51. JIJLY, 1951~-------.

EDITORIAL ..COMRADESHIP

The spirit of pride which all so j ustly feel in our'.d Unit,'11Y, mind, the outward expression of thai feeling of comr adeshigenliered during the War.

Bo r n in the o r igina: camp at lo st er and mat ure d duriu t. t he fof Timor, Ne« Gumea and N.ew Britain, it finally c.uue to fruition'the formation of our pre sent Assrciation.

The whole essence of our Association is comrune sh ip and, if \allow t be Association to die, the spirit will inevitahly die with it anthat is something we cannot afford to lose. The main ideal beh in-tthe Association is to keep alive that spirit of comradeship ald, byso doing, enahle us to help each other. -

We have all set elert down to our post war j(lhs and there is no doubtwe are living in prosperous times but we must remember that pros-perity will not ne ccssar ily last and none of us are getting youngerThe time will inevitably come when calls for assistance must becomemore frequent and in those times we must not be found wanting.Remember that YOU may be one requiring assistance I

Now is lhe time for LIS to build for the future., ~" s no goodbemoaning lhe fact at some f u ture date that we migr{. lave been morefinancial or more closely knit together. Your Cornk.rttee has alwaysworked hard for the good of the Association but it is not enough toelect a Committee and leave it to do all the work. Our Associationis in a sound position but it must be made stronger and we must alldo our bit to keep it so,

This does not mean the other chap-it means YOU!! It is notenough 10 pay your suh each year and conic along to meetings occa-sionally. Help in every way you can. If you live If] the me tropolit anarea, come along to every meeting and help in the running of yourAss(,1

1ation. If you live in the country, let us hear from you more

oft ..,":, and senti in your suggestions for improvements-rest assuredill receive lhe f ullest consideration of your Committee,

:t me reiterate that the spirit of comradeship and the ideals it'Lers must not die and it is the duty of each and everyone of LIS toear it alive by keeping our Association foremost in our minds.

her, --GEO. BOYLAND.

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We sI .../)lustra/ian Whisperings

The'the'

~COMlY iITTEE COMMENT ASSOCIATION ACTIVITI5S

u' ;r:-'is.

nutter of the publication of

t:ollln1Jndo COurier' loonie.t

in Commitiee this month

was finally decid~d to have

'I:shed by "The Sllan Ex-

,j distributc!d throu~hout

. The COlllmittee thinkill help ill the lllatter uf

Solidarity and also will

rove to be mu ch more

than the present m et h-,cation.

i:]

.o n took f'!:tce un theLadies' Ni~ht wou!,1 r.rk e

and finally a suh commit-

reen asked to inl'estigate

)n as SOOn as ),ossible ')11

r. of ev~ning al1.i venue ofil'osed entert:Jinment.

KirkWOOd who is Our \'ice.e n r has he e» transferre~1 to

,IOollie and suhmitted his res;g-

On H this meeting. The r e-\;n1tiu,1 w1S accel'ted with r,:gret

,j .1 .ninute of aPrreciatiun \Ij~,.]ee,j I)n the records ()f Rnn',

r as r work fOr the AssOciari'JIl. TheI'osirill!l of Vice PreSident will ret;ile,j at the August meering.

A further letier was recc'ive,jfrom t h e .~linister for the Army in

the mltter of recompense for helr-e r s and Creadoes in Timor. The

.\\inister request~-1/ that We sUPI'ly

details of helpe\, \ and if J'ossih1e

names of anyo,.,. hOlding notes

from us in lieu of payment for

• goo,h 0r services. .~lembers are

requeste,i to notify the editor ao

SOOn as ),ossible of the nanie s of

their Creldoes Or helpers and the

district or r Iace from which they

c.une. It is important to get On

to t h i , :Jl.ltter as SOOn as pos,ible.

Sl) you a~e requested to atkn,1 toit with .tlJeiiy.

Peter .\hntle who was present

at the meeting then gave the Com-mittee the benefit of Some of hisexperiences in India.

