The Royal United Services Institute

Membership of The Royal United Services Institute of NSW

Membership of the Royal United Services Institute of New South Wales is open to any person who is in sympathy with the aim and objects of the Institute and will make a positive contribution to it.

You may already have friends among our 800 members. Whether you do or not, if you want to promote informed debate on defence and national security and improve public awareness and understanding of such matters, or simply wish to become better informed yourself, this is a cordial invitation to you to join the Institute. A membership application form can be downloaded using the button below. Simply fill out the form and forward it with your cheque to the address indicated thereon.

Membership Application Form

Members' Merchandise

Membership provides the following benefits:

Journal: Every member receives the Institute’s highly-respected professional journal, United Service, which is published quarterly – in March, June, September and December. United Service publishes the proceedings of the Institute’s lectures and seminars series, defence and security news, research papers, informed opinion, letters, obituaries, book reviews, book notes, and Institute news and notes. Articles are peer-reviewed before acceptance.

Library: The Institute maintains the Ursula Davidson Library, which is located with the Institute’s offices on Level 20, Defence Plaza, 270 Pitt Street, Sydney. The library contains some 27,000 volumes dating from the early 19th century to the present day and the collection is added to each month. The library is a public library and is open for reading, study and research between 12 noon and 4.00 p.m., Monday to Friday (public holidays excepted). Members (but not non-members) may borrow recent and contemporary books for up to one month at a time. Older works, however, may only be used in the library.

Monthly Luncheon-Lectures: We arrange a regular programme of lectures on defence and security matters. The programme covers both current and historic issues. The lectures are normally held in the lecture theatre, Level 11, Defence Plaza, 270 Pitt Street, Sydney at 1.00 p.m., on the last Tuesday of each month, December excepted. There is no charge for attending. The lectures, unless otherwise advertised, are for members and their guests only, as sensitive matters are discussed from time to time. Attendees are expected to keep such matters confidential and not discuss them publicly. The lectures are preceded by a social hour beginning at 12 noon during which tea and coffee are served and a light sandwich lunch may be purchased for $7.00, provided that it has been ordered from the office (Telephone: 9377 2325) by noon on the day preceding the lecture.

Seminars: Seminars, usually of half-day or full-day duration, are conducted from time to time to augment the lecture programme. Seminars enable issues to be examined in depth and allow more audience participation than the regular lectures do.

Visits: We arrange a regular programme of visits to defence and security establishments in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory each year. These help keep members abreast of current operational, training and equipment issues. The visits range in duration from one to three days and are conducted at cost to members participating.

Social Activities: Occasional social activities facilitate professional networking and provide a common and inexpensive meeting opportunity for members and their friends. The highlight event is the annual formal dinner which marks anniversary of the foundation of the Institute on 20 August 1888 and is held on the Friday evening closest to that date. Christmas drinks are served in the Ursula Davidson Library following the November luncheon-lecture each year and informal luncheons are held from time to time, usually at Defence establishments and often linked to a formal visit to the establishment.

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New Members

October 2008

Dr R Bain
Mr R Brewer
FLGOFF L H Ehrler
WO2 D B Elbourne
Mr N James
Mr J Janarthana

September 2008

LTGEN K Gillespie
Mrs B Laing
SGT N McMaster
Mr R Oldfield
BRIG W Silverstone

Corporate

Clovelly RSL Sub-Branch
Concord District RSL Sub-Branch

August 2008

LCDR G A F Connolly
Mr T R Harwood
MAJGEN M Kelly
PO D A Lewis
CMDR J Alan Robertson

July 2008

BRIG N Bartels
MAJ H L Gallagher
LTCDR M V Harvey
Mr W J King
LEUT I R Murphy
Mr R E Smith

June 2008

OCDT B W Angus
Dr R J Huetter
LTCOL M C Legeret
OCDT C D Mathieson
Mr S McGregor
CAPT I Pfennigwerth
Mr R I Seymour
OCDT C F Sweetman

May 2008

FLTLT D C Brown
LT R Pegg

April 2008

Mrs P M Le Cornu
Mr W K Le Cornu
Mrs J L Matther
Mr R J Matther
Mr B H Waller
BRIG P Winter

March 2008

Dr C R Bryant
MAJ D Christie
COL I R Cumming
LT L T Grafton
SSGT F A Ingersol
Mr J E Mills
CAPT C R W Pain
Mr A I S Parr
AIRCDRE B E Plenty
Mr V A Seagrove

February 2008

Mr P A O’Brien
Prof H Broadbent
Mr B C Buffett
Mr M J Carlton
CAPT P S Herd

January 2008

WO1 F W Airs
Mr J A Bates
Mr A S McDonald
GNR L H Stockley
Mrs R Stockley
Mr C Troy

December 2007

MAJ John Wayne BACKHOUSE
FSGT John Robert BELL
LTCOL Derek CANNON
CMDR Peter John COLLINS
CAPT Christopher John MUGDAN
MAJ John Graham PEGG
Mr Dennis Mark SHADAY
Ms Margaret Anne WILDBLOOD
Mr Anton YUSWAK

November 2007

Mr Andrew Charles BROCKETT
Mr Kevin Robert Hendrick BROUWER
LTCOL John HOWELLS
Mr Derek LUCAS of Experimental Learning Systems (Corporate)
LTCOL Philip SWINSBURG

October 2007

Mrs Helen Margaret ACKLAND
MAJGEN Stephen GOWER
Mr James Stanley MICHELL
CMDR John SMITH
MAJ John Alexander THOMPSON
MAJ John Russell Stewart THOMPSON

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September 2008

Major Roland James ADAMS
Lieutenant Colonel Brendan Murray NICHOLSON
Mrs Prudence WATSON

July 2008

Doctor Harold Felix BELL
LT Leslie PATTERSON
FLTLT Alan SOMERVILLE

May 2008

Mr Gordon SOLOMON

April 2008

Mr Howard Francis LEAYR

March 2008

LT Edward Lyle MARR
CAPT Charles Albert MILLS

December 2007

MAJ Bevan T LENNIE

November 2007

Leo Mahoney Secretary of USI ACT died 13 October 2007

October 2007

MAJGEN Paul A CULLEN
MAJ Leslie C WAY