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Lancers'Despatch

Lancers' Despatch is Published in February and August each year by the New South Wales Lancers Memorial Museum Incorporated and the Royal New SouthWales Lancers Association. All material is copyright.John Howells - Editor, New South Wales Lancers Memorial Museum Incorporated, Linden House, Lancer Barracks, 2 Smith Street, PARRAMATTA NSW;PO Box 7287, PENRITH SOUTH NSW 2750, AUSTRALIA, [email protected], Tel: +61 (0) 405 482 814

Photos and text by the editor unless historical, submitted to the editor without attribution or otherwise noted. Thanks verymuch to all contributors.

Coming Events

Expect the following in the remaining months of 2019:

The Regimental Reunion will be held 1100 to 1400 hrs on Sunday 3 November 2019. Just turn up (no need to RSVP)and meet those you served with. Dress is casual, the ORs mess bar will be open and a barbeque lunch will beavailable for a small charge.

The RegimentLieutenant Colonel Andrew White, Commanding Officer

Since the last edition of the Lancer Dispatch, the Regiment has experienced an exceptionally busy period.

The Unit stood up for business in mid-January, well ahead of the rest of the Bde to take advantage of the reduced tempo.

Our first activity was EX SUVLA STRIKE at Majura, utilising a Cav Sqn with two PMV Troops and a dismounted Cav ScoutTroop where we commenced work on mounted and dismounted METLs.

We then consolidated in February for Force Preservation Training at Holsworthy and Canberra. Concurrently elements of theCommand team paid a visit to 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry), our paired Armoured CavalryRegiment to confirm interoperability and mutual support through 2019. They also attended the RAAC Corps Conference,where the CO presented on the current status of the Unit and a model for better utilisation of the Part Time RAAC as part ofthe overall "Cavalry Effect".

Note that the online version of Lancers’ Despatchincludes video and more photos.

Bi Annual Journal of theRoyal New South Wales Lancers Association

andThe New South Wales Lancers Memorial Museum

IncorporatedNo 37– August 2019

- Lancer’s Despatch August 2019 www.lancers.org.au

In March the unit conducted EX LANCER MARKSMAN, a small arms live fire activity with the F88, honing marksmanship skillsand safe conduct of ranges, before re-posturing for the 5 Bdes EX TELOPEA SPRINT. This saw all units within the 5 Bdedeploy to Singleton for a 9 day field training exercise. 1/15 RNSWL deployed a Sqn with a mounted and dismounted troopand were able to design the training package for the cavalry organisation. This time was used to prepare our members forEX TALISMAN SABRE 19 by replicating an ACR Cavalry Troop and conducting a broad range of mission profiles. We alsoconducted protected lift and urban assault tasks with our infantry brethren. Special mention to the OPSWO WO2 Schaeffer-Steel who helped run EXCON with the CO and the two Troop Leaders, LT Emily Jarrett and LT Lucas Catalano.

The second half of April was especially busy with a wide variety of support tasks around ANZAC Day conducted by all elementsof the Regiment. The Band ran their annual training activity, EX HORNBLOWER at RAAF Richmond. This was very wellreceived by the members of the RAAF Officers Mess following a Jazz ensemble performance.

Moving into May, the ADJT, CAPT Rohan Mitchell was selected for the Army Rugby Union team and toured Tonga playingrugby and conducting international engagement. Tonga will be of increasing importance to the Regiment as we partner with2/14 LHR (QMI) in supporting the Tongan Defence Force. Finally we finished the month of May with a Heavy Weapons LiveFire activity, EXERCISE LANCER IMPACT at Singleton. This saw the employment of .50cal, 84mm, MAG58, 40mm GLA,F89 and F88 systems from mounted and dismounted positions and was a great success in improving confidence, weaponshandling, fire control orders and understanding of weapons effects by day and night. Three Troop Leaders each had a chanceto deliver orders, then conduct a break hide drill before moving to an ABF to destroy a notional Enemy convoy.

June finished with an excellent Professional Military Education (PME) Day for SNCOs and Officers, followed by the BalikpapanDinner, celebrating the 74th anniversary of the Battle. Among others, the dinner was attended by the Hon Mr Alex Hawke,MP, Assistant Minister for Defence and a former Troop Leader in the Regiment.

As we look forward, the Regiment will shortly be sending a Cav Scout Troop to EX TALISMAN SABRE 19 as part of the 2/14LHR (QMI) OPFOR team. Later in August we will also be sending a Section of the Regiment to Tonga to conduct combinedtraining with some of our international partners.

