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On Getting TogethernessIt has been the great good for-

tune of the W.A. Branch to wel-come three interstate visitors toour fair city during the past monthill the persons of Maurie Smithfrern Victoria and Alan Luby andhis, good wife and Clitf Patf fromN.S.W. The terrific pleasure ithas given members in W.A. tconce again greet our friends fromother States is a true indication ofthe value of the Association. It isfelt that this is one of the reallybig things that an active Associa-tion can offer-the ability to gettogether and enjoy the companyof our Unit mates.When anyone travels from W.A.

to the Eastern States they returnsinging the praises of the hospital-ity extended and are gladdened ina really big way at being able tomeet their comrades.The Address Book put out by the

W.A. Branch in 1962 has provedto be an invaluable production andensures that no matter where amember travels throughout Aust-ralia he can be assured of getting

together with one of the gang.This Address Book will be broughtup to date in the very near futureso that its value will stay 'as strongas ever.The recent P.O.W. first fully in-

~erstate Congress also showed thevalue of getting together as friend-ships as old as 1919 were onceagain brought together. The evi-dent pleasure of all parties in meet-ing their mates for the first time'in over 20 years was something tobehold.One feels after the recent meet-

ings with our mates that the Safariplanned for 1968 can do nothingbut good to all concerned-that itwill be a great success purely be-cause the enjoyment of meetingfriends not seen for ages will besu fficient in itself.The wonderful pleasure which

has been derived from the recentinterstate visits makes it 'all themore important that the Associa-tion keep going from strength tostrength so that this pleasure willbe available for all time.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~~

DAY OUT FOR SISTER KATE'S CHILDRENSUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, REG HARRINGTON'S PROPERTY

WYENINGTake the Toodyay Road to Bolgart then follow the signs

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'A" ' A}':': ,,' Ing; 'that of "The Unit and' Associ-:../V~6Pcialion _./Vcti,fliJi~~'·'"alion", He traced the history of::" , '., ; '., ' '. : / our 'fo~01ation and battle history to; ;C~ RAU;.Y, SE;rT ~;5 ' .1erfecho~ and wa~ complimented, l .::' ,:', .' " OJ) all sides for his performance.-This function which started out Jack Hasson, our new p.resident,

as a suggestion from Geo. Fletcher responded most ably. .to'; hold' a picnic at Gerry. Maley's" Ray Aitken proposed the toastblock at "'Parkerville, really snow- .of "Allied Services" in his usualballed., Eventually 28 car loads ,ir!imitable manner.took 'parr- in' either the rally or Our visitor from Victoria,the picnic. Jack Hasson and Bill Maurie Smith, was given the taskEpus really went to a great deal of handling the toast to "Portu-of trouble to map an excellent guese Friends and Native Helpers"course to the picnic ground which and he gave an excellent perform-included a bit of fun and a lot of ance in extolling the worth ofscenic attraction. The concourse these helpers.arrived at about midday and the "Spriggy" McDonald proposedrefreshments were immediately on a toast to "Our Guests" which wasand boy did, they disappear quick- handled in response by Tom Hun-Iy? It was reminiscent of our ear- gerford of the 2/8th Sqn.Iy Anz ac Days when a barrel used Col Doig as toast master, keptto disappear within minutes of the evening going with a few oftapping. his "dits". The catering was ex-Terrific credit must go to Jack c~lIent, the lager p.lentiful, the mu-

and Norma Hasson who bore the SIC by au raid fnend Syd Dixon,brunt of the organisation of this n!ost pleasant. All in all a veryevent. Thanks to Gerry and Mar- mce get together,go Maley for making their pro- Do:vn from the country for theperty available and to Geo Fletcher function were Bill Rowan Robin-for the initial suggestion. The 10- son, from Bridgetown, and hecalion was terrific as the kiddies brought a guest in the person ofhad a wonderful time playing Laurie Baker, an ex-R.A.A.F. chapround the bush and in and near who was Dressed into respondingthe' creek. Never have I been to to the toast of "Allied Services":a show where the children were so Arthur Marshall, from Harvey;little bother. Vince Swann, from Salmon Gums'It would tax your writer's mern- Charlie Sadler and Jack Fowler;

