Newsletter 111986 April 1986

year without a Fourth Class, and a decade or more when From the Editor there were no New Zealanders in the . The three Elsewhere in the Newsletter you will see a suggestion for companies of my day, imaginatively called A, B and C a 'This, That and The Other' column for future issues. As I Companies, have expanded into the six you know which am always looking for copy I heartily endorse the idea, carry the honoured names of battles. particularly if the emphasis can be on who is doing what, From time to time there have been dramatic changes to where and how, together with other news members may the Corps' accommodation: first there was the old wooden have of those in their local area. R.S. Flint kindly wrote RMC, then Victoria Barracks in Sydney, and then a return recently to tell me of his activities and mentioned D.D. home to the new brick RMC. For 40 years past it has been Weir (1945), C.M. Townsend (1946) and P.G. Cole (1950) necessary for some cadets to live in temporary outstations who are doing things agricultural close by in the Gympie, like Siberia, the Country Club, Moonbase, and, most Queensland area. I happen to know that F.F. Albrecht recently, the Defence Force Academy. (1949) is also growing beef thereabouts. Like it or not, the customs and traditions of the Corps An injection of personal jottings into a publication like change. New ones come, old ones disappear, and it seems chis would be a good thing. With due respect to State that very few have endured from the early days of the branches I would prefer that contributions be sent direct to College. But there is something of great value that has me, as this helps when I am putting together articles for survived the course of 74 years, and that is the quality which publication. In the event that past Newsletters have been we know and our predecessors knew as Corps Spirit. It was lost, stolen or strayed my address is: kindled in the first intake in 191 1; it was strong then, as we have been told, and it has continued strong as each W.J. Slocombe succeedingclass has been touched by it. Corps Spirit - this RMB 2038 is the bond which links cadets of the past with you and you The Ridgeway with cadets of the future. r QUEANBEYAN NSW 2620 Let us consider what will happen to the Corps in 1986. First, there will be the injection of customs and traditions On another note, it is becoming increasingly difficult to and, indeed, the Corps Spirit of the Cadet School keep track of each member's rank on retirement. The which your colleagues from Portsea will bring with them. Military Secretary's staff is always helpful, but their time is Their heritage is younger than yours, but we know it is limited and often more objection is taken to the publication justifiably strong. It will blend with yours, and the Corps of an incorrect rank than to none at all. In future, in most can only gain from the blend. cases ranks will not be included in the Newsletter unless Then there will be female cadets; and the Corps will members are opposed to the idea, in which case I should be reflect modem society and the at large. Perhaps it glad to hear from them. This Newsletter is deliberately a mshould have done so before. A short time ago I was mixture of the old and the proposed new. fortunate in meeting some of the senior class of the OCS, both menmd women. Clearly the class was a homogeneous group, and I am sure this will be true of future classes at Graduation Dinner 1985 Duntroon. [Reproduced below is the Toast to the Corps of Staff It will be necessary for the Corps to reorganize to suit the Cadets proposed by a 1948 graduate on the occasion of the remodetled RMC course. I understand that future intakes 1985 Graduation Dinner. Ed] will progress by terms, rather than by classes, and so the traditional names, First Class, Second Class, Third CIass It is my privilege to propose the toast to the Corps, and and Fourth Class - which have survived wars and the privilege is mine, I believe, because I am the oldest university affiliation - must disappear from Duntroon at ex-member of the Corps of Staff Cadets here present. I see last. And the Third Classmen and Fourth Classmen here by the board that there are five days to go. Since my own tonight will disappear with those names, to return to the Graduation Dinner, which was held-here in the Mess, there Corps in later days and with different status. are 13,505 days that have gone. Rere is the important point. The Corps of Staff Cadets is All those days make 37 year$. The Corps has been in going to continue, and it will advance into 1986 and beyond existence for twice that time, and now it is on the brink of without losing the step. some signf~cantchanges. I think I am right in saying that The best illustration of its continuity, I think, is that the many here are apprehensive about the future and what it CSC numbers will1 carry on from their 191 1 start, and the will do to the Corps of Staff Cadets as we have known it. first cadet enrolled in 1986will be No. 4930. So many of you Let me tell you that the Corps has been subjected to here will have sons and grandsons or, indeed, daughters changes of one kind or another throughout its history. and granddaughters in future intakes. -here have been, for instance, great variations in size and The Corps will continue to wear the same badge as I did as organization: on the Graduation Parade next Tuesday and you do, to use the same ranks, and to be organized in the Corps will be some 400 strong, but there was a year the same companies as at present (though five, sadly, and when there were only 27 on parade, and 1 1 of those were in not six). And the Corps of Staff Cadets will continue to First Class. There have been years without a First Class, a carry the Colours of the Royal Military College. It is almost time for most of the cadets here to leave the love the Corps, or you might hate it, but there will not be Corps - some to graduate, some to transfer to the one of you who has not known the Corps Spirit and been Academy, a few to go by choice, and a few through changed by it. And so it has always been. misfortune. Whether you are staying on, or leaving to Ladies and gentlemen, please rise and we shall drink the '- return later, or leaving for good, you will not recall your toast to the Corps. days in the Corps without some sort of emotion. You might Western Australian Branch Luncheon October 1985

