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23 August 1918 Lieutenant L.D. McCarthy, VC Lieutenant L.D. McCarthy, 16th Battalion, originally from York, Western Australia, wins the Victoria Cross at Madame Wood, France. 14 1914 HMA Submarine AE1 lost off The AE1 and AE2 were the first submarines to serve with the Royal Australian September New Guinea Navy. The AE1 disappeared without trace during operations for the capture of German New Guinea. 20 1912 Official approval given for the The Australian Flying Corps went on to serve in Mesopotamia, the Middle September establishment of a military East, and the Western Front and was the forerunner of the RAAF. Central Flying School. Official formation of the Australian Flying Corps These events are only a selected number of significant dates when Australians were involved in activities of importance. For the complete list go to: www.awm.gov.au
INFORMATION ABOUT PERTH DURING CHOGM 28-30 October, 2011 Contacts • WA Police CHOGM Policing Information Line • 1800 227 792 (available 24/7) or www.police.wa.gov.au • CHOGM 2011 Taskforce – information about the event 1800 922 011 (business hours) or www.chogm2011.org National security National Security Hotline 1800 123 400 or www.australia.gov.au/nationalsecurity Public transport 136 213 or www.transperth.wa.gov.au Road closures and traffic 138 138 or www.mainroads.wa.gov.au City of Perth 9461 3333 or www.cityofperth.wa.gov.au What’s on during CHOGM 2011 www.westernaustralia.com/chogm WA Police Assistance 131 444 for general police assistance Life Threatening Emergencies 000 The Listening Post August 2011 5 From the President’s Pen New Patron for RSLWA Australia has large numbers of personnel training areas in Egypt prior to their and he will We are pleased to announce that His serving in these overseas missions. The deployment to the Turkish deployment complete a Excellency, Mr Malcolm McCusker, packages contained various items to area. Regular updates will be appearing Doctor of Education degree later this AO QC has indicated acceptance of the remind personnel of home, and included in local and State Media, as well as year. ANZAC biscuits, glucose confectionary, The Listening Post to heighten public position of Patron of the WA Branch of Neil chairs the Veterans’ Children’s RSL. We welcome His Excellency to the salted peanuts, muesli bars, lollies, a awareness of the events that will be held letter of appreciation on behalf of all over and beyond this period. Education Board (DVA), is a member at position and look forward to meeting him Ellenbrook Sub Branch, and is the editor and Mrs McCusker to our ceremonial and Australians, and Membership contact details. New Members of State of the Vietnam Veterans’ publication other informal occasions during his term Executive “Contact!” of office. In 2010 again we saw RSL AFOF William (Bill) Mr Kenneth V Appointments to State Executive continue its support of our serving Collidge members by providing HMAS Parramatta Barrington New appointment of Directors has Bill Collidge on Operation Slipper with physical fitness Ken Barringtons been made to fill vacancies on State enlisted in the gear, sports uniforms, and Satellite TV military service Executive. The appointments will be for RAN in 1964 services for 2FH deployed to MEAO. commenced in 1950, the unexpired portion of the Directors and served in joining the 16/28th position which will be until the rising Again in 2010, we saw volunteers from HMA warships Battalion Cameron of the forthcoming State Congress. The RSL and Civilians from the Defence Perth, Stalwart Highlanders of appointments are: Department and the Department of Veteran Moresby and Western Australia as Affairs joining with serving members Barricade. He Mr William Collidge of Riverton Sub a Regimental Cadet. of the Deployed Forces Support Unit had two deployments to South Vietnam in Branch Later that year he enlisted as a Citizens (39th Battalion) at Randwick Barracks 1968 – 69 and 1970-71 in HMAS Perth. Military Forces (CMF) Soldier in the Mr Neil MacNeill of Ellenbrook Sub in NSW to pack over 3500 parcels for same unit. Branch, and shipment overseas under the direction He discharged when his engagement expired in 1973 in the rank of Petty of Mr Derek Robson, the RSL AFOF Joining the Australian Regular Army Mr Ken Barrington of Scarborough Sub Officer (Weapons). Executive Commissioner. (ARA) in April 1951, he completed his Branch It should be noted that it is essential Bill enlisted in the Australian Army recruit training at 6th Recruit Training We welcome the new Directors to the for the Fund to keep sufficient finances Reserve in 1973 and served in 11 BN, Company (6RTC) at Guildford WA, State Executive and offer our thanks to on hand, so that in the event of a 28 BN and 16 BN, 5 Training Group and and on completion was posted to 2nd them for offering their services to the sudden requirement, RSL AFOF can act 11/28 BN. He discharged in 1993 in the Battalion of The Royal Australian League. immediately in support of our forces. rank of CAPT (RAINF). Regiment (2RAR). AVCAT Scholarships and To achieve this we receive regular support He joined Australian Army Cadets prior The battalion was deployed to Korea on Bursaries from the RSL community and thank all to discharge from ARES and is still the 5 March 1953 and remained in country The Australian Veterans' Children sub-Branches, Women’s Auxiliary’s and serving as CO Regional Support Unit in for 12 months, returning to Australia on Assistance Trust is an independent others for their generous donations. the rank of LTCOL (AAC) 17 April 1954. organization sponsored by the principal Bill joined WA Police in 1975 and is From 1954 until 1961 his postings in Australian ex-service associations. It Indexation of Military still serving as the TRG Bomb Response WA included 11/44th Infantry Battalion was established in 2003 by the former Superannuation – A New Approach by the RSL Manager in the rank of Senior Sergeant. (City of Perth Regiment), 17th National Vietnam Veterans Trust, as a lasting Service Training Battalion (17NS), 17th The RSL National Executive has decided legacy from Australia's use of the Agent He is married with three sons and a National Service Training Company, to mount a new campaign aimed at Orange Funds. daughter. His eldest son currently posted 11/44th Infantry Battalion (City of Perth convincing the Federal Government to at 16 BN RWAR as an infantry soldier. Regiment), and 1st Battalion The Royal The role of AVCAT is to help the apply a new fairer index when adjusting Western Australian Regiment (1RWAR) disadvantaged children and grandchildren superannuation payments to former Bill first joined the RSL in Sydney NSW of those who have served this country in members of the Australian Defence Force. at North Sydney ANZAC Club in 1969 In February 1961 Ken was again posted to peace and war in the Australian Navy, / 70. He moved 2RAR in preparation for their deployment A comprehensive and detailed submission Army and Air Force. AVCAT administers to WA in 1974 to Malaya in October 1961 and returned is being prepared in accordance with bursaries and scholarships that help those and joined the to Australia in August 1963. children of the veteran community with policy approved by the National RSL here in the the costs of tertiary education. Executive. 1980’s. He was discharged (at own request) from the ARA in 1969, and continued serving in Compilation of this document will be The bursaries and scholarships are funded Dr Neil the Australian Regular Army Emergency overseen by the National President by direct donations to AVCAT and from MacNeill M.Ed, Reserve (ARAER) and the General with input and advice being provided the Australian Government, ex-service M.ED.Admin, Reserve, serving with 28th Battalion by research experts with significant organisations, firms and private PhD, FACEL The Royal Western Australia (28RWAR) experience in superannuation and related individuals sponsoring scholarships. and Headquarters 5th Military District disciplines. The National Executive will Neil MacNeill (HQ5MD). www.avcat.org.au Phone: 02 9213 7999. monitor progress of the submission on was a teacher Fax: 02 9213 7307; Email: avcat@dva. a monthly basis and provide whatever called up for National Service in 1967. Ken ended his military service as a gov.au further guidance might be needed. His profile was fairly typical for Nashos - Warrant Officer Class One (WO1) in recruit training, Artillery corps training at Postal Mail: AVCAT, PO Box K 978, May 1985 after a total of 35 years in both The plan is to have the paper detailing North Head, unit training at Holdsworthy, Haymarket, NSW 1240 regular and reserve army. this new approach completed by early language training at 1 Div. Int. under August. Australian Forces Overseas Trung si Lex McAulay, Canungra, Nui After his discharge he was employed at Bunning Brothers West Perth for Fund Albany Centenary Dat (September 1967). During Tet and the “Echoes of Tet” in early 1968 he 15 months, and the Western Australia In 2010, RSL AFOF provided parcels Significant progress is being made in did operations in Bien Hoa and Song Fire Brigade (WAFB) for 19 years, his to all serving members of the Australian planning for the Centenary of ANZAC Dong Nai provinces including Coburg last post being the Brigade Breathing Defence Force and Australian Federal Commemorative activities to be held (FSB Anderson, Jimmy Menz RIP) and Apparatus and Rescue Training Officer. Police posted overseas. The majority of in Albany over the period November- Final Victory (FSB Coral 12/13 May and these personnel serve in peacemaking December 2014. With significant funding In 1970 The Royal Australian Regiment 16th May). He finished his Army service missions on a six month rotation basis support from Lotterywest and much time Assn (WA Branch) was raised and polishing the jarrah floor of the drill hall and, to ensure that each receives the and energy from local interest groups Ken has played quite an active role in at Hobbs Artillery Barracks in Karrakatta. benefit of a package during their period of including RSL, City of Albany and many management since that time including service, the packages are made available local community organisations the scene Neil returned to teaching and he has election to State President some 20 years for delivery twice yearly. These packages is being set for a public participation been a school principal for 36 years. He ago and prior to that Association Vice are loosely referred to as the mid-year and presentation of re enactments of holds the degrees: BA, B.ED.(Hons), President for 10 years. and Christmas packages. significant events from that era. A feature M.Ed.Admin., M.Ed., and Ph.D. He is Ken is also actively involved in many presentation in November 2014 will be a Fellow of the Australian Council of RSL AFOF parcels were sent to other ESO’s as well as being involved the re-enactment of the departure of the Educational Leaders, a life member of Afghanistan, Timor Leste, Iraq, Middle in Community Service with the City of fleet of troop ships from Albany to the the Australian College of Educators, East, Sinai, Solomon Islands and Sudan. Stirling. 6 The Listening Post August 2011 FROM THE BUNKER with Denis Connelly
Sir John Gorton GCMG AC CH
1 2 5 3 1. John Gorton during his time as PM. an12267176 2. Group portrait of pilots of B Flight, No. 77 Squadron RAAF, in front of a Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk aircraft. Back row, left to right: Sergeant (Sgt) G. B. Rich; Sgt M. Holdsworth; Sgt T. P. Power; Flying Officer (FO) John G. Gorton; Pilot Officer (PO) C. I. Winter-Irving; PO J. A. T. Hodgkinson; Sgt C. Laing; FO G. Gratton. Front row: Sgt P. R. McEwen; FO B. Wilson; FO J. C. Hastwell; Flt Lt George Shave, Flight Commander; Flt Lt R. C. Kimpton. 3. Sir John Gorton 5. John Gorton’s Royal Australian Air Force enlistment papers dated 8 November 1940, when he was 29 years old. NAA:a9300, GORTON J G, p.12
Sir John Grey Gorton GCMG AC CH was born returned to Kerang Victoria, Australia to manage his He returned to Australia and became a Flying on 9 September 1911. His place of birth is in father’s orchid. Instructor. He was discharged from the RAAF on dispute, one reference (the Spitfire Association) 5 December 1944 with the rank of FLT LT (Flight On 8 November 1940 John Grey Gorton joined Lieutenant). states that he was born in Wellington New the RAAF at Lake Kangaroo, Victoria and was Zealand another reference (the National trained as a fighter pilot. He served in Britain In 1949 John Grey Gorton entered politics as a Senator Museum of Australia, Canberra) has written before being posted to Singapore flying Hawker for Victoria where he served in various portfolios that he was born in Melbourne, Victoria. John’s Hurricanes. Shortly thereafter he was shot down by a including Minister for Navy, CSIRO, Interior and father told his son that his birth place was Japanese aircraft which resulted in him having a crash Works under Sir Robert Menzies. Under Mr Harold Wellington, New Zealand; this is proven as landing. Consequently he was thrown heavily into Holt and Mr John McEwen he was a Minister for it is recorded on his application for a pilot’s his instrument panel and suffered significant facial Works and Minister for Science and Education. He licence in the United Kingdom. Even though injuries that required reconstructive surgery. later transferred to the Lower House which enabled no birth certificate has been found there is no him to become Prime Minister in 1968. John retired John flew with 77 Squadron. This squadron saw from politics in 1975. questioning of his date of birth. service in Milne Bay, North Borneo and Moratai. 77 John Gorton was the second child of John Rose Squadron was equipped with P40 Kittyhawks and His first wife, Bettina, passed away in 1983. John Gorton and Alice Sinn. His father was an immigrant P51 Mustangs. remarried in 1993 to Nancy Home. On 19 May 2002 who had come from England via South Africa where Sir John Grey Gorton GCMC AC CH passed away Just two days before the surrender of Singapore in Sydney. he acquired his wealth as a business entrepreneur. Pilot Officer Gorton was evacuated on the ship John’s father passed away when he was seven. ‘Derrymore’, which was torpedoed by a Japanese John Gorton had a distinguished career in the RAAF Gorton’s early years were spent primarily with his submarine. They were rescued by the corvette HMAS and a contributed greatly to Federal Politics. Ballarat. mothers parents as his own were travelling around References: Sydney, New Zealand and England on business. Later in 1942 PO Gorton was flying Kittyhawks with John’s parents never married. This fact was not made 77 Squadron out of Darwin when he was forced to 1. Australian War Memorial (AWM) public until he wrote his biography in 1968 during his make an emergency landing. After recovering he took 2. National Archives of Australia (NAA) term as Prime Minister. part in operations out of Milne Bay. However, bad During 1916 the young Gorton enrolled at Edgecliff luck continued to dog Gorton; in March 1943 he was 3. National Museum of Australia, Canberra involved in another serious accident during take-off. Preparatory School. After Edgecliff PS he moved on - Denis Connelly to Sydney Church of England Grammar School. Later he attended Geelong Grammar School. Whilst at Geelong Grammar School Gorton was a Prefect and excelled in Rowing. He also represented the school at Football and Athletics events. After Geelong Grammar, John applied for entrance to Brasenose College Oxford UK. He was successful in gaining admittance. At Oxford he studied history, politics and economics and graduated with an MA (Master of Arts). Whilst at Oxford John met the love of his life, Bettina Brown. John Gorton married Bettina Brown on 15 February 1935 at St Gills Church, Oxford. In 1937 Bettina gave birth to their first child, Joanna. Their second child, Michael, was born in 1938 followed by Robin in 1941. After graduating from Oxford John and Bettina The John Gorton Building in Canberra The Listening Post August 2011 7 FROM THE BUNKER with Denis Connelly
