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LISTENING The Official Organ of the Returned Servicemen's League

(W.A. Branch)

Re,rtsteored at the G.P .O. t'c r ttl for t r a nsmission bY P<>st •• a news paper.

March, 1965

New State President Chose'tt Unanimously At a special meeting of the State Execu­

tive on March 3 ·Mr. Percy Pearson was elected unanimously to the office of State President.

The meeting had been called to appoint a suc­cessor to Mr W. S. Lon­nie--whose resign·ation after nea r ly 11 'years in office had been accepted with regret at the prev­ious executi':'e' meeting. The office of vice-presi­

dent relinquished by Mr Pearspn was filled byHthe election of Dr Alan Kmg. The other vlceieresident

is Mr R. J. toddart. who for many ears has .been chairman of the League's hous ing com­mittee.

SENIOR 'DEPUTY Mr Stoddart becomes

senior vice-president. --- Occupying the chair for

the . occasion was ·Mr Lonnle, the Immediate­past-president.

and is cha irma n of the War Veie rans' Home Board. He is a member, and

former p residen t, of the Hig hgate sub·b•·a nch. He is also a council

member of Kingswood U)livers ity College and a councill9 r and trustee of Me thodist Ladies' Col­lege, Cl;t!'emont. During the war he serv­

ed with the 1st Aus tra ­lian Armoured Division and the RoyaJ Austra­lian E ngi neers.

He is marr ied and has three children. Dr King, \ who at the

time of his elevation to th_..l!::: vice-presidency was in Canberra rept·esenting the West Australian

branch of t he L eague a t a mee ting of the Nation­al li:xecutive, is senior medica l officer in the De· pa rtment of Social Se r­vices ·in this Sta te. llis ser vice on the S tate

E xecut ive in r ecent years was broken temporarily by a two-yea r tou r-of­duty in Canberra as Com monwealth Director of T uberculosis Control.

Dr King is married, with s ix children. Dr King 's place on the

execut ive will be taken by :vi r Tom Mann. This is in accordance with -the constitut ional provi­sion by W.4ich vacanc ies a•·e filled by the ca lling­up of s upernumeraries. as needed, on a bas is of the voting at Congress. Mr Ma nn has served

previous ly on the execu­tive- in 1962-63.

(Trlbutes-Pal:'e 3)

Vol. 43-Ho. rl

His resignation, In his 11th year of office, fol­lowed his r ecent appoint­·ment to a senior post in the State Public Service -that of Under-Secretary to the Prem ier's Depart­ment.

The New President Sets His Course

R.S.L. State President P. Pearson

Mr Lonnie had served fbr nine }'ears on the State E xecutive before assuming the presidency. M the last Congress he was reported to have

made over 1,100 visits to ' sub-branches as State

1 President, and he is probably more widely known personally thrdughout the State t,han anyone else. · Mr Pearson.., a second­

war man like his prede­cessor, has been a mem­

. ber bf the State Execu-tl-.:e since. April, 1~58.

"This is a proud moment for me," State­President Pearson told State Executive mem­bers following his election to office. - "The posit ion you have /•Wh ile mine was a hu~ble placed me in is one w hich role in the war-effort. a few years ago \I never "I set out to serve you, enterta ined a · thought of and the League. in the occupying," he went on. h timble hope that W'!'r can "I realise full well the wor k together for t he

l.. . . • good -pfl the cause and resli'~nsJbillty _laid on the oft individual ex-service president · of this organ1- people tht;oughout this sation, and am mindful g reat State . that In accepting office "I 'would reiterate what I a ccept the trust of a tremenci4lus .lob Mr grea t m~y people-- Lonnie has <lone to es tab­many of them with dis- lish t he L eague's Image tlng uished war careers. thr01,.1g hout the State."

wercomlng the ~ppoint­ment of Dr Alan ,King as the new vice-president Mr f"earson sahl he felt sure of a happy associa­tion with his two depu­t ies. "They can expect to bP

called up'on fairly often," he said.

After pra ising the lOyal. ty of the Anzac House staff Mr .Pea rson con­cluded, by saying he hop­ed he would be able to ser ve the League ade­qua tely.·

Service At Leederville

Commencing on April 25 the WJ!s t Leederville­Wembley-Fioreat Park s up-branch w ill ·-conduct Its annual Anzac Day set"Vice at 8 a .m .--at the Leederville Town Hall memorial. _ Wreaths ·may be laid at

this service. In the p_ast the service

has bee11 held in the afternoon.

I " The •plrlt of Anz~ keep aUve; · uphold the Lealiae 6 '85.

Poge 2 THE LISTENING POST Mercft, 1965

Th~· ~piril of -\nzat' krep aliH'. upholfl tlw l .c;;~uc in·(,~

DOOR-KNOCK MESSAGES ·China's Asian Policy-~nd Us Following is the final portion of .an address /icy/ Is, and should be,

mven at A nZac House Sydney last Novem- directed todhelplng both From the R.S.L National President "The door·knock appeal the line to all R.S.L. sub·

conducted by the Re· branch~s. For my part turned . Servicemen's this result makes me League throughout Aus· even prouder to be ~ a tralla and New Guinea member of the R.S.L." ·. had now exceeded £803, Mr Lee said he wished 000," R.S.L. Natlon~re· to convev his own per­sident A. J. Lee aid sonal thanks lo all State

... . ' ' A 1. Britain an America to her-under the ausprces of the ustra l!Jn to stay In the reg.ibn Ins titute of P olitical Science-by Mr. T: B. complementing ancf as: Milfan. slstlng their defence ef. . tort With our own·.

(The lecture was based on a chapter of a book on Australian defence to be, published th is year).

early In March. branches and members T.l;lere is a Chinese pro· of the League fo r the verb which states that a

He said the .following wonderful co-operation journey of 1.000 miles telegram had been re· that had made th,e ap- twgins with a single step. ceived from the chair· J.leal such an outstanding China has taken a num­man of the appeal. Mr success. 1 bt•r of significant steps W. Kllpatrlck: "I am sure we are all Lhese JJast few yea rs:

"£2,000,000 for the delighted to know that steps across its borders, Churchill Memorial the League·~ name has s teps to s timulate corn· Trust will be achieved been so Intimately con- m unis t Insurrection, this week. The grt'atest nPcted with this great steps to produce atomic single factor in this obj<'ctive." said Mr Let•. weapons, s teps to rebuild unique result was the "The organisers of the in the Image of Mao's loyal and enPrget ir sup- R.S.L. door-knock ha,·e Marxism not only a na. port of <he R.S.L. not onlv obtain.Pd the co- tion but international throughout Aus tralia operation of League society. and New Guinea . members but also receiv- We cannot tell how far ''Will you kindly accept ed SJ.llendid assistance these steps will take

and convey to all State from manv other service China or the world, or and Tenltorial prl'si- grou ps in · the commun· how long the quarter of dents my deep ap{lrecia· ity In every sense. It the earth's population tlon of their milJV1lficPnt I was a united national ef. that lives In China will support and pass it dowri fort." · be content broadly to re·

From MrJ Charles A. Merry, F.C.A. Here is a copy ot a let- ers who spent so m uch

ter to Anzac Hous<> effot1 on the Appeal will from · Mr ChariPs H. fpel rewarded by th~ re. Merry, F .C.A.: suit. ~

main there. But l)owever disturbing

the plc-t .. ure, Armageddon Is not Inevitable. We do not know · what a new generat ion of Chinese leaders will bring, but we have seen .In reeent

years two developments elsewhere which should give us some ho~ In re­gard to China. On the one hand the

Soviet. Union is turninl} away somewhat from re­volution and Its people demanding peace and prosperity. On the other, in Japan

productivity has expand­ed faster than popula· tion. Yet the examples of

Russia and Japan sug. gest also that lt may be some years before these things happen In China, and the vecy size of the Chinese population . de­creases the likelihood of their happening '!jOon. The United States .and

Britain still stand be­tween us and China. The United States has corn· mltted ltselt to aiding us if necessary against In· donesla, and our diplom-

Yet these ·are at best negative m·e:asures, es· senttal though they are.

We must also work to more positive ends: edu· eating many more Aus· tra11ans Into a greater understanding of Chi· nese languages, litera· ture, s~lety and politics; expanding personal con· tacts ; attempting mod· estly but hopefully, where we can, to encou. rage individual Ch in€'se w break out of their Ideological prison and see the · world at it Is. and to encourage the Chinese Government to ease !tselt, without too much kicking and splashing, Into the main · stream of International relations. These things, and more,

we should do, and not leave the other thlng.s undone. For frlghterilng as

China may be, enormous and expanding as lt Is, we cannot Ignore it; we cannot evade .lt.

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"Des.pite all the dlfficul· "Plea~ convey to your ties lt appears that w ... committee and members shall .finish the appea the thanks and apprecla· with a mighty satisfac- tion ot a ll connected with .tory figu re. and· I must the adminis tration or· the thank you and your qr. app ... a l in this State. ganisation for _the _ma ior " I should like particu­part they pia) ed m the larly to mention Bill

Ballot For Home~Site l.n Karrinyu·p Area

Draw .For Games

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operation. Wphb and ' Jack Valti "Without tht> R.S.L. who worked so hard fo;

:vtemorial Driw. the total many months pt·ior to collert'ed would undoubt- Churrhill Sunday and In· edly have been far less deed are St11J greatly oc­and I hope your many cu pled with appeal inat· members and thei r hPip- 1 ters."

·Gallipoli Veterans Sough-t The Northam sub-branch Is anxious to coT),tact

all ex-servicemen who served In the ,1.915 Gallfpoli campaign and are now living ·In the Northam dls· trict. .

It Is Intended to accord them a place ot honour in the Anzac Da-y parade and servtce on April 25, the 50th anniversary of' the landing.

. l Transport will be provlded tor veterans n~ing

it. ' Would any In the above category please contact

. president Rod Steele, secretary Johri Robe1!\:s or any other member. ·.,_ ·

Visited ·the Anzac CJub_ Lately?

The S tate Hous ing Commission is inviting a pplicati9ns-from eligible ex-servicemen only-for the allocatio~of Lot 77, Edmondson­s treet, Karrinyup.

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The State Housing Corn· The successful applicant mission Is inviting · ap· will be req.uired to lodge plications- from eligible a formal application for ex-servicemen only-.for assistance under the pro the allocation of Lot 77, visions · of the War Ser­Edmondson·street, Kar· vice. Homes Act within rlnyup. --~. one week o! the result..a! As t hts land 1s to be the · ballot being made

made available l;lt a cos~ known, and must submit substantlal}Y. below value. plans and specifications 1fs allocat1on will be t9 the commission within rpcide the sub.lect of a tnree ·months from . the t>allot to be held on date of t \;le ballot result April 1, 1965, a nd all an(:!' commence bJiilding applications mus t be operations Wlthln six lodged Cby registered moh~s from that date. postl. with the State Th It 1 h b 1 Housing Commlss~, e resu 0 t e a Jot Plaln·str.eet East Pe will be published In the by 5 p.m. on Marcp 9. ' "Sunday Times" on The envelope Is 1 to 'be' April. 4, and "The West

elearlv marked "~Qt." Au.strillian'' on AprU 5.

After an absence ot sev. eral years Claremont has nominated tor the 1965 ·• Archblshop RHey . Mem­orial ShJeld competttlon, whJch conunenoes 'ln a tew weeks. Fremantle Districts

has .}VIthdrawn through lack of shooting facili· ties. The first round to be ~ncluded by April 15, comprjses the following fixtures (home teams first).: · -wembley·West Leedervllle v 'Gloucester Park-:- Mt. Hawthorn v Claremont; Swanbourne v Necllands; Nollamara v Darling Range; Flof'eat· City Beach v Clt:r elf Perth1 •· The f ull. draw wlll ap. pe~n the AprU "Listen· lng Post." All mat~hes are to comme.nce at 8 p.m.