·COMl'v\AND(,JR~'\:_,'l.Jtc.jER

Page Three.father-_jl-Iaw and two other relat-

ives, ,'e fiShing at the mouth of

the II. :hison River when a huge

wave ," !Ight them and Swept them

on the racks in to the sea. Reg

mana ,-.I to escape as did One of

the c e r s , but unfortunately Reg'sbroth(; and father-in-law and One

other ver e tirowned. Reg tolel

me 0, ""...:.great 1I'0rk done afterthe trage~ by Bill Drage and Bruss

Fagg, wh. Y'-'lshed to the SCene as

SOOn as ia, heard what hali hap-pened and l~t?ndered yeoman ser-

vice. Reg wishes me to thank

Bill and Bruss for their eflorts. The

ASSOCiation rnos r Sincerely ConCWles

with Reg in his sad loss and hopes

that time will erase the poignantmemories.

Don Turton is once again aprOud rarent. This time a daugh_

t e r which makes it two girls anti a

boy. Congrats. Don, from thegang.

Stan Sadler called in to see methe other day lOoking quite pros ..

perous. Says the season at Won-

gans at present is a hit wet, but

feed for stOck is excellent. S13n

has not seen any of the gang re-

cently except Wendel Wilkie whohe reports as being in the pink. I

Roy Watson was one of the gangfrom Collie who came to town to

see the football. Roy is COaChing

Railways at Collie th is year and says

he is still managing to get it kickor two in 1110St games.

Don HudSon also came dawn

from Callie. Don never seems to

alter. Doesn't look a day older ora rOund heavier.

Noticed "Jo11nno" Johnson about

town. He was lOOking very fit and

rerorts that he is dOing alright atKoorda.

Tom CrOuch called in On. hisway to Narrogin to pick up a car.

Says the seaSOn at Manjimup is ex-cellent this year and he has hopesof a humper year.

Gerry McKenzie writes to say

that his wife is still infanticipating.

Gerry has applied to rejoin the

Army and is awaiting his call-up atany old tick of the clock.

One of the lads who has been inthe wilds since his return from theB.C.O.F. in Japan is "Pigeon"

Pierce. "Pigeon" is now with the

Main Roads Board at Tambellup,

The July get tugether .v ,

reSt attended meeting tOr ve ;

The reason beIng tlut !\el'il: _

ran was present rron: i'iCtoru

e, nut seen far years loumGeu. Lewis from Lake Gr;~.

In town and c:tme aWn" tt> "f hing to renew old a~qU.l.(iuite a large yuantity

me n r was torceli dOlIn,

sUPJ'er which made the

(It t h e 1lI0st Convivial

I"he August meeting'in TueSday 7th at :

II hen .\11'. Jerry Dolali. .. _...,.. "liS on f')O(ball. .\lr. ?J6Rn is r.~

IIf Australia's aCCepted expert

t!!c GJme of Football JnJ Jilt: 0:

rhe hest Speakers arUU! t •. ~ pIJ':"SU it you \1 ant to have J <:U(),j n

thcn he ar .\lonash CluJ-- ''''ne\'cninl; of 7th of August.

PERSONALITIES

Peter Ihrden noticed in t _',\;) fr ~the Big Foull'all. Peter tc,!s

he is helping to run ,t sl1'311 ;'~,)cr

fur the Harvey SU[J-I:lr.IIlCll R.:5 L

Tony Bowers was alluther jqt()\1 n to See Kev Curran al1.j lon;;-illl; particularly fit. Says th~ 'l\\

mill is still paying dividend

!3ill Cooper was r resem ..t rn.;last monthly meeting. Hi, :~.:~

II ,IS particularly strange an.: we

were pleased to see him come intothe fOILi.

A face not seen for ages \IJS t a.uof Keith .\1cEacherll. Kcith h::;s

be ell slal'illg at the lightll',usc .itC:Ipe Naturaliste, but has gilcn it

~l\\<ly and is now I\'orkill~ as ,I lines-

m an with the P.iV1.G. in the City.

Another of Our linesman ryr-es

is Jerry Green. Gerry has- ILl,j a

\'ery "usy time huilding h's Own

home at Bdnwnt and I "eiic\'e has

nuw cOlllJl1eted it Or n e a rl v s().