Editors Note: Due to an overwhelming amount of ANZAC Day articles and photographs from readers and Sub Branches we did not have room to include the list of MIA’s in the last edition of From The Bunker. This list is below. Service Service Name Number Rank Unit Name Number Rank Unit ARMIT, Ernest Donald O22221 Pilot Officer 77 Squadron RAAF LAWRENSON, DFC,AFC, ASHE, John Berkley 3/3706 Corporal 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Frederick James O22005 Squadron Leader 77 Squadron, RAAF BOURKE, Edmund George 2/401173 Private 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment LORD, William Thomas Henry 2/400437 Private 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment BRADY, Francis 4/400156 Private 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment McKANDRY, John Lawrence 2/400919 Private 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment BROWNE-GAYLORD, DFC, Mark MURPHY, William Kevin 3/400143 Corporal 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Astil Baren Henry Aytack O23665 Flight Lieutenant 77 Squadron, RAAF NICHOLSON, John William 2/400798 Private 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment CHALMERS, Peter Botley O35079 Pilot Officer 77 Squadron, RAAF PURSSEY,DFC, Ian Goodwin Swan O11561 Flight Lieutenant 77 Squadron, RAAF CHRISTIE, John King 5/2514 Private 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ROBERTSON, Douglas Merson O5672 Pilot Officer 77 Squadron, RAAF CLARKSON, DFM, Keith Elwood Lieutenant 805 Squadron, RAN ROBERTSON, Donald Neil O32536 Pilot Officer 77 Squadron, RAAF COLEBROOK, DFM, Maxwell ROBINSON, Richard George O22422 Pilot Officer 77 Squadron, RAAF Edwin O5895 Pilot Officer 77 Squadron, RAAF ROOTES, Reginald Donald 2/5124 Private 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment RYAN, Laurence Bonaventure 3/37672 Lieutenant 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment COLEMAN, Ronald James Sub Lieutenant 805 Squadron, RAN SAUNDERS, John Philip 3/400868 Private 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment COWPER, Lionel Henry Cadogan O33831 Pilot Officer 77 Squadron, RAAF SCURRY, Arthur John 5/2103 Private 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ELLIS, Donald Campbell O21261 Pilot Officer 77 Squadron, RAAF SHENNON, Ronald William 1/400304 Private 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment FOOT, Thomas Randolph 2/401322 Private 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment SMITH, Francis Charles 2/35020 Lieutenant 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment GILLAN, Bruce Thomson O33625 Flying Officer 77 Squadron, RAAF SMITH, Kenneth Dudley O33843 Pilot Officer 77 Squadron, RAAF GRIFFITHS, Leslie John 3/10647 Private 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment STEPHENS, Geoffrey Ingram O647 Pilot Officer 77 Squadron, RAAF HALL, John Rogers 5/400213 Private Reinforcement Holding Unit (Army) STRANGE, Harold Thomas A2997 Sergeant 77 Squadron, RAAF HALLEY, John Beverley O5309 Pilot Officer 77 Squadron, RAAF SURMAN, John Leonard O32537 Pilot Officer 77 Squadron, RAAF HILLIER, Donald O4425 Squadron Leader 77 Squadron, RAAF TERRY, Lionel John 3/400376 Private 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment HODGKISSON, Joseph William 5/400181 Private 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment WALLACE, Thomas George 3/400430 Private 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment KUNKEL, William Rudolph 1/1641 Private 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment WHITE, Peter 3/400608 Private 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment WHITEHOUSE, Dennis Edward 3/10796 Private 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Objecting against Tax Assessments and Legal Loopholes Claiming Legal Professional Privilege
A. Objecting against Tax Assessments justice and procedural fairness (e.g. the may be made with special leave of the 4768) ("Litigation Privilege"). parties are given the opportunity to make High Court. An application for special A taxpayer dissatisfied with an assessment or submissions on any issues). Each party leave should be lodged within 28 days Further, the Commissioner's right of full other taxation decision of the Commissioner generally bear their own costs. of the relevant judgement or such further and free access to all buildings, places, of Taxation may challenge that decision in time allowed. Special leave is only granted books, documents and other papers for the accordance with the objection, review and Alternatively, an appeal may be made to where the appeal involves a question of purposes of the Income Tax Assessment appeal procedure in Tax Administration Act the Federal Court against the objection fundamental principle, and it has been Act (s 263 ITAA 1936) is restricted by 1953 Part IVC ( s 14L to s 14ZZS). decision within 60 days of service of the considered by an appeal court. the doctrine of legal professional privilege notice of objection decision. However, (FCT v Citibank Ltd FCT 89 ATC 4268). Where a taxpayer wants to challenge an there is no provision for extension of time. B. Claiming legal professional privilege assessment or other taxation decision: The Commissioner must within 28 days Hence, legal professional privilege Communications made for the purpose of may protect the confidentiality of tax 1. The taxpayer may lodge an objection after the application is served file an appeal statement outlining the Commissioner's giving tax advice do not enjoy any specific advice given by lawyers, and prevent its against the notice of assessment or decision protections under the common law. disclosure in a variety of processes, such as with the Commissioner within 2 years contentions and the facts and issues as he perceives them. If a decision involved a investigations by the Commissioner and in of service of the notice of assessment or However, a taxpayer in responding to formal preliminary court procedures (e.g. discovery decision for most individuals and small question of law, a test case can be brought (and other) requests by the Commissioner before the court. The court cannot interfere of documents) (Daniels Corporation business taxpayers, or within 4 years of for information made pursuant to his International Pty Ltd v Australian service of the notice of assessment or with the discretion of the Commissioner statutory powers to require information unless the discretion was not exercised in Competition and ConsumerCommission decision for taxpayers with more complex to be furnished from a taxpayer or any (2002) 213 CLR 543). affairs. accordance with legal principles. other third party (s 264 ITAA 1936), may claim the information is protected by legal However, similar protections do not exist at 2. An application may be made to the In both the Federal Court and AAT, the taxpayer bears the burden of proving (on professional privilege. common law for tax advice given by non- Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) for lawyers, such as accountants. review of the objection decision within 60 balance of probabilities) that the assessment The doctrine of legal professional privilege days of service of the notice of objection is excessive or the tax decision should not protects communications between a lawyer The Commissioner has issued guidelines decision. The Commissioner must serve a have been made. and a client for the dominant purpose on the exercise of the access power in Statement of Facts, Issues & Contentions 3. An appeal may be made to the Federal of giving or receiving legal advice relation to documents held on lawyers' ("SFIC") outlining his contentions, and the Court against an AAT decision on a question ("Advice Privilege"). It does not apply to premises in circumstances where a claim of facts, issues and relevant law applicable to of law only, within 28 days. communications between an accountant legal privilege is made. The guidelines state the issues, an application of the relevant and client. the documents in respect of which legal law to the facts, and a conclusion to 4. Further, an appeal may be made to the professional privilege is claimed will not be support the Assessment. The AA T can Full Federal Court against a decision of a The doctrine of legal professional privilege inspected until the claim is waived by the exercise all the powers and discretions of single judge of the Federal Court within also applies to communications made client or dismissed by a court. the Commissioner, and its opinion will be 21 days. between a client, the client's lawyer and a substituted for the Commissioner's. The third party for the dominant purpose of use Article by Joseph Santhosh, Senior AAT is not bound by the rules of evidence, 5. Lastly, an appeal against the decision of in existing or anticipated litigation (Esso Associate {Tax & Commercial Law), but it must comply with the rules of natural the Full Federal Court to the High Court Australia Resources Ltd v FCT 98 ATC Havilah Legal How to get rid of Hiccups
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For further Veterans is The WA Sailors Soldiers & information please contact the Fund RSL Welfare provides financial assistance hardship Coles or Woolworth’s Essentials Airmen’s Relief Fund Trust. Application to help veterans and their dependants who Cards to purchase food or necessary Administrator on 9287 3707 or mobile forms are available from www.rslwahq. 0412 009 191 are experiencing financial difficulties pay household items. org.au follow the link in PAWS. This their utility and other household bills. Volunteer Wanted will take you to information about the RSL has a number of wonderful Volunteers How do I apply? Trust Fund and an online application who regularly visit veterans in Hospitals The Pensions, Advocacy & Welfare for assistance form. When completed, in the metropolitan area. If you would To apply for assistance you must contact Office situated at 8 Irwin Street, Perth this form can be lodged directly to the like to arrange a visitor for yourself or the Welfare Officer, Ms Rosalind Howat are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to Fund Administrator. For veterans without a loved one please refer to the Hospital on 9287 3707 or 0412 009 191. It is assist with general office duties including access to the internet an application Visitors List. A few of the Volunteers, as important you do this before the due data entry. The office hours are Monday form is still available from the Fund required are happy to visit lonely veterans date on the account to avoid additional to Friday 8 am to 4.30 pm. If you are Administrator, Ms Rosalind Howat at in Nursing Homes. To arrange a Nursing charges. interested in helping Veterans, have some ANZAC House. Home visit please contact the Welfare spare time between those hours, and Officer at ANZAC House on 9287 3707 What do I bring to the appointment? possess basic office skills, please give The Trustees meet on the second Tuesday or 0412 009 191. of each month to consider applications To receive assistance you must provide us a call. Contact Mr Jim Boland, Senior for assistance. The Trustees will evaluate Take Care till next time! proof of service, a recent Bank statement, Advocate, on 9287 3708 for further all reasonable requests for assistance. showing your financial situation and information or to register your interest. HOSPITAL VISITORS LIST Volunteer Contact Number Hospitals Visited Ms Remah Glencorse & 0447 007 522 Hollywood Private Hospital Malta and the ANZACs Ms Bernadine De Beaux As Above St John of God Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital One of the first Maltese to be 70% of military aged males were that catered for the wounded. It Shenton Park Rehabilitation killed was Private Charles directly involved in the war. is estimated that the hospitals and Mr John Duffy 9401 5815 or Joondalup Hospital Bonavista. He joined the 11th convalescent depots dealt with Battalion in Perth. At least six A little known fact about the over 135,000 sick and wounded, 0413780278 Glengarry Hospital other Maltese were killed in action Gallipoli campaign is the Maltese primarily from the campaigns Osborne Park Hospital serving with the Australians and a Labour Corps. This consisted of in Gallipoli and Salonika. This 1,000 workers under the direction Mr Mike Harness 9293 1076 or Kalamunda Hospital very much higher number serving included 20,000 ANZACs. with British contingents. of Maltese officers who unloaded 0419 091 708 Armadale Hospital ships and performed other At the height of the hospitalisation Bentley Hospital The number of Maltese serving activities at ANZAC Cove. Most period, the records show that up with the Australian forces is of the provisions for the 24,000 to 20 Soldiers who served in Mr Jim Ferguson 9341 5303 Hollywood Private Hospital unknown. Mizzi documents men in ANZAC Cove came from Gallipoli were being buried each Mr Bill Adamson 9295 5354 Mercy Hospital another 22 who served with the Malta, including the water that day. The number of Australian Swan Districts Hospital ANZACs but the exact number is was towed in water barges. deaths would have undoubtedly not known because not all records been higher if not for the work Swan Seniors Mental have been preserved because of Another little known fact is that of one Maltese doctor who had Health Facility the anglicising of Maltese names, a number of Turkish prisoners served with the ANZACs. and because some served under were kept in Maltese prisoner of RSL welfare Officer 9287 3707 or Royal Perth Hospital assumed names. war camps whose most famous Dr Mattei had migrated to 0412 009 191 Others as required occupants were the crew of the Western Australia in the 1890’s. The British War Office did not German raider Emden which was He landed in Gallipoli with one of Mrs Noreen 9583 38425 Peel Hospital allow the Maltese to raise their sunk by HMAS Sydney at North the first waves and immediately & Mr John Nagle RSL Care, Mandurah own battalion and so they had no Keeling Island. established a sanitation station Mr John Rankin 0438 264 371 Fremantle Hospital choice but to serve through other at ANZAC Cove and was battalions. Piecing together all the Malta was declared a military Mentioned in Despatches. His Alma Street Hospital information is difficult, but it has hospital base in early 1915 and recommendation notes that the been established that 85 Maltese within a short period was within ‘low percentage of sickness officers served in various fields a position to cater for 20,000 amongst the troops of this with six receiving distinctions for convalescents. A large number Division is largely attributable to bravery at Gallipoli. of public buildings, including his work’. Today there are 220 The Future of schools, were converted for Australians and about 80 New Some 650 Maltese served with hospital use. Zealanders buried on the island. the British Navy and over 300 with Canadian and Australian In all 27 hospitals were established. Reproduced from Maltese Commemorations of Army contingents. The overall The convalescent camp at Ghan Association of Western Australian contribution of the Maltese can Tuffieha, which catered for 4,000 Inc. Bulletin Peace Operations be gauged by the fact that nearly beds, was one of two tent cities