Mardl, 1965 THE LISTINING POST

· T~E LISTENING POST Tributes To Mr. "BID Lonnie wiU be remembered

1. as the

man who accomplishd most in his period of office; that is where his value to the League lies;"

MARCH, -1965 The Price of Liberty iB Eternal Yigilance.

Mr. Hugh Leslle said this during a round of tributes to the retired leader following the State Executive meeting on March 3.

Proceeding, he said .!Jlat m embers could to-

CHURCHJLL APPEAL SUCCESS ~zrratsr;:t:a~~e P~~se d~1 BY THEIR generou~response to the Sir Win·

s t on Churchill Memori;l"frust appeal A1,1strallans have Indicated emphatically the esteem in which they held a man described as "the great~t statesman of the cent.ury."

THEY have Indicated the!r desire to immortal· ise his memory and his services to the free world.

THE APPEAL was an outstanding success, the original target of £1,000,000 having been more than doubled. As this issue went to press the to ta l in hand stood at well over £2,000,000.

WEST AUSTRAUANS, by subscribing more than £115,000, have given practical expression t o their admiration for a· man universally ac­knowledged to hav&o done !llOre than any other m a n of our time to uphold the free and demo· cra tic way of Ufe.

·' OF THE W.A. contribution the R.S4L . door­

knock appeal has passed £38,500, and the Stilt~ Executive tqkes this oppohunity of thanking the ma ny theusands o! Individuals th(oughout the State who worked so energetically to ensure a successful conclus ion of tl}s.-appeal.

THE INCOME from the fund will provide tor a system of memorial scholarships to perpetuate the honoured memory of the grand old man, and because of the generous giving the number of scholarships will be substantially increased.

In g. In the immediate pos t­

war years the League had been immersed In the problems of rehabili­tation. Then had come a period in which re­establishment had been largely achieved.

Mr. Lonnie had happen­ed to step into the breach at a ' time ·when the League could have fal­len do..v,n through in­ertia. His vision In seeing

what was needed to keep people interested had put the League where it was today. Among other tributes

were the following: Mr. PEARSON (State President l : He has been Immense; I have a lot to learn from him before I s hall feel ~ecure in this position. Mr . HOLLA~D: I have u·avelled fat· and wide with Bill. HP went round the State on a Christian· name IE'vel. There Is only one thing against him-he gets up with the roostet·s. :'vfr. MESSENGER: As a cou ntr.v rl'presentati\'e I would like to pa-ss on the thanks of countrv mPm· fJ<'rs to both Bill a nd Mrs. Lonni~ Shl' has don!' a ma r\'ellous io'b at his WINSTON CHURCHILL Travelling Scholar- side a lot of the time.

ships w ill enable men and women in all pa r ts of :\lr. BUCKLE: 1 fully en­the Commonwealth t o further t heir education at I dorse everyt~ing s~id h ome or abroad. Successful applicants will be here. It wa~ B11l who_ m.

solred me m the ftrst se lected f<lr-qualltles of character, Intellect and I place. responsible leaders hip, in addition · to specific !\-fr. BADGER: We have s~ills or a·cademic qualifications. The award ~er-1 ha_d ~n outs!an?lng State toa will vary according to the amount .of ume Pt estd~nt. Hts dlalr-. ma r.shtp beggars descn p. r equ1red. tlon; his memory for

f11ces and names Is amaz. THE AWARDS . will be open to anyone whose in g. . :.. ~

contribution to the · community, and . to his (or. Dr. HAfNRAH~N: I am · 1 1 uld be Ilk 1 b s \ag&red by hts energy. h er) callmg or occupat on, wo . · e Y to . e his vitality and what he

Inc reased by personal study or travel abroad. has accomplished. He

ORIGINALLY it was intended to control thf .ful\d from London. It has now ~n agreed that all funds raised in Australia should be held and administered in Australia.

knows people all over the State and they know him: As.. for the new president. I .have • every confidence In his capa­city and iuldance.

Mr HOLDER: His kind· nesses have gpne with hlm throughout the State. .Mr WHITE: It Is nice

to think Mrs Lonnie Is likely to be seeing more of her husband In future. Mr STODDART: I came on to the executive In 1946- at the same time as am- and would like to say how much I have appreciated his friend· ship. He has been an In­spiration to all of us. Miss WHITE: In Mr Lon. nie we have seen the true spirit of de\lication to the League and all it stands for. Mr BARON-HAY: If one thing has ensured his success it is an honest day's wot·k. Jie has a capacity to bP marvelled at for thinking things out. Amid all the tur moil he Is able to fix h is mind on the ultima te goal and to enable others to think in the 'same d ir· ection . He is always on the a lert for something the League can do. and like all leaders can gpt a team behind him. He is not content to push from behind. Thanking members for

their comments Mr Lon­le . said he had been de~ply touched, but felt there might have been a tPndenry to exaggerate. His 19 ·years on t he ex.

f!Culive had been a labour bf love and had built up a r ich s tore of memories.

He felt tha t if the Lea­gue had done nothing ot her than to have made i t ~ mark on dE'fence its efforts had been 1 worth· while. It was of.note that the League's National Defencf' Commi ttee had had ifs gPnesis In the de· liberations of the W.A. State Congress. Over t he years 12 out

of 14 of the Leag ue's ma· jor s ubmissions had be· come part and parcel of national p~licv.

Service pensl11ners had been accepted · for r epa t­rlat~on · treat.ment wlie­ther their disabilities were wat .caused or not. and nearly 29.000 pen· stoners had come In for f ree medical treatment and other . benefita.

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Lonnie First·war nurses h ad

been accepted for treat· ment at Hollywood. Achievements In the

State sphere had Includ­ed the completion of the State War Memorial. In· volving/ an expenditure of £30,000. There had been the dis­

posal of s urplus land 0 1'\ . .' the Anzac House site and the modernisation of League headquarters · at a cost of £66,000, which had all been fully _paid off. . Another g reat achieve·

ment had b!'en the estab­lishment at Mt. Lawley of th.e War Veterans ' Home. which he believed was the fines t veterans' home In the world. The £38.000 Darby and Joan project at the home was now near ing com pletion. The Miss Crowning

Glory competition- now _. in its seven! h year - had so far raised over £32.000 which had ,been shar~d with Legacy. The re.erection at Al­

bany of the Desert Mounted Corps Memor· ial from Port Said had recent ly been brought to a most s urrPssful con­clusion. Oth!'r t hing5 to he

nroud of W I'I'E' Operation Stancl·in. thP La ying·up of Colours a t th<> St11 te War Memorial and t he rPque~t for tllP fl~·ing of flags on publir buildings throughout tlw State. Not least was the finan­

cial stabil ity of the Lea_gue. with · nssets vaJ. upd a t £500.000. Cont inuing, :'VIr .. Lonnie

said that while rPtrospec· tive thi nking might leave a glm1 thf' rhalll'nge lay with the futurf'. Membershi p would have

a great role to pla y and the need for a sustai ned mem~Prshlp·drive was PVPr pt·Psl'nt . Without mf'mbprshlp there was nothing. Congratulat ing Mr.

Pearson Bn his elevation to the State Presidencv Mr. Lonnlt? said: "You t:e.Pr PsPnt some 17.000 fpJiowo.; in this State­Pt'rha ns 70.()()() people in a ll- whene\·er you make 11 pronou·nrPmPnt.'l In conclusion he said he

would rem!'mbl'r that for ten years hi' had been privileged to command t he League in \Vestern Australia t~nd would con­tinue to fo llow it s pro· gress w~ interest and Its successes with satis­faction. '

, ... 4 THE LISTEI'fiNG POST . Marm, 1965

VlTAL QUESTION: The 1965 Membership Drive was the quest'io~ at issue before this gathering .at Anzac House on Feb­ruary 10 of metropolitan sttb·branch membership representa.tives. Facing the gathering are (from left) the chairman of the State branch membership committee, Mr. H. Holland and Messrs. W . S. Lonnie and P. Pearson.

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Mardl, 1f65 - THE LISTEH.IHG POST

The Future Of New · Guinea New Quarters At Duntroon

·O_f Concern To League .. £~~-~0 has s~~~~e~st~~-e~ building at the Royal

M tt aff t' th t d h f t I d h G Military College, Dun· a ers ee tng e presen an t e u ure pay regar to t e overn- troon, to provide living f P d N G · f 't l • rt ment's position. -

o apua an ew umea are o VI a 1mpo • The overall objective ot accommodation for 99 ance to Australia, and therefore are of great the G:ternment and the cadets.

H I d The new block is expect· concern to the R.S.L. ous , name Y the goo I d b

of the Territory, was the ed to be )PmP ete Y same. October.

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i Write or ~ing "3 1832 : ond we witl post Coto-: logue : We coli by appointment . ' , ...............••......••

Thus a recent state­ment by Territories Min· lster Barnes on· the sub­ject is worthy Qt earnest consideration.

was obviously one of the purposes In the establish­ment of the House of As·

M B id h Id It wil~ contain seP;arate r arnes sa e cou bedr·ooms for the cadets. t••••••••••••••••••••••••

not comment on the par· d r creatl·on ·:. : OLEM J, sembly. - ticular proposal for con· games an e -

· I'OOms, and cater for a

The Minister said that although he had not re­ceived a full report on t~recent debate in the P ua and New Guinea Ho se of Assembly, the re ts he had so far re· cewed did not cause him to fear an Immediate crisis between the Aus· tralian Government and the House of · Assembly, as implied by some Press reports.

In the transitional period pri<Dr to self-gov­ern~t the Australian Government continued to have responsibilities in relation to the Territory.

trol of the' public service planned increase in the 1

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that had been referred to number of ra'dets enter· i. ARMSTR"11G in the House of Assembly · h u.n until he received details lng the college 10 ·t e :. M.P.S. Ph. Ch. f th I d Id future. .

o e proposa an cou The additiJ:ms will en- : Prescription Specialists consider its implications." able the college to ac- •o d N' bt S ,

However, it could be ac· con1modate a total of 389 : ay an . 11 ervJce For Its pallt the Govern· cepted that hoth the Gov- students. : commissioner for Decl~•·•

ment had no fixed posi· ernment and the House :~~~:in~~~~~~~.c{'a~~:t~~- ~~=-tion reganling the opera· of Assembly would look : scrlption• Accurately DU·• ., f t't t' al F Th J h'l e pcnsed .. Complete ranre of: ... on 0 cons I U 10n or at the position in a rea· Or C 0 1 CC : c o•metlcs and Kodak Good .. administrative · arr~nge- sonable light. :corner Bulwer ond Fitz-i ments for the Terntory The reasons ior intro· Celebrations : 9 erold Sts., Perth. · : a!ld would look respon- ducing new public service : PHONE 28 2172 :

M'r Barnes said that as he understood th~ pos i· tion the main point tha t had emerged was that the elected members of the House were concerh· ed to have an effective voice in the Government of the Territroy.

s1bly at any proposals for wage scales las't Septem· At· Canberra =••••••••••••••••••••••••.., change that were . made ber had been stated pub· by the House of Assem· Jicly on many occasions. bly. He was acutely aware of

This was not unexpect· ed: To the contrary it

Mr Barnes., said he felt t~e problems and difficul· sure that just as the Gov- ties involved. ernment was fully ready Nevertheless the ·effects to recognise the position of the Ten·itory 's econ· and views of the elected omic situation, set members of the House ot against its movement to· Assembly, so the mem· wards ' self-determination, bers would be ready to would remain.

Anzac Day j uhilee cele· brations at Canberra are being organised by the League's nation~! head· quarters. To represent it at the

relehrations the W.A. State Executive has nom· inated the following:

Mr. F. Stahl. D.C.M .. "LonP. Pine", Hay River,

Transfer Of Army Flying Training ~:~~rr~r~h 1!~~ro1~~: H ll W• h 1 B' • E d d J. -P. Clark, 2 Vista·

a '

It S ~~ng xt·en e street. South Perth; Mr. ~ ·R. J. Hastings, 80 Dyson-

. I' i t' f l · t • · ll street, South Perth: Mr.

