To help maintain the Class Contact List, could you all please check that your listing is up to date? If it needs amending, send details to david.cran1950@gmail.com.

Check it out at: https://duntroonclassof1972.com/contact-list/

As per the recent post, I hadn’t intended to scan in the 1970/71 RMC Journal, preferring all those who volunteered to scan it, to fight it out amongst themselves. I ended up drawing straws from the long list of volunteers and . . . . well yes you guessed it. It was a bit like winning the proverbial Nigerian lottery again.

So relax, I’ve done it – it’s under the menu item Reading for those who want to take a look.

Some of us may have an inclination to have a look at our cadet records. Defence now has a procedure to enable that to happen and a summary unofficial document has been put together by WO1 Peter Brown from the Army Museum Duntroon.

The document can be viewed on the website by going to the Anecdotes menu and scrolling down to the Your Cadet Record paragraph.

Please note that if you have previously asked for your records, say at the reunion last year, you will need to complete the procedure from scratch.

This does not appear to be a fully fledged, official Defence procedure so please don’t try and pick holes in the procedure itself. Instead, give it a go and let your classmates know how you got on.

Cheers

John Elph

Have received some good advice from Peter Jenke about the Commonwealth Seniors Health card. He noted ‘that in November just gone, the eligibility earnings limits for the Comm Seniors Health Card were raised significantly.  For a couple, the limit is now $144,000 pa.  Because deeming rates are used in any calculation, a lot of self-funded retirees may now be eligible and thus able to save quite a bit, particularly in relation to their pharmacy bills.  Other benefits vary state by state.’

He further noted that the application can be ‘a bit of a bugger’ to complete – depending on individual circumstances and that if you have a SMSF that does complicate the process some.

Anyway, it would be worth your while to check it out. As a starting point go to https://www.dva.gov.au/health-and-treatment/veteran-healthcare-cards/commonwealth-seniors-health-card

Tony McKenna is missing photos of Classes 3-1 and 3-2 for the book. Can anyone help? This is a bit urgent, as to have the books printed by our anniversary in December the proof needs to be at the printer by Wednesday!

Several folk have received an email purporting to be from Tom Cobley, titled “reaching out’ and reading something like:

“Hi, I hope this email finds you well. Could you please email me back? I need a favor from you. Thanks,

Tom”

As this is probably some sort of hack or scam, I suggest you leave this well alone. I have emailed Tom to alert him.

Gents,

Seems like some are having trouble accessing the photos.

There is not meant to be a link between my post and the photos. The post alerts you to a bulk upload of photos and you have to find them yourselves.

To do that go to the Gallery menu tab and pick any of the menu tabs under it depending what you want.

For the Fourth Class tab, there are no photos under the root level – there are about 6 or 7 sub menus under the Fourth Class tab and that is where those photos are. The sub menus will appear to the right, the left or underneath, the Fourth Class menu tab, depending on what sort of computer/ipad/phone device you are using.

I hope this helps – if not let me know. Cheers

Thanks to Maurie Meecham for 30 or so photos. Some are better copies of previous ones, but most are new ones. Not surprisingly, there is an emphasis on Gallipoli Company, rugby and athletics. And of course the odd party shot.

They are spread over the appropriate menu headings as best I can but if they are in the wrong spot, please someone let me know.