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COURIERVol. 20. No. 185. AUGUST, 1965 Price Id.

CJit,,.i61AUSTRALIA.WIDE RE.UNION

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The subject of an Australia-wideRe-union has again come to theICII'e.

The Annual General Meeting ofthe W.A. Branch gave tacit approv-al for the conduct of aRe-unionf rorn this Branch's point of view.The style of re-union approved wasthat of a Grand Safari as outlinedin a previous Editorial. It now re-mains for other States to give theirapproval and the game will be on.

The suggested year is 1968 butto (late no particular month hasbeen settled upon as this will bedependent on the best time avail-able to the greatest number ofmembers.

To once again outline the ideaof this Safari let me show how it isproposed to run it. The generalIdea is that W.A. members will de-part by car from Perth calling atsay Kalgoorlie for a minor re-unionwith members in that area. Anyof these members can then join thecontingent and the next spot forre-union will be in Adelaide wherewe get together with our SouthAustralian brethren for a good timeIt is hoped that some S.A. mem-bers will join the caravan on toMelbourne by a route still to bedevised. At Melbourne the Vic-torian boys will take over and onceagain it will be a time of re-uniontor a period of say 5-7 days. Thecontingent would then move toSydney added to by any Victorianmembers who can join in. Sydneywould be the final spot for re-union and it is hoped that Queens-

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land members could come down forthe re-union to be held in thatcity. Members would make theirseparate ways home from Sydney.

The idea was originally broughtup by Bert Tobin at a conferenceheld in Perth in conj unction withthe Commonwealth Re-union in1962. He expanded upon it in aletter to the "Courier" some ninemonths later. This idea has themerit of bringing all members inall States into the picture and pro-viding members and their wivesand families with a really first classholiday. It will naturally take timeand money but the gain will beterrific as no one could personallyplan a holiday with so much po-tential entertainment and value inmeeting old friends once again ontheir own home grounds.

There is no doubt the projectwould have the effect of enliveningbranches in every State during thecurrency of the organisation andthis in itself is nothing if not goodin its effect upon the eventualstrength of the Association as awhole.

Readers will be hearing a lotmore on this subject in the monthsto come especially if the otherStates agree to co-operate as theyundoubtedly will do as they willrealise the terrific uplift such atravelling convention can do forthe As.sociation.

.Kee p this idea in mind and startsaving your pounds or should it bedollars, so that you can participatewhen the actual event takes place.

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{<',~r:';">lIleAtc,AlI4tflJli6". ftI'~pt"ilf~~ " , . '~; A ,'. " p" -'.A . , _,',', . soclatlol~. He v.:as Secretary, Treas-f./'I..:.~~dffA.l~o.iIJ..i/:Iclivfi~~,); t!rer\'o/l~e Pr esident, Prest,g.ent and. ._ ._. ~'1 _... . ..... ,. ., -.Comm1tt-ee man. In each -and ev-:;;ANNUAL, GENERAL MEETING. ' ery ~l?sition he accepte~ M{'ck gave,: " , ' i , ! '.' ' . 'of QIS, best. So well did he carry'. Desplt.e.td1t~ri~ls .upon the!sub, : out his .rnany and varied p;ositionsject a~l1J ai, Qt~e(fo~_rn<s! of lerilyei~~ :,that:, w,;, as ordinary ni~mber~,l(ment;"aft'll:ld'fhe reSpo'nse was=ter slro~ed how mu~h we valued hisi~ible. Only 20 starters for this s~rvlces, by making him t~'e third

. most imjJorfirif -meeting.:' Really,' Life N.1~mh~r of lh1S;·":A.'SN:iciafion.what can',YQu;c,do to get. a rr oll up: ,1?unng the later years--of',his lifeat .. tnese :inee.t4n~s?, .Howeve r, th&se" failing health and .a. change .of.. oc-who attended were at least enthus- cupation prevented ,Mick- .frorn- tak-iastrc '·amr·!tra-C1r"buslne·Ss was trans- ing a' more' active+part in' kssocia"acted. The reports submitted were han affairs, but his interest neverexcellent and appear elsewnere in lagged, and he did what he couldtnis Issue. when he could.

Prior to the commencement at The high esteem in which Mickproceedings the retiring President was held by our members wasunveiled a delightful photo of our clearly demonstrated by the num-old friend the recently departed bers who were pr7sent to pay theirJV1ick Calcutt and his panegnc ad- last respects to him, when the lastdress was just the thing for the Last Post for Mick was finallyoccasion. sounded.

.. .. .. Gentlemen, this Associationwoul.d .be singularly lacking in ap-preciation of such unselfish ser-vice if we did not show somemark of respect and remembranceto a member who has served us sofaithfully and well for such anumber of years.

