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‘Lest We Forget’

NEWSLETTER No 24 * MARCH 2009

PRESIDENTS REPORT -  March 2009

At the AGM on February 17 last I was re-elected as your President for the forthcoming year.  I thank the membership of the Sub Branch for yet again displaying their confidence in me and will do my best to discharge my responsibilities.  We have an enthusiastic and hard working Committee elected with me who have already been active in setting up their various sub committees.  It is great to see so many active members now doing their bit and I anticipate a great year yet again.

General Meetings continue on 3^rd Tuesday of the month, Committee meetings on the 1^st Tuesday and Social days on every other Tuesday. See Schedule of Events on the web page.

ANZAC Day fast approaches and the Sub Branch will again be active.  The format will closely follow previous years commencing with a Remembrance Service to be held at Clark War Cemetery on base at 7am and followed by “traditional” ANZAC Day activities at Swagman Hotel.  More details will be published on the web page as they are settled.

Members are reminded that our membership renewals for the year commencing 1^st January 2009 must be paid by the end of April and after that date non renewed members will be deleted from our membership rolls.  Check this Newsletter and the web site as to how you can renew.  Renewals will be accepted at the Swagman on ANZAC Day. 

We have had an exodus of members returning to Australia and other places for visa renewals and to “fix things up back home” but in most cases their stay will be for a short period only and most will be back well prior to ANZAC Day.  One of our members is back after only 4 days …says something about our lifestyle !!  He told me that his quick return was to ensure continuing attention to his new “passion fruit vine”!!!!

Congratulations and best wishes to four of our members who have assumed ownership and operations of the Southern Cross Hotel at Ermita Manila.  Very reasonable room rates (with a 10% discount for all RSL members on food and accommodation) direct links to Southern Cross bus shuttle connecting Manila, Angeles & Subic (again a discount of 10% for RSL members) and airport connections make this watering hole when in Manila or in transit very attractive.  Good luck guys in the venture.

See ya Tuesday

JIM CURTIS-SMITH

President

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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS

AS WITH ANY ORGANISATION THAT HAS MEMBERS, there is a membership fee payable to administer that organization.  Our Sub branch is such an organization. Membership fees are payable each year to enable members to remain financial and to enjoy the benefits of our Sub branch.

Having said that, Angeles City RSL Sub branch  membership fees are now due.

Membership does have real value in so many ways. Visitors now have a group of friends to assist them when they visit. Our local members know about the GOOD places to go, the better rates, where the RSL discounts are, places to stay, latest scams or how to avoid places of possible trouble. We are a very social group with ability to help when needed.

There are easy ways now of getting your fees to our Treasurer. You can do any of the methods in the notice from our Secretary, Dallas Drake, below:

PAYMENT OF ANNUAL DUES 2009 FINANCIAL YEAR

Dear Members,

Annual dues are now payable for the financial year 2009 January to December.

Amount payable is still only Php600.00.

You may choose how you pay by any of the following methods now available.

Offshore Members can pay from any country outside the Philippines by PayPal found within our web site WWW.RSLANGELESCITY.COM  and can use any credit card or Debit Card. (USD$13.00 )

Australian Members can DIRECT Transfer to our Commonwealth Bank of Australia Account. (AUD$20.00)

Account Name = Returned Services League Angeles City Sub Branch

BSB 062 Account # 2915 10153216

Philippine Resident Members living outside our immediate area may pay (Php600.00 ) DIRECT into any China Bank Branch (note there is no Transfer Fees)

Beneficiary Bank = China Banking Corporation Manila Philippines SWIFT address = CHBKPHMM
Beneficiary Customer= ANGELES CITY RSL
 Account Number = 281 0283015 Branch = SM CLARK CITY

Members living in Angeles City can pay cash (Php600.00 ) DIRECT to Treasurer Bob Young 09179726600 or Secretary Dallas Drake 09165243084. Both have receipt books with them every Tuesday ( 2.00 p.m.) at Ponderosa or every Saturday evening (6.00 p.m.) at Shanos’ Irish Pub charity raffle.

Members who are not financial by APRIL 25 will be removed from the members listing.

