OTU Class 4/70 Members

Trevor Ranford (2/72) has announced the death of his brother David Ranford (4/70) on 17 February 2025. Funeral details have yet to be given to the OTU Association.

Trevor believes that David was a prize recipient at graduation, however the association only has Malter and Snashall as receiving awards.

The Governor General’s Medal, Grad 1^st in Class                                                                                  M. Malter

The Staff Prize for the highest aggregate of marks in Tactics                                                                  M Malter

The Military Arts Prize for the highest aggregate of marks in Military Arts                                      M Malter

Sword of Honour (The Military Board Prize) For Exemplary conduct and performance of duty    B Snashall

We are missing the following list of recipients. Can anyone help with following award recipient’s names?

The Leadership Prize for the highest Officer Quality Rating, donated by the Boral Group of Companies

Skill at Arms for the highest aggregate score in Range Practices

The Sporting Prize

The Gordon Sharp Memorial Prize for the NS O C who shows the greatest improvement in Field Training

The Drill Prize for the highest aggregate of marks in Drill and Ceremonial

Neil Leckie

Editor, The Scheyvillian

nkaleckie@optusnet.com.au

0400 573 802

Class 1/71: If anyone can pinpoint the exercise area for Ken, can you please let him know (with a CC to me)?

Name: Ken Chegwidden

Email: kcheg007@gmail.com

Message: I’ve been trying to track down exactly where the Final Exercise was held before graduation near Colo on the Putty Road for Class 1/71.
I do recall leaving the Putty Road and crossing a river where we had a ‘Contact Front’ with some RAAF guys as a mock ambush of Vietcong but can’t seem to find any miliary areas where that may have been. Does anyone have a map reference or something that would indicate where that was. The country had thick bush around it and the first night out was on a large, grassed area on the other side of a river. We then hiked into fairly rough hill country. Any suggestions of maps would be helpful. Thanks.

Neil Leckie, Editor, The Scheyvillian

0400 573 802 or nkaleckie@optusnet.com.au

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