Tenax in Fide


Our Museum

Our Museum continues to make its mark as the Sydney Metropolitan Area's premier military Museum. New securityrequirements have not daunted us; we are still open every Sunday 1000 to 1600, and at other times by appointment;appointments able to be made using an on-line booking system equal if not superior to the system used to book a visit to theSir John Monash Centre. Mobile Museum exhibits also extend our reach by appearing at the likes of the Castle Hill AnzacDay ceremony and the Battle of Crete anniversary in Sydney.

The fact that our construction of overhead cover for our vehicle collection has run in to almost incomprehensible bureaucratichurdles has been balanced by the donation of a half-sized replica of one of the bronze Australian Horse Statues in the NationalBoer War Memorial, Canberra, by Colonel John Haynes AM, OAM and the work of our volunteers on our M113 and inrenovating the World War 2 room. Work by our indominable force of volunteers; this usually goes unsung so I feel the workof John Anderson, Tom Asher, George Baczocha, Dianne Barnes, Dave Crisp, Jeff Darke, Chris Dawson, Steve Dowsett,George Glass, Brian Hanlon, Ian Hawthorn, Tony Jenkins, Steve Lesley, Michael McGraw, Catherine Pearman, Athol Sansom,Brian Staniland, Joe Tabone, Ansley Taylor, Isobel Twist, and the leadership of Len Koles must not go unmentioned.

On 13 July, ACE the Matilda, JORDAN the Ferret Mk 1 and BINH BA the 106 and our Fitters Landrover got a run at the annualMilitary Muster at Campbelltown Steam and Machinery Museum, Menangle, check out the video to see the vehicles includingACE in motion.

Do note that a video of our vehicles at the Military Muster at Campbelltown Steamand Machinery Museum, Menangle is available in the online version.


Our Association

In the 1970s, the members of our Regimental Association, mostly World War 2 veterans determined that all those whoserved in the Regiment, including those presently serving are members of the Royal New South Wales Lancers’ Association.If you fit into this category, you do not have to join the Association. In order to be advised that Lancers’ Despatch isavailable online you have to be on the list maintained by the Association Secretary. To get on this list, all you have to is useTHIS LINK and fill in your details. We are not exclusive. If you served in the RAAC or broader ADF and wish to become amember, just let us know and we will be happy to have you as an associate.


The Association marched behind the Regimental Band with the Armoured Corps Contingent in the Sydney Anzac DayParade. Resplendent in black berets, regimental ties and medals we make up the largest identifiable group in the march. Agreat time is always had by all meeting old friends and re-living the near and distant past.

The Balikpapan DinnerThe Editor of Lancers' Despatch was asked again to give theBalikpapan Address at the Dinner. This time it covered a bitmore than just the Regiment's Last Battle.

"Distinguished guests, fellow lancers.


The successful landing on the southern shore of the eastern headland of Balikpapan Bay on the 1 July 1945: with B squadronlanding near where the Novotel stands today; A squadron to their right covering B’s flank then sending an expedition toManggar 15 km further eastward. Then the Regiment fighting through to secure the target oil refinery was the last but not theonly significant battle fought by the Regiment.

On 23 November 1899 some 29 New South Wales Lancers lent carbine fire to support the withdrawal of the British 9th Lancerswhen the Boer force covering their Maggersfontein position was first engaged. In so doing they became the first soldiers inan Australian (NSW) uniform to engage an enemy in combat.

On 6 December 1899 the Lancers were acting as advance guard for General French's force moving up the railway line fromNaauwpoort to Arundel. Patrols for moving over the veldt were usually four men of a section in line and from 30 to 100 metresapart. If fire was drawn from an enemy position, the section leader would give a signal and the patrol would turn round andgallop bringing out the desired information. Moving on the flat ground between a kopje and a low ridge the lead Lancer patrolwas engaged. The forward scout, Bernie Harrison turned but had his horse shot from under him. Next man in the line, TomRoberts glanced over his shoulder to see Boers moving out of position intent on taking his friend a prisoner. Without hesitationTom turned his horse and with 7mm Spanish Mauser bullets whistling ‘round him galloped back. Bernie jumped and Tomswung him onto the back of his horse galloping to safety. Tom was the first Australian nominated for the VC; Tom was a farmlabourer from Singleton.