We trust you will stay with us and help build a stronger RSL Sub branch.

Kind Regards,

Dallas Drake

Honorary Secretary.

March 2009

NB*****   For anyone reading this newsletter who are not yet a member and wish to do so can print and complete the application for membership on the last page and forward it to:  Angeles City RSL Sub Branch, PO Box 53820, Angeles City 2009, Philippines    or hand it personally to a committee member if you are a local.

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WHAT’S COMING UP

April will be a BUSY Month.

FRA Chilli Cook Off Saturday 4th at Zambales
Capas Death March Memorial April 6.
Committee meeting April 7
Easter April 9,10,11,12.
Social Tuesday April 14, Ponderosa and Bar Hop(3.00) Silly Hat, Vixens, Roadies etc.
Charity Golf Day Zambales (Saturday or Sunday 18-19. (DAY TO BE ADVISED)
General Meeting April 21 Ponderosa,
ANZAC Day April 25 start 0700 at Cemetery and later at SWAGMAN NARRA
Social Tuesday April27 Balibago Golf Day, RSL BAR HOP(2.00) Emotions, Touch of Class 

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The Sub branch would like to acknowledge and welcome the following new members:  Jon Parrish * Graham Gadd * Robert Bucher * Domingo Orito Jr * Michael Anich * Paul Cecchetto * David Lindsay * Michael Webb * welcome back to Ted Pieriam and Richard Goodwin *

FROM THE MINISTER FOR VETERAN’S AFFAIRS

Thursday, 19 February 2009

REMEMBERING THE BOMBING OF DARWIN

On the 67th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Alan Griffin and the Member for Solomon, Damian Hale, encouraged Australians to take the time to reflect on a moment in history when Australia faced its gravest threat.

Attending a commemorative service in Darwin marking the 67th anniversary, Minister Griffin said the bombing of Darwin had a huge impact on the psyche of the nation at the time, but hasn’t had the recognition it deserves in recent years.

“As Australia mourns the loss of 201 people in the devastating Victorian bushfires, it is important to remember the immense losses sustained when the war came to our shores,” Mr Griffin said.

“More than 250 were killed, and hundreds more were injured.

“Twenty military aircraft were destroyed, eight ships sunk and many more buildings destroyed, leaving Darwin in ruins.

“The impact of these attacks on a young country should not be forgotten. 

“For all Australians at the time, the bombings brought home their vulnerability and the realisation that the war was having a very real impact at home.

“As we see the country pulling together now, that same spirit was evident after the Japanese attacks, when the entire Australian economy was directed towards the war effort.”

Damian Hale said that the bombings of Darwin were not unexpected.

“The Japanese, from their first landings in Malaya on 6 December 1941, quickly swept through large parts of south-east Asia and captured Singapore.  Just four days later, the bombs began to fall on Darwin and many held real fears for the safety of the nation,” Mr Hale said.

“Darwin came under attack twice on 19 February 1942 by 54 land-based bombers and approximately 188 attack aircraft launched from Japanese aircraft carriers in the Timor Sea.

“Between 19 February 1942 and 12 November 1943 when the last Japanese attack was launched, Darwin and other North Australian sites endured some 70 air raids.”

The bombing of Darwin is one of the many wartime events which are also commemorated on Battle for Australia Day on the first Wednesday in September every year. 

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AUSTRALIAN WW2 NAVY VETERANS UNVEIL PLAQUE AT ALLIED FORCES LANDING SITE AT VETERAN’S  MEMORIAL PARK,  LINGAYEN GULF, PHILIPPINES

Angeles City Philippines RSL Sub Branch members were moved and proud to accompany Australian Navy Veterans of World War 2 who visited the Philippines and to participate in their Remembrance Service and unveiling of a Bronze Plaque at the Veterans Memorial Park, Lingayen Gulf on the northern island of Luzon.

Mr. Les Kennedy OAM, President Naval Commemoration Committee of Victoria, Mr Frank Barrile Navy Veteran,  Mr  and Mrs Colin Garrett  Navy Veteran and spouse, Mr and Mrs. Ken Baldwin, Navy Veteran and spouse, and  Mr George Rappell Navy Veteran (with his grandson), (all in their middle and late 80’s)  honoured  us by their presence and companionship over 4 days of activity. The party was accompanied by LTCOL Gary Barnes,  Assistant  Defence  Attache attached to the Australian Embassy, Manila, Philippines, and who had co-ordinated and made all local arrangements in the Philippines for the visit.