My name is Estelle Muspratt The survey audience received, I hope that my survey has approval from the and I am an honours student comprises of serving and findings and subsequent thesis Australian Defence Human at ADFA UNSW. former serving ADF members is placed within a situational Research Ethics Committee who have in the past, or are context; that is from the (ADHREC) – approval/ I am currently writing a currently serving in peace points of view of current protocol number 57109. thesis exploring the future operations. I aim to examine and retired ADF members. Commemorations of Peace and contextualize the issues Further, the project aims to The survey is two pages long Operations. surrounding how this cohort provide a fundamental and and should take no longer currently or may in the future, original basis of ongoing than 20 minutes to complete. My thesis aims to examine, commemorate the service discussions of the more I am hoping to access as broad through the analysis of a of Peace Keepers/Makers/ diverse operational roles of a group as possible and a good survey, the attitudes of current Monitors through analysis the ADF, and commemoration tri-service cohort is especially and retired Australian Defence of responses to the general of such activities by veterans important. Force (ADF) personnel questions contained in the and the broader community. toward the commemoration of survey. Each survey response If you wish to take part, please The thesis will append peace operations; if and how is treated as in-confidence and email [email protected] they currently commemorate is anonymous. the questionnaire, the peace operations. confidential responses, and Estelle Muspratt As a result of the information survey statistics. The thesis The ListTheening List Poseningt August Post O ctober2011 20099 9 ANZAC Day 2011 - Mt Barker Although the weather caught up with us this were this years successful entrants in our annual Military room of the Museum. See you all next year. ANZAC Day competition. Their DVD presentation year it wasn't sufficiently bad enough to stop the Our next monthly meeting is on Sunday the 15th May march and service. relating to Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War was outstanding. Unfortunately we do not have the commencing at 11 AM followed by a sausage sizzle and This year a very special thanks goes to the two most devices to show this DVD publicly but will retain our light salad. Any of those Australian or Allied forces ex important people on the day, for completely opposite copies for viewing whenever possible. service members, male or female, wishing to join this reasons. Firstly, Eric Poett our Parade Marshal for Sub Branch are welcome to ring me, Wayne Hood, on the last 40+ years who has elected to retire from that The majority of the other entries were three dimensional 9851 2517 or 0417 212 361. Alternatively come along position and hand the batten on to Chris Lill. And just in construction and are able to be displayed in a room to our May meeting, and meet us before you decide. which has been set aside at the Police Station Museum. as importantly, Samantha Crkovsky whose rendition of Wayne Hood the Last Post and Reveille on her first ANZAC Day, was They will remain on display for the duration of the very much appreciated by all our veterans. Our very school holidays. sincere thanks to both of them. Prior to ANZAC Day I attended MBCC for their annual Unfortunately low cloud once again prevented us service with Chris Lill attending Kendenup Primary and from hearing the RAAF flypast which was done at Roland (Buzz) Burrell representing us at Cranbrook altitude and just happened to coincide with some truck Primary. In each of these primary schools competitions movements, better luck next year. are held with the winners receiving a commemorative coin, a certificate and in the case of Cranbrook the The service inside the District Hall appeared to go off runners up received a book prize. The winner at MBCC without a hitch, my apologies if my speech was slurred, primary was Chenin Dunham. will improve with new teeth. Our guest presenter, Mr Harley Webb, gave a very poignant speech which was Unfortunately, due to a distraction within the Sub Branch extremely well received by all present. A privilege to I do not have the winner's names to hand for Kendenup hear from a gentleman held in such high esteem by both and Cranbrook but will ensure they receive a special the veteran and local community. mention in the next edition of the Plantagenet News. All the available entries from Mt Barker and Cranbrook Once again I had the honour along with Pauline Pearce, are on display in the Police Station Museum mentioned representing the Red Cross ladies group, of presenting above for the duration of the school holidays. At the end the commemorative coins to two worthy MBCC year of that time those entries and what we can obtain from 10 students. Lashaye Armstrong and Jonathan Boxwell Kendenup will be moved to the display cabinets in the Brigadier Magee Ampitheatre A letter to the Editor Dear Editor, In addition, my family and I wish to offer our Wave Rock, Hyden sincere thanks to Kerry Stokes and his team On Tuesday 10 August 2010 site Denis Collins (ex Carlton I’d like to publicly thank those involved in for the very generous and worthy gesture. I I, accompanied by Joe Mack Player). By the end of the second securing the future of my grandfather’s Medal feel humbled by his continued support of our Group and therefore I ask for the following (an American) and Alan day big Joe had downloaded 160 Australian service men and women. They are blocks from pallets, and placed open letter of thanks to be published in the the people that have assisted in protecting Pearce (an ex SAS Signalman), RSL’s Listening Post. arrived in Hyden to begin them in line then he and Doug our country and building the benefits that we work on an amphitheatre began laying the blocks while First I wish to offer my sincere thanks to enjoy today. Alan and I mixed the concrete being constructed in memory Bill Gaynor for his work in alerting Western The sale of the medal group has had an and barrowed it to the site and Australian associates that the VC MM Medal of Brigadier D.O.A. Magee. shovelled it into place. At close for unexpected but very welcome outcome. I group of George (Snowy) Howell were to be have been contacted by several relatives Denis Magee came from farming the day 90 of the 160 blocks had auctioned in Sydney. of whom I had no knowledge. I have met stock in Wickipin, and when he been placed and grouted. several other interested people and even a passed away his family donated As a consequence of the connections he Next morning we began again, made, the medals are now housed in the friend I had lost contact with 30 years ago. his mess dress to the military and by afternoon tea we had museum at Wave Rock. When I Australian War Museum in Canberra. It is Once again, I offer to all those that completed the first tier of the a great comfort to know that those precious saw this I asked the owners of the amphitheatre and grouted all the contributed, my sincere thanks for the very tourist facility at Wave Rock if the medals are on display for all to see and worthy National contribution. blocks. Rain started to fall at this reflect, not only on Snow’s courage, but also Amphitheatre they were intending time so we laid out another 80 to build could be dedicated to the on the courage of every Australian service Yours sincerely, blocks and then it became too person. late Brigadier, and they said yes. heavy to continue. In the morning Ron Baker So with that in mind Brian Parish, (Friday) although the ground was Dave Skinner and I went to the very muddy we began the laying location and surveyed and pegged of the blocks and by lunch time the site. (Photo Attached). had set another 50 in place. The Once surveyed I had an idea that muddy conditions made it hard Vale Ross O’Connor OAM JP we may be able to get the local to push the wheel barrows and to Ares Engineers involved in the walk around. Work finished and The President, State Executive, salaried project. However that did not we returned to Perth. officers and volunteers of the State Branch eventuate. However not to be We really enjoyed our time in of RSL send their condolences to the family daunted by this set back I began Hyden and vowed to go back of Ross O’Connor OAM JP on the sad loss looking for volunteers to help with again and finish the job. To our of a highly respected former Vice President, the construction. I was interviewed surprise when telling people about State Executive Member, and volunteer on radio and by the local paper our trip we began getting offers Pension Officer of the State Branch. Ross in Ellenbrook about the project to come and help. We will be will be sadly missed by all ex-service and again things were not turning returning to Wave Rock Hyden members who came in contact with him. out to my expectations. My next on the 7 September 2010, and door neighbour Joe Mack came this time with a work force of to me and said he would help 11. The trip back will be by bus and another Ellenbrook resident supplied by Denis. Meals and Alan Pearce offered his help. The accommodation will be provided three of us set out for Wave Rock, (some evening sustenance will Hyden, to begin construction. also be provided). Any one else The first day we spent preparing wishing to lend a hand can contact the ground and setting up the me (Frank Mallard 0408 183 325 concrete mixer and pallets of or home 9296 7591 to register blocks. Next morning we began your name.) the task, with help from a local Frank Mallard man Doug and the owner of the 10 The Listening Post August 2011 Young leaders bridge continents in Turkey West Australians were among 73 young adults enemies closer together. “Neither Ataturk nor the men University of Western Australia student Marissa Barbaro who attended the international Rotary Youth he faced at Gallipoli can be called young and peaceful (Commerce and Psychology) said the participants not Leadership Awards (RYLA) conference in Bursa, leaders,” Mr Brown said. “Theirs was the profession of only learnt about leadership but also had a great cultural Turkey, last month, to coincide with ANZAC arms and peace had no place on Gallipoli in 1915. experience. “It was great to have a mix of cultures. It Day. was a lot of fun picking up words here and there from “But Australia and Turkey demonstrate that a friendship other languages,” Ms Barbaro said. Titled “Bridging continents with young peaceful born of war is possible and, if this is so, then bridges By Tamara Jones – Participant in the RYLA leaders”, the conference was held from April 21-25. can be built. Conference Participants aged 19-24 represented seven different “Today’s young and peaceful leaders can take a dark countries: Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Germany, past and build lasting friendships on its foundations.” Turkey, United States of America and Canada. Business professionals, historians and sociologists Mr Okandan said the joint commemoration between were among the guest speakers. Keynote speakers Turkey, Australia and New Zealand at Gallipoli was a included Warren Brown (member of the Commission unique example of peace and friendship that developed on the Commemoration of the ANZAC Centenary from animosity. “I believe it is unique in world history and Sydney Daily Telegraph cartoonist), Mr. Tansu that such a bloody war would nevertheless create such Okandan (former Turkish Ambassador to Australia) and a deep bond of friendship between people who once Akin Ongor (former Garanti Bank CEO). Participants fought against each other,” Mr Okandan said. “Our also attended commemorations on ANZAC Day at friendship would serve as a message to the international Gallipoli. community.” German student Reyhan Gurkan (Turkish descent, 18) said the conference was great because of Mr Brown said war could not only be a national the new people and friendships. “I am very glad I am unifying force but sometimes also brought former here,” Ms Gurkan said. MEMORIAL TO FATHER WHITE On 25th April 1923, at Albany in Western Australia, Father White led a party of friends in what is recognised as the first observance of an ANZAC Day Dawn Service, thus establishing a tradition which has endured Australia wide. Father White died on September 24, 1954. Father White Memorial to All Who Serve Memorial to Father White at Herberton Army, Navy, Air Force, Reserves, Police, Ambulance, Fire & Our “sod turning” night went off very well with some 38 Lions, Lionesses and Rescue Service, SES, Health Workers. community members present to watch the proceedings. This project is