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If it be possible, spare, oh spare my son their wounds and the aftermath of being gassed. As we gather each Anzac Day, we remember the fallen. Each of whom had people who cared deeply for them and longed for their return. Reading through the war records, time and time again we came across letters from parents and siblings of lost soldiers beging for more information. The return of personal belongings to give a tangible reminder, or often vain attempts to locate their loved ones final resting place. This poem was sent to us as we prepared this years Anzac editions. It struck a chord with us immediately, and gives a stark and stirring insight to the pain and suffering of whose who sent their loved ones off to war. The writer of the poem was Violet Bushell of Chelsea. Her son had enlisted in the Otago Mounted Rifles in New Zealand and served first at Gallipoli before being transferred to the Western Front. Despite the pleading poem, the worst outcome was to befall Violet with the loss of her son. Dante was killed in action at

ANZAC Day, 25 April, is a special day in Australian history. It marks the anniversary of the landing of Australian and New Zealand forces on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey in 1915. It was here that the Anzac legend was born and, in the subsequent grim fighting, traditions of mateship, courage and perseverance were established as hallmarks of the Australian serviceman. During the Gallipoli campaign, the number of Australians killed and wounded (19,000) shocked the nation, yet much worse was to come. During the battles of the Western Front in France from 1916 until the end of the war in November 1918, 500,000 diggers fought in the trenches of the Somme battlefields, sometimes for weeks at a time and up to their knees in mud. The bodies of nearly 40,000 Australians lie in the immaculate war cemeteries in France and Belgium; a further 11,000 have no known grave. More than three times this number were wounded, many of them on more than one occasion. In the years that followed the war, many returned soldiers died from poor health resulting from

Messines in Belgium on 27 March 1917. Very little else is known of the subsequent suffering of Violet at the loss. The only entry found was in an Australian Red Cross Society wounded and missing enquiry file that read: “Officially reported as killed in action on March 27th, 1917. Mother desires to know all available particulars of the circumstances surrounding this soldier’s death, place of bural etc.” 61,928 Australian soldiers and 18,052 New Zealand soldiers died during the First World War. They were sons. They were brothers. They were friends. Their loss would have been sorely felt by those they left behind. The tragic loss of wartime would have been repeated in tens of thousands of homes during this bloody conflict. On this Anzac Day, spare a thought for the mother whose words were not heeded: “If it be possible, spare, oh spare my son.”

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IF IT BE POSSIBLE Savior, the dread offensive has begun, Wilt though, in thy great mercy, stand close to my son. I would commit him solely to thy care, believing for Christ’s sake thou will accept my prayer, I do not know what I should ask of thee, If it is possible keep him safe for me. In this dread hour of danger, draw though nigh, Let him not be afraid either he live or die. Let him not feel afraid - thy courage give. If it possible, grant that he may live. If life is granted, give him strength and skill, And make him brave every hour to do thy holy will. And if he is to fall – within thy arms, May he be ever blest and safe from war’s alarms. If it be possible, spare him any pain. If it be possible, bring him home again. My heart is longing so for him tonight. Lord keep him ever in thy holy sight. Help me, submissive to thy will to be Ever do only what is best for him and me. Lord in this time of horror soothe my fears. In agony I cry to thee, in bitter tears. Saviour, hear my cry – Stand close beside him now, whether he live or die. I ask the best – thy will, not mine be done; If it be possible, spare, oh spare my son – Violet Bushell

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Hotel owner son’s sorry tale

William Hoban: A photograph from 1901, when he would have been about 17.

By Matt Vowell William Joseph Hoban was born in 1884, in the suburb of Oakleigh, southeast of Melbourne. He spent his childhood there before he moved to Hastings, as his father purchased the Royal Hotel in 1905. At age 31 on 15 March 1915, having suspended his career as a laborer, he enlisted as a sergeant in the Australian Infantry Forces to fight after the breakout of the First World War. He enlisted in Liverpool, New South Wales into the 17th Battalion¸ part of the 5th Infantry Brigade. Later that year, he joined thousands of other soldiers aboard the HMAT A32 Themistocles, embarking at Sydney, and heading for the city of Alexandria in Egypt, on 12 May 1915. He received at-sea training while on the voyage, as was standard for Australian solders on the HMAT Themistocles during their time on the troop carrier. The Themistocles arrived in Alexandria on 8 March 1916. As part of the process for soldiers arriving in Egypt, William passed through the military isolation camp, Moascar. There, he was screened for measles and other infectious diseases that were quite common among Australian and New Zealand soldiers who travelled for long periods of time in ships, in extremely cramped and crowded conditions. Like most soldiers, William stayed just over two weeks under observation for possible symptoms of a va-

riety of diseases. After his two weeks at Moascar, Hoban and the 17th Battalion joined the troops in the ranks of the remainder of the British Expeditionary Force, one of the largest bodies of soldiers sent by the British military in the First World War, at Ghezireh. During his stay at Ghezireh, he was fined a day’s pay for being absent from Military Tattoo, and again within the next few days for being late to Tattoo. He spent just over a week in Egypt with the British army before the British and the 17th Infantry Battalion shipped out to France, with several troops, to join the British and French soldiers already fighting against the Germans on the Western Front. Upon his arrival in France on 23 March 1916 he was based with the British and Australian soldiers in Marseilles, a large camp serving as a rendezvous point for the allies. He remained in Marseilles for almost all of 1916, until 5 December, when he fell gravely ill and was rushed to a hospital in Amiens, France. Amiens had been invaded and captured by Germany in August 1914, and recaptured by the French in September of that year. Amiens’ proximity to the Western Front made it an important position for both the enemy and the allies to hold. In hospital, William Hoban was diagnosed with myalgia, a severe

muscle and joint pain that could have been caused by rigorous activity or a viral infection in his muscles. He spent two days in a military hospital before being moved to a civilian hospital in Rouen, France, which had become a hub for military and civilian hospitals during the First World War. He was officially discharged from hospital in Rouen after four days, and spent the remains of the month in Etaples, France. He joined Australian and British soldiers in Etaples, a small fishing town that was converted into a large military base and military hospital hub by the Australian, New Zealand and English militaries. Etaples was strategically important because of its railway connections to many districts in northern France. He stayed at the military base for just over a month, after which the 17th Infantry Battalion was reformed and went on to fight on the front. Unfortunately, William suffered affliction again, this time a fungal infection called ‘trench foot’, most likely contracted walking in the muddy, wet surface of the trenches en route to the fight on the Western Front. He was sent to a nearby military hospital, where he stayed for almost three weeks, after which, he returned to the 17th Battalion. By this time, his rank as Sergeant was on probation because of his absences from action. After a month of supervision, he was demoted to the rank

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of Temporary Corporal, replacing a Corporal Rogers, who had been wounded in battle. He continued in action for four months without injury until, yet again, he was forced into hospital with rheumatism. He spent just over a week, from 9 September until 17 September 1917 in a military encampment set up in St Omer, in far-northern France. He was transferred to Boulogne for a

dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s observation, after which he marched out of hospital and went to Le Havre, where he rejoined his battalion. Upon re-recruitment into the 17th Battalion, he was promoted to be Temporary Sergeant after the former Temporary Sergeant was himself promoted. He only held the rank of Temporary Sergeant, however, from 13 November until 23 November, after which he was returned to

the rank of Corporal. After Le Havre, on New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, the 17th Battalion transported into Belgium to join the 5th Training Battalion for a week of combat training. After his training in Belgium, William and the 17th Battalion were transferred across the Channel into England to complete more training. William completed just about four months of training courses, where

he practiced with rifles, muskets and machine guns. He became extremely proficient with the rifles and muskets. While in England, he met a young woman, Cicely Beryl Adshead, whom he fell in love with and married within just four months. After their training had finished in England, the 17th Battalion disembarked from Dover to France, via Fovant in England, to aid the

allies fighting on the Western Front against the Central Powers. A month after his redeployment in France, on 13 May 1918, William Hoban was killed after being hit in the head and chest by machine gun fire. A subsequent Red Cross investigation provided more details on the circumstances of Williamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death. On 27 February 1919, Private Henderson of the 17th Battalion

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OUR ANZACS wrote: “I saw him being carried out on a stretcher. He was killed by machine gun fire at Morlancourt. He was buried in a cemetery at the back of the reserve lines there. He came from Victoria and I think his mother has a hotel there. He was in the same company.” On 25 June 1919, Private S. Ridley wrote: “I saw him hit at Morlancourt by machine gun bullets in the head and stomach. He was in “A” Company. He did not regain consciousness, after being hit at 9pm, and died in the trench soon after. He was in charge of a working party digging a trench and I was one of the party. He was buried near Morlancourt and a cross was erected by the Battalion Pioneers. I was not at the funeral and I have not seen the cross. He was a well educated man and a commercial traveller, single, ginger hair, and one of the best known men in the battalion.” Private Mulligam from William’s battalion stated he was present at the burial “in a small cemetery of six graves near Sailly-le-Sec in France on 14 May 1918. War records show he was subsequently reburied at Villers-Bretonneux, east of Amiens, where he remains to this day. This marked the end of a threeyear journey as William Joseph Hoban joined the 60,000 Australian men who were killed in the First World War. However, for William’s wife in London and family in Australia, the story was far from over. Shortly after his death, after several unsuccessful attempts by the military to contact his wife, London police discovered that Mrs Cicely Beryl Hoban had received a payout

from the Australian Commonwealth regarding her husband’s death in action. This would have been normal practice had she not been previously married to two other Australian soldiers, meaning she was married to three husbands at the same time, including the late William Hoban. As it turned out, Cicely Beryl Hoban had given a false name to William Hoban. Her maiden name was Cecilia Paterson, a wealthy woman living in Askew Mansions, London. She married her first husband, Bertram Adshead, an Australian sergeant fighting in Germany. She had later married Reginald Gerald Paterson under the name Cecilia Richards at Sydney, Australia. Reginald Gerald Paterson was a conscript who was soon sent to France en route of England, to fight in the war. Upon her return to England, she met William Hoban, whom she made her third husband while still legally married to the other two. When she was investigated by Detective-Sergeant Taylor, she had been receiving £20 a month in respect of allowances, allotments and pension. She was charged with double bigamy and defrauding the Australian Commonwealth. Before being jailed for her crimes, she sent William Hoban’s sister, Eileen Morphett of Hastings, her deceased brother’s identification, with a letter stating she had the most right to it. After the revelation that Corporal Hoban’s beneficiary of his will was no longer eligible for receiving his medals, the Australian Commonwealth struggled to find any living male blood relatives. For many months, letters were sent back and forth from Commonwealth officials,

