Defence Force Members past & present

[MC97GQ]

Have a look for a book called "They Dared Mightily" edited by Lionel Wigmore, it describes in detail the efforts of our VC winners, it is an awesome read.

It was first published by the Australian War Memorial in 1963.

Mark

[NP99]

G'day Rob,

Not a problem mate, PM me with your contact phone number and I will have a chat with you!

Regards,

Paul

Trust you to talk to the navy guys.......

[PMC]

Trust you to talk to the navy guys.......

Oh, you are such a brute! But I like you! lol

Regards,

PMC

[Hardyards]

G'day folks,

I thought I would attach a "what books have you read" section to this thread, as I know that a lot of Defence Force personally are avid readers.

I have just read the following;

1. Great Battles in Australian History by Jonathon King

2. The Crossroad by Mark Donaldson, VC

3. Cosgrove by Patrick Lindsay

4. History's Worst Battles by Joel Levy

Regards,

PMC

Hey PMC (president mess committee perhaps?)
I’m reading SAS – Phantoms of the Jungle by David Horner At the moment. It’s about the history of the SAS and roles in Borneo and Vietnam. Uses patrol reports and interviews with some of the participants which makes for a pretty good read.
cheers

[jack]

Australia Story on ABC had a two part story on the late Cpl Cameron Baird VC recently.
He was the 100th Australian Victoria Cross winner - gave a background of his life and death as told by his family and fellow commandos.
Very respected and a deserved winner, it's available on the web 'The Last Commando' and well worth watching.

[PMC]

Australia Story on ABC had a two part story on the late Cpl Cameron Baird VC recently.
He was the 100th Australian Victoria Cross winner - gave a background of his life and death as told by his family and fellow commandos.
Very respected and a deserved winner, it's available on the web 'The Last Commando' and well worth watching.

G'day Jack,

I watch those two episodes from Australian story, brought a lot of memories flooding back when I served in 2 CDO in Williamstown in Victoria years ago.

PS, The man was a true warrior and he will never be forgotten. Lest we forget!

Regards,

PMC

[NP99]

2 CDO in winter on port Philip bay........I felt sorry for you guys out on the water

[PMC]

2 CDO in winter on port Philip bay........I felt sorry for you guys out on the water

Its funny mate, when you are young and full of adrenaline and excitement you somehow you block-out the those cold mornings and late night raids in the zodiacs. However, I did fall into Port Phillip bay on a couple of occasions with full kit on and froze my bollox off.

When you are in your 50's you cringe at the thought of freezing cold whether.

Kind regards,

PMC

[PMC]

Hey PMC (president mess committee perhaps?)
I’m reading SAS – Phantoms of the Jungle by David Horner At the moment. It’s about the history of the SAS and roles in Borneo and Vietnam. Uses patrol reports and interviews with some of the participants which makes for a pretty good read.
cheers

G'day Hardyards,

PMC is just my initial's Paul Mc. I note the Townsville location and the Army jargon (Hardyards) are you still serving?

Regards,

Paul

[Hardyards]

Hi Paul,
While Townsville was my last posting, I retired from the RAAF after 27 years, when they took my belovered Caribou away. Did a couple of MEAO deployments then they tried to post me to Sydney – trouble is I fell in love with the ‘Ville. I still do reserve work, but now work for Australian Aerospace working with the Army on the new MRH90 Helicopter. The Compass in my overhead console is out of a ‘Bou.
Hardyards - Harrison (me) and Rookyard (her). Our rigs have always had "Doing the Hardyards" stickers on them