Chapter Contacts
Postal Address
Defence Force Welfare Association ACT Chapter
PO Box 4166
KINGSTON ACT 2604
Office Address
Building C110, Vowles Road
Royal Military College of Australia
DUNTROON ACT 2600
Office Hours
Irregular Office Hours – contact chapter to visit.
Phone
(02) 6152 9166
(Please leave a message)
Email
actchapter@dfwa.org.au
New South Wales Branch
In 2020, the ACT Branch became a semi-autonomous Chapter of the NSW Branch.
Contact details for NSW Branch are available here.
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Office Bearers
Chapter President – Les Bienkiewicz
Chapter Treasurer – Paul Jones
ACT Defence Widows Group
Patron – Her Excellency Mrs Linda Hurley
Convenor, Defence Widows Group – Christine Lamb
Phone
(02) 6152 9164
Email
dwg-act@dfwa.org.au
Postal Address
Defence Widows Group
PO Box 4166
KINGSTON ACT 2604
Governance and Administration
ACT Chapter is a component of the Defence Force Welfare Association NSW Branch Inc – ABN 93 470 854 404
The ACT Chapter, as part of the NSW Branch is a Registered Tax Deductible Gift Recipient and Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission registered charity.
Branch News and Updates
Result of ACT Branch Membership Vote to Unincorporate
In May / June 2020 all 405 members were contacted by mail and given the opportunity to vote on the proposal for the Branch to unincorporate in the ACT and become the ACT Chapter of the NSW Branch. The results of the vote were that 184 members voted (representing 45% of the membership), of which…
Notice to ACT Branch Members – Your Vote
Members of the ACT Branch have been sent notices regarding the vote to unincorporate the Branch and become a chapter of the NSW Branch. Read or download the letter below.
ACT Branch President – Letter to Membership Regarding the Proposed Unincorporation of the Branch
Members have previously been alerted to the proposal of the ACT Branch Committee to un-incorporate the Branch. That’s the bad news. The good news is that this will have little or no impact on members of the Branch, or on DFWA activities in the ACT and surrounding region.
2019 ACT Branch Annual General Meeting
View or download the documents for the ACT Branch 2019 Annual General Meeting.
ACT Branch President – Letter to Membership Regarding the Future of the Branch
The ACT Branch Committee recently, but reluctantly, agreed to consider un-incorporating the ACT Branch due to falling membership and lack of Committee membership. This would involve the un-incorporation of the Branch as a registered Association in the ACT, and free the Branch from formal reporting and governance requirements.
2018 ACT Branch Annual General Meeting
View or download the documents for the ACT Branch 2018 Annual General Meeting.