ory too much to enumerate those from Wongan Hills.present sufficient to say that it was A notable absentee for the firsta lovely representative' gathering ti~e f?r ages was Stan King, fromand everyone had a whale of a time. Pmganng, but a phone call byThe actual rally resulted in a "Ping" Anderson next day elucid-

tie between Helen and' ~ Poyn- ated the fact that Stan was ill withton and Jack Carey and Col 'Doig. the flu. Hope you are now muchA toss of the coin gave the priz« improved, Stan.to Helen Poynton.· Seen for the first time for a long

while were "Boomer" Giles, Geo.Boyland and Peter Alexander. Pet-er is now residing in the metro.area.Once azain it is beyond vour

Editor's memory to nominate allthe city members present and forfear of offending anyone will nottry.

ANNUAL RE-UNION DINNER

This year this event took placeat Anzac House Basement on Sept.25. We struck appalling weatherand this no doubt deterred manyof both city and country membersfrom attending and although weexpected a near record roll up wecouldn't improve on 'Our figuresfor last year.Jack Carey in a brilliant speech

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COMMEMORATION SERVICE

What has' now become traditionwith' us following the Re-unionDinner is our Commemoration Ser-vice which was held in our area atLovekin Drive, Kings Park, 011,Sunday, Sept. 26.

The area was in excellent con-«ition thanks to the efforts of BillEpps and once again the Hassonfamily.Jack Hasson, as President, con-

ducted the service before a nicesized audience of members andtheir families and gave a most ill-spiring address in good style. Thisaddress is printed elsewhere in thisissue. The march through thegrove always serves to bring backfond memories of the years theUnit served during the war. It ishoped that members will alwaysfind the time to attend this cere-mony of remembrance which is ourvery own in our own portion ofKings Park.

OCTOBER MEETING

This took place at Anzac HOUSeBasement on Oct. 5 and we wereoverjoyed to have Alan Luby pre-sent a nd he was pressed into giv-ing a talk on his home town ofGrafton, N.S.W., and his own par-ticular job which is Superintend-ent of the local ambulance. Thetalk was most enjoyed by thosepresent and the President thankedAlan for being so kind as to let ushave the benefit of his experience.

Once again we were cursed withbad weather as it was one of thewettest days and nights for thewhole year. Nice to see such agood roll upon such a miserablenigh!.

EVENING FOR ALAN AND EDIELUBY

AI very brief notice Jack andNorma Hasson arranged an eveningat the Fremantle Club for Alan andEdie Luby on Saturday, Oct. 1.Thanks to Mick Morgan, who isPresident of the Fremantle CTub,we were ablejO have a most plea-sant evening in very delightfulsu rrou ndings.

Due to the' haste with wh! ch theevening was arranged it was a caseof getting those together whocould' be' rapidly contacted and (J

would be available. Among thosepresent to wish Alan and Edie apleasant stay in W.A. were Jackand Norma Hasson, Mick, and JeanMorgan, Harry and Thel Sproxton,Jerry' and Margo Maley, Keith andMerle Hayes, Percy and Val Han-cock, Joe and Helena Poynton,Roy and Thelma Watson, Fred andRose Sparkman, Bill and Jess Ep ps,Len and Dot Bagley, "Ping" andMarge Anderson, Arthur Smith,Barry Lawrence and Col Doig.It was a ding dong evening and

I'm sure that our guests really en-joyed meeting a few of the gangin such a pleasant way.