To this end gentlemen, we themembers of your Executive havehad 1'I)ick's. 'pho~ograph e~largedand suitably inscrlbed, and it is in-tended to hang it next to ourHOnour Roll.

Gentlemen, I now have the hon-our of unveiling this photograph.

.. .. .Mr. Dick Geere was elected a

Life Member of the Association forhis excellent work of Auditor andTreasurer of the Branch over manyyears. Bill Epps had the honour ofproposing Dick for the honourwhich he did in really wonderfulmanner. It was left to Col Doigto second these remarks and. thehonour was bestowed with acclam-ation. Dick responded in his usu-al humble style and thanked theBranch for electing him a LifeMember.

Before the election of officerstook place Col Doig moved thatthe office of Past President be add-ed to the list of officers and thatthe normal committeemen be re-duced by one. This was passed.

The following officers were el-

Gentlemen,As you are aware Mick Calcutt

passed away On Nov. 26, 1964, andthis Association suffered a verygreat loss indeed.

We all knew JYlick and liked hima lot.

Those of us who saw active ser-vice on Timor got to know Mickthe soldier. We all admired himfor his plain common sense, whichwas evident at all times, his readywit and cheerful disposition, tak-ing things as they came, the badalong with the good, and always hehelped those who needed help.

After the cessation of hostilitiesMick was one of our most ardentadvocates, and an untiring workerto form this, our Association.

When this Association was form-ed Mick really showed us what hecould do. Nothing, and I repeatnothing, was too much trouble forhim. No task was too big andnone too small. He worked cease-lessly and untiringly, using everyavenue he knew. Mick was deter-mined that this Association wouldsucceed, and the fact that we havesucceeded, and that today we area strong and Solid organisation, isin no small measure due to Mick'sefforts, in our early years as anAssociation. '

During that time he held nearlyevery position there is in our As-

ected for the ensuring year: Pre-sident, Mr. Jack Hasson; Vke Pre-sident, Mr. Bill Epps , Past Presid-ent;' Mr,. Arthur Smith; Secretary,Mr. fred Napier; Treasurer, Mr.Dick Geere , Editor, Mr. Col Doif;Auditor, Mr, Joe Burridge'; Com-mittee, Messrs. J. Carey, R. Mc-Donald, G. fletcher, L. Bagley, C.-V artan, ,P. Hancock; Kings ParkWarden, Mr. J. Burridge, assistedhy Mr: S. McKinley.

Country Vice Presidents: Kal~!;ol'lriie area, Mr. S. Rogers; Gerald-ton area, Mr. P. Barden; Midlandsarea, Mr. S. Sadlier. Great Southernarea" Mr. R. Sprigg; South Westarea, Mi'. T. Crouch; West Coastalarea, Mr. C. Turner.

Under general business Col Doi gb rou ght up the matter of an Aus-tralianwide Convention to take theform of a Grand Safari. After con-siderable discussion this idea wasapproved, hy the meeting and ColDoi g was empowered to try andorganise the affair.

The area in Kings Park also wasfully discussed and all agreed thatterrific progress had been made inthe past year.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT 1964-65Gentlemen, during the past 12

months your Committee met on 12occasions to organise and conducttr.e varIOUS functions which tookplace during the year just past.

Our Annual Re-union and Din-ner was held here in Anzac ClubBasement, at the end of the Augustschool holidays. This date was de-cided on to give country membersreturning children to school achance to attend. The dinner asusual was a success.

The next day, Sunday, we heldour Annual Commemoration Ser-vice in Honour Avenue. The timeof starting this function was pu tforward to 2.30 p.m. to give coun-try members the benefit of t h e ex-Ira half hour of daylight duringtheir journey home.

for au r monthly meeting in Oc-tober we arranged a Sports Nightwith members of the Korean Vet-erans Association. This was wellattended by both our own mem-bers and the Korean Veterans, andeveryone enjoyed an excellent ev-ening.

In November we were taken ona conducted tour of the A.B.C.Broadcasting studios, and also the

A.B.W.2 television studios. Thiswas an excellent night; also a mostinstructive one.

Our Country Convention washeld at Katanning over the longweekend in November. AI goodnumber of members, some withtheir wives, made the journey toKatanning on the Saturday. Wewere met by Aif Hillman and hiswife and Ron Sprigg. Accommo-dation had been arranged for us atthe Katanning Hotel and a get-to-gether with members of the localR.S.L, also. That took care ofSaturday. On Sunday morningsome of us were taken for a tourof Bert Burges property at BroomeHill, and after lunch we held our'convention at the Katanning Ho-tei. for the first time ever it wasdecided to allow the ladies to si Iin at the Convention table. 011Sunday evening a barbecue teaaround a little refreshment washeld at Mr. and Mrs. Hillman'sproperty. This was an excellentevening, after which we made ourway hack to the Katanning Hotel.Monday saw us back in Perth aftera wonderful weekend. '

On Nov. 20 we had our AnnualBowls Evening at the Maimed andLimbless Club. This is always agood night and more members andtheir wives should avail themselvesof it.

