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Publishers President"s Message 5 Returned Services League W .A. Branch (Incorporated) Anzac House G.P.O. Box Cl28, Lt stening In 7 28 St. Georges Terrace, Perth W.A. 6001. Perth W.A. 6000 Tel: 325 9799 Offtctill Life Insurance 7
The Holcling War 8
Veh ~ tan s Affairs 11
New Naval Commander 15
Kokodil Tr RPUniOns 27 Letters to the Editor 33 Editorial Committee Lost Tra1ls 35 Mrs H.P. Balfe (Chairman) Mrs D.J. Dowson, J. Surridge, F. Verdi, P. White DCM Sub-Branch News 39 (Co-opted) E. Hinchliffe, J. Harper-Nelson, J.D. Balfe AFC, L.J_ Owens: Womet,.s Auxiliary 53 Book Reviews 55 Sub-Editor Mrs Pat Elphinstone Vale 65 Advertisers Last Post 67 Westralian Publishers, 15 Ogilvie Road, Unit Associations 71 Mt. Pleasant. Tel: 364 9000 Typesetting/Composing Action Press, Deadlines 101 Catherine Stree~ for Listening Post Contribution s Morley. W.A. 6062 Tel: 276 5206 31 January for Autumn Edition 30 April for Winter Edition 31 July for Spring Edition Printer 31 October for Summer Edition Bell Group Press, If possible submissions should be typed, double spaced_ 7 Briggs Stree~ East Victoria Park 6101 Photographs must be black and white glossy. Tel: 361 5401 This is your journal and contributions are welcome_ Post to: Listening Post R.SL. Opinion expressed by contributors in articles and reproduced articles are the G.P.O. Box C128, individual opinions of such contributors or the authors of such reproduced Pcrth6001 articles (as the case m'ay be) and not necessarily those of the R.S.L Reproduction of articles (or extracts) containC\f in Listening Post is Cover: welcomed provided the source is acknowiMged. Leopard Tank in Victoria 75th Anniversary RSL Llatenlng Post - Winter 1991 - Page 1 Now •.. The Life Insurance R.S.L. Members Under the Age of 50 Have Been Waiting For. For many years, our exclusive insurance programmes for members aged 50 to 75 have been one of the "We are delighted R.S.L.'s most popular and valuable services. that Oceanic Life has responded to our This success has prompted members under the age of request and developed this 50 excellent programme of to ask if they, too, could have an economical and life insurance benefits for easy-to-obtain life insurance programme. our members under the age of 50. As underwriter of That is why it is a pleasure to announce that Oceanic the Official Insurance Life, underwriter of the Official Insurance Programmes of the R.S.L., Pro- Oceanic Life continues to • grammes of the R.S.L., has now developed the show its commitment to R.S.L. Term Life Plan ... a programme that gives the League, by providing members aged 20 to 49 the high-benefit, straightfor- programmes~cifically tailored to meet the ward protection they need during these years of requirements of all members. If you are under the peak age of 50, I urge you to consider this important financial and family responsibilities. opportunity." R.S.L. members and their spouses are invited to apply, with non-smokers receiving a substantial cost saving. Plus, you will each receive a 10% discount if Brigadier Alf Garland, A.M. National President. you and your spouse enrol together. Guaranteed Features of the New R.S. L. Term Life Plan • Guaranteed Renewable to Age 65 • Free Cover Period - Send No Money Now Premiums are based on your current age and are Your cover will take effect as soon as your Applica- guaranteed' not to increase for a full ,5 years. Plus, tion is approved by Oceanic Life. There is no you are guaranteed the right to renew your cover premium to pay until 1 September, 1991. Plus, you every 5 years at the premium rate shown for your age may review your policy for up to 14 days once you at the time of each renewal, and you may keep your receive it. If you're not completely satisfied, you policy right up to age 65. simply return the policy and you will owe nothing. • Non-Smoker's Discount You will receive a substantial discount on your • Comprehensive Cover premium rates if you have not smoked in the past The R.S.L. Term Life Plan protects your family in 12 months. the event of your death from ill cause, whether natural or accidental. The only exceptions are: • Husband and Wife Discount Suicide during the first 13 months your policy is in If you and your spouse enrol together, you'll each effect; and AIDS, other than that transmitted by receive a IOOJo premium discount. So it makes· even blood transfusion or other similar process "'- see more sense for both·you and your spouse to apply. your policy for detaijs. Pege 2-Ltatenlng Poet_: Wlnter1191 YOUR D UTY OF DISC LOSURE. Before you bU)' thi' life in,umnce from U\. you have a duty. under the in, urancc Con1rac1' Act 19114 . 10 disclose 10 u' every maucr that you know. or could rea,onably Smoker b, cx"peelcd lo know. '' releva01 10 our dec"ion Si Joint "het her 10 aC(Cpl ~h e r "~ of in,urong you and, of ,o. on 30 14.70 21.60 19.45 wha1 ccm1'. 31 14.95 22.20 19.95 Youare nnl rcquored tu d"clo"e any maller: lhal tlomon· 32 15.40 22.90 20.60 "he, our n' k: that " of common kno" ledge: that we 33 15.80 23.80 21.40 knco" or. in the ordinary cour'c of bu" nc" . oug ht 10 34 16 .30 24.90 22.40 know: or on whoch we havewaov cd your dut y. 35 10.95 15.70 14.15 16 .90 15.20 26.40 23.15 NON-DISCLOSURE. If you fail 10 comply wuh 36 11.35 16.55 14.90 17 .70 15.95 28.10 25.30 your duly of disclosure. and we would nol have insured 37 11.15 17.45 15.70 18.50 16.65 29.90 26.90 you on any term' had the failure not occurred. we may 38 12.1 5 18.60 16.75 19.30 17.35 n.to 28.95 39 12 .65 19.95 17.85 20.30 cancel the policy within J year' of issuing 11. ur al any 18.25 34.70 31.25 lime if your non-di,closurc" fraudulenl. 40 13.35 21.25 19. 1< 21.70 19.55 37.50 33.75 41 14.30 22.85 20.55 23 .60 21.25 40.70 36.65 In lhb case we may. within J yea" of "'uing the 42 15.45 24.70 22. 25 25 .90 23.30 44.40 39.95 policy. elect nm lo .o.:am:el i1. but 10 reduce the sum 43 16.70. 26.75 23.95 28.40 25 .55 48.50 43.65 insured 10 the amou01 for which you would have been 44 18.15 29.15 26.30 31 30. 28. 15 53.30 47 .95 in,ured for 1hc premium paid. had you di,closed all 4S 19.75 17.80 31.85 28.60 34 .50 30.95 5 8.70 52.85 rdt..' VJnlmartcr!l. 10 u,. 46 21.40 19.25 34.85 11.35 37.80 33 .95 64 .70 58.25 47 23 .25 20.95 38.20 34.40 41 .50 )7 .45 71.40 64 .30 48 25 .40 22.85 41.90 37.70 45 .80 41.20 78.80 70.90 49 27 .85 24.95 49.95 41.40 50 .70 45.65 87.00 78.30 ...··. ffl)WTO . I. cOmplete and sian this Applicllion fonn. Don't fo!'let - If bo tli you and your spouse enrol, you will each save IOOJo by paying the Joint 2. ~ it ui: ..., Paid 231, ne Offldal Premium shown for each of your ages. \'our current premium will remain fixed for 5 years. If •rlt.S.L 1fnl Ufe l'lall, Oceuk Lift you are aged belween 20-29, please call Oceanic Life free or eharge on (008) 022 566 for your Lilliltd, P.O. Box 1561, Nordl s,,..,, premium rates. ~W. 2t59. No stamp is needed. lsend no' IIIODe)l. Once approved, your-cover r ~ ------isf~ until I September, 1991. , , 4. Be sure to post y~r '-pplication before 1 ~ ~~~~~t~~::L~N APPLICATION FORM tl\e enrolment deadline. . ~anic "'~'~- I YES - Please send me my R.S. L. Term Life policy and FREE R. S. L. 75t~ An niversary Life ...... · lapel badge. I understand that this does not obligate me in any way and that I wi ll have the 1 opportunity to exam ine my policy for up 10 14 days before I accept it (and keep my free badge regardless). I understand that the insurance will take effect as soon as Oceanic Life receives and approves my Application, and that my first premium will not be due untii,.;.I_.:S:..:e:.::p.:.te:..:.m.:.b:..:e.:.r·_.:l.:.9.:.91.:..______I M r / M,./ M i.,I M > (PLEASE PRINT) Please include my wife or husband. 'Y I Full Name For" Moddk t,,,, I Address------·---- Spouse's Name ------I Postcode------loHI 1 Daytime Phone No. ( Date of Birth------I Age ______I Date of Birth--:--:-----:----Age ___Sex M 0 F 0 I day I mon1 h 1 vcar 1 O ccupation------Occupation ------I Cover Desired: 0 $50,000 O SIOO,OOO 1 Cover Desi red: 0 $50,000 0 $100,000 I I PLEASE TICK "YES" OR "NO" TO EACH QUESTION: You Spouse I I. Have you ever had suspected, or been ~~agnosed as having ~ c quircd immune De f i~ienc y Yes No Yes No 1 Syndrome; the Acquired Immune Deftctency Syndrome anu-body; heart trouble; htgh blood f· disease; diabetes; cancer; tumours; asthma or any I pressure; chest pains; kidney, bladder or bowel I. I lung disease; mental or nervous disorders; epilepsy; alcoholism and/ or any drug dependence? I 2. Do you e n ga~ in flying (other than as a passenger on recognised air services), m otor racing, rock 2_ climbing, sky diving, or a ny other hazardous pursuits? ~ I I 3. Are you under treatment by any medical practitioner, chiropractor or naturopath, or do you, 3. I or have you recently taken any drugs. pills, tablets or medications? 4. Have you ever had application for life, accident or sickness insurance declined, postpon ed 4. I I or offered at increased rates? I 5. Have you s moked at all in any form within the last 12 months? 5. I If the answer to a ny of the above questions is "Yes" please give complete details, the name and full address of any doctors I consulted and the dates of treatment. (If more space is needed, please attach a separate sheet of paper and sign it.) • ------I 1 DECLARATION: 1 have read a ll the statements and answers shown above and, to the best of my knowledge, they are true I a nd complete. 1 hereby au thorise any doctor, hospital or clinic to provide O ceanic Li fe with information 1 I regarding my medical history. SignatureX ------Spouse (If included) X Date I I Available only to R.S.L.. Members and their'Spouses who a re Australian residents. .. Are you between 50 and 75? Oceanic"Life has a special programme/or you too. ------~ Calliree ofcharge on (008) 022 566 for details. ~ Listening Post - Winter 1991 - Page 3 , . DOMESTIC.STOVE CLEANING .o. •• The Oven People 54 Steedman Loop, Mirrabooka W.A. 6061 480 5182 24 Hrs Busy people don't have time to clean their stove. Busy people call H.O.T. for quick efficient service. Our prices are more than reasonable, starting at only $20. (Average price for domestic stoves about $35) We guarantee you will be completely happy with the result. Phone H.O.T. now for a free quote to clean and detail ·· " your stove and oven. H.O. T. The Oven People "480 5182 H.O.T. home oven treatment Professional Cleaning and Detailing 480 5182 24 HR SERVICE SPECIAL BUQGET RATES APPLY FOR ALL R.S.L. MEMBERS ALL PENSIONERS RECEIVE 10% DISCOUNT. ~ Page 4- Listening Post- Winter 1991 State Executive President's Message • ·,. .. YO~UNTEII;R WORKERS '•" ~m time l 9ttlme·duri!'lg the v.ear various tasks ~nsee~Anza~ HOU.. a.nd the.War Veterans' Home i11 ~t . L!awley, "!llic'l eould, if carried out by unpaid vol,un,eers, a'8ve · me .League so.me funds. For ~x~mple', th~ ~~ yv~r · Veterans' Home, ,is cur~ently foJ ~ tQ !P.o.klnQ. a volunteer with1 a B-tlass· licence ~tll_~ . tb ~ Ti'oy~~~ · q~:~s · on :ThU(Sd8y' mornings a~d OQ ~lonal .., outi~ga for the''ir-esfdents. VolunteerS $t)oulct rfng ~ M~~ · ~uy-Anne Scott ()ri 272 1811. ' ·1 . f1 ~ ever : if ·y<;>u !lave the expertise and time·to b~ b..f:!:Usl~tance t<;>·t.he League in other. ways, please W ' rlt~ me With Y.O.Ur personal detailS and where you eo.UI<,hhei]>.. This.information will.be compiled mto a"'Volunteer Register' and you could be called to assi~J lf'fh.e neEtd ari88$. . . t!-A .... ,\. .,. ~: ., ' ~ ~ ;"~·ri R~~ · YE'rERAN~' I f \': ,M HOMES •. Jngi!J~ · Ih1hls Issue of the Listening Post tl:lere·is an :J ns~tf'seWng . out the future development of Mt - ~'wley and.Ma,ndurah. Yaur support in this project 1s vital if we are tQ succeed. Unfortunately we cannot STATE PRESIDENT ~el@x ~his a~y J.P. Hall, AM, BEM, JP. project loQger as Jhe\allocatiori of fun Kanga Force, after long months of hard ration killed and wounded many Australians. Heavy strikes existence, was not in shape to meet and repulse a were also carried out against Dobodura, Pollock determined enemy frontal attack. In the seven Harbour, Oro Bay and Port Moresby. Some of these months of its existence, the force had achieved attacks destroyed Allied aircraft on the ground, and much more than guerilla activity. The 450 still damaged merchant shipping. Allied fighter planes reasonably fit men of the original 700 sent in to Wau took a heavy toll of the air attackers. The enemy could proudly claim to have inflicted heavy planes came back again and again, but it was all too casualties on an enemy force of over 2,500 strong. late for the Japanese. The important battles for New They had destroyed enemy equipment and Guinea and the Solomon Islands had been fought hampered the use of Lae and Salamaua as air bases and won in the Papuan and Guadalcanal campaigns; for attacks against transport planes supplying only clearing operations were to come. Militia and AIF ground troops fighting in the bitterly contested Papuan campaign. April was to mark the anniversary of the first year of the existence of the Troops of the 3rd Division's 17th Japanese in the South West Brigade began to Padfic Area. One arrive at Wau in relief of Kanga Force during year before, the enemy was at the mid- height of success. and the January. As the weather permitted, the build up Allies in a low trough of continued. By January confidence, but the influence of the Allied air power 19, the relieving force on se totalled 28 officers and 535 a and land battles had altered the equation. other ranks. The The initiative commander of the 17th Brigade had at this time no was now clearly with the forces of General knowledge of a projected Japanese thrust MacArthur. In New Guinea, the, AIIied against troops. now Wau. The peace was soon shattered. Patrols started held firmly all the approaches to Salamaua except to detect unusual Japanese troop movements. by overland from the north and There were signs of groups of enemy troops moving even this route was under the surveillance of on tracks where none had been previously evident. strategically located observation posts. and from The picture was to become very clear when large the air by Allied planes. Salamaua was not a great enemy parties, several hundred strong, were prize in the overall Allied strategy for the recovery of detected moving towards Wau . New Guinea, but it was to play its role .. Carefully calculated pressure against this enemy base was On January 27, the main body of the 2/Sth inten~ed to be used to lure enemy troops from Lae Battalion began to arrive at Wau , a airstrip. By noon more l!llPOrtant and safer base for lat'8r Allied use. that day nine officers and 204 other ranks of this Unit had disembarked. By the time Japanese small ~o illustrate the. wastage of Japanese strength, arms and mortar fire began to fall on the airfield, a wh1ch occurred m the futile defence of the further 814 men had arrived. In the dark hours of the S~lamaua area, one <;>nly has to study the morning of January 30, the enemy (flade hiii main remforcements brought mto the area in April and attack on Wau airfi ~ ld . This was repulsed. Two 25- May of 1943.•. The survivors of the Bismarck Sea pounders of the 2/ 1 st Field Regiment arrived by Battle were sent there, together with 1,000 troops of transport aircraft. The guns, as sembled by the l/66th and ll/66th Battalions 200 men of the courageous gunners on the strip, were engaging the 115t.h Regiment, 200 gunners of the 114th Artillery enemy within two hours of arrival. Some of the Reg~ment, 150 sappers from the 51st Engineer gunners wounded in the action were evacuated to Reg1ment and about 200 other troops. By the end of Port Moresby on the same plane on which they had May, two complete enemy Regiments, the 66th and arrived. The repulsed and beaten Japanese were 102nd, as well as the depleted 115th opposed the soon to withdraw. This attack was to be the last Australian 3rd Division. Added to this must be the attempt by the enemy to take new ground in unknown numbers of enemy troops ferried in by Mandated New Guinea. Captured enemy submarine, at 40 per trip, and those brought 1h by documents laUH confirmed that 3,000 troops set out barge from Cape Gloucester (in southern New from Lae, on any route they could locate, with firm Britain). orders to capture the airstrip at Wau and to drive the Australian defenders from the area. Th~ Vitias Strait between New Guinea and New The Allied preparations for an offensive were Bntam c_ould be effectively controlled by air bas-es suspected by the Japanese, who demonstrated their located m the Markham Valley, or at Wewak. The bottom ~he suspicions by ordering a series of heavy air raids. of Markham Valley is unusually flat and therefore IS excellent for air bas~s. particularly in One particularly heavy air strike on Wau on March 9 the Nazab-area. Pqe 8 -llatenlng Poat- Winter 1991 '. A decision was made by General MacArthur as early as May 7, that· New Guinea Force was to capture Lae, Salamaua, Finschhafen and Madang. The Japanese inadvertently were to help the Australians carry out this task by their obsessive The President and Members of belief that the security of Salamaua was vital for the defence of the Huon Peninsula. They were wrong, THE RETURNED .EX-SERVICEWOMEN'S an_d MacArthur was preparing to show them why they were in error. The topographical feature, shown SUB-BRANCH as the f.iuon Peninsula, which was the real Allied have pleasure in inviting you and your friends objective, is about 100 kilometres long and juts into to their contribution to the the Solomon Sea. l 75th Anniversary of the RSL The town of Lae is situated at the base of the - A Poppy Day Lunch Peninsula in the Huon Gulf. The Markham River runs by the town from the northwest, along a valley for men and women behind the Finisterre Range. A further great river, at the Ramu, rises in the same basic area as the The Fremantle Sailing Club headwaters of the Markham and flows northwards Success Harbour, Marine Parade, Fremantle to empty into the sea, through swampy low-lying land north of Nubia and opposite on Vulcan Island. The Monday, 11th November, 1991 at 12.15 p.m. Finisterre Range itself is a tangled mass of generally impenetrable jungle, with peaks rising to over 4,100 Under the patronage of His Excellency The metres, which some experienced New Guineans Honourable Sir Francis Bur!, AC, KCMG, QC., insist is worse than that of the Owen Stanley Range. Governor of Western Australia. Tickets $26 each Miniatures may The code word for the next move forward by be worn MacArthur's forces was to be "Cartwheel". Two Proceeds to War Veterans' Home Appeal landings were to be made, one on New Georgia in the Solomon Islands and the second at Nassau Bay, RSVP 1/11/ 1991. which is situated 23 kilometres south of Salamaua. Tickets available from: The plan was for the newly formed 1/162nd Mrs Iris Gawrhorn · Mrs Joan Dowson Battalion of the United States 41st Division to 47 Porlmarnock Circuit, 3 Bay View Te rrace, establish a beach head at the Bay. The Australian Connolly, 6027 Mosman Park 6012 participation in "Cartwheel" was to capture a Tei: 3001205 Tei: 384 6712 feature known as Bobdubi Ridge. This task was Mrs L. Feaiy 19 Macrae Road. allotted to the Australian 3rd Division. The 58/59th Appiecross 6156 Militia Battalion was to attack and capture the ridge Tei: 364 3779 while the 24th Militia Battalion and the 2/3 Independent Company were to lend support by raiding and harassing selected enemy positions in the area. Allied Intelligence had estimated that the Japanese strength in the Lae/Salamaua battle area APPLICATION FOR TICKETS was a little p ver 7,000 in all. Of these enemy troops, 1,500 were at Mubo, 400 at Bobdubi and 250 at Date ...... Nassau Bay. Mrs J. Dowson, Ticket Secretary, Returned Ex-Servicewomen's Sub-Branch RSL The AustraUan and Amerfcan aftacks were 3 Bay View Terrace, basically successful, although there were some Mosmafl Park 6012 aberrations. The defending Japanese helped the American invading force by exercising poor I wish to apply for tickets at $26 each for the leadership and, initially, showed a lack of Poppy Day Luncheon on 11 Novembe.r, 1991 at t he willingness to fight. lt was ironic that both the Fremantle Sailing Club. Japanese base commander and the American leader of the landing operations were later relieved Name ···· · ····· ···· ············· · ···-····· ······ ·· · -· · of their respective commands. The landing was very Address ...... successful, however, in that the Commander of the Japanese 51st Division was immediately ordered to re-fortify, Salamaua. There was now to be the 11 /~ 66th Battalion and twq battalions of the 102nd Tel Number ...... Regiment with ancillary troops, to defend Salamaua. 