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESSCOMMEMORATION SERVICE

Ladies and Gentlemen,Once again we are gathered here

on our piece of hallowed ground topay due homage to those of uswho paid the supreme sacrifice inthe interests of our nation. Thisspot is enshrined in Our hearts asthe place that draws our memoriesback to the mates of yester-yearwhom we will never see again, butwho will live forever in our Bean,a, boys who paid dearly for anideal.What, manner of person were

these?I think just ordinary chaps like

Y0U and me-nothing of the gen-ius, nothing of the yahoo--butsimple folk who were born of anera which somehow begot heroes.The brimstone of World War 1

was not far behind and many in-deed were sons of soldiers whofought SQ manfully on the shoresof Galli poli and the fields of Franceand Flanders. How could they beanything but good soldiers, rearedas they were in this land of -su n-shine and plenty and sired by suchterrific stock? All were laughingCavaliers in the prime of life,mostly without care and withoutfear. Fun was uppermost in theirminds. They revelled in the goodmateship, with only the thrustingof many men of all walks of lifeand all creeds together as an army,as only an army rapidly raised asthe A.1. F. was, can do. There wasno time to sort out and thus thecauldron was heated and the steelof character was born from theinter-mixing of all types from city,forest, country and plain, mingled

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together .Into a 'band of the -great-est qu-ality.Why .did.. these men and others

of their, quality, take up arms? :;It would have been ever ,SU· easy

to -have, reiied on their youth. 1.0avoid, service, .to have stayed intheir jobs "and courted manpower-ing, but; this was not for men oftheir nature. They heard the calland they responded.What. was this call?Was' it. the fervent flag waving

of the day? I think not. It wassomething more than that. Per-haps a sense of adventure to getout and see the world, to be in thecompany of others of like kidney,to do something about the state ofthings at that time and make theworld a better place to live in. Ifyou will cast your mind back tothe grim days of 1939-1940 youwill remember the events of thetime. The Nazi heel had crushedCzechoslavakia and Sudatanland,had occupied Poland, but worst ofall, defenceless little Belgium had,felt the sword of the conqueror forthe 'second time in less than 25years. I think this savage attackon Belgium Was the thing that moststirred the emotions of freedomloving Australians. This was thespark that ignited the patriotismof our sons and forced them into abattle that was to go around theworld and leave practically nobodyuntouched.What did they fight for?This again is a poser as most of

us would not be too sure at thetime, but mostly the answer wouldbe to win. To win meant that we,in this nation, would not feel theheel of the Nazi jackboot. To winmeant that this paradise in whichwe live, and it is a paradise, wouldremain free for us and for thegenerations to come. Secondly,they fought to liberate the nationsalready oppressed under the Ger-man, Italian and Japanese might.To give these people a chance toonce again be free and hold uptheir heads and be human beingsand not slaves of an evil system.After all, life as you want to liveit is a very sweet and preciousthing. These were the ideals thatinspired these men as they girdedtheir loins for the fray.Now we must ask, did they fight

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to over-simplify the issue. Theyfought to build a better world.But is the present state of thiswor ld, the brave new world theyenvisaged? On all sides one seesthe evidence of conflict, of dis,trust, of bad faith and the inabilityof peoples to live together in aspirit of good will towards all men.Atrica is a boiling cauldron andGod only knows when the situa-tion can be resolved, Vietnam isa surging battleground which isonce again claiming good Austra-lean and American lives to try andresolve a situation which at pre-sent appears insoluable. Malaysia,that brave new concept of not sovery long ago, is falling apart withthe secession of Singapore, and itis anybody's guess how long theBorneo States will stay in the Fed-eration. Here again Australiansare doing battle to try and pre-serve what appears to be a mostdifficu lt status quo. China is stillall enigma, bringing pressures tohear in every sphere that she caninfluence. India has already beenthe opponent of China's aggres-sion, Tibet has been wiped out as<In independent nation. The Chin-ese influence is being exerted evenin the emerging nations of Africa.'America is embroiled in peace-keeping at the present time, to anextent probably only second to hercommitments of World War II.France is belligerant in Europe,trying to force her will on the oth-er nations of the Common Marketand making the working of theNATO pact practically impossible,The present position regarding nu-clear warfare is highly unresolved,with both France all.d China gettinginto the game and we are toldthere are at least a [half dozenother nations capable of producingatomic weapons in the foreseeablefuture.All this bodes evil for the peace-