Now for the issue to ponder, is the soil embedded in the floor of the Anzac Memorial Sydney marked Stinkhoutboom actuallyfrom the place near Vredefort where the more suitable professional was awarded Australia’s first VC. Or is it from the flatground near that kopje just south of Arundel?


On 17 January 1900 a patrol from Sliggersfontein led by an Australian Horseman included a number of Lancers. FredKilpatrick, a Carlingford schoolteacher was a member. Ambushed by a superior Boer force, Fred was shot through the jaw.He died on the way back to the camp. Our first death in battle.

On 7 August 1915, 150 metres from Turkish Nek position, an hour before the 8 LH made their fateful charge. B Sqn 1 LHattacked a chessboard of Turkish trenches using rather more innovative tactics than the 3 LH Bde. Nonetheless a lack ofsupport to exploit the initial success and with bombs running low, the squadron withdrew after 3 hours. 86 were killed, samenumber that 10 LH lost on that day.

On 31 October 1917 1 LH supported the NZMR Bde in their attack at Tel El Saba. The position taken, the Regiment with thesun glinting on their bayonets fought their way onward using fire and manoeuvre light horse tactics thus securing the rightflank of those who had charged.

The landing at Sepinggan was made on 1 July 1945, the target committee for the first use of nuclear weapons had met in April1945. From the end of 1943 when the strategy to by-pass most of the Japanese forces in the South West Pacific wasimplemented, General Macarthur ensured that the battle to take Japan would be a US one. This would not be seen by anyoneas a “johnny come lately” stunt like the US efforts in France 1918 and 1944; it would be an unequivocal US victory. Australiaoffered to assist and Macarthur agreed to accept 6 Div but only if they were disguised as Americans.

The shouldn't have been Field Marshal (at least not for his work in World War 2) and near death Prime Minister may haveknown of plans for the Manhattan Project. Quite regardless Australian military planners must have recognised that any actionso far from Tokyo at that time would have little effect on the course of the war. 114 Australians died at Balikpapan in July1945.

It was the largest tank deployment the Australian Army has made to date. A and B squadrons were part of the amphibiouslanding on 1 July, C squadron was held as on the water reserve, landing on 19 July.

Just a couple of anecdotes from that conflict:

Ace our restored Museum exhibit was the first tank ashore.

On 2 July 1945 Corporal Peter Teague, the Regimen's intelligence corporal was checking out a tunnel off the Vasey Highwayas A squadron advanced toward Manggar. He was with two colleagues. As they came around a corner, three Japanese weresurprised to see them. The Australians engaged the Japs with their pistols, killing them. One Jap was an officer with aceremonial Katana. The Katana is in our Museum. Peter Teague was the youngest member of the Regiment, joining theRegiment at age 15 in 1939. He was reputed to have been bullied until he displayed proficiency with his fists becoming firstRegimental then Brigade boxing champion.


On 5 July 1945, 3 and 4 Troops embarked on a landing craft and at 13:00, 3 Troop, landed near the Manggar River undercover of smoke laid by the artillery; they moved off the beach to be de-waterproofed in readiness for action. At 13:45 the areacame under heavy mortar fire, following which a 120 mm naval gun opened up at a range of some 1,200 metres. All threetanks were hit, two of them "brewing up" and becoming total losses. During the shelling six crew members were wounded:John Blackberry, Bill Cunynghame, David Dalziell, Harry Matthews, Bert Pope and Bill Twine. John Blackberry was draggedfrom beneath his damaged tank by a young medic Doug Watkins. Salvation Army Major Doug Watkins officiated at JohnBlackberry’s funeral when John passed away on 12 August 2011, aged 88.

Five men of this Regiment died at Balikpapan in July 1945:Trooper Broome, B Sqn – Killed in Action 2 July 1945Trooper Burton, B Sqn – Died of Wounds – 2 July 1945Corporal Playford, B Sqn – Died of Wounds – 2 July 1945Trooper Richardson, B Sqn – Died of Wounds – 2 July 1945Major Ryrie, REGT 2IC – Killed in Action 10 July 1945" Lest we forget"

The Museum's Bronze HorseThe City of Parramatta, some 20 kilometres west of Sydney, and the population epicentre of the greaterSydney conurbation now has its own part of the National Boer War Memorial. Parramatta's horse wasthe initial bronze half size example produced by Louis Laumen when preparing the sculptures for theNational Memorial. Paid for and presented to the New South Wales Lancers' Memorial Museum byColonel John Haynes AM. Taking pride of place, the statue sits on a plinth outside the Museum building.