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RAC*** TI!L: (OS7) 52 2107 Page10- Listening Post - Winter 1991 VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITIEE VETERA. ~S' RE \ 11 ~\\ r BOr\lill Under the Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Act 1990, which came into operation on 8 January, 1991, the Veterans' Review Board (VRB) now has the power to dismiss an application for review if the principal member of the VRB is of the opinion that the applicant has not provided a reasonable explanation for the failure to be ready for a hearing within two (2) years from the lodgement of the application to the VRB. I would advise all persons who have or are appealing for a review of their OVA decision to ensure they have all relevant further evidence, in support of their claim, as soon as possible; either on their own behalf or through their advocate so that a The Minister for Veterans'AHairs , Ben Humphreys, dUJcuuing long letter of 'request for hearing date' can be sent to the term residential care with Professor Gary Andrews, Directorof the Centre for Ageing Studies, Flinders University, South AustraUa, at VRB. Pamament House, Canberra. Apparently steps are being taken now to dismiss those cases currently over two years old. Anyone who has any queries should contact their advocate or the Veterans' Review Board as soon as possible. THE NA\ rAL :\SS<)( ' I. \ ' 1'1 c):\ oF .At Ts'ri\. \ L I.\ VOYAGER COMPENSATION CLAIMS Dear Editor, Recently while visiting the West for the Annual State Conference of the West Australian Section of the Naval Association. I was given a copy of your very newsy magazine (Autumn 1991 , Vol. 14 No. 1) which contained an article on page 70 outlining the Government's sorry record regarding this disaster. The enclosed information containing the Minister's reply to our correspondence, which shows that the Government isn't going to change its attitude. is forwarded for the information of your members. Yours sincerely, Cmdr P.J. Burn RAN Rtd, Hon Federal Secretary, 8th March, 1991. Dear Minister, The failure of the Government to confirm that the recent High Court decision in favour of Mr Verwayen will flow onto the other claimants, as expressed in the Canberra Times article of 6 November, gives·lhe Naval Association much cause for concern. Would the Ministergivethe Association an urgent assurance that the Government will act with compas~on , acknowledge that the High Court Llatenlng Poet- Winter 1991 -Page 11 I WE WILL ASSIST MEMBERS IN ALL AREAS OF. THE LAW INCLUDING: •Service, Disability and T·.P.I. 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So tell theiJ1 you read AIHRS: 444 4712 their advertisement In Listening Post when 34 years experience with milita,Y antiques. you buy. Ex Regular Army. MEMBER GITY OF PERTH R.S.L. Page 12 - Listening Post - Winter 1991 I Voyager Claims (Cont).~~ dttcision will flow onto the outstanding 81 claims Acitizen's appreciation of and c!ose this sorry chapter of Naval history. CMDR P.J. B~rn RAN Rtd., an Anzac Dawn Service Honorary Federal Secretary. 9th November, 1990. Dear Cf?mmander Burn, On a cool day, with orange-black clouds moving ·Thank you for your letter of 9 November 1990 slowly aross the sky, we arose from our warm bed, con~~rni':lg the implications of the High Court dre~sed hurriedly and made our way from the house. deCISIOn m· the Verwayen case for other claims by The roads were quiet and our powerful car soon survivors of HMAS Voyager. covered the distance. CIOSI1!r to the city we were . I am sure you will appreciate that, because these joined by others, some with cotfntry numberplates . claims are still pending, I am unable to comment on At the top of Mt Eliza policemen with reflectorised matters that are or might be at issue in this litigation. armbands were directing traffic away from King's In particular, I am afraid that I cannot comment on Park. Lights glared out from city buildings. A pity, I the position which might be taken by the thought, on this solemn morning. Commonwealth in relation to these claims. We felt a sense of urgency as parking became However, as I understand the situation, the scarce, so drew up with others on the median strip in initiative in pursuing the remaining claims lies witR King's Park Road and joined the throng of walkers the claimants themselves, and the application of the rapidly and excitedly making their way to the Verwayen decision to particular cases will be a Memorial. The air was brisk as we carefully found matterforthecourts to decide. This is not something our footing along unfamiliar ground. We walked that can be determined by the Government. against the dazzling lights of the traffic and I narrowly escaped injury from a low hanging branch. I might perhaps add that these comments should not be taken as reflecting any lack of compassion for As we turned into the gateway and walked a few the Voyager survivors. Rather, the position I have metres, the lights from a car following outlined the indicated is an inevitable aspect .of the litigation tall sugar gums, planted in memory of the fallen, process which the survivors have chosen to follow. standing like sentinels on either side· of the road. Snat9hes of conversation were around us as people Yours sincerely, hurried past. We all had but one objective. Gordon Bilney, The crowd became quieter as all finally slowed to 29 January, 1991. a stop. Palm trees side-by-side with native bush were etched against the sky. Venus shone clearly CHANGES TO THE DEFENCE through the grey. SERVICE HOMES SCHEME Two lovers kissed nearby; she snuggled to him. A On 8 January 1991 the Veterans' Affairs man and child stood mute, his arm protectively Legislation Amendment Act received Royal Assent around her. which brought about significant changes to the DSH At six o'clock a kookaburra laughed, just quietly, scheme. and a baby cried. This stirred my memory of babes in · Many ageing Veterans and war widows and hospital in the early hours. younger serving or former members of the Defence Bareheaded, the people stood facing the East in Force will benefit from the changes. silent memory of those lost and gone. I thought of The major changes are: . Dad, his right arm hanging loose, his English face • most eligible bQ!'rowers.._with a loan outstandmg and laughing eyes. 6n 9 December 1987, now have the ability_to · At six-twenty I felt I could stand no more, so · ·transfer the balance of their loan to another looked around to divert my thoughts. I saw - property. This will offer greater freedom and frightened birds flying clumsily._across the crowd, to flexibility in the choice of home for DSH be seen no more. borrowers. (If the former DSH loan term has Then a bugle sounded. We bowed our heads in already exceeded 25 years, portability will not quiet prayer, starting when two minutes later a shot apply). rang out and again the bugle was heard. • assistance is now available for eligible people to b.uy a permanent right to live in a. ~etirem~nt lt was daylight now. We looked around at v1llage. This is seen as a major benef1~ m ~elpm~ strangers, as if awakening. 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On completion of this appointment he was promoted Captain and admitted as a member of the Order of Australia (AM). He attended the Joint Services Staff Cqllege, Canberra prior to taking up command of the RAN Submarine Squadron and HMAS Platypus in 1987. . After two years as the Director of Submarine Warfare at Navy Office, Canberra, Commodore Briggs was promoted to Commodore in 1989, and attended the Indian National Defence College during 1990. Commodore Briggs' appointment as Naval Officer Commanding, Western Australia is his first posting to Jhi.s__state. He is accompanied by his Norwegian wife, Brif, (unfortunately their son and daughter will only be occasional visitors due to· university commitments). Both are keen social tennis players. He ~ls , o plays squash and bridge, is an embryonic golf player, a kee.n angler and yachtsman. Commodore Peter Briggs AM RAN, Naval Officer Commanding West Australia Area. 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P.O. Box 19, Guildford WA'0 055. Monuments. Phone: (09) 277 1415 Page18- Listening Post- Winter 1991 / ... Veterans remember their Bnest hour Victory on the Kokoda Trail ------By FH. Sublet, Fonner CO 2/16th Battalion ------In August-September of 1942 - Australia's Moresby, New Guinea - Australia. Their victory perilous year- when a rampaging Japanese army adds lustre to the tradition of Australian Arms: it was stood poised to invade, an historic battle was raging their finest hour. on the Kokoda Trail, high in the towering Owen Stanley Mountains of Papua. The contestants were The veterans of those three battalions of 21st the Japanese South Seas Force which included Brigade.held celebrations in-their respective states 10,000 combat troops under Major General to mark the 50th anniversary of the raising of the Tomitora Horil and an Australian force of less than brigade for the second AI F in 1940, and it is fitting 2,000 led by Brigadier Arnold William Potts of that, besides their families, their countrymen should Kojonup, WA. The prize was Port Moresby. be reminded of the crucial and historic battles fought for their country by their husbands, fathers The Australian force comprised his 21st Brigade and grandfathers in that perilous year when of the All= and the 39th Militia Battalion, though only Australia - for the first time in our history - faced three of those battalions were available at any time. mortal danger. lt is fitting that younger generations The Japanese force was reduced to impotence, should be reminded what manner of men were 'these demoralised and defeated by the 21st Brigade on a - and what price they paid for their victory on the mountain ridge at loribaiwa, only 35 miles from Port Kokoda Trail, of which Sir Frank Kingsley Norris Moresby. Thus they had bought time for fresh - Director of medical services 7th Division - has brigades to be brought forward from Australia to written: pursue the exhausted remnants of Horii's force back "Time and rain and the jungle will obliterate this across the mountains. little native pad but for evermore will live the memory Had the devoted men of ,21st Brigade failed of weary men who have passed this way, ghosts of against the four times larQer enemy, not only would glorious men that have gone, gone far beyond the Australia Itself have been 1n danger, but the plans for Kokoda Trail." an Allied offensive would- at the least-have been The Japanese foray i11.to the Coral Sea alerted our seriously compromised without control of Port General Staff to the enemy designs on New Guinea. Moresby and New Guinea. But the outnumbered They responded by positioning a militia Brigade at and outgunned men of these Battalions, the strategically important harborage of Milne Bay commanded and inspired by Brigadier Potts, by at the eastern tip of Papua. With this brigade were skilful and dedicated Implementation of his tactical engineers to construct an air field and then two plan of manoueuvre and stinging rearguard actions, squadrons of the RAAF to support the infantry. out-thought and out-fought the eager Japanese. The 21st Brigade formed part of the Seventh As the Japanese had also shown interest in the Division of the Second AI F-the "Silent Seventh" to Buna-Sanananda-Gona area on the north coast of most Australians, "Vasey's Cutthroats". to many Papua it was decided to secure this area by locating Japanese. The battalions of this Brigade were the there the 39th Australian Battalion. Due to coast- l2/14th, 2/ 16th, and 2/27th, raised in Victoria, wise shipping difficulties, this militia Battalion had Western Australia, and South Australia respectively, to move overland initially, secure the airstrip at for service an~here. ~ey carried on their bayonets Kokoda, and move elements to theBuna area. lt was the imperishab)e traditions of the first Anzacs ~nd generally thought unlikely that an enemy advance in the honour of the old battalions whose numbers they strength across the high and rugged Owen Stanleys assumed. Many of their men were sons or nephews would eventuate. of Anzacs. All three Battalions had fought with However, in a move to advance Austral la's distinction in the Middle East and, reinforced later defence line north from Queensland, it was decided by men from other states, were to win more battle to strengthen our forces in New Guinea and in the honours in the final reduction of the ~apanese first weeks of August 1942 the 18th Brigade of the fortress of Gona; in the Ramu Valley, where they AIF was despatched to Milne Bay while the 21st made the break-through on the supposedly Brigade of the AIF sailed to Port Moresby. impregnable Shaggy Ridge; and at Balikpap~n in Meanwhile, in July, Lieutenant General Bornea. Hyakutake, commander of the Japanese In campJtigns other than the Kokoda Trail the Seventeenth Army, committed Major General three batt8llons were cast in the role of attackers-a Tomitaro Horii's South Seas Force to the capture of role which, In all our wars, earned Australians the: Port Moresby across the Owen Stanley mountains. title of "the World's finest assault troops", but on t_he Also, as the Eastern end of a pincers movement, a Kokoda Trail Brigadier Potts•· men were to stnve Japanese force of 1900 to-.2000 with naval support mightily many were to die nobly, in defeating the was to secure Milne Bay. 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BREAD SHOP All types of country wor/5, extensions. SOUTH COAST HIGHWAY, DENMARK No obligation free quotes and advice. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT ~ee or phone GARY BOVELL on Call in and me~t RICK and HELEN For Quality Fresh Baked 'Bread, Cakes, Pastries (099) 216150 and Tasty Take-aways and Continued Friendly 3 Ridley RoCld, Woorree, Geraldton Service. Phone 48 (Winner of 7 major MBA awards since 1986) 1381 Open Monday to Friday 7am-5.30pm, Saturday 7am-12.30pm Page 20- Llalenlng Poal- Winter 1991 company of the 2/14th as it arrived to assist the 39th TRAIL ... (U>nt.) which was in grave danger. KOKODA During the period 26-28 August the 2/14th and the gallant 39th (which had chosen to stay.and fight with repulsed ~ith heavy lo~s after a ten-day battle the 2/14th) inflicted heavy casualties - at fought wh1le the 21st Bngade was embroiled with considerable cost to themselves- and felt they had General Horii's regiments on the Kokoda Trail. the situation under control. As a Japanese officer For the · Kokoda venture General Horii's force confided to his diary: "The enemy is gradually being included: outfl~n~ed but his resistance is very strong and our 144th Infantry Regiment- 3 Battalions casualties great. The outcome of the battle is 41st Infantry Regiment- 3 Battalions difficult to foresee". 15th independent Engineer Regifnent At midday on 28 August the leading company of Detachment of 55th Mountain Artillery- the 2/16th Battalion reached Brigadier Potts' 2 mountain guns Headqu~rters at Alola. The company was Service troops with mules and horses. despatched 'across the Eora Creek gorge to high The 1st Battalion of 144th Regiment, led by Lt. ground around the village of Abuari, where patrols Colonel Tsukamoto, was the advance guard of of the 53rd Battalion had previously reported enemy Horii's force and landed near Gona about 21 July, parties. The second c9mpany of the 2/ 16th followed 1942 and was opposed in its advance toward Kokoda an hour later. These companies had the aim of by troops of the 39th Battalion. The 39th, of which pushing down the Missima-Kaile track to Kokoda if less than half had crossed the mountains at that they could. However, they found a strong force of stage, fought a number of delaying actions but was enemy entrenched at Abuari. (This was the 2nd forced back to Deniki, in the northern foothills of the Battalion of the 144th Regiment whose role was to Owen Stanleys. There it was joined by the remainder outflank Alola and cut off the Australian force by them). The 2/16th and prepared to make a stand. The securing the track behind of the battalion 29 and 30 August 39th was fighting with great spirit. companies attacked strongly on but, although they inflicted proportionately greater The 21st Brigade battalions disembarked at Port casualties on the enemy, did not succeed in Moresby on 14 and 15 August and bivouacked at dislodging them. ltiki. There they were informed that the depleted 39th Battalion was under pressure at Deniki and that On 29 August the remaining three companies of the 2/14th and Q/16th Battalions were to march over the 2/ 16th BattalioA reached Alola and the Brigade the Owen Stanleys, relieve the 39th and push on to Commander planned to employ two of them in an recapture the Kokoda air strip with a view to attack upon the right flank of the Japanese developing a counter-offensive against the embroiled wth the 2/14th and 39th, while Japanese-held Gona and Buna. maintaining the two company 2/16th attack on the Abuari. To support the latter The troops carried six days' hard rations and were Japanese holding made available specialist platoons of. the to be re-supplied at Lake Myola on the crest of the venture he 2/ 16th. range where supplies were to be built up by air drop. They had from 24 to 36 hours to prepare for the However, the arrival of the last elements of the march and the time was spent in collecting 2/16th Battalion coincided with the injection of two ammunition, checking weapons, sharpening more Japanese battalions to the lsurava battle. Now bayonets, writing home and cutting personal gear to Brigadier Potts' force of less than two battalions on a minimum. ~he western (lsurava) side of the Eora Creek gorge battalions (supported from ltiki on 16 faced_at least four Japanese The 2/14th Battalion set out and engineers) while the equivalent of 2'12 day later and, after by artillery August, followed by the 2/ 16th a on the eastern (Abuari) side faced the for rations to be companies an enforced delay at Myola waiting 2nd Battalion of the Japanese 144th the 2/ 14th entrenched air-dropped, the leading company of Regiment. ·Battalion arrived at the battlefro(lt about midday on 26 August and took over from a company of the 39th By the afternoon of 30 August the Japanese - which was coming under intense pressure from the disregarding very heavy casualties estimated at enemy which had that morning been reinforced by about 1,000- had caused the lsurava defenders to the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 144th Regiment. _move back about a mile and were threatening . These two fresh Japanese battalions passed Brigade Headquarters. through their 1st Battalion and pushed back patrols lt was quite clear that the heavily outnumbered of the 39th Battalion and of the 53rd Militia Battalion. and outgunned Australians could not attain the The last named battalion, which had been in Port objective of recapturing Kokoda. lt was also clear Moresby since early 1942 engaged largely in that, if the Australians attempted to hold Alola- laboring duties and accordingly insufficiently Abuari, the enemy had sufficient forces to contain trained or prepared, had set out for Kokoda before them while his main body could advance ,' the arrival of the 21st Brigade. unhindered upon Port Moresby. Potts knew there The leading troops of the 2/14th Battalion found was no possibility of help unless his 2/27th Battalion the depleted . 39th and the ill-,prepared 53rd was released from Divisional reserve in Port Battalions under heavy and sustained pressure from Moresby arn:t that this was unlikely to occur while the Horii's three Battalions. The Australian Brigade outcome of the concurrent battle at Milne Bay Commander accordingly was forced to commit each remained unclear. 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S2000 or more. savings can, and therefore should, To look after our members If you wmlld like to take help provide you w 1th an income. who do collect a pension, we have advantage of our new Pensioner To encourage you to pursue designed an account to help them Benefit Account. or you would line of thought, the benefit from these changes. Not like some more information Department of about it, simply call into your Social Security we have (())--- nearest Branch of Home Building to will determine called it Society or contact our Head ?Id t4b £_,/(' your pension our Pensioner Benefit Account. entitlement as if you were earning You w ill receive the deemed 323 5555. HO!v\E BUILDING SOCIETY Page 24- Listening Post- Winter 1991 li Blarney also stated that 21st Brigade had been KOKODA TRAIL.,.