Author: David

50th ANNIVERSARY – WARNING ORDER

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Hopefully you have all received this message via email and/or Facebook- if not, please contact me so that we can update your details. And apologies for the repitition if you have received it, but I’m trying to make sure we don’t miss anyone inadvertently.

“The traditional date for the RMC Graduation Parade for 2022 would be Tuesday 13 December. Note that this year it was held on Wednesday 2 December, apparently due to COVID, and there were no spectators.Please ‘save the dates’ from Friday 8 December to Wednesday 14 December ahead of the development of a program of events, for which your input will be sought.An interim committee has been formed in Canberra to start planning. Volunteers are requested to form the main committee to take on further detailed planning. The interim committee proposes that three to five representatives should be Canberra based to undertake bookings and arrangements locally, with perhaps a single representative from each region where there are significant numbers of classmates.”

Message from Barb Callan

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Message just received:

Sadly Ian’s health has taken a turn for the worse. He is now in palliative care at home (in our new apartment) and in no pain. His spirit is high and to look at him you wouldn’t know he was sick apart from weight loss.The cancers in his liver are very aggressive and now untreatable.We are stunned at this sudden decline and thankful he is not suffering.Barb

Canberra Catchup at the Kingo

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Good turn up for a lunch at the Kingo – Canberra residents plus John McNamara down from Brisbane.

Unfortunately not everyone is in the photo.

Left File, front to back: Dave Urquart, Eric Rigter, Warwick Elliott, Darryl Poole, Paddy Cullinan (behind Darryl – obscured in second photo), John McNamara (obscured in first photo);

Muddle at the back centre (L to R): David Cran, Steve Jones, Chris Gibson, Kym McMillan.

Middle File, front to back: Trish Cran, Debra Jones, Robyn Poole.

Right File, front to back: Sue Gibson, Sharon Cullinan, Marina Houston, Brenda Elliott and hiding behind her in both photos – Bill Houston.

Canberra Catch Up – 30 November

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Members of the Class of 1972 living in the Canberra Bubble (plus one ring in) are catching up at The Kingo (getting there on auto pilot in some cases, I imagine) on 30 November,. Anyone in Canberra or passing by is most welcome – please let Kym McMillan know if you’re a late entrant just to ensure the booking is accurate.

So far we have 19 attendees, including partners.

It has changed just a bit………..

Livestream Event

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Kev Loughrey has passed on the invitation below, suggesting that it may be of interest to members of the class. The invitation is a screen shot, so the booking link is here: Click Here

Just to remind of the site’s website policy – this is not in any way an endorsement of the assessments: the information is offered for anyone who might wish to hear a range views on a topical but vexed and complex subject.

Canberra Lunch Catchup – 30 November

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email from Kym McMillan:

Hi guys,

I was able to escape Canberra last week and coincided a visit to Queensland with the Qld Classmates lunch on the Gold Coast. A great day, and it got me thinking it was about time we also got together again here in Canberra. John McNamara said he’d be in town later this month, so that gave me a target date. Plus it would also be a pre-Xmas gathering.

I therefore propose that we meet for lunch on Monday 30 Nov. John Mc suggested a nostalgia return to the Kingo, and I’ve just confirmed with them that they can take a group that day. So that’s the deal – the Kingo at 12.30 on the 30th! The Kingo is still offering the ‘cook your own steak’ deal, or the usual pub menu of pastas, salads, burgers etc.

Hope you can join us, so please let me know. I need to confirm numbers the week before.

All the best,

Kym

PS – if you can think of anyone I’ve missed, or any other visitors we might have, please pass on the details and let me know.

Kym MacMillan

M:  0418 295511

Now the challenge: can anyone from Canberra match the Brisbane crew and go the extra mile to stay on into dinner?

email from the Duntroon Society

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Good Evening,

I hope this email finds you well in what has been a tough year for many members of the Society―as it has been for many Australians.

The Society’s second Newsletter of the year is now available. This edition starts with a recollection of Spanish Flu at Duntroon a century ago and at p. 21 the CO of RMC-D, LtCol Rob Ryan reports on the College’s response to COVID-19.  Al Murray (1982) writes of Mess Life 1979-1982 (p.2); Sue Morton (daughter of the CO CSC  1959-1962) provides a kid’s perspective  of life at Duntroon (p.6); Bruce Bond (RMC 1962) recalls Shaggy Ridge (p. 9); and Peter Neuhaus (RMC 1975) reports on the efforts of the Adelaide Branch of the Society to remediate the impact of the bushfires on Kangaroo Island (p. 20).

This issue also acknowledges the passing of Hal Oxley (RMC 1937) at the age of 103, and two remarkable women, Di Lobb (WRAAC OCS 1952) and June Healy (WRAAC OCS 1960), a Fellow of the Society.

The Society has recently had a pure silk RMC tie made by Dege & Skinner of Savile Row. The first order of 100 ties sold out quickly. Now restocked, you can buy one on-line for $75.     

Please consider sharing this email with class mates and like minded friends. 

If you would like to contribute an article for the next edition,  please let me know.

Chris Appleton
Convenor
central@dunsoc.com

QLD Contingent Catchup on 30 October

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From John Mac.

The Queensland Contingent are gathering again soon so just in case there are any interstate travellers around the details are:

Marios Italian Restaurant ,Shop 48 – 52 , Oasis Shopping Centre ,Broadbeach 12 noon , Friday 30 October.

We have 22 coming , all with Partners , which is a great roll up. Gibbo was in town last time so who knows what other Class of 72 Nomads could be sunning themselves on the Gold Coast.