The Horseman represents Trooper Malcom Stewart Haynes of A Squadron, 6th Imperial Bushmen andhis horse "Toby" in Australian Commonwealth Horse (ACH) rig. The ACH was the first force raised bythe new Australian Commonwealth, it built on the traditions of the colonial units who had been in actionin South Africa since the New South Wales Lancers' (NSWL) Fighting 29 first fired their Martini-Enfieldsat Belmont on 23 November 1899. The NSWL supplied the soldiers of A Squadron of the 5th ACH. 4Troop, A Squadron, 5 ACH was enrolled at Parramatta in January 1902.

The horse arrived outside the Museum and was secured in place during a tour by members of theUniversity of the Third Age on 28 February 2019; most impressed, tour group members were excited tobe the first to see it in place.

The Statue was unveiled by Colonel Haynes on 5 March 2019 at a parade by the 1st/15th Royal NewSouth Wales Lancers to commemorate significant anniversaries: 199 years since Lancer Barracks werecompleted, 134 years since the Regiment's formation and 100 years since members of the Regimentwere first in action in South Africa. The parade commanded by the Regiment's Commanding Officer,Lieutenant Colonel Andrew White was attended by The Hon Julie Owens MP (Federal Member forParramatta), The Hon David Elliott MStJ MP (NSW Minister for Veterans Affairs), the Regiment'sHonorary Colonel Brigadier Philip Bridie AM and the Commander 5 Brigade. At the conclusion of the

parade, the Regiment (less B Squadron based in Canberra) with members of the Regimental Association gathered in thehistoric (C1900) drill hall to cut the birthday cake. The cutting, performed with the Commanding Officer's sword by the oldestand youngest members of the Regiment.


Do note that the online version includes a video of the horse unveiling.

Colonel John Haynes AM (Ret'd)

John Haynes joined the Royal New South Wales Lancers in 1948 asa trooper, he was Commissioned in the Regiment in 1950.

Soon after he transferred to the Regular Army, serving in 13 differentRoyal Australian Armoured Corps units.

He did a tour of duty in Vietnam in the early 1970s.


The late 1970s saw him as Chief of Staff 2 Div. His last posting was Inspector of Administration for the Army.

He retired from the Army in the mid 1980s and became the President of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps Association,New South Wales Branch (RAACANSW), later serving as President of the National Association. In this role he instituted anumber of successful initiatives for soldiers including the Army Combat Badge, the medal for National Service and theAustralian Defence Medal. For these good works he was awarded the OAM.

At the opening of the Light Horse Interchange west of Sydney in December 2005, Colonel Haynes struck up a conversationwith the then Prime Minister John Howard. They noted that the service of Australian Soldiers in the Boer War was notcommemorated at a memorial in the nation's capital, Canberra.

The National Boer War Memorial project was born. Colonel Haynes gathered a group of volunteers initially under the bannerof the RAACANSW and work started. Committees were formed throughout Australia, and funds raised. Those whose relativeshad served in the war were encouraged to tell their stories and these were published on the Memorial Association's internetsite, a place where all matter of material was to appear. To garner support volunteers gave presentations to any groupinterested. A design competition was held. The designs submitted did not meet with approval, an amalgam of designs wasagreed on. Then the costing came. For the result to be achieved a figure just short of $4M was needed. Many thought thisa bridge too far. Not John Haynes, he called on support from every quarter and eventually on 31 May 2017, His Excellency,General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret'd) Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia dedicatedthe memorial in Anzac Parade, Canberra.

For this effort, in the Australia Day honours 2019 Colonel Haynes was awarded an AM. Generous to a fault, he ensured thatothers on his committee were also honoured. Three received OAMs in the same honours list.

Boer War Day Canberra 2019In 2019 the Boer War Day commemoration in Canberra was supported by the Australian Light Horse Association, B Squadronand the Regimental Padre. A very moving ceremony.


Photos courtesy the ACT Boer War Memorial Association

A Visit to HorseguardsOn 1 May 2019, your editor visited Horseguards in London. I was struck with the similarities with Lancer Barracks andMuseum. The site dates back before the formation of the British Army during and soon after the Commonwealth period in themid to late 17th

Century. It is in the centre of the London CBD. Just like the site at Parramatta relates back before the time when the AustralianArmy was formed in the late 19th Century. It is in the centre of the CBD. There is a great parade ground just like we have atLancer Barracks and a Regimental Museum.

One thing that stands out, is that although the Horseguards site may be coveted by developers; its sale will never becontemplated.