managed by the Herberton Lions Club Inc and the We had the ceremony indoors. Herberton is up in the mountains on the edge of the Atherton Herberton RSL Sub Branch. The memorial built on a hexagonal base Tableland and at this time of the year we have very cold nights and mornings with usually beautiful clear days. So to overcome the inconvenience of cold weather and no lights at the with a steep, pitched roof echoes the army tents of World War I. It is site we brought a barrow of soil into the Bowls Club for the turning. important that all who have served in the support of our Australian way of life are remembered so the site will house names and information Frank Sims on all who have served, providing a history of the role inhabitants of the district have played in global and local arenas. A Project of the Lions Club, RSL & Community His grave in the Herberton Cemetery is simply marked by the words Reflection Park and The Father White Memorial ‘A Priest’ to All Who Serve For further information or to make a donation to the projects, contact: Reflection Park This is a Community Project organised by the Wayne Linwood RSL Herberton 0440 962 623 Herberton Lions Club Inc and supported by the Garden Dave Barns, President Lions Club 0440 962 845 Group, students of the Herberton State School and Mt Herberton Lions Club Inc PO Box 126, Herberton 4887, St Bernard’s College, Lioness Club, Senior Citizens, email: [email protected] QCWA, Churches, Tableland Regional Council and Community Members. “As the sun rises and goeth down, we will remember them.” The Reflection Park containing the Memorial and Father White 25th April 1923 Ashes Wall will be a valuable asset to the community. It is proposed that the park will be used as a focus point for burial ceremonies held at the cemetery; a place of reflection, remembrance and learning; a Dave Barns; President of Herberton Lions, place where families can appreciate the local flora Graeme Hepples; RSL Northam Vice President and Pat Lynch; District Governor and fauna; a place where one may find peace and Lions District 201Q2 solitude. Athletics WA Makes Donation to RSL WA On Thursday 30 June 2011 Athletics WA made a substantial donation to the RSL Welfare in assisting Veterans and their families in crisis. The $3000 was raised as a result of the Athletics WA ANZAC Day Fun Run. RSL WA State President, William Gaynor OAM RFD, said that he would ensure that the funds would be directed to those most in need in the Veteran Community. Athletics WA Chairman Stephen Stingemore, Bankwest Senior Sponsorship Manager Rachel Mott, Bankwest Marketing Manager Cemetery Complex - Syme Road Herberton Denis Connelly Paul Vivian and RSL WA President Bill Gaynor OAM RFD The ListTheening List Poseningt August Post O ctober2011 200911 11 The Westralian Great War Living History Association (WGWLHA) The Westralian Great War 10th LHR, 7th Fd Bty, 11th Bn, 16th our members reinforce as well as better Living History Association Inc Bn, 28th Bn, 32nd Bn, Australian Flying understand the ANZAC spirit as well as (WAGWLHA Inc, the Association) Corps (AFC) and 16 & 17 Coy Australian ensure the continuation of accurate and has been invited to attend ANZAC Army Service Corps (AASC) and we meaningful conveyance of our kinship Day celebrations for 2012 in also have a WWI nurse within our ranks. with our Kiwi colleagues to current and Ashburton, New Zealand. The Association has participated in the future generations as a matter of mutual annual ANZAC Day parades in Perth historical significance. This invitation clearly shows that our city and also at the Nollamara RSL Sub The 2012 event will not be the Association’s well-deserved reputation Branch for approximately ten years. Our Associations’ first overseas trip; some has extended throughout Australia and member’s dress and bearing have drawn of our members travelled in 2006 New Zealand. This is due primarily to recognition and positive comment from accompanying the “Khaki Chums” to our member’s dedication to the aim of other Living History Associations as the battlefields of France and Belgium our Association; to maintain awareness well as Ex-Service Associations. on an “Australian & New Zealand” tour. and understanding of Australia’s There will be a section of our Association This was a very successful trip as we involvement in the Great War 1914 marching, as normal, in 2012 annual came home with a better understanding -1918, in particular that of Western parade. By request, our members have of the conditions that our diggers had to Australia. delivered lectures and presentations contend with while serving during that Our Association is a group of like- to various organisations and events, conflict, and the attitude of the French minded men and women of diverse including the RSL WA HQ Branch and Belgium people towards Australia. ages and backgrounds who endeavour (opening of Congress), Government That exercise was made possible through to keep alive the history of those House, Army Museum Fremantle, the generous support of sponsors. I service personnel who fought and, Military Historical Association of would request all interested parties to in many cases, gave their lives in Australia (WA Branch), Arms and contact me in regards to our request for service to their country while in both Armour Association of Western support, through either the “Listening Australia and overseas. We represent Australia, Dawn service and parades Post”, or the information below. most organisations / Corps within the for various RSL Sub Branches, Schools, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the and Fremantle Football Club’s annual 92471206 / 0422064453 Australian Imperial Force (AIF), taking ANZAC Day “Len Hall” game. into account that the Royal Australian [email protected] What does this mean to you, the readers Air Force (RAAF) was a part of the of the Listening Post? Our members and Website: Army until approximately 1921. their kit need financial assistance for the www.users.bigpond.com/kgb33 Our members must, where possible, journey to New Zealand to attend the represent a Western Australian Unit that 2012 ANZAC Day parade and service. Bob Wise - Secretary & RSL Liaison served during the conflict, for example The Ashburton NZ 2012 event will help officer - WAGWLHA Inc. The 70th Anniversary of
Time to plan. the Battle of Crete Time to reflect. On 15 May 2011 Wreath Laying Participants were present after having Ceremony was held for the 70th visited Greece where they paid tribute Time to celebrate. Anniversary of the Battle of Crete to the second ANZACs. and Mainland Greece. This years We give you time. Premier’s ANZAC Student Tour Sofia Choli
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Waterloo Dinner Perth The Waterloo Dinner for Western conducted in a bunker on Gallipoli on with the Battle of Waterloo, but as As is traditional a Guest Speaker Region was conducted at Burswood 18 June 1915 to celebrate the completion the Gallipoli Dinner was held on the representing the Royal Australian on Swan on 10 June 2011. It was of Watson's Pier, the first facility built at Centenary of that famous battle on 18 Signals was present to propose a Toast well attended by local serving and ANZAC Cove. June 1815, it has forever been referred to Engineers and the Lt Stan Watson. to as the Waterloo Dinner. This year Capt Flanagan OC 109 Signals ex service members of the Royal The Pier was built by the sappers of the Australian Engineers. Squadron was a popular choice as the 2nd Field Coy, Australian Engineers Guests at the dinner included Brigadier Signals representative. She made a fine under the command of Lt Stan Watson John Hutchison DSC (rtd) Colonel The Waterloo Dinner is celebrated by toast and then sang for us. Traditions of 1 Division Signals, Australian Commandant Southern Region (Vic) Sappers in Australia and worldwide evolve. Engineers. The pier was built under fire and Warrant Officer Class One David wherever they may be each year as on many occasions. This year’s event Quirk OAM, Corps Regimental Sergeant Mick Ryan close to 18 June. The dinner has been was the ninety sixth Waterloo Dinner. Major, Royal Australian Engineers of held each year since the first dinner The dinner has absolutely no connection Puckapunyal. Navy War Heroes May Be Honoured At Last The navy will reopen its archives Senator Barnett suggested the honour from World War II to examine should go to Captain Hector "Hardover whether any of its sailors should Hec" Waller, who went down with his be awarded a posthumous Victoria ship, the cruiser HMAS Perth, after Cross for valour. a valiant midnight battle against an overwhelming Japanese invasion force Of the 97 VCs won by Australians off Java in 1942. since the Boer War, four have gone to the Royal Australian Air Force and the Air Chief Marshal Houston promised rest to the army. The navy has never the navy would examine the situation, received one. although there was a policy of not past. While VCs for the army and the air Ordinary Seaman Edward "Teddy" considering such retrospective awards. force could be awarded by Australian Sheean, an 18-year-old from Tasmania Senior navy officers say there was no governments, until long after World who strapped himself to an anti-aircraft shortage of wartime gallantry at sea, and "It creates all sorts of follow-on War II any for the navy had to be gun on the corvette HMAS Armidale the injustice rankles with the service to difficulties," he said. "But we'll take a approved by the Admiralty in London. and shot down an attacking Japanese this a day. A campaign is under way to look at it and come back to you as to the Their lordships in Whitehall apparently bomber as his ship took him to the remedy it. way ahead." never saw fit to do so. bottom of the Timor Sea in December 1942. The Tasmanian Liberal Senator The Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Senior navy officers are delighted the Guy Barnett raised the issue in Russ Crane, said it was "difficult to issue has been re-opened. "This is a Mike Carlton a Senate estimates committee on rationalise" why no Australian sailor monumental breakthrough and we will Wednesday, with questions to the Chief had won the VC. now develop a plan to get on with it," From WA Today Website of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Naval historians say the explanation one admiral said. Angus Houston. lies in a quirk from Australia's colonial Another likely candidate would be The ListTheening List Poseningt August Post O ctober2011 200913 13 WWI Tunnellers Memorial for Kalgoorlie WA RSL Bowls News Kalgoorlie RSL Sub Day, “with the assistance of Branch President, Mr Gary the Mining Hall of Fame as Scott, announced that he we have a few hundred sand is seeking support for an bags to be filled” Mr Hogan interactive memorial for said. WWI Tunnellers. Mr Scott said that donations if material and cash are The tunnel was designed by desperately needed to enable committee member Pat Hogan the project to come to a and will feature both officers successful completion. and tunnellers quarters, pump chamber, First Aid If you wish to assist with Station, explosive storage, a this very worthwhile project, listening post and a control of contact Mr Gary Scott on explosives station. 0417 974 994. It is hoped that the project will Tony Snelling (Left) and Les Webb (Right) be finished by Remembrance Denis Connelly Two long-serving committeemen Tony The final event of the year, the City of Perth Snelling (Left) and Les Webb (Right) were RSL Sub Branch and Bishop Reilly Trophy was rewarded with Life Membership of the WA played at Osborne Park. The trophies were won RSL Bowls Section at the AGM in May. by the Gordon and Leslie Wooldridge --Dennis and Rosemary Irving team. Dr Margaret Sturdy, Both have served in every office of the section, Hollywood Private Hospital, Richard Carter, Vice Les also served as President of the National RSL - President WA RSL and Scarborough Sub Branch Bowls body, Tony served as State delegate and secretary Frank Piper, attended to present their was Tournament Director for the very successful trophies to the respective winners. National Bowls carnival in Perth in 2008. We are starting to rebuild our membership again Another Annual General Meeting has been and with an influx of the fairer sex. Welcome ladies. A gone with the worst attendance in years. 29 with membership recruitment poster is in circulation, 13 apologies. Pretty poor!!! so sign up your mates for the cheapest bowls in WA. However, Merv Hughes is the new President, Les Webb is Deputy President and Tony Snelling is Max Plester - Hon Secretary (9405 8991) Vice-President. Graham Stevens is still Treasurer and Max Plester Secretary. John Groves is Match EMAIL: [email protected] Chairman and Ron Prosser Social Committee Chairman.
When returned serviceman Ralph O’Neill* and provide some much needed relief and recently came across an ad for a ‘paperless’ peace of mind. bidet toilet seat, he honestly felt, from the things he was reading, that this could quite Making some initial inquiries, Ralph and possibly be the answer to his prayers. Caroline were amazed to see the features that were now available. Apart from comfort and From the time he had spent in Japan and Korea health factors, the warm seat, warm water on rest and recuperation from active service in wash, and a warm air dryer could all be oper- Vietnam, and on subsequent visits with his wife ated and adjusted via a simple-to-use remote Caroline*, he knew that there were some great control unit. toilet seats available that provided so many more features than those generally found in It was also explained to Ralph that as the Australia. bidet seat simply replaced his existing toilet seat and it was so simple to install, he had He felt that with some of the the choice of easily installing it himself or medical conditions he’d arranging for a trained technician from The long experienced, BIDET SHOP® to drop around for a very rea- including hemorrhoids sonable rate. After some discussion together, and some personal is- Ralph and Caroline purchased a bidet toilet sues for Caroline, the seat and Ralph decided to install it himself. fact the bidet could The bidet arrived a few days later and Ralph wash and dry them got to work immediately. A couple of beers both without the later, Ralph had it up and running and took it need for toilet paper, his new bidet a test drive straight away. would prove very benefi cial Ralph feels the bidet is the best investment he and his wife have made for their personal health and hygiene. Now after years of toileting problems, neither of them fi nds going to the loo an issue. Their only regret was that they hadn’t seen the bidet toilet seat sooner!
