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COLONEL COMMANDANTS

OF THE

ROYAL REGIMENT of AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY

CENTRAL REGION

COLONEL REG FOSTER

       

Colonel Reg Foster enlisted in the Australian Regular Army in 1974 after serving four years in the Army Reserve in South Australia. He graduated from the Officer Cadet School, Portsea in June 1975 and was commission into the Royal Australian Artillery as a Redeye Troop Commander in 16th Air Defence Regiment (Light). This was followed by an appointment as Commander of IET Section at the School of Artillery, North Head in 1977 and 1978. In 1979 he returned to Regimental duty at Woodside to appointments as Troop Commander in 111th Air Defence Battery and after promotion to Captain, the newly formed 110th Air Defence Battery armed with Rapier Surface to Air Guided Weapons System. In 1982 he was posted as an Instructor to the Military Arts and Field Wings of the Officer Cadet School, Portsea.

In 1984 he served the Regiment as Battery Captain of the 103rd Medium Battery and participated as a member of the last 5.5 inch gun detachment to fire in Australia and assisted in the introduction of M198 to 8th/12th Medium Regiment. In 1985, Captain Foster was appointed as Adjutant of the 16th Air Defence Regiment and upon promotion to Major in 1986, was appointed Battery Commander Headquarter Battery/Operations Officer. On 10th March 1986 he commanded a royal guard for the visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to South Australia. He attended Command and Staff College, Fort Queenscliff in 1988 and upon graduation was appointed Staff Officer Grade Two, Force Structure in the Directorate of Plans, Army Headquarters. He was promoted to

Lieutenant Colonel in late 1990 and posted as exchange officer, Headquarters US Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Lieutenant Colonel Foster was appointed Commanding Officer of 16th Air Defence Regiment in January 1993. Upon completion of his tenure Lieutenant Colonel Foster retired from the Army in February 1995and was appointed Colonel Commandant of the Royal Australian Artillery - Central Region in April  2005.

Colonel Foster holds a Graduate Diploma in Management and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Colonel Foster currently is employed in the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, South Australian office.

         
       
       
         
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