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Gallipoli - The making of a nation

By Cameron McCullough THE Gallipoli Campaign has long been regarded as being the birth of our nation; the moment the newly Federated Australia proved itself worthy to stand on its own two feet in the dominion of the British Empire.

The campaign is also noted for its military blundering; for bad decision making by British generals, sending our troops often to certain death facing insurmountable odds.

Indeed, the campaign’s military miscalculations began well before the first Australian soldier set foot on the beaches of Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.

Turkey, part of the once great but now weakened Ottoman Empire, had been a good friend to both the British and Germans before the First World War. Once war was declared, it made clear its neutrality.

But just days into the war, a defining action by the First Lord of the Admiralty, a young Winston Churchill, set in motion a series of events that would result in the Gallipoli Campaign, and the loss of over 8,000 Australian lives.

On 1 August 1914, the Ottoman Empire’s greatest naval hero, Captain Huseyin Rauf, arrived in London with his Turkish troops to take delivery of the first of two dreadnoughts that had been purchased from Britain for six million pounds.

The great sacrifices the Turkish people had made to raise the funds for these ships, to become the pride of the Turkish fleet, can not be underestimated. Taxes had been raised significantly, donation boxes had been placed on

bridges, civil servant wages had been docked, and in villages across Turkey, women had cut off and sold their hair to wig makers to raise the funds required.

The problem Captain Rauf faced this morning, in the London shipyard, was a line of men in uniform, not Turkish uniform either, advancing with guns with bayonets fixed. Due to the declaration of war, and the uncertainty of where Turkey stood in the bigger picture, Winston Churchill had claimed the ships for Britain.

The consternation over the “theft” of their ships was the subject of much heated discussion in Constantinople.

Over the next week, a domino effect of declarations of war spread throughout Europe, and leaders in Constantinople had declared a “neutral call to arms”.

Just days later, two German warships, Goeben and Breslau, fleeing pursuing British ships, requested permission to enter the narrow and heavily defended strip of water called the Dardanelles, to seek safe-haven in the Sea of Marmara.

Turkey was now on a knife’s edge, and the decision to let the German ships enter or not enter would change the shape of world history. To refuse them entry would be to maintain Turkey’s neutrality, but to allow them to enter would be nothing short of a declaration of war against Britain.

The Turkish Minister for War, General Enver, now faced two decisions.

The first was whether to allow the German ships passage through the

Dardanelles. “Yes” was his answer.

The second was whether the Turkish guns were to fire on the pursuing British ships. .....“Yes”.

General Enver broke the news to Cabinet colleagues with the words “A son has been born to us”.

The German ships would be “purchased” by Turkey, thus replacing the ships taken from them by the British, and certainly pushing Turkey into the war on the side of the Germans.

The British now had a problem. The Dardanelles was considered key to winning the war. Not only was it the strip of water separating Europe from Asia, but it also led directly to Constantinople, the capital of Turkey, and via The Bosphorus, to the Black Sea. It was a passage that, now restricted, cut off much of the supply and naval movements by one of Britain’s allies, Russia.

Very quickly, British commanders established the need to “force the Dardanelles” with the British Navy. It would allow for the capture of Constantinople, the opening of an eastern front against Germany, and the opening of the supply route.

On 4 November 1914, four battle cruisers sailed into the mouth of the Dardanelles and began firing on the Ottoman forts lining the shores. This is despite the fact that Turkey was yet to enter the war. One shell scored a direct hit on a Turkish fort, killing 86 Turkish soldiers. Ten days later, a fatwah was issued proclaiming a jihad against British, French and Russian infidels.

On 18 March, 1915 the day had come for Britain and her allies to “force the Dardanelles”. A massive force; the pride of the British Fleet, assembled at the mouth of the Dardanelles. Eighteen battleships then attempted to ram their way through with disastrous results. Six were either sunk or damaged to the point of being out of commission.

It was then that the realisation came.

There was no way to “force the Dardanelles” without the assistance of ground troops to knock out the forts that so successfully protected the waterway.

It was known from the outset what would be faced on the shores of Gallipoli. One commander called his troops together and told them “Boys, the General informs me that it will take several battleships and destroyers to carry our brigade to Gallipoli; a barge will be sufficient to take us home again.”

It was before sunrise on 25th of April, as the troops approached the Gallipoli shore in boats that a single shot rang out followed by a barrage of heavy fire. It had begun. One Australian was heard to say “They want to cut that shooting out. Somebody might get killed.”

It was a day that will live in history books forevermore. Troops that had been gathered from across the states of Australia, most untested in battle, stormed the cliffs and well-defended trenches of the Turkish troops at great cost. By the end of the day, the severity of the situation was apparent, and dis-

cussions were held in ships offshore as to whether to abandon the operation and evacuate the troops not yet killed.

It was considered doubtful they could hold their tenuous positions and would soon be pushed back into the sea.

Hang on they did though. Against tremendous opposition, and with death and disease all around them. (In some months during the campaign, more men died of disease than of Turkish bullets and shells. The squalid conditions, poor supply lines, fleas, lice and flies in their billions lead to the proliferation of diseases and deadly infection.)

What was planned as an attack of ground troops to facilitate a naval operation to “force the Dardanelles”.

What occurred was a land operation that was assisted by naval support with bombardments of Turkish positions from the sea. Eventually even the naval support was wound back after the sinking of the British battleship Triumph by a German U-boat.

The troops were left clinging to the edge of the Gallipoli Peninsula until they evacuated on 9 January, 1916.

Perhaps the last word on the debacle that was Gallipoli should be left to Australia’s official war correspondent, Charles Bean, who wrote: “Remote though the conflict was, so completely did it absorb the people’s energies, so completely concentrate and unify their efforts, that it is possible for those who lived among the events to say that in those days Australia became fully conscious of itself as a nation.”

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OUR ANZACS

John William Allnutt By the Allnutt Family John Allnutt the eldest son of Josephine and George Allnutt lived his early life on a market garden in Centre Dandenong Road Cheltenham. The house Trianon is still standing on the corner of Gardenia Crescent and Centre Dandenong Road. John attend the Cheltenham State School but had to leave school prematurely because his father became seriously ill and could not work. There were vegetables ready for market and the family needed the money so John being the eldest son became the ‘market man’ and drove the horse and lorry loaded with vegetables to the Victoria Market and took over the working of the vegetable farm at a very young age. When his father

regained his health he expanded his contracting business and John worked with his father on many contracts including the earthworks for the Melbourne Benevolent Home on the corner of Warrigal and Kingston roads.

They also constructed an aqueduct at Warburton for the water to Melbourne as well as many other road works on the Mornington Peninsula.

John wanted to get into business on his own and the opportunity to deliver coal from the Melbourne Wharf to various businesses around Melbourne became available so John seized the opportunity and with a two horse lorry was now a cartage contractor in his own right. The business grew and soon he had a second horse, lorry and

Below: George Allnutt’s family. George and Josephine Allnutt with family. Rear: Albert and John. Front: Janet and Ella. Courtesy Len Allnutt, Kingston Collection.

driver.

After the First World War broke out he enlisted in the AIF on 7 July 1915 and was in B Company 23rd Battalion and trained at Broadmeadows and then Egypt. He was wounded in action at Pozieres in France in July 1916. John’s commanding officer was Major Brind who ordered two men to be ‘runners’ for him and John Allnutt was one of the runners. Major Brind told the runners when they attacked the German lines he had to report their progress back to headquarters so that the artillery would not shell their own men and the runner must be right beside him wherever he went. The attack was launched at midnight and only advanced a few metres when they ran into barbed wire entanglements. John got caught up in the wire and as he untangled his leg the German machine guns which were trained on the wire opened fire and shot John in the leg he had just got free from the wire. He fell back into a slight hollow and lay there all night. Getting shot so early in the attack probably saved his life because Major Brind and many men were killed that night. In the morning John was found and carried back to the field hospital, then evacuated back to a hospital in England on the 5 August 1916. John returned to Australia on the ship Themistocles leaving England on 4 May 1917 and was discharged from the army 2 August 1917 medically unfit.

In April 1918 he married Annie Vera McNabb at Eddington in Central Victoria. When they got back to Chel-

Above: Private John Allnutt. Courtesy Dorothy Allnutt, Kingston Collection.

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Above: Moorabbin Railway Gates c1929. Courtesy Public Transport Corporation.