Family business: The Royal Hotel on High Street, Hastings, around the time the Hoban’s owned it. Initial grave: Right, William Hoban’s resting place before being moved to a war cemetery.

representatives of the deceased ANZACs, and even Hoban’s family members, amid confusion about his next of kin. The attempts to find Hoban’s original next of kin, his mother, were unsuccessful because, as discovered later, she had died. After a letter sent by Hoban’s sister, Mrs Morphett, the Commonwealth discovered William had a brother living in Hastings. His brother, Michael Hoban, was the oldest living male relative, being of three brothers, William, Michael and a younger brother, Daniel Hoban. In March 1921, William’s brother Daniel visited the Commonwealth of Australia offices in London to put his case forward for being the next

of kin for William. A subsequent letter to Base Records in Australia from the London office read: “The next of kin of the aboved named NCO is recorded in this office as Mrs C. B. Hoban, 18 Askew Mansions, Askew Road, London, W.12, but all efforts to get in touch with Mrs. Hoban have proved unsuccessful and the police are unable to trace her present whereabouts. Mr. Daniel E. Hoban, brother of the deceased, called in this office today and intimated that he had come from Australia and was visiting his brother’s grave. He also stated that his family were unable to get in touch with his deceased brother’s widow and that he was in possession

of information which disclosed that she is of undesirable character. In these circumstances Mr D. Hoban, who resides at Hastings, Victoria, has completed the Memorial Form in respect of his brother and has registered as the person to whom all communications regarding the late Cpl. Hoban will in future be addressed.” After considering Daniel as recipient for William’s medals, the Commonwealth instead decided to give them to Michael, but sent Daniel his brother’s memorial plaque. This splitting up of a soldier’s belongings was extremely rare and almost unheard of.

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OUR ANZACS Newspaper coverage of the scandal Western Argus, Kalgoorlie, WA Tuesday 25 February 1919 REMARKABLE BIGAMY CASE That she had contracted a marriage with three soldiers each unknown to the other, was the remarkable statement made at the Westminster Police Court, London, in the case in which Ada Annie Adshead, otherwise Cecilia Paterson, was charged with double bigamy, and also with defrauding the Australian Commonwealth of £25 pension allowances while passing as a widow. Detective-Sergeant Taylor produced certificates to prove that the woman was married in her maiden name of Ada Annie Richards, of Chiswick, to Bertram Adshead, now a sergeant, that she went through a second ceremony of marriage with Reginald Garold Paterson, in the name of Cecilia Richards, at Sydney, Australia, in December, 1915, and a third form of marriage in March this year with Sergeant William Joseph Hoban, who was soon afterwards killed in action. Sergeant Bertram Adshead said that after his marriage at Chiswick with the accused in 1907 he left for Australia with her, and they lived together there until 1914, when he came over for the war. He understood she returned to England later. Exhibiting a ring paper, Detective-Sergeant Taylor mentioned that the accused had been drawing a separation allowance at Twickenham in respect of this soldier until November this year; in fact, it was believed that altogether she had been drawing about £20 a month in respect of allowances, allotments, and pension. Mrs. Emily May Briden, a soldier’s wife, of Askew Mansions, Shepherd’s Bush, said she knew the accused in Australia when she

was passing in her maiden name of Richards. She told the witness that she was living with a man named Peterson. The witness was present this year on March 16, at Hammersmith Registry Office, when the accused, describing himself as a spinster, went through the ceremony of marriage with Sergeant William J. Hoban, of the Australian Force. Reginald G. Paterson, a driver in the Australian Artillery, stated that he married the accused at the end of 1915 at Sydney, she describing herself as single. She followed him over from Australia, and they lived together in this country, both coming to London. When he came home on leave they lived at Shepherd’s Bush. He was home about March, but he had no idea that at that time she married someone else. She was not at home when he arrived. Mr. David Williams examiner of war pension for the Commonwealth of Australia said that from July of this year a widow’s pension of 52/3 a fortnight was allowed the accused in respect of the death of her husband Sergeant Hoban. She had drawn about £25. In the certificate and documents the accused was given as “Cicely Beryl Hoban.” Detective-Sergeant Taylor said that when arrested the accused said, “I admit having the money, and I am very sorry.” The accused, who several times fainted during the case, was committed for trial, and, as she was stated to be ill, bail was accepted.

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The Tuck family of Flinders This biographical sketch is based on the introduction written by Ann Lorkin for the book ‘Poems of a Peninsula Pioneer-Henry Tuck 1845-1930’ published by the Flinders District Historical Society in 2009. Henry Tuck senior was born on the Isle of Skye in 1810. As a young man he worked as a fisherman at Yarmouth in England before arriving in Van Diemen’s Land in 1830. He worked as a sawyer in the Huon Valley and at Esperance and Oyster Bays. Catherine Falvey arrived on the Bussorah Merchant passenger ship as an assisted immigrant on 12th December, 1837. Catherine was born in the city of Cork, Ireland, in 1814 and her ship sailed from Cork in August 1837 carrying 235 immigrants. The number of children who died during the voyage was recorded as 58. The ship was immediately quarantined at North West Bay south of Hobart for three months; it was a location close to where Henry Tuck was working. The family bible records their marriage on 14 February, 1838, and the ship’s record noted that Catherine and two other single women were married from the boat. Henry and Catherine’s first child, Elizabeth, died only 15 months after her birth in November 1838. A second daughter, Mary, was

born in August 1840 in a hut they occupied on the corner of Collins and Swanston Streets, Melbourne. The family subsequently moved to Collingwood, then called Newtown, where two sons were born: Thomas in May 1842 and Samuel in January 1844. Henry then worked as a sawyer and carpenter for Captain Reid at the Tichingorouke Run on Balcombe Creek near Mt Martha, and subsequently was employed by Andrew McCrae to help build his homestead on the Arthur’s Seat Run. It was at the McCrae’s homestead that the third son, Henry Tuck junior, was born on 28 July 1845. Georgiana McCrae’s journal describes the conditions establishing the Arthurs Seat Run and the building work done by “Tuck” (Henry Tuck senior). She noted the rations of beef and flour for Tuck and that he had taken ill on 9 July, 1845 and that Mrs. Tuck’s boy had taken ill on 13 July. Tuck was still “ill or sulky” on 19 July and had shut himself up in his hut without finishing the kitchen door, but a few days later he fastened the two halves of the door to the hinges, “thus excluding the dogs and geese and Master Tommy Tuck.” It is interesting to note that the Run on which Henry was born was owned by the father of another and better-known litterateur and poet- George Gordon McCrae - who became a life-long friend of Henry

Tuck. The Tuck family was now established on the peninsula. By 1846 Henry was employed by John Barker on the Cape Schanck Run, and in that year he squatted on the Manton’s Creek Run at Western Port. A sixth child, again Elizabeth, was born in March 1847 and another daughter, Harriet, followed in August 1849. The family was completed with the birth of two more sons: John in June 1850 and William in March 1852. Henry went to the goldfields in 1852 and was able to return with enough money to purchase 160 acres as part of his pre-emptive right. He set about clearing the land for grazing and cropping, later increasing his holding to 970 acres. The large family was involved in this enterprise, and as the sons married they built their own homes on portions of land made over to them by their father. William, the youngest son, brought grief to the family when he was killed in a riding accident in April 1868, aged 16. He was one of the first burials in the Flinders cemetery. According to family folklore Catherine Tuck took pity on notorious bushrangers Bradley and O’Connor, who crossed the notorious Bass Strait from Tasmania in 1853. They landed at Bushrangers Bay and wandered along the

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The four brothers: Taken in front of cypress tree that still stands today. Thomas, Samuel, Henry and John Tuck.

