NEWSLETTER 2/2010 SEPTEMBER 2010 Graduating Class June 2010

The Duntroon Society Newsletter

Editor Associate Editors Dr M.J. (Mike) Ryan Colonel R.R. (Ross) Harding (Retd) School of Engineering and IT 37 QdQuandong St. UNSW@ADFA O’CONNOR ACT 2602 Australian Defence Force Academy Telephone: (02) 6248 5494 Northcott Drive E-mail: [email protected] CANBERRA ACT 2600 Telephone: (02) 6268 8200 Fax: (02) 6268 8443 Colonel C.A. (Chris) Field E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

Cover: photographs courtesy of Defence Publishing Service AudioVisual, Duntroon (Photographers: Phillip Vavasour and Grace Costa) have been there singing off ‘music sheets’ which was the Memories of 100 Days to Go class code for bottles of beer. The plan was they would stay Neil Bradley (1966) there, out of the way of Fourth Class until they returned for the evening meal on the Sunday and then have a night of In September 1969 a Canberra journalist (Newton) games. This Yass activity meant that the college was largely precipitated another bastardisation scandal when he empty of First Class with the notable exception of Wibs and published a 21-page treatise titled Duntroon—A Tradition of myself. Torture. Amongst other things he claimed that the activities I changed into my Blues and at about 2355h started the known as “100 Days to Go” (100 DTG) were particularly trek down to the Orderly Room to take over. As I came brutal. My memory of 100 DTG was not for the faint- down the hill from Sovs Block, I heard this dull roar. hearted, but hardly brutal. Newton implied that it was a Rounding the corner of the BSM’s room, there was a mass continuation of senior class bastardisation of the junior of excited Fourth Class. I found out later that Wibs had been class. It was in fact the tradition for Fourth Class to chased earlier in the night and took refuge in the Ack Block bastardise First Class on this particular day. attic, pulling the ladder up after him. To keep Fourth Class I graduated in 1966. The Class that wore the blame in at bay and to stop damage to the building, he had called that 1969 scandal was in fact in Fourth Class during my 100 down to them that they had started too early and that DTG year. For my sins, which were mostly imagined, I was Bradley was coming on duty at midnight. Who needs class Orderly Officer on that day. mates? Fourth Class were primed and waiting for me. My story really started about the Monday before. I was I was taller than most so I thought a bit of bluff can go a the rostered Orderly Officer for that preceding week, which long way. ‘Out of the way Fourth Class’. There was a went Friday to Friday. On that day I attended the dentist parting of the mass leaving me a clear path to the steps to because of an impacted wisdom tooth. The image I carry is the Orderly Room. I was just about to take the final step up one of the dentist’s foot on my neck as he looked for and Tubby Bennetts {CSC 2427 G.H. Bennetts (OCS Dec leverage to pull the tooth out. The result was a mess, with 1967), Ed.}, a Kiwi brawler who was guarding the top step, gums lanced and lots of swelling. jumped forward and said ‘Hey you bastards; let’s get him’. Here I was as the Orderly Officer barely able to speak For the next 15 hours or so I was their lightning rod for and with a cheek that looked like a tennis ball. I could do their frustrations. I was quickly stripped and paraded as the most of the duties, but I got the Second Class Orderly great catch. I was resigned to the view that resistance was Sergeant to take the drill part of defaulters parade after I had hopeless. I was strapped to a chair and sometimes a cannon. carried out the inspection. Morning defaulters parades in late I was painted and hosed with all manner of foul mixtures. I August were both cold and often hidden in fog. still have a photo of myself strapped in the nude across the On the Friday, with some thought of relief, I went across balcony rail at the back of Beer Block receiving an egg to Panic Palace to make my daily report to the Adjutant, enema. Captain M.J. (Tube) Harris (1961). It was normal for the While some of the treatment given to me was regrettable, handover to the incoming Orderly Officer—A.J. (Wibs) we also had a lot of fun along the way. As a middle distance Wiber—to be completed at this time. runner, I knew that endurance can be your friend and so it The Adjutant took my report and commented that the was. There is only so much that you can do to physically to weekend weather should be fine for 100 DTG. I thought he humiliate a person if that person does not humiliate. The was making polite conversation. He then said with a big hardest part was getting through the cold of a Canberra grin, that he had seen me scratching my back during winters evening with no clothes and wet. Thankfully Fourth defaulters parade from his bedroom in Duntroon House and Class interest started to wane. that I was allocated a further week of Orderly Officer duty. On the Sunday, one of the Fourth Class appeared He failed to mention the fact that the parade ground area wearing the Orderly Officer’s Sam Browne belt, sword and was shrouded in fog and that I was not there. my Blues Cap. I rolled onto my knees and straightened my I stood in front of him gobsmacked at the injustice of it. body as much as the chair I was strapped to would allow and For cadets there was no right of redress against such things. said with authority, ‘That is a symbol of office; take it off’. My aim became to try and salvage some of the weekend that The reaction was instant. I softened and said words to the I and most others in First Class had planned. I explained that effect ‘look guys, you have left the college in a hell of a I had been invited to a dinner party at an officer’s place on mess and it needs to be cleaned up’. They all agreed with the Saturday evening. He quizzed me further, made a phone that. I suspect if Tubby had been there he would have had a call and said OK. Wibs would stand in, and I was allowed different view, but we did a deal. When I called for the Sam leave from end of Saturday sport, but I was to be back at Browne belt and put it on, I was the Orderly Officer and midnight. Bugger, I got 100 DTG. they did what I directed. When I took it off, the festivities Pinky Maloney and I went to dinner that Saturday night could restart. with Captain Taylor {J.G. Taylor, RAE was the Garrison I think I wore the belt twice, without clothes except for Engineer—see Newsletter 1/1998 p. 10. Ed.} and his family. footy shorts. I am not certain whose shorts, but I had He was building the new college chapel and we knew him convinced them that wearing the belt in the nude did not through rugby. It was a good night, but I refrained from fairly reflect the dignity of the office that I represented. drinking. With the way my luck had been running, Tube Tube would have loved it. could have been there to see that I turned up at midnight and First Class members slowly drifted in during the was not under the influence. In the next few hours there afternoon and Fourth Class activities became dispersed as were many times I wish he had. attention moved away from me. I took the opportunity to Pinky dropped me back at Clink after the dinner and he clean myself up, recover my uniform and get some rest. then took off to the prearranged First Class Concert Party on The vast majority of First Class arrived in full song, just a farm somewhere near Yass. Most of First Class would before dinner. Everyone wanted fun and the idea of treating

1 others the way I had been the night before, was well out of the time when he should have been in Mudgee in the Mater Fourth Class’ collective mind. hospital. After a very noisy dinner and mess games, the evening Included with this report is a selection of photos taken finished up with the traditional game of Carry the Mail in by Ian Taylor, which are representative of the weekend the old gym. I had earlier got Fourth Class to set up the gym activities. The predominance of wine and wine-related mats on the floor. First Class on one side and Fourth Class activities is therefore not contrived. the other. What was the mail and who won was irrelevant, but there was a lot of yelling, laughter, clashes of bodies and probably some scores being settled. With some thick lips, grazed body parts and I am sure a few black eyes, everyone helped clean up the gym and went off well satisfied to their quarters to get ready for Monday. I got back into my Blues and took the late evening Check Parade for those on Stoppage of Leave. To all intents, the college had returned to normal. I can no longer recall what I reported to the Adjutant the next day. I do seem to remember that he was well satisfied with the weekend as he let me off Orderly Officer duty for the rest of the week. I guess that meant tradition had been properly satisfied. I feel sorry for the loss of that sort of activity, but then we were of a different generation and age. While not politically correct, most of us across the classes of this period saw it as quite normal and part of the fun of being Nola and J.F. (John) Bertram (1959) with Elizabeth and B.L. there. (Barry) Campton (OCS June 1960) relaxing on arrival at ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Parklands Resort. Colonel Neil Bradley graduated into RNZA serving two tours in SVN before transferring to RNZE. He was Force Engineer for UNTAC in Cambodia with command of six engineering battalions. He retired in 1995 as Director Resources in HQ NZDF to take up the appointment of DVC Resources at the University of South Australia. He is now retired and lives in Adelaide. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ninth Biennial Reunion: Mudgee, 7–9 May 2010 Duncan Spencer (1962) This Biennial Reunion was held at Mudgee over the timescale 7–9 May 2010, and from the comments and ‘thank-you’ notes received from the attendees, a ‘good time was enjoyed by all’. In fact, it would be hard not to have a Winery Tour: J.G. (John) Sedgley (1938) and Yvonne Learmonth. good time in Mudgee. The reunion started with the customary ‘meet & greet’ at Parklands Resort on the northern outskirts of the town on the Friday evening. Parklands was selected as both the accommodation and site for the ‘meet & greet’ because it had sufficient rooms to allow all attendees to stay in the one location and it had good catering facilities. On the Saturday, we had a guided tour of a few Mudgee wineries (Oatley, Steins, Pieter Van Gent and Di- Lusso) which included a light lunch at the High Valley Wine & Cheese Company. The final activity of the day was the Reunion Dinner in Club Mudgee (RSL). Sunday was dispersal day, so we convened for a light lunch coupled with just a little more wine at Logan’s winery at Apple Tree Flat. As most people were heading home the amount of wine tasted at Logan’s was, of necessity, far less than the previous day. A few stayed on in Mudgee for the Sunday night, so they were not so constrained. The one ‘downer’ of the reunion, is that Peter Reid, who did most of the organising, got a better offer, and spent Winery Tour: Sue and C.A. (Craig) Wood (1963) with Jan Morgan.

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Winery Tour: Gwen and J.L. (John) Macpherson (OCS June 1954), B.J. (Bruce) Stark (OCS June 1954) with J.D. (Dennis) Harverson (1956), and other keen wine tasters in the background.

Light lunch: Logan’s Winery-Apple Tree Flat. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Class of 1963—Broome Reunion Winery Tour: Yvonne Learmonth and John Bertram closing the deal. Tony Stove So much do the Class of ’63 enjoy reunions, that back in 2008 at the 45th anniversary reunion (of graduation), held in Wellington, NZ, members decided to gather within the standard five-year reunion cycle because the years before us were diminishing. So it was decided to meet at Broome in August this year. Classmate, Peter Treleaven and wife Penny provided the incentive (or was it a sales pitch?), with accommodation at their four-star resort “Captains by the Bay”…of course at “mates rates”. Our partners were easily convinced as they knew of Broome with its pearls and perfect weather. So on August 23rd, twenty couples and Mary Barton, widow of Frank Barton, gathered for a five- day Class of ’63 reunion in Broome. Members and their partners travelled in varied ways, some flew in to Broome from all parts, whilst others “value Lunch: High Valley Wine and Cheese Company. added” to their travel arrangements. Tony and Avatar Loorparg travelled across from NZ; five couples cruised down from Darwin, and four couples took a coach tour through the Kimberleys. Dennis and Alexandra O’Brien travelled up in their RV from the sou’ west of WA. Experienced outback travellers, Tony and Judy Stove used their 4WD, took the Ghan to Darwin then drove to Broome down the adventurous Gibb River Road. Their return trip with lots of red dust and river crossings, was across the “Top End” to Normanton, then home to Merimbula. A round trip of almost 12,000 km. Tom and Elva Arrowsmith with their RV (the Super Bus), planned their trip to Broome as part of a 12-month ‘round Australia trip. Their journey began in Sydney in March, and they boasted travelling to Broome via Wilsons Promontory, by which time they had Reunion Dinner: D.A. (Duncan) Spencer (1962), Sue and Craig Wood, Jan Morgan, I.R. (Ian) Taylor (1965), and Jan Spencer. already covered 12,000 km!