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The RSL Living History Project shire and government and the ward the Sub Branch. The Charity shop has been concentrating in the was opened on ANZAC Day 1932. serves the needs of the community and provides the Sub Branch with Avon Region and Wheatbelt over Northam Sub Branch was chartered the past few weeks. Thank you to revenue. The Sub Branch is also on the 10th of May 1916. In 1977 supported by Bendigo Bank and other everyone we have met so far, it has the Sub Branch hall was renamed and been great to meet everyone and organisations in the community to dedicated as a Senior Citizens Centre continue to provide this service in the hear about how your Sub Branch andBU Ex-Service MenN and WomenK SerpentineER Byford area. has operated in the community. Memorial. At the time of opening it was described in the Northam If anyone has any stories about how What has become evident in looking Advertiser as “the first time an RSL your Sub Branch works within the at the history of the Sub Branches is Hall has been allocated for use as a community then please contact me at that despite operating under the same living memorial in that it can be used ANZAC House. banner, the Sub Branches differ in by senior citizens as a meeting and their operations largely relating to the recreational venue. Portion of the community in which they exist. Hall has been retained for use by the Merredin Sub Branch was formed on Northam RSL Sub Branch”. the 6th of May 1919 and was active in The Sub Branch also contributed to fundraising in the community. In 1920 the overall cost of the project through the Merredin Regional Hospital was local fundraising activities. opened, after a few years it became necessary to work towards expansion Serpentine Sub Branch was formed and the development of more wards in on the 15th of December 2005 but the hospital. In 1932 the Sub Branch the RSL did have a Sub Branch in ran an ugly man competition to raise the Serpentine Jarrahdale Mundijong funds for the building of a children’s area prior to this. The formation of ward at the local hospital. The Sub the Sub Branch also brought with Branch eventually contributed 480 it the formation of a charity shop pounds which was added to by the in the community which is run by
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Perth, Australia. 03-04-1943. Western Australian personnel of the Royal Australian Navy who have just returned after 2 1/2 years' service overseas. They are dressed to proceed on liberty leave. Some are ex HMAS "Napier".
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The Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) is taking part in the Navy's vital job of defending the seas. WRANS operate at Harman Naval Station, near Canberra. Under the direction of a Leading Seaman, WRANS march smartly in the Navy's style. 27 August 1941.
Perth, Australia. 03-04-1943. Western Australian personnel of the Royal Australian Navy who have just returned after 2 1/2 years' service overseas. They are dressed to proceed on liberty leave. Some are ex HMAS "Napier".
01-04-1940. Sydney - HMAS Perth ratings assembly on the wharf. HMAS Kanimbla: Amphibious transport. First began service in 1994. 18 The Listening Post August 2011 Canberra Earns Boer War Memorial Place in History The Boer War Memorial is all too often overlooked when visiting Kings Park. However, on Sunday 29 May 2011 a small but significant group of veterans, family members and interested More than 1350 Canberra howling propellers, the Canberra defence training, aerial survey and public conducted a wreath laying service at the was sheer bliss. Its speed was also aircraft were built and served photographic roles. In the 1970s, memorial. with the air forces of 18 great: 810km/h.” Mr Halvorson’s the high cost of maintenance nations. association with A84-235 started forced a review of the Canberra The Catafalque party was provided by the 10th Light in November 1964 when he was life of type. The aircraft flew for Horse Regiment, Group Captain Dr Mike Galvin (Rtd) Between 1953 and 1982, the posted to 2SQN. the last time in 1982 – well after was MC. RAAF’s 1, 2 and 6SQNs operated its replacement, the F-111, was in four UK and 48 Australian-built He flew as its navigator on 14 service. ADE Chaplin David Jackson CSM led the group in Canberras. They served in combat, sorties from April 1965 to prayer and Officer Commanding of the 10th Light being used against communist September 1966, and again in Phan Air Force News, June 9 2011 Horse Regiment, Major Geoffery Craggs, delivered forces in Malaya and in South Rang from April 19 to October 23, the Boer War oration. Vietnam, where two were lost. 1967; about 30 sorties. “It also flew the first Forward Air Controller Denis Connelly – Editor They flew with 2SQN as part of the mission in Phuc Tuoy province Commonwealth Strategic Reserve on June 25 that year,” he said. in Malaysia from 1958, replacing “Most who served in Canberra the Lincoln as a bomber. The squadrons and support units have squadron was a major component many memories, mostly fond, and in the air order of battle during are proud to have been associated the Malayan Emergency and with the ‘Queen of the Skies’ Indonesian Confrontation until the during its time in the RAAF. “And unit deployed to South Vietnam it is a fitting location for A84-235, in April 1967. Retired WGCDR here at Wagga, where most of the Lance Halvorson said that the technical crews who maintained Canberra was a superb aircraft. “To her, were trained.” those who flew it in its early years, the new bomber was superior to On return to Australia from all other aircraft of its type,” Mr Vietnam on June 4, 1971, the Halvorson said. “As one navigator Canberra was retired from frontline said, after thundering engines and combat role and employed in air
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When is Veterans’ Health Week? Week activities at a local level. road to mental wellbeing. organisations, Day Clubs and Men’s Health Peer Education volunteers to Veterans’ Health Week will be held from A variety of fun and interactive events • Friends support one another. organise activities throughout Veterans’ Monday 24 to Sunday 30 October 2011. will be held around Australia. These Health Week. More information will It is a fun opportunity for veterans, war events will include activities such as • Learn new ways to cope with and bounce back from stress. be made available online and in DVA widows, widowers, family members and laughter workshops, mind games expos, publications over the next few months, the broader community to celebrate the retirement and health expos and music, • Take the lead—show your friends and leading into October. strengths of the veteran community. This singing, dancing and lyrics workshops. mates the way to better mental health. year’s focus is on mental wellness— For more information about hosting a encouraging members of the veteran What is the theme of this year’s Veterans' Veterans' Health Week will help raise Veterans’ Health Week event phone your community to think about their health Health Week? awareness of healthy lifestyle options and nearest Veterans’ Affairs Network (VAN) and wellbeing, and discover tips for The theme this year is building on the promote DVA programs which are aimed office on 1300 55 1918, send an email to making positive lifestyle changes, to live strengths of the veteran community— at improving the mental health of men [email protected] or visit the website at a healthier, happier, and stronger life. mental wellness. Veterans' Health Week and the broader veteran community. www.dva.gov.au/vhw.htm DVA is partnering with ex-service 2011 will celebrate the strengths of the How can I get involved? So take the lead and involve your mates organisations and community groups to veteran community by raising awareness as we embark for October and Veterans' develop a program of Veterans’ Health of key attributes such as, friendship, Everyone is welcome to take part in Health Week 2011! resilience and leadership which pave the the fun! DVA encourages ex-service Preparation for National Indigenous Reconcilliation Day
The Department of Veteran Affairs (DVA) along with RSL WA, State and Federal Departments, Indigenous Veterans and Ex-Service organisations held a service at the Kings Park War Memorial as part of National Reconciliation week 27 May to 3 June. The keynote speaker was Mr John Kobelke MLA BSc DipEd JP Member for Balcatta. Denis Connelly The ListTheening List Poseningt August Post O ctober2011 200921 21 Working Dogs Have Their Day Australian military working dogs are contributing Hulse, who in 1970 was posted to the US Infantry more than ever before in Afghanistan, but the School at Fort Benning, Georgia, saw dogs at work and capability was raised in a different time for a met with numerous animal trainers and psychologists. different operation. “I was convinced that dog teams could be trained to find explosives and tunnels and recommended The ADF will commemorate military working dogs Australia commence a Mine Dog Wing,” he said. on June 7, one year on from the death of explosive detection dog (EDD) handler Spr Darren Smith and “The wing was quickly established at the School EDD Herbie, 2CER, who were killed by an IED blast of Military Engineering, and in January 1971, we in Afghanistan. Spr Smith was the first handler to be recruited the dogs, the staff and commenced training killed in action while operating a military working them for deployment to South Vietnam." “The dogs dog. Herbie was the second EDD to be killed in action were primarily trained to detect explosives, but proved – EDD Razz was killed by an IED in Afghanistan in to be very efficient at detecting trip wires, enemy September 2007. The origin of Australian military personnel, and indicated any unusual item, such as working dogs can be traced back to Malaya, Borneo enemy signs along tracks, roads, built up areas, vehicles and the Vietnam War. EDD teams have deployed to and buildings.” Somalia, East Timor, Solomon Islands, Bougainville Although the dogs were assessed for combat operations and Afghanistan. The Air Force has dog teams in East in early 1972 and passed, they were not sent to Vietnam Timor. Best friends: Spr Darren Smith and EDD Herbie were killed in because Australia had withdrawn from the war. Today’s action in Afghanistan last year. Former RAE officer Capt George Hulse (retd) was the EDDs are deployed to Afghanistan where they are first OC of the Explosive Detection Dog Wing at SME. searching for explosives, weapons and ammunition. “During the Vietnam War, mines, home-made bombs EDD handler LCpl Shaun Ward, 2CER, said handlers and booby-traps were being used in almost every area developed a strong bond with the EDDs, especially of the Australian controlled Phouc Tuy province of during deployments spanning six to nine months. South Vietnam,” he said. “There was also a presence “They are someone you can always rely on to be there,” of dozens of large tunnel complexes and thousands of he said. “You look after the dog before you look after enemy bunkers dotted throughout the province. yourself and they sleep in our swags with us. “All of our searching is off lead so the danger for EDDs varies “The mines were killing and wounding our troops depending on what they find and how it’s placed. “We almost every day and the tunnels remained a lucky have lost two dogs due to blasts, but the handlers do find rather than the outcome of a deliberate search. their best to read the dog and know when they have We needed something to help us resolve both of these found something before they’re right on top of it.” problems.” In 1969, the US Army began a Mine and Tunnel Detection Dog training program and Australia Written by Cpl Zenith King – Army News, 9 June 2011 wanted to evaluate the value of dogs in this role. Mr Australia’s military working dog capability was first raised in the late stages of the Vietnam War. SCOO0032_TLP. pdf Page 1 30/ 08/ 10, 3:15 PM Increasing your working wage on the pension Thinking of taking-up some paid Any unused amounts of the $250 Footpath work? The Work Bonus Scheme concession will accrue in a Work and the Work Bonus Bank can help Bonus Bank, up to a maximum of reduce your assessable income. $6,500, available to offset any future employment income. For example, if freedom Undertaking some casual work is a an income support pensioner earns great way to supplement your income, $400 per fortnight, with the Work but it is important to be informed of how Bonus income concessions, only $150 it can affect your pension. The Work of employment income will be counted Bonus Scheme allows eligible income as assessable income. If that pensioner long support pensioners to undertake some hasn't worked for a portion of the year, paid work with a reduced effect to their beginning 1 July onwards, they will range pension. To be eligible, a veteran or accrue credits of $250 per fortnight war widow/er must be of qualifying/ in the Work Bonus Bank. If the credit pension age and over and be receiving in the Bank is worth more than their batteries employment income. Qualifying age assessable income, then no income is 60 for males and 59.5 for females. will be assessed. Pensioners must standard Pension age is 65 for males and 64.5 advise DVA of any new employment for females. income within 14 days of commencing employment. From 1 July 2011, the first $250 of income earned per fortnight by For more information on the Work eligible service pensioners, income Bonus Scheme or the Work Bonus support supplement recipients and age Bank, visit www.dva.gov.au or call pensioners, paid by the Department DVA on 133 254 (metro areas) or 1800 + Independence of Veterans' Affairs, will be excluded 026 185 for regional callers. + EconoMY from the income test. + Convenience 32nd Annual Service & Ex-Servicewomen's Luncheon All Service and Ex-Servicewomen are invited to a Luncheon to be held TGA QUALITY + Safety APPROVED in Langley Hall, RAAFA, Bull Creek, at 12 for 12.30pm on Thursday 25 August 2011. Cost is $30 per person. Menu: Roast beef or grilled fish and vegetables, apple pie or fruit salad with ice Showroom: Unit 1/156 Orrong Road, Lathlain, Perth. cream, tea, coffee and chocolates Drinks: Beer, wine or soft drinks (glasses) available free from the Bar from CALL 1300 622 633 or visit 12.15pm. Squash and water on the tables. Buy your own spirits. www.scootersaus.com.au Bookings: May Tomich 9276 8616 or Cecile Hinton 9387 2237 22 The Listening Post August 2011 VADM Griggs Takes Command A salvaged telescope used in the extensive operational experience to 1940s on board HMAS Sydney II the role, but a commitment to cultural signified the transfer of command reform under New Generation Navy and responsibility as it was (NGN), a commitment to efficiency presented to the RAN’s new leader under the Strategic Reform Program by its retired chief. and, most of all, a commitment to lead all of you, our Navy people.” In his