( Cont.) hampered by supply problems. The Battalions of this illustrious Brigade were awarded many battle honours in World War ll; none companies, and ordered a withdrawal to loribaiwa evoke more proud and poignant memories· than Ridge which they were to hold until relieved by a Kokoda Trail, lsurava, Eora Creek, Templetons fresh AIF Brigade arriving from Australia. Crossing, Efogi-Menari and loribaiwa. Before The indomitable but weary soldiers of the history, the spirits of their glorious dead stand guard brothers-in-blood 2/14th and 2/16th Battalions held forever as symbols of victory besides heroism, loriba~~a Ridge from 12 to 16 September against sacrifice, honE>ur- all that is best in our race. despa1rmg Japanese attacks and almost constant As a war co rrespondent who was with 21st mortar and artillery fire. They were still holding Brigade on the Kokoda Trail wrote: " I was convinced when relieved by the three fresh Battalions of the for all time of the dignity and nobility of common 25th Brigade on 16 September. When the remnants men .. . l felt proud to be of their race and cause." of these two proud battalions handed over their posts to the 25th Brigade the 2/14th mustered 101 - Well done thou good and faithful servants men and the 2/16th 143. - At lsurava Brigadier Potts and his men had readily POSTSCRIPT accepted the challenge of a mu ch larger Japanese force (which Less than a month after handing over their posts at was supported by mo untain guns, loribaiwa about heavy machine guns, 100 men of each Battalion joined a mortars, and engineers) and, special force named within the first few hours, Chaforce to support the fresh proved themselves more brigades pursuing Horii than a match 's re maining forces back - man to man - · foFlheir enemies. across the Owen Stanleys. Chaforce They found that the Japanese was eventually soldiers in the ranks divided among the three battalions of 25th Brigade were brave and tenacious but likely to retreat if hotly and took part in that Brigade's attempts to reduce pressed - especially with the bayonet. The the Japanese adaptable stronghold of Gona. When that Australians - vo lunteers fighting for their Brigade was withdrawn, 21 homeland - quickly st Brigade's Chaforce established a mastery of jungle companies rejoined their parent Brigade warfare which -on and proved that mastery in every 29 November at less than half-strength -took over succeeding encounter . They had exploded the myth from the exhausted 25th Brigade and, with the of Japanese invincibilitY. and had added more lustre gallant 39th, finally destroyed the Japanese garrison to the tradition of Au~tralian Arms. That, despite · at Gona. severe handicaps, the 21st Brigade was able to inflict on the two Japanese regiments a defeat of such When the Brigade was relieved in January 1943, resounding significance is a measure of the the weary and emaciated survivors who trudged out excellence of the three battalions and the leadership of the Gona battlefield numbered less than 100 of and inspiration of Brigadier Arnold Potts. whom the 2/ 14th could muster o nly 42. They had earned their rest and their laurels. THE COST THE LAST POST Disregarding prisoners of war- in 21st Brigade's case very few - 21st Brigade's battle casualties of "Their marching days are over no w, 496 during the 20 days' campaign w~r~ . ,Pro.-rata, Their fighting days are done, very much heavier than those of 6th ~~~~~1on .'" the they've carried out their last fatigue withdrawal from Greece, or of 9th DIVISIOn rn the their victories are won; withdrawal from Benghazi and defence of Tobruk. but though the world has changed today Japanese sources put Horii's losses in those 20 days and fame's a fleeting thing, much higher than 21st Brigade, a trib~te to the along the road of memory military prowess of Brigadier Potts and h1s men. the old battalions swing." The Bbgade atso paid a high pri~e in d.eaths a.nd F.H. SUBLET, breakdowns i n health occas1oned by d1et former C.O. 2/ 16th Battalion. deficiencies, disease, physical and mental strain. As volume V of the Australian War Memorial official history observes on page 253 "The men of the 21st Brigade had set an example of gallantry and endurance that the incoming brigades might well follow." In a congratulatory message t? the ~~igade aft ~ r the Owen Stanleys campaign, Pnme Mm1ster Curtm said "you saved Australia". The merit- indeed the <. glory - of 21st Brigade's achievement was higHlighted on 17 September, when General Blarney admitted to the Advisory War Council the General Horii had two regim.er:tts to~alling .abo~t · 6,000 combat troops in act1on agarnst Bngad1er Potts whose force never exceeded·-1,500 men. General Listening Post- Winter 1991 -Page 25 ra ' :..,., ..... images are ....,....{ ' pho/Ograph~ of the ~ n·r medallioos · 11 orkinl/ mold.\ THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL WoRLD WARD 50TH ANNivERsARY CoMMEMORATIVE MEDAIJJONS 1941 sou· Australian forces involved in fighting on a large scale Offered individHally. r:_r as a series of six. only 3000 sets of these for the first time in world war 11 and with·the entry ofJapan impeccably crafted medallions will be minted for worldwide distribuuon into the war. Australia also found itself under threat of invasion. To be made available from June 1991 onwards. the medallions are presented Now, 50 years on. the Australian War Memorial has in attractive wallets and accompanied i ~ · small descriptive brochures detailinR their design and authenticity. commissioned a series of six medallions to commemorate Mintage is extremely limited. so to secure this spenal Mptiversa" ~>sue Australia's involvement in u:orld war 11. please complete the attached order form today ,_ A TRJB~TO AUSTRAUA'S WAR EFFORT. 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Mr Waiter Fielder-Gill of Sydney, president of the For further information, all ex.,-gunners may Radar Air Defence Branch, RAAF Association (NSW contact me at my home address. Those requiring a Division), who is heading the Anniversary National written answer please enclose a stamped addressed Project Committee (NPC), commented that Bendigo envelope. had been chosen as the venue following a study of a PETER HACKETT, number of cities/towns. Bendigo is seen by the NPC 11 Orizaba Place, as a most pleasant city with appropriate facilities; it Rockingham 6168 is roughly equidistant from Sydney and Adelaide, Ph: (09) 527 6689 not too painful a distance from Brisbane and Perth, and, of 1 course, relatively close to Canberra, RAAF RADAR FIFfiETH Melbourne and Hobart. In addition it was "in reach" of a RAAF station ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS which has relevance to radar/ radio namely the NATIONAL PROJECf RAAF Radio School at RAAF Williams, Laverton, which is a comfortable day's coach ride from COMMITIEE (NPC) Bendigo. On 22 March 1942 th.e first Air Warning RAAF Radar Station designed and built in Australia went Mr Fielder-Gill added that of great significance to into service at Dripstone Caves, Darwin. lt had been the NPC were people such as Mr Alex Culvenor, Mrs working only a short time when at 11 .30 am that day Gloria Courtis, Mrs Dorothy Burton and Mr Max the radar screen showed a group of aircraft 84 miles Trahair, all living in Bendigo and surrounds and all (134km) east of Darwin, approaching at a speed of of whom were ex-RAAF radar. "They had expressed of 160 miles per hour (257km/hour) at a height of their willingness to help with the organisation 00 (3658 metres) to 14,000 feet (4267 metres). A their anniversary celebrations; to have such capable 12,0 Mr squadron of American Air Force Kitty hawks took off people '6n the spot' was of tremendous value," and intercepted the enemy about 20 miles (32km) Fielder-Gill said. from Darwin. One enemy bomber was shot down The proposed five-day programme for these and the radar screen gave indications of retreating anniversary .celebrations is in the formative stage and scattered aircraft. only, but .the NPC recognises the need to advise This was the first occasion on which an RAAF those proposing to attend, including World War 11, Radar Station caused the warning and interception post-World War ll and present-serving RAAF of enemy aircraft. Personnel, as far in advance as possible so that they The Air Warning Radar concerned was one of the could include Bendigo in their travel plans for March first three to be designed and built in record time by 1992. a tightly co-ordinated group of Australian Mr Alex Culvenor of Newstead said, "The NPC organisations and companies. lt involved the Radio envisages day visits to Ballarat, Echuca and RAAF Physics Department of CSIRO, the Engineering Williams, together with, of course, visits to places of Department and Workshops of the NSW Railways, interest in and around Bendigo." A memorial AWA Valve Company, PMG (now Telecom service will be held on Sunday, 22 March 1992 - the Australia) Research Department and Workshops, actual 50th anniversary date. Gramophone Company (later EMI) and man"y The was su b'-contractors, all working together to adapt the Mr Culvenor commented that the NPC design and principles of British radar into the seeking maximum RAAF involvement for it is their alian/ New Guinea environment. lt was a anniversary, bearing in mind, of course, that it was Austr the remarkable achievement in "-the technological people from the World War 11 era who c reated . history of the wartime RAAF and proved to be~ most history effective weapon in the defence of Australia ~nd DON HICKMAN, Pacific Islands to the north of the Austral1an Publicity Officer. continent from New Guinea to the Admiralty Islands and to Borneo. lt was top secret and very much a part of the secret BATIALION AIF war. lt ultimately involved some 4,000 RAAF and 28th WAAAF personnel on 140 radar stations located 13th BRIGADE from Wilson's Promontory, Victoria in the south to lt is planned to hold a reunion at Kalgoorlie in the equator in the north, and from North-West Cape August 1991 . in-the west to Coolangatta on the east coast. Ex-members who are interested in attending and lt has been de.scribed as the greatest who require more information, please contact: technological develOpment of World War 11 and its PHIL WllKERSON, technology set ttie scene for rapid post-war Road, t'~ weather 1028 Moreing developments from computers, Attadale 6156. forecasting and the vital support serv1ces f~r all flight, whether military or civil, to microwave ovens. Telephone: (09) 330 7263. a..atenlng Poet- Winter 1991- Pege 29 1 ft PETERS & GILLIES Incorporating SPECIAL RSL RATE RETURNED $60 TWIN/DOUBLE ROOM SOLDIERS IThlt is $30 per person) SPECIAL FEATURES: MOtiUMENTAL ... Central City Location ... Free Undercover Parking WORKS *" Full Self-Catering Suites "* Licensed Bar & Restaurant On-Site Country and Metro all types of Ring Rhonda, Cassandra or Michelle Memorials, Renovations for bookings on ooa--g-99719 and Additions . . Enquire about our special \'widz.ed weeJre.uf.', 508 Railway Road, rate. 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FREE DEODORISING Office cleaning, hotels, same day service, FOUR SURE 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, Insurance work BIIKEilY PHONEGEOFFORMARK 29 MANDURAH TERRACE, MANDURAH For your Fresh Bread supplies to bring home with you. 5 ~ 22 344'-1393, 480 SSSI007 KOSICK PI.UMBING SERVICE • New Homes • Renovations Licensed Plumber & • Malnt~nance Gas Fitter • Gutters etc. • complete Plumbing Installations ' PHONE BRIAN 399 1276 MOBILE 018 942 017 Page 30 - Ll1tenlng Post - Winter 1991 I am very pleased to report that, after all these years, a Warrego Association has been registered Reunions Cont. with the appropriate authorities, and is up and running in Queensland thanks to the efforts of Allan 3rd BAITALION, THE ROYAL Brown, Doug Love, Kanga Wills and many others. Arrangements are being made for a regular AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT newsletter to all members and where there are the necessary numbers, regular meetings will be held. T~e Thir~ BattB:Iion, The Royal Australian Reg1ment, Will hold 1ts 41st anniversary reunion at Arrangements are already in hand for a big roll-up Holdsworthy Barracks, lngleburn, NSW, from 18 to in Darwin next year for the 50th anniversary of the 20 October, t991. At the same time the 40th first big bombing raid and many of our old shipmates Anniversary of "Operation Commando'f the have indicated they will be present at what promises successful battle for the capture of Feature' 317 to be a terrific occasion, backed by the government Maryang-San, will be commemorated. All members of the Northem T _ ~rritory. There is a party booked and former members of the 3rd Battalion AAA are from Perth, mainry army ack-ack gunners, and one invited to attend. American who was aboard the USS William B. Preston, the Catalina mothership moored in the Schedule of Events harbour. Friday, 18 October, 1991 1600 hrs. "Meet & Greet" lngleburn Services Club. The Association would like to hear from anyone Saturday, 19 October 1991 who served in Warrego; please phone me on 272 1800 hrs, Beating the Retreat. Kapyong Lines. 5094, or write direct to A.J.N. Brown. 212/3 Yundah St., Sandgate, Old 4017. I am usually at home after 1900 hrs. seated for reunion dinner: Kapyong Lines. 12 noon each day and all weekends. I look forward to Sunday, 20 October, 1991 hearing from old Warregonians here in W.A. 0930 hrs, conference to decide on the formation of a national body. PHIL JAY EX-RAN. 1100 hrs, farewell BBQ. DAR\VIN &BR00 ~ 1 E RE\1SITED 1600 hrs, visitors to vacate Holdsworthy Unit Lines. The 19th of February next year will be exactly 50 lt is expected that the reunion dinner will cost years since the first bombs were dropped on approximately $40. Dress will be informal. B.C. & E. Australian soil. In fact a few days later - 3rd March Jacket & Tie. Medals to be worn. Wives and lady marks that fateful day wben Broome was attacked. friends are welcome tto attend. · The RAAFA have placed together a very special State Co-Ordinators: tour that will cover both Darwin and Broome with Mr J. Gerke, 6 Lachlan Road, Willetton. W.A. 6155 some very s'pecial commemorative events - but Ph: (09) 457 8201. The Secretary, AAA Association, have added a "Green Season" trip by coach through WA Branch, Mr K. Trent, 3 Broad Street, Kensington, the Top End and Kimberley. W.A. 6155. Vie Murray, Public Relations Officer Mr D.H. Whitehurst, Korea & South-East Asia representative with the RAAFA has already visited Forces Assoc., 8 Blechynden Road, Saint James, Darwin and Broome and met with local government W.A. 6102. Ph: 361 9062. and the RAAF. Special arrangement for a very "different" and exciting tour are now well in place COMBINED EX-SERVICE & that include "Commemorative Dinners" and "Civic SERVICEWOMEN'S COMIV111TEE Receptions". Ll ~C H E ON There are several different "modules" available (WA) ANNUAL that offer choices on coach or air travel. For example All Ex-Service and Servicewomen are invited to one can fly to Darwin and then coach back to attend the a[Jnual luncheon at Anzac House on Broome, flying home · after the events in this Sunctey, 18 August, 1991. Pre-lunch drJnks in Anzac Kimberley town. That will take up to 18 days. Club, 11.30a'm - 12.30pm, followed by a sit-down Another choice is to go all the way by coach over 27 lunch in the Gallipoli Room. The bar will be open. days. Price per ticket: $20 (which includes pre-lunch The"Green Season" is different-and reveals the drinks). Please contact your own Association far north at a beautiful time when rivers and creeks representative/Secretary for tickets, or Mrs Moira will be flowing and the country a rich green. 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Dear Editor, Little wonder I've the blues With feet encased in great canoes, I reply to your correspondent whose letter Khaki shorts instead of slacks, referred to a poem, written on Crete in WWII. The Living like a tribe of blacks poem from which he quotes was written by my Except that blacks don't sit and brood, brother, the late Laurie (Bouff) Ryan at And waiU]lroughout the day for food! Georgiopulis, Crete, 10 May, 1941. He titled it .:The T'was just a month ago, not more, Isle of Doom". We sailed to Greece to win the war, In his war diary my other brother, Ray (Pay We marched and groaned beneath our load, Corps), comments: While bombers bombed us off the road "I have met many in different camps who claim to They chased us here, they chased us there, have written this, but Laurie read it to me when he The blighters chased us everywhere, came to Canea before the blitz commenced." And while they dropped their loads of death The poem, together with Laurte's other wartime We cursed the bloody RAF. compositions, is included in my book "POW's Yet the RAF were there in force FRATERNAL", reviewed in the April edition of (They" left a few at home, of course), Listening Post. We saw the entire squad one day When a spitfire spat the other way A photograph of Laurie in the Sunday .Times (7 And then we heard the wireless news March. 1982) shows him holding a copy ofthe poem. When portly Winston gave his views Thank you for your help and for that of other "The RAF" he said "in Greece" ex-diggers in supplementing my information on the Are fighting hard to bring us peace. boys. I would b~ happy to answer any further And so we scratched our heads and thought queries. "This smells distinctly like a rort, Sister M. IMELDA RYAN, RSM ATCL For if.in Greece the Airforce be Ursula House, Then where the flaming hell are we?" Pioneer Court, And then at last we met the Hun 18 Barrett Court, At odds of thirty three to one, Wembley WA 6014. And tho' he made it pretty hot Phone: 381 3854. We gave the beggar all we got. EDITOR: Thank you members for all the letters The bullets whizzed - the big gun roared We howled for ships to get aboard. which arrived to help Mr Colin Sears (RMB 263, At length they came and on we got Beverley, WA 6304) with his query. Among them were letters from T.R. Beard (RAE Assoc. WA) , A.H. And hurried from that cursed spot. Gray of Leeming, Bill Davis, WX 371 of Carine, And then they landed us at Crete Francis Gallagher, WX 19585 of Rossmoyne, E. And marched us off our bloody feet! MacLeod MBE of Booragoon, Don Bruce of Balga, The food was light, the water crook, the Esperance Sub-Branch which has a framed copy I got fed up and s_lung my hook, ofJhe po8()1 on its RSL wall, and Ken Littlejoh'! of the Returned that night full up with wine Bunbury Sub-Branch. Poem appears oppos1te. And next day copped a ten shilling fine. My pay book was behind to hell When pay was ea/fed I said "0 well; ***************** They won't pay me, I'm sure of that" And when they did, I smelt a rat But when next day no rations came TIIA.NKS I realised their wily game Dear Editor, For sooner than sit down and die I would like to record my thanks and appreciation We spent our rent on food supply. to your officers who so ably assisted me in claiming So now it looks like even bettin' for the acceptance of disabilities which I considered A man'll'soon become a Cretin were related to my service with the 2nd AIF. And spend his days in blackest gloom On Ado/ph Hitler's Isle of Doom. I would like to mention in partic·ular Mrs Rowlands, Norman Johnston and Peter Slosarczyk, who were most polite, dedicated and ailigent in the assistance they afforded me in respect of my claims. R. 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WAREHO.USE Unit 3, ELECTRICAL fi"D P"·EOMfiTIC 24 Rudloc R,oad, Morley. POWER Co. "> Phone/Fax (098) 41 8903 Pege 34 - Listening Post - Winter 1991 ------·~------== Letters cont. Lost Trails · ...... OPERATION CAN YOU HELP? MARKET GARDEN Dear Editor, .1 am presently involved with the Army Reserve w1th OCTU (Off1cer Cadet Training Unit). We have ~HJJ' I been assigned to write an essay on the plan IS' developed by Field General Montgomery called Hb w many MOTH comrades are in WA? Operation Market Garden. Memorable Order Of Tin Ha~s . My reason for writing is to see if any RSL member If you are interested, please contact me. was involved in Operation Market Garden. If so, 1 Remembering our ideals of Mutual Help, Sound would like to contact them to ask questions about Memory, and True Comradeship, we may be able to Montgomery's plan from their point-of-view. organise a get-together. Who knows, onj:! year the a MOTH unit JASON HAMLING, Anzac Day Parade could include 10 Whittaker Crescent, marching? Bull Creek WA 6155. Pastor John Myles, JP, 34 Millimumul Way, Mullaloo WA 6025. ***************** Phone: (09) 307 1400 Honorary Chaplain Wanneroo Sub-Branch: MOTH Boulder Shell Hole, Salisbury, Rhodesia; ex AUSTRALL'\X FLAC1 RAF Police, Rhodesian Air Force Police, Rhodesian 's Dear Editor, Air Force Police, Rhodesian Military Police, Grey Scouts and Rhodesian Army Corps of Chaplains. lt's great to see such heart-warming patriotism surfacing in defence of the Australian National Flag. (Listening Post Autumn 1991). I totally agree with all comments particularly Alien Hutcheson's when he ***************** claims a certain Senator (of dubious loyalties) has a susceptibility to prevaricate - I' ve always considered such an ability as the first (and essential) qualification of aspiring (and serving) politicians. ~G BRI< i. SI<~ SECTION Co~ld I have been wrong? I attended a reunion of 9 Division Signals a few J.D. MATTHEWS, weeks back and was asked by W. (Bill) Bussell, Lot 3 Augustini Road, SA/24 Beach Street, Balgowlah, NSW 2093, to try to Bakers Hill WA 6562. locate. those from WA who served with 26 Brigade Sig Section. If ex-members wr ite to him he assures he will ***************** respond promptly. Should the first contact be preferred from Bill Bussell, please phone Stan McKenzie, 195 Clarke Street, Bunbury on (097) 21 CHANGILETTER CARD 3821 . Dear Editor, .... I would like to know if anyone who was a POW in Ohangi has one of the letter cards that they gave to prisoners to send saying that they were alive and well- about six typed lines. All that the POWs were ········~········ allowed to do was to sign their names, and we were . only allowed one to send to our next-of-kin ~ / 1st I was on Changi 2-44 forrest department and sent Sl;f{\ 'EY llliGI IVIE NT one to my mother which she later gave to me; Ex-members of the 2/ 1 st Survey Regiment unfortunately is was destroyed when the house was (Survey - Flashspotting and Soundranging burned down. Batteries) are asked to contact Jack Coppard, 365 I would very much like to have a photostat of one Cambridge Street, Wembley, 6014, telephone 387 of these letter cards just for a record. 