Once again we had perfect Autumn weather for the MARCH, with 32 marchers, the

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1 Central Intellgence on NEWSLETTER MAY 1987 Anzac Day Actvtes n Sydney The Wreath Layng on Anzac Eve was attended by 13 members: Norm ALLEN, Alf DAVIS, Coral and Sandy HINDS (Vctora), John LAIRD (A.C.T.), Joy LINNANE, Denns MOORE, Allan OSBORNE, Dana PARKER (Tathra), Aub ROBERTS, Lester TRUEX (Vctora), Maron WINN and Madelne CHIDGEY. It was great to see Coral and Sandy here for ther frst Anzac Day n Sydney wth C.B., also Dana Parker from beautful Tathra; and of course Lester Truex who s a regular welcome vstor from South of the Border. As usual, we paraded wth personnel from "Z" Force and A.I.A. Once agan we had perfect Autumn weather for the MARCH, wth 32 marchers, the Banner beng carred by Sandy Hnds and Denns Moore. Marchers were: Norm ALLEN, Bruce BENTWITCH, Sd CAREY, Mchael CASEY, Madelne CHIDGEY, Alan Cornsh, Bll ESTEP, Gordon GIBSON, Joyce GRACE, Dave GEYER, Coral and Sandy HINDS, Frank HUGHES, Norma KEELING, Stan KING, John LAIRD, Noel LANGBY, Vc LEDERER, Joy LINNANE, Bran LOVETT, Denns MOORE, Doreen MCPHERSON, Mac MARONEY, Reg MURPHY, Allan OSBORNE, Dana PARKER, John SHOEBRIDGE, Lester TRUEX, Jm WILLIAMS - and the last two were vstors: Martn Flynn of Berkshre, England, was a R.A.F. Flght Engneer n a Lancaster Squadron; and a Polsh gentleman, Gus Srotzk, now lvng at Rockdale. Gus was n the Polsh Sunset Underground, attached to a Brtsh Royal Dragoon Corps. Captured by the Germans, he escaped to Swtzerland and thence to England. Gus came to Australa after the War and served for over twelve years n the Australan Army at Maralnga. So f you want to meet nterestng people, jon us on Anzac Day! Eve SCOTT, who was unable to jon us, sent a telegram of good wshes for the day. Seventy people sgned the Attendance Book at the Reunon at Phllp's Foote: Les McCLEAN, Gordon, Sue & Katy GIBSON, Bruce BENWITCH, John SHOEBRIDGE, Ll and Alan CORNISH, Bran LOVETT, Davd POWDRELL, Mr. & Mrs. OLD (can't make out ther gven names), Marjore and Arthur MILLS, Judy & Tony CARSON, Meg & Allan OSBORNE, Jm WILLIAMS, Margaret and Len CARRIGG, Non McNAUGHT, Ruth & Karn MacDONALD,. Doug GILLESPIE, Joyce GRACE, Doreen McPHERSON, Betty and Mac MARONEY, Norma & Jacky KEELING, Clare MOSS, Jock CAMERON, Bll ROBINSON, Shela GREGORY, Alan LANGDON, Percy PLEDGER, Maron WINN, Martn and Valere FLYNN, Betty & Clarre HERMES, Flora and Alf DAVIS, Lester TRUEX, Margaret McCAFFERTY, Frank HUGHES, Peggy & Denns MOORE, Dana PARKER, Coral and Sandy HINDS, Bll ESTEP, Joy LINNANE, Gwenda & Aub ROBERTS, Joyce S Mchael CASEY, Bll KALBFELL, Athol WHYBURN (who had a toe amputated just two weeks earler!), Vc LEDERER, Nobby CLARKE, John LAIRD, Keth STRINGFELLOW, Don COVENTRY, Dave GEYER, Madelne & Ron CHIDGEY, Dana SEYMOUR. TVK> sgnatures I can't make out - have lost the art of decpherng! If I have left anyone out, I apologse. The gatherng s always happy and congenal, and seems to get better every year. It s a great pleasure for us to have Australan Intellgence Assocaton members and frends to enjoy wth C.B. personnel the fun, food and fellowshp at Phllp's Foote. And we Sydneysders really apprecate the vsts of those from far afeld - Coral & Sandy, Mac, Percy and Lester from Melbourne; Clarre, John and Vc from the A.C.T.; Bran, Athol, Dave, and two Danas from 'out of town' N.S.W. Thanks to all of you for travellng such dstances, and not forgettng Mac's wfe Betty and Clarre's wfe Betty.