The Governor of the Province of  Pangasinan,  Amando T. Espino Jr. excelled in his hospitality and his staff exceeded in all expectations to ensure these veterans had a ceremony befitting those who braved the fierce resistance of the Japanese Imperial Forces who had occupied the Philippines since 1941 and were still in occupation in 1945.  Some 13 RAN ships were part of the fleet that conveyed the predominantly US forces that made the landing, including the HMAS Australia which was the first allied ship during the war to be attacked and damaged by Japanese kamikaze attacks.

The following day the party travelled down the West Coast of Luzon to Subic Bay en route calling in at the Fleet Reserve Association (US)  Club Rooms at San Antonio for a lunch break and meet with their members.

Subic Bay was the former US Navy Base in the Philippines and is now a Free Economic Trade Zone of the Philippines government, although much of the previous facilities built by the US Navy are as they were when the US left in 1991. A memorial of Black Granite has been erected at Subic in memory of those lives lost in the Japanese POW ships sunk during WW2. It is a truly impressive memorial dedicated to all nationalities who suffered losses in what was known as HELLSHIPS. Australian losses off  Subic Bay in the Hellships were double that we lost in the entire 10 years of our involvement in Vietnam.

Hundreds of photographs and a Video can be viewed on the Sub Branch web site at WWW.RSLANGELESCITY.COM 

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Minister for Veterans' Affairs  

                                                                                                                                    Friday, 6 March 2009

DEEMING RATES DROP AGAIN FOR VETERANS

Many veterans will benefit from the Australian Government’s decision today to further reduce deeming rates.

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Alan Griffin said the deeming rate will drop from 3 per cent to 2 per cent for the first $41,000 of a single pensioner’s financial investments ($68,200 for a couple). It will also reduce from 4 per cent to 3 per cent for the balance of financial investments over these amounts.

“The Government has taken action to reflect the unique economic environment Australians are facing, ensuring pensioners and social security recipients who rely on own-source income receive some financial relief,” Mr Griffin said.

“The lower deeming rates will assist veterans during these difficult financial times.”

The changes are effective from 20 March and will be included in payments made from 26 March 2009.

Department of Veterans’ Affairs payments affected by the deeming rate include service pensions and the income support supplement.

This is the third reduction in the deeming rates since November 2008.

Deeming rates are now half what they were for much of last year and are at their lowest since 2004.

The lowering of the deeming rates means that part rate pensioners paid under the income test, with financial investments mainly in term deposits, shares, managed investments and other accounts, may receive an increase in their pension payments, to reflect the reduction in their assessable income.

Veterans already paid at the maximum rate are not affected by the deeming change. 

The value of listed shares and securities will also be re-valued from 20 March.

The impact of these changes is dependent on the person’s individual circumstances.  DVA pensioners who would like further information should contact the Department on 133 254.

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The Barfly

This month should see the previous named establishment Studebaker reopen as SILLY HAT,!! promo is !! wear a silly hat and get a free local drink. Could work for a few guys as the summer is here and the sun is hot so wear a silly hat and get a cold free drink. Four new bars are now being built right behind the McDonalds on Fields Ave, hope they will not be charging 95peso a beer like other Fields Bars. Visiting International Hash guys have been crowding out a few bars who gave special prices of 50 pesos and less (even on Fields Ave wow !! ).

Jolly Frog has a pool table and is trying to field a few teams, long way to go for some but I hear they have some good racks (or is it racking by rackers ?).

Real St is changing, Barry at Anchorage Inn has knocked down his front wall to allow for the Street widening. First I thought it was for airconditioning. Soft opening was held at the new corner Mexican Tequila Reef joint when the Thailand Investors came to see the finished building, sorry guys it will still be a few weeks.