6135·, with a view to holding a reunion in the near C.T. WRIGHT, future. 69 Wortley Street, STEVE ROBINSON, Somerville. Country Vice President, Kalgoorlie WA 6430. Central Wheatbelt. Listening Post - Winter 1191 - Page 35 This is your best opportunity to convert something that has been lying around neglected for years into RETIRE considerable cash. 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F01 fur/her de/ails contact EFS Tel (097) 25 4840, . Fu (1»7} 25 4843. Cooper & Puccio - PO Box 1541, Bunbury 6230 PHONE 411i944• 100 Lockyer Avenue, Albany Page 36- Listening Post- Winter 1991 0 I ( · 514SQN Lost Trails cont. 1 seek assistance in tracing a crewmate of my late father who served in 514 Sqn. (Waterbeach, Cambs.) in 1944. · My father, Lindsay A. ('Sam') Burford, who was. a life member of Enfield RSL, SA died last October m PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS Adelaide. I have b.een able to contact one member of Dear Editor, the crew in Australia, but Reg Orth, the navigator, of Penrith, NSW (last I heard) remains unlocated. Arising from a casual contact several years ago, I now correspond with.Or R. Oakland of 21 Metchley There were three Aussies in the mixed Lane in Harborne, Birmingham. B17 OHT. U.K. Commonwealth crew of a Lancaster flying wLth 5.14 Squadron in July-August 1944. My father was mid- Or Oakland is on the staff of Birmingham upper gunner. on 13 August, returning from an University and is privately making a study of operation over ~usselsheim, they we~e attacked by a Aerophilately- pamphlets and propaganda leaflets nightfighter wh1ch damaged the engmes. aerially dropped during World War 11 and The pilot, a New Zealander na~ed John Lawrie, subsequent conflicts. His aim is to eventually to compile a book on the subject. held the aircraft up even though !t was reduced one engine, had lost its hydraulics and was at low He is the principal of the Psywar Society and, as altitude. All the crew escaped and managed to return such, was ~ecently invited to Seoul to display to England, except Lawrie, who was killed in the pamphlets and address a meeting to mark the 40th crash at Bavegem, Belgium. anniversary of the Korean War. 1 would be happy to hear from anyone who knew Could you assist in collection of both pamphlets John Lawrie, Sam Burford, Reg Orth and the other (or photostats) and comments on same? Or Oak land crewmen who continued service after the crash. would be grateful. Tom Young (a Scot), George Durland and Martin KEITH G. SECOMBE. Carter, or those who served with 514 Sqn., particularly in the latter half of 1944. JOHN BURFORD, 5 Kings Avenue, ***************** Blair Athol S.A. 5084. ~4ISSINCJ F ~ \TIIER ***************** 1 have not seen my father since I was seven. 27 years ago. Though I have tried to f~nd him, I had no information until a friend of the fam1ly found some of HlVIAS AUSTiu'\Ll.A. CREW his old papers, including a letter from the NZ Army Dear Editor, dated 11 April, 1958. The National Museum and a Miss Ruth Roberts of The letter was in reply to his request for his official New South Wales who are writing a book and discharge certificate (Number 3492) from NZ compiling the history of HMAS Australia, wis~ to Kayforce and medals awarded to .him, (the Korea contact as many former crew members as poss1ble medal and United Nations medal w1th clasp Korea). and, being an old cr~w member, I have been asked to and was sent to 14 Railway Street, New Market, help. Auckland. There was also a note of his joining th.e The names and addresses of Western Australians, RSL on 18 March, -1_963. I don't know if any of th1s serv~d ~ay in fact any Australians who in HMAS r information" is relevant, but it , help.. The Australia during World War 11, are bemg recorded. Salvation Army "missing persons 1s also trymg to Crew members or relatives of deceased crew assist. members are asked to contact NEWTON ROB EATS, r Would any of your members who can supply P.O. Box 1520, Bunbury WA 6230. information on KENNETH GORDON BOULTER, nickname Kiwi, please contact me at th~ address below. Born 31 December, 1930, served m the ~Z Army, discharged 1958. He joined the Australian ****************** Army and was discharged about 1965. He has three children Ben 34, Debbie 33, Bill 30 and has a tattoo of a woman in a bikini on his right forear~ . Fr ~ m Lt COL. J.G. HENDRY, YIC 1960-63 we lived at Bandiana Army Base, V1ctona. 1 am writing a family history and would be glad of Pleas'e. if you can, help us find him so that we may information about my first cousin, Lieutenant tell him that we love him. - . Colonel James Gordon Hendry, MC, from those Who you MAS DEBBIE GUY (nee Boulter), served with or under him. If you can help, would please write directly to W.G. 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This year - the RSL's 75th Scout groups, RSL Sub branches. parliamentarians anniversary - sub branch members joined with and the Turkish and Asian Associations. Worthy of Greenmount Primary School for the annJ.lal particular mention was Chelsea Edwards who schoolchildren's service, Shire of Mundaring for the played the Last Post and Reveille with great Blackboy Hill sunset and dawn services. Undercliffe precision. Chelsea. a student at Swan Vi~w High Nursing Home for a "Diggers Service" and School, has been ooliging local Anzac services for organised its own service and march at Bellevue. the past six years. The first of the services, the school children's Realising that many veterans are unable to attend service on Friday 12 April, 1991 , received increased services through being confined to hospitals and support from local schools with the addition of the nursing homes. the sub branch and Undercliffe Mundariflg Schools and the new Stratton School in Nursing Home combined to take the Anzac service Middle Swan. The locally sponsored 503 Regional to the hospital. All in attendance expressed delight Cadet Unit also paraded at the service and formed a at the short and sincere service which included an guard. address by Sub Branch president, Neville Philp. The Anzac sunset service again took on an The traditional service and march at Bellevue was impressive atmosphere. In the quiet of early evening held before a smaller than usual crowd with active some 180 scouts from the Stirling and Mundaring participation from 503 RCU and RSL members. A districts gathered to post the night vigil at ·the service, ably-compered by Harold Klopper BEM ellipses until the dawn service. Scouts and guides with Capt. Bruce Foynes acting as chaplain, was a from 10 to 60 years of age were present, together fitting tribute to the memory of fallen service with their support groups, ready to camp the night personel. on the commemorative(site adjacent to the ellipses .. The Anzac Day Address was presented in two This year the organising group made contact wi.th parts; Jaimie Basell of St. Anthony's School spoke various ethnic groups and extended an invitation to on "What Anzac Day means to me" and related them to join in the service. lt was felt that, in tpday's events of the past to the present situation of conflict, society, it would be appropriate to invite people t~ before Neville Philp acknowledged the 75th the service who had now adopted Australia as thetr anniversary of the RSL. country. This invitation was well received and a At the conclusion of the service, parade marshal warm welcome was extended to the W.A. Turkish Clarry Lamont formed the parade of cadets and RSL Education and Cultural Association and the members for the march past and salute taken by Australian Maj. / Asian Association. Before the wreath Bill Gaynor of 7th Field Ambulance and the Sub laying and ceremonial associated with the servic~. branch President. Ean McDonald, architect of the site, recounted the The usual ~arly history of the ellipses signifying ri~ing Bellevue hospitality followed with many the of stories tbld and aquaintances the spirit of Anzac passing from generatton to renewed. generation. BILL GAYNOR BOYUPBROOK VALE JOHN MICHAEL CLANCY WX16107 John Clancy, born on 26 October. 1915, came to Boyup Brook in 1936 where he worked around the district before enlisting in 1940. He was in the Sixth Division Cavalry Regiment and served in the Middle East and Syria, being discharged in 1945. After attending Land Settlement School at Harvey for six months, he took over Jim and Jac'< Branchi's farm at Boyup Brook which he farmed until 1970. In 1942 John married Margaret Doreen Wfiite and Bellevue Sub Branch Preside~t Ne vi/le Philp places a wreath at the had six children. He was fire control offi.cer for 10 Bellevue Memorial. years, a very active member of the coarse grain Listening Post - Winter 1991 - P8g41 3t f R.SL. MEMBERS CALL ON.... CHBRZ Dine in or Take-Away DARWIN & BROOME Breakfast, RI!VI5171!D Lunch and Dinner. 50th Burgers, Rolls, Hot Meals, Roasts, Curry COMMEMORATIVE TOUR and Rice, also a separate menu for entrees and main meals. 50 YEARS SINCE THE FIRST BOMBS FELL ON DARWIN AND BROO.ME OPEN: 6am to 2pm FEBRUARY-MARCH 1992 5.30pm to 8.30pm Monday to Saturday With a special - GREEN SEASON PANORAMA Phone: (090) 21 8998 This is a delightful coach tour through the North at Stree~ a very interesting and beautiful time. 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Sub-Branch News < In addition we have officially invited Captain : Burnett's son, now living in retirement from the navy in Sydney, to conduct the official ceremony.on DENl\lARK 23 November, 1991 . Consideri"!g t~e ratio of population to area in the Our degree of success and the response so far has Denmark Sh1re, 1t was reassuring to know thai the been incredible. The estimated cost of the brick wall Sub-Branch appears to be doing better than the and foundations, with brass panels embossed with average RSL attendance figure which shows 80% of all the names, is estimated to cost $7,000.. 00 . We members no longer attend meetings. seek your support. All donations will be listed and · capsule to be opened on 19 officers were nominated for the placed in a sealed time At our AGM, the 100th anniversary of the of President and Junior Vice President.j November, 2041 - vacant posts sinking of the Sydney. Mark Scammell, last ye~r·s commencing President, unfortunately had to ret1re due to sickness and now Recently we have iptegrated some otour activities lives in Al~any. Get well soon Mark. W.J . {Peter) with the people with,..Whom we share o'ur· Sub-.: Daw~on kmdly aweed to accept the position of .Branch Centre, the troops from E-Troop, Pilbara · President and Laune Ward was nominated for the Regiment. This has not only increased our· Junior Vice Presidential post. membership but has added vitaUty and a sense of competitiveness. We were grateful that Bob Cooper agreed to continue as .Secretary/Treasurer and Merv Hockley When in the Carnarvon area do call us on 411 055 as Senior Vice President. Thanks were extended to for assistance with accommodation or just to say · retiring President Brady Waiters for a job.w_ell done. hello. Whilst some of our "big-guns" were unable to attend T. DONNELLY, the AGM, such as Frank (Mac) McCarthy, they are President. always ready for immediate action when needed. In ~he pa~t 12 months nine major functions were held mcludmg the annual dinner when visitors and- GERALDTON CITY guests came from all the local regions and from both Giving the 1991 Anzac Day address, Sub-Branch Houses of Parliament, including two from the President All an Ell is said it was a delight to be at .' "house-on-the-hill" in Canberra. Birdwood House and observe the wonderful · Lady members have ~ttended our monthly community response. · meetings (one is over94) so we feel the ice tias been He said citizens ranging from the young to the broken and hope that others will join us in the future. elderly had gathere\1 to commemorate the Gallipoli GUY HOWITT, landing 76 yeats ago and to pay tribute to the men Public Relations Officer. and women who paid the supreme sacrifice in all wars and to those who served in all areas including 1e Gulf. Mr Ellis extended best wishes to Bill Cunningham GASCOYNE and George Currie who, as former members of the The new Memorial in front of the town's Civic 2/ 11th Battalion, would be leaving Perth on May6for Centre is dedicated to Andrew Drummond, the only the 6th Division 50th anniversary tour of Greece. soldier from Carnarvon who was killed in Vietnam, A!lzac Day speeches were also given by Luke. and 'To all those who served in Vietnam'. About 150 Bram and Lesley Andrews, captains of Geraldton people attended the service and we were all left with Senior High School. Luke said Anzac Day had a a feeling of positiveness towards us from the local special meaning for him because his grandfather community. was a doctor in World War 11 and a prisoner-of-war Another .reason"- for members in our branch for four years. Lesley - whose father and renewed interest has emanated from a hard driving grandfathers served in major wars - said a tribute to and effort by HMAS Sydney memorial committee. the brave Anzacs was to keep Australia free peaceful, and to solve conflicts without the needless. In response to public demand the Naval shedding of blood. Association Carnarvon Sub-Section and the Gascoyne RSL Sub-Branch held a meeting when it Seven-year-old Orrin Clarke marched in the main was unanimously agreed to build a Wall of parade wearing World War 11 army medals belonging honouring those men who gave their to his great-grandfather, Edgar Jack Clarke, who as Remembrance, a country when HMAS Sydney was sunk a memberofthe 2/24th Machine Gun Battalion was lives for their camp and as a result of the encounter with the German raider POW in Singapore 's infamous Changi Kormoran near Carnarvon WA on 19 November, also in Japan. 1941 . For some years now there have been nation Ten-ye~r-old Robert Walton led the dawn parade wide el(lquiries to see_if Carnarvon prop?sed to also weanng World War 11 army medals of his great recognise the 50th ann1versary of Australia s worst grandfather, Bill Thompson; he also took part in the naval tragedy. - main parade. · The architects have suggested the Sydney's crest _The Scouts maintain~d an all-night vigil at the· as a centrepiece, and we have asked the Lord Mayor B1rdwood House Memonal where guard duties were ~ Llatenlng Poat- Winter 1991 -Page 43 I R.S.L. Members ... You too need to look beautiful IND·OOR PLANTS NO SOIL - NO FUSS so call in and see Dianne Price The easy way to beautify your home and her friendly staff for WHY IT IS BETTER THAN GROWING IN SOIL Wash-Wear Perms, Style Cuts, THE WATF.R LEVEL INDIC'ATOR removes etc. •11 KUe>< work as tO when to water. THE EXPANDED CLAY in place of soil is clean. odour!"'"· never needs replacing. 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DEMPSTER CAPE -BEAT THE WINTER BLUES- Call ALLAN now for a ql(ote ~~P~;~rfc~ter Street, (090} 7115~G (098) 21 2916, (098) 21 2896 Page 44- Llatenlng Poat- Winter 1991 IAURIE HAVUlW Sub-Branch News During our: March meetjng, members paid a silent tribute to a former colleague, Laurie Havlin, who died 0n 9 March after a long illness. After sering in the RAAF during World War 11, he taken over by the Naval Reserve Cadets for the dawn became a valuable member o'f the RSL at Geraldton parade. The Girl Guides then took over until it was where he served the Sub-Branch in a variety of time for the mounting of the Army Reserve Guard. capacities. He also provided community service The day was a memorable occasion for through the Geraldton Rotary Club and the bandmaster Les Backshell -twenty years· ago, on Ambulance Sub-Centre for which he was a ·Anzac Day 1971, he first officiated as bandmaster voluntary driver. after having been in the band for its first public Lau ri~ was a storekeeper many years ago near the performance in 1961 . Queen's Hotel and later conducted a school bus run. Daw~ parade marshal Chris Smythe said about 80 After retiring he lived at the Air Force Memorial ex-serv1ce personnel marched to Birdwood House Estate at Bullcreek. A private family service was held whe!e a wreath wa~ laid and the Ode recited by at Karrakatta Crematorium. ' Reg1onal Country VIce-President John Spendlove PETER BARDEN. representing State President Jim Hall. ' The salute for the main march was taken by retired Colonel Max Ball of. the Fishermen's Co-operati'{e MANPURAIJ ~ho v-.:as accompamed by a number of dignitaries The people of our"City turned out in large numbers mcludmg Mayor Faye Simpson. on Anzac Day to mark this most solemn and Among the marchers - estimated by Parade significant date of our national historv. The dawn Marshal Ross MacArthur to be about 400 including service was well attended with a big proportion of 150 veterans- was secretary Pam Burgess who in younger ·people, and at the morning parade and addition to her own medals, wore those of her late Service another excellent display was given by the husband, Ken. They included the United States young people of 504 Regional C;acjet Unit. Besides Citation Bar for the Korean Battle of Kapyong in providing an honour guard of six with arms reversed which 3Bn RAR was cut off for three days in 1951 . at the Memorial, two officers and 42 cadets marched in the parade. Remembering his comrades as he marched was 2/28th veteran Bert Berryman, one ofl those who For the first time, 62 members of the recently- 1 became known as "The Rats of Tobruk"• formed Air Force Association marched with us in their own· right. This. newly-formed group, after a There was a unique aspect with the service of successful initial meeting at which office bearers marcher Frank Kruta - he flew in the were appointed, plans to meet on a regular basis Czechoslovakian, French, Russian and Royal Air probably at our RSL Hall. Forces. Frank was shot down in Austria in 1944 when serving with the Air Force of his homeland, The commemoration service at the memorial was Czechoslovakia. However, his elusiveness was almost ru ined when, on the day before, it was likened to that of the Scarlet Pimpernel - he discovered some vandals or anti-war activists had escaped from four different POW camps in badly damaged the memorial. The copper cross, Germany. Frank and his wife visited England last made and affixed by our own members, had been year for the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. torn from the top of the stone column. The cross was wrenched off by forcing the three inch securing Thirty-six wreaths were laid - by Mayor Faye bolts throug.h the base plate. This was obviously Sirnpson, Lieut-Cdr Keith Johnson of HMAS done by someone with considerable strength. Ger'l:rldtoa, Presiden.t 1\llan Ellis, Auxiliary President Fortunately, the cross had not been removed and, Gillian Sharp; and Senior Vice-President Colin equally fortunately, the damage was discovered by Lockyer. the City Council who replaced the cross and carried A Pra :w ~r of Remembrance wassaid by Mr Lockyer otJt repairs. The event caused considerable concern and a-P.iayer for the Australian Defence Forces by as it could happen again. Next year we probably will Lt-Cdr Johnson. arrange to guard the memorial in the 24 hour period On his 21st birthday, former St Pat's student prior ~o Anzac Day. There are.some sick people 'out Ashley Le Bordyre of the Regular Army·in lngleburn, there and, whether they be vandals or merely N.S.W. was given the honour or raising and lowering misguided in attitude, they have to be considered. the Australian Flag at the dawn service. We may also approach the City Council for some Also for the first time. two women RSL form of permanent night lighting for our memorial. representatives were on the saluting dais; Nancy Mandurah Sub-Branch continues to flourish and Peacock and Dorothea Reynolds replacing Rob and grow with a steady enrolment of new members. Mrs Hoffman because' Rob was in hospital. Since the granting of the liquor licence, a real 'Club Amember of a_we}l"'known Geraldton fam~ly, Jim type' atmosphere has built up and provided a Costantino, aged 9~had the hc;mour of bemg the renewed sense of good fellowship. lt can only get oldest soldier on parade. Jim fought on the allied better, anti we hope to see. more of our members side during World War~ with Italy's ':(ictorio Vene~o dropping in to share these benefits . . Cavarleri before becommg a POW of the Germans m T.A.. MILLS, December 1917. · Publicity Officer. LIStening Post- Winter 1991 -Page 45 l J I Chickadee Foods is an Australina-owned family business whose manufacturing plant is based in Gosfor ~ New South Wales. Chickadee warehouse and distribute their product range throug~out Western Australia operating through locally based wholesalers. Chickadee's range of chicken products are available in all Coles, Woolworths, Independent Supermarkets and Snow Delis. 