Below: Cr John Allnutt, Mayor of the City of Moorabbin 1948/49. Courtesy City of Kingston, Kingston Collection.

tenham John again took up his interest in the local football team. Before the war he played rover in the Cheltenham team, but could no longer play because of his damaged leg so he involved himself in the administration of the club. He then became president of the Federal District League which was the governing body for all football clubs in the area.

John Allnutt always took an active part in the community of Cheltenham. He was a member of the Progress Association, President of the Cheltenham RSL 1926 and 1927, a councillor for twenty two years in the Shire of Moorabbin which became a city. He served one term as Shire President and two terms as Mayor.

The Moorabbin Council meetings were held at night and one councillor who was a market gardener used to drive his truck loaded with vegetables to the council meetings and then continue on to the Victoria Market after the meeting had finished. There were railway gates where Nepean Highway crossed the rail line at Moorabbin and one meeting night the councillor who was the market gardener was stopped at the gates in his truck loaded with cabbages waiting for the train to pass, a car was stopped behind the truck and John Allnutt stopped behind the car. Two men got out of the car and started pulling cabbages off the corner of the load. John got out

of his car to tell the councillor that his load was being pulled apart but at that moment the gates opened and the truck drove off. The two men then took to John and bashed him up badly knocking him around the head and he was in hospital for quite some time. When he recovered he continued in local voluntary work, he was President of the Cheltenham Bowls Club, Trustee of the Methodist Church, a member of the committee to establish the Mordialloc-Cheltenham Hospital and was elected President of the Hospital when it was built. He was very active on the committee that represented the people who lost their properties when the Moorabbin Airport compulsorily acquired their land. He worked hard trying to get them adequate compensation.

John retired for public life when he lost his sight and hearing; disabilities which were thought to be the result of the bashing he received years before. He still loved going to the local football and his old friend Perc Woff used to take him and give him a running commentary of the game.

Provided by Dorothy Allnutt, daughter-in-law of John and written by a member of the Allnutt family.

Source: localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au

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The Janssen boys of Mentone

By Deborah McKay IN 1915, Inuk Pavia Janssen, a Scandinavian from Greenland who had lived and worked in Australia as a miner in Ballarat and Kalgoorlie before settling in Mentone, was waiting for news of his sons. Carl Wilhelm Janssen and Ernek Valdemar Janssen had enlisted just days after the war broke out. It was Ernek, the younger brother who joined first. He was 23 years old. Older brother Carl, who was 27 and an engraver for The Argus, took only a few days longer to be convinced to go. Both brothers lived and worked in Prahran, but both put their family home, 1 Barry Street Mentone, on their enlistment papers.

The brothers joined the 5th Battalion and after spending time in Broadmeadows for training, soon headed out from Station Pier on the 21st October 1914 on the HMAT Orvieto. It was on board the ship that the need for letters and the desire to communicate really began.

Carl wrote home often, mostly to his sister Beatrice who was living in Warrnambool and also to friends and his parents. The need to give and receive news and to maintain contact with family is clear. On the 26th October, he writes: This will be posted at Albany, our final port of call. There is not time to write more than a short note. I have been sick since the day after we left but am recovering now. We have had perfect weather from the first. By the way, I am a Lance Corporal. I got my stripe in a birthday present. I daresay Mother will send our letters on to you to read. It will be your turn for a longer letter next time. Your loving brother Carl He seemed frustrated and confused that letters were not always getting through. He found communications poor and stated, I received your letter marked 6th written on March 8th last week. I did not have notice in time to write even a note so had to be content with a card.

Ernek did not know in time to write at all. I cannot understand that you do not get my letters though there are others here get word of their letters not reaching home…

Ernek’s letters home are quite different. He writes frequently to his younger sister Naja, who is attending school. He mentions his dog, Bosco and despite the crowds of soldiers on board, obviously misses him.

I have often wished that we had

Above: Private Ernek Janssen of Mentone, c1915. Courtesy State Library of Victoria.

brought Bosco on board with us he would have been great company no doubt.

Both brothers sent home souvenirs of the ship, a booklet of pictures showing places labelled ‘Dining Saloon’ and ‘Deck’. These pictures have short annotations like, ‘we drill here sometimes’ and ‘sergeants and lectures’ and finally, ‘2nd smoking room’. ‘The guard rests here when on Guard’.

Once arriving, the brothers’ seemingly endless time in Egypt began. At Mena Camp, they do a lot of marching and training, but also exploring and sightseeing. Carl’s letters home are filled with the wonders of seeing the pyramids and the sphinx. He writes of getting a ‘Kodak’ camera and sends home films. The photos he takes are of young native boys selling oranges and Australian soldiers lounging about in the red dust in front of bell tents.

Finally, after months of training, Ernek writes to Beatrice that they are heading out. This note is undated and

obviously written in haste.

In train Easter Monday morning 2AM: Just a note we are on our way to getting the boats to go away to fight. I suppose you will hear all about us in the papers. We are all glad to get away from Egypt. Carl and I are both well and still in the same company. I will have to chance getting this posted. We will get to Alexandria about 7 am so we will have to get what sleep we can in the train hoping you are alright and Mother and Father also. I am your loving brother Ernek. (Excuse scribble.)

Easter Monday in 1915 was on the 4th of April, just two weeks before the landing. Carl’s last message before the battle was sent on the 11th of April. He was only able to send a field service card. This was like a post card, which had printed sentences soldiers were supposed to cross out what was not needed. The sentences left on his card included: I am quite well.

I have received your letter dated March 8th.

Letters follows at first opportunity.

Carl.

Date: April 11 1915 But there were no more letters from the brothers. News started coming from other people and from other places. Telegrams, cablegrams, official forms and correspondence. The connection between the family and the brothers was gone.

Instead, the letters that are in the files of the Australian National Archive belong to their father, Inuk, who was back home in Mentone, and desperately trying to find out what had happened to his sons. Clearly, he had been informed that Carl was killed at the landing on Gallipoli.

Eyewitness accounts record how Carl was hit by shrapnel before he had even left the boat, but was able to get ashore. Carl was put aboard the S.S. ‘City of Benares’, but died on his way back to Alexandria. He was buried at sea.

The Red Cross Wounded and Missing Report includes a number of conflicting eyewitness accounts of what happened on the beach that day.

What is known however is that Carl and Ernek were in the same boat, and landed at Anzac Cove on the 25th April 1915. One eyewitness claimed that Ernek was killed later that same day, however this was disputed and later disproved.

Inuk and Margaret, at home in ‘Nessway’ in Barry Street, were feeling the strain of not knowing what happened to Ernek. The tragedy of his fate is that there were so many rumours and much misinformation about what happened to him.

A letter arrived from Ernek on the 13th May 1915, causing confusion and a tantalising glimmer of hope.

Then a telegram arrives on the 24th June 1915 stating that he has been wounded, “not seriously so”. Another connection lets the family know that he met Ernek in a convalescent home in Malta. This begins another stream of exhausting and finally fruitless inquiries.

Inuk seems resigned to the death of

Carl, but is desperate to find out what has happened to his younger son.

Following no word from Ernek, in February 1916 Inuk starts to write to Captain McLean, Officer in Charge of Base Records.

Dear Sir! Hearing you are willing to assist people to trace their wounded sons, I am taking the liberty to ask if you will kindly help me. My son Pvt E.V. Janssen No 359 5th Battalion, C company 1st Australian Division was reported wounded by the Defence Dept 18th June, I can get no further news from them…

Would you oblige by trying to find out where he is. His brother Lance Corporal C.W Janssen was killed in the landing between the 25th April and 1st May, so please do not confuse the two.

Yours sincerely, I.P.L Janssen

By September, Inuk writes again to Captain McLean after hearing that he will look into the matter. He writes, Dear Sir! Thank you for the trouble you so promptly took in looking up matters about my son. Hoping you will soon be able to give me some good news….

I.P.L. Janssen However, no good news was forthcoming. Instead inquiries are made to the Red Cross, who investigated if he was a prisoner of war, or had been wounded and unable to contact them.

Finally, the family has the tragic news of Ernek’s death confirmed by the Army on February 19th 1917. The Red Cross Report stated that he was killed at the battle of Krithia between the 8th and 12th May. His body was never found.

The Mentone Memorial contains 24 names. The Janssen’s are the only two brothers who were killed and listed here. People walk past this monolith all the time. ‘Lest we forget’ starts with remembering the individuals and their stories. This family from Mentone deserves to be remembered.