loving people of the world.Where will it all end?Just how far can the ordinary

little people be pushed?Are we to remain forever the

pawns in the game of power pol-itics?Where do you and I and the

others like, us, take the stand?It is anybody's guess.Ladies and gentlemen, I say to

you, that the present situation isout of hand and it does appear

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that the blood of World War ,II wasspilt in, vain, if we are to allow~t, .'power mad nations to make moery of., the peace that was so rd-Iy won. .Someone once asked, is this

Commemoration Service worthwhile? DOeS it achieve anything?Why do we commemorate and ven-erate those who have passed totheir just reward?This is a pure matter of obliga-

tion. We, who were lucky enoughto su rvive, should of sheer neces-sity, pause once in a while to payhomage to those who paid the sac-rifice. This in itself. is not enough.When we come here-and weshould come here much more oftenthan we do-we 'take time off. toTHIN K. This is a time for medi-tation, when we should cast our'minds back to all those times nowgetting to be long in the past, andthink what we did at that time andwhat we did it for. Too often weare inclined to forget and too oftenare disinclined to think. It is onlyby some form of forced meditationthat we will find the reserve of en-ergy to remember all that was.done for us by our fallen comradesand thrust ourselves into the hurlyhu rly of life and try and make thatbrave new world that was the idealof our fighting days. .

Y es, ladies and gentlemen, theseCommemoration. Services are trulyworthwhile and they will, over the,years, serve to cement deeper anddeeper, the ties that bind us to-gether, for we all know that therewill come the day when it is ourturn to go to pastures greener andthen we will rem emher the goodsouls who preceded us.Today is a day when we should

spare a thought for those mothers,fathers and loved ones who borethe sad loss of one of our COm-rades. These are the ones whocarried' the main burden of loss.They gave all that they could give,in giving a son. It is a long bur-den of grief. made especially moredifficutt, in that death occurred ona foreign shore, without word offarewell. Time is a great healer andwe know that the wounds are now):,radually healing hut the scar willalways remain. To them we say;"Be not of faint heart, your son orhusband was a truly grand personand he would wish you to rernern-her, but not to grieve too much.

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Carryon the 'torCh that he left, be-hind and build, as we hope to build,a better WI' .Id." ,I wOlil'('.', e ,.1-0 draw the atten-

tion of all t ose here assembled, tothe present condition of our areain this lovely Drive. I think youwill agree that we have acceptedthe challenge of this place and havetaken up the torch which ou r com-rades threw to us, Since last wewere assembled, the area has beenfully kerb ed, both on the roadsideand at the rear. The grass is inbetter condition than ever beforeand the trees themselves are su relybecoming more fitting monuments.This was 'not achieved without COIl-.siderable effort by members of theAssociatior.. Many long hourshave been spent by many membersto achieve this present result. Bat-tles have been fought with depart-ments and eventually have beenwon. We. will not rest on ourlaurels and we hope next year tobe able to report just as great :lprogress on developing this, ourportion of God's Acre and ourplace to venerate our fallen. I callOn all members to do their utmostto ensure that this area ranks sec,ond to none in the whole of Aus-tralia.Ladies and gentlemen, I would

like you to stand while the namesof the fallen are read.