3 while others just lazed around the Resort pool. Sunset was the signal to gather at the Mangrove Hotel, or Town Beach to view the ‘Staircase to the Moon’ phenomenon. That evening the Loorpargs’ and Tartes’ hosted everyone for a curry evening at their apartment in the Resort. Friday, the last official day of the reunion was another free day. The evening though was just a superb occasion with a private poolside, candle-light dinner at the Cable Beach Club. Mick Tarte gave a most enjoyable talk covering the Duntroon days, enhanced with anecdotes, past events and the characters that are the fabric of the Class of ’63. Next day, Saturday saw the departures though a few stayed on for the ‘Opera Under the Stars’ event at Cable Beach that evening. Off to Dinner at the Cable Beach Resort: Rod and Anne Curtis, The Reunion held in a somewhat remote location was a John & Debbie White, Judy Stove, Rob and Louise Freebairn, Jenny Robbins, Bill and Toni Ruttledge, Mary Barton, John most enjoyable occasion and so different to past reunion Robbins, Roslyne Hannell, Jan Bade, David Hannell, Ron Bade, locations. Congratulations to Peter and Penny Treleaven for Elva and Tom Arrowsmith. all the arrangements that made it so enjoyable. The weather was superb with balmy nights and low 30s daytime temperatures, the programme was easy paced, interesting and enabled many opportunities to socialise or to ‘do your own thing’, and a bonus by staying at ‘Captains’ was that a hire car was included in the accommodation package. The group discussed future reunions, and whilst the 50th will be held at Duntroon in December 2013, such was the enjoyment had at Broome, it was decided to hold another interim reunion in about 18 months time. Four locations were shortlisted and by popular vote Mudgee is the destination, with Mick and Anjo Tarte agreeing to act as organisers. So members of the Class of ’63, keep free March 2012.

Sunset Cocktails on Cable Beach: Avatar Loorparg, Alexandra and Dennis O’Brien, and Tony Loorparg. The Reunion began with a sunset, Broome style, “Welcome Soiree” at the Treleavens’ home. Champagne cocktails, a balmy night, and after all it was two years since the last gathering took the function well into the night. In fact so much so that there was a request from the nearby Backpackers resort to turn down the volume….indeed! Each day began at 6:15am when the more keen were transported to Cable Beach for a stroll, and for those inclined, a morning swim. Best roll-up was 26. Second day of the Reunion began with an open top bus tour around Cocktails on Cable Beach: Mick Tarte, Tom Arrowsmith, David Broome which conveniently ended at Matsos’ Brewery and Hannell and David Buring. Restaurant, and as a matter of course that activity was followed by an afternoon siesta. That evening brought back memories of pre Duntroon days with a night at the Sun open air picture theatre. Screening that evening was Bran Nue Day, coincidentally filmed mostly in Broome. Day three began with a morning visit to the Willie Creek Pearl Farm, followed by a tour of Pearl Luggers, the industry that led to the establishment of Broome in the 1880s. Following these visits was the signal for the wives to take control of credit cards and it would be accurate to report that Broome’s pearl emporiums traded very well during the Class of ’63 visit. Later that afternoon, the group assembled at Cable Beach for a catered dinner timed to coincide with the sunset, which was just a memorable experience.

Next day was a free day. Some went fishing, others took Reunion Hosts: Peter and Penny Treleaven a scenic flight to Cape Leveque, some of the wives were spotted in the pearl emporiums, a few took a camel ride, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

4 himself for long hours day after day to become the best The Prodigal Sons Corner linguist he could. [Occasionally under this heading, the story of a prodigal It paid off because in 2005 he was embedded at a British son has been published after the subject’s death. So it is for division in Basra where his language skill was recognised Simon Ohmsen whose name appears under Obituary in this and used by the British headquarter staff. They assigned issue. Of particular interest, this account offers a brief him to work directly with senior Iraqi commanders in Iraq. glimpse of the greatly changed operational life faced by Later that year the Australian Army deployed him to many of the RMC graduates of the past 15–20 years. Much Lebanon to assist in the evacuation of Australian nationals of what appears below was written for The Canberra Times in the country’s south. by Malcolm Brown and is used here by kind permission of In 2008, he was posted to Townsville to serve at the that Newspaper’s Editor. Ed] Combat Training Centre, but by then his health problems were catching up with him. He had suffered from Some might think that soldiering is an irksome business, rheumatoid arthritis and late in 2008 he was diagnosed with beset by rules, rank and discipline, but Simon Ohmsen, who cancer, a disease he dealt with manfully for the next 18 graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon on 9 months, but he succumbed last May. His funeral on 10 May December 1997, took to the profession of arms with 2010, was attended by Muslim leader, Sheikh Khalil intelligence, enthusiasm and creativity. Charmi, who also offered prayers and spoke warmly of In the time he had before illness took him, he became not Ohmsen’s commitment to bringing different faiths and just a soldier but an ambassador for his nation, a man cultures together in a spirit of respect and common committed not just to defending his country and improving understanding. the capacity of the defence force, but also to winning the hearts and minds of those caught in conflict. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Simon John Ohmsen was born on 9 March 1975 in From the Commandant Newcastle, son of John Ohmsen, a tree-lopper, and his wife Nancy (nee Johnson). He grew up in Tingara Heights, south Brigadier M.J. Moon, DSC, AM of Newcastle and attended Belmont High. Attracted to military subjects, he joined the Air Training The second half of 2010 finds the College at its normal Corps. On finishing school, he joined the Army Reserve frantic pace. We have graduated the June Class and, at the and spent a year working for his father before entering the time of writing this update, the new Third Class have just Australian Defence Force Academy in 1994. At the marched into the Corps of Staff Cadets having completed Academy he shone academically, achieving distinctions and almost 11 weeks of Initial Cadet Training (ICT) at Majura. credits, played Australian Rules and was promoted to rank You will be pleased to know that on visiting them on day within the cadet corps. four of their ICT, the temperature out on the range was With his graduation from the RMC, Ohmsen was minus eight degrees. Those staff cadets from the northern allotted to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps and became a climes (both from Australia and other nations) were rifle platoon commander in the 1st Battalion, the Royal enjoying the experience immensely (they say that now, they Australian Regiment, then commander of a reconnaissance did not at the time). platoon. He was selected to serve on an exchange program We currently have 158 cadets in I Class, 113 in II with the British Army and was posted to a Scottish Class and 104 in III Class, and have Staff Cadets from regiment, based beneath the walls of Edinburgh Castle. On Brunei, East Timor, Iraq, Papua New Guinea, The his return to Australia, he was posted to command the Philippines, New Zealand, Singapore, Tonga, and the United Defence Platoon at Headquarters 3rd Brigade followed by a Arab Emirates. Of note, in December we will have our first posting to East Timor . staff cadet graduate from Pakistan. As I mentioned in the After an unsuccessful attempt to get into the Australian last Newsletter, we are the first overseas Officer training special forces, Ohmsen took a great interest in international establishment that Pakistan has sent its personnel to other affairs and studied Arabic at the Australian Defence Force than Sandhurst in the UK. This is an interesting and language school. He set out to master that language, significant event in the College’s history. including the dialects, and became an expert in the culture, The Australian Army to which they have graduated politics and customs of the Middle East. into is very busy indeed. It will come as no surprise to any He also worked to establish a 12-month position in the reader that we now routinely have recently graduated young Middle East for selected graduates of the school and he lieutenants return to the College to speak first hand to First became the first person in that programme to be sent to Class about the reality of active service as a platoon and/or Cairo. He focussed on establishing a language programme troop commander. This is both a rewarding and sobering there. Soon after his arrival in Cairo he saw a burning activity for those on the eve of their graduation. That said, building in the city, ran into it to get people out, then quietly you can rest assured that they impress with their maturity walked away. Such selflessness did not go unnoticed. Nor and professional focus in wanting to learn as much as they did his monitoring of local students in English, the financial can about the challenges ahead. As Commandant, I help he gave some of them and his attempts to help certainly have been always deeply impressed by their unemployed people find work. approach. Ohmsen was not satisfied with the quality of tuition at I has been a dynamic time for both the College and HQ the American University in Cairo and set about finding RMC-A. As well as the business of training Staff Cadets, we tutors and teachers who could teach the type of Arabic have completed a number of significant milestones in required by a military linguist. During 2004 he was a man, Army’s recent new command structure changes. As I have ‘half a world away from his superiors and peers’ applying previously mentioned to you, RMC-A now owns the Recruit Training Centre at Kapooka and the Land Warfare Centre in Canungra. In effect, RMC-A now owns all common

5 individual career training for Army—officer and soldier. We A number of members have responded to my recent have in the last two months completed the formal design of appeal to elect to forgo hard copy versions of the Newsletter the new headquarters (at Patterson Hall) that will command and again I appeal to members to review their needs. Hard this new formation. Of note, however, there will be minimal copy versions will be printed as long as they are needed but change in the training methodologies for officers at it is in the Society’s best interests for the number to be kept Duntroon. to a minimum. As you would expect, detailed planning continues for Again I would like to stress that comments and the Duntroon Centenary. In essence it is still planned that suggestions for content for the Newsletter and the web site the Centenary will be build around the mid-year graduation, are always welcome and should be directed to the Editor, Dr with additional reunion and celebratory functions as well. Mike Ryan, or myself. That sequence of activities is largely as per that briefed in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the last Newsletter. My point of contact for all Centenary matters remains Major Steve Hladio, OAM (02 6265 9539) On a personal note, I continue to look forward to the continued relationship with Duntroon’s extended family, and in particular those like you that have demonstrated ongoing commitment to support the College and more importantly the Cadets. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From the Chairman, Duntroon From the OTU Representative Society Committee Wal Hall Peter Evans I had the pleasure of attending the June 2010 RMC Graduation Prizes and Awards Ceremony to present the Congratulations to the Graduating Class of June 2010. As OTU Scheyville Prize to (Staff Cadet) Corporal Simon has now become practice, graduation photographs are Watch. featured on the cover of the Newsletter. I had the opportunity to talk to the class about the Society a few days before graduation. As you will imagine, their minds were elsewhere but I hope that in years to come they will become active supporters of the Society. The RMC-A Association Inc. Board met on 21 April under the chairmanship of the Commandant, Brigadier Mick Moon. One major item of interest to members will be the approval of a project to publish a high quality coffee table book covering the first 100 years of RMC. At this stage it is planned to produce two editions including an ornately boxed limited edition. Further details will be provided as they become available. The August meeting of the Board was postponed and we are still to meet. Any important decisions will be published on our web site. The Society’s Centenary Plaque has not yet been installed but I hope this will be completed in the near future. There will be an official unveiling and presentation ceremony as part of the centenary celebrations. Lieutenant Simon Watch was born and raised in Membership continues to grow and now stands at over Canberra. After completing school, he undertook university 1,300 but we still struggle to attract serving officers. There studies in music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and has been an upsurge of interest from OTU members and I the Canberra School of Music. In January of 2004 he recently welcomed six new members from that source. enlisted into the Australian Army as a musician in the Again I would welcome any suggestions on how we can Australian Army Band Corps. Following postings to the improve our attractiveness to new members. Defence Force School of Music and the Band of the Royal I have made contact with the manager of the RMC Military College, he commenced officer training at the Alumni group of LinkedIn and we will continue to seek Royal Military College Duntroon in January 2009. ways of co-operating. The Alumni group already has over During his time at RMC, Simon was a member of 700 members, mostly graduates who have joined industry, Gallipoli Company, a Section Commander in First Class, and this number is expanding. A link to this group can be and was awarded the RASigs Corps Prize as well as the found on our web site and the LinkedIn site provides OTU Scheyville Prize. information on the Duntroon Society. Simon is married to Caetlin, and has two daughters; The Centenary programme is still being developed and Emily, aged two years, and arriving just 10 days before details will be posted on the web site as soon as possible. graduation, Hannah. In his (very limited) spare time, Simon Action is in hand to provide a venue at the College for a enjoys training for and competing in triathlons. general get-together after the parade. Although Simon is the first member of his family in two generations to serve in the military, he has a strong family