Training 1950 to 2000Thanks very much to those who sent me these photos of Lancers training in the 1950s to the 1990s. A great collection.

Even more photos in the online version.

Departed Comrades

Captain DAVID HOUSEGO aged 58 of Collaroy, died in the early hours of 28 May 2019. David served in the Regiment, 1Cdo Coy, and the British Territorial Army.


As Fairfax Media's Chief Financial Officer, David spent 2018negotiating and putting together the media deal of the century.This saw the old print mastheads of the Sydney Morning Herald,Age, and Financial Review, together with some 300 other localnewspapers merge with the Nine Group to form a rival to NewsLimited.

Toward the end of 2018 after returning from a road-show tooverseas fund investors where David had lost his balance acouple of times, he went for a check-up. This revealed he had anaggressive brain tumour. Although this was successfullyremoved, the cancer had unfortunately already spread through hisbody.

After spending some time in Royal North Shore, David returnedhome on 25 May to die in the care of his wife, Christine, andchildren Sophie and Ben.

David joined the Army Reserve in 1980. After graduating as astar student from 33 Course OCTU, 2 Trg Gp, he wascommissioned into the Lancers in October 1981. David rapidlycompleted his special to corps training while concurrentlycommanding 1 Troop, A Squadron, devoting a remarkableamount of his free time to the Reserve. He was an inspirational

troop leader.

He continued to serve with the regiment while graduating as an accountant. He then completed Junior Course RCSC andqualified as captain. Seeking more challenges, David then passed Commando Selection Course and then headed over towork as an accountant in the UK. Unfortunately, his Observation - Orientation - Decision - Action loop was faster than thearmy's, and it failed to organise an attachment to the Royal Yeomanry. Undaunted, David joined 21 SAS (Artist's Rifles, BritishArmy) as a trooper, quickly passed selection and basic training, and was about to obtain SAS wings when he broke his ankleon his last parachute jump.

David returned to Australia, but not to the regiment. Instead he threw himself into work. He was responsible for floating thehugely successful Australian engineering company Worley (revenue $4,750 million, 57,000 employees) as Chief FinancialOfficer. Then, searching for a bigger challenge, he took over as Fairfax CFO and negotiated the arrangement described abovethat saw it merge with Nine. Nic Stuart

A Memorial Service was held on Tuesday, 4 June 2019 at 1230, Long Reef Golf Club, Collaroy. Looking out over a very angryPacific Ocean. The club is just a couple of blocks from the house where David lived and died. It commands the spectacularviews David loved so much, watching the waves roll in along Fisherman's and Collaroy beach. The venue was packed,Lancers Graham Bradley, Mike Fitzgerald, Mark Gibson, Wayne Higgins, John Howells, Len Koles and Nic Stuart were thereto say goodbye. Nic Stuart gave a eulogy on behalf of the Regimental Association, it can be downloaded from the onlineversion.

Frank Holles sent this message:

"I am shocked and deeply saddened to hear of David’s death.

I knew he had been sick but thought that he was getting through it.

He was one of the most competent officers, I have met who was fair to a fault, but possessed an enormous amount of strengthof character. He was a wonderful person to be with, had an excellent sense of humour and a lightening fast wit. It was aprivilege to serve with him and to call him a friend.

Cancer is such a curse , it has no respect for the worth of people or the contribution they make .

I will miss him very much."

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Mike Krause this message:


"Please pass on our condolences to David's family. It is always sad to hear of the passing of a fellow member. So few of usold diggers remain. It is now up to the young ones to carry on the tradition of the Regiment and the Corps. May David rest inpeace at Fiddlers Green."

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John Howells:

"Little did I know it at the time, I was experiencing the honing of David’s negotiating skills. Skills that would eventually rise toan unsurpassable level.

As he was commissioned before he graduated from university, like many of us, he was commissioned 2LT. Had he graduatedbefore being commissioned; he would have been made a LT. David paraded himself to me complaining that he was qualified(having graduated) and was not yet promoted. I explained the rules that the LT for graduates was to encourage theintelligentsia to join the Army and it was not retrospective, all he had to do was to serve 18 months, he had already completedhis ROBC. He forcefully put to me about how I would feel if I was fully qualified for the next rank and not promoted (at thetime, I recall that I was).

The argument so effectively put, had I the power, he would have achieved his goal; rules, however, in the Army, are rules. "

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Wayne Clark:

"What a great loss - a great and funny guy."