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EAST PERTH 325 2463 Page 48 - Llatenlng Poat- Winter 1191 As well as Mr Robartson, the following councillors attended the service: Mrs Pam Neesham, Dr I. M. Guy . Sub-Branch News and Messrs A.S. Bajada, M.F. 'Board, J.N. Papaphotis and C.J. Schuster. We express sincere thanks to the band of the 5th Military District and to all who participated in and attended a stirring service under such unpleasant MELVILLE weather conditions. We also thank Don lngersolefor The Melville Anzac memorial service was his liaison with Melville City Council in the prior conducted at 11.00am on 21 April 1991 at the City of arrangements, and the SORCU Cadets for their Melville memorial, attended by more than 200 participation and help with the chairs. people. M.A. ~EYNOLDS. An excellent representation of ex-service units and local organisations participated in the preceding march, which was ably led by the band of the 5th Military District. MT LAWLEY/INGLEWOOD The marshal, Lt. Colonel Norm Davies (RL) was at At precisely 0822 the catafalque party began its the head of the marchers who represented some 20 slow march into position at the four corners of the units and local groups, comprising the memorial and stood motionless at the "reverse RAN/Merchant Navy, 2/3 and 2/7 Field Regiments, arms". Royal Australian Artillery, RAE, Water Transport, Following the wreath laying our padre, "Ton" Van Royal Australian Signals Association, 16 Bn. Cam. Doorn, gave the Anzac Day address and prayers, Highlanders, Royal Aust. Regiment, Returned both meaningful messages. Sisters, AAMWS/VAD, AWAS, Red Cross representatives from Aplecross, Fremantle We look upon the Mt Lawley War Memorial very Branches and Melville Service Group, the RAAF, much as our own, even though it is part of the City of BCOF Association, Rats of Tobruk Association, Stirling Parks Department which, throughout the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women, year. maintains the surrounds and, on the week RAEME Vietnam Association, and British Ex- preceding Anzac Day gives it special attention for Service Association. The 50 RCU provided a fine which we are most appreciative. contingent of cadets to support the parade and This year, because of financial constraints, the mount flag and general duties, and it was pleasing to Army presence was much depleted; no 30-strong see participation by scouts and cubs from the Bull guard-of-honour but simply a catafalque party 4 +1 Creek (Leeming) Group. The salute was taken by Lt. from the Perth Logistic Battalion whose smartness Colonel lan Abercrombie. in dress and drilfset the righftone for the ceremony. The wreath-laying ceremony which followed the Equally impeccable in timing were our two flag march was directed by Mr Eric Stallard, and many staff wardens, Kart Milczarek and Frank Turrell, both attractive contributions were made in memory of past presidents. deceased ex-servicemen and women. The first Once again the local dignitaries were welcomed in wreath was laid by Councillor Clive Robartson on their role as wreath-layers, Rick Charlesworth MHR, behalf of Her Worship the Mayor of Melville, Councillor Snatchell, Mayor of Stirling. lan followed by wreaths from Mr Peter Shack MHR for Alexander MLA, who was unable to attend, will be the Federal electorate of Tangney, M r R.ichard Lewis pleased to know that his wreath was laid by a very MLA for Applecross, Or Alan King on behalf o.f the charming lady. Delegates from the six local schools League, Mr Wally Galway for Applecross Sub- always well turned out added their tribute at the base B-ranch and the following units and other of the memorial. They represent a link between our organisations; Royal Australian Artillery past, the present and the future. Association, RAE, Water Transport, Rats of Tobruk Since we lost our sub branch bugler, Horrie Ass9~iation, BCOF Association, Australian Legion , Hardie who for many years sounded the Last Post of Eb{-Servicemen and Women, Applecross and · and Reveille, the Morley Salvation Army has never Fremantle Branches of the Red Cross, and Melville failed to provide us with one for this occasion; and a Ser\tiee Group, Vietnam Veterans' Association and good one too. the Applecross Masonic Lodge. These We are grateful to the many neighbouring people remembrances are gratefully acknowledged. who, by their attendance, indicate their interest and The service was led by Lt. Col. Rolfe Nyman, support. President of the Applecross Sub-Branch. Prayers F.R. MILLER, were provided by (Sister) Vivian Statham and a President. stirring· address was given by Valerie, Lady Stanton Hicks (ex-WAAAF) who drew attention to Australia's , vulnerability as a country in terms of defence and ~he need for more ,- ~wareness ih the commumty. NORTH BEACH Councillor Clive'Robartson drew attention to an Meetings continue to be well attended, with an Australian flag provided by the Vietnam Association av.erage of 49 members present over the past to Melville City and dedicated to tho~e who died in quarter, two new members have• joined us and H .. Vietnam; he closed the ceremony with a vote of Nichols has been nominated by the Sub-Branch for thanks to the organisers of the service. · the City of Stirling Certificate of Service award. ' Listening Post- Winter 1991- Page 47 oNiv $19.95 plus $1 .60 postage and handling. ~ I SEND 10: El---L----x--,G'S DISTRIBliTIONS P. 0. BOX 388 COMO W.A. 6152 I Telephone (09) 3!J7 734..) (9am-Spm) for telephone orders. Sp ecifications: ALLOW UP TO 28 DA Vs FOR PROCESSING AND DELIVERY. I • 4 d igits with ho ur and minute mark. NAME • M ax. count-time: 24 ho ur ~ . I • Memory recall for previous time set. I ADD R. ~ 5=S~------I • S hows seconds when countdown time under 10 min. • Sto ra ge compart ment to hold pills. I Pled Page 48 -Listening Post - Winter 1991 General meetings are still being well attended. Sub-Branch News Meeting night is every second Wednesday of each month (January in recess), commencing at 7.30 p.m. BILL SULLIVAN, President 349 2797. No scholarship was awarded this year as 90% of the applicants were technically ineligible for the award. The scholarship committee will rewrite the criteria for applications-to clarify the matter for next RAVENSTHORPE year. JIJLIAN PETER BELL: WX 31510 Anzac Day saw 42 members taking part in the Many friends were saddened to hear of Julian's march and dawn service at the North Beach War death on 24 February, 1991 . Born in Kundip 73 years Memorial, joined by about 40 members from the ago, he spent his early school days there and apart community. Coffee and light refreshments followed from two years working on a farm near Capel and his at the North Beach Bowling Club- for which a large war time service, he(_gjways lived in the district. thanks to Diane Bennett, wife of president Lindsay. Julian mined with his father and brothers in the early In the afternoon more than 100 bowlers battled for days, and his latter working years were spent in the 'tin hat', won again by the North Beach Bowling business with his brother Jack, who still lives in Club (wait till next year). A barbecue followed, Hopetoun with their widowed sister. highlighted by entertainment from members and a few rousing s.ing-alongs. Again thanks are extended Julian and Jack joined the AIF together, their to organisers, cooks, clean-up crew, entertainers numbers following each other, and served together and all who made it a great day. with the 2nd Australian Port Construction in Morotai and Borneo. . A reminder that meetings are at 8.00 p.m. on the After Mass in the Church of Peter the first Tuesday of the month - see you Fisherman in there. Hopetoun, the Sub-Branch conducted the graveside R.A. (BUD) WARREK. service. Approximately 400 people from all parts of the State attended to pay their last respects to one of the district's most respected gentlemen. OSBOilliE PARI\. N.V. SCHUBERT. The annual wreath-la¥ing ceremony was conducted on Anzac Day tat the City of Stirling ALE-CAl~LISLE Memorials and, with the excellent weather that day, RIVERV a larger number of people attended the ceremony. DAY MEETINGS: These are held regularly on the As well there was a good roll up of ex-service men third Tuesday of each month, with between 10 and and women to take part in the short march. lt was 14 members attending. Before closing the meeting, most pleasing to see the Federal Member for the Ode is recited and members then enjoy an hour Stirling, Mr Ron Edwards, with Mr Nick Catani~ of or so of friendship and refreshments. These the WA Legislative Assembly and also Counc1llor afternoons are ably conducted by Senior Vice Tony Vallelonga of City of Stirling in attendance and President, Eric Smith. assisted by Reg Rule and laying wreaths. After the service, approximately 70 Bruce Fogarty. to 80 people returned to the sub-branch where three The main object of these informal daytime of our members had stayed to get the barbecue gatherings is to allow those members, unable to alight and everything ready for the usual breakfast. attend at night, to remain an active part of the Sub- One could smell the onions cooking well before Branch and contribute to its effectiveness. Quite a reaching the premises, and I am sure that everyone number of suggestions, originated at these who attended thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Once meetings, have been eventually adopted by the again, I express nzy sincere gratitu~e to those Sub-Branch. tireless work'ers who organised everythmg. .. ANZAC LUNCHEON: Forty five members, wives We were pleased to see the scouts take part in the and friends attended the third annual luncheon at wreath laying ceremony; this year they were well the RSL. Hall on the Sunday prior to Anzac Day, represented· by having many on parade, from the before proceeding to Faulkner Park in Cloverdale to very young to the older scouts. Well. done scouts, combine with Belmont Sub-Branch at a well your participation was greatly appreciated. attended Anzac Service. Unfortunately again the State Congress is rapidly approaching and once weather was not kind, and the service had to be held again the sub-branch will have three delegates inside, although it was possible for a short march attending. from the car park into the hall. There is little to report concerning the Representatives from Parliament, Th~ City of redevelopment of our property at Osborne Park. Belmont, serving members of the Armed Forces, Curren~l 1 y we are getting the ground wor~ completed Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, ex-service members so we can sell portion of the land. lt 1s hoped to and the general public filled the hall for the Service. obtain sufficient funds from the sale,of this land to The 5th Military .District band and the band from the rebuild the memorial hall bc.t retaining the existing City of Belmont supplie.P the music for the hymns brick facade. Members will be kept informed of and marching. 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Another trip to Chalet Healy in Araluen for Christmas in July is booked for Sunday 21 July but numbers will be limited. The organisation and duties for this service are lt has been agreed that the sub-branch will shared by Belmont and Rivervale-Carlisle sponsor six Legacy wards at a cost of $300. Sub-Branches. At the Interstate Bowls Carnival, the Scarborough WOMEN'S AUXILIARY: Although small in RSL team of Bob Shepherd, Keith Ireland, Bill Davis num~ers our Auxiliary is very active and has and Alan McFarlane did well in the competition contnbuted to the success of the Sub-Branch in involving 138 teams. many ways. Meetings are held on the second l our Department of Veterans ' Affairs Thursday of the month, on the same night as the representative, Trevor Halford, is a constant visitor men's general meeting, so that husbands and wives to our meetings and will aQ.swer, or at least attempt can attend the RSL together. to find out answers, to any questions on Veterans' Their activities include assistance at Bingo and in Affairs that members may have. the canteen, helping out at social functions, fund JIM HUGILL. raising luncheons, and generally participating in the programme of events. BINGO: Bingo evenings are conducted each Monday night in the hall and are usually attended by VIE1NAM VETERANS up to 60 members of the public. The games are run The Vietnam Veterans' Sub-Branch started· the by a committee of seven, who attend to such duties year with its AGM in February. Twelve members as setting up the tables, ticket selling, car watch, participated in the hope that the backbone builds canteen, whilst the caller is committee member muscle in its endeavours. Peter Barnett. Games commence at 8.00pm, conclude about 1 0.15pm and a good range of prizes· . Plans to show a uniformed force at the dedication is offered. of the Vietnam memorial in Canberra in 1992 are in progress. This trip plans to outdo the 1987 parade in ANZAC DAY: Last year it was decided to open the Sydney, march ~ n and Western Australia intends to continue Sub-Branch following the Perth. This year, its shpw of dignity and respect due to all veterans. we continued the practice, and :opened from 1300 We are trying to organise travel arrangements; all hours. Members of the Burma Star Association interested participants should contact the Sub again partook of our hospitality, including a light Branch as soon as possible to confirm a booking. luncheon. A new WA Vietnam Veterans' Sub-Branch plaque FRANK FISHER. and unifying banner have been completed. Orders are now being taken for the plaque which was designed by member Les Anderson and it is a credit to Les' artistic ability. Funds raised from these sales SCARBOROUGH will go to the Welfare Account. The unifying banner We can't lose sight of the fact that, if Anzac Day is made its debut at this year's Anzac Day parade. Also to be perpetuated, the oncoming young must be in the pipeline are WA Vietnam Veteran hats. considered and instructed in what it is all about. The social committee will be meeting shortly to Eight of our members visited 17 different local plan functions for this year and we are looking schools to deliver Anzac videos. forward to some fun nights out. All members who Captain Rolfe of the Scarborough Cadet Unit have not been along for a while should call in soon to addressed the members on the aims and ambitions get the dates so they can join in. of the cadets iQ. their ...activities. lt is generally The aim of the Sub-Branch in 1991 is to maintain :\Ccepted that it is a good cause and should be more the comradeship established during a very difficult widely acknowledged by the general public. time and to support veterans in their time of need. To John Venter has received his Russian Medal, 45 do this, we seek the aid of those veterans who are not years late, from the Russian government - ~ut in need. Too often the members working towards the better than none at all from the Australian aim are themselves in need but this is p1,.1shed aside government! in the belief that "we should stick together and help The different trips organised by our indefatigable each other as we did in Vietnam". Let's hope 1991 secretary, Ron Elms (phone 447 1813), are always will bring together more members with this same popular and help to keep the sub-branch together objective. particularly the older members who don't get out The Sub-Branch meets the second Wednesday of much otherwise. each month at 7.30 p.m. at the Millen RSL Hall, One interesting outing was to the Pinjarra Races. Ca.mberwell Street, East Victoria Park. Mark your There wasn't much loose change around at the diary now for the rest of 1991; July 10, August 14, finish but we could afford an ice-cream! And September 11, October 9, November 13, December although it had been quite a long day, the journey 11 . home through the lit-up city from the top of a GLENDA SEAMAN, DON ANDERSON. Llatenlng Poat - Winter 1991 - Pege 51 I WALL- -WA WALL-TO-WALL SAVINGS Introducing Wall-To-Wall Carpets' uniq~e Shop At Home service. 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MRGAS PHONE SE~VICES (098) ., GAS .8466 SEC LIC GF001547 P-ee 52 - Ultenlng Poet- Winter 1H1 WOMEN'S AUXILIARY I take this opportunity to thank State President Mr Jim Hall for all his help and advice, Mr Gibbs and his Mrs Southern and I were guests of the staff for their assista11ce, and our State Executive Bedford/Morley Auxiliary on 12 February for its members and all Auxiliaries and Sub-Branches for AGM and I took the chair during the election of their continued support. lt has been very much officers. appreciated. On 15 March a Presidents and Secretaries' ALLISON CAYLEY. meeting was held in Anzac House and many questions were asked and dealt with. 1 feel these meetings are most important, as they help Mandurah Auxiliaries to become more familiar with- the new Arrangements for forthcoming events are well in rules that are given out from a Conference. hand and we look forward with enthusiasm to the Cockburn Auxiliary's Fund Raising day on 21 year's activities. March was well attended and enjoyed by all. On Anzac Day, many of our able-bodied ladies will On 21 April, Mrs Sullivan and I attended the pre- march behind the men and our catering team has Anzac day service at the War Veterans' Home, and I arranged for refreshments after the parade. laid a wreath on behalf of all Auxiliaries. On Anzac Commencing in May, we will hold monthly "busy Day, Mrs Taylor placed the Auxiliary wreath during bees". followed by lunch and our monthly meeting. the dawn service, while I, ,.accompanied by Mrs These are usually very friendly and productive Barrell, attended the service .on the Esplanade. mornings. I am very pleased with the results of our Member Phil Williams will again hold an "At membership drive. lt has been most rewarding, as Home" for members in her lovely garden, where we nearly all Auxiliaries have had new members join will enjoy a day of comradeship and fun. them during the year. AUDREY PETTY EX-SERVICEWOMEN'S BOWLS DAY The fifth annual Bowls Day for ex-servicewomen Our committee takes this opportunity to thank the was held at Doubleview Bowling Club ~m 22 March Doubleview Bowling Club, especially ladies 1991 . The 159 ladies who attended were ex- president Beryl Godfrey and convenor Betty Hemley members of all services who travelled from far and for their co-operation throughout the year and on wide for a great day of bowls followed by an that particular day for the delicious dinner. Organist excellent dinner. Mary provided the music for plenty of singing and The winner- of the Perpetual Trophy, donat~d by foot-tapping, especially when old war-time the Ex-WRANS Association, was a team ·from favourites were played. Cottesloe/Peppermint Grove skippered by Kathy Alice Con:y proposed a special toast to all ex- Curtin, with Joan Utley, Jill Palassio and Hazel servicewomen. celebrating their 50th anniversary Backhouse; and the runners-up were Doris Bridges, and we sang "For We Are Jully Good Fellows" and East Fremantle (Skip}, Joy Nolan, Win Rogers and "The Old Grey Mare"-very appropriate these days! Bett Reudavy, all from Mt Pleasant. The presentation I thank my Deputy, Daphne Allison, and was made by the Glory Loughton, president of the ex- committee for all their assistance during the year, WRANS Association. and hope that next year's event, at East Freamtnel The individual trophies were presented to the Bowling Club on 27th March 1992, will be even winners by Alice Corry, OA, president of AWAS·and bigger and better. patron of WRAAC. 