The M&G was held at Montmorency Eltham RSL located at 16 Mountain View Road, Montmorency, VIC 3094.
Attendees list
Cheryl Ellix, Frank Ludewig, Jim Roadknight, Pam Irving-Dusting, Maureen Theobald, Les Bennett, Ray Drake, Gary Kitt, Alan Theobald, Frank Irving-Dusting, Murray Irving-Dusting and Bob Farr
Apologies list
Peter Burnett, Keith Chambers, Simon Dew, Bruce Fox, Colin Green, Les Jarvis, Mark Joseph, Phillip Kossatz, Ray Lawrence, Michael Lynch, Rodney MacCormack, Adrian Smith, Francis Townsend and John Van ‘T Hoff
A good role up for our quarterly M&G meet at the Wynnum RSL with our best numbers for several get togethers. Attendees enjoyed catching up, swapping the usual yarns plus hearing a few new ones and lots of laughs. A few beers and lunch were consumed which is always pretty good at this club. Thanks again to Steve Brown for the tubs of fresh lovely Honey as ordered. Apologies from Paul and Suellen Dennis, medical and from travellers’ including Chris McKay currently in Norway, and two members living the dream on the road.
Attendees list Tony Gerding, Steve Brown, Jim Fern, John (Swampy) Marsh, Roger Crawfoot Col Saxby, Peter (Casey) Jones) Mal Chatfield, Rod Lambert
Apologies list John Kricker, Jerry Thurbon, Ken Smith, Paul and Suellen Dennis
A merry time was had as usual with a ‘newy’ Greenie, Mal Peters joining us from Townsville. A faithful, now expat “Queerslander”, Buck Ryan, also joined the frivolities as he was visiting Sydney town. For the record, there were 262 ‘posted out’ invitations to NSW Greenies. About 10 bounce for various reasons. I then delete the email address, keeping the names/ contact details for posterity — from the original NSW list. The original NSW List supplied to me by Darrell Hegarty (vale) many decades ago contained 309 names.. I thank those who are able to support the M and G. Do I have to put a keg on as an enticement for increased attendance?? Probably a waste of grog, as we “oldies” are now part of the non-handlers/screamers/gibberish brigade!!!!!!!!!
Attendees list
Phil Croesse , Val Osis, Bob Allen, John Macmillan, Mal Peters, Mike Nash, Alan Ryan, Bruce Richens, Robert ( Proff ) Caudwell (expat USA ), Pete McGurk, Mike Kay.
Apologies list
Rick (Dixie ) Lee, Ted Schloithe, Bob Harris, Graham Lang, David Buck, Greg Duncliffe, Mike Mason, Murray Baker, Kerry Spencer, Graeme Archer, Mike Kielty.
Thirty eight of South Australia’s finest Greenies gathered at the Port Adelaide Naval Association for our February Meet & Greet. This is the best gathering we’ve had for a very long time. We welcomed a couple of newbies in Brad Fitzgerald and Kevin Harrison. Clearly, the SA Meet & Greet is the place to be seen. Alongside our regular travelers of Kev McKerlie and Mick Cain, Kevin travelled from Florida, USA where he is now living. He had come home to visit his Mum and the dates aligned with our Meet & Greet so he was able to come along and catch up with a couple of old shipmates. An apology from another traveler, Eric Thompson (who lives in Victoria) and in all we had 15 apologies – sickness and travel being the predominant reasons.
Attendees list
Peter Barton, Dave Betts, John Bolton, Michael Bornholt, Mick Cain, Andrew Clarke, Maurie Davey, Kim Daw, Mike Fisher, Brad Fitzgerald, Alan Fletcher, Phil Grotto, Gary Hale, Kevin Harrison, Steve Impett, Rob Kearvell, Ray Kemp, Bob King, Peter Lines, Mark Loram, Trevor McKerlie, Terry Norman, Michael O’Malley, Ian Peterson, John Phillips, Gary Potterat, Les Radford, Blue Reidy, Peter Richards, Wayne Rowe, Greg Smith, Bill Swan, Alan Tassel, Rob Vanagelis, Neil Walton, Graham Watson, Maurie Woods, Zep Zeppel.
Apologies list
Richard Clark, Craig Ferguson, Trevor Hill, Bill Hollas, Peter Krollig, Gary Lang, Stewart McCluskey, Paul Normandale, Mal Parrington, John Sanford, Ed Skubala, Rod Spotswood, Eric Thompson, Warwick Williams, Mike Witcher