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Lee Long:

"Regrettably I will be interstate on Tues and won't be able to attend the service please pass on my regrets."

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John McPhee:

"Sincerely regret that I will be unable to attend David's Memorial Service on Tuesday. I have an early appointment that usuallyoccupies the whole day. Please offer my apology and condolences to family. Regards."

CHRIS LAWLEY of Caboolture died after a prolonged illness on 8 May 2019. Chris was an M113 vehicle crewman whoserved with the Regiment in the 1970s and 1980s. Chris, a firemen by profession also spent some time in the RAAF Reserve.

The photos below shows Chris at Bourke 1981 with his M113.


Chris at approx 190 cm was nicknamed "Stretch",. As a vehicle crewman, his height required him to be rather flexible whenmoving about in an M113. After leaving the Army Chris was a regular attendee at Association activities, marching with us onAnzac Day, Reserve Forces Day, and being at the Annual Regimental Reunion.

In the past year cancer caught up with Chris, when a delegation of his old B Squadron colleagues visited him earlier this yearon 26 February, he was glad to see the throng but was noted to be suffering. Chris, you now have no more pain.

Chris at his request did not have a funeral or memorial service. The colleagues he served with, however, did not want hispassing to go un-noticed, they collected their thoughts:

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Eric Drew:

This is a tribute to that man, a man that stood head and shoulders above the rest of us. A man that I am so lucky and proudto call my mate. Christopher John Lawley - “CJ” to his mates.

I first met CJ in 1971 at Puckapunyal, last C Squadron Camp, through a mutual friend and fellow Lancer, Phil Marks, whowent to school with CJ. I was a recruit and CJ was a Cook. A friendship developed through a common interest in our formeroccupations, as we were both Butchers by trade. As time went by we became good mates and CJ moved over to the 1/15thRNSWL and became part of B Squadron 2 Troop.

There are so many moments and memories about CJ of my own and many others who had the pleasure of being a mate ofCJ (Stretch to some), I can go on about the times and fun we all had with CJ but I’m sure there are other mates who also wantto add to this short tale about a giant of a man, both physically and mentally. I remember one episode at a Bourke Camp,before we set off on an exercise outside Bourke on the Louth road where we were camped. We had a piss up and CJ gotso pissed he couldn’t stand, so I helped him back to his vehicle, but on the way he was sick I couldn’t hold him up anymoreso I hung him on the barb wire fence by his tank suit, up next morning he was till there feeling very sore.

CJ would never have a bad word to say about anyone, I would see this time and time again, either in the Army or outside theunit, socially and in a work situation. CJ was truly one of nature’s gentleman.

CJ, myself and a number of 2 Troop B Squadron had a wide social circle outside the Lancers and regularly had trips away tothe bush, motor bike riding and shooting, CJ preferred his Bow and Arrow to a Rifle. In our later years CJ and I enjoyedsailing together and spent many happy hours in each other’s company on the water. I’m sure a lot of our mates in theRegiment can tell of the mateship they had with CJ, it was a real honour to be called a mate by CJ.

CJ moved to Queensland a few years ago but we kept in touch and despite his long battle with cancer he was always moreconcerned with other people than himself and I am so glad that his mates were able to make the journey to see him in his lastfew weeks.

Have a pleasant journey mate, you will be missed by so many and have left a big hole. You have given joy to so many whoknew you.

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John McPhee:

“Stretch” was an outstanding soldier in more ways than one. Eric’s “Reflections” reads well and is from the heart. I can’t thinkof anything to add other than to recall that back then, when “Stretch’s “ vehicle passed by, I often wondered that , if we everwent into combat, did the seat in the carrier drop low enough to get him completely behind armour?

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Phil Marks:

As you all know Chris and I went to school together at Birrong Boys High and its was always a joke for both of us whilst in thecadets and at 1/15 - that when we were to form up on ceremonial parades when the order was given - “tallest on the right andshortest on the left” we always knew our position and I can still remember during these times looking at each other and smiling.

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Tony Fryer:

Chris saw service in the Regiment (and the Troop) throughout the 1970’s; however he only left the Troop on 8th May 2019.

Chris will continue to be remembered as the gentle man he always was; always ready to fulfil his role in the Troop … andloads more. He was a ‘team’ player as a crewman and, like us all, he revelled in the freedom, fun and hard work of the Troopin the field.

In later years Chris has endured a very difficult time; he has borne the burden of illness bravely and with optimism and real ity- a true Trooper in many ways!

May he truly rest in peace - we’re now a Driver short

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