About Us
The Association's Purpose
The Purpose of the RAAF TELSTECHs Association is to bring together those people who served in the Royal Australian Air Force as Telecommunications Technicians (TELSTECHs) between 1953 and 1989. Our commitment is to hold reunions and get-togethers at regular intervals in different localities across Australia and to encourage those in remote areas to hold reunions of their own with people from their own area.
The Association founder is Neil Hunter (retired), who handed over to the current President Nipper McGilvery in 2019. Our Patron is Group Captain Bob Scrivener, president is Nipper McGilvery, and treasurer is Kim Stafford. The TELSTECH database, webpages, and secretarial duties are managed by Kiwi (Ian Mckee).
Life membership is $100 and annual membership is $10, with the membership year being from 1 March to 28 February. Funds are used for Get-Togethers and Reunions and some general admin, such a domain name, name tags, member key fobs.
We have 692 TELSTECHs and associates in our database.
We have 139/692 registered as deceased leaving 553 still with us.
Out of of 553, we have 284 that we have some sort of contact details for.
We have 270 TELSTECHs who we can't contact and don't have a phone, email, or address for.
The above stats were updated 29.09.2026. We are always on the lookout for missing members, so if you know of any TELSTECHs who are not connected, please encourage them to contact us. Uncontactable TELSTECHs can be found on the lists page.
RAAF TELSTECHs Association Committee
President - Nipper McGilvery - contact hereTreasurer Kim Stafford contact here
Memberships - Graeme Brownrigg - contact here
Secretary - Ian McKee - contact here
Webmaster - contact here
Patron - Group Captain Bob Scrivener, AM, CSM
Founder - Neil Hunter (retired)
General Correspondance to raaftelstechs@gmail.com
Subscriptions
Life Membership: $100Annual Membership: $10
The domin name changed in 2023 in line with ASIC rules.
The Association was legally incorporated as TELSTECHS ASSOCIATION INC. on 17 April 2023. This allowed the Association to register the new telstechs.org.au domain name, to be exempt from annual returns, BAS returns, ASIC registration, and costly accounting and auditing fees.
View the Certificate of Incorporation
Send subscriptions to:
RAAF TELSTECHs AssociationEFT using the following info:
Name: RAAF TELSTECHS Association INC
BSB: 923 100
Acct: 314605014
The Internet and our site
Those who have paid for membership of the Association have ensured that the Association lives on, so thank you.