S f d :App teat ons or ~rmy y mg rammlf, ea.- J. c. O'Neill. 3 McPlwr-3 eguar S ed to meet the reqmrements of expans ion m son-street. Mt. Lawley

\ . arm y aviation, c losed recently. and Mrs. A. M. Whettam. The State E xecutive 70 Forrest·strcet, Cottes-

this month ~greed to a At present, the 16th loe: recol'T11'ilendat10n . from Army Light Aircraft the trustees that the Squadron at Amberley, Norseman R.S.L: !'Jail be Queensland, operates made over, conditlOnal_ly, both fixed wing aircraft to thl'. Norseman Shu:e and helicopters. Counc1l. Defence Minister Palt· The conditions are that ridge has announced that

the name of the hall will 17 new helicopte11 are to be retained and that the be acquired by the sub-branch· will continue squadron later this year. to have the same use of Generally, about half of the hall as hitherto. the successful applicants

· h for army flying training Presenting t e rccom· are civilians, the others

mendation MrS. A. Mac-namara said . the sub- being serving personnel branch would be glad to in the army and other

d f h services.· be 1'elieve o t e respon- ftkmy officers· select~ sibility of letting j ' and for flying traJ'ning will maintal.nirta ·the ha .lu

.. " . ' . go to the basic flying-In add1t1on the council trainjng school at Point

was prepared to spend a Cook ' (V-i£torial for '3~ considerable amount .of weeks an~ th(m to Am· money to put it in g~od berley' fOJ a three-month order. · · ~peratiorial conversion There seemed no chance course.

of the sub-branch itself Other applicants will raising the amount Of undergo SIX month's ini· money requ~ed for that tlal of!lcer-ttai~ing be· purpose. fore··going to Pomt Co_ok.

Enrolment Decline

Explained For the month of Febru­

ary Sta~ branch mem­bei·ship'records showed a total cnmlment of ~.302 as against 3,412 for Feb· ruary 1964.

For January and Feb­ruary combined this year's figure was 6,333 and last year's 6,404. Reporting this to the

State Executive-on March 5 the M~mbership Com­mittee chairman. Mr. H . Holland, said . a factor In the decline was the pre­occupation of 'sub·Q.ranch­es with the Chu~hill-ap-peal. · Mr. PE ARSON: A valid

reason, but ~Y~W for mem­bership; we live or perish on ttlis.

Profit Froni The Shop

The R.S.L. Shop made a trading profit of about £2,250 last year, bring· ing the total of profits since its ' take-over by the League late in 1963 to about £2,500. This was reported to

the State E~cutive this month by the chairman of its . controlling body. Mr W. S. Lonnie. The:>hop's board's re­

commendation that £1,500 of the full amoWJt be paid over to -tnii Lea~ue and the balance be re· tained as· a 'Stabilisation reserve was' ratified by ·the executive.

The distributed profits from the undertaking are to be used for War Vet· erans' Home purposes.

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March 27 Is The Date For The Red Cross Appeal

R.S.L. members w ho &ladly particlpa~ed in always . supported the t h e nation-~ide Church ill. appeal doorknock work of the Red Cross. .

have as on e o f t he m put it, been p utting the ir "In ~ace ~s In war;'' ' · · · f · / Sir Wmston once said,

feet up wtth rehe • . "the Red Cross Sociefles It is perhaps not an .ap- contributed to the sav· of the world are un ted

I t . t · g st l ng of thousands ot In a cot:nm~ purpose tor propr ate tme o sug e lives In Western Austra· the rehef of sulferlng, that they take th~lr feet lla alone.· working toge_ t_her where down again for a short 1 period on Saturday, Its vehicles transport grea~ ea amt~tes occur .. March 27, to help the sick ·and disabled people m~ktng no ·dtfference be' Red Cross Society with to medical or other ap· tv:~n. race, nationality, · the door-knock which, potntments; its ·hospital- cl~ or creed. for some years, . has !Se' vis iting and library ser· "They are helping not come routine In the vices bring pleasure to only td relieve pain and fund-raising activities ot mnumerable patients su-ffering, but to bring this organisation. every year; handicapped ·about a better under·

and convalescent child· s tanding between the ren are C~~-red for In Its peoples of the world." There are few to whom

Red ·Cross means more than it does to ex-ser· vice. men and women,· al· though since the cessa· tion of hostilities Red Cross work has tended to embrace every section of the community In need of help. Through Its blood·

transfusion service it has

Further 'Sea cat~ Fittings

Lady Lawley Cottage. · Interest Is brought Into

many lives by Its hand· craft·lnstruct-lon depart· ment, ·and there Is no end to the humanitarian service Red Crpss · gives both at home and abroad. , The late Sir Wins.ton

Churchill was one who

It any member feels he or she could knock on a few more doors on Sat· urday, March 27, he (or she) would,...contact the Red Cross Door-Knock organiser, Mr Davld Jan· ssens, at Red Cross House. The telephone numbet· is 21/ 6118.

Canberra.Man Awarded £3-,ooo Scho-larship

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T he Ser v ices Can teen s Trust F un d posk graduate scholarsh ip for 1965 has be~n award-

Two more wanhlpa of ed to Mr. Do uglas Dunnett, of Canberra. the Ro:val Australian • Navv have been equip· This has been announc· resParch with the Bureau ped ·.with ''seacat" sea- ed by the trustees of the of Mineral Resources In

fund. the A.C.T. · .,. · to-air missiles:

The scholarship, aw~rd· This has involved the A Navy O!fice spokes· cd· ann.ually to a son '01' ma1or portion of each of

·man sa id recently that d'aughter of an ex-ser· the last three years be· the close-range s~lf-de· vice man or woman of ing devoted to: Jteld re· fence anti-aircraft . mls· the world war is for search In the outback of s.lle svstem had been in· post-graduate study over· Northern Australia. !>tai!Pd In the two mod· ern frigates Parramatta seas. . He proposes to under.

!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ aml Yarra. The scholarship. valued take a course of study at £1.000 a year and ten· and reseat·ch at the' lm·

· The svstems h51d been able for a period of three periaf College of Science, ''"""""""""'""""""'""'w"" """"'""""'""""""'""""""""""""""""'l fitted durin2 cUrrent re· years. is one of Hte most London. In geochemls try

j_ 8-uy•'ng or Seii,_·ng 0 property -~.· t its. va1uable and highly anct expforaunn·geology Both ships are due to Qrlzed in Australia. leading to a M.Sc. De·

E y C 8 S f l hold "work-up'' trial s Only one scholarship gree o1· a Ph.D. Degree In l ou an e ure 0 l with the new weapon for pos t-graduate study strudul·al geology an6

...__ l TOP VALUE i next month and . will co.n· overseas . Is awarded by metamorphic petrology. = · i duct tf'st missile firings the trustees each year. Cfrt return to Australia

when you consult ·• -~.: ~~~a fi.l~tless target · al~· Applications came from after completion of his - ver.v highlv.quallfied stu· studies Mr Dunnett pro·

AYERY . SAVA'o' E J. eo. ' l=,,_ In s imilar trials earlier dents ' In aJ great variety poses to take up mineral llll this year the new frigate. of fields of study, and xploratioh and ·survey

l D.erwent scored dl~ect the scholarship was work for eco.nomJc min· (Members Real Estate lnst•h.Jte t - I'll t t J i ts on a remo e·con ro · awarded to Mr. D.unpett er~! Jlelds within Aus-

VALUUS'~ BUSINESS 1BROKl'R~. LAND A,HD i led aircraft. 1rom an in tensely ~om· tralia. ESTATE. AGEN'J:S, A\ICTtONEEAS : The "Seacat" Is a -Brit· ' petltlve field. This Is a mos t important

1121 HAY ST. R E_~T, WE.ST ~ERTH' ,1i isry ~lose-ranie, sea·to-alr_ Mr. Dun nett graduated field of res'earch to Aus­

mtsst1e. with first-class honours tralla at the present A E 2/28th ~t 5 tf P 1 t · It can be fired In t4lpld in Science In 1961 at ~he time and Mr Dunnett's

C. A. very, • n., 0

ropr • or .. i succession 8Jid Is radio· University of' Sydney. studies should be of con· Plione 21-317 5 . ; controlled on to Its tar· Since then he has ~een sldera ble I m porta nee to L ................................................................................. : ......... ;,,.,.,,,,,j ~et. · engaged In geochemlcal' Australia in the future.

Maftfl, 1965

Red Cross This year's Red CroM

nower·arrangemtlnt OODl· petition lU Boans was opened by Lady rew, who gri~ulat4~-1 entrants In the various sectlona on the hlrh &tan· dard ot Utelr work.

·1 · About 300 people were present.

Before lnv1tlng Lady Kendrew to perform the openlni, the president, Mrs. J.ohn Dawson, corn· mented on t he lncreasll)g I!Jterest In the com petl· oon. .

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This year Busselton en· tered the .competition and lt Is expected to see more country towns tak· ing part In future. There was keen corn~

tltion ln a Gentleme~·s Choice section . 1

Mrs. A. J ohnstone gave a short talk- on ten-arl·· urru and made a plea for the formation ot a Gar· den Club in Western Australla. The T . and R. Bank

trophy offered tor the most. outstanding exhibit was won by Mrs. Hum· ph lies. The chairman of the

W.A. dlv1slon of Red Cross, Mr. Henry Cook. thaJ:I}I:ed Mrs. Dawson and her committee for their splendid work. The opening of a new

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:Jam if'! P arlicipalion Is an invitation to members Gnci ·families to sttpport the R.S.L. Shop, whose opera­tion ~ solelu tor the benefit o/ the War Veterans' Home. HDress up" the family 'at the R.S.L. Slwp and you support a worthwhile cause.

THE R.S.L. SHOP. 570 HAY ST., PERTH . Phone 23 4883

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Red Crass branch at Ex· mouth indicated the ex· panslon of the So· ciety In Western Aus­tralia, he said.

• ?"ictllri!Ji· above is t he most o1·ig inal exhibi t , ·'F trst Ntght.," e11tered by M rs H . K . L yon. ~

Defence-~11 Made At Geroldton Reunion ·

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At GeraUiton last month Countrv Vire· ·· President M. WllliSms said the Leag~e. with

the backing of · Its 260,000 members. should pressc<Jetennlne~ly for more action on defence pJ!epa(ed n ess. ·

)Velfare And Relief

'The R.S.L. Wel fare and P.l'llef Comm ittee has harl f<' wer relle! cases to dea l \\' lth recentlv, its c'1a irman. Mr. J. B. White.· reported to the Sta tr . Executive this month. But the committee ha.d

He was responding to a toast to the League at the a'hnual reunion of the, Ger:alpt6ii sub· branch.

Rep lying to a toast t o authorised 88 gra nts visitGrs the-...vlayor, Mr. from the Aged Soldiers' C. S. Eadon·Ciarke. F'und. and had found spoke of the need to in· part·tlme or long·term s~il in the younger gen·. employment for 91 ap.

On behalf of the State President he congratu· Jated the sub-branch for the way In which it waS u pholding the traditid'ns o f the Leag ue.

Mr Williams a lso paid tribute to the work of the retiring ~ate Presi· dent.