The matriarch: Catherine Tuck

coast until they reached the Tuck homestead. Catherine fed them but they were later caught and hanged. However the Tucks made the most of the opportunity: the bushrangersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; boat was turned into the roof of their pigsty. The family had cordial relations with the Yal Yal tribe and Catherine was known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;white lubra with a lot of piccaninnies.â&#x20AC;? The children were educated by their mother and

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was republished in 2009. With the scantiest means of getting education - Henry Tuck had only three months of formal schooling he managed to pick up some general knowledge of literature with the help of a few books, chief among them being Sir Walter Scottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tales of a Grandfather, Mooreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Melodies, and the poems of his favourite author, Robert Burns. Judging from his poems, Henry was attracted to women and enjoyed their company throughout his life. He recounts the social events and celebrations held in homes with the obvious pleasure of one who loved company and the opportunity to share a yarn and a good joke. Henry was famous for his sense of humour, and the family still tell the story of his visit to the Cain family in Rye. After a heavy session with his mates

Henry called for the use of a chamber pot to relieve himself. Secretly filling the pot with more beer he proceeded to drink the contents to the dismay of the onlookers! Henry Tuck junior finally settled down and at the age of 32 married Margaret Dowling on 13 May 1877. She was younger than Henry and came from a neighbouring Catholic pioneering family who had taken up land near Shoreham. Henry wrote of building their home called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mantonvilleâ&#x20AC;?, a simple â&#x20AC;&#x153;cotâ&#x20AC;? (today a dilapidated ruin). Henry and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maggieâ&#x20AC;?, as he affectionately calls her in several of his poems, had seven children: four daughters and three sons, one of whom, Christopher, died in childhood during a diptheria epidemic. Maggie died at the relatively young age of 56 years in 1910 leaving Henry a

widower for another twenty years, during which time his two remaining sons died on active service in World War I: Henry Thomas in 1916, aged 19, and William in 1917, aged 37. His two unmarried daughters also pre-deceased him: Margaret in 1920, and Jean in 1923. These deaths brought a great sense of sadness to Henryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s later life and he mourned the loss of his sons in the outpouring of patriotic verses. Henry remained at his home â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mantonvilleâ&#x20AC;? until his death, sharing the house with his eldest daughter Catherine (born 1878died 1960) and her husband Robert Johnstone and their four children. The Peninsula Post recorded that Henry â&#x20AC;&#x153;...passed away in the early morning of the 3rd June, 1930 after only a few days illness. The funeral took place on Wednesday 4th June at Flinders and was followed by a cortege of about 200 mourners from all parts of the Peninsula. At the graveside old Peninsula pioneers of great ages attended, notably Mr. Samuel Tuck senior, aged 86 years, Hon. Alfred Downward aged 83 years, Mr. John Tuck aged 80 years and Mrs. T. Rogers, formerly Miss Sarah Ann Cain, of Rye aged 90 years; their combined ages totalled 339 years.â&#x20AC;? A lengthy tribute entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Henry Tuck, The Pioneer Poet of the Peninsulaâ&#x20AC;? by Henry Patterson of Flinders, also a poet, followed a few weeks later. He compared Henry to Adam Lindsay Gordon, both stockmen with claims to fame as bushman poets but in Henryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case he was native-born and â&#x20AC;&#x153;familiar with wild bush nature-an ardent lover of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;forest primevalâ&#x20AC;? and

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The Tuck family of Flinders answer the call By Peter McCullough Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contribution to the war effort in 1914-1918 almost defies belief; from a nation with a population fewer than 5 million, 324,000 men would enlist alongside 3,000 nursing sisters of the Australian Army Nursing Service. There were 216,000 casualties (a casualty rate of 67%), including over 60,000 deaths. Families lived in fear of a visit from the telegram boy, although sometimes it fell to the local policeman or minister of religion to convey the news. In some instances families endured the tragic loss more than once; for the Tuck family it happened on three occasions. Two brothers and a cousin â&#x20AC;&#x153;answered the callâ&#x20AC;?; none of them came home. The two brothers (Henry Thomas and William) were sons of Henry of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mantonvilleâ&#x20AC;? while the cousin (John William) was the son of his brother Thomas who farmed across the road. Private Henry Thomas Tuck (#3937) enlisted on 27 July 1915, aged 18 years and 9 months. He was taken on strength of the 46th battalion on 16 April 1916 and killed in action on 11 August 1916. When his sister (Mary) wrote seeking further details Base Records could only inform the family that he had been killed â&#x20AC;&#x153;somewhere in France.â&#x20AC;? It was twelve months later that two eye-witnesses provided statements to the effect that Private

The three Tuck boys: Private Henry Thomas Tuck, Private William Tuck and Private John William Tuck.

Tuck had been in the front line at Pozieres and had been killed by a high explosive shell. According to Corporal Hedrick: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The boys dropped the body in and buried it on top of the parapet.â&#x20AC;? No marker was put in place and accordingly Henry has â&#x20AC;&#x153;no known grave.â&#x20AC;? In July 1917 the family received a small parcel with his personal effects: 2 discs, purse, and 8 coins. After hostilities ceased the family received the memorial scroll and Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s message (November 1921), the memorial plaque (July 1922), and the Victory

medal (February 1923). Private William Tuck (#759) was an older brother of Henry and was one of those Australians who never made it to the field of battle; they died on the troopships or in an English hospital. William was working in Queensland when he enlisted and died in the Australian Auxiliary Hospital No.1 in Harefield, Middlesex on 18 April 1917. The death certificate indicated that the primary cause of death was â&#x20AC;&#x153;amoebic abscess of liver,â&#x20AC;? and

he was buried with full military honours in the local churchyard. He was 37 at the time of his death and a member of the 41st battalion. Private John William Tuck (#5126) was the son of Thomas and a cousin of Henry and William. He enlisted on 19 February 1916 at the age of 22 years and 8 months. Jack, as he was known, spent an eventful two years or so in uniform. In September 1916, not long after arriving in England, he was admitted to hospital: his record

states â&#x20AC;&#x153;sick serious.â&#x20AC;? During 1917 several months were spent back in England from France due to illness. Eight days after returning to the Front he was wounded in action (â&#x20AC;&#x153;GSW left ankleâ&#x20AC;?) in Belgium, and was sent back to England. In February 1918 he returned to France but had further spells in hospital with bronchitis and trench foot, and in July he was again wounded in action (â&#x20AC;&#x153;gas shellâ&#x20AC;?). Jack rejoined his battalion on 21 August but was admitted to the 6th Australian Field Ambulance on 9 November 1918. He died of bronchial pneumonia on 14 November and was buried in the Abbeville cemetery. Like many of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Diggersâ&#x20AC;? Jack had the occasional brush with authority. His first offence, committed soon after his arrival in England, was â&#x20AC;&#x153;neglecting to obey an order of an NCO in that he failed to appear for picquet after being duly warned.â&#x20AC;? His penalty was â&#x20AC;&#x153;3 days CC and total forfeiture of a dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pay.â&#x20AC;? When convalescing in England as a result of his GSW in 1917 he again incurred the wrath of the hierarchy in that he â&#x20AC;&#x153;went AWL from 3.00pm on 15th December, 1917 until 3.20pm on the 18th December. This time the penalty was â&#x20AC;&#x153;12 days FP No.2 and the forfeiture of 16 days pay.â&#x20AC;? Jack was a member of the 24th battalion.

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Christie carries on Tuck tradition

Christie Johnstone: Private Christie Johnstone about to join the 9th Division in World War II. Below, Christie Johnstone recently at Mantonville in Flinders. Top right, the old homestead at Mantonville, built circa 1877, now derelict.

“Mantonville”, the original property of Henry Tuck junior, is still farmed by his grandson, Christopher James (Christie) Johnstone. Like his two uncles, this fourth generation “Tuck” also “answered the call” during World War II. This is his story. *** By Peter McCullough CHRISTIE was born on 17 February 1920 at Main Ridge. His parents were Albert Henry and Catherine Johnstone, and he had a brother (William Henry) and a sister. His father was born in Dromana and the Johnstone family lived at Red Hill. “They were bushmen-splitting timber and that sort of thing.” His father worked in Gippsland in his younger days, later moving to Main Ridge where his parents had an orchard and grew strawberries. Christie’s mother (Catherine) was the eldest daughter of Henry Tuck Junior and the family moved to Flinders in 1924 to look after her father, who was almost 80 and to help him run the farm. His wife (Margaret) had died in 1910. Christie went to school in Flinders, starting the same day as Eric Lucas who died just recently. It was a twomile walk to school and in those days he could walk to school and home again without seeing a car. He had more rides in a horse-and-buggy than he ever got in a motor car. As soon as Christie turned 14 he left school to work on the farm. “Mantonville” was a dairy farm of 150 acres and all the milking was done by hand in those days. The family only milked about 20 cows as that was all they could handle. After the war, with machines, they were milking 50 cows. Kinross Dairies would collect the milk and take it to Edithvale. Christie milked cows for about 50 years and never took a holiday for 25 years. With a milk contract he had to be there every day. About 30 years ago he went out of the dairy business and has been running beef cattle ever since. However only 80 acres are left of the original holding. After Christie left school he did a lot of other work as well as milking cows twice a day: fence contracting, ploughing, wood cutting, and splitting posts. Just before he joined

up in 1941 he worked at the Flinders Golf course for 12 months but he never hit a golf ball: “Working there five-and-a-half days a week, I reckon I saw enough of the golf course! Besides, I was still milking cows before and after work.” Farmers were classed as an “essential trade” and were barred from joining the army. Christie had to list his main occupation as “greenkeeper” to get around that little problem. So in 1941 he was sent to the Middle East where he joined the 9th Division as they were coming out of Tobruk. Then it was on to El Alamein which was a terrible battle: the Australian casualties were 1 in 5. According to Christie, anyone who got out of that one was very fortunate. From there he went to New Guinea and spent time at Lae and Finchhaven. “By the end of 1944 we were getting on top of the Japs but the country was short of tucker, so I got a release from the army to come back onto the farm to help my brother who had been holding the fort while I was away.” The milking shed is still there: it was built in 1932. When Christie came back from the war he was building a dairy beside it “....when this chap came along - collar and tie - and he says “Have you got a permit for this?” I said “What’s a permit?” In those days we never heard of permits. Then he noticed I had my army coat on and he said “Oh! Are you are the bloke we pulled out of the army?” He was from Manpower and when I said “Yes”, he replied “Just carry on and I will send you out a permit.” Christie is one of those farmers who is reluctant to part with items that are no longer in use. His explanation for the somewhat cluttered appearance of the property was as follows: “Around the house and in the sheds and old house I have a lot of good handy stuff: it’s not junk! I make a lot of things. In my day you had to make or repair things or you didn’t get the job done. I never throw anything away. For instance my cousin, John Tuck, came over one time and he had in his hand this big spark plug that came out of a Jelbart engine. He said “I don’t suppose you would have

anything like this?” I told him that I used those in the milking machines 50 years ago and always kept a spare. We put it in his old engine which fired up. When I got home I said, “There you are! I told you if you keep a thing for long enough it will come in handy.” Christie’s wife was Valma Cleve, a farmer’s daughter from Shoreham, who passed away aged 84 on 24 February 2013. Valma and Christie had five children: three sons and two daughters. Four of them live around Flinders but their eldest daughter, Colleen, lives in Queensland. She visits every Christmas. Robert is a builder who is working on the Flinders Hotel at the moment. As a young bloke Christie’s hobbies were fishing and shooting and he still like to do a bit of spotlight shooting although his accuracy has deteriorated. He never went out fishing with his old mate Eric Lucas as he is a poor sailor; he always fished off the shore. “ During the war I probably travelled 30 to 40,000 miles and I was sick on every trip. I never got used to the sea!” In his younger days he enjoyed playing cricket and football, but these sports did not fit in with milking cows. After the war Christie joined the RSL and agreed to take on the job of secretary on a temporary basis. He is still the temporary secretary. “I’d rather dig a post hole than write a letter, but no one has put their hand up yet.” In the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2012 Christie was awarded the OAM “For service to veterans and their families through the Flinders sub-branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia.” With so much history in his family it almost goes without saying that Christie is a long-term member of the local historical society. He was also an original member of the Shoreham CFA when it was founded in 1949 as well as being a long-term member of the CFA at Flinders. Christie was a member of the Cemetery Trust before the responsibility was taken over by the shire council, and for over 20 years he was a member of the Sports Committee in Flinders which oversaw both cricket and football.

