CORPS MEMORANDUM NO 15
RA SIGS CORPS MUSEUM
Index
| General | Composition | Purpose | Management |
| Sub-Committee Responsibility | Source of Items | Publicity | Funds |
1501. The RASigs Corps Museum is established at Simpson Barracks, Macleod, Victoria.
1502. The Museum contains items of communications equipment, documentation and other items associated with RA Sigs and other Signal Corps throughout the world.
1503. The Museum is designed to enable all serving and retired members of RA Sigs, other arms and services and members of the general public to see a display of the vast range of communications equipment and other general Signals items used in the past, during war and peace.
1504.The display serves as a valuable training medium for Signals units located in Southern Region and as a reminder to visitors of the marked advances made in communications over the years. It also acts as an important focus of tradition for personnel newly enlisted in the Corps.
1505. A sub-committee, known as RA Sigs Corps Museum Sub-Committee, is to administer and develop the Museum. The Sub-Committee shall consist of.
a. the Commanding Officer School of Signals as Chairman,
b. one representative from each ARA and GRES RA Sigs unit in the Melbourne metropolitan area,
c. up to three Retired List members nominated by Signals Associations in Southern Region,
d. Museum Curator, and
e. SO COMMS Southern Region.
Sub-Committee Responsibilities
1506. The Sub-Committee is responsible for:
a. the collation, recording, suitable display and safe custody of all items received from time to time for the Museum;
b. seeking ways and means of improving and increasing the range of items for display;
c. the production, annually, of a complete list of items held by the Museum for circulation to the Director of Signals - Army and all Defence Regions;
d. the day to day operation of the Museum.
e. and other tasks as allocated by the Corps Committee.
1507. Colonels Commandant are to nominate a member in each Defence Region to act as the agent for the Museum in that Military Region.
1508. Items for inclusion in the Museum are likely to be available from the following sources:
a. private collectors,
b. Museums and War Memorials,
c. disposal agencies,
d. overseas Signals Corps; and
e. obsolete and unserviceable equipment on issue to the Museum (see MEMA)
1509. The Museum Sub-Committee is authorised to establish and maintain liaison with appropriate sources on behalf of the Corps Committee.
1510. The Sub-Committee is to arrange publicity for the Museum through service and civilian sources both within Australia and overseas.
1511. The Sub-Committee may be required to purchase items for the Museum. For this purpose money is to be provided from the RA Sigs Corps General Purpose Fund, as authorised by the Corps Committee. The responsibility for management of this allocation is vested in the Director of Signals Army, representing the Corps Committee.