Mr . W. H. Sewell, M.L.A., proposed a toast to the sub-branch.

ehltiCVJ the necessity for phcants. hatlona! defence. · ========== Members from as far

away as Mount Magnet. Cann!ngton and North· a mpton attended the re· un,.ion, at which a special welcom e was · extended to Mr. A. T . Bishop, for· merly pos tmaster at Ir· win, who was celebrat· lng · h is 80th birthday, and to Mr. G. Brown, a

former sub-branch pr.esl· dent. who was celebrat· ing his 77th bJrthday. 'Mr. Brown ·said .that at

the first meeting of the sub-branch 4Q years ago the secretary had kept the minutes on .the back of a cigarette packet.L B.J.B. "

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THE LONG STRUGGLE IN VIET-NAM \

By Gerald L. Steibel in the December issue of the American Legion Magt4ine (1st instalment)

In Korea we fought a huge war to contain eommunis~ on Red · China's · north. It was barely over when the French left a vacuum for the reds to fill, if we'd let them, in lndo­ehina to the south. Here, in all its strange de­tail, is the complex history of our first 11 years of meeting in Indochina the challenge we accepted iP..l<.orea-the how and why of our involvement in Vietnam and Laos. In 1964, the United

States had spent about ten years and about 3 billion dollars defending La9s and South Vietnam fro'rn communist aggres­sioil; and by ones, twos and threes Americans in uniform had died and were still dying there. Yet six out of ten people here at home told the Gallup Poll that they didn't know what was go­Ing on there. Of the four who said they did, only one had any opinion on what ought to be done and he was half for get· ting out altogether,- half for getting in further.

STRANG~ LAND It is not surprisin~~: that

so many people are un­sure about their grasp .0f the Vietnam situatiSn. The Indochinese peninsu· la is strange country to most Americans.· Until recent years, IndockinesP world problems were French, not American. worries.

-th~'cease-fire line of. July 54"-dividing it into North Vietnam !.comm·unist, with the seat at Hanoi) and South Vietnam (non-commun­ist, -with the capital at Saigon).

The hottest problem to· day arises from guerilla and political activ-ity in South Vietnam, now a poli.tical arm of · Red China. Broad U.S. policy Is aim.

ed at keeping commun­Ism north of the line in Vietnam, and preventing Laos and Cambodia (as well as Thailand, Burma and Malaya) from fall­ing, lock, stock and bar­Tlti, into the communist orbit.

All the events In the area are actually all of one piece, with respect to bot h free world and co.rn: munist policy, . but they are complex and confus­ing to the man in the street in the \ United States because several different countries, with differen~aders and dif· ferent communist and other opposition factions, are invl'llved.

~e the pre.sent dil· emma evolved we ha-d no background of tradition there. Even the few fam­iliar place names have changed. The entire reg· CHESS GAI\IE ion has no well-known, On top of that, within traditional name. It's just each country old local an­"South-East Asia," a land tagonisms, interests· and mass hanging down from factions are. jockt:ying the south-east corner oL for pos ition in the big

· China. battle bPtween East and It has a fat upper pen· West.

insula Indoc:hina - Before the World War where Viett1aitJ a'ffd the Laos , Vietnam and Cam­other areas of acute pre- bodia had been one sent concern are-located, French colQnial area­and a ~ng, slim lower FrenCh Indochina-for part knoWn as the Malay nearly a century. , · Peninsula. In the World· War file Ouy maps show the divl- Japanese moved · in.

si()J:(s and trace the name ·When they left, after loss changes. Siam Is still on Qf the war in the P acific, the map, but now it's France lieturned but her Tha!land., The maps show old asce1;1dancy ,' was how Laos, Cambodia and shaken. The · Japanese Vietnam came Into being 'had proved that France, out of French Indochlna. now weakened by the Then, in . the Geneva war in Europe, need not "Agreem~nt" of 1954, be all powerftik_there. Vietmim had a line V.J.-Day had hardly drawn straight across it .dawned in 1945 when the

Annamese, one of the dominant people of Indo­china, were in revolt. Other natives throughout the provinces of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam joined the agitation, or­ganising and f-ighting for independence. .

The begiJ]nlng of United The Geneva Agree-States i)wolvement in ments were supposed to Indochina came in 1953, prevent civil war and even before France wa5 they scheduled' a "perm­entirely out The well- anent settlement" to be organized communists, arrived ;tt by "all:V-iet· aided by Red China, were nam" elections in July, hell bent to turn the c'om- 1956. · ·

Different groups had different long-term aims, especiall:{ the local na· tionalists and communist­organised groups. The nationalist groups

sought permanent inde­pendence as the first step toward delivering the :whole peninsula into the world communist camp.

ing ind_ependence into The agreements ~ere to commumst captivity. be policed by an .. 1-nterna­They were ~trongest in ·uonal commission, bu.t Northern Vte_tnam, cll~s- they ttad little more ef· est to Red Chma, and U1 .feet than to consolidate Laos w_here a ~second the commuriisl. control commumst force, · the of North Vietnam mak­~athet Lao, c?ntro~ed an ·ing ·it. an Internationally· tsland of terntory m the recognised . haven out of northern part of tl}e which they· could later countr_y: It seemed that op.erate south of the line the mpttant and be!ter- with r polltlcal agitation or_gamzed comt_num~ts, and guerilla wadare.

I3ut they were united on getting rid of France.

~1th powerful outstde Though the United atd, would cal"l'Y the States Clid not sign the day. Agreements, its represen­The Indochinese war

for independence from France was successful, UNITED culminating in the ter- While France still held rible defeat ., of the French a t Dienbienphu out, China and Russia in 1954. had been warned by' the In the ~ettlement with United States, in Sep­

France after her defeat tember 1953, not to try the three territories be- to overt;un the French came the new indepen- colonies. This, the Unit-dent nations of Laos, ed States said, would Cambodia and Vietnam. have "grave conse-

quences which might FAILURE not be confined to Indo-

Meanwhile, also, as a re- china.'' suit of the po~tr.World That was a part of the Ware-Power vac\i\ltn and late Secretary of State the failure of U.S. )policy John Foster Dulles's to ·mij.intain Chiang 'Kai· "brink of war" policy. shek' Ut China, all of In 1954 President Eisen­mainland -China went hower- considered U.S. communist in 1949. It be- military intervention to came the seat of corn- save the French at munist power in Asia, Dien Bien Phu. On April bent on making all Asia 8 he said the rest of communist. Asia "would fall . Jlke

U.S. policy stiffened d h' against this.' By the time dominoes·: if · In oc ma .the French were out - of went communist. Indochina the United But in the fight against States had wound up the the French the Indo­bloodbath ot the Korean chinese were together. War in conjunction Jwith The United States would the U.N., in a major ex- be attacldrfg the free­pression of its deterrhina- dom-seeking forces as tion to block further we!J as the communisfs, communist expansion in so intervention to save Asia. the French was out of Very broadly, our pre· the question.

sent involvement in the The French defeat led whole Indo~hinese area to an international con­is oy.r Korea policy all -ference in' Geneva over again, applied to the (Switzerland l called . by area south of Red China Britain ana the U.S.S.R. a!;l.Korea applied it to the north-e~t. The evl!pts .i Geneva Agreements in Indocnfrlif. can .be corn- signed , June 21, 1954, pared ~th) those in drew the ceasefire line Korea, 1 as an effort to across Vietnam. .This achieve the same contain- line gave half of ·viet­ment of communism that nam's 126,000 square we achieved in Korea ·miles to .t he nfw corn· whife avqiding. if pos- munist "Dem~atic Re­sibk, a major war on the public • of Vietnam," Korean'· scale of ·1950-53, built around the power-or greater. fu1 "Vietminh" armies.

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tative, General Bedell Smith. iss'_.1ed · a state­ment sayin~ it would not interfere . w1 th them. Washirigton now faced

its first big decision: to back out quietly and by degrees permit . the corn· munists to complete thl!ir conquests by political means, or to commit · it­self . to trying to main­tain the freedom of the riqw nations.

THE ODDS Most foreign diplomats

In the summer of 1954 gave Laos ,and South Vietnam no more than six months to a year b~ fore the communists would take over, and Washington w~ very much inclined to concur. In the proposed an­

Vietnam elections of 1956 communist North Viet­nam would come in with over 17 million people to South Vietnam's less than 14 million. It also had most ot the·

industry, aM the whole region was in the middle of Red China's own front yard.

Some quarters In the Eisenhower Administra­tion, particularly in the French section of the State f)epartment, urged withdrawal. They were influenced by the · F:rgnch Government's view that Indochina could not be' saved from the·commun­ists, and that 'the best deal obtainable would be a red . promise to respect the "neutrality" estab­lished by .. the Geneva ac­cords. ..,

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More+., 1965 THE LISTENING POST , ... ' Distinguished Visitor At Anzac House

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i Honou·rs Naval MaQ . . ' A new Sea Cadet unit to ·be established a·t

Gera ldton will perpet uate the- name of a distinguished offi~r of the Royal Australian Navy.

NaVY MinlSter Chaney 1960 after a career of 41 said · recently that the years. He died in 1963. Naval Boa~d h~d approv- Mr. Chanev said that as ed the formatiOn of the a West .Australian he new unit, whic~ ~ould ~e warmly welcomed this !mown as Trammg ShiP' gesture to · the late Corn-

.. Morrow. modore Morrow. It was The late Commodore J . the fi rst time that a for ­

C. "Copper" Morrow had mer naval offiCer had aq outstanding record as been . honoured in this a destroyer captain in the way. World War. being award· The Geraldton u·nit has ed the D.S.O. and the been given "Corvette"

., , D.S.C. s tatus, with a strength of He won wide popular- between 30-60 cadets.

ity in this. State as Naval It is the 6th .Sea Cadet Officer-in-charge from unit in !Western Austra-1956 to 1959. . . ~ia, and brings the total He travelled extensiye- hurt:~ber of units in Aus·

ly !n Western Aus tralia tralia ·to 39,. in · the performance of The A ustratian,_ Sea Cad· his naval d'?ties. et Corp~ is n ,m j jointly Commodore. Morrow re· by the Na'fY Ueague and

tireti ·from the · R.A.N. in the R :A.N.

The s pirit of Anzac /'-.ee'p alive; uphold fl.le League I~ ' 65. •

Enthusiasm Goes Far

T he enthusiasm . with which both newly-elect­ed and re-elected officers t.ake up their duties can be the m eans of main· tain lng and Increasing the forward impetw; of the R .S.L. mem!>ersh ip

On March 4 the Governor-General. Viscount De L' Isle. V.C .. made a visit to Anzac House to attend a State Executive reception in his hohour.

e He is pirtured above (second f rom left ) w itJI. the State Junior Vice-President, Dr. Alan Kinq rat left!, t he State Pr esi"dent . Mr. Percy Pear.~on, nnd the State Senior V U;e­President. Mr Ra/ph Stoddart (at right).

His Excellency previously vis it<'<i1 Anzac House on May 18, 1962.

r~e.was not an unsatis· A Reminder Of. A factory figure last year . but there are still many thousands or eligible ex· servicemen :_>Vho could helong to our organisa· tion with benefit to themselves and pleasure to sub-branch officers. These have · the right

to expect well-attended

Famous Soldier I

At its Febr uAry meeting the .Geraldton sub­branch was presented with a large coloured photograph of F ield Mars hal. Lord Birdwood; after whom the lecal R.S.L .. building is namecl

meetings and full s up· Mr. Nick Piltais handed "Wood House in 1938. port.,. for the fine · work the framed photograph the League is · doing to sub-branch president throughout the State. John Spendlove. If "backsliders" were In a le tter to Mr. Pilat.

to1oin up and take part is, the donor, Mrs. · F. in this work they could Lydle Walker of _Atta· not help becoming In::. dale, said she wa~ mak· fected w ith the dedic<i- ing the photograph av­tion ot the s talwarts who ailable because she and have carried' the orgafii· her husband, the la te sation to the s t¥ength John Walk~r. who serv· and pres tige it now en· ed in the 51st Battalion, joys. ~ had been invited ~ Bird·

Mr. George Carter-Brown, who is still a keen member ot the sub­branch, was president at the time. Mrs. Walker will be

thanked for her gesture and will .be told that the photograph will be hung in Birdwood House with a s uitable plaque attach· ed.- B.J.B.

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Goodwill . Message From Lord Slim

On his arrival in Australia last December a visiting. Englishman found a letter-of-welcome from Viscount Slim-now · Lieutenant-Gover­nor of Windsor Castle-awaiting him.

