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Wombats 5O Years On WOMBATS 5O YEARS ON WOMBATS 5O YEARS ON Second Edition 1958 – 2008 ENGINEERING APPRENTICES JUNIOR EQUIPMENT AND ADMinistratiVE TRAINEES No 12 Intake Apprentices and No 7 Intake JEATs © Commonwealth of Australia 2011 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission. Inquiries should be made to the publisher. Disclaimer The views expressed in this work are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of Defence, the Royal Australian Air Force or the Government of Australia, or of any other authority referred to in the text. The Commonwealth of Australia will not be legally responsible in contract, tort or otherwise, for any statements made in this document. Release This document is approved for public release. Portions of this document may be quoted or repro- duced without permission, provided a standard source credit is included. National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Title: Wombats : 50 years on / [editors, Mac Weller and Ken Stone]. Edition: 2nd ed. ISBN: 9781920800611 (pbk.) Subjects: Australia. Royal Australian Air Force--Ground support--History. Australia. Royal Australian Air Force--Aviation mechanics--Training of--Australia. Australia. Royal Australian Air Force--Management--Study and teaching--Australia. Apprenticeship programs--Australia. Oher Authors/Contributors: Stone, Ken. Weller, Mac. Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Air Power Development Centre Dewey Number: 358.4150994 Published and distributed by: Air Power Development Centre TCC-3, Department of Defence Telephone: + 61 2 6266 1355 PO Box 7935 Facsimile: + 61 2 6266 1041 CANBERRA BC ACT 2610 Email: [email protected] AUSTRALIA Website: www.airforce.gov.au/airpower Foreword WOMBATS – 50 YEARS ON I am pleased to provide this foreword to Wombats – 50 Years On, a book produced by the 12th intake of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) engineering apprentice scheme, known colloquially as the ‘Wombats’ to commemorate the 50th anniversary of their 1958 enlistment. Amongst the RAAF engineering apprentice fraternity, the Wombats have developed an almost iconic reputation. Their camaraderie is legendary and although they consider themselves to be an average bunch of blokes, they have made some extremely important contributions to RAAF capability over the years as aircrew, engineers, technicians, administrators and suppliers. From a statistical viewpoint, their achievements are impressive. They produced some 34 commissioned officers from across all categories with two reaching air rank and seven becoming unit commanding officers. Additionally, their periods of RAAF service were for the most part lengthy. Generally, Wombats re-enlisted beyond their initial 15-year engagement period and most completed at least 20 years service. In fact, several served for 40 years, whilst one wore the RAAF uniform for 48 years. Of course, success did not end with their military service. In their post-RAAF endeavours, Wombats have been very successful in commercial ventures as managing directors, consultants, business entrepreneurs, airline crew and even ministers of the cloth. During my career it has been my privilege to serve with many Wombats. I had a Wombat as a squadron commanding officer, I flew with a number of Wombats as crew, Wombats serviced many of my aircraft, and they also occupied a number of senior appointments as I advanced in the RAAF. They all had the admirable qualities of dedication, skill and loyalty in common, and I experienced firsthand their great professionalism and teamwork. Indeed, they (I think mainly Wombats) say there are only two types of RAAF ex-apprentices—Wombats and those who wished they were a Wombat! The intent of this book is threefold. Firstly, it details the life stories of some of the Wombats. Secondly, it describes the apprentice training system of the Wombat era and, thirdly, it places both the Wombats and the RAAF in the appropriate historical context and analyses both the positive and negative aspects of the scheme. For these reasons, this book is more than simply a collection of stories from the RAAF School of Technical Training and the apprentices of the 12th intake. Indeed, the book details the RAAF of the era and comments on capabilities, practices and processes from a technical viewpoint. Without reservation I am pleased to say that Wombats hold my utmost admiration and I commend this book, particularly to those interested in an alternative and unique v view of RAAF’s history. Wombats – 50 Years On can be regarded as having distinct historic and military merit. Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston Chief of the Defence Force 22 January 2008 vi APDC Editor’s Preface to Second Edition The Second Edition of Wombats – 50 Years On has been published by the Air Power Development Centre as part of its commitment to Air Force history and to promoting a greater understanding of the evolution of the RAAF and the role of air power. While it is essentially the same as the First Edition, published in 2008, it contains some minor changes and corrections, primarily identified by Mac Weller and Ken Stone, and the APDC Editor. The layout of the book also has been changed to a more contemporary appearance. Every effort has been made to ensure the correct spelling of people’s names and placenames; however, given the time period since many of these events took place, it has not been possible to double-check every name mentioned herein. Further compounding the problem is the fact that some names are misspelt in official records of the period. In addition, there are often several spelling variants for placenames. Keith Brent Editor Air Power Development Centre Canberra July 2011 vii Acknowledgements As the editors of Wombats – 50 Years On, we wish to acknowledge all those who assisted in the development and production of this book. In no small part this was through the efforts, support, contributions and encouragement of the organising committee for the 50th Wombat Anniversary reunion scheduled for March 2008, where the First Edition of the book was launched. We are deeply grateful to the then Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AO, AFC, for his unstinting support of the Wombats over the years and particularly for his foreword to the book. The support by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs of a financial grant under their program ‘Saluting Their Service’ is also gratefully acknowledged. Appreciation is also extended to the then Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Geoff Shepherd, and to Air Force Headquarters for assistance in the provision of the RAAF badge and other imagery and data. Special thanks go to Wendy Griffin for her many hours of proof reading and to those Wombats who contributed substantially in authoring and advising on various parts of the book. We particularly thank all Wombats who share their personal biographies within this book that provide such a rich and enduring tapestry of the Wombats. Readers should note that from a literary perspective and its value as a research document, Wombats – 50 Years On is an amalgam of fact and personal recollections. More particularly, it is an assembly of reminiscences, accounts, anecdotes and events surrounding the Service lives and further careers of a group of young men inducted into the Air Force in 1958, collectively known as the Wombats. Inevitably, there will be some errors of fact, some omissions, and some differences of opinion about the book’s content, despite considerable care being taken to ensure its veracity. In view of the above, the editors take no responsibility for the accuracy of any statement, opinion or advice contained in the text of any material submitted by any contributor to Wombats – 50 Years On. Our objective has been to simply chronicle the lives and times of the Wombats in an interesting and readable way, for the enjoyment of those that were a part of the experience and especially for future generations, linked by birthright to the Wombats. Ken Stone and Mac Weller Editors There are said to be just two kinds of RAAF ex-apprentices: Wombats, and those who wished they were!1 1 Geoff Schmidt. viii Contents Foreword ......................................................................................................................... v APDC Editor’s Preface to Second Edition ............................................................vii Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................viii List of Contributors .....................................................................................................x Abbreviations and Acronyms ...................................................................................xi Chapter 1 A Characterisation of the Wombats ...............................................................................1 Chapter 2 Wombats – That First Year .............................................................................................19 Chapter 3 Wombat Junior Equipment and Administrative Trainees .......................................41 Chapter 4 The ‘Blackhanders’ at Wagga ..........................................................................................49 Chapter 5 The ‘Queer Trades’ at Wagga .........................................................................................67 Chapter 6 Those a Bit Different .........................................................................................................87
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