Pt'rhaJ's now the roof is ov .... theht':hi we may see a littlet he "Gig".

Reg Harrinl;ton was

in a very unkind pie ce of news

Iy this month. He, his bra

...

Bill Howell is conliucting a ce-ment brick factory with his bro-

ther, at Mandurah, anti reports

goort bUSiness. Bill looks extra fit

and I can never remember him looking hetter even in Our palmy daysat Adclaide.

Had a letter from Alf llillman tosay that things were O.K. with him

at Broomehill. Says he hasn'tsigh ted any of the lads for an age

except Alf Blundy who was at th~

Annual Diggers' Day at the localgolf COurse.

As stated earlier Ron KirkWOOdhas been transferred in the Com-

monwealth Bank to Kalgoorlie.

Ron is a big loss to the ASSocia-

tion and we much regret lOsinghis S~rvices On the Executive ofthe Association.

News to hand that Ray Parry is

now a Corporal in the 3rd Battalion

in Korea and that Jack Stafford is

a Sergean t. Ray anti .Jack are stillO.K. and eagerly awaiting the out-COme of the ce:lse fire talks.

Herbie Thomas is One who was

seen in town during the hig foot-

ball and looks as of YOre. Bush

life apparently ,agrees with Herbie.

Peter Mantle has returned fromIndia and is on his way to Can.

berra to take up his duties with the

Bureau of Information. Peter

seems to have Weathered the trialsand tribulations of the Indian so-journ and looks in remarkably Rood'form. ,

REMINDERS

The ever green subject of Sub-scriptions and prompt payment

lOoms up again. The treasurer has

Once again asked me to jog your

memories abou t subscriptions ... ..The meeting on 7th August looks

like being a bOomer. With Jerry'

Dolan in the saddle we are all set

for a great evening, so boys, do

your best by us and roll along.

... ... ... ...A further reminder to send in

any rarticulars of creadoes and

helpers in Timor with their plac2of origin if ptlssible.

Pa~e Fou r. COMNlAI~uO COURIER'

Wales NewsIn our first appearance in the

new 'Commando Courier', I wouldlike to he gin hy congratulating ourfriends in the West for initiatingthis very ex ce llen t little gazette. Iwish the Courier a long and usefullife of bringing to all members ofour wute spr e:«! fraternity news andviews uf particular mates and As-sociatlon doings. The inau gur a-t ir.n of an Australia wi.Ie newsletteris a long step Io r wa rd fur the Asso-ciation, hut the onus is upon everyme mhe r to contribute towards itssuccess. l low can yuu do this?Well, your first step should be tobecome an active and linancialmember of your State Branch, thusensuring that your friends are nothearing the cost of benefits whichyou are enjoying. Undoubtedly,you are interested to read news ofthe many mates you made whenthings were tougil-well just re-m emhe r that they would also liketl) know what you are doing,\\ he t her you're married or stillhappy, how many little accidentsy',u've got running around yo~ry.ir d, whether you earn your livingor work for the Government, inbel everything about you that will1'<lSS the censor. Give your StateSecretaries and Federal EditorialStair a fair go by dropping them afew lines occasionally, relay mesosages to particular mates if youwish, and you will find your effortsare repaid a hundredfold.

A very belated report on ourAnzac Day activities-it was easilythe best day we have had so far,with a very good roll up includingsome rare specimens, TommyO'Brien, Sam Fulbrook. Ron Orr,Jackie Kee nahan, the NewcastleContingent Les Isenhood, SnowTurner, Eric Chapman and a 2/3 r dchap and all the regulars whowouldn't miss the day for anything.A ver y big vote of thanks goes toFred and Beryl Stewart for makingtheir home available for the after-noon. We sat around on Fred'slawn and polished ofT ten dozen ofthe best, plus a large amount ofgood things to eat. Aller the show

folded up about eight of us con-tinued the party at Frank and BettyO'Neill's charming flat at LaneCove, Frank being too ill with thedog', disease to attend the march.Drip l lilliard and Me rv Jones ar-rived just when everyone else wasthinking of going honr ~Iaimingthey'd been walking f~ .our s andbeen chased by blacks over FigTree Bridge. Johnny Rose, Merv,Drip and I stayed overnight andnexteillorning ate everything ediblein the place, but Betty took it likethe I!;rand little sport she is andmade us very welcome.