From the left: I. D. Stock, L. G. Clark, R. E. Lawrence.

2 The Intermediate Term cadets had merely three days to -- Victorian Branch Report find their feet and get to know each other before the 159 The Victorian Branch has now settled down to a regular Junior Class cadets arrived. They comprised 79 civilians, 55 pattern of luncheons. They are held in the Robertson in-service soldiers, six overseas cadets, two RAAF cadets, Room of the Victoria Barracks Officers' Mess, , and 17 cadets who transferred from the degree course. at 12.30 p.m. on the first Thursday of March and October There are 13 married cadets and 15 female cadets in this each year. Two have been held since the last Report, and class. Married cadets may live out after the first 11 weeks of both have been well attended. A very pleasant aspect of training, subject to satisfactory performance. The female these luncheons is the mix of recent graduates and 'old- cadets undergo the same training as their male colleagues timers' attending. and apart from a minor variance in standards for physical In addition to the luncheons, the Society is holding a training receive no concessions and are fully integrated into buffet dinner at the Victoria Barracks Officers' Mess on the class. They wear khaki trousers on parade and have the Friday 18 April 1986, at 7.00 pm for 7.30 pm, when the option of a khaki skirt for classroom and study periods. Chief of the General Staff, -General Peter Ceremonial uniforms are identical for both male and Gration (1949), will be the honoured guest of the Society. female cadets. For the information of any members who may be in Induction training at the Majura Range, Scale A Camp, Melbourne, our next luncheon will be on Thursday 2 was conducted by Military Training Wing. The few October 1986. problems encountered paled in significance as all 159 members of the class proudly marched on to the College ACT Branch Report parade ground at the end of their fourth week of training. A week later, with the screed test behind them, the Com- The social calendar includes: mandant reviewed the first Lanyard Parade for 1986, formally accepting the class into the Corps. A cocktail party at Duntroon House on 22 November 1985. The average age of the Corps of Staff Cadets is now 22, The annual lunch at the RMC Golf Club on 4 April 1986. which is significantly older than the case in previous years. A visit to the Defence Force Academy, followed by a It will be interesting to see what effect factors such as age, lunch at the RMC Golf Club on 4 July 1986. sex, marital status and previous in-service experience will A Branch Committee lunch (including wives) at a local have on the Corps. To date there has been little evidence of restaurant on 26 November 1985. This is to an annual change. Many of the traditions of the College have been event henceforth. maintained and sympathetically blended with those of the Officer Cadet School and, although the tempo of college At a recent meeting it was agreed that more personal life is strenuous and free time is at a premium, the espritde- items concerning members; what they are doing, what they corps remains high. know of other members' doings, etc. may be appropriate During Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second's tour for the Newsletter. A column called 'This That and The of Canberra the cadets from Intermediate Class provided a Other' was suggested. [See my note elsewhere. Ed.] praiseworthy Ceremonial House Guard at Government House. The guard for this year's Beating of Retreat Ceremony was formed from the Junior Class, who with Duntroon, 1986 only two months' experience accredited themselves proudly. There has been considerable discussion in recent News- With the departure of the Faculty of Military Studies letters about future developments at the Royal Military from the Royal Military College the academic staff and College with the introduction of the Defence Academy. facilities have now transferred to the Defence Academy. At Last year you were advised of the broader issues and present, however, due to a slight delay in the Academy reassured that we were well prepared to accept responsi- building program the College is still providing limited bility for centralized pre-commissioning military training lecture and laboratory facilities for the Department of for all Regular Army General Service Officers. Chemistry. The buildings vacated by the academic de- The Project and Writing teams completed their tasks by partments are being progressively refurbished and will be the end of 1985 and on 12 January 1986, 160 cadets used for cadet accommodation (Anzac Block), the Library, commenced their Intermediate Term of 22 weeks. They Archives and Student Counsellor (Science Building), and comprised 83 staff cadets from the 1985 Royal Military Military Training Wing (Physics and Engineering Build- College Second Class who had completed three years of ings). academic training and 77 former officer cadets who had completed 22 weeks of the first Junior Term at the Officer The Bridges Memorial Library amalgamated tem- Cadet School, Portsea. This group included 12 married porarily with the Defence Academy Library and operated cadets and 11 female cadets. The cadets from the two from there during 1985. A division of the holdings between establishments have quickly formed into a cohesive class. the two libraries was completed in November. Gifts, Headquarters Corps of Staff Cadets, commanded now by bequests and named collections which were formerly in the Lt Col David Kibbey, closely monitored those first few Bridges Memorial Library will of course remain there. As days and was pleased to report that the balanced distribu- soon as the redevelopment program allows, the Bridges tion of personnel through the four companies had been a Memorial Library will be returned to the Royal Military success. Provisional cadet appointments up to the rank of College and be established in the refurbished 1936 building Sergeant were assigned on the recommendations of staff once known as the Science Block. 5-0, the Royal Military College and the Officer Cadet The Works Program to construct a new gymna- School. Before the first Senior Term starts, in July, these sium was completed in February 1986. The new cadets appointments will be reviewed and the rank of Senior mess and upgrading of the Military Instruction Block to Under Officer will again be worn at Duntroon by the provide new model, lecture and syndicate rooms are Battalion Sergeant Major. expected to be completed by May. From the left: R. A. Slater (1960), R. N. Bridges (1975), P.P. Jackson (1934).