Our usual Christmas Party, theBucks' Night, was held on Dec. 12.This was a very good evening, butit is felt could be improved uponby arranging a programme.

for our Children'S ChristmasParty we tried a new venue onDec. 7. This party was held atYanchep Park and proved to bequite successful, although thenumber who attended was slightlyless than usual. Presents were sentto country children and to thechildren of widowed members.

Mr. Avon Payne donated a 16m.rn. movie projector completewith speaker to this Association,and in order to try it out we helda picture evening at our februarymeeting.

In March we held a very suc-cessful rifle shoot. .

Towards the end of March weheld our second annual CricketMatch at Harvey. Arthur and Mrs.Marshall spared no pains to makethis day a success and to just saythey succeeded is to do them an

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injustice. This was a day of daysand is recommended to anyonewho wants to get in a real goodday's outing. It was gratifying in-deed to see that more of our citymembers and their families madethis trip.

For our Ladies' Night we cameback to the old style of Unit Mem-bers and their wives only. Thefunction was held here in AnzacHouse and was an outstanding suc-cess. We had an excellent roll-upincluding quite a few countrymembers and their wives. Duringthis evening Bernie and Mrs. Cal-linan and a party of their friends,all over from Victoria, managed tofind time to visit us. It was anexcellent opportunity for Bernie tomeet a lot of us he hadn't seen fora long time. He also met the wivesof everyone present and everyonemet his wife and friends. This wasindeed a bright spot in the year.

The following week we wereable to give Bernie a dinner at theRiverton Hotel, which was quitesuccessful.

A wreath was laid On the StateWar Memorial at the Dawn Ser-vice. The roll up for the marchwas one of the best for many yearswhich of course meant a good turnu r afterwards at the re-union.This was the success it always is.

During the past year unfortun-ately three of our members passedaway. They are Warick Crossing,Mick Calcutt and George Carrier.Warick Crossing left a widow andfive children, and your Committeehas taken care of them. They arenow all comfortably housed to-gether. Mrs. Crossing is in receiptof a War wldow's Pension and allthe amenities that go with it.

Mick Calcutt and George Car-rier were unmarried.

Honour Avenue Kings ParkIt is with a great deal of pride

and pleasure that this Associationcan look back on the past year'swork in Honour, Avenue. Firstlythe timber for the rear kerbingwas delivered to Mr. Rod Dhu'shome at Subiaco. A busy bee wasarranged to white ant proof this.A further busy bee was arrangedto sight and lay this kerbing. An-other busy bee was arranged tocomplete laying the wooden kerb-ing on the other side.

Mr. Bob Smythe had been work-ing with the Main Roads Dept.,

with a view to getting cementkerbing laid down on the roadfrontage through our area. All atonce his eftorts bore fruit and anextra large busy bee was calledfor from our Unit. The results ofthat call is now history. We hadone of the best and most gratify-ing results possible. All the worknecessary to assist the kerb layinggang on both the Saturday andSunday, was easily done, such wasthe manpower available. This wasour major step forward, made easyby the number of members whoturned up and really worked hardfor those two days.

Since then the area has beensanded, necessary to hold the ce-ment kerbing. A couple of bus)'bees were necessary for this. Thegrass has been top dressed withfertilizer and one section has beentried out with a different type ofsprinkler which was successful.

All this work I am sure will becarried on by the incoming com-mittee.

Gentlemen, as your retiring Pre-sident may I say a few words ofpraise for the work done in thepast year by the members of yourExecutive and Committee. Eachmember where circumstances per-mitted, performed his allotted taskconscientiously and well. ThereJus never been any ithought ofslacking or side-stepping, and sowilling to work has this ExecutiveCommittee been, that it has simp-lified the job of President andmade my role a very easy andsimple one. To the members ofmy Executive and Committee I say"Thank You" for your excellentand loyal support during my termas President.

And in conclusion, gentlemen, Ithank you all for bestowing on methe honour of being your Presidentfor the last two years. -A. SMITH.

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DON CLOTHING CO.Your R_clftyou. Fol' Merc.y

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to" Your Way on All Purcllu ••R____

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EDITORIAL REPORTMr. President and Gentlemen,It is once again my pleasing

duty to report on the annual ac-tivity of your journal "The 2/2ndCommando Courier" for the yearjust ended.

This is not an activity in whichspectacular progress can be re-ported. It is purely a matter ofsending a paper to all the mem-bers whose addresses we have andtrying to keep these membersabreast of Association doings andinter-changing various correspond-e nts activities.