New owners take over Shanos mid March and we hear a few changes will be made including putting in Poker Machines. Shano himself will stay on as manager. Midnight Rodeo has moved around next to Roys Pub and the old location is scheduled to be knocked down for redevelopment, wonder what will be built there.

Renovations are still going on inside the place next door to Happy Rock so another new place soon to open. So many bars, so many places to go, I will have to extend my drinking hours and hire a helper to support me.

HAVE A LOOK AT THE PAST

For anyone who would like to have a look at Subic and Olongapo in the past, pull up the following link.  There’s heaps to look at and it will take a long time to see everything.  You may need to put it into your favourite file to look at gradually. Go to:

http://www.subicbaypi.com/

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Minister for Veterans' Affairs Mailing List                                                                                                                                                        Tuesday, 10 March 2009

VETERANS’ AND WAR WIDOWS’ PENSIONS INCREASED

Indexation will deliver Veteran and War Widow pensioner’s up to an extra $14.10 a fortnight, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Alan Griffin announced today.  Some 365,000 veterans, their partners and war widows will benefit.

Minister Griffin said pensions will increase from 20 March, paid from pension day 26 March.

“For the first time, the Special Rate (TPI) Pension is more than $1,000 a fortnight at $1,011.90,” Mr Griffin said.

The increases are based on a movement of 0.9 per cent in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and a top-up of $2.60 per fortnight to bring the single Service Pension rate to 25 per cent of Male Total Average Weekly Earnings (MTAWE).  All disability pensions are indexed by reference to both CPI and MTAWE.  This resulted in a 1.4 per cent increase.

Special Rate (TPI) Pension/ MRCA Special Rate Disability Pension was $997.80 new $1,011.90

Extreme Disablement Adjustment  (EDA) was $550.70   new $558.50

100 per cent General Rate of Disability Pension  was $354.50  new $359.50

Intermediate Rate Disability Pension was $677.00  new $686.60

Service Pension – single  was $562.10   new $569.80

Service Pension – couples  was $469.50 each and $939.00 couple  new $475.90 each and $951.80 couple

War Widows/ers Pension  was $598.70  new $607.00

Income Support Supplement  was  $167.80  new $170.20

 For more information on the new pension rates visit www.dva.gov.au or call 133 254

Also look at DVA website and go to FACTS at  www.dva.gov.au  for more comprehensive information regarding these increases.. In fact, any member who receives a pension or other benefit from Department of Veteran’s Affairs should look at their website on a regular basis.  You can also access ministerial media releases from this site.....  Ed

A GENEALOGY NIGHTMARE

A REDNECK LOVE POEM

SUSIE LEE DONE FELL IN LOVE,
SHE PLANNED TO MARRY JOE.
SHE WAS SO HAPPY 'BOUT IT ALL,
SHE TOLD HER PAPPY SO.

PAPPY TOLD HER, SUSIE GAL,
YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER.
I'D JUST AS SOON YO' MA DON'T KNOW,
BUT JOE IS YO' HALF BROTHER.

SO SUSIE PUT ASIDE HER JOE
AND PLANNED TO MARRY WILL.
BUT AFTER TELLING PAPPY THIS,
HE SAID, 'THERE'S TROUBLE STILL.'

YOU CAN'T MARRY WILL, MY GAL,
AND PLEASE DON'T TELL YO' MOTHER.
BUT WILL AND JOE, AND SEVERAL MO'
I KNOW IS YO' HALF BROTHER.

BUT MAMA KNEW AND SAID, MY CHILD,
JUST DO WHAT MAKES YO' HAPPY.
MARRY WILL OR MARRY JOE;
YOU AIN'T NO KIN TO PAPPY.
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(Kinda brings a tear to yer eye, don't it?)

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RSL ADVERTISING SERVICE

We invite everyone to look at our front page at   www.rslangelescity.com

You will see an example of a ‘rotating advertisement’ where businesses may place advertisements. This service is available at a cost of Php 1,000 per month.

Being a new innovative inclusion to our webpage, there are slots available for your use. Currently there are three adverts in production with more to come. Our Webmaster Gerald Slide is the man behind the job.

Of course our sponsors and supporters will continue to receive FREE ad space in our newsletters (when space is available, Ed) and in the ‘Lifestyle’ section of the webpage.