4 Jubilee Chat South Australian Branch This is a 75th Jubilee project, but it is aimed at the Report * L~~~'sCentenary. It is a project in which all graduates, cadets and former cadets of the RMC and the OCS are A meeting of the SA Branch was held at Keswick invited to participate. Barracks on 10 December 1985 prior to a most enjoyable Gather a group of your classmates, sit them around a barbecue lunch. Twenty two of the 26 members of the SA cassette recorder in a congenial atmosphere, and let them Branch attended together with nine nonmembers. talk about what it was like when they were cadets. Then All the appointed office bearers were elected with the send the recording to the RMC Archives. In the recorded exception of Lieutenant - Colonel A.J. Morton (1963) who voices and recollections of your group and those of other had been posted and whose place on the Committee had groups, the College will gain a priceless oral history, and been taken by Lieutenant - Colonel Dunlop (1963). there will be live source material ready for a future historian It was decided that the next meeting would be held writing for the Centenary. during the Commandant's RMC Selection Board visit to Here are the rules: SA in April. This has now been fixed for Friday 18 April together with lunch at Keswick Barracks. There may be any number from one to, say, 10 in your The President referred to the death of the Branch's senior group. A large group will need a 'chairman' to ensure life member, Urquhart, who had died in Novem- that only one person speaks at a time. ber at the age of 9 1. Dr. Forbes said: "He of course had the Start the recording by identifying the group - the year unique distinction of bearing Duntroon No. 1. Many of us of entry and year of graduation of your Class, and the here will remember his alertness; his kindly interest in names of the members taking part in the chat. everything; and his pride in Duntroon and its traditions Talk about your cadet days: the course, the buildings, right up to the end". He was accorded a military funeral, the P service of which was held at the Daws Road Repatriation k, sport, the Corps, the Mess, gymkhanas, staff, uniforms, visits, traditions, personalities, parades, attitudes, Balls, Hospital Chapel. The Governor of SA (Lieutenant-General etc, etc. Record anecdotes, record matters of substance, Sir Donald Dunstan (1940) attended, and Major-General record trivia, record opinions, record anything about the Ronald Hopkins gave a most appropriate address. Brig- times that may interest your successors. adiers Willett (1942), Broderick (1949) and Dr Forbes When the recording is finished, mark each cassette represented the Branch. "JUBILEE CHAT. RMC(or0CS) Graduating Class of 19 --. Tape No. -" Send the cassettes to The Archivist, RMC Duntroon, A.C.T. 2600. New South Wales Branch If your group wants copies of its recorded chat, you must Report