The mailing list remains fairlyconstant with odd additions andodd deletions. Every State is re-presented in the journal's issuewith the following approximatefigures: W.A. 193, Victoria 114,N.S.W. 116, Queensland 32, S.A,

, 1"', Tasmania 7, A.C.T. 2, Over-seas 5 - 488 in all.

As a result of the annual sweepthe address list is kept fairly cur-rent, thanks to the efforts of BillEpps who culls all correspondencefur' change of addresses.

In' the year just completed eight"Couriers " were issued for a totalcost of £124/19/- plus bulk post-age of £4/3 / -. The months omit-ted were December, February andApril. The May issue will find itsway into the next year's budget-ting.

Cannot report that this was awonderful year for assistance fromreaders in the way of letters andexcept for the influx during therecent sweep the bulk of the newswas supplied by regular corre-spunderits in the form of HarryBotte rill from Victoria and PeterBarden from Geraldton. This leavesa terrific responsibility on theshoulders of the Editor to think upsufficient copy to produce a read-ahle paper.

Another problem associated atall times with the publication ofour journal is the matter of Edit-o rials. The scope available is solimited having regard to the factthat our Association is non-sectar-ian and non-political. The residueleft is largely Association matterswhich have been dealt with so of-ten that the subject becomes bor-ing by repetition and does notserve its true purpose of enlight-ening the reader. Perhaps somethought might be given to form-

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ulating an Editorial Committee tobring new and brighter ideas tobear on this aspect. ,:, ,

Thanks to Bernie Callinan thefeature "Historically Your s l " hasbeen continued with a series basedon a naturalist's travels in Timorin the 1870s. This served to showthe Timor we knew was littlechanged in 70 years.' This was avery well written and highly en-lightening chapter from what musthave been a great book in its day.

No report could possibly becomplete without due reference tothe wonderful work done on ourbehalf by Bill Epps and of coursehis family. Bill, firstly in his cap-acity as machine operator for the"Swan Express" sets the paper andsees that it is ready on dead line,then he prepares the wrappers,folds and wraps the paper and seesto its despatch. This function to-gether with keeping the addresslist up to date is a fantastic amountof work and the Association owes adeep debt of gratitude. As EditorI must give my most sincerethanks to Bill for his marvelous ef-forts on behalf of the Associationin seeing the paper so proudlyi-roduced.

My thanks also to Keith HayesfOI assisting Bill Ep ps by the pro-vision of stencils for the address-ing machine. Thanks to Harry Bot-terill of Victoria for the consist-ancy and quality of his VictorianVocal Venturings and of course toPeter Barden for his excellent cov-erage of news from the Geraldtonarea. As mentioned earlier withoutthese two stalwarts the "Courier"writing would be largely a one-manatrair.

Once again I would like to thankour publishers, "The Swan Ex-pr ess " for a wonderfully producedjournal on time all the time.

In conclusion let me wish theAssociation and its journal all thebest for the ensuing year.

-C. D. DOIG, Han. Editor.

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Address All Your Correspondence:Box T1646, G.P.O. Perth

(Printed for the publisher by "TheSwan Express," 10 Helena Street,

Midland, W.A.)

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c.:»: c.:»The first meeting of the new

Committee took place on July 20under the chairmanship of our newPresident, Jack Hasson, who tookthe opportunity to welcome mem-bers and hoped for a good year.

The Treasurer's report showedthat the finances were in a healthystate and that the Association'should have little difficulty in fin-ancing its various projects.It was decided to go ahead and

purchase a new mower for use inour area in Kings Park and BillEp ps and the President were em-powered to buy a suitable machine.

The Committee decided to havea rifle shoot at the August meetingand that the September meeting bea film evening. The Annual Re-union is to be held on Sept. 25(Saturday of Show Week).

After considerable discussion itwas decided that 1968 appeared tobe the best year in which to tryand organise the Grand Safari butthat the matter of the best monthto hold it be left to a poll of mem-bers. Col Doig was empoweredto negotiate with the Eastern StatesBranches on the whole matter.

The Calcutt Trophy came up fordiscussion and some considerableprogress was made in this matterwhich it is hoped will be availablefor competition this year.It was decided to. try and arran ge

a picnic at Parkerville on GerryMaley's block in the near future.

PerjOnatt;,8jNice to see Ron Sprigg at the

Annual General Meeting. He was. promptly pooled into the job ofReturning Officer which he carriedout with much aplomb.

Also at this meeting was Char-lie King and Robbie Burns whowere making an appearance for thef rst time for qui te awhile. Ch ar-lie looks extra fit as does Robbie.

Syd McKinley was a welcome at-tender and he promptly volunteer-

eci to assist the Warden in keepingKings Park in order for the ensu-ing year.