The visitor was Brig. the passenger-terminal G. de V. Welchman, who by Mr W. B. C. Lochlin, senred as a corps corn· printer of "The Dally mander o! the Royal Ar· News." tillery under .Slim In The two men had struck Burma In 1942. up a friendship at Games

In his letter Lord Slim time In Tokyo, where the ~a id: "I hope you will brigadier was connected like Australia; I am sure ~lth the swimming you will. It is a great 1ts. c-ountry with an even the few hours <luring greater people. Give our wl}.ieh the ship was In lm·e to it and to aJYV port Mr Lochlln motored

: Australians who still re- Brig. Welchman to some memher we were there." points of Interest. lnclud · When pa~slng through lng Anzac House where

Fremantle on his way he wa!' warmly welrom· ho":le In the liner Mar- , ed by the Assistant -State com on February 6 Brig. Secretary, Mr George \Velchman was met at Sherrlngton.

Monument At ·Ubon (To The Editor)

Sir- It the R.A.A.F. are at the place known to eX· P.O.W. as Ubon lt Is un­likely that' Australians participated In the erec· tion of a memorial thera.

A.I.F. members were among the first to be evacuated from the camp, together with some Mal· ay volunteers who wiBh· ed t.Q get~ to A ustralla. I was one of that party,

and up to the time that we left I do not recall anything being done about a memorial.

Yours etc., Bert Edwards.

.10 Taln-street. Applecross.

Christmas Parcels

H 1 A I , on behalt of elf:ht

ere s . Message For A~~~aa~~~ns ~~~~;~~ · I Rlley. Moody. Watts, Car·

Applecross Me. mbers ruthers. Stewart and my· self\ serving with the

· Vietnamese 2nd Division To a ll members of the . Applecross sub- 'I as advisers, wish to

hranch come!' the following special mes!'age thank all conc~>rned tor from their pre!'idenl. •Mr H~rry Holland, who : the parcel wh1ch we re·

is also chairma n of the League's Membership j ceA'veot fofr Chrthlstmaksn.o C ·u I par rom e W·

omm1 ee. ,1 ledge that we are thought

The year 1964 is . now J or George Nelson-or C?_.f at home, you yourself J<now the fee\nlg one re-

history and it is my earn· myself. • · ceives when one sees a e't hope that greatPr in· The co-operation of couple of cans ot Aus-terest will l'ie ~hown by members with this re· tranan beer and cigar· sub-branch members in I')Uest would qhvlate a lot ettes In some of these the events which will ot running around and out-of·the-way places one take place dunng the

1 the sending of reminders finds oneselt In. Once

current year; incluiling- hy tb»- Membership Corn· again. thankina all con· -with part icular emphasis mittee. cerned. '"

- the monthly mpeting~. And rlon't forget that Just to remind all mPm· this. year Is the jubilee-

hers: the suh-branrh year of the landing at Tax Benefit monthly meetings are GaihpoH-a year in held in the R.S.L: Mem- which the League looks n d orial Hall, Kintail-road, to the support of every nequeste on thr second Thursday. ehg1ble .ex-service man , tor

. and woman. A League request In a rQ<'ent appeal m the At a par·ents' evening at all donations of £1 or

~ub-bra.~c-h newsle-ttE'r the Applecross Primary more to funds for erect· . 0-PIP members were School late last vear a lne R.S.L. memorial halls InVIted tO form a roster shield COmmemorating tO be made deductible for. wa~er-lng ~he rose~ the founders was pre- for Income tax purposes and shruboery m the sur- sente<i to the school on Is to be considered "at rounds of the local R .S.L. behalf ot the sub-branch. the appropriate time" by hall). Believe it or not Mr Merv Wilson handed the Commonwealth Gov-theJ e W!!S only one vol· the shield to JE:nnlfer lt'hlment. '\. untccr- J1m Bremner- Kelsal! and Bret 'I_'Iowns· This Is the $1St of a and the thanks of the end. _ · reply from Federal ~ub-branch go to Jlm .tor These two pupils also Trel'lsurer Holt to repre­hls fine support. received pennants from senfatlons based:. orr a

:VIembers are reminded Mr. Dan McLel)li'n as ·the resolutio~ !nem 71) at that ,thPir subscriptions best.i .female _and male the1 49th National Con· fell due on January 1. lt student· respeetlvely, gress in Octqber. would _he apprecla~d. Members of . the sub· The resolution sought therefore. If all those branch ,loin League mem· extension ot Section 78 who have not yet paid bers throughout- the (1 l <A l (viD of the In­their dues would make State in w~ing Mr Bert · come Tax and Social Ser­conta'ct. without delay, Sykes a speedy recovery vice Co)Jtrlbutlons A,ct to with either. Jim Bremner lrom his long lllness. cover such donations.

Repatriation Hm \ Rural

Head Ties

Senator G. Coltn Mcl(elJar, who was sworn­

in as Mlniste.r for Repatriation on December

22, }\as spent a lifetime in rural purauita, esp~lally wheat and wool.

The senator formed a troop' of light horse at GUgandra In 1936, and after the o1.1tbreak of war -enlls~ed In the A.I.F. He was transferred to

the 1st Armoured Dlvl· slon In Western Austra­lia as a major and at the end of the war was placed with the Royal Austra· llan Ordnance Corps. On his appointment Se·

nator McKellar said he was prlvlllged to be as­sociated with ex-service· men and women through his portfolio. • Already he bad visited

repatriation fnstltutlons In a number of States and had made contact with the leaders of ex­service organisations. He Intended to visit all

remaining States as soon as posl(lble. .

Senator McKellal' aald he was delighted to see Uie close ·co-operation existing between the Re· patrlatfon -Department . and all ex-service bo.dles. This had played a . l,arge

part In ·maintaining/ the high standard of service the department provided, llnd he was sure the co­operation would continue In the future. l;ils e.lm was to ensure

that those , st.andards were maintained. He said he was follow­

Ing In the footsteps of two men-Senator Sir Waiter Cooper and Mr R. ·w. $wartz-who had done much to bring about this close liaison.

Maylands Report Has Hopes For Future

The following report from the Maylands

sub-branch publicity 1 officer expresses the

hope that 1965 will prove a happier year for

members than its predecessor. It goes on:

During the past year we sounded "The Las t Post" for some fine citizens and · stalwarts of the League; amongst wl}om were Messrs B. -Fam· ham, S. Burns and" D. To· bin, all o! · theni ·a great loss to the community as well as to the sub-branch. The sick-report contains

the names of Mr and Mrs A. Farnham and Mr and M~ s. Street. Mem· bers tfust that they will be back to full pealth and strength in the near future. · These two couples are

sadly missed and the sub. branch' wishes to place on record its apprecia­t ion of thelr untlnng and unselfish · service over man:v 'years. The annual election of

officers, held on January 28. resulted jn the return of Mr S. G. Power as president, Mr T : C. Coul­tas as secretary and Mr M. Il~sley as freasurer. The incwming office­

bearers and committee earnestly hope that many more of the mem·

bers \vill take an Inter· est In League aft.alrs and by attending the meet· ings and participating: In sub-branch activities make · a sQlid contribu· tion to the R.S.L. -pro­gramme.

If all members could give just one hour a week, halt a day a month, the League could take its fu 11 place In the sun, proud ot the .help and se~lce given to ex­service people and the commumty generally. The next monthly meet·

lng will be held on March 25. < ·

A ~ard evening- bridge and rummy-will be held on-March 18. The balance sheet pre­

sented at the __,January meeting show€<! the sub­branch to be meetlnk all commitn'lerrtll comm'end· ably, due 'mainly to the efforts of · an all-too-few band of helpers.

A sincere vote ot thank-s is dce · to all who so unsel!l§!tly give of their &p~ ume.

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Mareh, 1965 THE LISTENING POST

Fine Effort On Hall

Congratulations · to the A great-grandson of a Boer War leader Mt. Barker sub-branch,

h I t and its many helpers and w o as century formed the fi.rst-known corn- friPnds, for a wonderful

OccasiQn Of ·Note F.9r· Commandos

mando unit was in a group of 500 ex-service- effort! men at the recent unveiling of a memorial to By the end of 1964 the

.., Australian c~>'mmandos--a cairn at Tidal Riv- sub·branch had wiped C W 'l • out its debt on the new

er amp, 1 son's Promontory. memorial hall, and corn-It was apt that the ticular he stressed that menced 1965 with a use­

great·grandson - Ron· two vi<'tories registered ful credit-balance. Nordhoff, a captain-corn- by commandos in New All concerned with the mando in the British Guinea had probably proj~ct are very happy at Army and later of the shortened the Pacific the result of their endea-·

• A.I.F.-should have en· War by l2 months. vours and look forward

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terPd a branch of wat·· Describing the courage_ 10 n successful 1965. sP.rvic~ so much favoured of commandos as almost The hall-achievement by his famous warrior- unbelievable General HPr· says a lot for the endea­ancestor, president ~ul ring said: "It is up to us vours of sub:branch Kruger of Transv 1. to see that thE:: wonder. m<'mbers and the1r wo-South Africa. · ful country they fought 1

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men" ·• The Wilson's Promon- and died for is kPpt SP· ------ ~~~~~~~"""'='=~~"""'"~~~~~,...~~"""""'-'!::~

tory cairn, unveired by cure for th<'ir children. I S R Lieut.-Gen. Sir F:dmund warn you that we: will Ome etU rnS Herring, is sited on the keep this land only as W<' rugged terrain where the dPserve to. I n De fa u It first Australian camo tor "The proud traditions

(R.E.I.W.A.) thE' training of Austra- they founded must not Sub·branch secretaries lian commandos was es· b<' allowPd to die. are requl'sted to keep tablished in the World· "We am! ou1· childn·n. , theit· sub-branch capita·

.,War. w ith God '~ lwlp. will tion l·eturns up to date. Roy Weston. E~ R.N., Principal. Mldlttnd A/H. 600 2153. It was the birthplace carry on "their fight for At t~e end of February Jim Buckle. F:~ A.I.F., Rural Rep're5entatlvt. A/ H. 73 9507.

MIDLAND 74 1781

MORLEY 76 1126

of Aust1·aJian commando frt>Nlom." ~ome · sub·brariches had Jobn Nnnnan, E~ A.I.F., Prlndpal. Morley A/ H. 71 3976. units. and the, men who "Re\'elll~"-FPb. 196:;. made no capitation re- Phone 71,·1781 rafter hours 1s 9507)

were trained there we1·e turn. ,,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ later in action a l('a inst HE WOULD BE GLAD Ll't headquarters have thP. Japanese in Timor, them! March is an im· , :\'Pw Guinea. New Bri- OF SOME VJSlTS portant month so far as-lain. New Ireland and . Mr G. Beechan, who has keeping the membership Bm·nPo. and in dozens of been an inmate at the -avera2e at top level is Pacific and Soutj·East Corlei Ilospilal. Ley- concerned.

"'Asian i.~lands. street. Manning. fm' the Those sub-branches who How well thi acquitted past 14 months would have not rendered a re·

thP.mselves w s told by like any ex-memhers of turn up to the present General Her g In· his the 19th London R{!_Ei· can tak,e time off to unveiling speech. Ir. par· ment to \'isit .him. hlush.