I have them made before sending the master cassettes to the Archivist. Once the cassettes reach him they will be placed The second biannual General Meeting, followed by a under a 20-year embargo. They will not be released or made luncheon was held on 10 December 1985. The attendance available for research purposes until the year 2006. of 56 members was down on the previous meeting due, as a Note that the Jubilee Chat is intended to include Portsea the apologies indicated, mainly to the considerable number groups as well as Duntroon groups. Twenty-five years from that came to Duntroon for the 1985 Graduation. now, the history of the RMC may be seen as embracing It was a lively meeting with keen interest being shown in both institutions. the Society Rules to which general approval was given. Deadline -the end of 1986. This will allow class groups Office bearers were elected; Major-General Bradbury as Convenor, Stan Maizey (1948) and Stuart Peach (1939) ,+-.to take advantage of reunions during the 75th Anniversary Celebrations. were re-elected as Committee members and Ron Hamlyn The College will be arranging recording sessions at (1954) retained the appointment of Honorary Secretary/- Duntroon for a representative series of class groups from Treasurer. The Branch has received much assistance from significant periods in the first 75 years, such as 1914-18, the the NSW Division of the Australian Society of Accoun- 1920s, and 1931-36. The recordings from this series will be tants. Word Processor, copying, paper, etc are some exam- framework for the oral history. ples. Our thanks to Cliff Dodds (1953), Director, and Ron The Commandant will welcome any suggestions or Hamlyn, Deputy. queries relating to the project. The Branch is planning to hold another annual race meeting at Randwick on 18 June 1986 for which they will need about 75 acceptances by early May if they are to proceed. Full details and invitations should have been out by about the end of March. Western Australian Branch Report RMC 75th Anniversary 18/19 October 1986 1985 was not agood year for the Society in the West with several of our stalwarts leaving our ranks permanently. As you are aware, 27 June 1986 is the 75th Anniversary They were G.F. Larkin and B.F. Hussey (1924), of the opening of the College in 191 1. The actual com- Major C.L.D. Chase (1922), Colonel J. Scott-Young and mencement date falls in the mid-year leave break, and Lieutenant-Colonel B.G. Le Dan. hence the official celebrations will be held on the weekend - F Our activity is restricted to luncheon twice each year, 181 19 October. This time best suits the training program - -latterly in the Officers' Mess, Swan Barracks, at which and the weather should favour our planned activities. reasonable representation is seen. Some of our number are The College objective for the Anniversary Weekend is to unable to join us because of work commitments but conduct suitable activities to mark the 75th year of the generally a fair representation appears at each function. Royal Military College, so as to: from page 5)