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Life cut short: Max Harrison in his RAAF uniform. In January 1943 at age 26 he was shot down in an aerial dogfight over Libya.

By David Harrison FAR from, and sometimes despite, the shrieking shells and screams of the wounded and dying, the paperwork proceeds remorselessly. Folk with pencils, pens and typewriters note every tiny detail of a war: rank and serial number, sorties and wounds; leave, and medals; date and place of death. All this can be read at Australia’s National Archives in Canberra (www.naa.gov.au), every file revealing a tiny element in the great enterprise of war. The two files on Maxwell Charles Harrison hold 74 sheets of paper, recording his short career in the RAAF from sign-up on 8 November 1940 to his death on 14 January 1943 aged 26 years 8 months and 25 days, shot down in a dogfight over Libya. Dark-haired, saturnine, sharptongued and rebellious – he was discharged from the Royal Australian Engineers at his own request for “disobeying a direct order” – the 174cm, 51.5kg 22-year-old had first applied to join the air force in December 1938. He was rejected because of his army record. “Hold decision on this man until arrival of Army papers,” reads a note on his application. “His own story seems to indicate that he was a bit of a nuisance and the Army discharged him on the first opportunity. Check up.”

Below the note is another in different handwriting: “As this man’s Army conduct sheet reveals that he has been crimed a number of times, DR decided that he is not suitable for enlistment.” Well, that’s the army’s story and Max’s attitude was that of many a man who donned the khaki, even in the late 1930s when the world was still recovering from the Great Depression and a regular pay packet was prized. Australian troops were notorious for their indiscipline. Nearly two years later, in 1940, Max and my father enlisted together in Hobart. Dad’s number: 408083; Max’s 408093. Perhaps Max sent his young brother in first, hoping it would help his chances. The brothers trained at the RAAF’s training school in Somers. Sheet 25B in one archive file lists the personal items sent home to his father in Launceston after Max’s death. “Permit me to extend to you the profound sympathy of this Department in your great loss,” concludes a letter, sent to so many households, signed with a hasty squiggle. It is a touching list, a mix of the banal and the poignant, detailing the necessities of a man lost in a maelstrom – shirts, shorts and drawers, a shaving brush and towel, a five-bob canteen credit he was fated never to present.

Then there are the comforting personal minutiae: his volume of Shakespeare, a prayer book, a damaged mother-of-pearl brooch, held close by a young man far from home, his life at risk daily in a Kittyhawk fighter aircraft high over the Libyan desert. Like millions, Max was an insignificant man in the context of a world war, but his death was a huge tragedy for the family who read the telegram and opened the sad package of personal effects. The body of “Sgt Harrison, M” was never found. Nazi forces occupied the area and sending search parties to the crash site, a minefield, was not possible. But he was probably treated decently by Rommel’s men if he was found. He may still lie in that minefield. He is honoured in a Libyan war grave. For some odd reason his name is not on the war memorial in Launceston near the high school he attended with his brother Ray – my father – and my mother Betty. “He was a sarcastic devil,” she once told me but offered no more. The National Archive file page marked 28B, dated 25 February 1948, records with dispassionate precision Max’s end during an unmemorable action. On 14 January 1943, Max was “piloting Kittyhawk FR.415 ... a member of a formation of 12 fighter aircraft, airborne at 1130 hours to act as a medium cover

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The survivor: Ray Harrison in front of a bomber in Africa during the World War II. Brother and nephew: A young David Harrison and his father Ray in Launceston after the war.

escort to 18 Boston bombers whose target was Bir Dufan North Landing Ground”. “The formation was continuously attacked by more than 20 ME109s and Macchi 202s from the coast to the target, and on the return journey a fierce running fight was kept up between the fighter escort and the enemy aircraft. “Anti-aircraft fire was experienced from Bir Dufan Landing Ground, and also from along the road South of Churgia and Tanorga. “Sgt Harrison failed to return from the operation and nothing is known regarding his fate. “It would be greatly appreciated if Imperial War Graves Commission would check their records for any burial particulars, or any ‘unknown’ which might be linked to this casualty. “Failing a link ... Air Ministry’s instructions on the closing of this case are requested.”

Elsewhere in the files Max is recorded as “having no known grave”. His squadron leader wrote: “This (No. 450 RAAF) Squadron claims one ME109 destroyed and four ME109s and two Macchi 202s damaged as a result of this engagement. “Four of our pilots failed to return.” But the target was “successfully bombed”. Just a day earlier Max took part in an early morning ground-level strafing raid on Churgia that damaged an ME109 and another aircraft. “Intense, accurate anti-aircraft fire and small arms fire were encountered, and Sgt Harrison’s aircraft was holed through the mainplane,” his CO wrote. Of necessity, apart from a few such glimpses, Max’s file is dry and to the point. Much of it is furry carbon copies that are hard to decipher.

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OUR ANZACS However the file does hold a few clues to his history and personality. Dad rarely spoke of him. Some scars don’t fade. Max’s applications to enlist state that he passed the University of Tasmania General Certificate at Launceston High School in 1931 with first class results in physics, chemistry and history, and passes in English, geography, French, arithmetic, algebra and geometry. In 1935 he gained a diploma in radio engineering by correspondence.

Bright, sarcastic, rebellious, brave. Somehow those traits, and the sight of his ebullient handwriting, make me warm to him and to reflect on just what nations lose when their sons and daughters go to war. Lest we forget. Footnote: I have just one item that belonged to Max – a 78 RPM record signed with a yellow crayon by pre-war singing star Richard Tauber, who visited Sydney apparently when Max lived there. I have never played it. I doubt Max did either.

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The belongings sent home MAX Harrison’s parents received a carton and a parcel. Parcel contents: “1 leather shirt & collar case; 1 metal cig. case inscribed M.H. from M.H. (possibly his younger sister Margaret); 1 black leather wallet init. M.C.H.; 1 brown ditto; 2 birth certificates; 1 canteen order No. 0211607 value 5/-; 1 University Intermediate certificate; 19 negatives; A.M.F. discharge certificate; 2 school reports; 1 drivers licence in folder; 1 pilots brevet (rank); 1 identity disc; 1 pr. gold cuff links; 1 book of Shakespeare; 57 photos; 2 references.” The carton contained the parcel, plus “2 K.D. bush jackets less belts; 1 white shirt; 1 pr. drawers; 1 shaving brush; 1 towel; 1 woollen scarf; 1 leather toilet case damaged; 1 Religious token; 1 set square; 1 pilots brevet; 1 metal cig. case; 1 Mother of Pearl brooch (damaged); 10 souvenir coins; 1 Prayer book; 3 handkerchiefs; 1 pr. khaki sports shorts.”

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OUR ANZACS Max Harrison – Letters reveal a cultured larrikin

Hopes dashed: Max Harrison is assumed dead in 1943. No remains were ever recovered.

By David Harrison LETTERS that Max Harrison wrote to his younger brother Ray, my father, when he was posted to his fighter squadron reveal a lively, cultured man who played protector and adviser – and leading mischief-maker – to his sibling. The letters were passed to me when rediscovered in a house move after dad’s death. Max and Ray were cooped up in a large transit base in Egypt with little to do. It was almost certainly Max who suggested a quick tourist trip to Palestine, gambling they would not be missed in the seething camp. They hitch-hiked, Dad said, gaining a ride with a member of the Tel Aviv Symphony Orchestra, gliding up the east Mediterranean coast in a sleek American limousine for a wonderful two weeks of AWOL (absent without official leave), comprising largely of music and oranges. Their absence was noted. Called before the commanding officer on return, they were met with an icy silence and made to stand to attention while he finished a task. Then he looked up and spoke. “I could have you shot for desertion,” he said. My father skipped over further details, such as punishment. One can presume it was designed to demean. Latrine duty, perhaps. Max’s letters reflect the language of an Australia still close to Britain, fighting without question for their King – “chaps” and “clots” abound in his prose. And there is nicely turned humour. From Aden, Max wrote to dad: “It is called Aden gut here, naturally enough, I suppose, and I go in mortal fear of doing a damn childish thing. “This place is one of the traditional sites

of the Garden of Eden ... Cain after murdering Abel fled from India to Aden (according to Hindu legend) and tradition has it that he built the first fire temple here.” He goes on to wonder when they will be sent back to defend Australia from the Japanese, who “seem to be getting a bit above themselves, don’t you think?” Their war experience would count because “back home the chaps are largely inexperienced”. Max’s news gets darker when he writes from his squadron: “You may remember Derek [surname illegible] and Curly Evans. They have had it.” His sense of humour resurfaces in the tale of a colleague who contracted an eye disease from night flying. Max “can’t help suspecting that that lad is a subscriber to Pix” – a girlie magazine of the day. Then sombrely he passes on the news that his first flying instructor “with whom I was on pretty good terms, has had it. I was very sorry about it”. In probably his last letter, written in a shaky hand perhaps because he had not fully recovered from malaria, Max writes: “I had a distressing experience the other day, when I shot the CO [commanding officer] down by mistake. We were strafing and things were happening. “I mistook him for an E.A. [enemy aircraft] and drew a bead. Fortunately he crash-landed and was unhurt. It was later announced from Berlin that he was taken prisoner.” On the 9765th day of his life, some three months shy of his 27th birthday, Max was not so lucky. He and his Kittyhawk disappeared in the desert. I hope his end was quick and clean.

