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St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association Australia was established under Scottish Charter on 5 April 1976 by the Director General S ... t. Andrew’s Ambulance Association, Dr Daniel Strachan, OBE. Under the patronage of legendary WWII Surgeon, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Ernest Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop, AC, CMG, OBE, the first Australian Director was Major General Sir Denzil MacArthur-Onzlow, CBE, DSO, ED, with Vietnam War Doctor, Group Captain William Land, AM, RFD, AE, appointed Surgeon-in-Chief.St Andrew's Assisting Celtic Festival Over the years the organization grew steadily, and members served in many countries including: Armenia, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Chechnya, El Salvador, Iraq, Lebanon, and Rwanda, assisting a wide variety of Non-Government Organizations. This activity is now coordinated out of Scotland. In 2006 we rebranded ourselves as St. Andrew’s First Aid Australia Inc. We now undertake public duties at Highland Games, RSL marches, The Aboriginal Literacy Foundation Camps, to name a few. In that year we also began in partnership with Australian First Aid, offering training courses in First Aid. Our Aim to identify people in poverty, and/or ‘at risk,’ providing first aid assistance and support aimed at relieving poverty, and other risk factors in their lives; to find suitable and appropriate trained first aid volunteers to assist in our services; to provide welfare and poverty relief through our first aid services and assistance; to provide culturally relevant programs and services. Our Mission We believe people trapped in poverty should always have access to free or low cost first aid assistance. We assert the provision of free first aid services and assistance is provided in a culturally sensitive manner, and is offered by us at the same time as relieving poverty and improving their health and wellbeing. read more