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VIETNAM STRl.JGGLE-front Page 8 This was the Fn~nch ~The ' Administration 1 I"Stabli.~hl'd a t Manila in

• Governr:ncnl's po~ition sl"nt soml' economic aid Sept(•mbl'r 1954. more than four years be· m August 1954. but Dulli'S induced SEATO fore General Charles de wrestled with the larg-er to givf' Laos. Cambodia Gaulle r·et urncd to power quf'stion of permanent and South Vi('l nam one-and artoptrcl thf' "neutral-' policy unti l late in the wa~· guarnnt r r s against isation" policv as his O\\'n I f;tll. communi:<! invasion

_policy. · F.,·cn as Ge~J. J. Lawton from 1\'orth Vietnam. Other Un iterl Stall'S Collins prepared to go to CThf' Gen<'''a Treaties

voices arguerl di fferPntly. Saigon as Presid('nt Eis- forbad(· offrring them among . them Senators C'nhowct·'s special repre- mPmlwrshin' in the AI·

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?>like Man~fielct and John srntativP. Washington liancr itself.) f'_ Kcnnerly. Gen. Wil· was s till leaning tgwarcll Though there was little i~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Jiam J. Donovan and a pullout. But the pro· appt·f'ciation of what f'rancis Cardi11<1l Spell· Diem advorates finally really lay ahead, this ~man. prevailed and Collins hesitant commitment

- Together 'with officiA l.~ was orderrcl to make a was a historic decision of private re fugee-aid definite U.S. commit- for the United States. organislltlons. they urged ment. From thet·e on, no with·

·'that he lp be givrn to tlif. The fh·st commitmqrtt drawal would bt_ pos­ncvt premier of South was small. and limited siblc without the 6reath-Vi<>t nam. Ngo Dinh prim·ar•ily to ' economic ing spP11 1 thus offered Diem appointed two Assis tance. - The United him in South Vietnam wPPks before the Grneva States was then setting anJ!.. with . substantial

·A crl"ement. · up the next "tailback" Umted States economic They Insisted that position in. A!\ia.· pin]')('d 11n~ military aid. Ngo

B ierri a staunch anti- to . the Pakistan . That. Dinh Diem brga n to

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communist who had land : Malaya . · PniHp- vindicate the fa ith of]

his beleagured country South-East Asia Tr~ty (To. 1>6 concluded next if he were he lped. Organisation <SEATO>._ month.) -••••••••llil••iil•!f!i••••••l

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··-·WOMEN'S AUXJLIARY NOTES Red Cross Dumping Of Weapons Alarms Exp.erts.

Veterans' Home {Malnt.) Chidlows :£20, Balingup J u n

1•0

rs £5/ 5/ , Geraldton £40, Kondinln £25, "Katannlng

The State Executive re­sumed meetings and hos­pl~al·vlsltlng after t he Christmas break and the following official visits have been made by the president and executive: February 2- Mrs Ames

attended Lemnos Board meeting.

Waroona £20, N.Jrseman £2o, Murray Dist. £2121, Kept Busy £3/ 3/, Southern .Cross £2/ 2/ , Port Hedland· £30. Junior Red Cross mem-Hospltal Vlslt~g. bers are hard at work or·

Millen £5. Geraldton £35, ganlslnR' a monster fete

There is still a tendency for peOple to discard live ammunition so~~enirs on rubbish tips or vacant ground where they can be found by children.

February 10-Mesdames Cottrill and Cullen at­tended an at-home at the Y.W.C.A.

February 12- Mrs. Ames attended the Soldiers' Children's ( Educat19n Board meeting.

F ebruary 18-Torchbear. ers for L egacy mee t­ing attended by Mrs. Ames.

F ebruary 26-Sports meeting attended b~

Katanning £3Q, Murray to be· held tn the Sup. The quantities thus dis­Dist. £4/4/, West Leeder- r e me Court Gardens on posed of-and often the vllle £5, Waroona £20, d ditt'o of Carnamah £5, Southern Saturday, Ap_rll 10, to t~~ge~~u~;lnon ~ has Cross £2/2/-, Bellevue raise funds tor the an- alat·med army authori-£5/5/. nual Red Cross appeal. ties. State Wnr"'Memorlal This promises to be an Announcing this recent-

Bedford·Morley Pk. £5/ outing which every ly the Minister for the 5/. member of the family Army, Dr. A. J. Forbes,

an enioy- from mother, said souvenirs which may Churchill Fund. Bellevue £5, Mt. Haw·

thorn £10, Carlisle £21.4/. Legacy.

Southern Cross £2/2/, Waroona £20, Murray Dist . £2/2/ , Dumbleyung £5. Geraldton £5. Christmas Cheer.

o wlli be able to buv have be~ relatively safe h~ weekend vegetable!~ 20 to 30 years ago could at the produce stall, to now be potential ki~lers the youngest childrery due to possible detenora. who will delight in tlon of their fillings .. Punch and Judy shows. The extreme danger of School bands ~m pro- touchiog P'!tentially-!eth-

vide spirited music; al ammumtlon should be

strongly brought home to children by parents and teachers. During the l.ast quarter

10,917 lteins of amrnuni· tion ranging - from small-arms and detona­tors to bombs, shells and rockets-werfi! recovered by the Army. Most were "live" and dangerous. To recover the arnm·unl·

tion Army teams travel­led more than 14,000 miles throughout Aus­tralia.

the president and se retary, Mrs. Yeoman , sports secretary, mem­bers of - controlllne committee and auxili­ary sports director. In afternoon Mrs. Ames, with Mesda.mes Cullen, Fraser .and Tomich, visited C.M.H.

South Perth £3/ 3/ , Per­enjori £2/2/ , Balingup £2/2/, Pingelly £20, Quairading £20, Gerald­ton £25.

there will be ex)lll>ltions of· .national dances, and several well-kno\Yn T.V. stars will be present.

The danger ot ammuni­tion souvenirs. particu­larly to children, could not be over-emphasised,

16th. BaHall"on and anyone discovering such objects s hould noti·

The fete will be opened at 11 a .m. bv the division­al pres ident of tM Red Cross Society, Lady Ken­drew, and will continue until 4.30 p.m.

Me~bers. and their fy police or Army ex-wives are cordially invit· perts, who would take •· ed to attend the 16th Bat- steps to ·have them re­talion Association get-to- moved.

With .Confe rence not so far away now- July 12 being opening-date­members are requested to send to their secretar. les Items for the ag.enda.

Dumbleyung £10, Ap· plecros. £10, Katanning £30, Belmont £3/ 3/, Northampton £30, Kojon­up £5/5/, Swanbourne £5/5/, Muray Dist. £2/2/, Gairdnev River £5, Wa:;;­oona £20. Narembeen £10, Carnamah £5, Southern

gether at the Railway In-· Under no circumstances stitute. Perth, after the sho1,1ld the public handle march on Anzac Day. them.

The pror.Peds. tngPther The committee hopes to ------with other money collect- malte the celebration of ed by Junior Red Cross the 50th anniversary of members a ll over the' the landing a pleasant State, will then be hand- one for all who attend. ed to the chairman of the Some may . be away on Red Cross Lady Lawley 'the Gallipoli'--Pilgrimage Cottage commltt~. · Mr. this year and lt js expect­D. G. Whyte. ed that there will be few-

Make it an Interesting and Informative Confer· ence this year!

DONATIONS ' The following donations have been receiyed since the end of November:

Cross £2/2/. J Plckering Brook £10,

Collie £10/ 10/ , Port Hed· land £30.

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vious years. Mr. N. Stehn will leave

for an overseas trip in May and members will he a.ble to wish him "bon voyage." . The Committee has rp.

ceived letters of thanks from homes and -institu­tions for Christmas par­cels.

Many members have bPC"n, or are now, in Hollywood Hospital. The \vri ter recent]v Visited ·Messrs. A: Potts. F. Ma hre. and J_ Clarke there. The battalion has lost a

god committee member in A. ("Arty"l W illiams, who passed qn recently. We all send our deep a1rid sincere sympath}' to his family. M11s. Mitchell, \V!fe ~ 'of

comtnmee . men'lber E. Mitchett , is on the sick listJ at St. John of God

· Hospital and we wish her a speedy recbve r y. The women's auxiliary

Intends to )Uild its annua1 fete lri November an·d all saleable. goods are ·.wel­come.-A. C. Young.

Affairs ·of Ex-P.O.W. 1

The annual general meeting of the Ex-P.O.W. and Relatives' Associa­tion was held on Febru­ary 3 at West Perth. Following the reading

of the minu·tes and the presi,dent's annual report attention was given to a notice-of-motion: • "That this Association seek al- ' filiation with the Federal body and change its name to W.A. Ex-P.O.W. Association." Mr R. Zwar, secetary of

the S.A. association, rep- · · resenUng the federal body, addressed the meet­ing and answered St!veral questions. · The proposer and sP.C· onder then s poke on the motion ·and .a vote was taken and carried unanl· · ~ mously. Under the F,ederal con­

stitution only ex-P.O.W. ma:y. be elected to the ex­ecutive.

E lectecl as ' joint patrons were Sir Thomas Meagh­er, the Premiex; · (Mr D. • Brand\, Mr L. Le Soeu~ and ~r T . Bunnlng. The other offices filled

were: pre~dent, Mr A. WQStley; secretary, Mr H/ Brown; treasurer, Mr L. _Ople.

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Military .Cross Won By W-.A. Captain

A Wes t Australian army officer has been awarded the Military Cross for gallantey in Vietnam.

He Is Captain Noel de la -Hunty !32), single, o! Tenth-avenue, I ngle-wood, Western All!>· tr~lia . · Captain de la Hunty is

the first Australian to ,Pe awarded a gallanl"l'¥ de· coration by the Queen for services in Viet· nam. H e was appointed to th.~

Australian Army tra11'f. ing team in Vie tnam. in October, 1963,, and serv· eel as adviser at Hlep Khan training centre un­til he joined the United States special forces 'op­erating m Quang Nam prQvipce In F ebruarr. 1964.

ing a high standard of morale among the mem­bers of the patrol.

"On April 28, 1964, he was wounded in the cltin by an enemy bullet but remained on duty. "On May 7 he supervis­

ed the crossing of a flooded river during which he carried many or ·the smaller Vietnam­ese soldiers. "Thmughout the period

of the patrol he showed a high standard of per­sonal courage and pro­fessional ability under dangerous and exhaust­Ing condit ions.

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From April 22 to May 10. as a tra ini ng adviser,

·I he accompanied a ViN na-' mese patrol of 56 meh in the mountainous jungle area west of An Diem.

"H is actions during the conduc-t oJ the patrol are pa1·f of a pattern of con­sis ten t performances by him during the th1·ee months he has been ad­VISing the Vietnamese strike-force units." Captain de la I;-lunty

OLD SOLDIER: Pictured here, when pass­Ing through Fremantle in the liner Canberra recently, is Chelsea Pensioner Fred Godfree (77). During that period the

patrol came under fire from Viet Cong guerillas of up to platoon strr.ngth on seven occasions. Cas ualties among Viet­

namese and advisers in· eluded three killed and seven wounded. The cltation fo~r Captain

de la Hunty's award reads: "As a :tesu lt of these casualties t tn! task ot, guiding the conduct of op!!rations fell upon Cap· tain de la Hunty. He s upervised the retalia ­tory action of the patrol and the securing of land­Ing zones for medical evacuation of casualties by heljcopter . "His act ions were in·

strumental In maintain·

graduated from the Of­ficer Cadet School, Port­sP.a, In 19:13. and servP.rl w ith the 14th and 18th National Service T rain­ing Battalions before be­ing posted to "A" Field B<ittery in Malaya. H~ returned to Austra­

lia in 1959 and served as an aide-de-camp in South­ern Command until 1961. He was then posted to

1st Field Regimen~ at Holsworthy until h~ ap­pointment to the Austra­lian Army training team in Vietnam. He returned from Viet-.

nam la te in 1964 a nd is at present an instructor at the Royal Military College. Duntroon.

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At Osbo~ne Park

He was on his way to Mclboume to visit his son Raymond, who migrated to Victoria In 1949.

Heads turned at the overseas passenger ter­minal as Fred, res plendent in the scarlet uni­form and I tricorne hat of the Royal Hospital and with his c-ampaign medals glittering; took a turn ashore while oppo'rtunity offered.

Fred served with Britain's Old Contemp­tibles in the Great War and with the Home Guard in t he Wor ld ·War.

Past Year Reviewed . .