Everyone was very d isap poi n tednot to see Chas Anderson at thesmoko, but I met him in town nextday and he was looking a very fitfourteen stone. Chas is not thedrinking man he used to be be-cause of stomach trouble and shunsgrog parties as much as possible.lie returned to Korea shortly after-wards and has been in the thickof it ever since. In his last letterto Curly he said Ray Parry wasO. K., bu t made no men tion of anyof the other boys we have overthere. Good luck, Charlie.

PERSONALITIES

lIad a visit from Paddy Wilby afew weeks ago, and as he stayedovernight we had a good long ear-bash. Paddy is leading the No-madic life of a travelling blacksmithno t the farrier type, but in the en-gineering line. From his manystories I gather Paddy has been allover Australia since his discharge,including the Snowy River area,and was on his way up to Queens-land in quest of further experience.

Ron Goodacre writes from Can-owindr a where he is in the paint-iru; game, and at grips with thehome building problem. Manythanks for your trouble in search-ing for Norm Demmery, Ron; I'veposted a screed to him at UpperBu r r inj uck , but had no answer yet.

Neal. Bray ofTers apologies· to ailfor depriving us of his company on

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Anzac Day, and explains that theScottish 30th Battalion was morein need of his services, particularlyat week-ends and at le ist threen ight s a week when he is hit withevery course that the evil-doers atA.Ii.Q. ever devised. Neal says hecrossed paths with Allan Stewartone Sunday whilst engaged uponthe King's business. Thanks foryour letter Neal and hope you wi lifavor us with your presence at ournext mee t ing. Watch those 'Z'hlukes\ particularly Rowan Waddy.

Le s Isenhood wrote to say howmuch he enjoyed himself on AnzacDay, and makes special mention ofthe Ieel in g .01' friendship pervadingthe gathering on Fred Stewart'slawn.' Les enclosed a drawing ofhis idea for a proposed Associationbadge, a very thou gh tf ul one too.What abou t'ta few more ideas hoys?Thanks for your letter Les. and Ihope we'll see a lot more of youin the future.

A welcome newcomer to my listof correspondents is Jim Hocking,making his first contact with theAssociation since Timor. Jim isin the butchering game at Berna-derry, and says he has met BobSmith and Blue Beresford in No wr athus learning of our existence.have passed your forms on to·D.F.O., Jim, and will write to youas soon as possible.

A very newsy letter from Col.Knight in Lismore, giving details ofa recent visit to Brisbane. Colstayed with Col Cubis at Ascot andmet Athol McQueen, ROn 1I0st,Arthur Lilley and Bob Field on An-zac Day. They didn't make themarch, but Fuzz Winter and HarryHaridicot represented the companythere. Col also met Bulla Tate inBrisbane. Bulla goin g north for thecane cutting season. Blue Taylorand Russ Blanch still in Lismorebut unsighted for some time. Colhas been married about twentymonths, but hasn't made any mis-takes yet. Built himself a home,hut sold it again. The Associationfee is ten bob a year, Col., and I'dcertainly appreciate a bit of collectin g by you up there.

Ron Orr and his charming wife,were visitors to the big smoke in

Ap r il and kindly treated your sec-retary to a very nice dinner at theCarlton. Ron is training C.M.F.recruits in the Grafton area in hisspare me and says it's a most ex-aspe rat task. One of the in-stru ctor, 'old Ron about a mostremarkable Bren gunner he'd metup with. He said this gunner wasthe only man he'd ever seen whocould put a magazine on a Br enand open the ejection opening cov-er in one movement. Ilis name,as if you couldn't guess, was CecilCharles Anderson.

In the Ilatch COlumn this time,we have a son to Norman Parkerin March; a daughter to Alan Lubyon the 20th June and I understandBob Field has done it again. Con-gr atu.ations to these three stal-warts and their respective spouses,but I'd better warn you, Bob, tostick to the coastline in your trav-els and don't go out West; they'vegot Myxomatosis out there and it'spretty fatal.

