Australian National Servicemen
by John Ford (1969-70) In 1968/69 and 1969/70 the senior officer of the Education Corp at Taurama Barracks was Captain Wolfgang Flayden. The 1968/69 Chalkies had a troublesome relationship with Capt Flayden whom they referred to as “The Wolf”. Our…
MEETING WITH THE HEWA PEOPLE The Hewa people are an ethno-linguist group living in the remote north-western corner of the Southern Highlands near the junction of the Strickland and Laigaip rivers. Strickland River Valley and the valley of the Hewa…
Clicking on a photo will display a full sized image of the photo in a new window. This gallery contains photos of various parts of Papua New Guinea and its people supplied by John Humphrey who was a Sergeant in…
by John Teggelove 1966-67 Goldie Headquarters building, 2014 (Photo Greg Ivey) My marble came out for the first National Service intake in July 1965 but the call-up was deferred, to enable me to complete my first teaching year, so I…
This article was originally published in the August 1971 RAAEC Newsletter and was found amongst Sgt. Graham Leader’s memorabilia. Graham served in 1970-71 at Taurama Barracks. Sgt. Robert Scott served at Moem Barracks as an Education Instructor in the RAAEC.…
Clicking on a photo will display a full sized image of the photo in a new window. Lunch for 14 Nashos in Melbourne on 3rd March 2014 Photos courtesy of Boyd Robertson
The August 1971 RAAEC Newsletter was found amongst Sgt. Graham Leader’s memorabilia. Graham served in 1970-71 at Taurama Barracks. Only the pages relating to the PNG Command have been published. When reading the newsletter, Sgt. Bill Larsen, who served at…
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by Ron Inglis 1971 ‘Chalkie’ at Moem and Igam Barracks, Ron Inglis, attended the opening of the Pacific Islands Regiment (PIR) Exhibition held at the Australian Army Infantry Museum, Singleton, on October 1, 2013. It was an opportunity to gather…
Courtesy of Peter Darmody Igam Barracks, situated near Lae on the north coast of Papua New Guinea, was one of the places that Chalkies were sent between the years 1966 and 1972. Igam was opened in 1968 by Phillip Lynch,…
by Greg Smith, Moem Barracks 1969-70 Any ex-student of Melbourne High School (MHS) would easily recognize the School’s maroon-coloured footy jumper with the school’s motif, the head of a unicorn, on the left breast. It was therefore quite surprising in…
Clicking on a photo will display a full sized image of the photo in a new window. Name Barracks Andrew Dalziel Igam Barracks Bob Strachan Goldie River, Murray Barracks, Taurama Barracks Brenton Honeyman Wewak Brian Wellman Murray Barracks Doug Rathbone…
by Ted Middleton I was in my third year of training as a Telecommunications Technician when I learnt that I had won the National Service lottery. Like most young men who were conscripted and were still studying, I deferred until…
Clicking on a photo will display a full sized image of the photo in a new window. We had all the guys attend from the 69-70 year except for two. It was suggested last year after the Oct 6th reunion…
by Rod Cassidy (2PIR Moem Barracks, Wewak, 1970-1971) It was cold up there. The Waterloo Battlefield stretched out before me away to the west. Half way up the climb to the top of the Lion Monument, I was overtaken by…
by Terry Edwinsmith Some of the strangest stories are fact rather than fiction. This story, I believe falls into this category. Several years ago, I wrote an article for Keith Jackson’s PNG Attitude (as it was then known) about National…
Clicking on a photo will display a full sized image of the photo in a new window. This gallery displays a variety of collections of photos taken by Sgt. Terry Edwinsmith and Sgt. Ian Hodder 1. The first group was…
Clicking on a photo will display a full sized image of the photo in a new window. Further photos by Sgt. Peter Chard at Taurama Barracks and while on various Civic Action Patrols to Buin and Arawa, Bougainville during 1968-69…
Clicking on a photo will display a full sized image of the photo in a new window. This gallery honours the memory of Geoff Peters (Sergeant Chalkie 1969-70) who sadly passed away on the 26th July 2013 before he had…
Clicking on a photo will display a full sized image of the photo in a new window. This gallery was supplied by John Gibson who visited PNG on Remembrance Day, 23rd July 2013. John was a sergeant chalkie at Taurama…
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Clicking on a photo will display a full sized image of the photo in a new window. This gallery shows black and white photos taken by Sgt. Peter Chard during his time as a chalkie at Taurama Barracks in 1968-69.…
Clicking on a photo will display a full sized image of the photo in a new window. This gallery will show photos of Papua New Guinea and its people taken between 1966 and 1973 as seen through the lenses of…
“NASHO GONE BAD” – from Conscript to Professional Soldier, and beyond! by Murray Gough (1970-75 and beyond) How could a keen and energetic young teacher in NSW become conscripted for service into the Army, and why would he “sign-on” to…
by Martin Forbes (1972-74) I entered National Service (NS) at Kapooka in Jan72, was selected to go to PNG and didn’t leave until Dec74. I was also the sole didiman of the group so it was destination Moem Barracks at…
by Lt. Col. Roger Jones (retd.) End of the First World War In winter 1917/18, the Canadian Army established its ‘Khaki College’ at Witley Camp in the UK to run classes and lectures of a vocational and rehabilitation nature. It…
by Ian Ogston The Chalkies Group came together officially on the 25th October, 2003. On this occasion, a group of ten Queensland Chalkies met for the first time at the Long Tan Room at the Kedron-Wavell RSL. The purpose of…
Tony Marshall writes: I was conscripted into the Australian Army on the 1 As a clerk in the Medical Corps, I served with 1 Det.Med and Dent PNG. The exact dates of arrival and departure in Port Moresby are details…
Clicking on a photo will display a full sized image of the photo in a new window. Melbourne Reunion, WoolshedPub at Docklands 16th March 2013
by Greg Ivey (Moem/Murray, 1969-70) and Russell Jenkin (Moem, 1967-68) In 1968, a rare (if not unique) Conference was convened at Taurama Barracks involving almost all of the Chalkies then present in TPNG. With the passing of time and memories,…