Since last we went to press haveto record the death of one of ouroriginal members in the person ofGeo. Carrier. Geo will be wellknown as an original Lance Cor-por al in 5 Section. He had beenin poor health for some time andhis death was something in the na-ture of a happy release. Geo wasa real good bloke and was mostagreeable person to work with asyour Editor knows, having com-manded 5 Section. During lateryears Geo was working on a farmat Wyalkatchem and we did not seevery much of him. Our sympathygoes out to any of his relatives inAustralia.

Our sincere sympathy to ourPresident, Jack Hasson, on the lossof his mother. Mrs. Hasson Snr.had also been ill for a long timealthough she remained most cheer-ful right through her illness.

Saw Geo. and Colleen Stricklandat the footy when Swans got welldone over by Subiaco. Both look-ed fit but of course disappointed atthe footy result. Geo told me that"Doc" Wheatley had recently beenin an accident with his utility atNortham. He got badly shaken upand his ute was a complete wipeoff. Sorry to hear of your badluck, Doc. Hope you are 100 percent ere this.

Laurie Tapper called to see mefor a brief chat the other day,Laurie is quite a tubby nowadaysand tells me he is earning a crustselling insurance.

Had some very enjoyable mo-ments with Alf Hillman and "Bar-ney" Barnes at the RS.L. CongressBoth are very keen R.S.L. men,Barney being President of RockyGully Sub-Branch.

Afraid "Yours Truly" didn't domuch good at the Congress as Iwas a nominee for the State Exec-utive but finished z oth in a fieldof 20. Still can't say I'm worriedas after attending my first CGn-gress I'm afraid it's not for me.Give me our Association any day.

ANNUAL RE-UNIONANZAC HOUSE BASEMENT

SATURDAY, 25th SEPTEMBERThis is the Saturday of Royal Show Week

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CEO. E. WILSON, of Braebriae Rd.,Cannington, W.A., writes:-Please find enclosed raffle butts

and cash. Sorry I was so long-winded with them.

I'm very busy on a boat I'm fix-> ing up to go fishing and it takes upall my spare time .. ' Still it is nearlyfinished now, thank goodness.

Hope to see you Anzac Day.Regards to all.

CHARLES KING, of Wilfred Rd.,Canning Vale, W.A., writes:-Please find enclosed butts and

cash.The wife and I had a jolly good

time last week at Ladies' Night. Itwas nice to meet the boys. Hadnot seen some of them for ages.

Trusting you are in the best ofhealth. Regards to all.

S. C. JARVIS, of P.O. Muchea,W.A., writea:-Please find butts and cash for

sweep.All the best to all.

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FRED JANVRIN, of 10 Nanawie St.Marnee, writea:-How about this-Fred looks as

though he may make the draw forthis particular sweep. I won'ttake credit for it. It was the goodold "Courier" that made it poss-ible. A grand paper, the "Cour-ier" and I love to read it letter byletter or is it word by word. Notthat it matters either way just solong as it keeps on coming.'There's an extra quid with the

sweep money. Don't know if Iowe anything or not. If I don't itdoesn't matter as I know it won'tbe wasted.

Was nice to read letters from afew of my extra good friends likeBernie Langridge, Fred Ottway, LesCollins and Les Isenhood. Wouldlove to be able to meet you boysone of these days. What a lairethat Collins is. "Potts Point".How long have they been callingWoolloornoloo Potts Point? Oh,brother. How about giving us arin g, Les, 53 4872, and say hello.I'm afraid Fred and Bernie live toofar away to give me a ring so "Hel-lo. Fred and Bernie".

Les, I was up in Newcastle a fewmonths back on business and while

there I looked up our old mate,Eric Chapman. The "old" cowdidn't even know me at first. Itwas nice to see him and he told meyou lived at Cardiff so next timeI'm up there I'll look you up. I'llbring my "working tools" withme. I believe you use the sametype in your job.

Does anyone ever hear from KenJones? I would like to read a let-ter from him in the "Courier" Oneof these days and I'm sure thereare quite a few more of his mateswho would love to hear from him.

Well, friends, will say cherrioior now and I hope you boys thatgt( the "Courier" together don'tmind me using it to say hello to afew of the boys. I guess youwon't hear from me until the nextsweep. Myself and a few dozen oth-ers should be ashamed of ourselvesas we sure don't help much do.we? Maybe we will improve withage. Let's hope so.

Good luck to you all and maythe best man win the sweep. Isure need the dough.

All the best.

GORDON HISLOP, of Corrigin Ho-tel, Corrigin, W.A., writes:-Please find enclosed sweep tic-

ets and cash for subs.Give my regards to all the boys

and best for Anzac Day.

