Sgt Rod Cassidy’s Photos

These photos show activity at 3RTB Singleton, NSW during Recruit Training followed by photos at Moem Barracks, Wewak as well as at Vanimo in 1971

Final exercise 3RTB Singleton	Guard Duty Singleton 3RTB
3RTB Firing Range, Singleton	Graduation 3RTB 1970 Singleton
E Coy 3RTB Graduation, Singleton NSW	List of names E Coy 3RTB Graduation, Singleton NSW
2PIR Group Photo – Aug 1971 cartoon	2PIR Group Photo = Aug 1971
Sgt Ian Taylor, Sgt John Humphreys at Wewak	Sgt Rod Cassidy, Sgt Ian Taylor at Moem
Sgt Rusty Bates, Sgt Nev Corrie, Sgt Rod Cassidy	Scotty, Didiman Moem
Chalkies became the enemy last exercise	Moem Barracks – home of 2PIR
Local Village	Medivac
Medivac	at Wewak
Caribou on airstrip at Vanimo	PIR troops disembarking
Load out at Vanimo back to Wewak	Hurcules C41 landing at Vanimo
Vanimo Mess House Wind – many a beer consumed	Vanimo Barracks – right on the beachfront
Uploading stores, Vanimo	The footy oval at Vanimo
Classroom Vanimo 1971	Classroom
Refugee Camp at Wutung	Grave Yard at Wutung 1971
WW2 wreck at Maprik in Sepik Valley	Flight over the Strickland River Valley 1971
The Strickland River in the Highlands

Steve Hill

July 26, 2021 / 11:25 am Reply

Lot of memories came back with the pictures. I was fishing around for material for the July Newsletter of the Hervey Bay Nashos and stumbled on this cache. Thanks for the memories. My experience started with I believe God telling me to shut up about being made the barman for Balcomb Sgts Mess and finished with 18 months in Murray Barracks with the 68/69 intake and the 69/70 intake of chalkies. I got 11 mentions in the Book Chalkes. Hope life has treated you well. God has been good to me.

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