HASTINGS FOOTBALL CLUB The late forties – a golden era

The resumption of MPFL football in 1946, proved to be one of the most exciting and successful periods in the long and proud overall history of the Hastings Football Club. Comprising champions such as Bob Stone, the Coleman brothers Albert and John, Les Tolson, Jack Roberts and captain-coach George Slocombe. These players were to provide the nucleus of three successive premierships 1946-7-8. The 1948 HFC Premiership side which went through the year undefeated were not only a team of champions but also a champion team. Although he did not play until 1947, this overall period was known as the “Coleman era”, and the late great John Coleman went on to become an AFL legend and one of the all-time “greats” of the game. Only four members of the historical 1948 team remain alive today and for the staunch football followers who can remember, the overall grief and sadness of the war period was soon forgotten and replaced by the joy and success of the Hastings Football Club’s late forties football dominance. Victor Jeremiah

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real estate directory Tallon

Nigel Evans

Sid Ferguson

Mobile:0439 540 055

Mobile:0418 321 963

Tallon First National 35 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 3000

Satchwells 1/97 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 1888 EMAIL: realestate@satchwells.com.au

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Wayne Bourke Mobile:0448 131 616

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Ben Tallon Real Estate 1/34 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 8003

L. Cooper Real Estate 1067 Frankston-Flinders Road,SOMERVILLE 5977 7766

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1 Ronald Court 11.00-11.30am L.Cooper Real Estate 5977 7766 _________________________________________________________________________________ 12 Willowdene Close 11.00-11.30am L.Cooper Real Estate 5977 7766 _________________________________________________________________________________ 14 Clarinda Street 11.00-11.30am Ray White Hastings 5979 4177 _________________________________________________________________________________ 50 Station Street 12.00-12.30pm Ray White Hastings 5979 4177 _________________________________________________________________________________ 188 Jones Road 12.00-12.30pm L.Cooper Real Estate 5977 7766 _________________________________________________________________________________ 6 Snow Gum Place 12.00-12.30pm L.Cooper Real Estate 5977 7766 _________________________________________________________________________________ 166 Eramosa Road East 12.00-12.30pm Ray White Hastings 5979 4177 _________________________________________________________________________________ 2 Webbs Lane 1.00-1.30pm L.Cooper Real Estate 5977 7766 _________________________________________________________________________________ 4 Peppermint Place 2.00-2.30pm Ray White Hastings 5979 4177 _________________________________________________________________________________ 55 Guelph Street 2.00-2.30pm L.Cooper Real Estate 5977 7766 _________________________________________________________________________________ 9 Bernard Court 2.00-2.30pm L.Cooper Real Estate 5977 7766 _________________________________________________________________________________ 9 One Chain Road 3.00-3.30pm L.Cooper Real Estate 5977 7766 _________________________________________________________________________________

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1494 Frankston-Flinders Road 12.00-12.30pm Harcourts 5970 7333 _________________________________________________________________________________ 1524 Frankston-Flinders Road 3.00-3.30pm Ray White Hastings 5979 4177 _________________________________________________________________________________

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18 Beilby Court

Harcourts 5970 7333 _________________________________________________________________________________

1/14 Hilltop Rise

10.30-11.00am 11.00-11.30am

Century 21 Homeport 5979 3555 _________________________________________________________________________________

8 John Vear Close 11.00-11.30am Ben Tallon Real Estate 5979 8003 _________________________________________________________________________________ 15 Lomica Drive 11.00-11.30am Ray White Hastings 5979 4177 _________________________________________________________________________________ 128 Victoria Street 11.30-12.00 noon Satchwells 5979 1888 _________________________________________________________________________________ 188 High Street 11.30-12.00 noon Harcourts 5970 7333 _________________________________________________________________________________ 4/2 Skinner Street 11.30-12.00 noon Ray White Hastings 5979 4412 _________________________________________________________________________________ 61 Lyall Street 12.00-12.30pm Century 21 Homeport 5979 3555 _________________________________________________________________________________ 3 Hodgins Road 12.00-12.30pm Tallon First National 5979 3000 _________________________________________________________________________________ 10 Merlebah Court 12.30-1.00pm Century 21 Homeport 5979 3555 _________________________________________________________________________________ 18 Wright Street 12.30-1.00pm Satchwells 5979 1888 _________________________________________________________________________________ 5 Sandstone Court 12.30-1.00pm Ben Tallon Real Estate 5979 8003 _________________________________________________________________________________ 103 Salmon Street 12.45-1.15pm Harcourts 5970 7333 _________________________________________________________________________________ 36 Warranqite Crescent 1.30-2.00pm Satchwells 5979 1888 _________________________________________________________________________________ 99 Graydens Road 1.30-2.00pm Jacobs & Lowe 5976 5900 _________________________________________________________________________________ 2/102 Salmon Street 1.30-2.00pm Harcourts 5970 7333 _________________________________________________________________________________ 5/21 Spring Street 1.30-2.00pm Harcourts 5970 7333 _________________________________________________________________________________ 1&3/93 Salmon Street 2.00-2.30pm Tallon First National 5979 3000 _________________________________________________________________________________ 20 William Street 2.00-2.30pm Century 21 Homeport 5979 3555 _________________________________________________________________________________

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103 Milne Street 3.00-3.30pm Ray White Hastings 5979 4177 _________________________________________________________________________________ 9 Milne Street 3.00-3.30pm Satchwells 5979 1888 _________________________________________________________________________________

BITTERN

17 Skinner Street

11.30-12.00 noon

Century 21 Homeport 5979 3555 _________________________________________________________________________________

53 The Bittern Boulevard 12.30-1.00pm Satchwells 5979 1888 17 Wellington Road 1.00-1.30pm Century 21 Homeport 5979 3555 _________________________________________________________________________________ 18 Daly Street 2.30-3.00pm Century 21 Homeport 5979 3555 _________________________________________________________________________________ 1/23 Myers Road 3.30-4.00pm Harcourts 5970 7333 _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________

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Ray White Hastings 5979 4177 _________________________________________________________________________________

5 Wingala Court

7 Geza Court 10.15-10.45am L.Cooper Real Estate 5977 7766 _________________________________________________________________________________

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7/119 Victoria Street

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Keep it all in the family TO draw on a football analogy as a game of two halves, this superb country residence could aptly be described as a home also of two halves. Many large properties boast about their dual-living potential but it has never been more evident than this splendid 310-square metre (33-square) single level home. Still presenting in as-new condition there are two distinct wings to the property. The massive east wing has four bedrooms and a rumpus room positioned along one side of a wide hallway that has timber floors. There is a separate bathroom, and the largest of the bedrooms has an ensuite. This wing has its own private entrance and a double garage has internal access. Also on this side of the home is a decked area surrounding an above-ground pool. The centre of the home is where the family can come together. This impressive and spacious area has a feature dual wood heater and there are comfortable spaces for relaxing and dining. Overlooking the room is the large kitchen with a host of stainless-steel appliances and a recessed space for a double door refrigerator. There are quality granite benchtops, and from the window you get a pleasant outlook to the natural bush surroundings. A timber deck runs along the back of the home and features a nice gazebo for undercover entertaining. Continuing on towards the west wing are more shared areas including the butlers pantry, laundry and powder room, which as a handy feature, is accessible from the outside. In the traditional sense, the master bedroom does not have an ensuite. Rest assured there is a very luxurious separate bathroom with spa, twin vanity unit and shower, and another interesting point to this home, that seems to enjoys changing all the rules on home design, is the walk-in robe from the bathroom. A fitted study brings the total potential of this home to a staggering six bedrooms and outside is parking for up to eight vehicles. The private block measures about 1-hectare with wrought iron gates across the driveway for security. Detached from the home is a 90-square metre workshop and studio with three-phase power and although the property is on mains water there are rainwater tanks with 40,000-litre capacity. Well-designed with a creativity that sets it apart from the crowd, this fine rural-residential property is a must see.

Address: 30 Island View Crescent, BITTERN Price: $1.099 million Agency: Satchwells Real Estate, 1/97 High Street, Hastings, 5979 1888 Agent: Don McKenzie, 0419 955 117

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Amongst the native trees and natural gardens, this classic triple fronted home is situated on a prominent corner block. With a renovated country style kitchen, gas cook top and under bench oven, this property offers plenty of FKDUDFWHU DQG FKDUP ZLWK RULJLQDO IHDWXUHV LQFOXGLQJ SROLVKHG WLPEHU Ă RRUV IW FHLOLQJV ZLGH KDOOZD\V DQG GRXEOH hung sash windows. With 2 double bedrooms, BIR and study or third bedroom, other features include family/dining room with French doors, lounge, gas heating and ensuite. The well tended kitchen gardens and fruit trees are serviced by 2 x 7000L water tanks, with a third tank beside the single garage.