T. SNOWDON, of 112 Matina St.,Narrabundah, Canberra, writes:As is practically always the case

this will only be a few lines as Iam in a bit of a hurry. HoweverI promise that one day I will takethe pen in hand and scribble yousomething worth while.

My reason for writing is ofcourse to return the sweep buttsand I am only very pleased to as-sist in this respect as the "Cour-ier" is something I look forwardto receiving and may I congratulateyou good people who keep oncompiling it, as it is by no wayany easy task.

My wife and three children areall in good health and I am happyto say that I am likewise. I havetwo boys, Warren, aged 15 years,and Brian, 12J years. Also a girl,Mau reen, 6} years old. They alllike school which is a very good

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thing these days. The boys bothgo to college, Warren being infourth year and Brian in first year.

I never see any of the 2/2ndboys up this way. Allan Stewartlives lip here but I have only methim the once. He and Jim Wallcalled Of) me one evening last year.

Had intended going to Sydneyfor Anzac Day but have had tocancel that engagement (can't standgetting real sick these days).The country over here is terrib-

ly dry and doesn't look like get-ting any rain, besides the coldweather is upon us which meansthat all growth will remain at astandstill now until the spring.With the result the poor old farm-er is not going to have a very pros[l c rous period far some time in thefuture.

Must sign off now with cheersto all the boys, especially MickMorgan and his Section.

WILF MARCH, of 3 Bricknall Rd.,AttadaIe, W.A., writes:-Herewith sweep butts and cash,Hope the sweep will be the sue-

CeSS it usually is.I am at present on afternoon

shift and then go on night shift forthree months, Will have to makean endeavour to get up and seeyou and the lads when I get backon day shift again.

ILMA MP,RT1N, of Box' 40, P.O.MiIing; W.A., writes:--Enclosed cheque is to cover raf-

fle tickets and subs. I thou ghtTom might have written a nofe faenclose but he knows that if heapproaches anything looking like apen he will have to fill in his stat-istic papers, which is the biggestbug in his year.

However he had a reasonably!-:ood year with his crops, sheep,and pigs. Gaining two grandchamps at the Perth Royal with hispi!:s.We have a 17 year old son work

ing on the farm now, a daughter atSt. Hilda's in her junior year, andthe youngest boys starts Guildfordnext year.Saw Reg Harrington and family

during the holidays quite a lot. ithink Reg went home for a rest.Tom received a very welcome

letter from Kel Carthew a fewmonths back which he has everyintention of answering, that is if

he still remembers how to write.Best wishes to all and hope the

sweep is a success.

TED LOUD, of Forestry Dept.,Pemberton, W.A., writes:-Received your reminder today.

You had no worries everything wasunder control. Enclosed buttsand money to cover. Trust sweepwitl again be successful.

Hope you are in the best ofhealth and wealth as you were thelast time I saw you during and af-ter the Katanning Convention. Imissed the "Courier" with theKatanning turnout in. No doubtthere was a mention about it, but Imissed out, so if you could for-ward One I will be very thankful.Nlentioning for the benefit ot

those who missed out, what amighty show it was. Made so bythe very good chaps and wiveswho went along. My only com-plaint (too good a time). It tooka week to get over it but was wellworth it and I'm looking forwardto the next one that I'm able toattend.

Have not seen any of the boystor some time. Doug Fullartonstill at Nor thclitfe. Receive a mes-s;,se from him now and again.

Give my regards to all. How isLes Dingle going? No doubt I'llmeet him with you at the usualplace next time I'm in the city.Also hope to meet Jack and Nor-mi; Hasson as well.

I'm i.: the best of health myself,must be the hard work. Teethstill intact

L. BROOKER, of 110 GoodwoodParade, Rivervale, W.A., writes:Am returning sweep butts and

money. Sorry for being a bit latebut have been off on compensationfor a while and haven't been get-ting around much, so there's no-news to spread around. Am backat work again now. I will prob-ably have to go to hospital beforetoo much longer. Anyway hopethis finds you and the gang allwell So long for now.

ALF BLUNDY, of 41 Amber St."Katanning, W.A., writes:-I sold this book of tickets but

afraid I'm in a hurry getting themposted. Left it a bit late as usual.I'm going to Perth in a few min-lites so will post down there.

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I'm a bit behind in my subs sowill add a pound to the cheque. Idon't know if this will bring me upto date or not, but it will helpfor the time being.

Sorry to trouble you the othernight but I'm still in trouble withthe welfare. Would like to haveseen you this weekend but doubtif I will be able to make it now.I must hurry off now, hoping

the tickets are not too late.Regards to all,

COLIN CRIDDLE, of 124 Nan.onSt., Wembley, W.A., writea:-Enclosed please find cheque for

butts and subs if any outstanding.Wishing the Association every suecess with the sweep.