6 history of service, notably his great-uncle, Colonel (ret) McDonald (Year 9) and Larissa Woosup (Year 7), Canberra John Watch, who served as a Captain with the 2/13th Bn AIF Girls Grammar, and Kyol Blakeney, Year 11, Scots College, in Tobruk and in New Guinea, and went on to serve in completed the 14-kilometre City2Surf as members of the Korea and as the CO of the 3rd Battalion the Royal Podmore Runners and accompanied by their mentors. Australian Regiment. Simon carried John’s sword on his Contingents of cadets from RMC and ADFA ran the graduation parade, and was presented with the family City2Surf in Podmore T-shirts to raise funds, including three swagger stick at graduation, which has a history stretching cadets who completed the 14-kilometre route in full back to the siege of Khartoum. Simon’s maternal marching order. grandfather was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for Contact Duncan McInnes (1972) on 0437002421 if you his actions in landing his badly damaged Beaufort, ensuring would like more information on how your Class can begin the survival of the crew, after a being hit by enemy anti- Returning Opportunity in gratitude for the good education aircraft fire over New Guinea. and character development that you received in good Simon is posted to the 1st Signal Regiment at Enoggera, company all those years ago. Pass the Oil! Brisbane for regimental duties. To find out more about the Podmore Foundation visit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.podmorefoundation.org.au. From The Podmore Foundation Bob Breen (1973) The Podmore Foundation has conducted three events over the past six months: an Indigenous scholarship presentation lunch at Victoria Barracks, Sydney on 28 March; the Annual Dinner at RMC Officers’ Mess on 29 May; and the annual City2Surf fundraiser in Sydney on 8 August. As well, Peter de Haas (1973), the founding President, visited East Timor in July and met up with Podmore scholarship recipients at Hope Orphanage, Gleno, the Ahisuan Community for disabled young people, Dili and Podmore-sponsored young Australian development workers, Lukas and Kristina. Several Duntroon graduates have begun Returning General P.J.) Peter Cosgrove (1968), Kyol Blakeney, Year 11, Opportunity by becoming benefactors for Indigenous Scots College, and Professor Mick Dodson, 2009 Australian of the scholarships, as well as contributing to scholarships in East Year, at the Annual Scholarship Presentation Lunch at Victoria Timor and Thailand. Brigadiers John Frewen and Mark Barracks Officers’ Mess on 28 March. Kyol is the inaugural Smethhurst have led the way for the Class of 86 with a recipient of the Professor Mick Dodson and General Peter scholarship for Lincoln Childs, Year 11, Toowoomba Cosgrove Scholarship for Leadership. Grammar. On completion of Year 12, Lincoln will be the second Indigenous Australian to graduate from Toowoomba Grammar in the school’s 135 year history. Steve McLeod (1973), John Hands (1973) have joined Glenn Crosland (1976) to sponsor Mitchell Whiteley, Year 10, St Ignatius, Riverview. Mitchell is currently captain of Australia’s U16 Polocrosse Team and a Member of the Australian Institute of Sport U16 Rugby Union Squad. Peter Cosgrove (1968) as joined another Australian of the Year, Mick Dodson, to award a scholarship for leadership named after them to Kyol Blakeney, Year 11, Scots College, Sydney. Kyol is the first Indigenous Australian Pipe Major of the Scots College Pipe Band. Kyol addressed the annual dinner on 29 May. Mick Humphreys (1980) is marshalling his class to sponsor a Podmore scholarship for a specially-selected Indigenous Australian child from a rural and remote community on the occasion of the classes’ 30th Anniversary Reunion. Would the Classes of 1960, 1970, 1990 and 2000 like to pass the hat around on the occasion of their reunions this year? While the $5,000 annual Podmore scholarship assists with school fees for scholarship recipients at Australia’s top boarding schools, it is the mentoring and encouragement of recipients that is more important. Each Indigenous Podmore Three of the ADFA cadets who completed the 14 kilometre scholar has mentors from the Podmore Foundation. City2Surf in full marching order to raise funds for the Podmore Recently, three Indigenous scholarship recipients, Rona Foundation.

7 From the Branches Australian Capital Territory Branch Office Holders Convenor: Brigadier P.J.A. (Peter) Evans (1958) Secretary: Lieutenant Colonel J.E. (John) Bullen (1958) Treasurer: Lieutenant Colonel M.J. (Mike) Ryan (1981) Members: Dr Moreen Dee (WRAAC OCS 1966); Brigadier G.T. (George) Salmon (1959); Colonel M.J. (Mike) Ford (1957); Major S.B. (Stuart) Althaus (RMC & OCS 1982) Autumn Lunch, 2010 The Autumn Lunch was held this year in Duntroon House on Thursday 6 May and was enjoyed by 64 members and L-R Beth Gilfillan, Peter de Haas, East Timor Project Manager for friends. Podmore, and Dan Gilfillan. Peter visited East Timor in July with his family to update himself on Podmore projects. Beth and Dan Annual Lunch & Speech, 2010 are Australian development workers. The Podmore Foundation sponsored Dan, an RMC graduate, in East Timor in 2007–8 and he The Lunch and Speech this year is planned for Tuesday 9 has returned this year with his wife, Beth, to establish a November in Duntroon House. Our speaker will be library near Hope Orphanage at Gleno. Dan’s last major Podmore Professor R J O’Neill AO, Emeritus Chichele Professor of project was a training and accommodation facility for the Ahisuan War History at Oxford University. Graduating into the Community for young people with disabilities in Dili. Signals Corps from RMC in 1958, Bob O’Neill was the Rhodes Scholar for Victoria in 1960, served in the Infantry in 5RAR in Vietnam and later as an instructor on RMC staff, was the Australian Official Historian for the Korean War and later became Head of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, based in London. New South Wales Branch Office Holders Convenor: D.A. (Duncan) Spencer (1962), [email protected], (02) 9969 0772, 0414 573 574. Treasurer: I.R. (Ian) Taylor (1965), [email protected], (02) 9953 9441, 0407 539 441. Secretary: P.M. (Peter) Reid (1964), [email protected] (02)9460 0741, 0417 274 090 R.J. (Bob) Breen (1973), President Podmore Foundation, Linda Hurley, Brigadier Mick Moon, Commandant RMC, Dianne Moon, Branch Social Functions and Lieutenant General D.J. (David) Hurley (1975), Vice Chief of the Defence Force, at the Podmore Annual Dinner at RMC Activities within the Branch have been somewhat busier Officers’ Mess on 29 May. than usual during the last few months. Normally, we only have two functions during the year, but as well as having the mid-year Graduation lunch, it was the turn of the NSW branch to organise the Ninth Biennial Reunion {see report on page 2. Ed}. Immediately after returning from Mudgee, it was time to organise the mid-year Graduation Lunch at Victoria Barracks which was held on the 22 June. We were fortunate to have Colonel J.W. (Jeff) Stark (OCS June 1979) as the guest speaker, and he gave a very informative talk on Army Aviation, covering the history and plans for the future of Aviation in the Australian Army. Once again a very pleasant lunch, as we have come to expect at the Barracks. New Zealand Branch Office Holders

Rona McDonald, Year 9 (L) and Larissa Woosup (Year 7) (R), Patron: Major General R.G. Williams CB, MBE, (1952). Indigenous Podmore scholarship recipients studying at Canberra Convenor: Colonel T.A. Aldridge CBE (1961). Girls Grammar School, with their mentor, Nicola Breen, (centre) Secretary/Treasurer: Major P.J. Skogstad (1964). on completion of the City2Surf on 8 August. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

8 Branch Social Functions Arnold (1962) as the main winner with 41 points. N.J. (Noel) McGuire (1953) and R.J. (Bob) Carson (1968) won Auckland Sub-branch Winter Lunch 2010. Twenty two the four-ball with 46 points and P.M. (Peter) Arnison (1962) Auckland members and their wives and friends gathered at ‘aced’ the 16th. Results achieved by the nominated eight- the Northern Club for the traditional Winter lunch on 4 June person team go forward to the Society’s Annual Postal Golf 2010. The function was organised and hosted by Colonel Competition. T.A. (Tom) Aldridge (1961). Attendance was down due to the holiday weekend however those present were able to South Australia & Northern Territory experience the new extension. The modern setting is a marked contrast to the more traditional setting in the original Branch Office Holders building. Once again those present enjoyed an excellent Convenor: N.R. (Neville) Bergin (1956). meal and the opportunity to catch up with old friends. Branch Social Functions The Annual Graduation Luncheon of the South Australia and Northern Territory Branch is to be held at the Naval Military and Air Force Club, Adelaide, on Tuesday, 7 December 2010. Victoria & Tasmania Branch Office Holders Victoria continues to operate by committee with occasional meetings and primary contact by email. The committee consists of: Coordinator: R.A. (Bob) Slater (1963) Treasurer: A.M. (Alan) McDonald (1951) Members: P. (Phil) Davies (1961), C. (Conrad) Ermert Maureen Porter, T.A. (Tom) Aldridge (1961), Margaret Dudman, and M.J. (Michael) Dudman (1959). (1962), and Richard Coates (OCS Dec 1975) (OCS representative). Craig Wood remains proxy for Canberra-based meetings. Branch Social Functions Western Australia Branch Office Holders Convenor: W.R.M. (Bob) Hunter (1985) Social Convenor: K.F. (Kevin) Poynton (1974) Note these positions are both endorsed by members but held informally as no specific constitution is in place. Social Functions

The last social function for the WA Group was held at the Glynne Pask, G.A. (Geoff) Hitchings (1952), and Judy Burrows. Karrakatta Officers Mess—a very successful informal Membership drinks gathering, with great hospitality from the serving Karrakatta officers. In attendance were over 30 local former Membership of the New Zealand Branch is 137 including 15 Army officers from all past officer training institutions. spouses of deceased members. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Queensland Coming Events Branch Office Holders ACT Branch Convenor: G.J. (Graeme) Loughton (1956). 9 November 2010. Annual Lunch & Speech. Speaker: Branch Social Functions Professor R.J. (Bob) O’Neill AO, Emeritus Chichele Professor of War History at Oxford University and a Our next function will be the ADF Dinner at the United 1958 RMC graduate. Service Club on 17 September where the Society group will have a table or two. We have also started having monthly NSW Branch lunches, also at United Service Club, on their weekly curry 7 December 2010. Graduation Lunch at the Victoria day. From time to time we will make this a mixed lunch of Barracks Officers’ Mess. which the next will be in November or December. New Zealand Branch Golf Report 26 November 2010. The Auckland teams in the Postal Golf On 10 May, 12 of us enjoyed a successful day out at Competition are to play at 1230 hrs at Helensville Golf McLeod Country Golf Club. All were entered in multiple Club. Organiser: Brigadier M.J. (Mike) Dudman competitions and congratulations go to G.R. (Graham) (1959).