Provide a memorable landmark in the College history A suitable range of merchandise, including a com- for the Corps, past and present; staff, the Army and the memorative tie, will be available for sale through the Corps public; Shop. Order forms will be included with the entree cards Remind the nation of the College's long-standing and and program mentioned previously. valuable contribution to Australia; and As you can see, we have a very concentrated weekend in Demonstrate that the College continues to fill its role of which to celebrate the 75th Anniversary. The celebrations commissioning officers for the Regular Army. promise to be a fitting commemoration of the event and a thoroughly enjoyable and memorable weekend for all. We The following is the sequence of events for the weekend: at the College, look forward to your company in October. Sat 18 October Funeral of the late Brigadier 1000-1 115, Anniversary Parade: Reviewing officer to be confirmed (TBC). W.J. Urquhart Classes seated in groups (except VIP). [Members will be aware that Cadet No.1 W.J. Urquhart, 1130-1230, Morning Tea in Duntroon Gardens: died late last year. In recent issues of the Newsletter a Classes hosted by company staff and cadets. number of articles, either by him or about him, have 1 130-1230, Displays and Tours: appeared. This final one below is the Eulogy given at his Audio visual displays in the MI Block. funeral on 2 December 1985 by Major-General R.N.L. Museum display in the MI Block. Hopkins (1915) Ed.] Tours of MI Block and Duntroon House. Brigadier Walter James Urquhart was born in Queens- 1400-1600, Old Boys Rugby Match. land on March 16th 1894. He reached the age of 91 years. 1730-1900, Retreat Ceremony, with a guard of 40, Military service ran in the family blood; the sword lying representing the original Corps. on the casket today came from his grandfather who fought 1815-2000, Reception in CSC Mess, hosted by the with the Indian Army in the Second Afghan War and Command ant. survived the Mutiny in 1857. Walter Urquhart was com- missioned from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, at Sun 19 October the outset of World War I. He served with Artillery on 1000-1 100, Anniversary Church Service. Gallipoli and then, for the remainder of that war, with 1130-1200,Opening/unveilingCeremony (TBC). Australian Light Horse in Sinai and Palestine. In World 1145-1300, Luncheon in CSC Mess. War 2 he held senior administrative posts in Australia and 1300-1500, Displays and Tours (as for Sat). New Guinea. He was extremely proud of his first war record. As a staff officer mainly with General Chauvel's Headquarters, This program is designed to provide flexibility for class Major Urquhart participated in every important operation reunions, rninimise the impact on the College training from Romani early in 1916 to the capture of Damascus at program and administrative systems, whilst meeting the war's end in 1918. He was three times mentioned in stated obiectives. despatches. Class and staff groups are invited to co-ordinate their Another matter of intense pride concerned his grandson own activities in conjunction with the program. A number who also chose a military career and is now a Captain in the of graduates have already volunteered to co-ordinate their United States Army. class activities. Others wishing to do so should contact Walter Urquhart generally went by his Duntroon nick- Major John Heydon, 2ic of CSC, (Telephone (062) name of 'Dick' and with your permission I should like to 66 3426). continue with my familiar and affectionate name for him. The College wishes to contact as many ex-cadets as Dick Urquhart was that interesting mixture: a scholar of possible by mail and has asked the Duntroon Society to note, particularly in mathematics and the sciences, with a help in this regard. Members are therefore requested to love of the outdoors and anything to do with horses. This help add to the mailing list the names of other ex-cadets probably lies behind his transfer from Artillery to Light and former staff members who may be interested in Horse after the Gallipoli campaign. attending the celebrations. Could you please forward their Dick's father was Queensland's Police Commissioner contact addresses to the 75th Anniversary Co-ordinating who subsequently became Administrator of the Northern Committee, Royal Military College, DUNTROON ACT, Territory. Dick's schooldays at Brisbane Grammar were 2600. Publicity will also be passed through the ARMY crowned with the honour of coming first in Queensland in newspaper and civilian media. the open competitive examination for entrance to the new All functions are to be financially self-supporting, with Military College of Australia which opened at Duntroon in all guests, other than those designated by the Commandant, June 1911. paying their way. Intending visitors will be asked to Through his father, of course, he was able to follow his indicate in advance the functions they wish to attend and to keen interest in horses and become an efficient horse- remit the appropriate monies. Entree cards and programs master. This stood him in good stead at Duntroon where will be forwarded upon receipt of remittances. It is thbught every potential officer had to learn to ride, also his chosen that the cost per head for all activities will be about $20 to career indeed in an army which, in 1914, still used horse $25 per head. transport almost exclusively. The College is investigating the feasibility of com- Dick's Commandant at Duntroon, Major General W.T. missioning a commemorative bust of Major-General Sir Bridges, was appointed to command the of the William Throsby Bridges. If successful, an unveiling Australian Imperial Force. All the cadets of the first two ceremony will be held after the church service. The cost of classes were posted to this Division and found their way to the venture would have to be met by public subscription. Egypt and, in due course, to the Gallipoli Peninsula. Here, The Duntroon Society Council has already indicated its their old Commandant was able to keep in touch with support, and ex-cadets, former staff, and other friends of them. He frequently looked in on Lieutenant Urquhart's the College will be invitied to contribute. gun position and Dick has said how often he had pleaded Cfrompage 6)