At Northam-pton -The following report on the annual general"

meeting of the Northampton ·s ub-branch has been received from Mr. Peter Bardon. of Ger­a ldton.

i\lr Rowley Charltoh ations- including £50 in was elected president s upport of the Geraldton and Mr Bill McEwen Sec- candidate in the Miss r cta1·y. Crowning Glory competi­

Twenty-five m embers we re in attendance for Mr Charlton had been Non, Miss Lorraine Me-the a nnua l general meeting of t he Osbome the secretary of the s ub- Kenzle. Park s ub·brant:h on ·Febru.a ry 10.. branch s ince May, 1-959. The suo-branch decided

fJ ~ The retiring president's to adopt a Legacy Ward . Stalwar.t Joe Purcell took the chair for the election or otflcer!j. and Merv Girando was r~­e lecte<l presidept, wit_" Lou Kramer and1 Ehc ·stephens · as deputies.

Ted -Brooke had no op­position for t he secre­_tary's job. . J T he willingness ·or ol.d committee members to take on ~he job again was a feature.

T~1e meeting was fol- ·r eport was s ubmitted by for 1965 and to send £25 !owed by refreshments Mr R. Magee due to the to Legacy for that pur-and s upper. , absence in hospital of Mr pos\!. -The sub-b'fanch's thanks L. Ash. One of tt!e main ma t-

to Geo Kikiros for the 'l'he report discloseQ ters discussed was the preparation of a very that tile average atten- ~lr Winston Churchill fine m eal. and to the dance · at meetings had Memorial Trust Appeal, helpers in the back· risen by two.· a lthough for which the , district room! three members had le ft chairman was Mr Reg

Membership to date is \lle district and two Magee. .ro. others had died. Mr Magee outlined the The next meeti~ will The s ub-branch was ~rogramme for the ap-

be held on March·24 and stlll In a sound financial ~al,_after which collec· thereafter ever'y Wednes- position, and £93 had tors were appointed for day t ortni&ht. been handed out in don· various areas.

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Amb., Claremont. BOWERS, S.. 51st Btn.,

Brunsw1ck Junction. BROWNE. L. A., R.A.A.F ..

Narrogin. BURSTON, J. F., R.A.A.F.,

Boulder. BUTSON, W. P., 2/ lj)th Btn .•

Carhsle. ~ · CANTHY, A. R.'; R.A.A.F.,

Como. CHAPMAN, G. W., R.A.A.F.,

Scarborough. CUNNINGHAM, J. M.,

.I 14th How. Bty., Gld'bcester Park.

DEAN, C. F., 265 Bde., Bun­bury. !

DEEBLE, W. P., 28th Btn., Big Bell.

DENNY, C., 3r~ M. G., Broomrhill.

DIXEY. F. W., R.A.A.F., -N~E. Fremantle.

GALLAGHER. A. J. C., 12th -Engs., Boulder.

GODFREY. G. A. T., 28th Btn. Wagin.

GRAY, J. E., 213rd Fld. Regt, North Perth.

HALL. J. G.. 28th Stn .. Bic­ton-Palmyra.

HAMILTON, W. N., 8th Btn., Central.

HATTON, l.., 44th Btn .. Cen­tral.

HUNTER, J., 44t,h Btn., Dar­ling Range.

JOHNSON, F. M ., R.A.A.F., Scarborough.

. Literary ', Contest

The Albany sub-branch Is organising a literary competition to mark flhe 50Ut .. nnlve rsary of the Gallipoli landings and the birth of the Anzac legend. Entries are being called

in, two sections, senior and junior. · Senior: Short story of

up to 3.000 words. Open to anyone. First prize. books va lued at £10; sec­ond prize, books va)ued at £3. ,Junior: Essay, up. to

length requil·ed for Leav· ing English essays. Open to W.A. secondary school students. ~irst prize. bo0ks valued at £5; sec· on~ prize. books valued at £2. . Theme: Any\. a§_J)ect of

the Anzac legifn(l, An.y approach to the 1s\lbiect may· be taken. and any trea'tment within recog­nised short-~torv forrh. either factual or fictional (,'losing: ) Entries will

close with the R.S.L. Literary Competition. Post Office Box 489, AI· bany, on April '30. ' Winners will be iln· nounced early In May.

JONES, D. R., ll)lh Btn., Mt. Barker.

MAJOR. F. H., ~1st Btn., Mt. l.awlcy.

MAY, R. L, R.N., Kenwick. MERCER, K. F., A.S.C., Ar·

thur River. Mll.LAR. J., 7th Wks. $ Pks.,

Canning. · MONGER, E. E., 2/1lnd

Btn .• Northam. NUTT, B., 2/ 28th Btn., D ar­

lington. OBERMAN. E., IIth Btn.,

Applecross. RAWSON, C. R., 2/3 Fld.

Art .. Central. ROSCOE, W. F., 3rd Fld.

Amb., Subiaco. Sc;I-IR YVER, F. E., 13th Fld.

Amb., Perth. SCOTT. A. T., 2/32nd Btn ..

Mt. Barker. · SMI'FH, H., 16th Btn., Vie·

toria Park. STANISICH. M., 2nd Aust.

Fld. Coy., Boulder. SUMNER, S. J., 51st Btn ..

Perth. TA YLOR, H., M. Rest.

A.A.M.C., N.E. Fremantle. WAL TER; P. 0., R.A.A.F.,

South Perth. WATKINS, W. E .. 20th Fld.

Amb.. 1st Bat. Korea, Kar· rinyup. .

WILLIA:MS, J. A., 16tb Btn., Gosnclls.

WJLSON, J. F., 32nd Btn .. Railway Works .

WIMBRIDGE, W. T., R.A.N .. Waroona.

The Memorial AJ .a wreath-la~ng/oere­

mony at the Slate War 1 Memorial last inonth the • White Enslgfr'was fiown for the fi.rst time. The Assistant-Warct..en,

Mr. G. K. Baron-Hay, said this at the State Exe­cut\ve meeting on March 1· 3. • The ceremony was in

commernora'tion of the victims of the Voyager disaster, in which 82 na­val personnel lost their lives on February , 10 last year. . · ~~

Mr. Baron-Hay said a request from about 14 "Voyager'• families in this State !or a private service had been acceded to. . The Highgate sub·

pranch had provided a guard-of-honour corn· , · manded by CoL Howard, and H.M.A.S. Leeuwin a bugler. Commodore Marks had

been in attendance, a nd wreaths had been laid on behaH of the Navy and the Army.

Belmont1s President Seeks Assistance

To members of the Belmont Sl,lb-branch comes the following presid~ntial - ap.pea) for support in the work that, lies ahead. ·. At this early stag_e of

the year I would like to see all members taking a much keener interest in sub-branch affairs. and particularly social ,functions.

Please don't leave it all to the committee. While on the subject of

keel)nPss it is good to be able to say that the De· cember meeting W!\S fair­ly well attended, wit h about 40 members pre· sent. . The Sub-branch had the

pleasure o( welcoming Mr R,. B. Marris, who was ~1·epresenting the state President 1.or the purpose of installmg the new office·bearers. In carrying out . this

duty Mr Marri% congrat· ulated the sub·brancli..tor its excellent work dul'ing the past yea~ On -December 5 the sub­

branch ~eld · lt,s annual children's · Christmas party witll tpe' usual SUC· cess and 'a. very large

turn-up. If only a few of the par- J

ents in attendance at the Christmas party would put in a regula r appear· ance at the general meet­ings the sub-branch should profit greatly.

For 1965 the. firS't thing for' every member to r e­member is that subscrip· t ions became due on Jan· uary 1. " Prompt payment will

relieve the burden on t he secretary, and 'be greatly ' appreciated. -'It is an honour to be a

member of the League. and or the Belmont sub• branch,. and g iven t he support it .deserves Bel· , I: n1ont should have -an­other record year · for meinbe1·ship. Members can do m uch

to a ssist the .. memb~r­sh ip-drive by passing: on details of possfble.,re­cruits to the presiaent, the secretary or to Mr Carl Porter, who will do the rest.

March, 1965 THE LISTENING POST

Associations of · E·x-Servicemen FEDERATED T.B. SAIL- BRITISH J:X-SERVICES AS.

ORS SOLDIERS AND SOCIATION lNC.-Meets AIRMEN'S ASSOC1A- second Tuesday 'in Forest· TlON (W.A. BRANCH)- ers' HaU, cnr. Fran>is and 2nd Floor, . Wellin11ton Museum streets, Perth, 8 Buildlnss. 1'8 Wilhain-· p.m. President, J. M. Ma· street, Perth. Second Mon- son. Secretary D. Black day. President, L. Symers; (Box S!S47, G .P.O., Perth).

' Secretary, G. Piealey. IlTH and 2/ IITH BATIA· SOUTii AFRICAN AND !M- LIONS A.l.F. ASSSOClA·

PERIAL VETERANS' AS- TION-President C. D. SOCIATION-Anzac House Wraa11. 18 Hubert-roHd, basement, third M<nday at Maylands (71 3423), Secre-2 p ,m. President. A. 'Glass, tarY. G. R. (Butch) Dur-93 Main-stre~t. Osbor'ne rant, S Forward-Street, Park. Secretary, It.. A. Me· Mannint (87 2361 busi-Donald1 20 Kenny-itreet, ness, 60 4495 home). Wet. Bassenaean (79 1404). fare Officer, Phil Grief

lOTH LIGHT HORSE ASSO· (71 1~0). Committee meets CIATION-Anzac House Anzac House. 4th Tuesday

h Th each nth. Annual re· bi-monthly foun uraday union ac House ball' in Jan., March, May, July, f F 'd 0 Se~ and Nov. President, r"om, p.m. n ay C· Jim Fitzmaurice. 11 Malb· tober 8. ber avenue. Double-view 2/32ND BA IT ALl ON AS-(26 262). Secretary. Jack SOCIATION (W.A.}-Pre!!i· Syme 28 Marquis Street. dent I. R. Hamilton, Vrra· South Bentley (68 ~946). meet, Money Parlr.. Secre·

tary. R. N. Cleland. 28 ROYAL ART\ LLER Y ASSO· Charles-street. South Perth.

CIA TlON OF W.A.- Meet· C Ed""' · i:lgs at Anzac House when Treasure(. R. . uu!!On, called. Presid~nt. L . 1. Hor· 141 Stirling-highway. Clare· ton, 16 Brassey·stree-t. Mr. mont. Annual dinner last Lawley. Secretary. E. B. Friday in July. Powell. 168 Alfred-road, Mr. 44TH BAITALION ASSO­Ciaremont (3 1355). • CIA TION Committee

meets when called. Annual· 16TH BAITALION and 4TH Reunion Show Week Mon.

BRIGADE ASSOCIA- President, T. Ta.it. 24 Dae· TI0:-1-Committee meets li•b-street, Wembley second Tues. at Railway ·In· (8 3928). Secretary, H. S. stitute. Perth. President·, W. Brownc, · 123 Second· lilleyman, 52 Chandler· avenue. Mt. Lawley avenue. Florcat Park (1 4 !6361. (87 4050). Secretary, 0. C. 48TH BATTALION ASSO· Young. +8 Oakover-stree-t, ·CIAT!ON-Meets 4th Fr i· East Fremantle (39 2934). day in January, April, July

2/16TH BAITALION A.I.F; and. October at Anlac ASSOCIA TlON - I>r'esi- House, Prefidcot, Syd Maz-dent D. Deerin11. 68 Strid:.· zuchelli, 13 I CircecCircle,• land:stree-1, South Perth. Dallr.eith. A/ Secretary, S. G . Secretary, l. A:ldersort, 11 Power, .1138 y-.'andan.a, Kitchener·street, Shel!ton Thoma!-street, Sub1aco. Park (8 1971). Treasorer. S. SIST BAITALION \A..I.F. E. Jones. 69 Axford·atreet, . ASSOCIATION - Meetin11• Como . . "Pi11eo'! Post" quar· when called. President. L. ter.IY with nouce of meet- A. Alderrtfaii. 39 McKen· 1tl~tor. A. J. P1o~a. zie-street, Wembley (87 4485). 33 Park-street. Tuan H11l. Secretary, R. A. Woods. l5 Commlltee meets . fir.st Ta reema-;;treet. Nedlands Weds. each month ID C86 5584). Treasurer, T.