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Take a look at this, located within walking distance to the centre of Hastings this property just might be the answer for the builder or developer out there looking for the next project. Sitting on approx 900m2 the existing 3br home complete with ensuite to master is quite neat and will make a good rental, in addition to that the vendor has had plans drawn up for two single storey dwellings to be built behind (1 x 2br and 1 x 3br) both with single garages. Town planning approval has been obtained and a planning permit is LQ SODFH 3ODQV DQG D FRS\ RI WKH SODQQLQJ SHUPLW DUH DYDLODEOH IRU YLHZLQJ LQ RXU RIĂ&#x20AC;FH 7KLV RQH VKRXOG make for a nice easy little project for someone, call to book your inspection now.

With the ideal set up for a tradesperson with own business, truck drivers or anyone who needs to house a caravan or boat or two, an exposed aggregate driveway running alongside of house gives easy access to a large fully powered workshop and provides ample parking for the work ute or truck. Workshop offers SOHQW\ RI VWRUDJH EHQFK VSDFH DQG OLJKWLQJ JDV KHDWLQJ VHSDUDWH KRPH RIĂ&#x20AC;FH ZLWK GHVN WRS SKRQH internet connections, plus there is a 2nd storage shed with shelving and carport beside the garage. The 3BR property offers modern kitchen with granite bench tops, s/steel appliances, 2 living areas, BIRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FES to main, central heating & evap. cooling. Other features are undercover fully fenced 20 person swim spa, enclosed tiled area with patio blinds and ceiling fans, 2 x water tanks with pumps & landscaped gardens.

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$395,000

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This 3 bedroom home is only a proverbial â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;stoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s throwâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; away from the foreshore. With two open living zones, this property has a spacious lounge with Coonara, formal dining or study area, solid timber kitchen with gas cook top, electric wall oven and dishwasher, plus large dining or family room. Through the sliding door is a huge paved undercover entertaining area. All bedrooms have BIRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and the main bedroom has an ensuite. Other features LQFOXGH QHZ Ă RDWLQJ Ă RRUV UHYHUVH F\FOH DLU FRQGLWLRQLQJ JDV KHDWLQJ GULYH WKURXJK ORFN XS JDUDJH DQG D ODUJH backyard offering plenty of privacy and space.

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$489,000

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PRIME POSITION Situated in a lovely private court - within close proximity to foreshore - this surprisingly large family home has plenty of privacy. With 5 bedrooms plus study, the master bedroom features WIR & FES, the open plan kitchen has s/steel appliances including dishwasher and is offset by a spacious meals and family room. Perfect for entertaining, this property has a large rumpus room, formal lounge, dining and alfresco area. Outside is ample off street parking, double lock up garage with rear access and for the family boat or caravan, separate side access to yard. Nestled on 605m2 of land surrounded by low maintenance landscaped gardens, this property offers the lifestyle at an affordable price. INSPECT: Saturday 12.30-1.00pm

3,900M2 (APPROX) RESIDENTIAL 1 ~ â&#x20AC;&#x153;YOU DRAW THE LINEâ&#x20AC;? Developers, here is a landmark property offering many possibilities and situated close to the foreshore. A chance to create 2 blocks of vacant land & incorporate the existing residence into the development or start from scratch with the possibility of 10 or more townhouses (stca) with the possibility of bay views. Option 1 - 2 x 1,000m2 blocks with the existing 30 square dwelling able to be easily split into 2 homes each on around 900m2 Option 2 - Create an exceptional development site with high density bayside housing Option 3 - Enjoy the beautiful home and gardens and then develop or sell off bits later

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SET on a 649-square metre corner allotment, lending the property to future development (STCA) if required, this neat, low-maintenance home is also a great prospect for first home buyers and investors. A carpeted, open-plan living zone with gas heating incorporates the lounge and dining areas, and a tidy kitchen has tiled floors, timber breakfast bar and gas hotplates are in one corner. The home has three large bedrooms, with space for wardrobes, that all share the one bathroom. A separate laundry leads out to the spacious rear yard that is well-fenced with plenty of established trees and a barbecue area. There is a single carport under the roofline of the home and there is drive-through access to the backyard. With the new Padua secondary school opening next year, this property has great potential as an investment property or for a small family.

YOU will instantly feel right at home with this charming and relaxing property, set on a picturesque 829-square metre block full of lovely gardens. Backing onto the Somerville Recreational Reserve, the property has a great open feel about it and offers two living areas. A formal lounge has character hardwood floors and a wood heater, and through a feature archway is the kitchen and dining area. The kitchen has timber cupboards and an upright gas stove, and from the dining area you step out to a fantastic entertaining area that looks out to the backyard. Towards the back of the home is a rumpus room and the main bedroom, which has an ensuite and walk-in robe. Two more bedrooms share a second bathroom and there is even a separate study.

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Satchwells HASTINGS - LOT 11, 12, 18 & 19/2 SKINNER STREET AUCTION: Saturday 11th May at 1.00pm

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Satchwells BITTERN - 4 Sandstone Island Circle EXECUTORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S AUCTION: Saturday 25th May at 1.30pm

INSPECT SATURDAY 1.00-1.30pm

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;THE OUTLOOKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; - OVER 1 ACRE WITH EXPANSIVE BAY VIEWS Occupying one of the best positions in the prestigious Kinfauns Estate, with a panoramic view of Sandstone Island and Western Port Bay, this Mt Gambier limestone home comprises WKUHH EHGURRPV LQFOXGLQJ PDVWHU EHGURRP ZLWK HQVXLWH DQG ZDON LQ UREH SOXV D VHSDUDWH Ă&#x20AC;WWHG VWXG\ 7ZR EHGURRPV KDYH GRXEOH UREHV WKHUH LV DQ RSHQ SODQ ORXQJH DQG IURP WKH NLWFKHQ HQMR\LQJ IDEXORXV YLHZV 7KH GRXEOH JDUDJH XQGHU WKH URRI OLQH RI WKH KRPH FRXOG EH FRQYHUWHG WR H[WUD OLYLQJ $Q (DVW IDFLQJ FRYHUHG DOIUHVFR DUHD DQG ZHVW EULFN ZDOOHG Ă DJJHG FRXUW\DUG FRPSOHPHQW WKH GHOLJKWIXO HVWDEOLVKHG JDUGHQV

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Local Agents with Local Knowledge For Over 50 Years HASTINGS

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Asking offers over $290,000

$330,000-$350,000

Asking $525,000-$560,000

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Asking $375,000

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19 Brydon Court - Inspect Sat 12.00-12.30pm

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GREAT FOR RETIREMENT 1ST HOME OR INVESTMENT

5 Forbes Place - Inspect Sat 2.00-2.30pm

BIG BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

Lovely 3 BR brick home, master bedroom offers a s/system. Neat and tidy property on a spacious allotment. A neat and tidy kitchen has an outlook to the garden and dining area. Outdoors with creative well established landscaping, an undercover pergola for entertaining and plenty of space to store a caravan and boat.

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Asking $595,000

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Asking $285,000

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Asking $379,500

Asking $559,000

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Asking $290,000 - $359,000

18 Wright Street - Inspect Sat 12.30-1.00pm

128 Victoria Street - Inspect Sat 11.30am-12.00pm

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36 Warranqite Crescent - Inspect Sat 1.30-2.00pm

An inspection of this property is a must. Comprising three bedrooms and one bathroom, open plan living/kitchen area and single remote controlled garage. Main features include built in robes, split system reverse cycle heating & cooling plus gas wall heater. Quality appliances come standard throughout.

GREAT LOCATION

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$1.1 Million

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9 Mt Barron Street - Inspect Sat 11.00-1-1.30pm

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NEAT AND TIDY HOME IN QUIET LOCATION

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COUNTRY LIVING AND SUBURBAN CONVENIENCE

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9 Milne Street - Inspect Sat 3.00-3.30pm

Two brand new units. Concrete slab construction, Colorbond roof, timber windows, Chef kitchen, laminex tops, mixer taps & shower rails, dble bathrooms, s/s 900mm wide ovens & K SODWHV G ZDVKHU V V KHDWLQJ FRROLQJ WLOHG HQWU\ PHDOV GLQLQJ ZHW DUHDV TXDOLW\ FDUSHWV to living & bedrooms, dble garages with remote door, coastal landscaping.

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CENTURY 21 HOMEPORT PHONE: 5979 3555 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings www.century21hastings.com.au LOVELY LIFESTYLE

HOME PORT

BITTERN 18 Daly Street Well-built & well designed, this sophisticated residence on 9916m2 allotment is situated in a country lane amongst some of the most prestigious wineries of the Mornington Peninsula. A statement in modern contemporary design, the formal entrance leads to the breathtaking & very generous open plan living area. Boasting 3 BR’s plus a study, 1 cottage for registered B&B, 2 BR self contained cottage & lock up 16x19m workshop. Contact Exclusive Agent.

DREAM HOME!

Privately located in an exclusive waterside pocket, this beautiful 2.5 year old home features 4 separate living zones including an open plan kitchen/meals/family zone, formal lounge, theatre room + informal living area. Boasting a fabulous outdoor undercover alfresco area that overlooks the solar heated salt chlorinated pool. Other features include duct heating & vacuum, Caesar stone benchtops & 5 year builder’s warranty. Contact Exclusive Agent.

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SOMERVILLE 76 Graf Road Stunning presentation highlights this as new, special features include beautiful leadlight windows, a tiered alfresco entertaining deck, wheel chair access and a designer interior. Superbly positioned, double garage, double car port & space for multiple vehicles, also freshly painted, new carpets, ducted heating & brand new air-con plus stunning polished ﬂooring throughout. Contact Exclusive Agent.

MAKE AN OFFER!

RARE LAND!!

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CRIB POINT 2/42 Park Road

HASTINGS 16 Kuan Yin Place Affordable spacious family home 4 set on a 770sqm approx allotment, 2 with two street frontages and 4 side gate access into the large backyard. Located in the most desirable Solar Estate’, this architectural designed home comprises 3 living areas and double remote garage with rear roller door. Other special features include a huge decked outdoor pergola, ducted heating, wood ﬁre heater and energy efﬁciency. Contact Exclusive Agent.