HONOU RROll.D, H. Airey L. H. MoloneyR. G. Alexander J. L. MaleyF. J, Alford H. W. MarriottG. J. Barclay H. E. MitchellR, L. Beardman P. R. MitchellL. J. Brown l. C. MouleII. Brown G. MulqueeneyR. Chalmers R. H. MurrayW. Cheverton R. H. McKenzieG, A. Chiswell V. F., NagelH. J. Cole E. J. Northeyn. J, Cottswort.h J. PollardF. T. Crowder D. M, RamshawO. M. Davies 1(. RichardsC. E. Doyle J. F. SimpsonR. Ewan A. SmeatonD. Fallon F. C. SmithB. I. Gannon C. L. StantonK. T. Hogg A. StewartW. I. Holly R. R. SwiftP. Hopper G. E. ThomasP. Kemp G, L. ThomasP, Knight J. W. WalkerA J. Lane n. C. Waller, Ludlow R. D. WordieD. Lilya A. E. Yeates

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They shall grow not oldAs we who are left grow oldAge shall not weary·'themNor the years cond~n. ..At th.e going do~n W,! tb'1!~.ullAnd In the mornll1g " '. :',We will remember them-We Will Remember Them.

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That now completes my addressand the, parade will march throughthe avenue and pay their respectto our fallen.

Your Committee met once againon Sept. 15 at Anzac Club. Therewas a wonderful roll up of rn em-bers the only member not beingpresent was Secretary Fred Napierwho was an inmate of HollywoodHospital. Maurie Smith was pre-sent as a guest.

Most of the business was con-cerned with final arrangements forthe Annual Re-Union and the Com-'memoration Service.

Geo. Fletcher produced a mock,up model of the proposed "Mick'Calcutt Memorial Trophy" and thiswas discussed in minute detail sothat the final results will be of thehighest quality.

Preliminary plans were laid forthe day, out at Reg Harrington'::farm at Wyenil'!g on Oct. 24, forthe children of Sister Kates Home.This promises to be a great suc-cess. It was decided that becauseof this function that a CountryConvention be not held this year.Col Doig advised that Alan Luby

and Cliff Patf would be coming toW.A. for a ~egacy Congress to beheld from Oct. 7 to 10. It wasdecided to make every effort toentertain them to the fullest ex-tent of their availability.

p.,.~onalti8~As mentioned in Stop Press of

the September issue Major StuartLove passed to his just reward onAugust 7, 1965. It is hoped thata better pen than mine can writea proper valedictory to a grandsoldier and gentleman such as thelate 'Major Love undoubtedly wasand Bernie Callinan is to be askedto provide the "Courier" with his

pen history of Major Love. Suf-fice for me to say that never haveI, met a: truer gentleman thanStuart Love.' A highly decorateds()ldie.r as an Engineer Officer inWorld War I, he came to WilsonsPromontory firstly as'2 I.C. to Col.Scott and later as Chief Instructorand Administrative Officer of theSchool. He treated everyone hemet as his friend and gave hisadvise and his knowledge unstint-ingty. After the Units moved outhe followed their progress as ifthey were his own children andthis applied especially to, 2/2nd.Every Anzac Day in Victoria it washe who gave a stirring and stimu-lating address to the 2/2nd inthat State. He never faltered inhis allegiance to our Unit and As-sociation and must be regarded asone of ou r best friends. We aremost sorry at his passing and wein W.A. who knew him will nevercease to revere his memory.It is with deep regret that, I

have to advise of the tragic loss 'toFrank Freestone in the passing ofhis wife, Chloe. The passing wasmost sudden although she hadl-ee n sick for some time. Chloewas a good friend to the Associa-tion especially in our early form-ative years when Frank was an ac-tive member of the Committee.Our deepest sympathy goes out toFrank and the family in their sadhour and we can only hope thattime can prove to be the supremehealer.Joe and Jack Poynton also suf-

fered the loss of their mother whohad been very ill for some time,We extend ou r sym pathy to Joeand Jack at this time.It has been wonderful to wel-

come back to W.A. once againMau rie Smith who was able to behere for our Annual Re-union. Hadseveral days and nights out withMaurie who is slowly recoveringfrom his painful accident sustained12 months ago. He is as full ofpep as of yore, and as big a men-ace as you would find in a day'smarch. Thanks for coming over,Maurie, it helped to brighten myexist"nce.