After 41 years of RAN service including first formal address to the RAN, VADM three years in its top job, VADM Russ Griggs commended VADM Crane for Crane officially handed over the helm his inspiring and courageous leadership. to VADM Ray Griggs during a Chief of “VADM Crane’s legacy is considerable. Navy handover of command ceremony He has laid the foundation for us to at Russell Offices in Canberra on June 7. modernise the way Navy thinks and A parade of about 300 Navy personnel, acts. This will enable us to face the including the RAN Band and a guard challenges of the coming years with of 40, gathered at Blamey Square to pride in who we are and confidence in farewell VADM Crane and welcome his what we can achieve,” VADM Griggs successor, VADM Griggs. said. “It has been my great privilege and “It is an enormous privilege and honour honour to lead the RAN through the to be chosen to lead the Navy, but I am last three years; years that have been conscious of the burden of responsibility Farewell Salute: VADM Russ Crane, followed by VADM Ray Griggs, takes on his final inspection of the guard marked by profound reform, great and the very large shoes I have to fill. and band as CN at the handover parade as Russell Offices, Canberra, on June 7. Photo by Lauren Black challenge and the outstanding successes You can rest assured that I will give of our people,” VADM Crane said. “It A new CN flag was broken on the VADM Griggs my all as I lead the Navy and play my is my honour to hand over the Navy to flagpole as VADM Crane was handed officially assumed his position as CN broader part as a member of both the VADM Griggs. He is an exceptional his delicately folded flag to keep as a after the ceremony on June 8 at 0001 ADF and Defence’s senior leadership officer in whom I have always had memento. Zulu time. team.” enormous trust and respect, and I “I thank each member of the Navy from He brings extensive operational and know he will lead our Navy with the As the new CN, VADM Griggs will the most junior to the most senior, not command experience with his most same outstanding professionalism, initially focus on three key areas: the just as the retired chief but personally recent posting being that of Deputy commitment, dedication and passion significant reform programs Navy has for your hard work and outstanding Chief of Joint Operations. that I have observed in him over many embarked on, delivering capability to the achievements. I know it has come at years. government and ensuring Navy is ready great cost to yourselves and to your By CPL Melanie Schinkel – Navy for its transition to new capabilities. News, 23 June 2011 “VADM Griggs brings not only families,” VADM Crane said. 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Chief of Navy VADM Ray Griggs said the integration initiative was very successful and the new arrangements had been written into Submarine More Opportunities For Standing Orders and Fleet Guidance. “To date there have been no significant problems arising from mixed- Female Submariners gender messing in submarines,” he said. “The Submarine Force is a very close community and consultation with submariners indicates that the integration of females is considered ‘normal practice’ in crews that include women. It also engendered a growing desire for this practice to be adopted throughout the submarine fleet.” Strict rules apply to maintain the dignity and privacy of all people involved. A woman will not be posted to a submarine if there are no other women in the crew, while junior women sailors will not be posted to a submarine if there are Times of Change: Male and female submariners will share accommodation facilities aboard all boats from July. Photo by Richard Gale no women officers or senior sailors aboard. The first From July female submariners will share as their male crew mates,” he said. Women have fully integrated junior sailor messes will begin in July accommodation with their male counterparts been serving aboard submarines since 1998 but, aboard all commissioned submarines. until now, had to sleep in female-only six-berth aboard all boats, a move designed to open more Forty-four of the Navy’s 560 submariners are women. cabins. “A lack of dedicated bunk space on board has Of the three Services, Navy has the largest percentage opportunities for women within Australia’s occasionally led to female submariners missing out of women serving in its ranks at 18 per cent. Ninety- submarine fleet. on postings because of bunk limitations, which has seven per cent of Navy positions, including combat- denied the Submarine Force qualified specialists,” Mr Defence Science and Personnel Minister Warren related positions, are already open to women. Snowdon said the move, which was a recommendation Snowdon said. “These limitations have also meant of previous Chief of Navy VADM Russ Crane, was that only two of our three operational submarines Only clearance diving remains a restricted employment a major step forward for women in the ADF. “This have been able to accommodate females.” Successful category. move will ensure that female submariners access the trials have already been conducted over several years Navy News – 23 June 2011 same training and career progression opportunities across the Submarine Force with officers and senior Program Boosts Indigenous Skills Young indigenous men and women when applying for general entry provided an important link between from across North Queensland enlistment, trainee Nicholas Nona the ADF and the communities of far were given a taste of military life now feels confident in the skills he has north Queensland. at Porton Barracks in Cairns and developed during the program. “Every day we do something new where we “As the DIDP has gained more Lavarack Barracks in Townsville exposure it has become very well as part of the Defence Indigenous learn new skills. DIDP is the best thing that has ever happened to me,” he said. supported by community elders,” Development Program (DIDP). “My parents are very proud – they he said. “They understand the opportunities that are offered to these All of the training through the DIDP know that this is a stepping stone and young indigenous people that will not aims to increase self confidence and I am going to achieve great things.” only benefit the individual but also the provide trainees with the skills to make Annaleise Deemal is another program entire community.” informed decisions about their future. participant who was also unsuccessful Part of the curriculum includes military when she previously applied for By Capt Lacey Western – Army News, training, with trainees attending the Army enlistment. Upon completion 23 June 2011 51FNQR Induction Course. The of the DIDP, she will apply again trainees participate not just in military and hopes to become a signaller. She training but also language, literacy and Above - On the job: Defence Indigenous described the program as life changing numeracy, personal development and Development Program participants Danica and strongly encouraged other young Reisener and Silas Sebasio put some time in at vocational education provided through indigenous people to join. “I have the range during the weapons training phase of Tropical North Queensland TAFE. the program told all my friends about DIDP, I’ve Most of the course participants go on told them about the training and all to full-time employment in the ADF the opportunities you can have in or active ARes service with 51FNQR. Left - Nester Phineasa learns to operate the the Army,” she said. CO 51FNQR radio. Photos by Mag Al Green Having been previously unsuccessful Lt-Col Steven Brain said the initiative Lower Education, Faster Aging This latest study will hopefully give Telomeres are sections of DNA of health in more than 10,000 UK civil The results revealed people with lower children a reason not to ‘moan which cap the ends of chromosomes, servants. A subset of 506 healthy male educational achievements had shorter and groan’ in the morning as they protecting them from damage and and female participants, aged 53 to telomeres, indicating that they may age drag themselves out of bed to get the loss of cell functions associated 76 years old, provided information on faster, and the study also offered strong ready for the school day ahead. with ageing. Britain Medical Research their educational history and gave blood evidence that this was not affected by Council’s, Stephen Holgate, said the samples. people's social and economic status later According to researchers in Britain key finding to come from the study was in life, as was previously thought. and America, people who leave that a person’s experiences earlier in life The blood samples were used to education with fewer qualifications can have important influences on their obtain a particular type of white blood “We already know from previous are prone to age more quickly. health. cell that could then be tested for two research that people with poor characteristics relating to the telomeres. backgrounds are prone to age more The study, published in the journal According to Mr Holgate, an implication The researchers divided the participants quickly,” said University College Brain, Behaviour and Immunity this of the study was the difficulty to establish into four education groups: those who London’s researcher, Andrew Steptoe. month, looked at the length of sections the cause of the findings, but he said the had no qualifications at all, those who “Education is a marker of social class of DNA known as telomeres. About study provided evidence that “being left formal education after exams at 16 that people acquire early in life, and 450 people took part in the long-term educated to a higher level can benefit years of age, those who left after exams our research suggested that it was long health study, which found people who you more than in the job market alone” at 18 years, and those who obtained a term exposure to the conditions of lower did not achieve good grades at school The participants in the study were civil degree from a university or other higher status that promotes accelerated cellular had shorter telomeres, suggesting they servants taking part in the large, ongoing education institution. ageing,” he said. may age faster. research study looking at various aspects 24 The Listening Post August 2011 See the Benefits of Eating Well We know eating well is good for To see whether these especially us, but for people at a higher risk susceptible people might reduce their risk, of losing central vision as they age, the researchers, based in the Netherlands, eating sufficient levels of certain surveyed the eating habits of more than dietary nutrients could drastically 2,000 participants over the age of 55. help protect their eyes. All of the participants also had eye exams every three years for the next decade to A new study found that among people determine who suffered vision loss. with a “genetic susceptibility” to macular degeneration, which is vision loss caused Among people with the CFH variation, by erosion of the retina, those who ate greater amounts of either zinc, beta higher levels of zinc, antioxidants or carotene, omega-3 fatty acids or lutein/ Remembrance Day Luncheon omega-3 fatty acids, cut their risk of zeaxanthin in the diet was linked to a developing the disease by as much as a smaller risk of macular degeneration. Friday 11 November 2011 third, compared with those who ate lower 12.30 pm levels of the nutrients. The research called For those who had the LOC387715S variation, reduced risk of vision loss Gallipoli Room, ANZAC House for clinicians to provide dietary advice to “young susceptible individuals” to was seen among people who ate greater 28 St Georges Terrace, Perth postpone or prevent age-related macular amounts of zinc or omega-3 fats. Dress: Smart Casual, Miniature Medals degeneration. The researchers, who wrote In their case, for example, 25% of their findings in the journal Archives of Menu people who ate 11.85 mg per day of Ophthalmology, said age-related macular zinc developed macular degeneration, Chicken Breast filled with Avocado & Mushroom, degeneration was common, accounting compared to 33% of people who ate just served on Puree Potato for half of all cases of blindness in 7.5 mg per day. “To achieve this benefit, developed countries. with a Cream Mushroom Sauce & Seasonal Vegetables it does not appear necessary to consume and a crusty Bread Roll & Butter In the United States, the condition occurs excessive amounts of these nutrients; the recommended dietary allowance will Individual Berry Fruit Trifle in more than six out of every 100 adults over the age of 40. There is no cure for suffice,” the researchers stated. served on Raspberry Coulis macular degeneration; however it can be Fast food facts: Tea & coffee treated with medications and surgery. • Good sources for zinc include Includes a bottle each of red and white wine, various beer The study found at least two gene variations oysters, red meat, nuts and beans. are known to raise a person’s risk for and soft drink on the table • Oily fish is one of the best food developing the condition compared to the Cost - $45.00 sources for omega-3 fats, while beta general population. One of the variations carotene is found in carrots, sweet RSVP: Essential by Friday 21 October 2011 (called CFH) increased a person’s odds potatoes and other vegetables and fruits. of macular degeneration up to 11-fold, • Lutein and zeaxanthin are abundant in and another (called LOC387715S) raised eggs and green leafy vegetables. them by up to 15-fold. What age is considered 'old'? When a person’s youth slips lasts into your 70s. away, it can often be a daunting, The study’s researchers argue defining emotional time. But at what age age is important because ‘age should we let go of our youthful prejudice’ - either being treated as years and bring out the knitting too young or too old - is rife in the needles? The age at which British community and we should know what people believe old age begins will age labels mean. most likely surprise you. About 63% of those surveyed said British people believe old age starts at age prejudice was a ‘serious’ or ‘very 59 – nine years earlier than people in serious’ issue and a further 28% said other European countries, according they had been treated with prejudice to the latest study. because of their age in the past year. The European Social Survey report However, pinning age labels down is revealed people aged 35 and over are a tricky one. no longer considered young. According to Professor Dominic Those surveyed between 15 and 24 Abrams of Kent University in Britain, years old thought that youth ends at “what counts as young and old 28 and old age begins at 54. is largely down to the age of the beholder”. At the other extreme, those in their Invest with an institution you can trust 80s said youth stopped at 42 and old What age is considered “old” in other Proudly supporting the Australian defence community since 1959 age kicks in at 67. countries?