'Anzac Hot>JC buement. Morrell, 82 First-avenue. 16TH. BATTALION WOM- Mt. Lawley 01 19.25). An•

EN'S AUXILIARY -Pr<si- nual reumoo ID Anzac · dent, Mrs. Ketterer, 190 House basement In Oct.

Adelaide·terrace. Perth. Sec· 2/ 4TH M.G. BAITALION re-tary. Mrs. F. Gray. 68 A.l.F. ASSOCIATION,-

. Bennett-st.. Perth (2 I 5702). . President, E. Frazer. 83 EX:PR!SONERS OF WAR Alexander-street, Wem~ley

AND RELATIVES' ASSO· (87 !854). Secretary, E. c;iA TION OF W .A.-Presi- Zappa, I 5 The Promenade. dent. B. · West~ey, 7?.--.Mc- Mr. Pleasant. Comm•ttee Millan-street.. Victoria Park. meets Anzac House ~cond Secretar;. Mrs F. Miners. Tuesday. Boans 2nd Floor (23 -3564). TOTALLy_ AND PERM AN-

28TH BAT-1-ALlON ASSO· ENTI Y INC~ACITAT-CIAT!ON :._ Meets . Anzac ED SOLDIERS ASSOCIA· Ho.use second Tuesday at 3 TION (T.P.I.) W.A.

m. ~esident, T Jacltson, BRANCH-T.P.l. Memoml ~9 .C\arence-street Joon- House, 88 Colin-street. _West da~a Heithts. Secretar·y. Perth (21 ~457). Pre.s1dent. w. J. Reed. 55 Armagh- P. W .. Qu1ll_n. Secretary, .[. street Victoria Park. An- H. Wlllr.insd,n (21 5457 and

ar reunion Show Week. 21 76!6). irea!urer. w, G. nu Ms>trison T.P.I. Journal

2/28TH f!AITAL0

IONA-2S4STHO published. quarterly. ANTI-TANK C Y. • - 52 d BAITALIONS ClATIQN-President H. 12th and n Freedman, 24· Mount-street, ASSOCIA.TION -::: meets p rth .(21 31l70). Secretary, fJrst Fnday eacb-,ro_onth,

e 0 · 17 Elizabeth- Anzac House. Pres1dent. B1ll oggm, 3748) Arthur White, Secretary. atreet. Bayswater (7-1 ShoW L'&urie . E. Porteous, 14 Annual . Reuruon Radium-~reet Bent!~. Weelr. Fnday. '

32ND BAITALION (1st AI F) ASSOCIATION-President. R. H. Oedde1, Flat 3, Somerset, 246 St. George's-ter., Pertb. Secre­tary, C. L. Shaw,· 11 Clive­road, Mt. Lawley (71 3311) Committee meetin&s as call­ed. Annual reunion nearest Friday to July 19.

2/5TH AUST. COMMANDO ASSOCIATION · - Presi· dent. C. A. Broqme, 31 Beuell-avenue, Como (67 30891.: &cretary, J Middleton.' 40 Collins St., South Perth (67 20671

GALLIPOLI LEGION OF ANZACS-Meets in Y.A.L Rooms, Perth, ~~ notif••!i President, J. MacK.inlay. SI North-road, Bassendean Secr9tary, G. D. Shaw. 71 Leake·st., Belafont (6 5342)

RATS OF TOBRUK ASSO C!AT!ON (W.A. BRANCH) -President, · l . Rust, 16 Second-avenue. Graylands Secretory, Dnvc Kllpatrick p .0 . Box 44,' Nedla.ndsd. Committee meetin11s secon Monday each month.

KOREAN VETERANS' AS SOClA TION - Meets sec ond Monday each month in Anzac House basement President, A. K. Bowden. I! Valley-road, Kalamunda Secretary, M. H. Filer 5 Valentine-ave., Morlcy (2 1 6873) . .

LIMBLESS SOLDIERS' AS. SOClAT ION OF W.A. INC. ("Winaies and Stum­pies")- President, A. E Bintham. Secretary. ·.tf. W Glick ''(11 5888). Me~inas

· first. Thursday each mon,th except ,January.

COUNCiL "()f U~IT ASSO CIATIONS-President, I! MacLeod, SS McLeod-road Applecross (64 1053). Secre­tary Treasurer, S. C. Har very. S Webb-street. Cot tesloe. "Committee meetinli;s as caUed.

PARTIALLY BLINDED SOLDIERS ASSOCIA·· TION ln<:. - Oeneral meet ing' at 8 p.m. 1st Thura day and Social Meetinas 3rd Thursday of each month <111 Retired Men's ROom, Rail way ln5titute. Welliilil,on stre'et, Perth. President, W H. Grant, 70 Hobb!·annue Como (67 441 1). Secretary A. R. McDonald, 17 Craw Shaw-crescent, Mannin& (60 4222).

ARMY MEDICAL UNITS ASSOQ}A TION - !lresi dent, E. G. Shier, 117 Selby street, Flo reat 1Park (87 1934-businesa hours 21 0131). Secretary, A. W Our kin, 99- -W.eston-stree" Carlisle.• Quart~ly ·general meetinp and \ abnual r~

· union heldl at Knzac House All members notified .•

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,.,. ,, THE LISTENING POST

Reply To League Plea On North~rn Develop~ent

A League reqoest-:fltemming from the The League's submls-49th National Congr~for the establish- sion to the Government ment of a special Commonwealth authority was worded as follows: for the planiling and carrying-out of northern "In t!le absence of any d lo t has b h h f n · 1 clearly-stated national

eve pmen roug t t e o owmg rep Y plan of- action or pro-from National Development Minister Fai.r- graJllme, to de~elop the baim :· il(orthern Australian

mineral, pastoral and ag· With reference to y r not favoured because of rieultural potential, we

letter dated 14th Ja the necessity .for the most strongly urge the ary, 1965, regarding Commonwealth to retain Federal Government, in resolution concerning control of its expendi· co-op~ation with the northern developme~ ture. Governments of Queens-which was carried at the The present arrange· land and Western Aus· 49th National Congress ment was considered to tralia, to raise the. North· recently held in Hobart, I provide the most appro- ern Division of the De­believe you will be inter· prlate machinery for the partment of National De­ested to know that the fostering of closer co- veldpment to the· status Government's original operation and cQ:ordina- of a separate body- simi­declslon to establish a tlon betwe~ the two tar· tu th~ Snowy Moun· Northern Division was· States and the Common- tains' Authority- to be later endorsed by the wealth in the develop- responsible 1or de\l'ising Premiers of Queensland ment of Northern Aus- antl implementing a long­and Western Australia tralia. term plan of Northern during a meeting with I trust you will advise Development and settle­Commonwealth Ministers your executive that the ment with emphasis on In May, 1964. interest displayed by encouraging migrants

Although the sugges· the R.S.L.· tn this import- and the youth of Aus­tlon for the -creation of a a nt national question of tralia and relieve the separate Authority is a northern developm~nt pressure on the increas­very Interesting one, this has been much appreciat-1 ingly-congested capital type .of organisatioiQ was ed. cities."

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Send H In For Publication -:_aut Be On Time

Sub-branch . publkllt'Y otflcers and Individual, members, this journal provides you \\1th an op· porto:nltJ of ~lnr League b;aembers tbroughout tbe ~tate!

TIG~,R SKIN FO~t', NAVY

A d~m apron made from the skin of a Malay­sian tiger is to be used by the Royal Australi"an Navy's East Australian area band on all cere· monial occasions. Announcing this recent·

ly Navy Minister Chaney said arrangements had been 111ade for. the Malay­sian High Commissioner, Mr Tun Lim Yew Hock, to hand over the drum apron to the Flag Off!. cer-in-charge East Aus· t ralia area, Rear-Admiral Bee het. The High Commissioner

nad described the gift ·as a token of the '·'strong and enduring ties" bind· jng. Australia and Malay­s ia together withi{l the Commonwealth. . The·ba.M, w!Ui"a guard·

of-honour, was to parade ~ H.M.A.S. . Penguin, ;::,yal\ey; Eor the presenta· tlo~t eeremony:

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Morcft, 1965

W om~n's Big Part In Belmont's Success

...

, Much of the -credit for a highly successful year at Belinont in 1964 yas due to· the women's auxiliary, the s.ob-braneh ))resident '1

said in this .year's annual report. · ' ~

· The. sub-branch was awarded the Newdegate Cup as the most efficient metropolitan sub-brancl;~. Membership fpr 1964

had reached a record 232, which was 13 more thaJ"l for the previous year . . That result had been

largely brought about by a team recruiting effort. But f ull marks were due

to · sectetacy Harold Haimes and membership­secretary · earl Porter, for their efforts and in· splration. Average attendance at

meetings was about 40. Two members....:...Mr

Jaunc-y and ' Mr Slms­had died durin£ the year. Progress on·the.hall had

included the laying of a new floor· at a cost of £371- £80_of wh}ch had been donated by the aux-illiiry. . Later -the auxiliary had

given another £801 to­wards a new ceiling and flywire for the windows.

Hall-revenue for · the year had amounted to £412/ 10/ and the total amount owing on the hall was £1,030/ 13/ 6. In the c<~.'pable hands of

!)Ubi! city officer 1

N orfu Lowe and the secretary, the monthly Periodical­the ':Belmopt Bugle"­was of great value and highly appreciated by the members. It had kept members in touch with sub-branch activities. . /

/ DONATIONS Donations , to the

"Bugle" had amounted to £4. Several visits had been

made to the War Vete­rans' Home during ·the year. One. had taken the form 1of a games night and another. a concert for the inmates. · The artists were volun­teers . from the sub­branch, the auxiliary and surrounding .districts. ·

/ . . ./

home with six packs of playing-cards. An another occasiort a

sub-branch party present· ed books to thl!)~ome lib- • rary ·in memoP:Y of the two members who had passed on during· the year. The sub-branch had en­

tertained a party of M!Jr· ••. · ray and sub-branch mem· bers and ta,ken them to see the home.

4lthough sporting acti­vities had tended to lan­guish the sub-branch had held . several sportS'"" nights and dances, a nd Mrs Flett had put on a concert: ' , .. The annual dinner was

successful, though not quite so. well attended as usual. Car excursions had been

organised for Inmates of the Edward Mi!len and Lemnos homes, followed by tea served by the ladies. The amelioration fund

stood at £95. There had not been any calls on ameHoration except . for Christmas presents for deceased members' widows with children.

,._, . !

lr PePtJY Pay sales had

f!mountea to +111/1/6, ) which was about ·no bet-ter than the previous 1t year. Hospital-visiting had

been carried. out by Bert Downsborough In his usual cheery manner.

' Advertising Rates· Advertising rates in this jour­

nal within 12 montli3 ;~re as follows: " Contract Ra~es (per column inch). .

Casual rate . . •• - .... 151 '"'I' 48 inches .•••.••• 13/ 6 0 . inches ..•••.•. 12/6 .

250 inches . . • . . • • . 11/ 500 inches · . . . . . . . . 10/ Back p~ge,-~en stlpul~ted

as such, 25 per cent increase on above . .rates. . 1

Clrculatioo, 16,500. ·

U you t-ve .anything of interest to do with your sub-branch ·and ltw activities, .or by way of penona1 ~.send lt m. '

But not.e·tt.e deadllne fbr ·any ls8ue-the 28th dlw ol the prevtuu.& ioonth. Submlealons must be .. Cbe bands ol-

'!be Editor. /

The -conc~ft was organ· CHANGES?: At a spe· !sed and compered by the

cial meeting on March 17 s~cial offirer, Mr Ern the State Executive will Jolly. t discuss.. proposed con- The same night the -sub·

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