9 November 2010. Auckland Christmas Lunch will be held at preceded him. Brigadier J. (Jack) Mann (1918) Auckland Golf Club. Organiser: Colonel T.A. (Tom) graduated from the University of Sydney with the Aldridge (1961) degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) in 1923 and December 2010. Wellington teams in the Postal Golf Major General C.E.M. (Gaffer) Lloyd (1918) graduated Competition (details TBA). Organiser: Lieutenant in Law from the same university in 1925. It is highly Colonel T.A. (Trent) Harker (1961). likely, however, that Brigadier Bell was the first RMC 20 February 2011. Wellington Sub-branch Summer Lunch graduate to gain two university degrees. at 1.00 for 1.30 p.m. at Royal Wellington Golf Club.  Few, if any readers of the Society Newsletter during the Organiser: Major General Ken Gordon (1956). years 1982 to 1994 will not have enjoyed Air 17/18 April 2011. Rotorua Golf Weekend. Commodore Paddy Heffernan’s lively, informative and Queensland Branch interesting writings. His death in 1994 robbed the Duntroon Society of one of its earliest and most 17 September 2010. ADF Dinner at United Service Club. supportive members. By chance the RMC Archivist, South Australia Branch (incorporating NT) Mr Ross Howarth recently discovered Paddy’s 7 December 2010. Annual Graduation Luncheon, Naval daughter, Trish Heffernan living in Crows Nest. Here Military and Air Force (NMAF) Club, Adelaide. she hosts a small B & B establishment that Ross Howarth has used when visiting Sydney. He Victoria Branch (incorporating Tasmania) thoroughly recommends it and, in case anyone is 21 October 2010. 1200 for 1230. Lunch at the Victoria interested, has provided Trish’s email address which is: Barracks Officers’ Mess. [email protected] There is also a website at www.crowybandb.com Western Australia Branch  The Queen’s Birthday Honours List of June 2010 9 October 2010. Social drinks function from 1600 onwards included the appointment of Brigadier C.N. (Col) Khan at ESS Bar in Subiaco. (1951) as a Member of the Order of Australia (Civil RMC Ceremonial Parades Division). His CSC number is 1160 while his CSC 7 December 2010. The Graduation Parade. ‘father’ is Major J.A. (John) Chapman (1948) with the CSC number of 1060, is also a Member of that Order 25 February 2011. Lanyard Parade. and further, also in the Civil Division. If there are any 25 April 2011. Anzac Day Dawn Service. At Major General other Corps father and son combinations of this kind, Bridges’ Grave beginning at 0530. the Editorial team would be both surprised and 11 June 2011. Trooping of the Queen’s Colour, followed by delighted to hear of them. the exercise of the Freedom of the City of Canberra.  Perhaps for the younger members of the Society, the 25 June 2011. Leadership on Fire Concert. very strong, sometimes emotional, bonds with the RMC 26 June 2011. Duntroon Open Day do not grip as they once did. Such bonds are typified by two accounts that have appeared about the 27 June 2011. The Graduation Parade and Centenary Parade McKenzie clan in Newsletter 1/2006 and about the and Presentation of new Colours. family of Major General Jeffery (1958). Mrs Lynne For details of the Centenary celebrations, please refer to the Salom has thoughtfully offered another example Centenary Planning Update on the inside of the rear beginning with her great uncle Price Jacob Morgan who cover of this Newsletter. entered the College as a member of its First Class with Further information is available from SO2 Protocol and the CSC number of 4. After graduating on 11 August Visits, Major S.M. (Stephen) Hladio—(02) 6265 9539. 1914 he immediately proceeded on overseas service ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and, as a major, was killed in action in France on 4 April 1917. Her father, Albert Edward Llantrisant Shorts Morgan entered the College on 14 February 1923 with CSC number 391 and graduated with the Sword of  At his death, as recorded elsewhere under Obituary, Honour on 14 December 1926. While serving as the Brigadier Bell was then the earliest surviving graduate Brigadier Administration, Headquarters Eastern of the RMC by some six years even though a mere Command he died in 1960. His brother, Merton month younger than the current Elder, Colonel W. (Bill) Conroy Morgan became CSC number 550 on 6 March Ford. This odd occurrence flowed from the fact that 1933 and graduated on 8 December 1936. He served Staff Cadet Bell entered the College on 12 February with 2/29 Australian Infantry Battalion and became a 1930 when aged 16 years and graduated on 11 PoW in Changi in 1942 where he remained until 1945. December 1933. Staff Cadet Ford, on the other hand, Her husband, Gerald Maurice Salom entered the Royal entered the College on 18 February 1939 when aged 25 Military College on 2 March 1949 as CSC number 1262 years and graduated on 11 December 1939 as a member and graduated on 8 December 1953. After serving in of one of the Special Courses conducted in haste as the Malaya and South Vietnam he retired in 1983. Her son, risk of a major war rapidly increased. Brigadier Bell’s Miles Gerald Llewellyn Salom became CSC number family understands that he was the first RMC graduate 7162 on 11 July 1994 and graduated on 12 December to gain a university degree. This was in 1936 when he 1995. He has served in Somalia, East Timor and completed a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) degree at Afghanistan and is currently on the staff of the University of Sydney. He was certainly one of the Headquarters, Forces Command. Probably this is earliest of the few RMC graduates who gained a unique, in that, when the College celebrates its 100th university degree before 1939, but at least two others anniversary next year, the association of Mrs Salom’s

10 family with the Royal Military College, will have Associate Professor John Tudor Laird spanned all of those 100 years. 19 August 1921—15 April 2010  At the Military Prizes and Sporting Awards ceremony on Monday, 21 June 2010, the Duntroon Society Award [The following is an edited version of the eulogy prepared was presented to Lance Corporal M. Chapman by by John’s three children—Margaret, Patricia and Ian—with Brigadier M.J. Moon. On graduation, Lieutenant some small additions by John Bullen. Ed.] Chapman was allocated to the Royal Australian An only child, John Laird grew up in the house that his Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He is presently mother ran as a maternity hospital in Mortdale, Sydney. He completing his degree at the Australian Defence Force did very well at school, ultimately winning a scholarship to Academy. Sydney University. His mother had wanted him to be a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ doctor but, having grown up amidst the sounds of childbirth, Medicine held no appeal for John so he studied Arts, majoring in English and Latin in his BA Honours degree. He joined the Sydney University Regiment and in 1942, immediately after graduating, he enlisted in the AIF, initially serving in an anti-aircraft gun crew on Sydney Harbour. He was soon granted a commission and transferred into the so-called Central Bureau. This highly Obituary secret interception and decryption unit made good use of the academically inclined to perform vital analysis of enemy Since the publication of the last Newsletter we have learned radio transmissions throughout the South-West Pacific of the deaths of the following: theatre of war. They did remarkable work and their story has never 13 Oct 09 Colonel G.D.W. Irvine (1956) been publicly told. John Laird never spoke about his role in 28 Nov 09 Major H.B. Conway (1943) the war, strictly maintaining this secrecy right to the end of 5 Apr 10 Professor John Laird 1 his life, even after it was no longer necessary. 21 Apr 10 Brigadier A.T.J. Bell (1933) 2 Official recognition came two days before John Laird 24 Apr 10 Lieutenant J.J. Roche (1944) died. A medallion and letter of thanks arrived just in time 28 Apr 10 Lieutenant Colonel A.N. Macinnes (1981) for him to know about it. His award is signed by the then 3 May 10 Major S.J. Ohmsen (1997) 3 British Prime Minister. The letter thanks him and his 12 May 10 Lieutenant Colonel P.R. Maw (OCS Dec 1979) comrades for their valuable Central Bureau wartime efforts 8 Jun 10 Warrant Officer Class I L.W. Fischer 4 in co-operation with the better known Bletchley Park, UK. 12 Jun 10 Lieutenant Colonel C.W. Brown (1958) When on leave in Sydney during the war, John met his 18 Jun 10 Major General J.S. Whitelaw future wife Pat whom he married in 1946. John now 27 Jun 10 Captain D.R. McLeod (1943) became a lecturer in the English department at Duntroon. 28 Jun 10 Colonel P.D. Gibbons (1968) Married quarters were in short supply, so the Lairds initially 15 Jul 10 Major L.G.S. Cross (1939) lived in Glebe House in Reid. John called it ‘Bleak House’. 26 Jul 10 Colonel W.J.S. Gordon (1942) 5 But they were soon allotted a wartime Nissen hut at 13 Aug 10 Brigadier R.M. Boyer (OCS Dec 1984) 6 Duntroon which they shared happily with Physics lecturer 9 Sep 10 Major N.J. Wilson (1958) David Swan and his wife Joy. 16 Sep 10 Major M.D. Stanley (1953) 7 In 1948 the Lairds moved to one of the Harrison Road 17 Sep 10 Major B.T. Poananga (1944) houses built as married quarters for captains during World 22 Sep 10 Major M.H. Lapin 8 War One. This spacious house with its extensive grounds became the Laird family home for nearly 30 years. 1. He joined the RMC as Lecturer in English on 23 May 1946 and The Lairds participated fully in Duntroon community was appointed Associate Professor in English on 31 January 1973. He retired in December 1985 after almost 40 years life, making lifelong military and academic friendships. service to the College. See following brief obituary. Several balls were held each year, and staff members were 2. See Shorts p.9. often invited to functions at Government House. With its 3. See The Prodigal Sons Corner p.5. own golf club, tennis courts and pool, Duntroon was a 4. The second Music Director of the Royal Military College from pleasant and self-contained little world of its own. Enjoying June 1958 to December 1964 and the older brother of life in a very happy home, the Laird children grew up in this Lieutenant Colonel C. Fischer from whom the RMC Band community in the 1950s and 1960s, with many other staff Room takes its name. children as their friends. 5. From 9 February 1946 to 5 December 1949 he was posted to Ever the courteous gentleman, John Laird was a quiet the RMC as an Instructor in Small Arms Training but, during that time, he became the Adjutant of the Corps of Staff Cadets man with a dry sense of humour and great integrity. He was and was also responsible for Physical Training never the kind of father to take his children camping or 6. Entered the RMC in January 1981 and transferred to the OCS fishing and when he took them to sport he sat in the car in January 1984. reading while Pat did the running up and down the sideline. 7. Of the five officers directly involved with D Company in the He was great for homework though, with his unfailing battle of Long Tan, two were OCS graduates, two were OTU patience. Utterly reliable and ever organised, he loved his graduates, and Stanley was the only RMC graduate (as the NZ family dearly, always generously providing gentle guidance. forward observer from 161 Field Battery, Royal New Zealand Literature was John Laird’s life. His office smelt of Artillery). books. His teaching load at Duntroon was heavy and he 8. RC Chaplain at the RMC from 2 January 1996 to 19 January 1998. quickly recognised the need to interest Duntroon cadets in