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A~pendices to the book giv.e such information as deta~ls of the (then) Australian Nursing Service, the med1cal system, casualty statistics, campaign awards and an excellent patrol action report by 3 Home by Ouistmas AAA. · lhe bulk of the book is taken up by a nominal roll of aJI Australian Army personnel (and non- com~atants) to~ the A;ustralif!n Army in Korea 1950-56 by who served in Korea from 1950 956 With a complete Lt-Col Net/ C Smtth, AM. The book is available with additional information such as at "Mostly Unsung", P.O. Box cross refereQce to those who served in the Malayan from the author and 20, Gardenvale, Victoria, 3185 at a cost of Emergency, all fatal and non-fatal casualties. $27.00 for a card cover and $32.00 for a hard decorations awarded during the campaign. cover, plus $3.00 postage. Bulk orders of five I found it rather nostalgic to look up the names of books or more will attract a discount of $5.00 mates whom I had not seen since Korea (or Malaya} per copy. and to read about such places as lnchon, Uijongbu Kimpo and the lmjin River, where some of us skid our jeeps in circles with some gratification that I received a (heaven forbid) used to lt was for sucl:l of Lt-Col Smith's book on the Australian Army across the frozen surface. Nostalgic too, copy Kaitaichi and by Christmas". Having read his places as lwakuni, Hiro, Kure, in Korea- "Home (Remember Major Alex Weaver?) "Mostly Unsung", covering the Malayan Miyajima. book Altogether a " must" for Korean veterans and Emergency, I was keen to read his account of the for anyone interested in this war in Korea. excellent reading "Cortflict". found the title most apt - General MacArthur I . having announced on 24 November 1950 his "Home KEN MORRISON by Christmas" offensive, a most inaccurate prediction! · The Silvered Shovel After a succinct introduction by Fred Kirkland, OAM, JP (Korea and South-East Asia Forces by Donald Lee Association), Lt-Col Smith presents a most In parts 1 and 2 of this book, Donald Lee seems to comprehensive chronological account of the have drawn on his own experiences as a prisoner-of- Australian Army's not inconsiderable part in the war of the Japanese to present the reader with a Korean conflict. complete with relevant maps. (One graphic and gripping, if somewhat succinct, story of needs to know a bit about military symbols to read capture, imprisonment, mistreatment, escape some of them!). guerilla action and desperate love. ' Despite the horrors of the war, the atrocities These parts, while complete in themselves, act as committed by the enemy and the -till then unknown a lead into the domestic turmoil that occurs when - rigours of a Korean winter, the good old Aussie the main character's brother returns from the diggers' sense of humour surfaced now and again. Occupation Force in Japan with a Japanese wife. such as the time when Sometimes grim humour, shows the faces of two brothers, corpse Part 3 of this book digge.rs. spotted the right arm of an enemy as a result of his wartime experiences, a shallow grave. Several stopped one of whom, protrudmg from accept his brother's wife and the other the hand, saying "How do you do, could not and shook whose attitude was to affect the lives of the three of Charlie". And the time diggers enjoyed a meal of ~ them. fr~s lil pork, only to find out later that they had eaten the pigs which they had seen a short time before This novel, if read as being based on the author's chomping away happily on enemy corpses! I would experience, contains a number of lessons in human imagine that the cooks received some endearing resilience, fortitude, 'est~aint and tolerance and is comments such as "Who called the cook a cook?" recommended reading. The book is easy to read and has far more detail in J.O. McTAVISH. it, including names of personnel involved in incidents, than a lot of books I have read about war. lt is written by an Australian about Australians and I Middleton V.C. thoroughly enjoyed it. by Stuart Bill did in "MQstly Unsung", Lt-Col Smith gives , As he War 11 , one credit where credit is due to forces other than the I w(is once told that, at the end of World ~f what Australians, suchas the New Zealand, Canadian and the. n:'ajor English newspapers summarised have .been the finest individual American units involved in the battle of Kapyong, 1t. considered to where 3 AAA (and the Canadian· Infantry·. and deeds of the war. American Tank Units) were awarded the "Swimming Amongst these was the outstanding Victoria awarded to Pilot Officer A.H. Middleton Pool" - the American Presidential Citation. ' Cross ~ t Listening .Poat- Winter 1991 - Page ss / :lED'S .TREADS UIIIIIII'.'F s IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHAT SIZE RTS YOUR CAR PLEASE lfAU Us! 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Box 4389QQ, Mtlbottmt VIr .1001 Lot 3, Kelvin Road, Ttltphon.: 1031 6SO 5525 Focslmllt: 1031 6!0 5570 ORANGE GROVE ARtnl< Bookings: 008 JJ 1054 Ttltx: AAI52.169 A.t ' ~ '~ · PHONE: Yard 459 7666 1Mi6h '-. .11.121 11i H1 'Hf Page 58- L11tenlng Po1t- Winter 1991 _ , __ The blame was attributed to his navigator and Book Reviews cont. Middleton was given the choice of staying with Pathfinders but with a new navigator or returning to his previous squadron. Middleton.'s sense of loyalty RAAF, for his extraordinary heroism in a Bomber to his crew decided the issue and they returned to Command raid on Turin on ·the night of 28-29 No. 149 squadron and the main stream operations of November 1942. Bomber Command. · Although I was in England at the time as a member On the night of 20-21 November 1942, they were of t_he RAAf, I do not remember -seeing this briefed for their 29th operation - an attack on the particular art1cle and I have never been able to verify Fiat works at Turin. A total of 232 aircraft were whether my information was correct or not. detaileq for this raid, which required flying over the howe~er , ~oes wa~ Swiss Alps, and posed few problems for the Stirlings This, not in any alter the fact because of their low maximum altitude -while that the explo1t wh1ch made Middleton famous in the carrying a bomb load. middle of the war, at a time when many examples of great courage were displayed was one of the truly Middlet0n also had great difficulty in this respect heroic epics of 1939-45. ' because of heavy cloud which filled the valleys on the northern slopes of the Alps, with only the With this in mind, it is indeed a damning mountain peaks protruding through the cloud. indictment that the author was unable to find an Australian publisher for his book' and found it Fortunately he found a way through the Mount necessary to publish the story himself for which he Cenis Pass and, once through, turned towards should be heartily congratulated. · ' Turin, which lay only 40 miles away. He reduced it is, though, an app_alling reflection on altitude to 2000 feet so that he could positively contemporary Australian attitudes that this identify the target - he held very strong feelings magnificent story could not be placed in our about avoiding damage to non-military areas- and publishing industry when so much garbage finds it made three runs over the Fiat works. way into the bookshops. On their first run they received a direct hit in the Midd_leton was born on 22 July 1916 and spent his port wing, causing a gaping hole; on the third run, youth 1n the central northern country districts of when they were about to drop their bombs, a shell New South Wales, where his father was manager of burst in the cockpit between the two pilots, seriously various farms. wounding Middleton in the face, destroying one eye, and wounding . the second pilot in the legs. He grew u~ as a typical product of the Australian country scerie in the 1920s and 30s, with a quiet and Middleton lost consciousness and his aircraft dived reserved nature. This characteristic was to stay wjth to 800 feet before Flight Sergeant Hyder, his second him during his short life, for he was described as a pilot;-..regainP.d control and altitude. "loner" by some of his friends, yet at the same time Middleton regained consciousness and sent he was a thoughtful and kind person. He was, Hyder back to have his wounds attended to but, after however, good at shooting, tennis and cricket as brief treatment, the latter insisted on returning to the well as being an above-average student at Dubbo cockpit to help his captain who, despite being in High School. great pain and with one eye lost, refused to leave the On leaving school he became a jackaroo, controls. although it seems he would have preferred to pursue They were once again faced with the problems of a university career, which was denied him because flying back through the Alps, but notwithstanding of his parents' circumstances. their enormously greater problems, they managed When World War 11 was declared, he immediately to clear the mountains and reach the plains of enlisted in the RAAF, and graduated in Jun~ 1941 as France. a pilot from No. 7 Course in Canada, where he lt i~ c;tlmost i~PUnited Kingdom and became France, but Middleton refused to bale out, saying he a member of No. 149 squadron flying Stirling heavy would get them back to England. bombers, with which he progressed through his first They crossed the coast of France at Dieppe only a tour of operations until about mid-way through, few m1les off course, another wonderful tribute to when he was transferred to No. 7 squadron, one of Mrddleton's fl_ying skills. They were again exposed the initial Pathfinder squadrons. to flak but M1ddleton, despite his semi-conscious He completed several raids with PFF until 28-29 state, managed to dive from 6000 to 600 feet to August 1942, when his crew was detailed for an escape it attack on Nuremburg; but his GEE navigational aids Middleton crossed the English coast and baled his became unserviceable, and unexpectedly bad crew out so they could survive, but two refused to weather caused him to be substantially off course in leave him and together they flew out to sea so that he the target area. could not incur any civilian casualties. On return to England he made an emergency On 1 February 1943, Middleton's body was landing owing to shortage of fuel an'd was called washed ashore on Shakespeare Bay at Dover and · before W1ng, Commander Hamish Mahaddie, his was given a full military funeral on 5 February. 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Sergeant M1ddleton laid down his own life Details of the attitude of such world figures asl deliberately to s~ve some of his crew - his strong Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Churchill, Eden,. example of devotion to duties to the end has inspfred Stalin, Acheson, Kennan and Mendes-France will. not only the crews in Bomber Command but will provoke a lot of ~hought in the . reade'r and will forever remain an inspiration wherever there are present a number of surprises. . . white and blue roundels of the King's Ait Force . While this bodk. Should be considered essential overhead". · reading for the diplomatic or military historian, it This book should be read by every school child in should be read by all who have a desire to ascertain Australia as an inspiration in their own lives for not the causes behind the inst~bility in lndo-China, only is it a story of great courage but also a mosaic.of during, the period covered and th~ subsequent• country life in the 1920s and 30s. conflict in Vietnam. · · · · A group of Middleton's squadron friends sent a J.O. McTAVISH very moving letter to his parents_, a gesture that reflected the enormous respect he haa'earned as a quiet, unobtrusive member among them. Action Stations Coral Sea I have read the sto.ry many times and have been equally moved by it on each occasion, but in a long The Australian Commande r's and generous tribute, an RAF commentator said it all Story · · · when he wrote, "lt does not seem possible that even death could have had the heart to seek out and by Chris Coulthard-Ciark destroy such tenacious, valiant, and enduring Published by ,Alien and Unwin, price $29.95 courage. No man will e,ver know.what forc·e uplifted The· Battle of the. Cora.J Sea was a series of that.tortured pody i11 its11ast strug.gle for the lives and· disjointed and often highly confused naval actions. liberty of a faithful crew. They had urged him to fought off Australia's north-eastern ~oast between 4 abandon ship over France while strength was still in and e May 1942 ~nd was the first action foJ.Ight.at sea him, but he refused to leave them prisoners. Rather, ,in which the opposing surface forces did not ih that inner Vt'isdom with which suffering ·actually see or directly engage one another.. transcendentalises the mind, he determined that, in Fought solely by aircraft, some land:-based but, the balance, their' fit lives against his maimed one with most being carrier-launched from the principal" were the thing for which he must fight and plan with units of both sides, Lexington and Yorktown on the' his last strength. In proof that his plan succeeded, Allied side with Shoho, Shokaku and Zuikaku· there are now in this country five men ready to fight leading the enemy force. · and fly again. They have in their hearts the memory Author Chris Couthard-Ciark describes the Battle: of perhaps the greatest captain of aircraft under of the Coral Sea as "a series of disjointed and often whom any crew wi 11 have the honour to serve, and of highly confused naval actions fought off the. a front gunner and engineer to whom comradeship Australian coast." and company of that captain meant more than any certainty of satety'and who determined to be with Many people still believe the popular myth that . him to the end, ·as long as any faint "this was the battle that saved Australia" which is, of. hope of his a~ rescue 'remainetl. They stuck to him to ~he l~st. In course, incorrect Port More.sby was the targe't of such men as these is the finest ins·piratioh ever sent the Japanese invasion f.orce . . . : ··,: ; .: ' to us as a people." lt was universally agreed t'1i! ctF}1ttj,Qr victory had The book been attained in the Battle of the""Cdf.il Sea, but by is available from the Air Force claim~d . Association at Bull Creek at a cost of $24.90 or by whom? The. Japanese ,that an "Angi- American Fleet" had b'een "heav'ilY crushed" in the writing to the author at 18 Pollina Street, East summatj~n Bentleigh, Victoria 3165. engag.ement. The by the Japanese lmpenal Headquarters was that the Allied fleet had PETER FIRKINS. been effectively destroyed. Two aircraft carriers- Approachinsz Vietnam one Saratoga-class and one Yorktown-class had been sunk, it was clairned, along with a California-· From Worfd War 11 class battleship, a-destroyer and a 20,000-ton tanker· through Dien Bien Phu 98 US aircraft; and among the Allied naval units damaged were a British Warspite class battleship, a by Lloyd C. Gsrdner British cru_iser of the Canberra type and an Published by· W.A. Nortort & Company unidentified cruiser. Japanese losses were stated to The author of this book has researched his subject be one small aircra'ft carrier sunk and 31 aircraft to a degree that is rarely found. missing. 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After MAXTHOW- having endured so much to find the American 13 Kellatie Road, carriers, they had not found their target until after Rosny, Tasmania, 7018. they had discarded their bombs. At one stage the Phone: (002) 44 2436 two carrier groups, unbeknown to each other, were only 70 miles apart. Neither had aerial patrols up and the engagement which surely would have followed was delayed two days. Superbly handled by Captains Farncomb (HMAS Australia) and Howden (HMAS Hobart), the Australian ships dodged four torpedoes and numerous bombs, HMAS Australia reportedly being "completely blotted out by gigantic columns of water all arouAd her from .:Japanese high-level bombers, splashes higher than her masthead, obscured for a minute because of the spray". This book gives a refreshing Australian perspective of the Coral Sea action as opposed to the normal US version. This book is also a remarkable insight into Australian-bern Royal Na~y admiral Joh.n Crace., his outstanding career, and h1s bitter disputes with the Australian Naval Board. The Battle of the Coral Sea was significant inasmuch as it was the first time the Imperial Japanese Navy experienced the failure of a major operation. As history shows, it was not to be the last. This book will create a great deal of debate. The fact that the Australian ships, under the overall control of the US Navy, saw heavy action in t~e preliminary part of the battle, then missed the mam event -.although not by choice as Allied Support Group Commander, Rear Admiral Jack Crace's strongly-worded reports written aboard the flagship HMAS 'Australia show - corrects the mistaken impression that it was a battle won solely by _US · naval forces. • Reviewed by Vie Jeffery, . 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A WAAFRemembers The Chief of the Air Staff on the outbreak of war, (Service in EJ:!gland, Algiers and Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Burnett, on loan from the RAF, fought hard to create the WAAAF on the- Giiro). same lines as the British Women's service which had by Winifred Upperton. be'n established in 1939 but for nearly 18 months Published by Access Press. ISBN 0 949795 437. was frustrated by political and bureaucratic Price $9. 70 inc. postage ignorance and incompetence until the first entry of Historians frequently find that the most difficult 19 airwomen was finally accepted on 15 March 1941. thinp is to ~ind out w.hat ordinary people did at a In the 1920s and 1930s, when civil aviation particular t1me. Presidents and Prime Ministers pioneers were taming the skies of the world, a hardy military leaders and politicians all have thei; group of Australian women became pilots and chroniclers and their publicly portrayed moments of others interested in aeronautical activities formed power or notoriety. But what of the rest? The great four organisations; The Australian Women's Flying unsung? Club, the Women's Voluntary National Register, the Winifred Upperton has provided us with a view Women's Emergency Signalling Corps, and the from the ranks of Britain's Women's Auxiliary Air Women's Air Training Corps were to be direclly Force during World War 11. Nothing particularly involved in the formation and development of the dramatic or unusually different from the lot of WAAAF, many of the first volunteers having been hundreds of other young girls who either joined or members of these organisations. were called up to the forces between 1942 and 1946 The first women officers were carefully selected, but it is this very ordinariness that makes this small and a very detailed search for an appropriately book important. qualified person to be appointed Director of the The author has described in simple terms her WAAAF resulted in the appointment of Clare home background in blitzed ' Surrey to her Stevenson who had the rare distinction of being transposition to a previously unknbwn world. First it both. a University graduate and company executive. was almost an adventure to travel to Ironically she neither ~ought nor wanted the Gloucestershire, but later she had the opportunity to position, but was finally prevailed upon to take it and be posted to Algiers and Cairo with transit journeys in. doing so carried out her role throughout the war back to the UK via Italy and France. w1th enormous character and competence despite ' Details of the drill, discipline and day-to-day the many frustrations she encountered. routine of a WAAF's life make this a fascinating The administration of the WAAAF was only just study nearly 50 years on. Four years in the forces shaking down when Japan entered the war, after Instilled in Win Upperton a sense of purpose and which the call for experienced tradespeople enjoyment that she has carried with her ever since. irrespective of sex created a new dimension for the We should be grateful that she has chosen to share it women's services. with us. For the remainder of hostilities the WAAAF carried Copies can be obtained from the author (293 out a multitude of roles in a variety of technical, 2614). intelligence and non-skilled jobs, releasing JOHN HARPER-NELSON. thousands of men for active service. Altogether 27,000 women joined the WAAAF during World War 11. Its peak strength was reached in 1945 with over 18,000 members. 