The researchers said the survey was Greeks – who retire in their 50s – ADCU has a long history helping Australians with their a “big slap in the face” for those in regard old age as 68 while the Danes banking and investment needs. their 30s and 40s who still consider believe those aged 64 and over are themselves “young” because they old. Special investment rates for RSL members have an active social-life and current High level of investment security gym memberships. In France, 63 is considered old. Only in Turkey, where the average life Flexible interest payments “It’s also a shock for those in their 50s expectancy is 72, do people have a and 60s who are functioning on all lower estimate of old age, saying it For more info visit your local ADCU branch, (or mostly all) systems. With many begins at 55. go to www.adcu.com.au or call 1300 13 23 28 of them still working, volunteering or happily spending their kids’ With Australian life expectancy now inheritance on travel, they don’t have clocking in at 81.3 years it seems crazy time to be old,” researchers said. that you would kiss youth goodbye in your mid 30s and welcome old age This is particularly strange given the before you blow the candles out at 60. Terms and Conditions, fees and charges apply and are available on application. Australian Defence Credit Union Limited ABN 48 087 649 741 AFSL/ACL No. 237 988. recent news that sex-life expectancy The Listening Post August 2011 25 Notices
1 RAR (1980’s – 1990’s) 2011. We need your help! Any items Cecile Hinton – Secretary – Returned phone Wicked Campers on 1800 Reunion will be copied and returned. Ex-Servicewomen Sub Branch 246 869. For media inquiries contact Reunion will be 8-9 October Helen Leech Ph: (07) 3333 2676 2011 at Mudjimba, Sunshine Contact Mick Ryan OAM on 0407 •••••••• E: [email protected] W: Coast. For more information please 446 666 or Nev Clark on 9307 2385 For Sale wickedcampers.com contact Ray Carson, 0400 025 509 / •••••••• World War II Book Series [email protected] •••••••• All Ranks Naval Reunion consisting of 21 volumes by Robert Edwin Herzstein and the editors Gallipoli Battlefield & Cultural •••••••• Tour 2012 The first All Ranks National Reunion of Time-Life Books. Published 3rd Btn RAR – 2nd Tour will be held in 2011 and bi-annually 18 – 30 April 2012. For further Vietnam 1971 in 1980. Excellent condition - as thereafter in different cities across new. For sale by original owner. An information contact Jenny Knight 40th Anniversary of the 3rd Btn Australia. I have volunteered to be historic record of World War II. from the War Widows’ Guild of RAR return from Vietnam in 1971 the custodian of all future records Each volume averages 208 pp of text, WA on 9371 7470 / 0402 051 592 will be celebrated in Canberra. Open so anytime a state wishes to have a authentic pictures, maps, diagrams or John Waller from Boronia Travel invitation is extended to all former reunion I have the data. As your and illustrations including 16 pages Centre on 1800 035 350 members along with their families and personal details change for example of full colour per volume. These friends as well as Allied personnel. A leaving the Navy changing emails, belonged to a digger who is now •••••••• formal gathering will take place at the moving home etc I ask you to keep deceased. HMAS Bataan Veterans Vietnam Veterans' National Memorial me informed. Association of Australia on Sunday 16 October 2011 at 10am. Sandra Wilson – sandraw2512@ National Reunion 2011 So please send the following westnet.com.au - 0407 997 881 The Reunion will be held at For further information please contact information to me. Full name, Frankston Victoria on Thursday 0412 377 884 / [email protected] nickname, full address, phone •••••••• 8th until Sunday 11th September / http://www.3rar.com number, Email, how long you were Found Medal: 2011. Our National President in the navy, a brief story and your •••••••• Defence Medal 1939-1945. No Joe Flaherty invites all our Bataan rank. Members. Further details on the 16th Battalions’ Foundation ribbon attached. Labeled with Mr John Hogg - 10/6-12 Hindmarsh WX2112 JH Peach. We wish for this itinerary & accommodation are The 16th Battalions’ Foundation Ave North Wollongong, NSW 2500 to be returned to the owner or NOK. available. Tribal Class Veterans from Dinner will be at the Bill Walker - Phone: 02 42280915 - UK, Canadian & New Zealand Room, Patersons Stadium Editor [email protected] are invited to join us. Contact: Subiaco on 19 August at 6.30. For •••••••• the National Secretary - John F. information and bookings contact •••••••• Laughton JP, 36 Tamarisk Rd Narre Found Medals Margaret Smith on 9384 4144 / At the Australian War Warren Vic 3805. Ph. 03 9704 7799 0419 914 534 / margaretasmith14@ Memorial, Canberra The following lost medals or Mob. 0417 336 423 hotmail.com or Mary Goldthorpe can be obtained with suitable Email: [email protected] on 9384 9105 / 0409 085 987 / International Conference – Korea identification by contacting the [email protected] in from the cold. 6-7 October 2011. president of the Kwinana RSL, 27 •••••••• Pace Road Medina. HMAS Canberra 2011 Reunion •••••••• •••••••• The HMAS Canberra 2011 86 Transport Platoon Reunion – Australian Army Apprentices The medals are the Australian Service Association medal 1939-45 and Defence medal Reunion will be held at the 2012 Maroochy RSL on Sunshine Coast There will be a Reunion of all with the inscription NX8792 – WT This unit being one of the biggest QLD from 21 to 23 October 2011. Apprentices and Staff in Canberra, ANDREWS inscribed around the to have served in Vietnam outside of The reunion is being held for all 27 to 31 Oct 2011. The title is edge. the battalions is holding a reunion in personnel, partners and guests of Apprentices Together 2011. Full April 2012 at Port Stephens (NSW). Don Burns the ships company who served on details of this event are at www. The Reunion is to commemorate 40 President - Kwinana RSL HMAS Canberra 1980-2005. It will austarmyapprentice.org, or call Frank years end of deployment be a great opportunity to join in Maloney 0418 728 181, or Frank •••••••• celebrating the Ship’s 30th birthday Contact: Raymond Davis Poole 0416 193 387. Free Road-trip for Vietnam with the fine people who served her. (Chairman) 02 94761038 or email Vets Your Association needs your [email protected] Please indicate your interest continuing support. Wicked Campers is currently Visit our website: offering all Vietnam Vets a FREE of attending at http://www. www.86transportreunion2012.com •••••••• road trip. surveymonkey.com/s/DXHHXSK Calling all 7th Field •••••••• Ambulance Members and Ex The special entitles each Vietnam Vet For further information please visit http://www.hmascanberra.com/news/ 104 Sig Sqn National Reunion Members to complimentary campervan rental 2011 I am presently doing a record of our for five days. reunion.html history and require your stories. 4-6 Nov 2011 at Twin Towns Services If Wicked owner John Webb said the Bill Krause Club on the Gold Coast. you wish to take part, please contact aim of the deal was to say thank you Private Ashley Bastian at ashley_bastian@ for the huge contribution the Vets Full details and committee contact hotmail.com or on 0432 540 395. info on the special reunion web site have made to our at http://2011.au104.org •••••••• country. “It’s my Calling all Service and way of showing CORRECTION All Signals and Friends Welcome. Ex-Servicewomen: 32nd our appreciation,” Phone 0419-334535 or email he said. “For any On page 30 of the June issue of The Annual Luncheon Listening Post we incorrectly published [email protected] for details. The 32nd Annual Luncheon is being Vets who have a bit of spare time, it’s in the article 'The Valley View Military •••••••• held at Langley Hall, RAAFA, Bull and Vintage Weekend' that the amount Creek at 12 noon for 12.30pm on a great way to see 2012 Sapper Centenary of more of Australia for raised was $22,040, the correct figure is Service in WA Thursday 25 August. Cost is $30 a free.” $2,040. 2012 will be a big year for Sappers head. For bookings and details please in Western Australia. Members of ring May on 9276 8616, Judy on The approximate The editor apologises to Geraldton St the Royal Australian Engineers have 9311 4401 or Cecile on 9387 2237. value of the Johns Ambulance and to Geraldton City served for more then a century. The Come along and meet your mates and giveaway is $300. RSL Sub Branch RAE Association on WA is preparing have a good time with the fellowship Denis Connelly To make a booking, a book to cover the period 1912- of old friends. 26 The Listening Post August 2011 Wanted – Members of HMAS •••••••• Reunion will be from September 29th after the march through town on CANBERRA SHROPSHIRE Korean War Veterans until October 2nd 2011 at the Hobart Saturday. I am the Webmaster for www. Memorial Reunion Australia Macquarie Hotel, Macquarie Street, For more information please contact hmascanberra.com and I’m hoping Reunion will be held on 21, 22 and Hobart. $135.00 per couple including Colin Turner on 08 9061 1773 / 0429 to contact members of the above 23 October 2011 in Canberra. full buffet breakfast plus $ 55.00 Association. per head for Registration & Saturday 150 847 / [email protected] or This is an annual event for Veterans, Dinner Dance which includes pre Brooke Perez on 08 9061 1377 / exo@ I have been running a web based survey friends and family – including MIA dinner drinks brucerock.wa.gov.au to measure the support for a HMAS and NOK. All enquiries to Heather CANBERRA Association being formed Wilson on (02) 4297 0921 For Further Information on •••••••• by former Ships Company of HMAS Membership or Reunion please Seeking Colin Robert Burns CANBERRA 2. Over 50% of respondents •••••••• contact Geoff (Wiggy) Bennett on I worked with Colin Robert Burns want to investigate the possibility of Kulin Bush Races joining the HMAS CANBERRA (03) 9532 3672 or Fax: (03) 9532 No. 3793578 cook in Vietnam in The Kulin Bush Races will be SHROPSHIRE Association. 3672 Email: [email protected]. 1969, 17 Cons. Squad. I would love held on the weekend of 7, 8 and 9 to get in touch with him if anyone Lee Webster – 0431 547 527 au or [email protected] October. A full program is available can help. •••••••• at www.kulin.wa.gov.au Sponsored by RAN Battle Class Social Club Ken Tucker HMAS Deloraine All enquiries to be directed to Barry I'm trying to contact any members Todd (0427 471 541 / 9534 8331 •••••••• [email protected] of HMAS Deloraine, the WWII / [email protected]), Garry Naval Re-Union •••••••• corvette, who were on board when Williams (0418 945 785 / 9581 2681 The USS Frank E Evans/HMAS she fought the Japanese submarine / [email protected]) or Terry Mandurah Murray Vietnam Melbourne reunion is in Waterloo, I-124. Gott (0458 064 337 / 9581 7414 / Veterans Group [email protected]) Iowa in Mid-September this year. The Mandurah Murray Vietnam Dr Tom Lewis - Military Historian Anyone wishing to attend, please Veterans Group ( MMVVG ) are •••••••• If you can be of any assistance please forward your full mailing address to conducting a commemorative contact Tom Lewis direct at talewis@ Memorials Built in me ASAP, so that invitations can be ceremony in recognition of Vietnam Caravan Parks' bigpond.com.au mailed to you from the States. Veterans Day on 18th August 2011. I am a Vietnam Veteran and I have •••••••• been involved in the building of a Please only respond if you are seriously The Parade and service is to be held at HMAS Shoalhaven Re-Union Memorial inside the Caravan Park considering going, as the mail-out cost the Mandurah War Memorial. Form and AGM at 80 Mile Beach which is located is not cheap. up will be at 10.30 with step off at Former crew members of HMAS 360km south of Broome and 280km 10.45. Refreshments will follow the I will be sending out further details at Shoalhaven are cordially invited to north of Port Hedland. service. a later date as a general message, but join their shipmates at Frankston, we need the addresses for those who Mr Cole Gibson is co-ordinating the Victoria from 1 to 5 November I am interested in any information anyone can give me of any other intend going. event and is contactable on 9586 8845 2011. or e-mail [email protected] Memorials which have been built in Ron Baker (aka Nullarbor) This is a gathering of members of the any caravan parks around Australia. •••••••• ‘four frigates’: Shoalhaven, Murchison, All replies direct to Ron Baker at email Any feedback can be directed Condamine and Culgoa. For further address: [email protected] WRANS - RAN Reunion 2012 to 0467571503 or E-mail information please contact George Franki At the May meeting of the – [email protected] [email protected] •••••••• EX-WRANS ASSOCIATION of •••••••• Ray Miles RSL Living History Project Victoria it was proposed that Victoria The RSL Living History Project should hold the next WRANS-RAN HMAS VENDETTA (1958-79) •••••••• will be focussing on the role of the reunion for all women who have at A Dedication Ceremony for the Missing Medals one time served, or are currently HMAS VENDETTA (1958-79) RSL within the community from A young man from Wingham had serving, within the RAN. Commemorative Plaque will be the beginning in 1916 up until the the following stolen: 1975 ASM conducted at the Australian War present day and will be producing The proposal is that the reunion with East Timor Clasp, Interfet Memorial (AWM) on the afternoon an online exhibition to showcase the be held over the weekend of 30-31 Campaign Medal, ADM and of Friday 14th October 2011. collection. March and 1 April 2012 (being UNTAET Medal. HMAS Cerberus’ birthday) and April The plaque will be cast in bronze to the We are looking for stories, photographs All are inscribed on the edge D of members, events, meeting places being the month of the anniversary of pre-determined standards of the AWM. the commencement of the WRANS. The plaque will be placed alongside Robinson. and memorials. We are also looking those of other Navy, Army and RAAF for records of Sub Branches and If you have any information delnfred@ For this to go ahead, we would need Service Units in the Western Courtyard will be conducting oral histories. If optusnet.com.au to have at least 200 Expressions of of the AWM. This new plaque will join anyone has any information please Interest received prior to 31 July 2011 the Scrap Iron Flotilla plaque featuring •••••••• contact Naomi Jones at the RSL WA with a decision being made within the the same named ship HMAS Vendetta Branch [email protected] or Old Surfboards first week of August. (1933-45). 044 705 3650. Wanted to buy OLD surfboard The Plaque will commemorate the Secretary - Jan Gallagher - wrans. Follow our journey via our blog at [email protected] Service of the Destroyer and her crews Contact Mal 92471125 or http://rslcentenary.blogspot.com/ in Malaya, Singapore, Borneo, FESR 0405003808 and Vietnam between 1958 and 1979. Naomi Jones - The Chief of Navy has been invited to •••••••• Archivist unveil the HMAS VENDETTA Plaque in Prize Winners PLEASE SUPPORT the presence of the Destroyer’s surviving •••••••• The winners for the book Crossing OUR ADVERTISERS crew members along with their families Save the Date and the family and friends of those no the Wire and DVD for The - Back to the The Listening Post relies on support from advertisers longer with us. Lighthorsemen have been notified Bush Veterans’ who contribute to our newspaper. Please remember when by the various promoters of these Reunion you are using their services or shopping for goods, you This event has been made possible with a products. 31st October 2011 mention that you are responding to an advertisement you grant through the generous support of the - 6th November saw in "The Listening Post" so advertisers know that Department of Veterans Affairs “Saluting •••••••• 2011. their advertisements are effective. Their Service” Commemorations Grants RAN Battle Class Social Club programme. The Ceremony will be Annual National Reunion – Entertainment will Please mention: followed by a Re-Union ‘Hobart 2011’ be provided with a "I saw your advertisement in Bill and Margaret Krause Open Invitation to all ex naval free barbeque at the personnel & family. Recreation Centre The Listening Post" The Listening Post August 2011 27 Sudoku Crossword The editors have included new puzzles to test both our younger and young at heart readers. Sudoku is included in this and future editions of ‘The Listening Post’. Look upon this quiz as stopping the onward march of Alzheimers Disease! Sudoku is a logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 boxes (also called blocks or regions) contains the digits from 1 to 9 only one time each. The puzzle setter provides a partially completed grid. 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Review: A tribute to the many brave men behind the Very few Australians today have heard of The Battle of Bardia, it is artillery, the dedicated gunners involved in however a story worth telling an epic and intensely human tale. counter bombardment over the 58 year period The story of Bardia overflows with heroism, cowardice, skill, since its introduction and the story of their incompetence, bravery and blunder on both sides. Heralded as one of outstanding efforts and results across these Australia's greatest military achievements of WW1. varied campaigns. Big Sky Publishing Big Sky Publishing; Info: Bardia was the site of the first battle fought by Australian troops in the RRP: $34.99; 448pages: Hard Back: ISBN: 9780-9870574-4-0 Second World War. On the morning of 3 January 1941, troops of the 16th Brigade of the 6th Australian Division attacked and broke through the western face of the defensive perimeter, while the 2/6th Battalion mounted a diversion in the south.