Source: localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au

Below: Margaret and Naja Janssen in the garden at ‘Nessway’, Barry Street, Mentone. Courtesy Courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Right: Mentone Memorial Gate listing the names of the two Janssen brothers and twenty two other local men who gave their lives in the World War One conflict. Courtesy Photographer Paul Lemmon, Kingston Collection.

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A tragic year for the Bartrams

By Peter McCullough Frankston’s Avenue of Honour In her book “Echoes from the Front”, Val Latimer tells how as early as 1917 a committee was formed to honour all those from the Frankston District who served in World War One. This was to take the form of an Avenue of Honour along Melbourne Road, now the Nepean Highway. Trees were planted and brass plates were fixed to posts in front of each tree.

By 1957 work was underway for the construction of a new six lane highway: the trees were removed and the plates placed in storage. Of the original 216 name plates when the Avenue was established, only 153 were still in existence when the removal took place.

It was 1997 before the new Avenue of Honour was established, with memorial gardens placed along the centre strip of the Nepean Highway. The new memorial, however, contained 228 names and there were many other “locals” who were not listed; Mrs Latimer’s research found 50 from Frankston and local areas whose families did not respond to the call for names to be included when the Avenue was being planned.

On the other hand the legitimacy of some of the names submitted could be questioned. Were they really volunteers from the Frankston district? Several lived elsewhere but played football for Frankston, while some, such as Montague Romeo, lived in Hastings but worked in Frankston. (An article on Private Romeo’s contribution is

featured elsewhere in this edition.)

And that brings us to the Bartram family: all four Bartram boys enlisted and three were killed. Their brass plates are a feature of Frankston’s Avenue of Honour.

The Bartrams The Bartram boys were born in Richmond, sons of George Andrew and Isabella (nee Shands). All four enlisted in Melbourne, presumably at the Town Hall. Isabella died in August, 1915 aged 57 and in October the following year George and two of his daughters were residing at a new address: “Clare”, in Gould Street, Frankston.

So, although technically they were not Frankston citizens, when the call went out for nominations for the Avenue of Honour, the names of the four boys were submitted by the family.

As the heading indicates, 1917 was a horror year for the Bartram family as three of the boys were killed and the surviving brother was invalided home with spinal meningitis. This is the story of the sons of George and Isabella Bartram: Bartram, Arnold Roy (Private). Service No. 2304: Arnold was 21, single, a shipping clerk, and living at home (9 Hull Street, Richmond) when he enlisted on 6th June, 1916. An earlier attempt to enlist had been unsuccessful on the grounds of “chest”; in the early years the army required a chest measurement of 34 inches at least.

Private Bartram embarked with his brother, Cyril, at Melbourne on HMAT

Below: The original Avenue of Honour in Frankston.

A67 Orsova on 1st August, 1916 with the 58th Battalion 4th Reinforcements, arriving at Portsmouth on 14th September. On 6th December he left Folkestone for France to reinforce the 60th Battalion where he was taken on strength on 5th January.

On 12th May, 1917 Private Bartram was recommended for special recognition: “At Bullecourt on the evening of 12th May, Private Arnold Roy Bartram displayed conspicuous courage and devotion to duty. Rendered valuable assistance in carrying in wounded from No Man’s Land when under very shellfire, without the least regard to his own safety. This deserves special recognition.” The recommendation was not gazetted.

On 13th May, 1917 Private Bartram, still only 21, died from a gunshot wound to the abdomen. From reports he was getting into a shell hole at Bullecourt to help a wounded man when he was shot by a sniper and died the next day. He was buried at Grevillers British Cemetery 1½ miles west of Bapaume.

On 26th May 1917 the family death notice appeared in the Argus and concluded with the inscription: “Fearless minds climb soonest unto crowns.”

However, as sometimes happened in these tragic times, a mistake occurred involving Private Bartram which, for a time, would have given his family false hopes. A report in the Mornington Standard on 3rd November, 1917 stated: “It has been officially reported through the Red Cross Bureau that Private Arnold R. Bartram, “Clare”, Gould Street, Frankston (late Manager of Wine, Spirit and Tobacco Department, Mutual Store) is a POW in Germany. He was previously reported died of wounds at 29th Casualty Clearing Station on 13th May, 1917.”

This report appeared shortly after the death of brother Reginald and two death notices which appeared in the Argus, only days apart, illustrate the confusion which existed. Late in October Cyril, by now back in Melbourne, inserted this notice: BARTRAM – In proud and loving memory of my brother, Reg.,killed in action 4th October, and of Arn., killed at Bullecourt, and Ray, killed at Messines. “Three very gallant gentlemen.”

On 3rd November, the same day as the report in the Mornington Standard, the following notice was placed by “devoted sisters” Ethel and Clarice: BARTRAM – A token of love in the memory of our dear brother, Cpl. Reginald Percy who was killed in action on 4th October, 1917, brother of

Raymond Everard (killed in action 7th June, 1917) and Arnold Roy (prisoner of war).

Nobody knows how much we miss them; How much of love, and life, and joy Has passed on with our darling boys.

At night in a beautiful dream they will come And visit us all at the old dear home; Unknown to their loved ones they will stand by our side, And whisper the words “Death cannot divide.”

In due course the report in the Mornington Standard was withdrawn and the family accepted that Arnold had been killed at Bullecourt.

Later his sister, Ethel Muriel Bartram of “Clare”, Gould Street, Frankston wrote in the Roll of Honour particulars that her brother had been a private in the Yarra Borderers Citizen Forces for three years before enlisting.

Among his duties was being a Permanent Guard at the Domain.

In March, 1918 the family received Arnold’s effects which arrived on the Marathon: “ identity disc, religious medallion, stylo pen, pipe (damaged), razor, 2 badges, 6 coins, compass on wrist strap, chevron, testament, 2 wallets, photo, cards, lock of hair, charm.”

Two of Arnold’s sisters, Ethel Muriel and Clarice Edna, were named as joint beneficiaries of his will. Be that as it may his father, George, was granted a pension of one pound a fortnight as from 26th July, 1917. This was increased to two pounds a fortnight as from 1st September, 1917.

By 1922 Arnold’s father had received his medals, plus the Memorial Scroll and Memorial Plaque.

Bartram, Cyril George (Private). Service No. 2126: Cyril was the “lucky” brother – that is if you can call being invalided home with spinal meningitis

Below: Private Arnold Roy Bartram.

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OUR ANZACS as being “lucky.”

Born in Richmond, Cyril gave his father George as his next–of–kin when he enlisted on 1st May, 1916. At some point over the next few months he married Eliza MacGregor Murray and was living with his new wife in Gillies Street, Fairfield when he embarked.

Cyril was 26 and a manager at the time of his enlistment.

As mentioned earlier, Cyril and Arnold embarked on HMAT A67 Orsova on 1st August, 1916 with the 58th Battalion 4th Reinforcements, disembarking at Plymouth on 14th September.

Cyril’s health had deteriorated during the voyage and he was admitted to the military hospital at Devonport on his arrival.

By January, 1917 Cyril was “dangerously ill” with influenza. During convalescence he developed spinal meningitis and left for Australia on the Demosthenes on 27th July, 1917.

After arriving home on 24th August, Cyril was discharged from the AIF on 26th October, 1917.

Cyril was not eligible for the 191415 Star Medal, nor the Victory Medal as he did not serve in a theatre of war.

However he was sent the British War Medal but this was returned in May of 1923; perhaps it had been sent to the wrong address? On 17th July, 1924 it was again despatched – this time to Gillies Street, Fairfield. Cyril Below: Private Cyril George Bartram.

must have recovered reasonably well from his illness for he was elected to the Sandringham Council and became mayor in 1928. Cyril and his wife had no children but adopted the three sons of Reginald who was killed in October, 1917: Ernest George (born 1906), Reginald Arthur (1908), and William Blockley (1910). The youngest of these boys died in 1925 aged 15.

Cyril’s wife, Eliza, died in 1942 aged 51 but Cyril lived until January, 1947 when he died at Caulfield, aged 57.

Bartram, Raymond Everard (Sergeant). Service No. 2682: Also born in Richmond and living at home with his parents in Hull Street, Ray, as he was generally known, was the first brother to enlist – on 3rd July, 1915. He had attempted to enlist earlier but had been rejected because of dental problems.

He was 21, single and a machinist.

On 15th September 1915 he embarked at Melbourne on SS Makarini as part of the 8th Reinforcements of the 14th Battalion.

In October, 1915 Ray was admitted to hospital in Heliopolis “dangerously ill” with appendicitis. Two months later he was again back in hospital in Luxor, again with appendicitis. In January, 1916 he was taken on strength with the 46th Battalion and was again hospitalized in Egypt with “pains in the groin.”