After over 20 years we sawAlan Luby and his good wife' Edieonce again. Alan has changedvery little and we would have had

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no,' difficuity in" recognition, ',Dol)Murray m'et him at the airport andArch Campbell took him to 'see: Dr.Dunkley. who enjoyed meeting Al-an once again. Jack and NormaHasson took them on a tour ofour" ,IQ,c!I,I:) beauty, spots ,.'and; ,1\1,thougll,:the weather ,!N,lj.~ ;not,Jindth ey ~II had a wonderful day, out.As, 'pre,y,io,lIlSly, mentioned we wereable , to' entertain them at the" Fre-mantle' Club and Alan was able toattend. a monthly meeting. Wecan only hope that Alan and- Ediehave enjoyed their sojourn in W.A,

Merv Ryan is currently in Hol-lywood Hospital, and was yery sick.He is su ifering from pluresy andpneumonia. Latest reports arethat he is making progress and wehope he will soon be fit and wellagain. He was unfortunate inmissing the P.O.W. Re-union towhich he was looking forward ina big way.

Peter Alexander is now living inPerth and has obtained a positionwith British Paints. Peter wasat the P.O.W. Re-union Dinnerwhich coincided with our Re-unionand he came down and met all theboys during the evening. '

Dave Ritchie is now ou] of hos-pital and back at work but is farfrom well. We hope Dave thatyou can make a, full recovery verysoon.

Fred Napier is another who is

out or ' hospital' and we, hope' hiscomplaints have, ?nce a~ain clearedup. , 'Jack Carey. and, I 'had a wonder-

ful afternoon, and 'evening withVince Swann after the Commem-oration Service.. 'Vince was' ableto tell us all. about .the wonderfulpossibilities of his' area at' SalmonGums and Esperance. Some of thefacts and figures he quoted, wert.tantastic and it .su r ely appears thatthis area will become one of the.wealthiest in the State.During a reception to P.O.W. I

met One Ian Bareham, of, 2/40thBn., and he introduced me to atleast another dozen who strangelyseem to remember my name. Ianbrought good wishes to all the2/2nd from Dern Anning whoseaddress he also supplied. Dern, 'you will remember, was with us inTimor until we were evacuated.

From persons questioned at var-ious functions held recently it de-finitely appears that the "GreatSafari" will be a resounding suc-cess. It is truly amazing the num-ber who have expressed firm ideasof being in it. The catch cry fromnow on looks ljk e being: "See youon Safari in 1968".Your Editor is currently going

on leave so if you don't hear fromhim for a while you will realise heis having a hard earned rest fromboth work and Association affairs.

PETER BARDEN, of Box 310, Ger-aldton, W.A., writes:-First of all, let me express my

sincere appreciation of the confid-ence members have displayed inme by my re-election as CountryVice-President for the Northernarea. Also allow me to express mycongratulations to you as Han.Editor for your excellent work withthe "Courier" during yet anothersuccessful year, and also to otheroffice bearers for their good workwhich has resulted in the 2/2ndCommando Association becomingrenowned throughout the lengthand breadth of our great Common-wealth.Also congratulations, Mr. Editor,

on your election to the State Ex-ecutive of the R.S.L. A goodfriend of mine, Jim Buckle (now of

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Bellevue, but previously the Sec-retary of Geraldton Sub-Branch ofwhich I am Publicity Officer) is onthe State Executive, so next timeyou see him please pass on mykind regards. Tell Jim we areworking hard again this year, afterhaving recently received the Col-lett Cup for the sixth occasion asthe outstanding rural Sub-Branchin W.A.Bill Drage has been in the news

lately with another golf victory,while Bruss Fagg is also all smilesthese days as Northampton Foot-bailers (for whom he is propertyman) have won the second semifinal of the Great Northern Leagueand look good things for the pre-miership honours.