That unlucky man, Jack Sipple,has had 'another long sojourn inhospital with the leg injuries herecieved in an accident early lastyear. Jack was at the Jervis BayConvalescent Horne for a long timehut had' to return to -hos pit al forfurther operations, and is now con-fined to' his. bed at home for anindefinite period-378 South Ter-race, Bankstown, is the address foranyone able to visit him.

Frank O'Neill is still writingstories about blind snooker cham-pions, Shakespearian actors, etc.,for the Sunday Telegraph.

Jimmy Ward has given awaydriving corpse carriages, went toMelbou rne for a while, bu t foundit too cold and returned to sunnySydney to try his luck in the hirecar game; Micky Manix is now withthe County Council; Tom Martin isstill hein g paid a salary by the Reg-istrar General; Bernie Weir mak-ing a pile with his poultry farm,and Alan Luby is still with theCampsie Ambulance Station. Alanexpected to transfer to a betterlob at Geelong, but fortunately forthe N.S.W. Branch the job fellthrough and our President is stillwith us.

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As for me, I'm no longer work-ing in the city, but to use Curly()'Neill's description, I'm a bloatedcapitalist with a truck and stonequarry. The truth is I'm ekingout an existence selling buildingstone while trying to build myselfa stone house of abou t sixteensquares; five years hard labor, minetinkit.

REMINDERS

August Meeting:

A general me~ting has been ar-ranged for the 24th August, at theGallipoli Legion, 12-14 Loftus-st.,at 7.30 p.rn. The main business(it the meeting will be to decide onhow best to use the surplus moneyfur the J. S. O'Brien Memorial Ap-peal. There will be grog available,so roll up chaps and let's put a bit(If life back into the old AssOCiation

Notices have been sent out bythe Social S~cretary in regard to a

picnic we are having on Sunday,th e 5 t h August. The R V. is Liver-puol Station Jletween 10 and 10.30a.rn., where transport will be wait-ing to take you to the Wool washat Campbellto\\'n, or if the weatheris uncertain to HollyWOOd Parkwhere there is plenty 01 sh el ie r.There will be plenty of beer, softdrinks and fruit provided, but bringenough foodstutTs for lunch and teafor your family and as many

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friends as you wish. We'cl ap-preciate it if you would ring frankO'Neill at JB 3673 to say you arecoming. In case of lousy weatherring frank to see if there is a post-ponement. COMRADESHIP

,. My humhle apologies, fellows for. . such a long' delay between bulletins

SubscrIptions: -of necessity such a hap pen in gJust it reminder to unlinancialoccurred. The Editor w as over-

members that subs for 1951 art! run Wit-~l. commitments jar andnow due, and" as we will have to vide. 1111S IS a li t tte plu~ on mymeet Our fair share of the Cou r- ow n he half , the above heading will,ler's expenses, we would be f;lad! hope, take shape In the succe ed-to receive your ten bobs. ' .ng paragraphs.

=======::!!~~_~, This word 'comradeship' is prov-ing with the 1939--15 boys as itjid with the 'Bow and Arrow' boys

_ :0 h.e one that takes shape quiteWe have now closed the ajlpeal t few years after the cessation of

and 1'm happy to report that it was I world war. The reconstructionoversubscribed hy £68/4/4. The nerio.! is of necessity a long one;cost of the memorial was £79/6/8 nen have to find in many cases aso the r equ ired sum was nearly lew niche in life, have to shoulderdoubled, which is it fine indication 'esponsihilities of a home with tinyat the esteem in which our dear uout hs to feed and generally re-old BOsun was held hy all hands. l:Jbiiitate themselves to civilian lifeWe tender Our grateful thanks to ·:ain. The p ruof of this is in theall who contributed to this wor thv in rious re-unions this year where,cause,. and in particular we thank. d- most cases, record attendancesthe Victorian and Westralian me m- of ere reported. The l-oys are find-hers who donated the generous th .: time now til pay a little moresUl11sof £22/5/- and £48/14/6 re-Ik- en t ion to tilt' unit (If ye ste r ye ar sspechvely. m- seek that very core which g:Jv~

in- 'Ill iu sp iral iun and the wi'l toWen, boys, this about ties it up to' ry on-C()\IHADESHIP.