with the General to keep more under cover because of in recent years helping the author of the next volume of the hostile fire. Bridges, in fact, was mortally wounded as he RMC History with accounts of life in the early days. He as leaving Dick's battery after a brief visit. Dick used to paid a very warm tribute to the original College staff which qay"I saw the first of him (as No 1 Staff Cadet) and I saw was almost entirely drawn from the British Army. the last of him". Most of the staff were still there in my day and I would Young Lieutenant Urquhart found good friends in endorse his judgement. Dick said they were like fathers to Egypt amongst the French community residing there, who the cadets. I believe their example of upright bearing, showed much kindness to Allied Forces in the numerous devotion to duty and consideration for individuals helped training camps established near the larger centres. By war's very definitely to mould the characters of most of us. end, he had become engaged to the daughter of a well-to-do Throughout his life, Dick Urquhart was quiet, un- French family in Alexandria. They were married at the demonstrative and invariably courteous. He accepted British Consulate there after the war ended and sailed off to responsibility without question and was entirely depend- Australia early in 1919. able: he led the 3rd Light Horse Brigade without a falter on Dick was stationed in New South Wales until 1925 and that long, long night march through alien country to get their two children were born there. Melbourne was his next behind the Turks at Jenin in September 1918. posting. The family resided there until the next war came in His calm approach to difficult problems gained him 1939, apart from a return to Egypt in 1932 when, with two quite a name in 1939 when he was sent to several State excited teenage children, they visited Helen's family and Commands in order to get their Base organisations work- relations. ing efficiently. With it all, he had no enemies - only friends Dick had agreat love for Duntroon and spent much time - and he will live on in their affectionate memories.

Officer Training School, 1916

[Some members may know of the existence of an Officer no knowledge of Infantry work or tactics" and that sohe Training School (OTS) at Duntroon during World Warl. NCO candidates from certain Corps !'had Mver handed a The article below was written by a current member of the rifle or done a day's drill previously." RMC staff; the photgraph of accommodation quarters The schools worked at high pitch for 15 Wmths. In that coming from an album which belonged to Professor period there were seven OTS courses M4 12 TW&B Richard Hoskins, the first Professor of Physics at the courses, and a special course for NCOs. Comes ran RMC., Ed.] concurrently, and the program was continuous exce t Seventy years ago on 22 March, the AIF Officer break at Christmas. When the schools closed MI$9 Training School opened at Duntroon as a central training 1917, it total of 2,563 students had attended and I,% unit for all the Military Districts. The School originated in them were candidates for AIF commissions. the wish of the RMC Staff "to do something more than Tbe bxlildings were demolished long ago. Until 1982 their normal work in furtherance of the Commonwealth's there were broken concrete foundations on the site, and part in the present war." Its functions were to produce from these it was possible to imagine the layout of the junior officers for the AIF, to "try out" officers of the AMF buildings and to guess the purposes of some of them. The for AIF commissions, and to "obtain an equal standard of trenches near Woolshed Creek remained for more than 30 qualification" throughout Australia. years, but there is no sign of them today. The Officer Training School, with an associated Trench The only reminders of the OTS at Duntroon are the Warfare and Bombing (TW&B) School, was located in the contemporary RMC Reports -the sour- of this article -and ortheast comer of Duntroon, off the Yass-Queanbeyan the photograph reproduced here. The Pbuod&icms of the Qoad. It began under canvas with modest facilities and large Academy are now deep in the numbers. By August 1916, all the school buildings had been OTS site: maybe there is something symbolic in that. completed, in timber and corrugated iron: "hutting* for 250 students, quarters for officers, NCOs and home service staff, and combined messes and lecture rooms. Theschools shared the RMC's training areas, but a sphd trench system was developed for the TWLB School down by Woolshed Creek. The RMC helped with training and administration. The DMA, LtCol E.F. Harrison, was also Chief Instmetor of the OTS for most of its existence, and the Tactics Instructor at RMC, Maj E.L.D. Brownell, was also CWInstructor of the TW&B School. The OTS staff includeQanumber of young RMC graduates who had returned wounded from the war: Lt A.R. Selby, who was the first Adjutdnt, Lt (Hon Capt) J.R. Braadbent, Lt S.F. Rowell, LA (Eon Maj) W.A.B. Stele (all 1911) and Lt F.G. Granaer (1912). OTS courses ran for five or eight weeks, the aist and largest began with 405 students, the smallest and last with 118. TW&B courses mostly ran for 20 days with 32 tudents. Lt Col Harrisotl'a reports reveal both optimism O!restrained frustraiwl, tht latter rslulfing mdldffiom the selection of %o& of the cand'ld* by the Military Districts. Re wrote, for example, that "oflcers of Light Horse and Artillery Units of the AMF were sent here with Victorian Branch Luncheon October 1985

From the left: J. D. Shaw (1938), R. T. Eldridge (1 937), S. H. Buckler (1936). I 4

From the left: D.M.Butler (1946). D. A. Whitehead (1914), J. G. Sedgley (IY-o), J. ti. Vchrltree (1~57).