11 literature, not always an easy task. To achieve this he fed them military literature to help arouse their interest, and it Book Review: worked! Australian Battalion Commanders Extending his Master’s degree studies further, John became a recognised authority on war literature. He wrote in the Second World War, extensively in scholarly journals on the prose and poetry of by Dr Garth Pratten the two world wars and compiled a bibliography of Australian literature of the First World War. His Reviewed by: Colonel Chris Field (1986) contribution to The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature is a lengthy article entitled ‘War Literature’. In The author of Australian Battalion Commanders in the 1971 he selected and edited the highly readable Other Second World War is Dr Garth Pratten who, in addition to Banners, an anthology of Australian War Literature of the his scholarly attributes, is an Army Reserve officer. First World War, later followed by The Australian Pratten’s work originated as a PhD which was completed Experience of War (1988) and On All Fronts (1989). under a co-operative scholarship offered by Deakin In his post-graduate research studies, John broadened University and the Australian War Memorial. The quality of his expertise, becoming a respected authority on the works this book demonstrates that this co-operative scholarship of Thomas Hardy, producing his seminal work The Shaping was money well spent. of Tess of the D’Urbervilles in 1975. Dr Pratten makes a significant contribution to John’s retirement was saddened by the Pat’s death in understanding the background, role, and conduct of 1985 after their very happy marriage of nearly 39 years. Australian infantry battalion commanding officers (COs) in Taking on other activities as well as his never-ending the Second World War. The book employs a chronological studies, John worked hard for Legacy, played bowls review of Australia’s war efforts, including: preparation and reasonably well, played golf badly, and kept in regular touch training for war, the Mediterranean and North African with some of his old wartime friends. In 1998, John was campaigns, Malaya and Singapore, Papua and New Guinea, appointed a Fellow of the Duntroon Society, only the and the final amphibious campaigns in Borneo. seventh Society member to receive this honour. Despite focussing on infantry battalions, his work is a A life-long worrier, John lost self-confidence in his last must read for all serving and aspiring COs, especially as years, becoming somewhat withdrawn. In 2005 he was Australian Battalion Commanders in the Second World War reluctant to accept an invitation to Government House from is a story of ‘improvisation, adaptation, and evolution; of an one of his old cadets, then the Governor-General, but his army learning from hard-won experience to integrate men daughter insisted that he attend so that she would not miss and technology and overcome both human enemy and this opportunity to go with him. Surrounded by far more hostile terrain.’ friends than he ever imagined that he had, John had an The value of Dr Pratten’s work for the Australian Army unexpectedly enjoyable time. cannot be underestimated. Perhaps due to the ‘democratic’ His final days were spent at the Morshead Home for tradition of Australian military history, established by Veterans until his recent death at 88. His extensive personal Charles Bean in The Official History of Australia in the War library is now in the ADFA library. of 1914–1918, which emphasised ‘individual over He is remembered most affectionately by thousands of institution’, usually at the level of private soldier and cadets as a kind, studious and thoroughly decent man who corporal, ‘only seven of the 276 Second World War always sought to make their study of literature interesting. [Australian] infantry commanding officers are the subjects of published biographies.’ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr Pratten’s meticulous research, includes interviews Profile of Students at the RMC with 10 of the twelve Second World War COs still living in 2000, some of whom, including General T.J. Daly and Current strength (13 September 2010) General P.A. Cullen, have now passed away. As a result, Dr CSC 374 Pratten has captured priceless quotes, and thoughts, from First Class 158 former Second World War leaders. One such quote is Second Class 112 General Daly’s reflections on the challenges faced by Third Class 104 Australian infantry battalion commanders during the Second Brunei 1 World War: ‘to train soldiers well; to employ supporting Iraq 2 arms to the best effect; to improvise when plans went awry; New Zealand 8 to motivate soldiers to do things that self-preservation Pakistan 3 argues against; and, to value the life of the individual, yet Papua New Guinea 4 have the courage to risk it in pursuit of larger objectives.’ Philippines 4 The book examines the demographic profile of infantry RAAF 6 battalion COs appointed during the Second World War. Dr South Africa 1 Patten notes that 77 per cent can be classified as white-collar Timor Leste 2 workers, and 75 per cent hailed from state capitals or major Tonga 1 provincial cities. To these statistics of urban white-collar United Arab Emirates 2 workers Dr Pratten make the following observation: ADFA Graduates 89 ‘It would be wrong, however, to view these men as the Females 35 elite of Australian society. They were not necessarily the Cadets with previous military service 41 men who governed and directed [Australia], but they were the men, used to responsibility, who made [Australia] function. They were men with influence, but not men with ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the final say. It was natural that these were the men on

12 whom a citizens’ army should rely. In the middle command discipline; battalion administration; the formulation and structure of the Australian Military Forces (AMF) during the conduct of unit training programs; the tactics and Second World War they fulfilled the same role as they had organisation of enemy and allied forces; navigation; the in peacetime.’ delivery of orders; the use of radio equipment; the conduct The book develops a ‘model of command’ that consists of reconnaissance under tactical conditions; air force of four basic functions: decision making; control; cooperation; and, combined arms operations in open, urban, leadership; and, resource management. Supporting this mountainous, and forested terrain. model, Dr Pratten weaves throughout the book, with Following the entry of Japan into the Second World amplifying examples, the 1959 French & Raven, “Bases of War, the replacement of ‘over-age, unfit, or inefficient’ COs Social Power”, in Cartwright (ed.), Studies in Social Power, accelerated; ‘the sackings began in the first half of 1942, model of leadership, that describe fives bases of social then continued at a steady rate until mid-1943, across power on which a leader may draw: Australia and into the operational areas.’ These sackings • Legitimate power—based on the status of a CO in included Major General Edmund Herring’s removal of all the battalion; commanders from two, Northern Territory based, militia brigades in March 1942; the so-called ‘Darwin Purge’. • Reward power—based on the ability of a CO to The book includes a devastatingly instructive chapter recognise and reward achievement in the battalion; on the operations of 8th Division COs in Malaya and • Coercive power—based on the disciplinary Singapore in 1942. The litany of errors, and ‘internecine sanctions a CO could impose; feuding’, that characterised this campaign are important for • Expert power—based on the demonstrated skills of all serving, and aspiring, COs to understand. These errors a CO; and, include: COs who could not ‘cope and adapt’ to the • Referent power—based on a CO being personally operational environment; lack of combined arms training or liked and respected. combined arms cooperation in battle; an absence of tank support which led to the misemployment of Bren gun While the use of the fives bases of social power is carriers as ‘light tanks’; a ‘lack of imagination’ by COs in interesting, Dr Pratten only vaguely relates this thinking to the employment of battalion transport; poor employment, or Army’s extant philosophy of mission command. complete disregard, of wireless equipment in favour of the Frustratingly, the index of this book makes six references to field telephone; and, the ineffective use of battalion staffs. In mission command, all of which, at best, only obliquely short, Dr Pratten notes, ‘the 8th Division never had the relate to explaining mission command in the context of opportunity to mature as a military organisation.’ Australian infantry battalion COs in the Second World War. The campaigns in Papua, especially Kokoda, have In an otherwise excellent book this failure to demonstrate become popular amongst Australians in recent decades, and the employment of mission command in the demanding Dr Pratten’s chapter on Australia and Papua 1940-42 ‘No environments of the Second World War, is significant. place for half-hearted measures’ does not disappoint. The Dr Pratten has carefully examined the complex set of chapter notes, ‘battalion command in Papua became a very circumstances that surrounded CO selection in the 2nd personal affair’ and COs were required to draw upon their Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF), at the outbreak of the ‘deepest reserves of physical and mental endurance, Second World War. These complexities include: value leadership was paramount.’ Papua was a time of learning placed on active service in the First World War; pre-Second and adaptation for the Australian Army, including for its World War command experience; Militia and Permanent COs: ‘battlefield leadership in Papua was about providing a Military Force (PMF) relationships – ‘no PMF officers were stable, predictable presence in an environment in which little initially selected for the command of [2nd] AIF battalions’; else could be controlled.’ local and state based representation issues; and, suggestions Following the desperate fighting of Papua, the New of favouritism and patronage. Notably, as a basis for a Guinea campaigns ‘demonstrated a more considered learning and adaptive Army, 2nd AIF leaders such as approach to warfare.’ It was during this campaign that COs General Blamey selected many initial COs as ‘caretakers, to were increasingly required to ‘integrate combined arms and raise and train the battalions while a younger generation of cooperating with American ground forces as well as Allied officers were prepared to take command on operations.’ air and naval forces.’ This integration of combined arms and Later as the Australian Army gained operational joint effects included airborne, air-landing, and amphibious experience and expertise in contemporary warfare, COs operations along the coast of New Guinea. This campaign were sacked or quietly removed, and new COs were presented COs with command and control challenges, as selected. At the conclusion of the Mediterranean and North ‘owing to terrain or the extent of enemy resistance, most African campaigns, the characteristics of 2nd AIF COs attacks were mounted at the company level’ and therefore began to change, ‘these were officers with personal the ‘single defining characteristic of Australian tactics in experience of this new war, proven in battle, younger, fitter, New Guinea in 1943 and 1944 was dispersion.’ and more thoroughly trained than any before them.’ Combined with an increasingly sophisticated approach In addition, commencing with the creation of to warfare, in early 1943, COs had adapted to the ‘most professional military education programs, such as the British extensive revision of the AMF’s structures and organisation’ Army led Middle East Tactical School (METS), the 2nd AIF during the Second World War; the ‘jungle’ division. The quickly commenced ‘regeneration of the AIF’s command ‘light scales’ of the new ‘jungle’ battalions, including structure’ and ‘a quarter of all of the AMF’s infantry COs, reduced allocations of vehicles, less divisional artillery including ten future brigadiers, completed either the support, and the removal of the anti-aircraft platoon, meant company commanders or senior officers courses at METS.’ that the battalion could be ‘readily transported and sustained At schools such as METS, future COs were exposed to by air or by small boats in coastal areas – a characteristics studies on: the latest British tactical doctrine; leadership; that in Papuan operations had proved extremely valuable.’

13 Parallel to the increased sophistication of Australian operations in New Guinea, by 1943 the Army realised that Letters to the Editor ‘COs needed to be specifically trained for their role on the battlefield just like their men: it was simply not enough just From W.G.S. (Gwynn) Boyd (1967) to rely on the accumulated experience of their military career.’ This realisation led to the establishment of the Despite agreeing entirely with Jim Cullen’s letter in Australian Training Centre (Jungle Warfare) at Canungra in Newsletter 2/2009 I think it is time to move on somewhat southern Queensland (Nov 1942), and the relocation and and dwell a little on Ross Harding’s letter in Newsletter reorganisation of the Regimental Commanders School as the 1/2010. Land Headquarters School (Jan 1943). In many ways both However, before doing that, I should gently point out to schools ‘seemed to have been modelled on METS’ which, Ian Wing that I do not believe that there is a single member as noted, had assisted in the ‘regeneration of the AIF’s of the Society who has less than the highest regard for the command structure’ during the Mediterranean campaigns. Corps of Staff Cadets and the serving graduates of the By 1945, the Australian Army was characterised as: College. There are many compliments and accolades given ‘you are not professional soldiers but you are professional to the College in this medium, but members of the Society men of war.’ Australians were fighting in two areas: are quite entitled to express their opinions. ‘Australian-mandated territory in Bougainville, New Britain, To amplify Ross Harding’s comment slightly, under and the Aitape-Wewak region of New Guinea;’ and, the RSMs Watson, Steer, Muggleton and Goldspink any cadet OBOE operations in Borneo, which included amphibious wearing the sort of cap that we now see in the pages of this landings on Tarakan Island and Balikpapan. The COs of newsletter would have spent his entire time at College 1945 were young, and the average age of COs appointed pounding the square. This clearly couldn’t happen today, as during that year was 31. Despite their youth, in February the Staff at the College are wearing the same appalling 1945, all 55 COs of the AMF’s operational battalions had headgear! Clearly, something has happened. But why is it seen active service in at least one theatre of war, and ‘more that the RAAF wears a very good looking cap, whereas than two-thirds had served in both the Middle East and in those responsible for design and purchasing in the Army Papua or New Guinea.’ have come up with the Central American option? In my day, By 1945, ‘the employment of combined arms was at the we beggared ourselves to purchase Herbert Johnson caps so heart of the AMF’s operational doctrine.’ For the Borneo that we didn't have to wear the dreaded Commonwealth campaign, as in New Guinea, ‘the company was the primary Government Clothing Factory models—yet that same tactical unit’. This required COs who were skilled in the institution can do very good work indeed. orchestration of dispersed operations in complex To help Ross Harding a little bit further, the change environments. In addition to the resources of his own occurred post-1975 and the result makes the Army look battalion, COs had access to significant combined arms, and much worse on parade than either the RAN or RAAF. joint effects, including: air support; naval gunfire; tanks; field artillery; and, engineer assault and demolition teams. Dr Pratten concludes with his assessment of ‘a series of common characteristics’ that can be identified when seeking to understand the Australian command style of the Second World War: ‘strong, coercive discipline; leadership based on trust and respect; tactical and administrative proficiency, with a commitment to aggression and offensive action wherever possible; a willingness to lead by personal example; and, capable and cohesive command teams with a high level of delegation.’ As the Australian Army enters our second decade of, almost continuous, operational service in a variety of theatres including East Timor, the Solomon Islands, Iraq, and Taken on 13 February 1954, this newspaper photograph is of the Afghanistan, it is perhaps timely to compare our present Reception Guard approaching the entrance to the Government Australian command style, with the command style of our House grounds at Yarralumla shortly before the arrival of Queen Second World War forebears. Dr Pratten’s book provides an Elizabeth II. One of three guards provided by the RMC for this ideal vehicle for the commencement of such comparisons. Royal Visit, it consisted of members of the 1955 and 1956 Classes with THE RSM bringing up the rear. The caps here speak for Author: Dr Garth Pratten themselves. Publisher: Cambridge University Press From: J. (Jim) Cullens, MBE (Bangalore Binding: Hardback 1946) Pages: 276 pp Sadly, Ian Wing falls into the old trap of shooting the RRP: $59.95 messenger rather than addressing the message. Published: 2009 As it so happens, if Ian had read his copy of the Duntroon Society Newsletter 1/2001, he would have seen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ that both my son and grandson are graduates of the RMC