We must apologise for not at-tending the Ladies' Night at theR.S.L. owing to a long range wed-ding falling on the same date,which reminds me, we have anoth-er on April 24. I only hope myeldest doesn't decide to get marri-ed this year, although he turns 21ill December. Time sure does fly,since I first came home on com-passionate leave to see the firstedition in the family, before leav-ing on the first of three missionsacross to Timor with the S.R.D.I'm hoping to go across to South

Australia at the end of this yearwith a team of parachutists repre-senting this State in the Austra-lian National Championships, sowill make a few contacts throughthe Address Book.

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ERIC W. THORNANDER, of 10Robert St., Kalgoorlie, writes:-Find enclosed sweep butts and

cash to cover same. The extra iswhat I could owe for subs.

Archie Campbell was up to cov-er a couple of items of sport at ourKalgoorlie Fair. Archie certainlylooks in the pink. I did notice hewas not knocking the HannansLager back. Yes, we had quite afew. Peter Alexander was also inattendance.

Locally, most of the boys seemto keep pretty well. I bump intothem all from time to time andhaven't seen any in a wheel chairas yet.

The Huddy blew in from the de-sert a few weeks back and reckonson being in Kalgoorlie for Easter.This is going to be a doubtfulpleasure.

Well the kindest regards to youand yours and the very best to allthe boys.

W. F. BRYANT. 319 Stanley Rd.,Carina, Brisbane, write.:-Herewith please find cash for

the sweep and for the "Courier" Ireceive and greatly enjoy, I amvery sorry I dorr't write very of-ten as I am kept pretty busy withmy job as chef at the National Ho-tel in Brisbane all hours of theday and when wanted called uponif one of my cooks takes a sick dayotf. However I seem to revive andable to keep it up. If it wasn'tfor the dough I wouldn't do whatI do.

Had a few weeks in Melbournein February and saw "The Bull".He looked real well and I doubt ifhe has chan ged. It was too shorta notice for him to arrange anymeeting with the other lads but hedid turn it on for me and we hadquite a great yarn about the olddays of 20 odd years ago. Yes,we did have a great mob of boys,didn't we?

Had to go to Rockharnpton dur-ing last year and I came acrossFrank Craigie (Wimpy) C.S.M"QX17840, W.O.1. His address isPennycruck Street, West Rock-hampton. He told me that he hasthe original contact message of Ti-mor to Australia so perhaps youmay get it from him.

Also I noticed that Eric Davieshas died on Jan. 10, 1965, in thepaper. I went to the funeral. Idid not know he lived in Brisbane.You will remember him. He wasa Sapper and quite a nice fellow.

Well, lads, hope this finds youall well and hope that some dayI'll see some of you. My addressyou have in Brisbane so if overplease call for you will find theold Fred Bryant the same chap youknew of old, always able and will-ing to bend the elbow for the am-ber flow with any of you.

Cheerio for now all.

JOHN J. JOYNTON, of Great Wes-tern, via StawelJ, Vic., writes:-Just a line to advice I have re-

moved to above address. Wewould be pleased to see any of theboys going through by road. Itis a small town between Gravatand Stawell on the main road andrail Melbourne to Adelaide.

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Had(son) .Still

year.

a visit from Joe and BruceThey both look' well.hoping to get over ..nextGot a bit closer.

JIM DEN"I:; of Werrinya, N.S.W.,writes:-Enclosed cheque and butts, for

sweep and put an extra bit for theAssociation which you might acecep t now for if this dry weatherkeeps up I may have to put thefangs in for two back. The pre-sent period is one of the driest onrecord here. After a dozen bum-per years it's hard to take.I see by the "Courier" that

most of the gang are doing allright. Regards to all.

TED CHOLER TON, of Bookra,Carcoar, N.S.W., writes:-Sweep butts, etc., enclosed.

hope they reach you in time.Helluva dry around these parts

but am glad to say we have nothad any bushfire trouhle here.

All the best and regards to theboys,

JIM FENWICK, of 35 Picnic Pt.Rd., Panania, N.S.W., writes:-It is about time I dropped you

a line hu t with one thing and an-other I have been kept fairly busy.

As I am due out of the army inJanuary much of my time has heentaken up looking around for a job.So far have not settled on anything

in particular. Anybody knowingof one could contact me at theabove address.