To get involved with this new inclusion, in the first instance contact Secretary Dallas Drake. His contact details are shown at the top of this newsletter and at the webpage.

This is an opportunity to get your message out on a broad scale as the newsletter is read in Australia, Britain, USA, NZ, Thailand, and the Philippines just to name a few countries.

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A continuing story about the Hellships of WW2   

"People were jumping into the water. Thick oil was spreading across the sea. There were loud noises ... metal wrenching, furniture crashing, people screaming. I have not been able to forget the death cries."
- Yoshiaki Yamaji, sole living survivor of the sinking of the Montevideo Maru

The Australians in the water sang for their wretched trapped mates. 'Auld Lang Syne' was their impromptu, defiant tribute to the dead and dying as the Montevideo Maru slipped quickly, stern first, beneath the calm, oil-soaked sea.

Housed below deck in the holds of the Japanese ship, most of the 1053 Australian soldiers and civilians had no way to escape when it reared and sank in a matter of minutes after being torpedoed by the American submarine USS Sturgeon.

Some, though, had managed to scramble free and cling to debris. It was their singing that was still etched in the memory of the only living survivor of that tragic event, Japanese sailor Yoshiaki Yamaji, when he spoke of it six decades later.

"There were more POWs in the water than crew members," Yamaji told the ABC's 7.30 Report in October 2003.

"The POWs were holding pieces of wood and using bigger pieces as rafts. They were in groups of 20 to 30 people, probably 100 people in all. They were singing songs. "I was particularly impressed when they began singing 'Auld Lang Syne'as a tribute to their dead colleagues. "Watching that, I learnt that Australians have big hearts."

This poignant testimony was – and remains – the only first-hand account of what is one of the Australia's enduring mysteries. It took 61 years to emerge and only then because of the persistence of historian and former PNG administrator Albert Speer MBE.

On a trip to Japan in 2002, Speer discovered an obscure book, Japanese Merchant Ships at War, which revealed a Japanese survivor of the sinking was still alive.

He passed this on to me in my then role as Director of News and Current Affairs at the ABC. The national broadcaster's then Tokyo correspondent Mark Simkin was put on the trail and, with Speer's help, tracked down and interviewed Yamaji for a landmark piece on the 7.30 Report in October 2003.

The cacophony of death as described by Yamaji must have been brutal, raw and jarring for relatives of the victims.

There was some solace, perhaps, in finally piercing the bubble of ignorance about the sinking and pride, certainly, in the bravery and spirit of the doomed men singing for their mates and themselves.

But there was no closure. There are too many unanswered questions - the central one surrounding who was actually on the ship – and no location to commemorate.

Salving the anguish and uncertainty of relatives is at the heart of an appeal by Speer to Prime Minister Rudd to fund a search for the wreck.

No matter how slim the chance of it still being aboard and watertight, the safe of the ship's captain Sergeant Major Kawakami may indeed hold the precious secret of the passenger manifest.

Given how they were trapped below deck, the grim reality is that it is quite possible victims' remains were entombed in the hull on the seabed.

The generations of descendents – or Australians generally - will never know unless it is located. The reaction of most Australians to the finding of the HMAS Sydney showed there is still a public fascination and desire to solve our national mysteries and commemorate our tragedies.

The fact that so few Australians have ever heard of the Montevideo Maru and our single biggest maritime disaster is a bizarre and disturbing oddity of history. Twice as many Australians died in this one incident than the entire Vietnam war. Over 400 more went down with the Montevideo Maru than the HMAS Sydney.

To many like Speer and descendents of those who died, there is a national scandal in the failure of successive governments over 66 years to properly investigate and lay to rest the mystery – and the souls – of the Montevideo Maru.

And while we are withWW2, another dose of Bluey & Curly (the second last that I have)

FOR OUR MANY AMERICAN MEMBERS, SOMETHING JUST FOR YOU!!!!

Long ago and far away, in a land that time forgot,
Before the days of Dylan, or the dawn of Camelot.
There lived a race of innocents, and they were you and me,

For Ike was in the White House in that land where we were born,
Where navels were for oranges, and Peyton Place was porn.

