The July 13 edition of your fortnightly Air Force newspaper is now available. ELECTRIC BUZZ: How the fleet completion of 12 Growlers has put Air Force on the fifth-generation world stage. – Pages 2-3. LIFE IN THE RAAF: A new series, which profiles Air Force personnel performing their roles, kicks off with a member of Australia’s Federation Guard. –…
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“I Was Only 19” Lyrics Mum and Dad and Denny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal It was a long march from cadets The sixth battalion was the next to tour and it was me who drew the card We did Canungra and Shoalwater before we left And Townsville lined the footpaths as we…
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The only thing unusual about this Wallaby 006 mission on the 30th August 1967 was that an Australian army colonel, Colonel White, had made a request to be a passenger for the day. Apparently he had a day off from duties at Nui Dat and decided to, as he joked. “See what you RAAF blokes…
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I grew up in Paddington in Sydney early in 1944. As WW II was in full swing, my dad was in the army but as he had been declared unfit for overseas service, he had been posted to the coast watchers group over at Fremantle. Mum and I were left in Sydney and after a while…
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John (Sambo) was born and bred and grew up in Brisbane. He went to school at Grovelly (a northern suburb of Brisbane) and played league with the school and in 1959 was one of the initial players for the newly formed West Mitchelton team. After school he started work at the now gone Arnotts/Morrows biscuit…
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Click Here to View Song Lyrics Background: This song became famous among Australians in South Vietnam. There is hardly an Aussie who served there that did not know it, but these days most only remember the first verse. It is sung to the tune of “The Children’s Marching Song” (From the film, ‘The Inn…
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