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Among them was Sh~rk Arm Brady, the prime suspect in a TED LYNEHAM notorious Sydney murder case. Another hard case . We are an egalitarian crowd. lt's been a long time didn:t like what Ted had to say and hurled a smce we called Colonel Edward Lyneham, Colonel; typewriter ijt him. He spent the next 28 days in the he has been Ted to us for many years now. York Gaol. I Once he was "28-d~ys Lyneham", and at another When "D" Company of the 2/3 Machine Gun · stage, .very much behmd his back, "Flip the Frog". Battalion was being formed, Ted dtepped rank to Somet1mes he was much out of favour as is the just captain the new company. He hand-picked his men, expectation of anyone who takes on the mainly from the 25th and 10th Light Horse and, responsibilities of command. Now that he is gone already versed in the lore of the Vickers machine there will be a sad gap in the ranks of those who Gun, set up a table _in the Perth recruiting centre to knew him, expected his substantial presence at the make sure none got away. Then he looked over what head of the table, and relied on his shrewd and he had got and those he thought didn't quite fit perceptive mind. suddenly disappeared, transferred to another unit. If We have been associated with Ted for more than ever there was a hand-picked body of men we were 50 years. We knew a little about his ear~y days, a lot it. about him during the five years he led us as a In our early days we were ready to believe Army company and then as a battalion, and something publicity that the bully beef, biscuits and army stew about what he was doing after the war with Legacy were in the past. We lived well. Ted knew the ropes and the TPI Association. and how to substitute one allocated ration for His was a varied, colourful and full life; as Iinotype another, and the cook, Jim Edmonds, also hand- operator, bookmaker, professional runner, estate picked, knew just what to d_o. Sunday dinners of age~t, <;>rchadist, fa~mer, assistant shire clerk, and roast pork, or lamb, with green peas were something sold1er m an Australian saga of hard times, ~ he great to write home about. lt became just a happy memory depression, and ·post-war boom and bust. when we joined the other companies in South Australia where tne cooks, with a ~ tented portable He was born at Stawell in Victoria when his mother steam cooker, even managed to burn boiled eggs. returned briefly to her family for the birth of her !irst-born. His father was running two butcher shops We sailed away in a great French liner to fight the m Perth but died suddenly while opening a third in French, our former gallant allies, for possession of Geraldton. Ted, the eldest of six children, left school Syria. Then we sailed back again to answer the at the age of 14 to help out. He completed an Japanese threat, arriving off Sumatra on 15 apprenticeship with the Midland Railway February 1942, the day Singapore fell. But Workshops but, with many others, was put off work. Movement Control in Tewfik · had bungled. Qur Australia was entering hard times. For two years he machine guns. were on another ship. was one of the unemployed and it was a matter of Ted showed me the War Diary for that day. lt read getting what you could. Among other things Ted in part: "We had much difficulty to arm the unit as collected blackboys in the bush to sell at five No.'s 1 and 2 of M.G. sections do not carry rifles. shillings-' a bag and clerked for a bookmaker at the Ship's hold produced some rifles and small arms races on Saturdays. His sister Kath remembers that ammunition. Several of the rifles branded V.R. he never missed making a weeklY.,_ ~ontribution to Bayonets in many cases were tied on with string and help his mother bring up th'e family. rope~ - no slings. Major E-.D. Lyneham carries At one-titne, tqo, under a Government scheme, he spare weapons - 4 bayonets; Sgt Stevens, Orderly cleared l and,at Hyden, living in what was known as a Room Sergeant- a nice stout:stick." · "Mt Lyell cottage", from the brand on the super bags We didn't disembark. The Japa(les·e had control of that, stiffened with whitewash, formed the walls. Sumatra. We went on to Java, the creation of Black· Force under Brigadier Black burn VC with Ted now a· _Later he was to get a job as a Iinotype operator Lieutenant Colonel and 0/C of the 2/3td.-Ptfr four w1th The West Australian while at the same time developing an orchard at Piesse's Brook out of days, with the 2/2 Pioneers, some Ame'rican artillery Kalamunda. By then he was married to AI ice, the girl and some British tanks, we fought the only land battle in Java and fought it well. We pulled out to he first met when he stayed at the Kookynie Hotel make for Tjilitjap on the south coast :Where rumQur near Leonora on a holiday and decided she was the had it that we would be picked up by _HMAS Peith wife for him. Theirs W)iS a happy, steadfast and companiona~le marria~. and USN Houston. 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Page 68- Llatenlng Poat- Winter 1891 Last Post FEBRUARY HEATH, G.F., 295909, Geraldton. 2 Worcester Shire AHRA, S.G., WX 2458, Capel, 2/11 Aust. lnf. Btn. Regt. · ADAMS, R.T., WX14683, Merredin, 2/28th Aust. lnf. HOVELL, W.A .', WX7691, Central, 2/16th Aust. lnf. Btn. Btn. HOWELL, P.M., 29034, Darling Range, RAAF. BAINBRIDGE, J.K., WX70654, Kensington, 1 WATKE JACKSON, J.F., 360-11-95, Geraldton, US Navy. Transport. LEMMON, G.W., WX19961, City of Perth, 2/28th Aust. BOARD, P., WX14105, Millen, 2/2 Fd Park RAE. lnf. Btn. BOSWELL, W.K., WX11061 , City of Perth, 6th Div. L YNEHAM. E. D. WX3334, Wembley-Fioreat, 2/3 MG RAASC. Btn. BURNS, A.C., F3178, Geraldton, RAN. PHILLIPS, R.E. W13149, Armadale, 121 AGH. CLAYTON, J.C., A38941, Scarborough, RAN. POWELL, G.A.H., WX31046, Geraldton. COLE, R.J., NX 110735, Nedlands, 2/7 Aust. Fd Rgt. PRICE, R.H., WX29223, Clareroont, 18 L of C Sigs. COTTON, R.W., WX9547, Manjimup, 2/2nd A HQ. SCHMITZ, P.M., 260911005, Geraldton, Resistance. DENTON, F.C., WX4133, Norseman, 2/3rd MG Btn. SMEED, E.T.G., T/141097, Kondinin, RASC. DODGE, C.H., WX10516, Armadale, 2/2 Coy MOD Sqn. SYMINGTON, N.M., WX2719, Wembley-Fioreat, 2/11 FINNIE, J.A., 38832, South Perth, RAAF. Aust. 1-nf. Btn. FORRES, D.A. WX6303, Narrogin, 2/3 TKA Regt. WARWICK, R.A., WX2098 Central2/ 156 AGT Btn. GOFF, C.G., WX17540, Wanneroo & Districts, Army. GROGAN, W.P., 45512, Murray, RAAF. APRIL MACHEN, A.J., WX15637, Cottesloe, 21111 Aust lnf. Btn. BLACKBL,IRN, M.M., WF45630, CentrM, Signals NICI:IOLLS, F.R. WX19617, Kellerberrin ~ 2Adv 2 ECH. AWAS. REYNOLDS, N.C., WX17455, York, 3rd Fld Regt. BLADDER, R.J., 14126, Bunbury, Coldstream Guards. RICKETTE, J.J., WX30166, Darkan, 16th Aust lnf. Btn. CASLEY, E.,.WX27389, Rivervale-Carlisle, 28 lnf Btn. RICHARDS, N.J. 46726, Millen, RAAF. CHRISTMASS, F.R., WX26289, City of Perth, 35A F. RICHARDSON, J.A., WX28710, Armadale, 25 Line Engineers. Sect. DARCY, T.W., SX30602, Bicton-Palmyra. 2/27th Aust. SHERRINGTON, G.A.F., 17143, City of Perth, RAAF. lnf. Btn. SINGER, W.H., WX21778, Broome. 1st Para RN. DONALD, D.U., 113159, Scarborough, WRAAF - 9 SNELLING, J.T., WX1822, Central, 2/ 31st Aust. lnf. EFTS. Btn. HEARN, A.J.F., WX17865, Bellevue, 2/9 AGH. STEELE, W.K., WX42456, Central, 24th Aust lnf. Btn. LANNING, D.J., 1605386, Albany, RAFVR. THOMAS, N.W., 821320, Cottesloe, RAAF. LAURI, G.J., WX36409, Claremont, District Accounts WALSH, R.J., PA2852, Mount Barker, RANVR. Office, New Guinea. McTAVISH, T.A., WX5934, Claremont, 2/ 28th Aust.lnf. MARCH Btn. ALLEN; R.K. WX 500114, Scarborough 67 Aust. lnf. NELSON, F.B., 16833, Scarborough, 13 Sqn RAAF. Btn. NICHOLLS, P.A., WX21133, North Beach, 13 Fld Coy. BAKER, W.C., D/MX932364, Geraldton, Royal Navy. RONAN, E.J., WX16269, Busselton, 2/4 MG Btn. BEL LI ~' J.P., WX31510, ftavensthorpe, 2 Port Con. Coy. \SUTTON, J., WX12770, Bunbury, 10th Arm Regt. BEN-NETT, R.G., VX8815, Shenton Park, 6th Div. SWEET, A.J., WX40995, Lancelin/ Coastal Dis, 16th AASe. Aust. lnf. Btn. BRANSON, J.J., WX1239, Central, 2/4th Fld Coy. TAYLOR, R., 1702205, Kwinana, REME. BUNNING, G.M.C., WX3452, Highgate, 2/3 MG Btn. VON PALESKE, R.D., WX29576, City of Perth, 11 Aust CLANCY, J.M., WX16107, Boyup Brook, 2/9 Corn. Sqn. lnf. Btn. COLE, M.L., WX37622, Manning, 52 TPT PI. WOODCOCK, J.T., WX38660, Mandurah, 5 Aust. CUNNINGHAM, F.B., WX10832, Geraldton, 2/2nd lnf.Btn. Corn. Sqn. DA SILVA, I.M., 18093458, Wembley-Fioreat, Hong Kong Regt British A ~ my . FOSTER, P.M., 2078890, Mt Lawley-lnglewood, territorial. GANSON, H., 6519, Bicton-Palmyra, 16th Aust. lnf. Btn. GOODRICH, E., SX 22131, Geraldton, 2/ 10th Ausf lnf. Btn. HARTLEY, G.R., PMX645211, North Beach, Royal Navy. " Llatenlng Po1t - Winter 1991 - Page 67 DAVID & MARGARET Mr Ashley Clarence, LEONARD th~ new proprietor, welcome all R.S.L. members welcome all old and new and their families to enjoy meals customers to at .down to· earth prices in enjoyable surroundings at WH/rTEGUM VILLAGE FAMILY VALLEY RESTAURANT SUPER DELl 48 watkins street, 5 Dunsborough Shopping Centre White Gum Valley Dunsborough - Good old-fashioned A-LA- CARTE friendly service always - OPEN7DAYSA WEEK - assured. (097) 553381 4SO.SS58 D.L. & R.J. REGAN PAINTING CONTRACTORS UPDATE YOUR KITCHEN WITH • Wallpaper Specialists • Spraying of VERY COMPETITIVE PRICES Tiles and Iron Roofs • Floor and Wall IN THE HEDLAND AREA. Tiling • Brick paving • Pergolas, etc. No job too Big or too Small For Free Quotes phone 723410 Pensioner Discount Lot 1013, Mureen St, Wedgefield \.. " (097)52 4039 all hours R.S.L. MEMBERS WE WELCOME ALL R.S. L. Members stay at · OLD AND NEW CUSTOMERS TO STOP AND RELAX A WHILE OVER MORNING SHARK BAY OR AFTERNOON TEA OR LUNCH AT HOLIDAY COTTAGES ROCKING HAM Self contained cottages - 8 berth to 2 berth Washing machine facilities, Boat ramp, SEA VIEW TEAROOMS Shop next qoor. Close to hotel. SHOP 20 ROCKINGHAM ARCADE O - Phone (099) 481206 ROCKINGHAM 527 135 SHARK BAY Page 88 - Listening Poat - Winter 1991 Ted retained his grip on things almost to the end. A week before he died he called Banjo back as he Vale.Cont. was leaving after a hospital visit for a special message: "Tell the boys I wasn't such a bad old bastard". I think we can go further than that. He was a great old bastard whom we will greatly miss. "BANJO" BINSTEAD. In Garoet prison camp Tedcreated something of a legend. A sud~en search by the Japanese had produced a p1stol and some knives. Sato, .the Japanese camp commandant, put the pistol toTed's Unit Associations cont. from 79 head as he stood in fronr of the parade, without result. Our unit history, "From Snow to Jungle", 7 ;ARMY TROOPS COY RAE ASSOCIATION reports that Ted stood his ground unperturbed. He President: Jack Benari, 38 Roeluck Drive, Manning. didn't know then that the pistol had no barrel and Tel: 450 3876. Secretary: Alec- Wallace, 24/31 East was unloaded. Jim McCormack had hidden the Street, Fremantle, 6160. Annual reunion last Friday of bullets and had already persuaded the Japanese September, about 60 attend each year. Past members searchers that what was left had been given to hi m as most welcome. a keepsake by his father. But it was a tense moment 10TH LIGHT HORSE AS.SOCIATION AIF broken only when one of the cooks, Alan Dallow, Meets socially first and third Friday each month, appeared on the .scene to solemnly surrender a ANZAC Club, 12.00 pm. AGM: Last Friday in August. collection of kitchen knives and choppers. Even Secretary and Treasurer: R. Byrne, Unit 29, 16 Bromley Sato appeared to appreciate the joke. Road, Hilton Tel: 314 1961. From Garoet we went to Bandung, under the 11th & 2/11th AIF BATTALIONS ASSOCIATION command of "Weary" Dun lop, and then to Makasura President: K.T. Johnson, MBE EO JP, 37 Blaven near Jakarta. That's when we parted company for Way, Ardross, 6153. Secretary/Treasurer: J.C. the duration. Most of us went with "Weary" to work Watson, 686 Canning Highway, Applecross, 6153. on the Burma-Thailand railway. Ted with other Tel: 364 2126. Meetings: Third Tuesday each month senior officers went to Formosa. (except January) 10.00am, Gallipoli Room, Anzac We didn't get together again until after the war. House, St George's Terrace, Perth. Ted went back to being Camp , Commandant at 11TH DIVISION SIGNALS ASSOCIATtON Northam before taking up a far~ at Boyup Brook For enquiries contact- President: Lt Col O.R. Videan, and working as assistant shire clerk. He "found 23 ·Halley Street, lnnaloo 6018. Tel: 446 6304. religion" as a Synodsman with the Anglica Church Secretary: RoA Hutchings,-21 Melbourne Way, Morley working with the Bishop of Bunbury to raise money 6062. Tel: 276 3158. Regular meetings held at .150 for the Cathedral. When he mentioned it at a "D" Harbourne Street, Wembley. Company committee meeting, Banjo "supposed" he 16th BATTALION, THE CAMERON was getting his 10 percent. When Ted apologised for HIGt1LANDERS OF WA ASSOCIATION not being able to attend the next committee meeting, President: Mr John A.D. Treloar, 6 Bedwell Cres., George Parkin reassured him that he would have Booragoon, 6154. Tel: 364 6948. Secretary: Mr J.W. been outvoted anyway. Such was the easy Richardson, 6 lsa.ac Street, Melville, 6156. Tel: 330 camaraderie of our post war association. But it was 5405 ..Members advised re meetings by written letter as to Ted, with his black book full of the names and required. telephone numbers of people in the right places, that 44TH BATTALION'ASSOCIATION they turned to resolve tricky situations. Committee meets when called. Annual Reunion on · To the end of his life, Ted was still joining in advice. President R. Collins, 134 Roseberry Street, eve.rything, taking his place at battalion and Bedford. Tel: 271 4448. company reunions, wholeheartedly involved with 48TH & 2/48TH BATTALION ASSOCIATION L acy caring for widows and children of ~x- , President: D. Mclean, Unit 2/50 Endeavour Avenue. icemen, putting his various talents at the serv1ce · Bullcreek 6155. Secretary: D.A. Hamilton, 80 he ·TPI Association, of which he was a life Stoneham Road, Attadale 6156, Tel: 330 2923. member and served three terms as vice-president. Meetings and lunche.on held at the Carlton Hotel, 248 He also taught classes there in his own e·nthusiastic Hay Street East at 11.30am on the third Monday of hobbies of rock hunting and polishing, and painting. each month. The death of Allce, his wife of nearly 60 yea~s and 460 SQUADRON RAAF ASSOCIATION (WA) mother of Ted (junior), Peter (who never saw his President: W.E.M. (Gerry) Bateman, DFC, 221 South father until he was five) and Judith hit hard, but he Terrace, Como 6152. Tel: 367 3063. Secretary: N.B. rallied again. Johnson, 63 Kirwan Street, Floreat Park 6014. Tel: At the Ex-POW reunion in Launceston last 387 4229. Treasurer: T.R. Gallop, 19 Felstead Crescent, Hamersley 6022. Tel: 447 4037. Meetings October he showed he could.still turn a situation to are held four times a year. advantage. At(the races there was a VIP members lounge receptibn for the renowned colonel of a .1940 DUNKIRK VETERANS ASSOCIATION renowned battalion. Things migh~ pot have fared so ·WESTERN AUSTRALIA BRAN~H ·well for former Private Banjo Binstead, who was with Meets first Tuesday each month North Perth Bowling :him, until Ted promoted him on the spot as his 21/C, Club' 1.30pm. Vice President: D. Cross. Tel: 279 1014. Major Binstead. Secretary/Treas'lrer: Peter W. Hessell. Tel: 344 1756. Llalenlng Poal- Winter 1991 - Page 69 SOMERS OLDFINGS is now under n~w PLUMBERS management of Anthony Markovich. FOR ALL ASPECTS OF PLUMBING He welcomes all old and WORK FROM BELOW THE new customers GROUND TO THE ROOF AND to call in BEYOND and see the finest - 24 HOUR SERVICE - collection of antiques around. PHONE 344 7632 seA carrlngton street, 018 916 415 Palmyra P.O. BOX 231 , MIRRABOOKA 6061 339 5480 . New Bernina sewing machine or overlocker - great specials now on... Top of the range 1230 or 1090 and 1010. Beechboro Fish Supply Fantastic savings on these Bernina machines. Overlockers "S" series 334DS or 334S four threads or the is under New Management o[.. fun lock range. Many, Many more lovely gift ideas to choose from are: IAN AND NADA PAIKOS • Pottery • Crafts • Soaps • Gift Baskets Come in and browse. Beechboro Shopping Plaza, Altone Road, Beechboro. WE ARE OPEN: Tuesdlly 4.30pm-8pm. &~~~;t;/" Wed & Thursdlly 11 .30am-1 .30pm, 4.30pm-8pm. Friday 11.30am-1.30pm, 4.30pm-8.30pm. S.l & Sunday 11 .30am-1 .30pm, 4.30pm-8pm. 59 1 Public Holiday• 4.30pm-8pm. r ~ c~~~~~~ • {096).__35 1 094 PHONE ORDERS 278 1877 SIGHTSEEING IS EXHAUSTING So stop and refresh with a welcome cuppa at Shop 4, Dog Rock Shopping Centre Albany The new proprietor welcomes all old and new customers ( 09X) -11-t0-11 Pqe 70 - Llttenlng Pott- Winter 1H1 UNIT ASSOCIATIONS AUSTRALIAN LEGION OF EX-SERVICEMEN & WOMEN (INC) WA BRANCH State President: Mr L.C.W. Hutchings, 66 Kinsella Street, Joondanna. Tel: 444 4268. Honorary State Secretary: Mrs R. Lanigan, 60 Kinsella Street, Joondanna, 6060. Tel: 443 1360. Details of sub-branch meetings, please phone 443 1360. AUS~RALIAN NUCLEAR VETERANS' ASSOCIATION OF WA . President: M( W.B. Plewright, 23 ~enwick Way, Balga, 6061. Tel: 342 6718. Secretary Mrs D. Jackson, PO Box 411, Midland, 6056. Tel: 294 1054. Treasurer: Mr W.F. Sullivan, 74 Federal Street, Tuart Hill, 6060. Tel: 349 2797. Meets second Monday February, Apri1 (AGM), Listening Post reminds all Unit Associations that it is June, August, October & December, in Red Cross Hall the responsibility of each to keep its information to State Headquarters to~ . this section up to date. at rear of Hollywood Repatriation Hospital (Verdun Changes to the off1ce bearers must be in writing. Street). Meetings commence at 7.30pm. AUSTRALIAN SPECIAL AIR SERVICE AIR FORCES CLUB (INC) ASSOCIATION (WA BRANCH) Meets at RSL Hall, Ktntaif Road, Applecross. Fridays !-'resident: John Griffith Tel: 246 2961. Secretary: 4.30-11 .00pm. Sundays 4.30-7.30pm. President: Mr P. Charley Hunt Tel: 401 6334. Meets first Thursday of McGrath. 41 Reynolds Road, Mt Pleasant, 6153. Tel: each month at Campbell Barracks (The House) 364 2339. Secretary: Mr B. Scott. PO Box 153, Swanbourne at 1800hrs. Social meetings held on the Applecross, 6153. Tel: 3161707. All correspondence to last Friday of each month at SAS Regiment Mess be sent to the Secretary. 1800hrs, drinks, snacks etc. Ladies most welcome. All correspondence to: Regimental Headquarters, ALLIED MERCHANT SEAMEN ASSOCIATION Camp bell. Barracks, Swanbourne, 6010. • (WA BRANCH) AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE President: Mr A.H. Edwards, 66 Wedgewood Drive, ASSOCIATION (AWAS) 6027. Tel: 405 4261. Secretary: Mr J. Edwards, 1 President: Mrs Alice Carry, OAM, 4 Nottingham Street, Cromer Road, Brentwood, 6153. Tel: 364 8793. East Victoria Park, 6101. Tel: 361 2824. Secretary: Mrs Meets 2.30pm Anzac !;-louse, last Tuesday of each N. Angwin, Unit 7/6 Mt Henry Road, Coma, 6152. Tel: month. 450 1833. Treasurer: Mrs P. Gilchrist. Tel: 272 8662. Frien.9ship.meetings 1st Floor, Anzac House on the 1st ASSOCIATION OF FIRST INFANTRY Thursday of the even months. 10am- 12 noon. BATTALIONS (WA) 2/1 Aus lnf. 1RAR. 16th Anti Tank Coy. 16th Bde HQ. BCOF ASSOCIATION OF WA Meets last Tuesday monthly 1930 Sergts Mess Swan President: L. Bland, 22 Danehill Way, Balga, 606'1. Tel: Brks. President: Bob Batt Tel: 593 2679. 349 4189. Secretary: ,D.R. Spice, 110 Daglish St, Secretary/Treasurer: Derek 'Boots' Rees, Tel: (Day) Wembley, 6014. Tel: 381 6114. Treasurer: W. Silvester, 3._45 2767 (Night) 444 8379. Membership Officer 2 Pine Ave. Swan Cottages, Bentley, 6102. Tel: 361 1222. Meets fourth Monday of each month from Peter Sims Tel: 341 7448. Correspondence: February to November at 11.00am at the Belmont RSL Secretary, P.O. Box 151, Northlands, 6021. Hall, cnr Great Eastern Highway and Leake Street, '- '- Belmont. Bus 306, stand ·39 in WWiam Street. ASS ~ CIATION OF WRENS WA BRANCH Meets fourth Thursday of each month, 10.30am. BLINDED SOLDIERS OF ST DUt,ISTANS WEST An-zac , House. 28 St George's Terrace, Perth. AUSTRALIA President: Mrs Mary Tearne, Lot 68 Sheoad Close. President: Mr A.J. Dean, 31· Lamond Street, Melville, Baldivis, 6171. Tel (095) 241309. Honorary Secretary: 6156. Ph: 330 5458. Secretary: Mr F.C. Wooller, 2 Mrs Elizabeth Newcombe, 86 Oats Street, Carlisle, Rhagodia Court, Heathridge, 6027. Ph: 401 8130. 6101. Tel: 361 7460. Treasurer: As above. Meetings: 2nd Tuesday alternate months February on at 1.45pm, Red Cross House, AUSTRALIAN ARMY TRAINING TEAM VIETNAM Murray Street, Perth. ASSOCIATION WA BRANCH President: B. Lawrel'\ce, 21 Tidefall Street, Safety Bay, 6169. Secretary: Terry Whitwan, 12 Willow Road, BRITISH EX-SERVICES ASSOCIATION (INC) Warwick, 6024, (H) 447 2748, (W) 444 8055. Treasurer: President: C.A. Hines, Unit 20, 196/198 St Kilda Eddy Harkin, 5 Gr~Qville Street, Swanbourne, 6010 Road,· Rivervale, 6103. Tel: 277 7699. (H) 383 3630. Welfare Officer: R (Sooty) Smith. 14 Secretary/Treasurer: Den.nis Williams, 38 Langham Dundee Court, Duncraig, 6023, 448 5G~3. Meetings St:, Nedlands, 6009. Tel: ..;386 3447. All held at th'e Swan Barracks Sergeants Mess, after Anzac correspondence to PO Box 66, Maylands, 6051. Day March. Kings Park Memorial, 4.30pm every 31 July Council meets second Tuesday of each month at - Birthday reunion. Anzac House' 'at 2.00 p.m. Llatenlng Poat- Winter 1991- Page 71 Paul & Linda DOYOUOWNA Bolton VOLKSWAGEN OR we lcome all SUBARU? R.S.L. See us for your next Members to s.rwc., R•palr or P•MI Job sample the best Fish & Chips in the ALL OTHER MAKES SERVICED AND REPAIRED State. See TERRY or DA VE at Always cooked fresh for pe rfection., ~ANAIIEC IATIIIAIN FISH & OIIPS : ; ~~~a i n Place, 1_1_ ~~'l!tf 362 6 6 ROCKINQHAM. PH 512 4842 PAGE•s CruMdcr C011ch Un•• PEST D & RA Gurrler-Jones ======-- CONTROL PAOFESSIONAL SERVICE Air-conditioned Luxury 5-star Termite Inspection Certificates Tour Coach available for Group FAEE QUOTES .Charter to any destination. l Country & Metro areas serviced I Low Irritant Chemicals - Pensioner Discounts <::>< ALL WORK GUARANT~D . 