Thanks to Peter McCann for this photo, which has been lifted from our FB page. I can identify, left to right, John Barwick, Ian Cleaver, Pat Donovan, Peter McCann, Daryl Poole, mystery man, and Bob Shaw. But who is that relaxed gentleman with smoke in one hand and beer in the other? Don?
I assume, given the presence of John Barwick, that this was in 1969.
And wearing ties at the Kingo????
Callo recently celebrated his 70th birthday in great style…as you would expect.
Well, almost great style.
But the best present of all has just arrived, in Ian’s own words:
“Today at my chemo I found out that all of my cancer markers have now returned to normal. Yeehaa. Only the markers for liver function/damage remain abnormal. These will now slowly return to normal as the liver regenerates with treatment. Good news indeed.
With many thanks to all for your support
Callo”
That takes the cake!
Sad news just in from Bill Houston, via Garry Downs, of the death of Daryl Patch from the class of 1969. His wife Maureen was an Army Nurse, who died in 2018. From that Class, he follows, in order:
(I’m adding a little personal note here, as I was looked after by Maureen at RMC Medical Centre during my ARes service. She was delightful – and forthright – and we talked of Daryl – another of the Class of 1969 who was, to me, a good guy. For a little more on Maureen, see https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/S01629/)
Our thoughts and prayers are with Paddy Ryan and all of his family at this sad time.
Peter Jenke has advised that the memorial service, which he observed via zoom, was warming and heartfelt as the family acknowledged her contribution to their lives.
Message just in:
“Very happy to advise good news. Results of CAT scan proved that all cancers have shrunk significantly. Oncologist said “progress was remarkable” after only 3 months chemo. Ian is almost back to normal and although chemo will continue fortnightly for the foreseeable future l am happy as currently Ian has no major side effects. Thank you for all your ongoing support it is very much appreciated. Happy to say this is our last fortnightly report unless things change. Ian and Barb”
Doing a spring clean of my mailbox, I came across a couple of photos that John Black had sent me a few weeks ago that I’d missed. Ah, those were the days!
Thanks to Rick Davies for passing on this wry observation:
Colin Green (Class of 1974) told me today – words to the effect:
‘I managed to avoid 21 / 84 when I was at Clink and here we are now all doing one.
Not too bad though he told me – no Check Parades this time around.’
RMC Class of 1972 