Eric Smyth recently had .thepleasure of a noggin or two with

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though I never h-ad the opportun-ity of renewing our acquaintance-ship, I often hear Archie's voicewhen I tune in to his football com-mentaries when my' favourites,West Perth, are playing. ', Talking about football I stripped

, for Brigades a couple of weeks agoat Northampton to take the team'sstrength to 14. We were badlylet down by players who preferredto take part in Sunshine Festivalattractions. However, althou gh wenaturally got a heck of a hiding, Isaw out the whole match (despitethe fact that it was my first game,for almost nine years), receivingQuite a few marks and kicks butsuffering for the rest of the week.As my son Ross was playing inthe same match it was quite an un-usual combination of father andson playing in the same match.The Sunshine Festival was an

outstanding succes and althoughmy wife Joan had been in' hospitalill Perth for a fortnight, she wassufficiently well recovered to joinme in once again judging the floatsin the street parade.A "Double Red Diamond" type,

Tom Bateman, was in Geraldtonfor the Festival, doing a good jobwith a Health Department anti-flydisplay at the Jaycees Trade Fair.

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Tom looked well and it was pleas-ing to have a' yarn after an intervalof several years. :" .

Well, I must be off 'now' as dutycalls, so cheerio for now and kindregards to all the boys.

DUD TAPPER, of 54 CollingwoodAve., Flinders Park, writes:-III reply to your screed, there is

not a lot I can say. Personally Ithink it a good idea and I wouldbe a starter. The few of us herein Adelaide would be able to caterfor the people who come throughfrom the West. As you realise atthis stage we can't do anythingbut make promises until' we knowthe number coming. I have spok-en to Keith Dignum about it andI think he would be a starter. Wecan arrange board and lodgings andthe re-union when the time comes.

There is not a great deal ofnews to impart. I am still layingbricks and still enjoy my boating,also a bit of shooting when the op-portunity arises. Manage a fewamber ales and take in a cabaretonce a month. I haven't playedgolf for three years, the weekendsaren't long enough to fit all mypleasu res.I will wish you all the best and

trust you will keep us informedfrom time to time.

DAY OUT FOR SISTER KATE'S CHILDRENSUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, REG HARRINGTON'S PROPERTY

WYENINGTake the 'I'oodvay Road to Bolgart then follow the signs

EVEYBODY WELCOMEBring your own lunch. There .will be a Barbecue Tea

I LADIES' NIGHTSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, ANZAC' HOUSE BASEMENT

Good music. Good supper. Good funBook up your partner now and be in it

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Nett Sales: 500,000,000,000,000

Printed and published at the office of the proprietors:No. 1 "The Mudhole", Flats, Skeeter Avenue, Stinkpot.

MY DAZE Adjt.: "Don't know anythingabout it."

It is with profound amazement Ireport the fact, that certain halfstarved, wild-eyed, members of thisUnit were observed bashing kunaiand erecting white flags in a fran-tic hunt for bird's eggs and ratsearly this week. A satisfactoryhunt was conducted by "SuperDoop er Trooper Hooper" of "A",who it is said was the lucky manto cop the first pope's nose.

Whilst on the subject of hunts,I feel it is my duty to inform theMurray-Edwards combination thatbutterflies in this area are protect-ed, Who is the well known Ser-geant Cook with the dazed look,whispering "Beau desert" intermit-tently throughout the day?

For the benefit of many we 11-wishers enquiring of the next pat-rol to U1ilai-Kulau area, the GeishaGirl is out of bounds.Today's thou ght:"Oh J For a Bagasin!"Yours, Fanny Ponsonby.

POPULAR SAYINGS

(By Wouldn't You Like To Know)"H.Q."

Bosun: "Take your hand off it."

Freddy; "Well. what if I do?"

Kirky: "Stoogel"

Don Murray; "Dit dah."

Vicky: "-- Div."

Skipper; "Who took my ---pencil?"

Bob Allen: "This -- kunaihashing."