far t h is issue , trust you all app rov- ce ,'ur Own little show here i'n Vic.0/ the new Couner; don't forgel id ria is going' t() carry the spirit oft re next meeting. s- I' text righ t into ils midst by in-

-John liartley, Bero wr.r. 1- .(inl:( our I'als of the 2/1 IIHle-,.encient Company to come in with' .. S and share our pleasures be they-ve r so brief. A goodly crowd of.hem were at our re-union and :11'-ur oach ed our President on thisscor e , he thou uh t the matter a'h am p ion one and immediately thede a was born il was adopted. Theyue very few, these hays. and mostlave an adven t ur e above the or-iinary locked in their memories.!Ve welcome you, 2/1, to io in usn our hours of COMRADESHIP toIe accepted as one of us in ~II ourlaings. No invitation is needecl-his is your show as much as ours.'m sure old pals throughout Aus-r al ia will be pleased to know thatiu r original unit deems it fit tooin its young brother unit and soince again live the hours of COM-{ADESHIP they once shared with-als beyond the vale ..

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O'BRIEN MEMORIAL APPEAL

They were talking in the clubabou t marriage.

"Yours was a leap-year marri-<ll(e, wasn't it, Warner?" asked thcfirst man, after a long pause.

"It was," replied Warner sadly,and everybocly laughed, while War-ner went On to relate what hacl hapr-ened.

"My wife saicl, 'Will you marryme? Have you any objections?'So you see, no matter what I saidshe had me."

"Why didn't you keep silent,then?" asked a youth brightly.

"I did," declared the much mar-ried man. "But she said, 'Silencegives Consent'."

I

The mistress had given the nursery-maid notice to leave. "So I'ma flirt, am i''' said the nurse.

"You are-and more!" anSweredher mistress.'

"Well," replied the girl, 'II justthink you are jealous because Iam better looking than you are--your hdsband told me so! Andwhat is more, I can kiss better thanyou. Like to know who told methat? "

"Don't you clare suggest it wasmy husbancl," stormed the mistress

"I'm not suggesting anything,"laughed the maid. "But if youwant to know, it was your dentist"

\Vapourings

We welcome you, 2/1, to theranks of old friends and hope thatin the years to come many a hap pynight 01' day will be yours in ourp eriods devoted to COiYIRADE-SII[P.

GENERAL MEETING

Ere 1 proceed with the gleaningsof topical news, I must draw at ten-t io n to t lie need of a General ;yled-

inl!: of the 2/2 Commando Associa-tion (Victorian Branch) to ciis-cuss and pu t into op er at ion quite a~ew matters ,appertaining to thegeneral welfare of the afores:lid as-sociation. Not ice of this meetingwill he forwardeli in d ue course.Please at ten d en masse as thismetn s :1 lot to the Iu t u re of the as-sociation.

AUSTRALIA WIDE

CO-OPERATION

A Inng cherished d r e.ur; ['y m rnyof us has not yet eventuated-lhal()I the '2/2 Co mman.to As social innhavim; all active Stat es wo r k in u inunison to further 1ims as I•ud downby a constitution eruborlying allStates. We could hecome a verylive organisation throughout Aus-tralia, qu ite on a par with anythingof its kind.' With delegates meet-ing in conference ~t specified timesto discuss progress and armed withfurther constructive ideas fromeach State to smooth out into anoperative plan for success ant! dev-elopment.

Sounds quite ambitious, I know,but it can become a reality and 11,"a positive move in helping our OWl'

indigenl personnel over the sty lc,or in some way playing an un selfi sl:part to the benefit of the commun-ity at large.

Worth some thought, inter stat-ers?

What about some criticism, sev-ere Or otherwise, on this dream yetto be realised.