In March, 1916 Ray blotted his copybook for his record states: “Crime: Pilfering goods at AbuSueur Railway Station of 30.3.16.

Award: Awarded 14 days detention by CO 46th Battalion AIF at Serapeum 4.4.16. Forfeiture of 14 days pay.”

By 8th June Ray had joined the BEF in France. In July, 1916 the 46th Battalion occupied the Front Line at Sailly-le-Sec and the following month participated in the Battle of Pozieres.

In October Raymond was admitted to hospital on several occasions with “septic hands.” His earlier misdemeanour notwithstanding, he was promoted to Corporal in December, 1916, and then to Sergeant on 18th February, 1917.

At the time of his death on 7th June, 1917 Sergeant Bartram was leading a party carrying rations to the front line on the first morning of the Messines advance. A shell exploded killing him and six others. Eye witnesses reported that he was buried at Gooseberry Farm nearby. Later his remains were re-interred at Messines Ridge British Cemetery six miles south of Ypres, Belgium.

On 6th April 1918 the Mornington Standard reported on the 7th Presentation to Frankston Volunteers: “In handing medals to Mr. Bartram, Dr. Plowman made feeling reference to the fact that of Mr. Bartram’s four boys who had volunteered, three had made the supreme sacrifice, and one had been invalided home totally unfit for further service. He (Dr. Plowman) extended heartfelt sympathy to Mr. Bartram in his great sorrow, but felt sure he would take comfort from the fact that his sons had died a glorious death, fighting nobly for Australia, and for our security and honour.” If the death notices printed here are any guide, not all members of the family shared Dr. Plowman’s euphoria. The same deep sadness was reflected in the noticed placed in the Argus on 4th July, 1917: BARTRAM – Killed in action on 7th May. Sergt. Raymond Everard, second youngest dearly loved son of George and the late Isabella Bartram, and brother of Reg. and Cyril (both on active service) and Arnold (died of wounds) and Evelyn, Ethel and Clarice, – aged 23 years.

Our dear boys, crowned by the glimmer of glittering steel, but dimmed by the weight of tears.

Duty nobly done.

Ray Bartram obviously travelled light for in early 1918 the package of personal effects arrived via the Ulysses: “disc, photos, small book.” In August, 1918 the names of the three Bartram brothers were listed among those who were killed and the family was presented with certificates by the Shire of Frankston.

In his will Ray left his estate to sis-

ters Ethel and Clarice, brother Arnold (who pre-deceased him) and Miss Esther Macdonald of 5 Milton Street, South Preston; quite possibly a sweetheart left behind.

Between 1921 and 1923 his father, George, received Ray’s medals, his Memorial Scroll and Memorial Plaque. George died in 1923 aged 65.

Bartram, Reginald Percy. (Lance/Corporal) Service No. 6955: Again, born in Richmond, Reginald was 34, a compositor, married with three sons and living in Florence Street, Moreland.

He had married Lucy Mary Boughton in 1905. Known as Reg., he was the last of the Bartram boys to enlist, joining up on the 25th August, 1916.

Embarking at Melbourne on HMAT A20 Hororata on 23rd November, 1916 with the 8th Battalion 23rd Reinforcements, Private Bartram arrived in Plymouth on 29th January, 1917.

Reg. Bartram’s life was not without complications for, during the journey to England, he fired off a letter to Base Records: At Sea 6.12.1916 From No. 6955 Corp. R.P. Bartram 23/8 Reinforcements.

To C.O. Base Records, Melbourne.

Drawing attention to the fact that the name of Mrs. Lucy M. Bartram has been placed on my attestation papers as my next–of–kin and her address as 3 Florence Street, Moreland. As my wife has been mentally afflicted for

Below: Sergeant Raymond Everard Bartram

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OUR ANZACS the last seven years, and is an inmate of Mont Park Asylum for the insane, it would be manifestly absurd to forward any communication to her regarding anything that might happen to me.

3 Florence Street, Moreland is the address I gave when enlisting, for I was living there at the time.

Should I be killed or meet with an injury, I would be obliged if you would forward the information to my sister, Mrs. W. Dingey, Union Street, Kew. R.P. Barton Corporal No. 6955.

Subsequently his war records were amended to indicate that his war medals were to be sent to his son (Ernest George Barton) at the Kew address.

This information notwithstanding, when Lance/ Corporal Bartram’s personal effects were despatched on the Barunga on 20th June, 1918 they were addressed to Mrs. L. Bartram, 3 Florence Street, Moreland. This was in spite of the fact that the aunt, Mrs. Dingey, had written requesting that any effects be sent to the sons at her address.

The effects consisted of : “disc, belt, photo case, letters, note book, cards, book of views, badges, testament.”

As it turned out there was no dispute as to the destination of the effects as the Barunga was lost at sea. However the war pension records show that “Lucie” (Lucy) of Mont Park Asylum was granted two pounds a fortnight as from 23rd December, 1917.

The address of her sons was recorded as “Melbourne Orphan Asylum” and two of them were granted pensions: Ernest George 20 shillings a fortnight and Reginald Arthur 15 shillings a fortnight. Presumably the third son was considered too young to draw a pension! As it turned out, Lucy lived until well into her ‘80’s, dying at the Ararat Asylum in 1964.

In his will Reg. left his estate to be held in trust for his three sons until they reached the age of 21.

Although the boys were subsequently adopted by Cyril and his wife, the will appointed as guardians his sister (Evelyn Constance Dingey) and her husband (William Dingey) who were permitted access to the capital for each son for “his maintenance, education or advancement in life.”

Lance/Corporal Bartram was killed in action on 4th October, 1917. From reports to the Red Cross, he was making an advance at the time of his death, having just gone over the top at Passchendaele Ridge. One eyewitness said that he saw a burial party, drawn from the 40th Battalion, burying him later that day. It was in the open, Below: Lance Corporal Reginald Percy Bartram.

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near a German pillbox, and about 1½ miles from Passchendaele Ridge.

Lance/Corporal Bartram’s remains were never found and his name is on the memorial panel 127 at the Ypres Memorial (Menin Gate) in Belgium.

With the large number of casualties it was possibly inevitable that the occasional error would occur. This happened to the last of the Bartram brothers to be listed as KIA and drew a blunt response from brother Cyril who was still convalescing and no doubt inclined to be a bit testy: “Clare”, Frankston. 16.11.17.

Base Records, Melbourne.

I notice in Casualty List No. 352, as published in the “Herald”, “Age”, and “Argus” you have inserted my brother’s name: 6955 A/Corporal R.P. Bartram as A/Corporal R.P. Bartman. In view of the sacrifices our family has made, surely we are entitled to expect your reports to be accurate.

I will thank you to publish a correction.

Yours faithfully, C. Bartram.

From Base Records came a chastened reply: 5th December, 1917.

Dear Sir, In reply to your communication of 16th instant, with reference to the name of your brother, the late No. 6955, Acting Corporal R.P. Bartram, 37th Battalion having been incorrectly spelt in Casualty List 352, I have to state the error which is regretted and which escaped the detection of the checkers during a particularly busy period, is being corrected by a corrigendum attached to Casualty List 371.

Yours faithfully, Officer Base Records, Major.

To Mr. C. Bartram, “Clare”, Frankston, V. Acknowledgement: Much of my information has come from “Echoes from the Past” by Val Latimer who has willingly helped to clarify some of the details. Copies of her book can be obtained for $25 from the Mornington Peninsula Family History Society which is located in the Recreation Centre in Tower Hill Road, Frankston. Alternatively, a copy can be posted out if a cheque for $35 is sent to the MPFHS, Post Office Box 4235, Frankston 3199. The phone number for the Society is 9783 7058.

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OUR ANZACS

A new honour for bomber veteran

By Peter McCullough LATE in 2014 Keith Stevens, DFM, a long-time resident of the Village Glen at Rosebud, was informed that the President of the Republic of France had awarded him the highest level of chevalier (or knight) of the French Legion of Honour.

The award is recognition for “..risking your life for the liberation of our country 70 years ago.” This latest honour adds to those previously received: the Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM), which was presented by the King at Buckingham Palace, and some 20 others from UK, French, Polish, and Australian governments.

Created in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte, Keith’s Legion of Honour is awarded because of the role he and his crew played on D-Day when they bombed and disabled the concrete gun emplacements on the French coast, making it possible for the Allied Forces to invade Normandy and ultimately defeat the German occupiers.