In May I went on a bit of aholiday. We drove up to Graftonthe first night and there had a fewheers with Alan Luby, Ron Orr andHarry Fredericks. Those threelook extra well. '

Next day, slightly the worse forwear, we travelled on' to Brisbane.On the way called in to see thenew Postmaster at Maclean only tofind he (Happy Greenhalgh) wason leave. Nothing daunted wentround to his house and caught himat breakfast prior to trying hisluck at the fishing festival at Yam-ba. George hasn't changed a bitsince I saw him last. Still got agrin and good for plenty of fun,His wife Rene reckons that Mac-lean will do them for a while yet.After that onto Bangalow to see

Russ Blanch. Russ now is theowner of his own business in Ban-galow. Looks well and anybodygoing up the coast way to .Bris-bane will easily see Russ's shop.Russ has put on a bit of weight,trying to catch me I think.

We arrived in Brisbane later thatday.

In the next day or so I contact-ed Fred Otway. Fred met me onthe Friday night and took me outto see Angus MacLachlan and hisfamily. From there we went overto see Freddy Bryant and there

SUNDAY, SEPT. 5th, 1965

Car Trial and 'BarbecueStart Point: Parking Area, West End of Causeway

Start Time: 10 a.m.Finishing Point: Jerry Maley's Block at Parker ville.Turn off Highway at 19 mile peg then follow signs

Bring your' own barbecue meat or this can be arrangedwith Jack Garey

If you want to be in this piece of fun I'mg:-Col Doig', 230161 (work), 872764 (home).,Jack Hasson. 67 2044.Jack Carey: 53961 (work).Pred Napier: 210181 (work), 879266 (home).

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Alex Voevodin caught up with us.Unfortunately time was short andI really only had a short time talk-ing with them all. They all lookweil and I hope next time I makethe trip will have longer and beable to see more of the Brisbanechaps.

Wherever one goes and looks upany 2/2nd chap he is always as-sured of a welcome and it is likewalking into your own home. Thatis how I have found it over theyears of my wanderings with thearmy and being able to look upthe 2/2nd chaps in the differentplaces I have been in,

On arrival back in Sydney I raninto Tom Tierney. He has mis-placed his address book hut will

give him Ron Sprigg's address ifhe hasn't got it out of the June"Courier".

Anzac Day in Sydney was a won-derful roll up. Saw Roy Martin,Tom Yates and Jim Cullen for thefirst time since the war. Others Ihad not seen for many years wereCliff Paff, Neil Bray, Frank Press,and a few others whose names es-cape me at the moment. I hadhoped to see F. Newton, ex West-mead, but looks like he piked itagain. Never mind Newt you willmake it one of these days.

Well must away now. Hope towrite again before Christmas. Myregards to all.

For any 2/5 Sqd., my Adj t. inthe unit is one Capt. Vic Crawford.

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Committee meeting held at BertTobin's office on Tuesday, June 1.Present Bert Tobin in chair, JimRobinson, George Kennedy, AlanMunro, Smash Hodgson, Bill Tuc-ker, John Southwell, Jimmy Rob-erts and Harry Botterill. Apologieswere received from Jim Wall, BruceMcLaren and Bernie Callinan.

The main business of the meet-ing was to discuss the MelbourneCup sweep which is the life bloodof the Association and it was tidiedup with' the job being spreadaround committee members tolighten the load.

I have just been on a businesstrip to Tasmania and saw quite afew of the boys. Had a nightwith Vic and Esse Pacey and theirdaughter Jan who is studying tobe a teacher. Vic's eldest daugh-ter, Gaye, had just made Vic andEsse proud grandparents with thebirth of a daughter. All well andhappy.

Vic and I had lunch with JoeLoveless. Joe is looking partic-ularly well, has put on weightsince I saw him last a few yearsago. He has a married daughter inPerth and his eldest boy has juststarted work in the P.M.G. Joeis seriously considering going overto W.A. as he can get a transferin his job with the P.M.G. and hethinks his boy can too. He iswondering what the accommoda-tion position is like in Perth. I

,I

told him to write to Col Doig ask-ing for the information he wants.I also; called in on Ivan Brown

who is still sign writing in Hobart,S til I looks the same. Has justcompleted a year in the chair withhis lodge. Still takes keen inter-est in skiing and swimming. Call-ed in on Mark Conway at Launces-ton. Mark is on the switchboardof the Hydro Electric Commission.He is looking very well althoughhis legs give him a bit of trouble.His wife has been very ill and isIust getting over it. His twochildren a boy and girl, are bothworking, Mark loves his footballand horse racing. Told me hisboy knows more about Victorianfootball than Tassie football as itseems most Tassie people take agreat interest in our football.Talking about football, our con-

gratulations to both the Swans andthe Sand gropers for their goodwins over the Victorians-but donot get too excited when thesegames got real dinkurn if they everdo, you won't see which way theVics go.

Well, that is about all the newsI have for now. I will be goingup to stay with Happy Greenhalghat MacLean (N.S.W.) during theSeptember holidays and I hope tosee some of the boys during thetrip. Cheerio for now.

-HARRY BOTTERILL.

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