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~ Y''''rht~ tn vt:Q: ORlAN VOCAL VENTURFSo ~ =i?e te rs from many peopl,'-::>: --1 gOI}I~o see it, lads. George Veildl~; .._..;j..(-S nbury with a donation for~) C_U1"?,> Irovident fund and good ne .vs

cyf::jhf market gardening and pI u l-() _---icy... George has had a trying t.n.e ,

but is on the right road BI'W.Smash Hodgson again to the forewith a bundle of news r e the bu sh

»:: i);te menace. He had a busy tme;::'r.~ '£11l'( all is O. K. now with his plott-: -s; -';Pf R19d. Typical is this par agr a 11:,0:; :,-' (J~ln~ the midst of this fiery aCl")11

and chain reaction did come a v . t"ye tlicie nf detective and, my sta '5,he has dampened more fir es audfire lighting enthusiasm than e\ eryou did see. Ilis tally is t h ree c n l-p r its so far. an(1' only the edge onhis appetite yet. It's got that \\ aywe are all furtive of lighting asmok e.'

Thanks for the donation for heProvident Fuud. Smash, you Ireway out in front as far as ~OOdlll'SSgoes. Good luck, Smasho, we allhoI''' 10 see you soon.

Ken Monk writes and he. hu- ar un of (luts-his "1ll'Htl(.I~e'" 'fI-e rs" as Srn asn calle.I the cow. :,;enot so, said Ken, nar dly c:,l('lq~hwater to live. let'alune lift a mort-gage. Things at the time of \\ r it-in g would be in reverse as therehas been plenty of rain. You hada time ali right, Ken, what withfires and cows. Grand to see youat the Anzac Day show.

A script from Baldy, and he isa ball of muscle.. Regrets vcrymuchly his inability to attend theAnzac Re-union; his little Ar m v atthe college keeps him at hay.Thanks for the Provident donationBaldy, it is a grand gestu reoThought you would like Smash Ihis letter re the fires. Baldy se: ,J:;his best, Smash, and says you rewelcome at any time you stroll n,with or without boots! I! Rolf- isle adin c ~ geritle r life, he ex pla nsit ade quat ely. A nudge is more 111my line It)W than the old head 111

collison style. Afraid we are tilgetting that way.

Baldy's P.S. read: "During i1Cholidays I saw a joker in a flau vclshirt and bowyangs: 1-" Good I,.-k

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Baldy, \\ e all hope to see you onelday when that Heau 1S not looking.

Correspondence from BlueyBone at Carlisle River, enclosing adonation to the unit. Thanks,Blue, good to hear Ir om you andcon gr ats. on that footballer son ofye ar s, Kevin Curran is quaking al-ready. Sorry you could not makethe Anzac March. Tom Coyle alsowrites with news of a new bornbabe which he has been busy re-suscitating. He almost drowned itwith a head wetting campaign atT:\rralgcn with Cam Rod-whatabout a line or two, Cam, old ch apHarry Bickerton, Blue Seq(eant andTed Mulcahy. Cam Rodd is re-puted to have a p ar excellent gr(l~.supply. What about an invitation,Cam?

Alf Gr achan wrote 10 say the in-jury list had caught up with himin the form of a dislocated should-er. Happy thoughts of a chap Iknew with a "dickk" shoulde rt r

The Anzac March and Reuniunwas a wh iz zer, well over 50 attend-ed. Grand 10 see old friends of2/4 who, of course, have he en withUS since 'the inception. Mac Walk-er, Charlie Murphy and Boh Fl em-ming-fhey were very welcome in-dee.l. It was a grand su r p r u.e to I

see Ine hoys uf 2/1 in attenlLince-wl,'at a great kick we got, andhow welcome they were is now his-tory. llope it is only a forerun-ner of many happy Anzac Days.Those p resen t were Vi n (Do c.)Bristow, Bob Burns, John Murphy,Le s Dowsley, Des Williams, JackMackie, V. Wells, Dick Ellam, H.Roberts, R. Webster, D. McLeanand L. Courtin. Bert Callinan, ourPr esident, was absolutely aglowwith enthusiasm and kept thingsmoving from start tc fi,,;," liegave the few toasts simply and fer-vently and generally was r espon-sil'le for the es pr it-de-cor p so ap-p ar eni among 2/1, 2./2 and 2/4.

