What is the NAA?
The Naval Association of Australia (NAA) was established in 1920 and is separate from the Royal Australian Navy, but prides itself in looking after the interests of both serving and ex-Service members.
Membership of the NAA gives voice to the Navy personnel within the wider community.
We believe that “Once Navy – Always Navy”.
Throughout Australia, four pillars underpin our mission, namely:
- Care (welfare)
- Commemoration
- Australian Naval Cadets
- Camaraderie. Nationally, the NAA is not just a social club, although mateship is at the core of its ethos, our aim is to be a dynamic and contemporary organisation supporting the Navy fraternity in a wide range of different ways, including:
- to assist, co-operate with and promote interest in the Royal Australian Navy;
- to assist and support the Australian Naval Cadet movement
- to assist former Naval personnel to obtain employment
- to provide such practical and financial assistance as may be possible to former and serving naval personnel and their immediate families, and surviving spouses and dependent children of deceased naval personnel who are in necessitous circumstances, whether death occurred during or subsequent to naval service
- to provide for the entertainment of visiting naval personnel
- to encourage the social, intellectual and general well-being plus advancement of its members
- to, where appropriate, purchase or lease property for the provision of clubrooms, offices or such other facility as may be considered necessary for the efficient operation of the Association
- to print, publish and circulate such books, magazines and papers as may be considered necessary or desirable to advance the objectives of the Association
- to assist community charitable activities that contribute to the health and welfare of the ex-Service community
- to encourage members to participate in commemorative activities that recognise the legacy of those who have served in the Navy at sea and ashore in both peace-making and peace-keeping capacities.
The members of the NAA (Sandgate Sub-Section Incorporated) gather regularly at the Training Ship Paluma facility in Sinbad Street, Shorncliffe.
Our unit has the distinction of being one of the first units to be formed in Queensland back in 1927.
KEVIN WILSON
Secretary
Naval Association of Australia (Sandgate Sub-Section) Incorporated
PO Box 137
SANDGATE QLD 4017
☎ 0478 729 243
E-mail: [email protected]
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