3797897 Russell Webster Green was born in Melbourne on 7 January 1945 and completed his education at Wesley College, Melbourne. He attended Royal Melb Institute of Technology and gained a Fellowship Diploma in Accounting. Before entering the Army as a National Serviceman he was employed as an Accountant at the Preston and Northcote Hospital (PANCH). He graduated 43^rd in Class 1/70, OTU Graduate number 1118, and was posted to RAAOC at Army Headquarters Directorate of Ordnance Services. Russell discharged at the completion of his NS. Russell died on 3 April 2012. His funeral was held at The Boulevard, Kew on 11 April and was attended by:

Clive Badelow (ACT–4/69), Jeff Gitsham (SA-4/69), Dave Maddison (Vic-4/67), Frank Miller (Vic-4/67), Tony Roberts (Qld) and Ian Tucker (Vic-4/67).

William Michael (Bill) Dunn was born on 2 April 1949 and commenced his NS on 9 July 1969 and commenced officer training at OTU on 25 July with Class 3/69. Bill graduated into the RAAOC on 19 December and was posted to 3 BOD. He discharged at the end of his NS. Bill succumbed to an advanced melanoma and spent the last 3-4 weeks in hospital and was quite comfortable and philosophical and gutsy to the end. His funeral service was held at the Magnolia Chapel, Northern Suburbs Cemetery (Sydney) on Monday 2 April 2012.

John Reid: In his inimitable style Bill gave Faye instructions for this service: “keep it light and breezy and don’t be maudlin” – that is a pretty tough call under the circumstances mate! Bill was a mate to a lot of us; – and so what is a “mate”? The Aussie, blokey definition is that you – get along together – enjoy each other’s company -share a bit of chemistry and share experiences in life.

Bill and I first met when we shared the Scheyville experience: here the army took a small proportion of each National Service intake and did their best to turn us into Platoon Commanders, officers and gentlemen.  Officers – yes, Gentlemen – perhaps a bit later. Intake 3/69 were thrown into OTU at Windsor in the middle of winter and learnt the hard way how to sleep in a shell-scrape that gradually filled with cold rainwater overnight. We certainly came out fitter and had plenty of life skills hammered into us.

I know Bill in his later business life as a company manager kept to the Scheyville 3F principle of being FIRM, FAIR and FRIENDLY with those he was responsible for. After Scheyville I next ran into Bill a few years later at the Ferntree Gully Hotel, at the bar of course. This is one of the things about mateship – you can be apart geographically for years and take up a conversation as if no time had passed.

The recent Scheyville 40 year (Class 3/69) reunion, partly organised by Bill, was a good test of this theory, but once we got past the recognition barrier the bond was still there for all of us. By last Saturday the OTU website had received messages of condolence and thoughts for Bill’s family from: Brian Cooper, Alan Brimelow, Tony Beddison, Gary Vial, Graham Barnard, Jay McDaniell, Mal Brown and Jeff Coster from 3/69, David Webster, Ray Elder and our RSM Max Almond. Ray added that Billy was a Willie (Williamstown) Boy who played very courageous footie for the Willie CYMS.

Back in the early 70s Bill and I shared a road trip to Cairns in his flying red Datsun 2000, and when Bill came to Sydney to work for Grace Brothers we shared a flat at Bondi. We tossed a coin for the big bedroom with ocean views and Bill won of course, but we were stupid getting a top floor unit because carrying that much booze up 3 flights of stairs was murder. We tried a bit of Rugby with the Galloping Greens 5^th grade but what do you do with an Aussie Rules player? You put him at fullback and yell instructions whenever the play goes his way. Any suggestion to clear the ball out on the full from the 25 was always met with an on-field argument from Bill on the legality and ethics of kicking out on the full.

Bill’s car in this era was a lime green Monaro with chrome widies – so the refined, mature Bill was still very much a work in progress.

Bill met Faye when my wife-to-be Glenyss needed to rent a room. The first 20 or 30 phone calls were answered by blokes on the make, but finally a female voice – the young Faye Goulder. Bill tagged along to check out the talent, and you can guess the rest.

All of us here today are Bill’s family, relatives, friends or mates; but Faye, of course, has been Bill’s “mate” in the true sense of the word: -his partner, his wife, his best friend, his life-mate and his soul-mate.

Our family has been privileged to share much of our lives with Bill and his family. Our boys Cameron and Lucas can’t be here today as Cameron is in New York and Lucas is working interstate; but their thoughts will be with Faye, Bryce, Carla and Marcus.

We have shared many happy times and a few sad times – holidays, parties, kid’s functions, food, beer and wine. In fact all the stuff life is made of.

When we say this last “see you later mate” we don’t mean literally, but we mean in our hearts and our memories. So – see you later mate.

2789026, Captain Christopher Leyland Humphreys, enlisted into the Australian Regular Army, under National Service Scheme on the 7^th of February 1968 at the age of 21.  I was privileged to read through Chris’s military papers and was enlightened to see that he was paid on enlistment $5.26 per day, with a net fortnightly pay packet of $35.45.  I could hear Chris’s retort to this being “And I earnt every cent of it”

Chris was enlisted and volunteered to undertake his initial training at the Officer Training Unit, Scheyville, located about 50 kilometres north-west of Sydney near Windsor.

It is very worthy to note that the Scheyville was no normal training unit.

It was established on 1 April 1965 to meet Army’s need for officers arising from the National Service Scheme that had begun in 1964 to meet the requirements for the Vietnam War.  It had taken a mere eight months from the concept to the first intake at Scheyville camp.  The unit received some of the best and brightest conscripts, put them through a demanding and in some respects ruthless 21 week course, and turned out highly capable second lieutenants.

During the National Service Scheme of 1965-73, some 64,000 young Australians were selected by ballot based on their 20th birthday date and called up for two years’ service.  Of these 64,000 national servicemen, 2700 (4%) were selected for this 21 week make or break course at Scheyville and only 1880 finally graduated as Second Lieutenants around their 21st birthday.

Statistically they are a unique group of men.  Whilst at Scheyville Chris was appointed to the rank of Corporal during his training.  Chris was to succeed and graduated as part of the 1^st Intake of 1968 on the 18^th of July 1968 securing his place as part of this unique group.

Upon graduation Chris was allocated to the Royal Australian Army Service Corps (RAASC) and posted to 4 Supply Depot in Adelaide.

Subsequent postings were to the 2^nd Supply Depot, 7 Supply Platoon and the 8 Company.

With the disbandment of the Army Service Corps, Chris was reallocated to the newly formed Royal Australian Corps of Transport (RACT) on 1 June 1973.

Chris served in the Regular Army until 6 February 1970 whereupon he transferred to the Active CMF from 7 February 1970 to 1 July 1975.

Upon discharge Chris had attained the rank of Temporary Captain.

“Chris served his country with pride, dignity and honour and will be sadly missed by his Mates, Family, Loved Ones and Friends.”