Troops of the 17th Australian Brigade joined the fighting later in the morning to clear the southern portion of the Italian defences, while the 16th Brigade advanced toward Bardia itself. Bardia was captured late in the afternoon of 4 January, but Italian resistance in the southern portion of the perimeter, which had been particularly determined, did not cease until the morning of 5 January; the diversionary force had encountered the toughest fighting of all. The attack had cost the 6th Division 130 men killed and 326 wounded but netted them approximately 40,000 Italian prisoners and large quantities of arms, rations, equipment, and alcohol. All of which 1. What year did the Australian gunners begin to make their mark? was put to good use by the Australians. ______RRP: $19.99 - 196pages full colour - Paper Back - ISBN: 9780-9870574-5-7
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Dicko Cartoons 30 The Listening Post August 2011 Book Reviews Australian cavalry in Vietnam 1967- 68 This book describes the unique story of armoured, artillery and infantry soldiers drawn together in Vietnam in 1967-68 to form 6 Troop, A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment. The Troop served in six M108 self-propelled howitzers, loaned at no cost from the US Army. Because of casualties and unit rotations, 35 men served in the Troop. The book records how the Troop was formed and trained in-country, deployed under tight restrictions and overcame many obstacles to achieve the success that it did. The soldiers learnt a greater variety of skills and displayed a level of responsibility and initiative not normally Gallipoli Battle Scarred The Architect required of their peers. The first book since Charles Bean's "Battle Scarred is surely the finest 6 Troop demonstrated an ability to adapt Official History to provide a detailed battalion history I have ever read. of Kokoda: Bert narrative of the bloody and tragic which, history shows, occurs time and Kienzle – The Man again with Australian soldiers at war. battle for Hill 60, along with the Craig Deayton has written a superb evocation and analysis of the life of other engagements that went on Who Made the Author: Colin Campbell until the very last days at ANZAC one of the less celebrated of the AIF’s infantry battalions. This is no flattering - viewed from both sides of the hagiography full of derring-do, but an Kokoda Trail trenches. honest, critical, but still sympathetic, The Kokoda story continues to have portrait of a run-of-the mill AIF battalion. a very powerful resonance with all Gallipoli, The final battles and evacuation Australians, and this book tells a of ANZAC examines the battle for this Highly readable and richly descriptive tactically meaningless piece of Gallipoli both of the 47th’s men and their actions, it unique part of it for the very first real estate that would cost the lives of helps to explain not just what the AIF did time. on the Western Front, but what it was like thousands of men from both sides over a Bert Kienzle's vital role in Kokoda two week period. for those involved, and why the AIF’s part in that terrible war remains such is acknowledged in all the published Cameron's detailed research and use of a profound part of Australian memory accounts but until today no one has ever firsthand accounts enables him to convey so long after." - Dr. Peter Stanley told his story. the confusion of battle while also telling Australia’s leading military historian If one person made the Kokoda Track that a good story with powerful emotional man was Bert Kienzle. Part Samoan and impact. Battle Scarred is the story of one of the shortest lived and most battle hardened of German/English, born in Fiji and raised in Author: David W Cameron 1st Australian Imperial Force’s battalions; Germany and Australia, he was managing in just under 2 years the 47th Battalion a rubber plantation and gold mine in Big Sky Publishing would fight in some of the bloodiest Papua New Guinea at the outbreak of battles and suffer one of the highest WWII. He surveyed and established the casualty rates of any Australian Unit Track, and spent more time on it than in WW1. At the end of the war the anyone else throughout the campaign soldiers of the 47th gathered for one managing and organising the delivery of The Mad Galahs final photograph - 73 men were left. (a supplies and men along it. The Mad Galahs weaves historical fact into a stirring tale of Australian battalion is normally 850-1000 men) A unique story of a very special part of our history, told by his daughter-in- Infantrymen at war. They were Battle Scarred is unique. Author Craig Citizen Soldiers, K Force, Regulars, Deayton doesn't seek to sentimentalise, law with unique access to the central character, and access to all his records Conscripts, and all of them wore celebrate or eulogise its subject, but to the badge of the Royal Australian give the real picture – good and bad – of and photos. This is the untold story of a Regiment. an Australian battalion at war. There is true Australian war hero. heroism, endurance and triumph, but also Author: Robyn Kienzle (daughter of Bert) George Mansford enlisted as a Private in tragedy, disaster, incompetence and failure. the Australian Army; forty years later he Deayton examines the enormous difficulty Little Brown Book Group – Hachette retired as a Brigadier. His military service faced by commanders who had to shape and Australia included Korea, Malaya and Vietnam. lead this body of often unruly, sometimes One of his proudest achievements is that militant, volunteer citizen soldiers into an he served 20 years in Battalions of the effective fighting force. The combination of Royal Australian Regiment. research and personal stories highlights the Victory or Defeat evolution of the battalion from an untrained, Author: George Mansford often poorly led and inexperienced force in Featuring leading world experts, [email protected] Victory or Defeat, Armies in the 1916 to the hardened and highly effective Aftermath of Conflict presents units of 1918. 0408 442 186 the latest academic research into Battle Scarred is also unusual in giving a the consequences experienced by voice to the women and families connected prominent armies after some of the to the battalion and in following the course world's most famous battles. of many stories into the post-war years. There is a focus on social history and the These fully referenced papers were latter chapters examine the terrible impact presented at the Chief of Army History of the war both on the battalion and the Conference in 2010, and provide new and home front. One chapter is devoted to story absorbing insights into the perceptions, of those listed as ‘missing’ and the anguish repercussions and lessons learned. that uncertainly piled upon the loss of sons, More Bang For Big Sky Publishing husbands, fathers and brothers. Author: Craig Deayton No Bucks Big Sky Publishing Self propelled artillery used by The ListTheening List Poseningt August Post O ctober2011 200931 31 The Australian Light Horse The Light Horse, fighting as mounted Divisions had the beginning of a force rest of the Australian light horse they • Jordan (Amman) troops first drew blood in the JIFJAFA of exceptional fitness to the task ahead. defended Egypt from the Ottoman Army • Megiddo raid, although the fighting was simple, advancing on the Suez Canal. Through • Nablus the difficulty was to keep supplies The Australians continued to fight in the 1916 they drove the Turks across the • Palestine 1917-1918 up to the horses and men this was Middle East until Armistice had been deserts of Sinai, participating in the the most critical problem for the concluded at 4.00pm on 31 October battles of Romani and Magdhaba. Commanding Officers Commander-In-Chief. 1918. After more than two and a half years in the saddle, marching and In 1917 they were part of the Desert • Brazier, Noel Murray This was where the Australian Waler fighting almost incessantly in an alien Column that advanced into Palestine. • Scott, John Burns began to show his superior pace as desert land, the Light Horsemen greeted The regiment participated in the bloody • Abbott, Percy Phipps a walker, a very valuable quality in the news but the news was received battles to break the Gaza-Beersheba line • Nicholas, Clive Lanyon this campaign. Aircraft reconnaissance calmly and with solid indifference. and helped capture Jerusalem. They • Todd, Thomas John reported a little Turkish force returned participated in the Es Salt Raid in May • Grimwood, Samuel Edward to the hills in the morning and returned The Australians had taken battle 1918. In August they were one of the • Olden, Arthur Charles Niquet to their camp in the evenings. The casualties and shown no outward signs regiments re-equipped with swords and of grief. Australia paid a very heavy price for the attack commenced on 13 April 1916. rifle boots, and retrained to take a more action during World War I. The killed The engagement was brief with the The Western Australian contribution to orthodox cavalry role. In their new role and wounded toll for the Light Horse Australians asserting their superiority, the desert campaign in World War I was they took part in the rout of the Ottoman Cavalry Units were: six of the enemy were killed, and the 10th Light Horse Regiment. army in the Jordan Valley, a campaign five wounded with two escaping the the light horse referred to as “The Great 2,149 killed remainder surrendered. The 10th Light Horse Regiment Ride”. In September the 10th was the was raised and recruited from West first formed regiment to enter Damascus. 6,836 wounded. During the encounter the Australians Australians during October 1914 when it Dennis Connelly suffered their first casualty; Corporal became apparent that WA could provide Battle Honours Monaghan of the 8th Light Horse was more than a single squadron of mounted • ANZAC REFERENCE: killed. soldiers. The WA Regiment joined the • Defence at ANZAC ‘The Australian Light Horse’ by Roland This raid was very encouraging to 3rd Light Horse Brigade and saw service • Suvla at Gallipoli, where a West Australian Lt Perry. Published by Hachette Australia, General Murray, aware that success • Sari Bair Kent Street Sydney 2009. in the Sinai opened almost upon his VH Throssell performed valiant deeds • Gallipoli 1915-1916 mounted troops. at the NEK and Hill 60 on 29 and 30 • Romani ‘Official History of Australia in the War August 1915 for which he was awarded • Egypt 1915-1917 of 1914 – 1918 Vol VII. Published by The troop leaders had shown the only Victoria Cross to the Light • Gaza-Beersheba Angus and Robertson Sydney 1922. dash, resource, keenness, excellent Horse in the Great War. • El Mughar horsemanship, straight shooting and • Nebi Samwill The Australian War Memorial, Canberra excellent discipline. General Murray After the withdrawal from Gallipoli in ACT. December 1915 the regiment was bought • Jerusalem expressed appreciation and was readily • Jordan (Es Salt) satisfied that the ANZAC Mounted up to strength and reorganised. With the
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