PRICE: Buyers Over $400,000 VIEW: By Appointment AGENT: Kerry Lee Marshall 0408 363 686

CHEAPER THAN RENT!

PRICE: $545,000 VIEW: By Appointment AGENT: Kerry-Lee Marshall 0408 363 686

PRICE: Offers Over $900,000 VIEW: Saturday 2:30-3:00pm AGENT: Wilma Green 0407 833 996

BEAUTIFUL HOME

HASTINGS 6 Windrest Place

MAKE ME AN OFFER!

PRICE:

$425,000

VIEW: AGENT:

By Appointment Kerry-Lee Marshall 0408 363 686

BITTERN 100 Dunlop Road

Looking for something to give you a 2 good return, or just a property to 1 call your own that won’t break 1 the bank? Look no further. This attractive unit offers comfortable living at an affordable price. Comprising 2 bedrooms (both with B.I.R’s), open plan lounge, bright modern kitchen adjoins dining area, single carport, manageable yard with garden shed and all within close proximity to schools, navy base and shops. Contact Exclusive Agent.

This home is situated on a low 3 maintenance block of approx 500 1 sqm, located in the leafy tranquil area of Bittern. The home has been 2 tastefully renovated with a new bathroom, refurbished kitchen with all modern appliances, gas log ﬁre in lounge room, tiled family/meals area. The home is street appealing with a modern appearance, new fencing surrounds the yard, and it also boasts a secure single carport. Contact Exclusive Agent.

PRICE VIEW AGENT

PRICE: MAKE AN OFFER VIEW: By Appointment AGENT: Wilma Green 0407 833 996

Offers Over $210,000 By Appointment Kerry-Lee Marshall 0408 363 686

HASTINGS 30 Spruce Drive

VACANT BLOCK!

BITTERN 35 Sudholz Street

DREAM AS BIG AS YOU WANT, NICE LARGE, WIDE VACANT BLOCK WITH 23 METRE FRONTAGE!! One of the last remaining blocks in Hastings!! Build your dream home on 752sqm, kick up your heels, and enjoy Mornington Peninsula lifestyle at its best. Ideal location with potential sea views from a second storey. Also walking distance to parkland, schools, public transport and the High Street shopping centre. Contact Exclusive Agent.

Surrounded by new homes this perfectly positioned vacant block of land is one of the last available in the Bittern Fields Estate and will not last long on today’s market. Located only a stone’s throw to the new Bittern Fields Village a short walk to transport and local schools the location and position is taken care of the only decision you need to make is what home to build. Contact Exclusive Agent.

PRICE: Over $250,000 VIEW: Go See! AGENT: Kerry-Lee Marshall 0408 363 686

PRICE: $285,000 VIEW: Go See! AGENT: Wilma Green 0407 833 996

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CENTURY 21 HOMEPORT PHONE: 5979 3555 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings www.century21hastings.com.au

HOME PORT

OLD TYABB

AUCTION

AUCTION - MAKE AN OFFER!

HASTINGS 61 Lyall Street FOR SALE NOW OR BY AUCTION. Situated in the exclusive Old Tyabb area and updated throughout, this family home contains polished ﬂoors along with 4 bedrooms (main with WIR & FES). Newly renovated kitchen with granite benches and stainless steel appliances. Both the family bathroom & ensuite have also been renovated. An undercover pergola overlooking the spacious back yard (approx 830sqm,) plus double carport & shed for ample storage space. Terms 10% Deposit, Balance 30/60 days.

PRICE REDUCED!

AUCTION Saturday, May 11th 2013 at 12:30pm On-Site. VIEW Saturday 12:00-12:30pm AGENT Kerry-Lee Marshall 0408 363 686

HASTINGS 10 Merlebah Court Huge 992sqm allotment with access to the large secure backyard. The formal lounge with vaulted ceilings is situated at the front of the home, the vaulted ceiling continues through to the informal family meals area which is situated at the rear of the home. There is an alfresco under rooﬂine that can be accessed from the informal area. Outside boasts a sealed driveway, double carport and ample shedding at rear. Potential to sub divide S.T.C.A. Contact Exclusive Agent.

A CHEAPIE IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN....

HASTINGS 20 William Street

AUCTION Saturday, May 11th 2013 at 2:30pm On-Site. VIEW Saturday 2:00-2:30pm AGENT Kerry-Lee Marshall 0408 363 686

FOR SALE NOW OR BY AUCTION. Featuring 3 large bedrooms with built in robes, full bathroom, fresh carpet & paint, 2 living area’s, original kitchen and great sized back yard, all within walking distance to the town centre & foreshore. Former Navy home. Excellent location, ideal for ﬁrst home buyers, investors, or those waiting for the new Port of Hastings! Terms 10% Deposit, Balance 30 or 60 days with Vacant Possession.

Well presented ranch style home 4 on 2 ½ acres will tick all the boxes. 2 The home is well appointed with 6 timber kitchen with large pantry and ample overhead cupboards, plus gas ducted heating and r/v cycle heating and cooling units throughout the home. Outside boasts a two BR bungalow, D/B carport under rooﬂine, four car garage, wood shed, storage shed, four water tanks and large rear paddock. Contact Exclusive Agent.

3 2 4

PRICE: $730,000 Negotiable VIEW: Saturday 1:30-2:00pm AGENT: Wilma Green 0407 833 996

HASTINGS 1/14 Hilltop Rise Situated in a quiet court location, this as-new 4 bedroom plus study home has been completely renovated throughout! Featuring two living zones, large kitchen with all modern appliances, ducted heating and split system aircon in lounge area. Also boasting a double carport and decked outdoor entertaining area on a low maintenance block. Contact Exclusive Agent.

BITTERN 17 Wellington Road

BELLBIRD PARK

PRICE: $350,000 VIEW: Saturday 12:30-1:00pm AGENT: Wilma Green 0407 833 996

NOT A THING TO DO!

BITTERN 17 Skinner Street

IMPRESSIVE HOME!

Well located home with new carpet in all bedrooms and lounge room with modern blinds throughout. Complete new renovation on bathroom with double shower, spa bath and vanity. Outside boasts a large, high-span colorbond workshop with power and concrete floor, plus a large mezzanine floor for extra storage and high carport under same roofline. A further outdoor feature is the covered entertaining area, with wood heater and built in bar. Contact Exclusive Agent.

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PRICE: $379,900 Negotiable VIEW: By Appointment AGENT: Wilma Green 0407 833 996

PRICE: EXPRESS SALE VIEW: Saturday 11:00-11:30am AGENT: Kerry Lee Marshall 0408 363 686

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Little Gem

Value Packed

A Bargain Beginning

Step inside this as-new, 5 star energy rated home and be GHOLJKWHG E\ WKH RSHQ Ă RRU SODQ DQG JOHDPLQJ Ă RDWLQJ WLPEHU Ă RRUV $ ODUJH NLWFKHQ KDV V VWHHO DSSOLDQFHV including dishwasher and overlooks the meals area and living space. Three bedrooms, 2 with BIRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and main with FES & WIR, modern bathroom and laundry. Positioned on the front of the block, with street frontage, this unit has its own driveway and a single lock-up garage.

A stones throw to Pelican Park and close to Marina, this 2 bedroom unit is a must see. A white picket fence leads to the shaded entry and central hallway. 2 good size bedrooms both with built-in robes, central bathroom with bath and shower. A meals area which leads to the rear courtyard plus modern kitchen and planter box window. A good size lounge with air-conditioning and ducted heating throughout. The unit has its own single lock garage.

This charming home features 4 bedrooms - main with WIR & FES, huge lounge room, formal dining, kitchen plus meals area plus a study / rumpus area. Outside \RXÂˇOO Ă&#x20AC;QG D VHOI FRQWDLQHG GZHOOLQJ LGHDO IRU LQ ODZ RU teenage accommodation plus a single carport and garden shed. All this adds up to undeniably excellent value that is sure to impress the most budget conscious of buyers.

An affordable opportunity for the keen renovator or developer. Located on an approx 846m2 block, this home needs work but still boasts some great features including high ceilings, large formal lounge and a cute country style kitchen with French doors and an island bench. Move in and restore or knock it down to create a two unit site (S.T.C.A), the choice is yours.

For Sale:

$325,000

$295,000

HASTINGS

BITTERN

$335,000

$249,000

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A Touch Of Class

Light Filled and Contemporary

Cute Cottage Close To Shops

You will be instantly impressed by the appealing facade and landscaped front garden of this stylish home. Featuring gleaming porcelain tiles, formal lounge, large study, master bedroom with FES & WIR, central kitchen with ample bench and cupboard space + s/steel appliances including d/w. Large open-plan dining & family room with access to covered entertaining area.

This north facing 2BR unit is located only a hop, skip and a jump to the foreshore and Hastings town centre. )HDWXULQJ RSHQ SODQ ORXQJH ZLWK QHZ Ă RDWLQJ Ă RRUV gas heating and s/system air-conditioning, there is a kitchen with s/steel appliances including dishwasher, that overlooks the dining area & front garden. There is a main bathroom and separate laundry, and outside is a courtyard with wind out shade awning.

This cute 2 bedroom cottage is light and bright and so close to the town. The home features high ceilings, kitchen with gas appliances, dishwasher, meals area and formal lounge which has a gas heater and s/system air conditioning. One bedroom has a walk-in robe, there is a separate bathroom and laundry. Outside is a paved pergola area, garden shedding, vegie patch, fruit trees and single carport. All on a block of 670m2 approx.