Keith Stevens’ story could have been torn from the pages of a “Boys Own Annual.” He joined the RAAF in 1940, trained as a wireless operator/rear gunner, and subsequently flew 62 operations in a Lancaster with Bomber Command before being shot down over Occupied France. There he worked for three months with the French Resistance movement before escaping back to England.

It is difficult to imagine what it was like being part of the crew of a Lancaster. “Ops” were always at night and lasted up to ten hours; it was freezing cold, oxygen masks were required, and there were inevitable problems with navigation, engines and equipment. They were shot at by enemy fighters, “coned” by searchlights, and hit by flak. Keith’s aircraft was disabled many times and he experienced some amazing survivals. At times up to 1000 planes were involved in an operation and the casualties were huge. Of every 100 men who flew with Bomber Command, 56 were killed;this second figure would have been about 90 for the early members of Bomber Command. Others became prisoners of war and/or suffered serious injuries.

A “tour” of 30 operations was considered sufficient for crew members and most were then found jobs as instructors or ground crew. Only four percent completed two tours. Very few would have flown as many ops as Keith who was into his third tour.

Several years ago, at the insistence of a fellow resident of the Village Glen, Keith recorded his experiences in a book titled “Flak...Fighters and Fliers – An Aussie with the RAF.” Because some of his first-hand accounts are so graphic it seemed best to quote directly from his autobiography on occasions.

This is Keith’s story. *** Early Days Keith Stevens was born at Hampton Park on 21 February, 1919. His father, a builder, had been severely gassed on the Somme in World War One, and was advised to move to the country.

Accordingly, Keith’s parents purchased 12 acres in Pound Road where they grew produce for the Dandenong market.

Keith and his older brother used to ride horses where the freeway now runs, and they would sell rabbits for sixpence a pair on the corner of Pound and Cranbourne Roads, both of which were gravel in those days.

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the Pole Star on the port side-we are going the wrong way.’He said not to be silly, it would be on the starboard side. I said, ‘Mac it’s on the port side, you’d better look at the astrodome.’

Mac took a look and said: ‘Good God, it is too!’ So he asked Paul what course he was following and he said, ‘Oh, blimey, I’ve put the compass on the wrong way round!’ So he turned the compass around. I think if we had kept going we would have ended up in Russia! We got home with just enough fuel to land.” (from “Flak...Fighters and Fliers”, Page 21).

Although these first two ops were in Wellingtons, the crew was then posted to 57 Squadron at Scampton which was being supplied with the newly-developed Lancasters. The squadron did quite a few raids on the Ruhr, Berlin, and various other targets, and half way through his first tour Keith was decorated with the Distinguished Flying Medal. Soon afterwards he was given a commission and became a Flight Lieutenant.

During this time 617 Squadron was formed at Scampton and, because of his expertise in signals, the leader of the new squadron, Guy Gibson, borrowed Keith for many of their training missions. These were highly dangerous (sixty feet above the ground at night) but were a necessary preparation for the squadron’s famous “Dam Busters” raid.

Above: Keith Stevens at The Village Glen in Rosebud.

ther schooling was out of the question and in 1933 Keith walked the streets of Melbourne looking for work. He eventually gained a position in a clothing factory. After a few years he resigned to take up a motor mechanic apprenticeship, studying at night at the Working Men’s College (later RMIT).

Keith eventually started his own business, leasing premises in South Melbourne from racing car driver Cec. Warren. He serviced the cars in Cec’s “stable”, including a Fraser Nash, a Bugatti (formerly owned by Malcolm Campbell), and the only Invicta in Australia.

Joining the RAAF Keith had joined the Army Reserve and was soon called up when war broke out in September, 1939. However he decided that he would prefer the Air Force but discovered that, as he was not 21, parental permission was required. This was refused so Keith had to bide his time until 21 (February 1940) when he again visited the Air Force recruiting post. The officer-in-charge greeted him warmly with the reassuring words: “I’ve seen you before; you’re in a hurry to die, aren’t you?”

There was another delay when he was informed during the medical examination that his tonsils were superfluous to requirements. Fortunately the doctor was an acquaintance (Keith had serviced his car) and he was able to expedite matters: the tonsils were removed at a small maternity hospital in Middle Park and a bed was installed in the Matron’s office for Keith’s recovery.

After completing his initial training course at Bradfield Park in NSW, where it was decided that Keith’s eyesight was not good enough for him to be a pilot, he was informed that his lot was to be a wireless operator/rear gunner. Next it was off to Canada and a six month wireless course in an agri-

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cultural college at a place called Guelph. Doing Morse Code for eight hours a day was too much for some, and they fell by the wayside. The downside of Guelph was that the Canadians had chosen the same location to establish their cooking school; according to Keith some of their earlier attempts were not the best.

From Guelph the group was sent to Mossbank in Saskatchewan to do a gunnery course. Keith was topping the class, prompting the instructor to pull him aside and warn him: “You are doing too well in gunnery and if you are not careful you won’t be a wireless operator. Instead you’ll be stuck in the rear-end turret, so you had better miss a few targets from now on.”

Bomber Command Once in England Keith soon formed part of an air crew which was selected pretty much at random by the pilot (Paul Hawkins). Shortly after they had commenced training flights Air Marshall Harris took over Bomber Command and decided on the first 1000 bomber raid to take place over Cologne on 30/31 May, 1942. To make up the numbers it would be necessary to use Operational Training Units, including the one to which Keith belonged. Briefings in those days were not particularly sophisticated: “This is the nearest way to the target and this is the best way to get home.” Later briefings were much different; they were more organized and included the use of pathfinders.

Soon after the Cologne operation there was a similar raid over Essen.

Keith’s account tells how easy it was to get into trouble: “We were coming out of the target and were supposed to be heading home. I looked out of the plane and saw the Pole Star and thought , that’s funny, it’s on the port side. We are going the wrong way! I said to the Navigator Mac, ‘Why the hell have we got

Adventures Aplenty On the Ground #1 “An amazing thing happened at Scampton...We were all on parade this morning when all of a sudden there was this flash over the other side of the aerodrome and over the tannoy system came an announcement that a photo flash had dropped out of a bomber. The night before we had all the bombers lined up to go to Berlin and fog closed in so much that they had to cancel the raid, so all the aircraft were lined up one after another, all the Lancasters, about 14 or 15 of them...Of course the photo flash set fire to the aircraft, which had a 4,000 pounder on, so you can imagine they were screaming for volunteers.

Paul and I hopped on the side of a fire truck to see what we could do...

Paul climbed into this Lancaster and started it up so that it wouldn’t get blown up. A 4,000 pounder blew up – the blast was incredible – but we got our aircraft down into a paddock and the thing bogged! Anyway we saved the aircraft.

We raced back to get another one and we put that in a different spot-it was so foggy you didn’t know where you were going – and that one got bogged as well! Then another aircraft blew up – I think we lost four aircraft with these 4,000 pounders exploding.

As the fog cleared in the day we were all lined up – aircrew, ground crew and all – walking up the aerodrome picking all the broken bits of aircraft....We couldn’t leave it there, of course, as it would have ripped tyres up on take off or landings.

The planes that Paul and I had got out were bogged to their axles with the weight of the 4,000 pounders. The next task was to get shovels and dig them out.” –Ibid, Pages 27-29.

On the Ground #2: “When we were at East Kirkby, part of the bomb dump went up...a lot of these bombs had left hand threads for when they put the fuses in the nose, and they thought that someone crossed the thread and went to turn it back. Well, if you turned it back it blew up. It killed eight or nine of the armourers. Luckily, it was on

the edge of the bomb dump and didn’t get right into it.

After that there was another one at Spilsby, which was a satellite aerodrome to East Kirkby. One night the crews were about to take off and there was an enormous explosion and the whole bomb dump went up...aircraft were stopped flying for about five minutes and, when they eventually took off, they had to make up time to get to the target at the right time.”– Ibid, Pages 75-76.

And in the Air #1 (over Essen): “Most of our raids were called collectively ‘The Battle of the Ruhr.’

We bombed Essen, which was the most heavily defended target in Germany, and the most difficult to hit was the Krupp works. We had some bad nights. On 13 January, 1943 we were the only squadron plane to get to the target and, boy, if you got one plane over Essen, then watch out! How we ever got out I will never know – we were badly shot up. Anyway we got home, but we crash–landed and the plane was written off.”–Ibid, Pages 36-37.

