 Mosman, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Jan 1990

Oswald Mingay 01 Jul 1895 Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia - 08 Aug 1973

M cont.

Leslie Moncur 06 Sep 1894 Drouin, Victoria, Australia - 28 Apr 1941

George Morgan 04 Feb 1911 Kooringa, South Australia, Australia - abt 30 Dec 1992

P

Walter Paget 21 May 1912 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 22 Aug 2001

R

Malcolm Ryan 17 Oct 1896 Tumut, New South Wales (Australia) - 1984

S

Frank Saxby 01 Aug 1911 Taree, New South Wales, Australia

Colin Simpson 13 Apr 1894 Balaclava, Victoria (Australia) - 23 Aug 1964

Cecil Slinn 09 Mar 1913 Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Oct 1995

John Stevens 07 Sep 1896 Daylesford, Victoria (Australia) - 20 May 1969

Anthony Strettles 26 Sep 1913 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - 27 Feb 1943

T

Leonard (Thiele) Teale 26 Sep 1922 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 14 May 1994

V

Douglas Vincent 10 Mar 1916 Corinda, Queensland, Australia - 08 Oct 1995

W

John Watson 12 May 1917 Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia

Stanley Watson 23 Aug 1919 Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia - 04 Aug 1996

Arthur Williams bef 1915

Herbert Williams 28 Feb 1915 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 1970

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