3306912 018 940 437 Al l HOUR~ .•!42 Mobile: 018 91 0507 P.H.O. 457 4432 Janet and Richard, the new proprietors, are offering all RSL Members 5% discount on mention of this advert at STAINED GLASS & Shelley Fruit Basket LEADLIGHT S_'rUDIO Shop 9, Shel/ey Hub Shopping Centre, Traditional, Modern or Own Design Tribute Street, Shel/ey . Domestic & Commercial Commissions Telephone 457 7222 Free Quotes & Installation As well as fresh quality fruit and vegetables, Studio bK TEL: PGR 482 5099 the Shelley ADAM' BODDY'- Appointment AH : 330 50 3 Fruit Basket stocks fruit juices, dried fruit. and nuts and natural honey. Stephen, Joan and Donna Britten GARDEN SHEDS welcome you all to spend a pleasant Treco by Victa couple of hours with them over 6 X 4 to 10 X 19 delicious morning or afternoon tea or Zinc or Colorbond Delivery, installation aod slab floors lunch available. All feature full frame construction ~ gable roof, double sliding doors, -' CWate~e.a~ts Ca~ ~ COe~t 5 year ~arranty . ~ 33 West Coast Road, Waterman ~Ht:U ....- MASTERS ·Phone 447 1126 · (097) 97 2074 all hours D.ISP(AY OPEN 7 DAVS Page 72 - Llatenlng Post- Winter 1991 Unit Associations cont. CATALINA CLUB OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION . President: Fred Carden, 169 Nurdi Way, Riverton, WA President: Mr A.J. Unto, lO Wongan Ave., Hilton 6163. 6155,457 4497. Secretary: Eric Carpenter, 21 Keemore Tel: (09) 335 6802. Se~retary : L.S. Degrussa, 43 Pitt Drive, Balga, WA 6061 , 342 2779. Members advised by Street, Dianella 6062. Tel: (09) 276 7253. Social Newsletter re meetings and functions. meetings held every month (ladies welcome). Further DCM LEAGUE information please contact the Secretary. President: Mr Percy White DCM, 7 Netley Street, Morley, 6062. Tel: 276 9360. Secretary: Mr Bill Ellwood HMAS HOBART ASSOCIATION (WA DIVISION) President: Mr Jack London, 6180 Homer Street, DCM, 39 Weaponess Road, Scarborough, 6019. Tel: Mr Clyde 341 2959. Meets on the third Wednesday of each month l Dianella, 6062. Tel: 275 6366. Secretary: Goddard, 80 Derby Road, Shenton Park, 6008. Tel: 381 at 12 noon at Anzac House, 28 St Georges Terrace, Perth. 8705. Treasurer: Mr JackOOonnell, 25 Stuart Street, Maylan'ds, 6051. Tel: 271 6787. AGM and Reunion held EX-FORTRESS ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION February and social functions held about four times President: Mr Harold Smith, 58 Napier Street, each year. For further information please contact any Nedlands, 6009. Tel: 386 3305. Secretary: Mr Reg of the above. Kidd, 261 Holmes Road, Forrestfield, 6058. Tel: 453 2393. Meetingl?: Mid-year general meeting and HMAS WARRAMUNGA VETERANS ASSOCIATION Christmas 'get together' and barbeque on a date and WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BRANCH at a venue to be decided. All enquiries -to the President: Mr K.T. (Kevin) Johnson, 10 Nicholas Secretary. Avenue, Quinns Rock, 6030, Tel: 305 1573. Secretary: Mr R.E. (Tom) Oakley, 43 Strickland Street, Mt EX-PRISONERS OF WAR ASSOCIATION OF WA Claremont 6010. Tel: 384 3042. Treasurer: Mrs P.D. President: Mr J. Duncan, 40 Kennedy Street, (Pat) lngham, 13/55 Second Avenue, Mt. Lawley 6050, Melville, 6156. Tel: 330 2174. Treasurer: · Mr Dan Tel: 271 1826. For any further information please London, 25 Glencoe Parade, Halls Head, 6210, Tel: ·contact any of the above. 581 2869. Meetings first Wednesday of each month ' , ( t ) t 1 30 t A ac Cl b Perth KOREA & SOUTH EAST ASIA FORCES excep J anuary a · pm a nz u ' . ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA (W~ BRANCH} EX-PRISONERS OF WAR ASSOCIATION OF WA- Meets second Saturday in June, September and LADIES AUXILIARY ' December at tR~it, Belmont Sub-Branch of the RSL, 22 President: Mrs G.M. Brown, 24 Milroy Street, Willagee, Leake Street, Belmont. Time, 1000 hrs. Members will 6156. Tel: 337 5195. Secretary: Mrs F. Duncan, 40 be notified by Newsletterof the AGM held in March of Kennedy Street, Melville, 6156. Tel: 330 2174. each year. State President: Mr H.D. Whitehurst. Tel: Meetings: same time and place as men. 361 9062. State Secretary: Mr M:L(Mitch) Cadden, 53 EX-WRANS ASSOCIATION OF WA Wicca Street, Kewdale 6105. Tel: 277 3681. State President: Mrs Glory Loughton, 3A Nola Avenue, Treasumr: Mr H,W. Busby, 31 Wicks Str~t , E . ~en ~il . ! Scarborough, 6019. Tel: 341 5532. Secretary: Mrs Val 6054. Tel: 279 6753. ·· . Tomerini, 34 Bourne Street, Morley, 6°62· Te.l: 276 LIMBLESS SOLDIERS' ASSOCIATION OF WA (INC) 6758. Treasurer: Mrs Freda Andrews, 23 W1lcock Street, Applecross, 6153. Tel: 364 2269. Meets the ("Wingies and Stumpies"). President: P. .R. Collins. second Monday of each month at Anzac House, 28 St Secretary: C. C. Brown, 80-82 Henley Street, Como, Georges Terrace, Perth. (Unless otherwise advised). WA 6152. Tel: 45G 6428 (Postal Address): Bag Lot No. 2, Post office, Como, WA 6152. Meeting first FEDERATED TB SAILORS' SOLDIERS' & Wednesday each month except January, 1.30pm. AIRMEN'S ASSOCIATION President: Mr Frank Hamilton, 35 Clement Drive, MIDDLE EAST VAD ASSOCIATION WA Karrinyup, 6018. Tel: 271 4703. Secretary: Mrs Grace President: Mrs Rita Kneebone, 100 Reynolds Road, Mt Storer, 16 Dowell Place ~ Bibra Lake. Tel: 417 9598. Pleasant. Tel: 364 '3311. Secretary: Mrs P. Payne, 11 . _' Meetings last Monday each month except January. Hurlingham Road, South P~l=::Mee.tings as Address for correspondence: GPO Box T1729, Perth. called. Annual reunion nearest Saturday to November 23. . FLEET AIR ARM ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA (INC) "N" CLASS DESTROYER ASSOCIATION President: Mr R. Pattenden, 13 Hawkesbury Drive, President: MrP. Rumble,19CachucaCourt, Duncraig, Willetton, 6155. Tel: 457 1798. Secretary: G.H. Smith, 6023. Tel: 448 6639. Secretary: Mrs D. Higgins, 69 Spigl Unit 1/5 Haigh Street, Tuart Hill, 6060. Tel: 344 4416. Way, ·sateman, 6155. Tel: 332 5723. Treasurer: Mr D. Meets second Wednesday of each month, 71 West Sweetman, 8/44 Davies Road, Claremont, 6010. Tel: Parade, East Perth. All correspondence to PO Box 384 4485. Details of venue and times of meetings 3886, Stirling Street, Perth, WA, 6000. please contact Peter Rum51e on 448 6639. GUARDS ASSOCIATION OF WA ~AVAL ASSOCIATION OF .AUSTRALIA, President: M' ~:_ Bill Higgins. Secretary: Mr A. Britton, Tel CITY OF FREMANTLE SUB-SECTION (W) 455 1434, (H) 409 9468. Address for PresidenVSecretary;MrA.D.Needham,16Warragoon · correspondence: 31 Backhouse Road, Kingsley, 6026. Crescent, Attadale, Te,l: 330 3411; Treasurer: Mr S.G. Meetings to be held on the 1st Monday of every month Thomas. 91 Coleman Crescent, Melville, 6156, Tel: 330 in December and January when in recess. Venue: RSL 3427. Meetings 8.00pm last Monday each month at the Club, Anzac House, Perth at 7.30pm. Navy Club, Marine Terrace, Fremantle. Tel: 335 3015. Ll8tenlng Post - Winter 1991 - P~~ge 73 // LOCAL FUNERAL McANDREWs· DIRECTORS INTERIOR PRODUCTS AGENTS FOR BORAL KWINANA - SAFETY BAY PLASTERBOARD AND ACCESSORIES Also contracting in Ceilings, McKEIG Partitions and Patchwork YOUR LOCAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS So for all your plasterboard requirements For sensitive and dignified serv~ce PLEASE PHONE STEVE ON 911444 KWINANA 419 5557 FOR A NO OBLIGATION FREE QUOTE ROCKINGHAM 527 3232 or call in at FUNERAL PARLOUR: Cnr. Medina Ave 185 FORREST STREET and Summerton Road, Medina. Cnr. Nethercott Street- KALGOORL-IE 24,hour Personal Service. 7 days a week. FREE DELIVERY S;f'IICE R.S.L. 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President: Fred Vardy, 194 Abbett Street, Meets fourth Tuesday each month at 71 West Parade, Scarborough, 6019. Tel: 341 2097. Secretary: D. East Perth. President: Mr Jack Appleby, 143 McDonald LeFevre, 4o5 Canning Highway, Melville, 6156. Tel: 330 Street, Joondanna 6060. Tel: 444 3598. Secretary: RE. 4197. Committee meets second Tuesday each month, Hobbs, 32 Purley Street, Bayswater, 6053. Tel: Anzac Club, Perth. 279 7387. REGULAR DEFENCE FORCES WELFARE NAVAL ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA ASSOCIATION (WA BRANCHl (WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SECTION) INC. President: Air R.S.L. Members avoid the crush in town -enjoy morning or afternoon tea in the quiet surrounds of the I Cut Make & Trim I ZODIAC Made to measure exclusive mens COFFEE LOUNGE shirts, general dressmaking, 4-6 Bennett Street, Perth wedding gowns, etc. New proprietors John and Carmen Homer. All old and new customers welcome. 15 Bruning Road, 325 5550 '· Manning Ph: 313 2986 $ CASH FOR YOUR CANS $ also cash for cool-drink bottles SCRAPMETAL BUYER J & M ZISSON 45 lrvine Drive, Malaga A/H 444 7004 Ph 249 4662 Unit-Associations cont. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY CORVETTES THE BURMA STAR ASSOCIATION (WESTERN ASSOCIATION (WA) AUSTRALIAN BRANCH) State President: A.t:. Reed,. 88 Matheson Road, President: Mr Solle StoJI, 70 Canada Street, Dianella, Applecross, WA 6153. Tel: 364 5302. State Secretary: 6062, Tel: 276 7633. Secretary: Mr J.R. Hamilton, Unit 2 J. Shepheard, unit 45, Ocean Gardens 60 Kalinda No 1 Kemp Place, Rivervale 6103, Tel: 479 1286. Drive, City Beach. Tel: 385 8400. State T'reasurer: M. Meetings are arranged for six times in the year on the Corry, 4 Nottingham Street, East Victoria Park. Tel: 3rdr Wednesday of the month. Contact either of the 361 2824. Meetings: February, May, August, above for more information. November. THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN Rf!GtMENT ASSOCIATION (WA BRANCH) ROYAL AUSTRALIAN SIGNALS ASSOCIATION OF t-'res1dent: Ken Barrington. Te.l: 446 4227. Secrtlltary: WA Kevin Trent. Tel: (h) 367 7794, (o) 323 4~$. All correspondence c/- 3 Broad Street, Kensington, WA President: Peter Lofdale, 31 Croxdale Crescent, High 6151. Meets second Wednesday of each month Wycombe, 6057, Tel: 457 4985. Secretary: Bert Lane, 6 (except January) - Contact the Secretary for details River Avenue, Maddington, 6109. Tel: 459 3032. of venue and timing. Treasurer: Bruce Jellis, Carine Gardens Caravan park, 234 Balcatta Road, Gwelup 6021 . Tel: 447 6270. THE ROYAL MARINES ASSOCIATION Meetings: Anzac House, first Thursday of each month WESTERN AUSTRALIA BRANCH at 7.00pm except January. President: Mr N. Bell, Unit 2/14 Joseph St., Maylands, 6051 . Tel: 370 4775. Secretary: Mr J.G. Buxton BEM, 2 Nangetty St., lnnaloo, 6018. Tel: 446 ROYAL REGIMENT OF FUSILIERS ASSOCIATION 4320. Meetings: Committee meets at Navy Club I ne;., Chairman: Mr P. Norris, 72 James Street, Gosnells, 26 Marine Terrace, Fremantle at 1900hrs second 6010. Tel: 398 4508. Secretary: MrS. Kent, Unit 21 /99 Monday of each month. General Meeting: at Owtram Road, Armadale, 6112. Tel: 399 7375. Meets 2000hrs, last Monday of each month, same place. second Wednesday of each month, 7.30pm at Anzac House. THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION PERTH (WESTERN AUSTRALIA) BRANCH SUBMARINE OLD COMRADES ASSOCIATION OF Chairman: Mr Den is Roy Porter, Lot 4, Connell Avenue, WESTERN AUSTRALIA Martin 6110. Tel: 490 2136. Vice Chairman: MrGeorge President: A. Jobson, 290 Morley Drive East, Eden Hill Goddard, 7 Pinafore Court. Duncraig. Tel: 448 9896. 6054, 279 8714. Secretary: M.E. Pearson, 19 Barellan Hon. Secretary: Mrs Dorothy V. Rawe, 20 Elmslie Court, Armadale 6112, 399 6157. Meets at the Street, Orelia 6067. Tel: 419 4749. Hon. Treasurer: Mr Leederville Bowling Club second Wednesday of every C. Elkington, 26 Dryandra Crescent, Greenmount month, at 7.30pm (December excepted). 6056. Tel: 294 3652. Meetings are held at Anzac House, 28 St. George's Terrace, Perth on the 3rd Wednesday of THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION OF TOTALLY each -month commencing at ?pm. AND-PERMANENTLY INCAPACITATED EX THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN LIMITED WESTERN (ROCKINGHAM AND DISTRICTS) BRANCH ·~ AUSTRALIAN BRANCH INC. Chairman: Mr David Wisemai1, 7 Andros Road, Safety T.P.I.. Memorial Estate, Bag Lot 2, Post Office Como, Bay, 6169. Tel: 592 1458. Hon. Secretary: Mr Frank W.A. 6152. President: Eric J. Ahern. Secretary: H. Cooke-Willis, 66 Kurrajong Road, Safety Bay. Tel: 527 Davey. Tel: 450 1893 or ~0 1921 . AGM second 4344. Hon. Treasurer: Mrs Lorna Boyes, 42 June Road, Tuesday in December. .. Safety Bay, 6169. Ter: 528 2575. Meetings: First Tuesday of each month at th8. Headquarters-of the TttE AUSTRALIAN WATER TRANSPORT Naval Association of Australia, 301 Rockinaham Road, ASSOCIATION, WA BRANCH Kwinana Beach. ~ .. ~ - ---~- ~~ - · President: Mr Jack Patterson, 15A Greville Way, THIRTYNINERS' Girrawheen, Tel: 342 0142. Secretary: B. Thomas, 9 ASSOCIATION OP1'AUSTRALIA Queens Road, Mount Pleasant 6153. Tel: 364 3008. Meeting dates as follows: Gallipoli Room, 'Anzac Meetings first Monday each month (except January) House, 4th Wednesday March, May, July, Anzac Club 1130, when Monday is a public holiday the September and November. All enquiries to the first Tuesday. All ex Water Transport welcome. Secretary. State President: Mr Z.T. Kwiecinski, BEc.MAI BS, 39/ 96 Guildford Road, Mt Lawley, 6050. , THE BURMA STAR ASSOCIATION Tel: 370 1579. State Secretary: Mrs F.E. Johnson, WANN EROO BRANCH OAM,38 Renwick Street, South Perth. Tel: 367 5949. . ' President: Brigadier N.E.G. (Tony) Manual (Ret), 398 V.A. & ' A.A.M.W.S.j~ . ~- Belmont Avenue, Kewdale. Tel: 277 2367. Honorary President: Glyn Cooy ,--:'1 :3'8~ ' Karrinyup Road, Secretary: Rupert Platel, 49 Banksia Street, Karrinyup, 6018. Tel: 341 3323. Secretary: Ena Joondanna. Tel: 444 4914. Meets second Tuesday of McGinn, 9 Castile Street, Wembley Downs, 6019. Tel: each month at the Nollamara Autumn Centre, Sylvia 446 3742. Meetin~s arranged monthly at h'fembets Street, Nollamara at 7.30pm. homes. Contact Secretary for information. '··· Llatenlng Poat- Winter 1991 - Pege 77 · George announces R.S.L. members come along and enjoy the re-opening of. .. all the music of the Golden Oldies, every Thursday night is Pension night .THE VEHICLE from 7 .OOpm till late. And our smorgasbord all you can eat for just ···· woRKSHQP .. $6.50 at Harvey Motor Co. Mt\RSELLINA'S Introducing: TAKE A "WAY CAFE ·Simon Vlasscheart Proprietor: Fully qualified, Toyota and Nissan JOHNDELLA technician. Plus a specialist in a ll motor vehicle repa irs and servicing. 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LEXINGTON We will help you stretch your budget even ROOFING Specialising in - New metal roofs · Re-Roofs - sui nose further at... specialists. Maintenance of - Metal · Tiles · Fibro Roofs -Gutters & Downpipes Experienced Tradesman - work F.ully Guaranteed . -••••SQUARE.Ir FOUR ••· Ring for Free Quotatfo,._ lil Dampler Drive, Mobile Service - Ot a 942 t '' After Hours- 4St 94t8 Coldenaav country Enquiries Welcome - 5371109 Discount For Pensioner. ·'p-ve 78 - Llatenlng Poat- Winter 1H1 ·unit Associations cont. VIETNAM VETERANS ASSOCIATION OF i 2/3RD LT.A.A. REGIMENT ASSOCIATION AUSTRALIA (WA BRANCH) (W.A. BRANCH) President: Mr Rob Cox, 13 Trident Way, Burrendah, President: W.G. Connor, 6 Exton Place, Spearwood. 8155. Tel: 332 4964. Secretary: Mr 1. Hunter, 12 Ken WA 6163. Tel: 418 3051 . Secretary: G.G. Fellows, 15 Street, Wembley Downs, 6014. Tek (H) 341 4621, (W) Martell Street, Warhbro, WA 6169. Tel: 593 1273. 481 0243. Vice Pres: Nlr P. White, DCM, 6 Netley_Street, Treasurer: G.P.M. Howat, 20 Milne Street, Bayswater: Morlev. 6062. Tel: 276 9360. Treasurer: Mrs A. Haylock, WA 6053. Tel: 271 5352. Meetings as arranged by 247 Erindale Ad, Hamersley, 6061. Tel: (09) 342 3248. l committee. : The Association office is at Room 17, Peninsular Centre, 219 Railway Parade, Maylands. Tel: (09) 370 ~/3RD MACHINE GUN ~ATTALION ASSOCIATION: 3011. General meetings are held on the last Sunday of Committee meets when ~ rrecessary. President: K.E. each month at the Red Cross Hall, Verdun Street, Eckermann, 31 Tranquil Road, Kelmscott. 6111 . Tel: Hollywood, at 1.30pm. 390 6072. ·secretary: F.J. (Banjo) Binstead, 101 Star Street, Carlisle 6101. Tel: 361 87.62. WRAAC ASSOCIATION (WESTERN AUSTRAL!~) . 2/4TH MACHINE GUN BATTALION AIF President: Mrs Penny Stewart, 8/51 Alexander Drive, ASSOCIATION Mt Lawley. Tel: 271 9041. Secretary: Mrs Nancy President: P.A. Tomkins, 2 Devling Place, Morley. Tel: Carlson, 24 lveston Road, Lynwood. Tel: 457 3984. 276 8514. Secretary: C.J. McPherson, 24 Rosemead Address for correspondence: Post Ottice-Bex-6149, Avenue, Beechboro. Tel: 377 5838. Meetings: Third East Perth 6004. Tuesday each month at 10.00 am. 2/7TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT .WRAAF BRANCH- RAAF ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION President: Mrs E. Southern, 31 Larrissa Road, Willetton President: Mr S.D. Bishop, 5/ 136 South St. 6155, 457 8628. Secr!3tary: Mrs J. Bland, 2 Graphic · Beaconsfield, 6162. Tel: 335 7380. Secretary: Mr Bill. Court, Beldon 6025. 401 8296. Meeti ngs--h~ld at 8.00pm Woods, 4/2 Lewington Gdns. Bibra Lake, 6163. Tel:' on the first Tuesday of each month in the Meg Olive 417 3989. Meets in the Pure Steel Room, Gloucester Room at the Air Force Memorial Estate at Bull Creek. Park at 11 .00am on the first Monday of each month except January (if first Monday holiday meets .on next Z SPECIAL UNIT ASSOCIATION OF day - Tuesday) WE.STERN AUSTRALIA INC. 2/13_TH FIELD AMBU ~ NCE ASSOCIATION President: AM. Colgate, 11 irving St., Falcon, WA President: A. Jamieson, 53 Valencia Avenue, 6210. Tel: (095) 3'4 3014. Secretary: lt. Col. E.W. Churchlands. Tel: 446 4591 . Secretary: L. McCarthy, Dubberlin, EO RLJP, 17 hotham St., Bayswater, WA 31 Marradong Street, Coolbinia. Tel: 444 1927. Details 6053. Tel: 271 1406. Meetings as arranged by of meetings- contact Secretary. committee. 2/16th AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION 'Z' SPECIAL UNIT (AUST) INC. A.I.F. ASSOCIATION Chairman: Jack Sue, 321 4979/4771. Secretary: Colin President: C.E. lngram, 3/ 54 Federal St., Tu~rt hill, Ledger, 293 2026. Reg. Office: PO Box 490, 6060. Tel: 344 7949. Secretary: G.G. McKenZif3, EO, Kalamunda 6076. JP, 681 Karrinyup Rd., Stirling, 6021 . Tel: 344 2287. Treasurer: K.P.' Nicol, 31 Valerie St., Dianella, 6062. 1st AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE BATTALION•. Tel: 276 2146. Editor Pigeon Post: M.T. Jervis, 432 President; Laurie Curtis, 38 Embleton Avenue, Cambridge Street, Floreat Park. Tel: 387 4419. Girrawheen. Tel: 342 4430. Secretary: Mr R.H. Waters, Committee meets Anzac House on first Wedn~sday 5 Catesby Street, City Beach. Tel: 385 9140. each month at 10.30 a.m. 2/28 BATTALION & 24TH ANTI-TANK COY 2/1-2/2 PIONEERS W.A. ASSOCIATION · Chairman: L.A. Preedy, 152 Keightley Road, Shenton President: M. Williams, 17 Kimberley Road, Hillarys, Park 6008. Tel: 381 6294. Meetings to be held at Anzac 6025. Tel: 3071563. Secretary, W. Carlton, 190 Coode House on third Friday in March, July and November in Street, Como, 6152. Tel: 367 4016. An'nu·al re-u n·lon to A!1Z8C Club. be advised. 2/2ND COMMANDO ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA 2/32ND BATTALION ASSOCIATION (WA) President: Mr D.K. Turton, 29/44 Marmion Street, President: Mr Fenton Smith, 184 Shaftesbury Ave. Myaree 6154. 330 7485. Secretary: Mr J.W. Carey, 13 Bedford, 6052. Tel: 271 6492. Sec/Treasurer: Mr Colin Stoddart Way, Bateman 6155, 332 7050. Meetings held Edmiston, Unit 3 456 Main Street, Balcatta, 6021. Tel: on second Tuesday of each month at 10.30am at Anzac 349 0799. Club. 2/43RD BATTALION ASSOCIATON (W.A. 2/3RD FIELO REGIMENT ASSOCIATION OF WA BRANCH) President: Mr John Ripp, 3 Cashel Way, Waterford P.resident: Mr R.W. Tilby, 15 Davidson Rd., Attadale 6152, 450 2449. Secretary: Mr M. Davidson, 1 Kitchen er · 6156. Tel: 330 3631 : Secretary: Mr K.C. Porteus. 5/99 Road, Melvllle 6156, 330 :1033. Address for Davies Rd., Claremont 601"0. Tel: 384 6327. Meets correspondence: PO Box 198, Palmyr~ 6157. Meets Anzac House every third Wednesday, AGM second Wednesday each month, Anzac House, September. ~ 11.00am. • Contlnwd P11fi1e 69 Lltlenlng Potl -Winter 1111 - Pege n I .ASBESTOS ROOFS ROOF COATINGS COATED OR REPLACED Asbestos roofs ate a health achieved using P.B. Coatings' bazard and tbe Asbestos heat renective coating. GUARANTEED FOR 15 YEARS Research Council b&s rccom· Protect your family: add beauty mended the sealing of all and value to your asbestos .. asbestos roofs. . home with P.B. Coatings. P.B.Coati ngs bas developed a P.B. 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