14 and that I am clearly aware of the uniforms worn by the Corps of Staff Cadets. (By definition ‘uniform’: not Corrections changing in form or character, all of uniform size and Newsletter 1/2010 shape). What is the point of wearing uniform if we do not p. 15. Right column. strive to keep it—er—uniform? a. Corrections, 6th line. Between ‘in’ and ‘Brigadier’ As we are commenting on head-dress, let me have a insert the word ‘the’. shot at a kindred item. As any experienced officer will b. Request for Information, 2nd line. After ‘Australian’ know, the first requirement of any kit on issue is that it insert the word ‘Army’. should be soldier proof! The beret fails that test. Having p. 6. First photograph. The Archivist worn with pride the light blue beret of the Australian Army advises that the photo is not of the Aviation Corps in the sixties and the seventies (picture Prince of Wales as the Prince’s car attached), I have a very good idea of how berets should be was a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost. The worn. The piece of crumpled cloth worn by some soldiers on photograph was taken during General the front, back, left side or right side of the head, or Sir William Birdwood’s visit on whichever way the spirit moves, can hardly be called 15/17 April. The gentlemen in the uniform. rear seat are the commandant at the Let us strive for uniformity in all forms of military dress time, Major General J.G. Legge, CB, CMG, and General and that includes head-dress. Sir William Birdwood. The officer next to the driver is General Birdwood’s ADC. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INDEX 1980 – 2010 By Author Allen, Joan p.3. 2/1981 Allport, Warrant Officer Class I p.12. 1/2007 Appleton, C.G. pp.4. & 7. 2/2005, p.11. 1/2006, p.9 2/2006 Argent, A. p.4. 2/1988 Arnison. P.M. p.6. 1/2003 Aspinall, P.C. p.1. 1/1984 Baker, D.K. p.5. 2/2003 Bannister, T.C. p.14. 1/2006 Barker, L.E.S. p.6. 2/1997 Bassam Warren p.4. 2/2007, p.4. 1/2010 W.F. p.15. 2/1999, p.14. 1/2005 Bearman, R.J. p.7. 1/1981 Beddie, B.D. p.3. 1/1982 The author with a helicopter night landing aid. Bell, D.S. p.4. 2/1994 Bergin, N.R. p.3. 1/1998, p.6. 2/2004 From: Kim Best Bienkiewiez, Les p.14. 2/2004, pp.9 & 10 2/2009, p.10. 1/2010 Duntroon Society Committee Black, J.W. p.4. 2A/1990 Boden, Robert p.1. 1/1991 Royal Military College Australia Bornholt, Brigadier Mark p.6. 1/2007, p.12. 2/2007, p.6. 1/2008, p.1. 2/2008 Dear Committee Chair, Bradley N.A. p.3. 1/1985, p.14. 1/2006 Recently I was pleased to learn that the RMC-A had funded Neil p.1. 2/2010 the erection of a memorial to the RAAF airmen who died in Breen a Dakota aircraft crash on 19 March 1957 within the college A.E.J. p.1. 2/1991, p.6. 2/2001 grounds. One of these men was my father, FSGT Noel Bob p.6. 2/2010 Heathcote Charlton. Brown C.H. p.4. 1/1994 I wish to express my sincere gratitude for this act of Malcolm p.6. 2/2010 remembrance, with particular reference to Duntroon P.D.R. p.12. 1/2001 Archivist, Mr Ross Howarth, who was responsible for Brogan, M.F. p.1. 2/1982, p.1. 1/1993 devising and completing this project. Mr Howarth kindly Bryan, E.R. p.1. 2/1982 provided me with a copy of the current society newsletter in Bryan, K.R. p.4. 1/1997 which there is a short description of the incident and Bullen photographs of the plaque. J.E. p.4. 2/1984, p.2. 2/1998, p.9. 1/1999, p.16. 2/1999, p.16. After 53 years, the RMC-A has done what the RAAF 1/2000, p.14. 2/2002, p.12. 1/2004, p.8. 2/2004, p.1. 1/2005 has been unable or unwilling to do. John pp.13 & 14. 1/2007, p.5. 2/2007, p.3. 1/2008, p.5. 2/2008, p.4. 2/2009. p.12. 2/2010 Burns, p.14. 2/2003 Yours sincerely, Burrough, J.F. p.6. 2/1983 Noelean Kim Best 10 May 2010 Canet, L.G. p.14. 1/1993 Cantwell, J.P. p.6. 1/1999 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Church, John p.16. 1/2001

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16 Reed-Hankey, J. p.10. 2/1990 Roberts, A.R. p.1. 1/1996 By Title Robertson, J.R. p.7. 1/1981 Robinson, Frederick W. p.1. 1/2008 A ‘Bridge’ for Entrance to Duntroon, p.9. 2/1990, p.14. 2/2005 Ross, J.C. p.8. 1/2006, p.4. 2/2006 A Bridges Visits Duntroon, p.11. 2/2002, p.8. 1/2003 Ryan, Mike p.12. 2/2006 A Comparison, p.6. 1/1984 Actors and Soldiers - brothers under the skin?, p.4. 2/2006 Salmon, J.R. p.16. 2/2005 A Distinguished Son of the RMC, p.7. 1/2001 Simkin, M.B. p.6. 2/1998 A First for Duntroon in 1919, p.1. 1/1988 Skogstad, Peter p.2. 1/2010 A History of the OTU, Scheyville, p.3. 1/2002 Slater, Bob p.5. 1/2008 “A Horse, A Horse, My Kingdom for a Horse!”, p.3. 1/1989 Slim, W.J. p.11. 1/1999 Air Observation Post (Air OP), The p.8. 2/2007 Slocombe, W.J. pp.3.& 15. 2/1993, p.9. 2/1995 Alf Klintworth, The 50’s and Duntroon, p.10. 1/1993 Sneddon, J. p.8. 2/1981 A Little Known Event at the RMC, p.11. 2/1995 Solomon, G.D. pp.1. & 5. 1/1980, p.8. 1/1984, p.7. 1.1991, p.1. Allen of Duntroon Turns Out Poets from the Royal Literary 1/1994, p.4. 1/1997 College, p.1. 2/1999 Spencer Alumni Authors, p.7. 1/1998 D.A. p.3. 1/1993 A Matter of Belief, p.3. 1/1985 Duncan p.2. 2/2010 A Memory of Reflective Sorts, p.14. 1/2006 Statham, V. p.8. 2/1992 “A.M. Forbes Block”, p.1. 1/1984 Stein A Near Thing on Lake George – 1955, p.6. 2/2005 J.N. p.5. 1/2004 An Editorial, p.1. 1/1980, p.1. 1/1984 John p.6. 2/2007 An Introduction, p.1. 1/1980 Stewart, Iain (Jock) p.8. 1/2007 Anapura Adventure, p.7. 1/1980 Stinson, Wal p.2. 2/2006 Another Stone, G.J. p.3. 2/1999 Australian Rules Anecdote, p.16. 2/2005 Stove Link With the Past, p.15. 1/1995 A.M. p.7. 1/2000 Annual Tony, p.6. 2/2008, p.3 2/2010 Hardships, p.4. 2/1992 Strangman, R.F. p.1. 2/1999 Hardships Mk II, p.1. 1/1993 Streatfield, C.J.G. p.8. 2/1981 Postal Golf Competition, p.9. 1/1993, p.20. 1/1994, p.16. Stretton, A.B. p.9. 2/2005 1/1995, p.20. 1/1996, p.16. 1/1997, p.16. 1/1998, p.18. Stuart, R.F. p.18. 1/2000 1/1999, p.19. 1/2000, p.20. 1/2001, p.16. 1/2002, p.16. Sunderland, Ray p.9. 2/2007, p.4. 1/2008, p.3. 2/2008, p.9. 1/2010 1/2003, p.15. 1/2004, p.16. 1/2005, p.16. 1/2006, p.16. Swan, D.M. p.8. 1/1995 1/2007, p.12. 1/2008, p.16. 1/2009 Swinbourne, Postal Golf Match, p.1. December 1986, p.6. 1/1988, p.12. E.S. p.10. 1/2003 1/1989, p.14. 2/1990, p.6. 1/1991, p.13. 1/1992, Ted, p.10. 1/2008 Anzac Memorial Chapel of St Paul The p.8. 1/1981 Taylor, K.J. p.15. 1/2001, p.13, 1/2005 Processional Cross and Candlesticks, p.5. 2/2007 Thom, B.G. p.8. 1/1982 Appointment Change, p.3. 2A/1990 Thompson, John p.12. 1/2009 A Profile of Professors, p.8. 2A/1990 Thomson, Lachie p.1. 1/2000 Archives and Museum News, p.5. 1/2000, p.9. 1/2002 Thornton, Ken p.1. 1/2004 Arthur Eric Theodore Shepherd, p.16, 2/2001 Thornton, L.W. p.10. 2A/1990 Artillery Tonûri, Tiit p.13. 1/2007, pp. 4. & 15. 2/2007 – Field Shoot and Camp Training, p.3. 1/1993 Trost, P. p.16. 1/1994, p.1. 2/1995, p.1. 1/1998, p.12. 1/2000, p.1. Guides, p.20. 1/2001 2/2000, p.1. 1/2001 Artistic Presentation, p.14. 2A/1990 Artist’s Excursion to the UNSW Kensington Campus Circa 1970, Urquhart, W.J. p.7. 2/1985 The p.13. 2/1994 As It Once Was, p.9. 2/1995, p.6. 1/1996, p.3. 2/1996, p.7. 1/1997, Vikingur, E.C. p.1. 2/1993, p.1. 2/1994 p.12. 2/1997, p.9. 1/1998, p.6. 2/1998, p.3. 1/1999, p.12. 2/1999, p.16. 1/2000, p.11. 2/2000 Walters, M.H. p.4. 1/1991 Associate Professor John Tudor Laird, p. 12. 2/2010 Wark, W.J. p.12. 1/1996 A Special Occasion in Wellington, p.8. 1/1989 Webster, B.A. p.9. 1/2001 A Stroll Around the Old Homestead, p.5. 2/1989 Whitehead, D.A. p.6. 2/1984, p.3. 2/1996 Australian Whitelaw, F.T. p.10. 2/1997 Defence Force Academy, The p.6. 1/1983 Whitely-Black, Rachael pp. 1 & 2. 1/2010 Rules, p.9. 2/2005 Wilkins, David S. p.8. 2/2002 Australians of 2000 A.D., p. 1/2006 Williams, E.G. p.1. 1/1995, p.4. 2/1995, p.4. 1/1996 A View From the Solomons, p.6. 2/2003 Wilson, G.V.H. p.4. 1/1980, p.4. 2/1982 A Visit to Wilson, N.W.W. p.5. 2/1987, p.7. 1/1996 Duntroon Castle, p.8. 2/1997 Wing, Judith A. p.10 2/1981 the Thailand-Burma Railway – February 2004, p.2. 2/2006 Winks, John p.15. 2/2009 Wood, Craig p.13. 2/2006 Band of the Royal Military College 1954-2004, The p.1. 2/2004 Worswick, R.J. p.1. 1/2003, p.1. 2/2003 Beating The Retreat And The 1812 Overture, p.11. 1/1993 Best, Colonel Kathleen, OBE, RRC, p.13. 2/1995 Yonge, Better and Bigger The Royal Military College Officers’ Mess, Paul p.9. 1/2008 p.8. 1/1997 P.D. p.19. 1/1999, p.8. 1/2001, pp.11. & 14. 1/2002 Bitza, p.3. 1/1987 Young, T.W. p.4. 1/1994, p.6. 2/1996 Book Launch, p.9. 2/2004, p.5. 1/2010