.\lust pay wa rm t rihu t c tn allwl.o contributed to the nigl'~ suc-cess, particularly Bed Tobin, towhom this association owes a deepdebt of !!;ralitude. All the commit-tee did a noble job on the nightand helped make the night a greatsuccess. Arch Campbell.

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father-in-taw and two other relat-ives, ,e fishing at the mouth ofthe fl. ch ison River when a huge

rf:-... wave ," !Ight them and swept themI off the rocks into the sea. Reg

mana '." to escape as did one ofthe c er s, but unfortunately Reg'sbroth" and father-in-law and oneother vere drowned. Reg toldme 01 ~<:... great work done afterthe trag!:., by Bill Drage and Brussfagg, wh 'Ished to the scene asSOon as'<.'_ heard what had hap-pened and •e nder ed yeoman ser-vice. Reg wishes me 10 thankBill and Bruss for their e florts. TheAssociation most sincerely co nqple sw it h Reg in his sad loss and hopesthat time' will erase the poignantme mories.

DI)Il Turton is Once again aproud parent. This time a daugh-ter \\ h ich make, it two girls and abuy. Congrats. Don, from the).:ang.

Stan Sadler called in to see methe o t her day looking quite pros-pe ro us Says the season at Won-gans at present is a hit wet, b utfeed ll1r stock is excellent. Stanhas IH,t seen any of Ihe gang 1'10-ceutl , except Wendel Wilkie wlu.he rc purts as being in Ihe pink. '

Roy Watson was one of the gangIrom Collie who came to town tosee t he Ioo tba!l. Roy is coachingRnilways at Collie this year and sayshe is still managing to gel a kickor I \YO in most games.

Don lIudson also came downfrom Collie. Don never seems toalter. Doesn't look a day older ora pound heavier.Noticed "Johnno " Johnson about

lown. He was looking very fit andreports that he is doing alright atK()orda.

Tom Crouch called in on" hisway to Narrogin to pick up a car.Says the season at Manjimup is ex-cellent this year and he has hopesof a bumper year.

Gerry McKenzie writes to saythat his wife is still infanticipating.Gerry has applied to rejoin theArmy and is awaiting his call-up atany old tick of the clock.

One of the lads who has been inthe wilds since his return from theB.C.O.f. in Japan is "Pigeon"Pierce. "Pigeon" is now with theMain Roads Board at Tambelltip.

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Bill llowell is conducting a ce-ment brick factory with his bro-ther, at Mandurah, and reportsgood business. Bill looks extra fitand I can never remember him looking het te r even in our palmy daysat Adelaide.

Had a letter from Alf Hillman tosay that things were O.K. with himat Br oo meh ill. Says he hasn'tSigh ted any of the lads for an ageexcept Alf Blu ndy who was at theAnnual Diggers' Day at the localgolf course.

As stated earlier Ron Kirkwoodhas hee n transferred in the Com-mon we al th Bank to Kalgoorlie.Ron is a big loss to the Associa-tion and we much regret losinghis services on the Ex ecu tive ofthe Association.

News to hand thai Ray Parry is!lOW a Corporal in the 3 rd Battalionin Korea and that Jack StafTord isa Sergeant. Ray and .Jack are still'O.K. and eagerly awailing the out-'''me of the cease fire talks.

_rbie Thomas is one who wasseen in town during the hig foot-ball and looks as of yore. Bushlife apparently agrees .wil h l le r bie.

Peter Mantle has retu rne d fromIndia and is on his' way to Can-berra to take up his duties with theBureau of Infor mation. Pelerseems to have weathered the trialsand .tribulations of the Indian so-journ and looks in remarkably goodform.

REMINDERS -

The ever green subject of sub-scriptions and prompt· payment100l11s up again. The treasurer hasonce again asked me to jog yourmemories about subscriptions.

* *The meeting on 7th August looks

like being a boomer. With Jerry'Dolan in the saddle we are all setfor a great evening, so boys, doyour best by us and roll alon g.

~. * * *A further reminder to send in

any particulars of creadoes andhelpers in Timor with their placeof origin if ptssible.