2 - 2 - When the perod between 'sghtngs' of especally remembered colleagues can be as long as 42 years, to meet them agan on Anzac Day brngs great pleasure and depth of feelng. Judy (ROE) Carson, Bll KALBFELL, and Clarre HERMES were wth us for the frst tme and many memores were strred, also Dana (MATTHEWS) Parker & the HINDS. We mssed Florence ESTEP and heard from Bll that she has had some health problems, and now hope, wth them, that the current treatment wll be successful. Alf BOBIN has been n and out of hosptal n Gympe, but despte beng below par, he has been organsng wth Dasy the ssue of the W.U. Newsletter. Gordon Gbson, our Secretary, passed around a sheet contanng a lst of proposed dongs for the Bcentennal Celebratons. He would lke to have any comments and suggestons sent to hm at 7 Lndsay Close, Pymble, The wordng for the proposed plaque at 21 Henry Street has been approved by the Executve Commttee, and the unvelng wll take place on a date to be fxed, between Thursday 28th Aprl and Monday 2nd May, Informaton has been receved that George HOLLAND of Edthvale, Vctora, passed away on 16th March last year. George was a member of the Assocaton for many years and we regret the belated announcement of hs death. We would very much apprecate any news concernng our members, even f you thnk we may already have t. It s not easy to keep nformed when we are so scattered, so f you have any news at any tme, please let us have t. We are sorry to report the death of Jock McCORKELL at the age of 68, and we are grateful to Ted Brown, Stewart Southam and Geoff Patence for notfyng us. Jock was famous n Ausse Rules football for many years, as shown n newspaper trbutes. Stewart recalls that Jock was "a great asset to our Brsbane CB sde when we felded a team". Our sympathy s extended to Jock's famly and frends n ther loss. We also extend sncere sympathy to John LYONS of Tamworth n the loss of hs wfe, after 50 years of happy marrage. Norma Keelng has receved news that Marjory HENDERSON of Evans Head has had a spell n hosptal, and husband George has had another brush wth cancer but s mprovng. Gordon Gbson thought he was busy, though retred, tll he receved a letter from Geoff PATIENCE, who surely must be one of the busest men n Vctora. hear of all hs nterests and nvolvements makes me feel lke a sloth. Just to Some of us could beneft from one of hs contnung actvtes as he wrtes, "I am stll a Trustee of the Caulfeld Racecourse so tell the boys or grls when they come to Melbourne, pck a race day at Caulfeld and they can be my guest". Thanks, Geoff. We admt that our photographc secton would not be acceptable to any of the "glosses" but we hope that you enjoy t. It's the best we can do wth old photographs and copes of copes! Of course, we would apprecate the loan of more photographs whch would copy well for sharng wth us all n the Newsletters. To those on the sck lst, our best wshes for a great mprovement n health. Remember, we want to see you all for THE BIG REUNION NEXT YEAR! Madelne Chdgey, Publcty Offcer.

3 I 55v v *>a'. n v.> *&&Ut&H&tfZ AS PARK IN THIS CASE UNUSUALLY DESERTED. HERE 'ROUND THE CLOCK. MEN AND WOMEN OF SIS MADE THEIR CONTRIIUTION TO VICTORY * P \ I S _ - * Ce -:} -. ' EIGHT HOURS PER DAY s. > "., ' f k ' " ^rtt- s.. - T.. " I. * / ' 3 r t "JVM J Each mornng'at eght, commuters such as these srrvr work from Camp Ascot around the corner. ' -': At Ascot Park SIS performer! ts assgned dutes. There, concentraton prevaled. Vstng brass was probably encouraged to, and undoubtedly dd, get the mpresson of a laboratory where myopc scentsts straned bran to arrve at dfferent conclusons. Actually most sectons combned the aspects of such a laboratory, a grammar school, and a a the Ford assembly lne, The work often provded the sort of thrll known only to scholars and labyrnth walkers. Independent and ndvdualstc characters of several natons were always around -to provde local color. Men nclned.. to ntellectual speculaton of one sort or. another were provded Wth ample materal by the presence of comely and genal Australan AWAS and WAAF, and by WACS, * * too....e., f she looks lke that n that, how would she look n cvves ( : v -tv**^ _ ^ >^JsJRwI*^ ^«w^- ^#**~ RtW* P-f«Jp» ' *' ****- W \ * ** ^ g W f l P I #*. ' : r V ^.. ^. : -.. -, w r r : ' v. ; ; I... "Your pas*?** It got to be such a habt, that SIS workers reached for t pasa at every gate they saw. :' '. r. Offcers patently watng for the lunch-tme bus to Gregory Terrace. It always seemed at Its last gasp, but sooner or later t came coughng over the crest of the hll. Tea-tme s the pause that refreshes n Australa, and practcal nternatonalsm also. Talk waa of socal actvtes, of next Saturday's races, of that furlough, even of work. page from II?