17 Review, p.15. 1/2006, p.12. 2/2010 Physics, p.4. 2/1982 Books, p.3. 2/2005 Development of RMC, p.7. 1/1984 Boyd Dempsey, p.14. 1/2007 DHA Retains Harrison Road’s Heritage, p.1. 1/2010 Boy from Parkes, The p.4. 2/2007 Did Bridges You Ever Ski at the RMC Lodge at Mt Ginini?, p.13. 1/1995 Memorial Library, The p.10. 2/1981, p.1. 2/1988, p.9. 1/1989 You Know?, p.7. 2/1996 Oak, The p.10. 1/1999 Donation by OCS Classes of 1956, p.6. 1/2008 Brigadier Duntroon, p.15. 1/2001 From New Zealand, The p.9. 2/1989 – A Middle Distance Memory, p.16. 1/1994 Geoffrey Solomon, OBE 1919-2005, p.12. 2/2005, p.7. 1/2006 – A More Recent Memory, p.1. 2/1993 M.J.Moon, DSC, AM, p.1. 1/2009 An Artist’s Impression, p.12. 1/2004 Burley Griffin at Duntroon, p.4. 1/1983 – 1986, p.3. 1/1986 Collection Unveiled, p.11. 2A/1990 Cadet Foster Families in Canberra, p.3. 2/2002 Houdini of, p.15. 2A/1990 Campbell Bed, Duntroon House, The p.7. 1/1982 House Restoration Fund, p.10. 1/1981 Campbells Were Coming, The p.10. 1/1983 in Exile, p.1. 2/1982 Cavalry in an unaccustomed role!, p.3. 1/2008 Mobile Force, p.14, 1/2002 Cavanagh House, p.11. 1/2005, p.4. 2/2005 Register, The p.8. 1/1980, p.1. 2/1981, p.4. 2/1982 Centenary ‘s Memorial Tablets and Remembrance Room, p.11. 2/2003 Gift to RMC, p.10. 2/2003, p.8. 1/2004, p.5. 2/2004, p.12. Residential Precinct, p.1. 1/2004 1/2005, pp.10.& 11. 2/2005 School, p.5. 1/1996 Plaque – Progress Report on its Development, p.9. 2/2007 Society Ceremonial Memories of Sir William Slim in 1958, p.16. 2/1999 Award, The p.3. 1/2004 Chair, The, p.5. 2/2003 Bowl, p.2. 1/1987 C.H. (Colin) Brown (CSC 901), p.2. 2/2009 Office Bearers, p.1. 2/1987, p.8. 1/1988, p.4. 2/1990, p.5. Chinese Windmill Palm, p.1. 1/1991 1/1992, p.8. 1/1994, p.13. 1/1995 Chumley President’s Address to the Autumn Luncheon, The p.12. Warrant Officer, p.2. 1/1982 1/1997 Revisited, p.8. 2/1982 Profile October 1986 to October 1996, p.7. 2/1996 Clarice Esther O’Callaghan, AM nee Cavanagh, p.13. 1/2007 The Book, p.6. December 1986, p.9. 1/2001 Class The More Recent Memory Lingers, p.1. 2/1994 2B – and Beyond, p.6. 1/1997 2C, 1939-1996, p.6. 2/1996 Early Other Rank Staff, p.12. 1/1996 of 1951 Reunion, p.11. 2/2004 Easter Camp & Other Joys, p.11. 1/1992 of 1950 Reunion, p.15. 1/2005 Editorial of 1953 Reunion, p.9. 1/2007 , p.1. 1/1980 of 1963 – NZ Reunion, p.12. 1/2009 Note, p.1. 2/1980 of 1963 – Broome Reunion, p.3. 2/2010 Issues, p.15. 1/2009 of 1964 – 45th Reunion, p.2. 1/2010 Eighth Biennial Reunion – Narrandera, 9-11 May 2008, p.9. College Centenary Concept, p.11. 2/2008 2/2007, p.4. 1/2008, p.3. 2/2008 Colonel Geoffrey Brennan, CSC 464 (1909-2007), p.11. 1/2008 Engineering Departments, p.8. 2/1981 Colonel Leo Cook (1912-2007), p.16. 2/2007 English it Sometimes Ain’t, p.3. 2/1993 Commandant’s Entry into the RMC – The Hard Way, p.1. 2/2001 Report, p.6. 1/1992, p.7. 2/1993, p.10. 2/2003, p.7. 2/2005 Exercise ‘Grand Slam’ Letter, p.5. 1/2002, p.15. 2/2003 – Another Reminiscence or Two, p.4. 2/1994 Commissioning of the Female General Service Officers, Where to – A Reminiscence or Two, p.15. 2/1993 Now?, p.1. 1/1984 Exodus, p.1. 2/1989 Conduct at RMC, p.1. 2/1983 Corps, Faculty of Military Studies, p.4. 1/1980 The p.2. 2/1987 Family and the Fiji Defence Force, p.10. 1/2003 Finishes the Task, The p.9. 1/1988 Fifth Biennial inter-Branch Reunion, The, p.4. 2/2002 Today, The p.5. 1/1980 Fifty Years On Council Column, p.6. 2A/1990, p.4. 1/1991, p.12. 1/1992, p.10. , p.6. 2/1992, p.4. 2/1993, p.14. 1/1996, p.14, 1/2000, p.7. 2/1992, p.9. 2/1993, p.6. 1/1994, p.13. 1/1995, p.12. 2/1995, 2/2003, p.5. 1/2004 p.10. 1/1996, p.1. 1/1997, p.7. 2/1997, p.15. 1/1998, p.5. – Reunion in New Zealand, p.15. 2/2000 2/1998, p.8. 1/1999, p.14. 1/1999, p.9. 1/2000, p.14. 2/2000 Fire, p.4. 1/2003 CSC 49 Leslie John Waters, p.2. 1/2008 First Class to Fourth Class, p.4. 2/1991 Days to Go Board, The p.9. 1/1988 Impressions of the RMC by a Staff Cadet, p.4. 1/1995 Dawn of Enlightenment, The p.9. 1/1999 Footnote to Neville Bergin’s Of Cars and Other Things, p.2. Dead of Duntroon, The p.1. 1/2008 2/1998 Defence Force Chaplaincy, p.5. 1/1999 Football As a Career Qualification, p.1. 1/2005 Department of, The Formation Chemistry, p.7. 1/1981 of the Duntroon Society, p.1. 2/1997 Civil Engineering, p.8. 1/1981 of the RMC Duntroon Ski Club, 1951, p.6. 2/1995 Economics, p.3. 1/1983 Foreign Army Exchange Program (FEAP) – Vietnam, pp.5&6, Electrical Engineering, p.8. 2/1981 2/2009 English, p.6. 1/1983 Forty Years On, p.6.1/1993 Geography, p.8. 1/1982 Fourth Class 1934, p.1. 1/1995 Government, p.3. 1/1982 Franklin Mint Commemorative Plate, p.7. December 1986 History, p.7. 1/1981 From Mechanical Engineering, p.9. 2/1981 Chalk to Drum, p.9. 1/1989

18 Duntroon to the Dardanelles, p.8. 2/1996 the Archives, pp. 4&5. 2/2010 Lads’ Army – RMC 1942-43, p.15. 1/1999 the Central Office, p.10. 2/2006, p.10. 1/2007, p.13. 2/2007, Lake George 1956 and Now, p.4. 2/2009 p.7. 2/2008 Lee Shield, p.1. 1/1982 the Chairman, Duntroon Society Committee, p.2. 1/2009, p.8. Lest We Forget, p.14. 2/2004 2/2009, p.9. 1/2010, p.5. 2/2010 Lieutenant the Commandant, p.9. 2/2006, p.6. 1/2007, p.12. 2/2007, p.6. Colonel G.J. McKay, MC Lecture Theatre, The p.9. 1/2008 1/2008, p.1. 2/2008, p.1. 1/2009, p.7. 2/2009, p.1. 1/2010 Eric Larson Memorial Travelling Scholarship, The p.8. 1/2005 the Editor, p.1. 1/1986, p.1. December 1986, p.1. 1/1987, p.1. P.J. Patterson, CSC 29, p.4. 1/2009 1/1989, p.1. 1/1992, p.1. 2/1992, p.3. 1/1994, p.6. 2/1994, Life p.8. 2/1995, p.3. 1/1997, p.4. 2/2000, p.12. 1/2006, p.12. as a Staff Cadet – 1914, p.6. 2/1984 2/2006 at the Royal Military College of Australia, p.17. 1/2000 the OTU, p.9. 2/2009 of a United Nations Observer in the Middle East, p.1. 2/2003 the OTU Representative, p.2. 1/2009. p.6. 2/2010 Long Term Financial Implications for the Society, p.6. 1/2000 the Podmore Foundation, pp.9-10. 2/2009, p.10. 1/2010, p.6. 2/2010 Main Points, p.1. 2/1982 the RMC Archives, p.8. 2/2006 Major General Sir James Harrison Memorial Lecture, The p.10. Funeral 2A/1990, p.8. 2/1992 of the Late Brigadier W.J. Urquhart, The p.6. 1/1986 Membership of the Duntroon Society, p.7. 1/1997 , The, p.6. 2/1990 Memories of 100 Days to Go, p.1. 2/2010 Future Merry Month of May, 1927 & 1954, The p.2. 2/1988 : ADFA & RMC, The p.1. 1/1983 Method of Calculating Cadets’ Marks for the Class of 1954-57, for RMC, The p.6. 2/1983 The p.6. 2/2007 50 Years On, p.1. 2/1987, p.2. 1/2003, p.10. 1/2004, p.12. 2/2004 Military College – Preparing to Make a Start, The p.7. 2/1988, p.6. Gathering on the Murray–7th Biennial Reunion of the Duntroon 1/1989 Society, p.13. 2/2006 Staff – Need for More Officers – How Useful Men are Gentlemens’ Eleven, The p.6. 2/2000 Debarred, The p.5. 1/1987 George, p.14. 2/1990 Training Wing, The p.2. 1/1980 G.J. Watson Drill & Ceremonial Prize, The p.5. 1/1989, p.5. Mixed Sport at Duntroon, p.4. 2/1984 2/1990 Monsignor John Hoare, MBE, OAM, ED, 21July 1920 – 11 July Graduates 93, p.15. 1/1993 2006, p.1. 2/2006 Graduation More Dinner 1985, p.1. 1/1986 Australian Rules, p.2. 1/2006 Day The Governor-General’s Address, p.11, 1/1999 on Staff Cadets & Horses, p.4 1/1994 Year 1937, p.4. 1/1996 on Cars at the RMC, p.14. 1/1999 Green Jelly, p.18. 1/2000 Than a Mere Bravo, p.3. 2/1992 Moshe Dyan’s Eye, p.10. 2/1995 Hardships????, p.7. 1/1988 Motor Vessel Duntroon, p.6. 1/1999 Harry Hutton’s Tree, p.5. 2/2008 Museum News = Good News, p.1. 1/1996 Heritage Music Hath Charms, p.5. 2/1999 , Brigadier Francis Bede, CBE, MVO, p.9. 1/1983 Mysterious, Unique Lake George, and a Duntroon Tragedy, p.1. Housing Project – Parnell Road, Duntroon, p.3. 2/2000 1/2007 Historical Notes, p.4. 1/1981, p.5. 2/1984, p.7. 2/1985 History of the Memorial Address, The p.6.1/1996 Near Disaster, p.9. 2/1995 Houdini of Duntroon, p.15. 2A/1990 New How’s the Cow? p.14. 1/2004, p.9. 1/2005 Challenges for the Royal Military College, p.6. 1/1999 Commandant, Royal Military College of Australia – Brigadier Identikits, p.9. 1/1982 M.D. Bornholt, AM, p.6. 1/2007 Inaugural Meeting of the Duntroon Society Committee, p.7. 2/2008 Courses at the RMC, p.10. 2/1994 Interim Council of the Royal Military College, The p.2. 2/1985 New Zealand Golfing Holiday – March 2008, p.14. 2/2007 Initiation 1925, p.4. 1/1991 Ninth Biennial Reunion: Mudgee, 7-9 May 2010, p.2. 2/2010 Inland with Sturt, p.1. 2/2000, p.1.1/2001 Not Introduction, p.1. 1/1980 a Poor Sort of Memory, p.1. 1/1994 It’s Amazing What You Find, p.9. 1/1988 Your Average Grad!, p.3. 1/2006 It’s Open Government, p.1. 1/1982 Obitutree, p.5. 2/1994 James, Lieutenant Colonel T.B., DSO (1883-1939) p.12. 1/1993 Of Cars and Other Things, p.3. 1/1998 Japan and Korea Revisited, p.1. 2/2007 OCS Jazz at the RMC Duntroon December 1954 Reunion, p.9. 2/2007, p.4. 1/2010 1952-55, p.1. 1/2000 Graduates’ Memorial Wall, p.16. 2/2004 1952-55 – Revisited, p.11. 2/2007 June 1957 Reunion, p.11. 2/2007 1956-57, p.10. 2/2000 Officer 1958-60, p.12. 1/2001 Cadet School Portsea Memorial, The, p.10.2/2001 Jock Irvine’s Painting of Tighnabruaich, p.6. 1/2003 Training School, 1916, p.7. 1/1986 Jubilee Chat, p.5. 1/1986 Training Wing within the RMC Environment, The p.9.1/1995 July 1958 Class Entry Portsea Graduation Fiftieth Anniversary, Old p.3. 2/2009 Boys Weekend, p.2. 1/1991 Falconians, p.14. 1/2006 Kim Morrison, p.1. 1/2002, p.4. 1/2003 Oldies 94, p.19. 1/1994 King’s Birthday Parade, The 1925, p.3. 2/1988 One Volunteer Still Needed, p.3. 1/2005 Korean Recollections of a Signals Graduate, p.1. 2/2009 On