Bill Coker: "See you later,"

Bill Bennett; "No mail."

Joe Garland: "Got a pass fromFoxy?"

Allan Strachan; "Eye belong youalsarne arse belong duck. E nolookin."

Peter Hearle: "Where;s thatSitrep> "

Doc.: "Strike me, take thosenets down."

Lube: "You again?"

Paffy: "When I was in Timor."

Allan Addison: "That -- bat-tery charger."

Pay; "You've got all theSl!SSOO that you're going to get."

Snowy Turner; "-- thephone wires,"

Georgie K.; "By Gee'nice."

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Neal Bray: "This dirty stinking-- hole."

Rowley: "Listen sport, I'll doyou."

Alf Jones; "We'll be home by--- and there I'll stay."

Junior: "Maskee."

Norm Wailance: "Now let's see."

The Bull; "No -- Jap is goingto make me climb these --'- hillsagain."

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CATS AND DORGS, "Rain forest is right," said the man from the West,"I've been in some holes but I give this one best,This rain just ain't human, it don't ever rest."And I know he was right, that wise man from the West.

"I know that the Nullabor Plains' pretty dryBut I must get there soon or I'm sure that I'll die,For a man cannot live where the ground's never dry,And the sun never even approaches the sky."

"For the sun never shines in this place of the dead,Where the trees press around and arch overhead,And the river comes up while one sleeps in one's bed.It's no wonder nerves fray and some hard words are said."

"So take me out there 'where the blue shadows fall,And put me to dry where the sun shines on all,And when I've dried out I'll come in and I'll call,For a beer old and mild and I'll drink till I faiL"

BOXING DAY SPORTS 1400 tiU 1630

SOFTBALL - Commencing 1400I -! hour match ..:._ U.S.A. v. A.I.F.

A.l.F. team: Sgt. Luby 'A. S., Cpl. Kennedy G. B., L/CpL Mulcahy E.,L/Cp!. Carey J., Tpr. Hooper N. W. S" Tpr. McQueen, Tpr. Renehan J.,Tpr. McDonald, Tpr. Wilson, Tpr. Marshall A. A.I.F. Captain, Tpr. Mar-shall. Vice Captain to be elected on ground. Captain and vice captainto place the team.

BOXING TOURNAMENT - Army Rules - Commencing 15301st Bout:

Swaggie Darrington, 10.6 v. Baggy Bum Campbell, 10.4.2nd Bout:

Ack Willy Keenahan, 10.0 v. Radio Beardman, 10.0.Judges: Capt. Turton, Capt. Dexter.Time Keeper; Padre Botterell.Contests will be three rounds of one minute duration with one min-

ute rests.Referee and Announcer; Capt. McKenzie C. E. G. Q.

U.S.A. v. A.I.F.1st Bout - Light Weight:

Arnall, 10.4 v. Tpr. Smith (Young Smut), 10.6.2nd Bout - Welter Weight:

Watson, 11.6 v. Tpr. Bingham (The Singing Pug), 11.6.3rd Bout - Heavy Weight:

Lauderdale, 13.8 v. Tpr. Mildren (Fluffy Tom), 12.4.4th Bout - Welter Weight:

Chiparo, 10.10 v. Sgt. Landridge (Dr. Dafoe), 11.0.5th Bout - Middle Weight -:J Main Bout:, Bogin, 12.2 v. Bunny Anderson (The Silent Knight), 12.0.Bogin, an ex "Golden Glove" exponent.Anderson, ex N.S.W. Amateur Champion.

6th Bout - Welter Weight: 'Wolfe, 11.11 v. Joe Poynton (The Midland Bruiser), 12.0.

7th Bout - Mammoth Weight:Cartwright, 14.4 v. Kev Curran (The A.l.C. Idol), 15.0.Bring your own seats, stand back from the ropes, and barrack like

hell. Contestants must be on time_HA" Troop open-air stadium, at1530 hrs. on Boxing Day.

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