In the Air Again #2 (over Berlin): “One night over Berlin we got lost on the way back. We got a wrong wind direction. Mac had done our course and we ended up over the top of a place called Osnabruck. We were caught in the searchlights and hit by flak at 18,000 feet. The aircraft started diving and we couldn’t stop it. Paul yelled for me to come and help him pull the stick back, but we weren’t succeeding much at all...Paul shouted to the Flight Engineer, ‘Cut the motors. Cut the motors.’ He cut the four motors, the stick gradually came back, and we pulled out. The bomb aimer swore blind that we were below the level of a couple of church spires! When we opened the four motors, the rear gunner said he had never seen so much smoke and flame come out. Two of them started well and the other two spluttered and eventually got going. Then we found that we couldn’t stop the blasted plane from climbing, so we got it to a level where we could hold it for some time.

Then Paul cut the motors and we drifted down; the motors were then activated and we would fly up again. This is the way we got home.

When we got over the coast and were able to communicate they told us to bail out and send the aircraft into the sea. Mac refused to bail out saying ‘Steve’s parachute has been hit by flak.

I’m not going to bail out and leave him behind.’ So we were then instructed to bail out the rest of the crew and the pilot and wireless operator could try and land it. The rest of the crew said they were not bailing out either. They were all jammed behind the main spar and in a crash landing had a fair chance of not getting knocked about...

We got to the end of the runway and Paul said ‘Righto Steve, leave the wireless and come and help me.’ So I went up and as we were coming in to land he said ‘Cut the throttles back’ and we just crash–landed ‘bang’ on the runway. The aircraft broke in half in the middle and you have never seen a greater bunch of rabbits come out of an aircraft. We came out of any holes we could find and there were plenty of them.

We saw part of the tail plane behind us with the rear gunner in the turret, so we went back to get him out. When he got out he said ‘Hawkins, that’s the worst bloody landing you have ever done.’ He turned around, saw the rest of the plane further up the runway and

OUR ANZACS fainted! He came good and we went and did our de-briefing. That was a rough one!”–Ibid, Pages 42-44. ...and Again #3 (Saving Mac): “I used to go off the intercom as it annoyed me talking when I was trying to listen to the wireless. If I was needed, other crew members could press a button and a red light would come on.

This night, returning from Nuremberg, the red light came on and I said ‘Yes Paul’. He said ‘Have a look at Mac. He’s gone nuts.’ I looked around and thought ‘What the devil is the matter with him?’ Then I realized he was short of oxygen.

I unhooked my oxygen and hooked it onto Mac, got him on the bed behind the main spar and put the straps around him so that he couldn’t get up.

I grabbed his portable oxygen bottle and took a few deep breaths which made me feel better. Oxygen depletion is like being intoxicated-you think you can do things and you can’t. Later on, when we got back, the doctor told me that Mac was within 15 seconds of dying. I had just got him in time.

The next problem was to navigate the aircraft back. Mac’s workings were confused so I gave Paul the best course I could from what we had. On landing they raced Mac off to hospital.

He came good after a night in bed and his oxygen level had returned to normal.”–Ibid, Pages 44-45.

The White Feather Keith’s bibliography contains a brief record of all 62 ops in which he participated before he was shot down.

Very few were uneventful: there were a number of occasions when fuel ran low, and there were a number of crash landings. Operation 33 (20 June 1943)

Above: The 57 Squadron, Scampton, 1943. Keith is tenth from the right, second row.

was a long flight which necessitated a landing at Maison–Blanche in French North Africa. The next operation (23 June) was Spezia (Italy): “...bombed battleships in harbour–port inner and starboard outer knocked out by flak over target – could not climb over Alps on way back to base in UK on two engines so we set course back to Maison–Blanche and, lo and behold, the idiots fired at us and hit us as we came in to land.”–Ibid, Page 280. The next operation (#35 on 28 June) was also eventful as the pilot passed out at the controls. It was after this op that the Wing Commander, noticing that Keith’s crew was the only one to complete 30 operations, decided to call an end to their tour. Keith was promoted to Flight Lieutenant and ordered not to fly for six months.

It was during 1943, towards the end of his first tour, that Keith received an anonymous letter from Australia. It contained a white feather and a letter which “...said that I had left Australia in its hour of greatest need, was living in luxury in hotels in London, going

on leave all over England, and thoroughly enjoying myself at the Government’s expense. Australia was in dire straits – the Pacific war had started of course – and that I had left it. It finished up saying something like , this is the coward’s way of getting out of fighting for your own country.”–Ibid, Page 71. While Keith laughed the matter off, his Wing Commander took a dim view of the affair.

Although he had been stood down for six months, Keith’s second tour started early (14 July 1943) when he started flying with different crews out of East Kirkby. Operation 42 over Munich on 14 October was again eventful: “...chased by two fighters – rear turret badly hit – pilot asked me to check rear gunner – I said we have to fly below 10,000 feet as the oxygen tube was broken, also intercom – dived to 9,000 feet – I then climbed into turret – what a mess – cold as I only had battle dress. Near UK coast Flight Engineer came down for me to return to wireless set – called up base and told them of our problems – they

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After operation 46 (Berlin on 22 November, 1943) Keith was again grounded for a rest from operations; this time on the orders of Air Marshall Harris and Air Vice Marshall Cochrane. However by 16 January, 1944 he was back in the air. Operation 49 was difficult as the Bomb Aimer was killed and Keith had to fill this role. Not being familiar with the task he had to ask the pilot to go around again: “...language on intercom very colourful.”

Operation 61 was on D-Day (6 June, 1944) over the coast of Normandy: “Bombing gun emplacements above Sword Beach landings – great sight seeing Channel covered in invasion craft.”

Off to the Palace Although Keith had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal half way through his first tour of duty, it was some twelve months later that he received his invitation to Buckingham

Palace for the official presentation.

Keith was allowed to take two friends: Anita (his fiancée) came down from Glasgow and Mrs. Anderson, a family friend, was also invited. The night before the presentation Keith and Anita stayed with Mrs. Anderson and there was a bombing raid: “... they practically blew the street out (but) luckily we didn’t get hit....The next day we...got the Tube to London, walked out to a taxi, and I was about to say ‘Take us to the Palace’ when the driver said ‘Oh. You’re going to the Palace are you, mate?’ I replied ‘I could shoot you. I have been looking forward all week to getting into a taxi and saying ‘Take us to the Palace.’ He replied ‘Oh. Every officer I see dressed up with two ladies today, I know they’re going there. I’ve taken so many already.’”–Ibid, Page 90.

When a recipient was called forward they played the National Anthem; for Keith it was Waltzing Matilda! Keith had actually met the King previously when he, Churchill, and other leaders had visited Scampton immediately after the Dam Busters raid. As he pinned the decoration on Keith’s tunic the King said “I’ve met you before at Scampton, Stevens.” Keith however had observed the Lord Chamberlain whisper something to the King just before he stepped forward, so the King’s memory was not that good!

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OUR ANZACS 18,000 feet – lack of oxygen a big problem – hit tail plane with head and shoulder – A/C being shot down all round – enemy shooting down parachutes but missed me – landed on enemy territory – rather hard.”–Ibid, Page 286. (The raid had in fact been a success and probably saved London from attacks by a further 4,000 rockets.)

After travelling at night to elude the Germans, Keith was eventually captured and taken for interrogation by a Gestapo officer. “Then he did the unforgivable thing, which you never do to the enemy...he turned his back on me...I dived into the back of him, hand over his mouth, knee in the back of his neck, and pulled his head back with both hands. Whether I broke his neck I’m not sure, but in my sleeve I had a hacksaw blade which was sharpened on one end like a razor, and that came in very useful. I left him on the floor and dived out the window...I wondered how the devil I was going to get out of all this.”–Ibid, Page 115.

Keith spent several more days on the run before taking his chance with a couple of peasants who came along in a dray. They took him to their farmhouse and when it was dark a solidly built Frenchman named Georges Morel paid a visit.

His intention was to cut Keith’s throat but, after some quick talking by Keith, he left only to return with Madam Violet, the leader of the French Resistance in that northern part of France.

For the next three months Keith was hidden by members of the Resistance and even participated in some of their ventures. On one occasion he went with a group to blow up a railway bridge but the mission was not successful. Next day a Frenchman rushed into the estaminet (or bar) where Keith was hiding and kissed him on both cheeks, several times. When he calmed down Keith learned the reason for his excitement: a troop train had been crossing the bridge which had then collapsed under the weight. On another

occasion one of his companions handed him a piece of piano wire with a small wooden handle at each end. When Keith enquired as to its use it was explained that, if he approached a German from behind and used it appropriately, the little device could swiftly separate the German’s head from his shoulders.