19 the Opening of the Lieutenant Colonel G.J. McKay, MC Rugby Lecture Theatre – 10 October 2008, pp.4 & 5. 2/2009 1948 – ‘Them & Us’, p.6. 1/2002 to Duntroon, p.16. 1/2001 – 1948-51, p.6. 2/2001 Opening of the Sergeants’ Mess on 25 October 1957 by the Rt Hon 1952-55 (The Forsayth Shield - End of an Era), p.1. 2/2002 The Prime Minister Mr R.G. Menzies, p.13. 1/2009 The Dent Cup – 40 Years On, p.8. 2/2002 Operation Christian Soldier A Tasmanian Retrospective, p.4. 75th Anniversary 18/19 October 1986, p.5. 1/1986 1/1999 Stage II Development, The p.3. 1/1995 Original 2000, p.16. 1/2000 Brumbies, The, p.16. 1/2003 RSM, The p.4. 2/1988 Colours Revitalised, p.6. 2/1989 Saving the Marmon-Herrington, p.11. 1/2002 Parable of the Bees, The p.1. 2/1998 Serving the Nation in a New Way!, p.4. 2/2008 Pilgrimage to Gallipoli – Anzac Day 1999, p.6. 2/1999 School Sources – RMC Entrants, p.2. 2/2005 Piping to the Murrumbidgee, p.1. 2/1996 Second and Third Class, 1935-36, Duntroon Wing, RMC, p.4. Pool Replacement, p.12. 1/2007 2/1995 Portsea Selecting the New Class, p.5. 1/1983 Class Reunion, p.15. 2/1999 Sixth Biennial Reunion, p.6. 2/2004 Remembers, p.8. 2/2004 Sixty Years On – Class of 1953 Reunion, p.9. 1/2010 Presentation Society by Second Class 1939, p.11. 2/1990 Charter, The p.8. 2/1985 of Colours, p.5. 2/1988 Profile – October 1986, p.7. December 1986 of Lieutenant General Sir William Bridgeford’s Medals, pp.14 & Projects, p.9. 2/1990 15. 1/2010 Some Early Reminiscences About Rugby at Duntroon, p.4. 2/2003 of the Decorations and Medals of CSC 23 Brigadier R.Miles, Something Old, Something New, p.8. 2/1983 CBE, DSO*, MC p.15. 2/2009 Sorting Out the McKenzies, p.10. 1/2006 to St Martin’s Church, Duntroon, Waitiki, NZ, p.12. 2/1996 Sounds of Music, The p.9. 2/2000 Prodigal Son, p.16. 2/2009 Sport at RMC in 1980, p.1. 1/981 Prodigal Sons’ Corner, The p.9. 2/1989, p.10. 2/1990, p.4. Staff Cadet No1 2A/1990, p.1. 2/1991, p.13. 2/1993, p.8. 2/1994, p.8. 1/1995, , p.7. 2/1985 p.5. 2/1997, p.3. 1/1999, p.7. 2/2000, p.9. 1/2001. p.4. 2/2001, saves the Day at RMC, Duntroon, p.2. 1/1985 p.7. 1/2005, p.8. 1/2006, p.4. 2/2006, p.4. 1/2007, p.10. 2/2007, Staff Cadets and Horses, p.5. 2/1993 p.7. 1/2009, p.5. 2/2010 Stage Two Redevelopment of RMC Duntroon, p.4. 1/1998 Professor Statuesque Tasks, p.1. 2/1989 Edward Ridley Bryan, p.4. 1/1997 Swan, Remembered With Gratitude, p.7. 1/1991 T.A. Sutherland, p.8. 1/1984 60th Reunion – Class of 1947, p.4. 1/2008 Public Notice, p.4. 2/1989 60 Years On, p.4. 1/2003

Raw Eggs & Vicissitudes, p.14. 1/2002 Talking Points, p.1. 2/1981 Recollections Taskforce Gallipoli, p.8. 2/1990 , p.11. 2/1989 Teaching of Japanese at RMC, The p.9. 1/1982 of Duntroon, p.9. 2/1999 Tennis Party, The p.2. 2/1997 Reflections on Anzac Day at Gallipoli, p.1. 1/2003 That Reminds Us, p.3. 2/1981 Refurbishment of the RMC Parade Ground, p.16, 2/2006 The 75th Anniversary, p.4. December 1986 Registrar, The p.7. 1/1987 Thirty Five Years On, p.14. 2/2003 Remembering Danny, p.6. 2/2008 This, That & the Other, p.1. 1/1987, p.5. 2/1987, p.6. 1/1988, p.4. Reminiscences of UN Service, p.13. 1/1994 2/1989, p.3. 2/1990, p.9. 1/1991, p.1. 2/1992, p.4. 1/1993, p.6. Re “Mysterious, Unique Lake George, and a Duntroon Tragedy” 2/1993, p.5. 1/1994, p.14. 1/1995, p.10. 2/1995, p.2. 1/1996, by Allan Limburg, p.15. 2/2007 p.6. 1/1997, p.8. 1/1998, p.7. 2/1998, p.2. 1/1999, p.2. 2/1999, Remounting the Remounts, p.8. 1/2001 p.13. 1/2000, p.16. 2/2000, p.9. 2/2001, p.14. 2/2002, p.8. Retired Officers’ Saturday Tennis Group, p.4. 1/2004 1/2004, p.2. 1/2005 Retirement Woes, p.12. 2/1993 Three Volunteers Needed!, p.10. 2/2004 Reunion Time Marches On – From the Middle Distance, p.1. 2/1995 Air Fares, p.8. 1/1999 Toc and Cork, p.12. 2/1990 at Corowa/Rutherglen, p.7. 1/2000 Tom, p.8. 1/2004 at Swan Hill, 27-29 March 1998, p.13. 1/1998 Training Field Marshals, p.4. 1/1991 in New Zealand, p.13. 1/2000, p.18. 1/2001, p.11. 2/2002, p.6. Transition to RMC Post – 1985, p.1. 2/1984 1/2006 Twenty in New Zealand – Fifty Years On, p.2. 1/1995 Five Years On A Silver Jubilee, p.1. 2/2005 – OCS 1956 Classes, p.8. 1/2007 Years From Now, p.8. 1/1993 Procedure, p.13. 1/2000 Two Pictures – Ten Years Apart, p.1. 1/1992 RMC and the RAAF Connection, p.1. 1/1983 Uniform Matters, p.10. 1/1992 Archives, p.4. 2/1984, p.4. 1/2002, p.3. 1/2004, p.15. 2/2005, p.11. 1/2006 Victoria Branch Annual Luncheon, p.5. 1/2008 Commandants, p.6. 2/1987 Duntroon Guides, The p.7. 2/2000 War and Society, p.2. 1/1984 1st XV of 1962 An Epilogue, p.2. 1/2003 We Band of Brothers, p. 8. 2/2000 Graduates Who Have Studied Law, p.11. 1/2003 Weekend at Coonawarra, p.15. 1/1994 History, p.4. 2/1984, p.6. 1/1985 What a Memory, p.11. 1/1991 Motto, p.6. 2/1987 Which Was the last of The Old?, p.6. 1/1987 Passes a Historic Milestone, The p.11. 1/2005 Why a Mess??, p.7. 2/1989 Post 1985, p.1. 1/1985 With the Signals in Japan, 1949, p.1. 1/1998

20 Centenary Planning Update

Intensive planning is under way to prepare for the Royal Military College Centenary year.

The significant activities to date are:

Date TBA - Presentation of the Urquhart portrait: The family of Brigadier Urquhart (Staff Cadet 1) has commissioned a portrait to be presented to the College. Current correspondence has indicated that it will be ready by the end of 2010. The intent is that this presentation will be the commencement activity for the Centenary year. It is not anticipated that it will be open to all comers due to time, financial, and space restrictions.

Saturday, 11 June 2011 - Trooping of the Queen’s Colour followed by the exercise of the Freedom of Entry of Canberra: The trooping will take place on the foreshore of Lake Burley Griffin at the lower end of Anzac Parade. Freedom of Entry will be exercised on Anzac Parade.

Saturday, 25 June 2011 - ‘Leadership on Fire Concert’: An ‘open-to-the-public’ presentation by the Royal Military College Band. The stage will be on the parade ground with the backdrop being ‘Ack’ and ‘Beer’ Block and the CSC Mess. Seating will be on the parade ground. The program is yet to be finalised but the timing of the activity is (TBC) approximately 1600–1730 h.

Sunday, 26 June 2011 - Duntroon Open Day: Further details of this activity are to be confirmed, but it is designed to be open to the public, allowing access (TBC) to buildings and areas not previously permitted.

Sunday, 26 June 2011 – Commandant’s Centenary Reception: Limited to selected invited guests only. No further details will be promulgated.

Monday, 27 June 2011 - Centenary Parade and Presentation of New Colours: Her Majesty the Queen has been invited to review the graduation parade and present new colours making this the key event for the year. This graduation will occur on the Monday as it will be 100 years to the day since the official opening of the college.

Further details can be obtained from: Major Stephen Hladio, OAM, SO2 Centenary Project Officer, Protocol and Visits, Royal Military College of Australia, DUNTROON ACT 2600, T: 02 6265 9539.