We learned to gut a muffler, we washed our hair at dawn,
We spread our crinolines to dry in circles on the lawn.
We longed for love and romance, and waited for our Prince,
And Eddie Fisher married Liz, and no one's seen him since.

  We  danced to 'Little Darlin,' and sang to 'Stagger Lee'
And cried for Buddy Holly in the Land That Made Me ,  Me.

Only girls wore earrings then, and 3 was one too many,
And only boys wore flat-top cuts, except for Jean McKinney.

We fell for Frankie Avalon, Annette was - oh, so nice,
And when they made a movie, they never made it twice.

We didn't have a Star Trek Five, or Psycho Two and Three,
Or Rocky-Rambo Twenty in the Land That Made Me , Me.

Miss Kitty had a heart of gold, and Chester had a limp,
And Reagan was a Democrat whose co-star was a  chimp.

We had a Mr. Wizard, but not a Mr. T, and Oprah
Couldn't talk yet, in the Land That Made Me ,  Me.

We had our share of heroes, we never thought they'd go,
At least not Bobby Darin, or Marilyn  Monroe.

For youth was still eternal, and life was yet to be,
And Elvis was forever in the Land That Made Me ,  Me.

We'd never seen the rock band that was Grateful to be Dead,
And Airplanes weren't named Jefferson, and Zeppelins were not Led.

And Beatles lived in  gardens then, and Monkees lived in trees,
Madonna was a virgin in the Land That Made Me ,  Me.

We'd never heard of microwaves, or telephones in cars,
And babies might be bottle-fed, but they weren't grown in jars.

We hadn't seen enough of jets to talk about the lag,
And microchips were what was left at the bottom of the bag.

And Hardware was a box of nails, and bytes came from a flea,
And rocket ships were fiction in the Land That Made Me ,  Me.

Buicks came with portholes, and side shows came with freaks,
And  bathing suits came big enough to cover both your cheeks.

And Coke came just in bottles, and skirts below the knee,
And Castro came to power near the Land That Made Me ,  Me.

We had no Crest with Fluoride, we had no Hill Street Blues,
We had no patterned pantyhose or Lipton herbal tea
Or prime-time ads for condoms in the Land That Made Me ,  Me.

There  were no golden arches, no Perrier to chill,
And fish were not called Wanda, and cats were not called Bill.

And middle-aged was 35 and old was forty-three,
And ancient were our parents in the Land That  Made Me ,  Me.

But all things have a season, or so we've heard them say,
And now instead of Maybelline we swear by Retin-A.

They send us invitations to join AARP,
We've come a long way, baby, from the Land That Made Me ,  Me.

So now we face a brave new world in slightly larger jeans,
And wonder why they're using smaller print in magazines.

And we tell our children's children of the way it used to be,
Long ago and far away in the Land That Made Me ,  Me

So there you go Guys, hope that brought back some nice memories.   Ed

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The Final Inspection

The Soldier stood and faced his God, which must always come to pass.

He hoped his shoes were shining, just as brightly as his brass.

"Step forward now, you Soldier, how shall I deal with you?

Have you always turned the other cheek? to My Church have you been true?"

The Soldier squared his shoulders and said, "No, my Lord, I ain't.

Because those of us who carry guns, can't always be a saint.

I've had to work most Sundays, and at times my talk was tough.

And sometimes I've been violent, because the world is awfully rough.

But, I never took a dollar, that wasn't mine to keep...

Though I worked a lot of overtime, when the bills got just too steep.

And I never passed a cry for help, though at times I shook with fear.

And sometimes, God, forgive me, I've wept unmanly tears.

I know I don't deserve a place, among the people here.

They never wanted me around, except to calm their fears.

If you've a place for me here, Lord, it needn't be so grand.

I never expected or had too much, but if you don't, I'll understand.

There was a silence all around the throne, where the Saints had often trod.

As the Soldier waited quietly, for the judgment of his God.

"Step forward now, you Soldier, you've borne your burdens well.

Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets, you've done your time in Hell.

~Author Unknown~      

 “The price of liberty is eternal vigilance”

Corps Insignia of the Australian Army  (more later)