Usually accompanied by a young female member of the Resistance, Keith slowly made his way west by push bike. “They were extremely brave people, risking their lives to save mine.” (In fact research by British Intelligence Service MI9 found that over 30,000 lost their lives in helping to get just 3,000 to safety.)

On 2 September, 1944 Keith was taken from Giencourt, one of eight safe houses in which he sheltered, up into the main street of Clermont when an American tank appeared. An officer called out “Does any goddam idiot here speak English?” When Keith responded the American,

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Next day Keith started for the coast: initially by bike, then by jeep, by DC3 to Amiens, and finally by jeep through Caen to the coast. The English Channel was then crossed in an empty tank–landing craft after which Keith was taken to London for interrogation by MI9. After signing a document regarding non–disclosure of information about his escape, Keith was cleared to go back on operations. Back at base, however, although keen to get back in the air, Keith was informed that MI9 had instructed that he was not to fly in Europe over enemy territory: he knew too much and the Gestapo would not let him slip through their fingers a second time. Instead he was posted to Pithelly to train all the Signals Leaders of Bomber Command. This was Keith’s final posting prior to his repatriation to Australia early in 1945.

Time for Romance Keith’s initial crew included a Scot (Mac) who was the navigator. Not long into the first tour Keith saved Mac’s life when his oxygen failed.

So, on the next leave, he invited Keith to stay with him and his family in Cardonald in Glasgow. Mac’s mother, Mrs. McKenzie, had tearooms near Glasgow University where an Anita Grieve happened to be a student. Anita was invited to make up a foursome and a romance soon developed. Anita and Keith became engaged in 1944 and plans were in place for a wedding on 2 September. Then the war intervened: Keith was shot down on the night of 7/8 July and Anita and his parents were informed that he was “missing, believed killed.” Coincidentally it was on 2 September that Keith made contact with the Americans in France.

From the offices of MI9 in London Keith was able to make a surreptitious phone call to Anita.

Wedding plans were resurrected and the wedding took place in Glasgow on 4 October, 1944.

After a 12 hour trip to London the couple eventually found accommodation at the Grosvenor Hotel. They had only just booked in when the air–raid sirens sounded with the result that Anita and Keith spent their wedding night sheltering in the basement! After ten days Keith reported to Brighton from where Australians were being repatriated. It was another eight months before Keith and Anita were re–united in Australia.

After his discharge in May, 1945 Keith eventually returned to the motor trade and later became the director of a sports car firm. He became involved in Legacy, was on the Board of Management of the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce, and became a councillor in his local municipality. He also helped to establish the Australian branch of the Royal Air Forces Escaping Society and was president for a number of years.

On retirement Keith and Anita moved to the Village Glen in Rosebud in 1988. It wasn’t long before Keith became President of the Residents Club and he was one of the instigators of the Village Anzac Day ceremony. He and Anita took active roles in Family Day and other activities.

In 1983 and 1990 the couple made sentimental journeys back to France where Keith was able to renew his friendships with a number of members of the Resistance movement.

After almost 70 years of marriage, Anita died in 2013, aged 93.

Keith’s Philosophy “Someone asked me once why I didn’t really get too upset when things sometimes got difficult in business and throughout life. My answer was simple. I always look back to the time when I was shot down and was sitting under a tree in a foreign country – an enemy occupied country – and I didn’t know the language, and I had nothing to eat. I look back at that and think nothing could get as bad as that. Life could never get as bad as that, so its the only way to have a happy life.”– Ibid, Page 256.

Footnote: A few months ago several World War 2 veterans were presented with the Legion of Honour at the French consulate in St. Kilda Road.

Keith Stevens was to be a member of this group but unfortunately suffered a fall in the week prior to the ceremony necessitating a stay in the Alfred Hospital. Keith is now a resident of Ti Tree Aged Care Facility in Rosebud and on Thursday 16 April the Honorary Consul-General of France in Melbourne made a special visit to the Facility to present Keith with the award.

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Agonising draw tightens the season PENINSULA LEAGUE

By Toe Punt AN after the siren goal from Liam McKay saw Edithvale draw with Langwarrin in the second round of Peninsula Division Football.

For the first three quarters of the match, Langwarrin dominated general play and had the upper hand against the home side.

Ricky Johnson was continuing his outstanding form, doing the job on Jarrod Garth; Mark Meehan was being kept quiet by Nick Hammill; Matt Naughton was winning in the ruck, despite doing the bulk of it on his own, and Gerard Brown was completely dominating up forward.

Brown took at least 20 marks in a dominant display in attack, finishing the afternoon with a staggering 3.11.

Langwarrin had 31 scoring shots to Edithvale’s 26.

Kangaroos’ coach Gavin Artico said it would be unfair to push any blame on Brown for the draw.

“Boofa was sensational all day and clearly the best player on the ground,” Artico said.

“Of the 11 points he kicked, at least eight of those the goal umpire hardly moved. It wasn’t as if he was spraying them everywhere. They just missed.

“The reason we lost is because our structures and disciplines fell down. We watched them the week before, knew what to expect and executed it for the most part.

“Our players have to realise that while 60% of the game is about running, jumping, marking, handballing and kicking, the other 40% is about following team disciplines and being able to stick to them.

“For three quarters, we got it right most of the time. However, in the last quarter, we just didn’t do what we knew we needed to. At the very least, maintain what we had executed in the previous three quarters. We got sucked into contests instead of rolling back, we didn’t man up and allowed the opposition to get loose players out the back, we didn’t hold up the footy or have shots on goal from where we should have.

“That’s where the draw come from. With a couple of minutes left on the clock, we should have had a shot for goal from 40 metres. Instead, we looked for the short pass, kicked it to the man on the mark and they took it up the other end. Then, at a stoppage, they had three loose players back and we kicked it to them out of the stoppage.

They threaded it through, took a mark, the siren went and they went back and kicked it.

“It was unbelievably frustrating. It’s these results that could be the difference between playing finals and not playing finals.

“I think YCW, Mt Eliza and Mornington have proved that they are going to be hard to budge out of the top three. Bonbeach, Chelsea, Karingal and Seaford appear at this early stage that it might be a tough year. That leaves us, Pines and

Tiger by the tail: Mornington scored a 34 point win over Seaford. Picture: Gary Bradshaw

Edithvale to fight it out for fourth and fifth.

“The four points on Saturday after controlling things for three quarters would have been very handy,” Artico said.

Matt Clark and McKay were outstanding for the Eagles, while Brett O’Hanlon was pretty good also with a couple of goals.

Justin Van Unen made it 18 goals in two matches after booting 10 for Mt Eliza against Bonbeach on Saturday.

After a slow start that saw them trail by a point at quarter time, the Redlegs booted 19 goals to four after the first break to win 20.10 (130) to 6.7 (43).

Dave Barton was at his best for the winners while Matt Davis and Tim Strickland were also solid.

The lack of injuries so far this year allows the guns Sam Gill, Darren Booth and Karl Lombardozzi to set things up from half back for the Redlegs, as opposed to playing on ball, which they were forced to do for long periods last season.

Nick Watersone and Sheldon Price were the best of the Sharks, while Gary Carpenter was back in the side and led from the front.

Frankston YCW booted 20 goals against Chelsea on Saturday on the way to a commanding 87-point victory.

The Stonecats had 13 goal kickers in the 20.13 (133) to 7.4 (46) victory.

The margin was only 10 points at half time, however, the home side booted 14 goals to three after the major interval.

Grant Trew, Todd Gardiner and Stuart Brooke were named among the best for the Gulls.

Mornington was forced to work hard against Seaford to record a 13.10 (88) to 7.12 (54) victory.

The Dogs extended their lead at every change with Warwick Miller dominating and Dale Nolan and Adam Symes getting a heap of it.

James Quanchi was the best of the Tigers, while Matt Herbert and Rourke Fischer were also fine contributors.

Pines made it three from three with a solid 20.16 (134) to 8.9 (57) victory over Karingal.

Aaron Edwards booted five goals and Dale Tedge three while a further nine players contributed on the scoreboard. Brendan Cowell and Beau Hendry were dominant in the victory.

Blake Simpson and James Paxton with two goals were the best of the Bulls, while Luke Van Raay was vintage.