4 More from Helen (Frzell) Kenny * Joy Grace, Helen (Frzell) Kenny, Betty (Paterson) Lordnq Queen Street, Brsbane. No przes for knowng when and why

5 Central Intellgence Corps Assocaton t Another 'story 1 - ths tme from RAY EDDOLLS, one of the "Brsbane Twelve" I arrved at Central Bureau n Aprl 1944 wth eleven other youthful Oxbrdge under-graduates, all dsgused as Warrant Offcers Class II and swelterng n Brtsh Army battle dress. We had been recruted from unversty for a sx-month course n mltary Japanese at Bedford, and after selecton for attachment to the Australan Army had undergone a short perod of near Rotherham. Then followed square-bashng at the I Corps depot a fascnatng journey to Brsbane across the North Atlantc (aboard the Queen Mary), the Unted States (by tran) and the wde Pacfc (by ar - from San Francsco). We were later renforced at CB by another sx Tommes, but the "Brsbane Twelve" managed somehow to retan a separate dentty. My recollecton of our work at CB because the daly routne of translaton n overshadowed by the powerful mpressons of I was delghted by the seemngly contnuous on stlts and the warmth of what the locals s rather vague, possbly the hut n Ascot Park was lfe n the sub-tropcs, sunshne, the wooden houses referred to as wnter. I remember the small huts at Kedron Park, where we were accommodated untl February 1945, and the heavy meat det at the sergeants' mess there. I also recall the enormous cockroaches wth whch we shared tents besde the racecourse at Ascot before the great push north to Luzon n md Not all of us remaned n Brsbane, however. My old schoolmate Cyrl James was transferred to Vctora Barracks, Melbourne, not long after our arrval n Queensland: another of the Twelve, Peter Hutt, got hmself posted north to "the slands" and no doubt became more of a solder than I ever was. The rest of us toled on at CB and enjoyed our weekly days-off, often spendng them at Redclffe or "down the coast" at Surfers', whch was easly reached by U.S. Army truck from Ascot. So dyllc was our lfe, n mltary terms, that I remember beng puzzled by the remark of an Australan sergeant at Kedron who sad he felt sorry for us. He was not beng ronc though: mother's tender care. we were very young, after all, and so far from I could go on and on, but I dare not rsk the edtor's wrath. Suffce t to say that the wonderful Brsbane experence was re-lved by nne of the Twelve n September 1984, when they met at a reunon n Manchester. I was not there, havng emgrated to Vctora from Lverpool n January 1950, but I consder myself the most fortunate member of the group n one respect: I am now about to retre to the Redclffe Pennsula! Ray Eddolls (VB ) Thank you, Ray, for re-awakenng mpressons and memores of our young lves n Brsbane. f We can now look forward to seeng you f we are able to arrange an nvason B-Centennal Celebratons n there n your retrement from the south for CB

6 PROPOSED BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS H- Mllll H H SYDNEY 1. Monday, 25th Aprl: Foote 2. Wednesday, 27th Aprl: Mdday Barbecue at Lane Cove Rver Park. Food to be provded by Assocaton. B.Y.O.G Souvenr n form of aooroprately nscrbed alass to be aven to each attendna member. BRISBANE 3. On date to be fxed, between Thursday, 28th Aprl, and Monday, 2nd May Offcal unvelnq of Commemoratve Plaque at 21 Henry Street, Ascot, followed bv Pcnc n Ascot Park. NOTES 1. The followng Amercans have already ndcated ther ntenton to take part n the Anzac Day March and Reunon: Joe Rchard, Maury Coombs, Abe Snkov, Henry Ephron. Others are expected. 2. The programme of functons for ALL Amercan Veterans vstng Australa for our Bcentennal Celebratons has been worked out by the Travel Servce n consultaton wth the R.S.L. It wll be necessary to arrange for ex C.B. Amercans to be freed from engagements set down on ther programme to allow them to attend the above functons. 3. Mac Maroney has been asked to accept the poston of contact person for celebratons to be arranged whlst the Amercans are vstng Melbourne Your comments and suggestons on the above proposals are cordally nvted. For the Executve Commttee Gordon Gbson Hon. Sec.