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introduce a third division, introducing the likes of South Mornington, Carrum and Skye, and creating three 10 team competitions. This is something AFL South East is looking into.

There must be change, or the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer.

Time to get it right THE MPNFL has ticked one thing off its ‘get it right’ list this season – the interleague.

After years of yours truly banging-on about the mismanagement of the country championships campaign, the league rightly decided to throw all their support behind it. This was helped by an embarrassing loss last season to Geelong FL. The league is right behind the Peninsula and Nepean Division campaigns and the respective coaches in Troy Shannon and Ben Holmes are enjoying the support.

Well done to Stuart Gilchrist and his board for getting this right.

With one thing ticked-off, it’s now time to turn their attention to getting the other two glaring problems resolved – the Nepean Division draw and the unevenness of the competition.

The league has admitted (off the record) that they got the Nepean league draw horribly wrong. My understanding is that they are already looking at that.

Simply, the league has to pull rank and ensure it is an 18-game season next year. In addition, they need to ensure that there is an equal playing field with the draw.

Secondly, we have an ungamely scenario right now of clubs getting smashed each week in each division. It’s time to bring back promotion/relegation.

We are never going to get an evenness in the competition until we have this system reintroduced.

I’ve heard the argument for years that if clubs don’t play clubs in their geographical area, their club will slide. That’s garbage.

Simply, if you are winning games of football and competitive every week, people will come and watch.

There’s also a very valid argument to

Interleague IT is apparent that our league has learnt a lot from last year’s loss to the Geelong Football League, according to Peninsula League coach Troy Shannon.

The MPNFL, which has ditched its ridiculous name, Peninsula Alliance or whatever it was, is finally throwing all their resources and support behind this year’s campaign with the hope of winning against the Ovens and Murray.

This will give us the opportunity to host the Number 1 game in our own backyard next year.

Troy said the support from coaches, in addition to the league, was first class.

“The current commitment by league coaches who have been actively involved in the selection of the initial squad, only cements their on-going support to the Country Championships,” Shannon said.

“This, coupled with the commitment of some quality players is only adding to the momentum and strength of the league’s 2015 preparation.

“We have verbal commitment at present from Aaron Edwards (Pines), Brent Guerra (Chelsea), Brett O’Hanlon (Edi Asp), Justin Van Unen (Mt Eliza), Luke Potts (Pines), Mick Gay (Mornington) and interleague veteran and Frankston YCW’s man mountain Ash Eames (YCW).

“We have acquired a strong team foundation. The thought of Ash Eames and Mick Gay working together as opposed to against each other is enough to take the trip up the Hume Hwy,” Shannon said.

This year’s Match Committee is made up of John Hynes (ex-Carlton and Edithvale), Paul Hopgood (ex-Melbourne and Mt Eliza) and Troy Shannon (ex-Melbourne and Mt Eliza).

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Eagles open up on Hillmen NEPEAN LEAGUE

By Toe Punt IT was billed as the match of the round – Somerville versus Red Hill.

The Eagles at home and with their well-documented list of recruits, playing in their fifth game together (including three practice matches).

Red Hill, a finals team in 2014 with a list on paper that had improved with the likes of Michael Chaplin and Matt Vagg joining them in recent weeks.

At quarter time, it appeared as though the Hillmen were going to have too much cohesion, willingness for the contest and team polish for their opponent. At the first change, Red Hill was 4.2 (26) and Somerville hadn’t scored, despite having ten inside 50 entries each.

After quarter time, it was 11 goals to three in favour of Somerville.

Only once, for a five minute spell in the opening minutes of the third quarter, did Red Hill look competitive after quarter time. With scores even at half time, Red Hill had four or five shots on goal early in the third and missed them all.

From there, Somerville tightened the screws and began to dominate all over the ground.

We watched on last season as Rye’s list of recruits worked their way into the season and they pushed to the very end of the year, getting much better along the way.

There’s no doubt that the Eagles will get better as the season progresses.

Truth is though, they are pretty bloody good right now.

Somerville made a usually flawless, disciplined, unrelenting, organised footy side in Red Hill look underdone, apprehensive, and motionless. We know that’s not the case but it shows how unrelenting Somerville were.

The Eagles’ pressure was enormous, its skill level crisp and its organisation breathtaking. This isn’t a team of stars thrown together, this is a cohesive team wanting team success. It was evident in the rooms before the game, for the two hours they played and after the game. Winning makes life easier but the feeling was enthralling.

Every Somerville player contributed to the win. There’s no question that the three best players on the ground were the three recruits, Timmy McGennis, Scott Simpson and Adrian Speedy, however, from Matty Maltman who kicked three goals to Jacob Wilson who had a heap of it down back and Jake Ryan and Travis Bravo playing

Hill of pain: Somerville fought back to grab the win over Red Hill. Picture: Andrew Hurst

significant roles, the Eagles were all over their opponents.

Simpson ruck roved all day and was a star, McGennis threw off a couple of tags and Speedy was the best of them all, providing enormous run from half back and setting up goals running through the middle.

Red Hill had players go in and out of the contest. Skipper Michael Dillon only had five touches in the opening half but lifted when he needed to after half time and finished with 21. Daniel McNamara was the side’s best player over four quarters, Michael Mock had the better of Tom Shaw and restricted him to three goals, despite the team having 49 to 31 inside 50 entries. Tom McEnroe and Jonah Siverson were impressive.

Red Hill over possessed the footy going through the middle of the

ground and played indirectly. This allowed Somerville to press, pressure and cause the turnovers. At a minimum, five Somerville goals came directly from Red Hill turnovers in the middle of the ground.

The Eagles are a side to be reckoned with, winning 11.12 (78) to 7.10 (52).

Dromana’s legendary premiership coach Doug Koop said his club needs to concentrate on what it has at the club, not what it doesn’t have, following its demolition of Tyabb on Saturday.

The Tigers smashed the Yabbies 27.14 (176) to 4.10 (34).

Koop said there was little he could do about the players that have left the club.

“All of those players have gone for different reasons. I feel sorry for the club that they have left because they

are the ones who have spent the time, effort and money to either get them here or develop them as juniors,” Koop said.

“The fact of the matter is the best sides/clubs over the past decade in Narre Warren, Frankston YCW and Sorrento are on the back of them being able to retain their list. Most players at these clubs have played in three, four, five premierships.

“I guess Rye is a classic example of trying to put together a premiership side every two years – it just doesn’t work.

“So what we have is a very very young group of players, who are fantastic kids wanting to learn. We need to keep developing them and giving them opportunity.

“A young boy named Sam Fowler, who played Under 16s last year and

kicked a few on the weekend for us (four goals), flew down the wing on Saturday, had a couple of bounces and the crowd loved every minute of it.

However, when he got within range, deep in the pocket, he sprayed the kick.

“I gave him a serve, as I would with any player. Five minutes later, he did exactly the same thing, was deep in the pocket and instead of blazing, he turned himself inside out to get it back to the fat side of the ground.

“That’s the kind of excitement that we have around the Dromana Football Club right now.

“Other than Sorrento, Rye and Somerville, and perhaps Rosebud, I think the final one or two finals spots are there for the taking. We’re certainly aiming for one of those spots,” Koop said.

New recruit Matt Jones booted five goals for the Tigers while Christian Ongarello was at his brilliant best.

“Jones is a tough player. Loves the contest and body contact. He’s got some tatts and blokes with tatts are usually tough, however, this bloke is really tough,” Koop said.

Rosebud set up its 14.12 (96) to 10.10 (70) win against Crib Point with a five goal to five behind third quarter.

Jason Bristow booted three goals for the Buds and Jackson McRae and Ben Dwyer were named in their best players.

New face Matthew Wappett was the Magpies’ best, along with Waide Symes and Dean Kairies.

Devon Meadows pushed Sorrento for three quarters, trailing by the smallest of margins at three quarter time, however, the reigning premiers booted seven goals to two in the last to win 16.12 (108) to 11.8 (74).

Myles Pitts booted five and Leigh Poholke three for the Sharks while Glenn Michie snagged five for the Panthers. Dylan Mitchell and Corey Walker picked up the top votes.

Rye inflicted even more pain on Pearcedale with a 97-point hiding, however, it came at a cost.

Simon Taylor and goal kicker Adrian Gileno both went down with hamstring injuries.

Ryan Mullett, who was building last week, was the best player on the ground, Andrew Dean booted seven goals and Dean Millhouse was dominant also with six.

Dylan Hoare and Daniel Heijden were given top votes by Pearcedale.

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