For Sale:

$470,000 plus

$320,000

3 Hodgins Road Executive Townhouse Beautifully presented townhouse with polished timber Ă RRUV Ă RZLQJ WKURXJK WR D ODUJH RSHQ SODQ OLYLQJ dining area that has access to a rear courtyard. The kitchen boasts stylishs/steel appliances, glass splash backs and island bench. The master suite downstairs has a WIR & FES and there is a powder room. Upstairs are 2BRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 2nd bathroom, separate toilet and 2nd living area.

Inspect: For Sale:

$310,000

Saturday 27th 12.00-12.30pm

$465,000

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HASTINGS

Outstanding Opportunity

Location, Location - MAKE AN OFFER

Stately Presence

3 / 93 Salmon Street Seaside Villas

Here is your opportunity to buy a great rental property on a sub-dividable block (S.T.C.A). Rent out the existing home and receive income while you develop the rear. The home has 3BRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, good size lounge with adjoining meals area and gas column heater. The kitchen includes gas cooking and outside there is a covered pergola, large shed and carport. Ideally positioned close to the town, and marina, this is an opportunity not to be missed.

As-new, 5-star energy rating 3BR, 2 bathroom unit. Main bedroom with WIR & FES, 2 with BIRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Lounge, with Ă RDWLQJ Ă RRUERDUGV PRGHUQ NLWFKHQ ZLWK V VWHHO JDV FRRN top, under-bench oven & d/w. Secure courtyard at the side, water tank and fully fenced front garden. At the rear is a single garage with internal entry. Largest unit on the block, walking distance to shops, transport and the Bittern Market. Expected rental income approx $295-$300pw.

Immaculately presented home on 2 acres with large foyer, study & powder room to one side plus formal lounge with feature columns to the other. Glistening tiles through to the informal living & meals area. Stunning granite kitchen has walk-in pantry, twin draw dishwasher, gas s/steel cook top & wall oven. Upstairs is a theatre room, main bedroom with spa ensuite & WIR.

Beautifully located, double storey townhouse with three bedrooms and bathrooms. Open-plan living area including a modern kitchen with s/steel appliances. Main bedroom with WIR & FES + balcony. Upstairs is a study & extra lounge room. As you would expect there is also ducted heating & air-conditioning. Outside is a double garage with rear roller door and paved entertainment area.

For Sale:

Inspect: For Sale:

HASTINGS LI NE ST W IN G

$375,000

HASTINGS

$295,000

CRIB POINT

$795,000

Saturday 27th April 2.00-2.30pm $465,000

HASTINGS

BITTERN

ER D N U ACT R T CON 1 / 93 Salmon Street Seaside Villa

Smell the sea air from this beautifully located townhouse. This home comprises of 2BRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s with BIRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, modern bathroom, separate toilet, large lounge with feature gas ORJ Ă&#x20AC;UH GXFWHG KHDWLQJ V V\VWHP DLU FRQGLWLRQLQJ $ large modern kitchen has s/steel appliances & adjacent dining area with high ceilings & polished hardwood Ă RRUV 2XWVLGH LV D VLQJOH JDUDJH ZLWK LQWHUQDO DFFHVV

Inspect For Sale:

Saturday 27th April 2.00-2.30pm $355,000

CYNTHIA DOBBIN Phone: 0438 773 627 Page 10

Value Packed

Make An Offer

Bitternâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best Block

Builders/Investors 3-4 unit site S.T.C.A. Build 3 with rental income from house or remove the house and build 4. Set on a 1442m2 approx block of land all services available. Be quick to secure your next project.

If youve been looking for an affordable entry into the property market but are unwilling to compromise on a great location, this may be just the place for you. Located in a leafy and sought after area this home offers 3BRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, main with FES, modern kitchen overlooking open plan living areas with s/system a/c and space heater. Outside is a double carport and garden shed. All on a block of approx 765m2.

This block of land is an ideal for anyone looking to create their dream lifestyle by building the home they want without compromising on a private and leafy location. Situated in a sought after area, this 462m2 approx allotment boasts a wide street frontage (25m approx) allowing you to create a home design with an impressive faade and sense of space. New fencing to 3 sides, some basic landscaping taken care of and all are services available.

For Sale:

NIGEL EVANS Phone: 0439 540 055

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$358,000

35 High Street, Hastings

$335,000

tallon.com.au

$180,000

5979 3000

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BUILT to last, this ex-naval housing property is available with vacant possession and is close to town. Basic furnishings are all in good order and the interior has been painted. A functional kitchen has an upright gas stove plus plenty of drawers and cupboard space and a neat bathroom has a separate bath and shower. The spacious interior has two living areas - one has a gas wall heater - suitable for a lounge and dining room, and all three bedrooms have built-in robes. Set on a flat 557-square metre block, this neat brick and tile property has a good sized backyard and a double carport.

For Lease: SFP *67 ALF TALLON Phone: 5979 3000

35 High Street, Hastings

5979 3000 tallon.com.au

Address: 20 William Street, HASTINGS Auction: Saturday May 11 at 2.30pm Agency: Century 21 Homeport, 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings, 5979 3555 Agent: Kerry-Lee Marshall, 0408 363 686

REAL ESTATE SOMERVILLE

Est 1989

Proudly Independently Owned & Operated

$380,000

SOMERVILLE - 6 Snow Gum Place

$525,000

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SOMERVILLE - 9 Bernard Court

The Perfect Package

Peaceful & Tranquil Surrounds

Located in quiet court setting, this well-presented brick-veneer residence features three bedrooms including master bedroom with ensuite, formal lounge room, modern kitchen with stainless steel appliances and adjoining meals area and family area with evaporative cooling and ducted heating. On the 750-sqm block is an outdoor pergola area and double lock-up garage with remote. Ideal property for the first home buyer, retiree or investor.

Tucked away amidst established gardens, in a highly coveted Woodlands Estate setting, this captivating 5 bedroom family home has charm and character for relaxed family living. The home features formal lounge & dining area, timber kitchen with meals area, large family area with gas log fire, evaporative cooling, ducted heating & vacuum systems, full ensuite to master which features a bay window. Home measures approx 24sq with outside features including a decked pergola area overlooking the above ground pool.

$530,000 - $560,000

SOMERVILLE - 188 Jones Road

$630,000 - $675,000

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SOMERVILLE - 12 Willowdene Close

A Delightful Family Home

A Property To Ease The Squeeze

An outstanding home in immaculate condition with 4 double bedrooms - main with WIR & FES - huge lounge & dining room with Jetmaster fire and new s/system heating & cooling unit. Excellent kitchen with gas cooking, dishwasher and large pantry overlooking family room with air-conditioning and access out to covered timber deck complete with spa pool and bistro blinds. 4 car garage with workshop area and remote controlled doors front and rear. Fully paved courtyard, vegetable garden and 2 water tanks.

A delightful property positioned for privacy and with excellent access for larger vehicles. A selection of mature trees and sheds complement the 1.25 acre block. The well-maintained home consists of three bedrooms + study, full ensuite to master, modern kitchen with dishwasher, family room & casual meals area, large combined lounge and dining area with slow combustion heater. Double garage has internal access to the home. Zoning is Low Density Residential.

Phil Stone Hugh Gamble

0412 226 758 0401 319 811

1067 Frankston-Flinders Road, Somerville, 5977 7766

www.lcooper.com.au

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Hastings 3 Lachlan Court

Bright forecast

All Class and Quality Sale $485,000 - $520,000

WITH a warm, northerly aspect, this trendy two-bedroom unit is well-positioned for sun and all the amenities of town. The spacious interior features polished floorboards throughout the living area, which also has split-system air-conditioning and gas heating. Tucked around the corner from the lounge room is the kitchen and meals area. The kitchen features stainless steel appliances including dishwasher and under-bench oven. From here there is a view to the front garden. Both bedrooms have built-in robes and share the one bathroom. There is a separate laundry, and outside is a courtyard with wind-out shade awning and for privacy, completely surrounded by brush fencing. A single garage at the front has internal access.

View By Appointment Leonie Worrall 0420 979 956 leonie.worrall@raywhite.com

Micheal Dori 0434 744 944 michael.dorio@raywhite.com

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This home really will surprise the discerning buyer with its delightful finishing touches. The home offers 4 bedrooms plus study, the main bedroom has walk through robe, full E/S & is positioned separately to the other bedrooms. There are 3 living zones that include a formal lounge with ornate gas fireplace, open plan kitchen/family/meals area & a rumpus room. The spacious kitchen offers a 900mm S/S upright stove with range hood & an abundance of cupboards. Outside is an outdoor entertaining area, DLUG with rear access and internal entrance to the house. Other features include gas ducted heating, evaporative cooling, back to base alarm system & solar hot water service.

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5979 4177

raywhite.com

Address: 1/17-19 Douglas Street, HASTINGS Price: $320,000 Agency: Tallon First National, 35 High Street, Hastings, 5979 3000 Agent: Nigel Evans, 0439 540 055

Ray White Hastings

Harcourts SINCE 1888

Hastings 10/14 High Street 03 5970 7333 www.hastings.harcourts.com.au

FOR SALE

Hastings 2/102 Salmon Street

Metres To The Water - Two Living Rooms & A Big Backyard Within walking distance to High Street shops, public transport & schools. Comprising of 3 large bedrooms 2 with built-in robes, open-plan kitchen and meals area, spacious living area, family bathroom, lock-up garage and large rear yard. Price Open

By Negotiation Over $275,000 Saturday 1.30-2.00pm*

Jason Dowler M 0403 598 754

E jason.dowler@harcourts.com.au

FOR SALE

Somers 8 Towerhill Road

A Great Value Property in a Great Somers Location! Hastings 12 Olivia Way

As New Family Home In A Great Position This fantastic, two year old home is located in a highly sought after pocket and comprises of 3 bedrooms (WIR & FES to main), living room, open plan kitchen and meals plus study, ducted heating & double garage with rear access. Price Open

By Negotiation $340,000 - $370,000 Saturday 1.00-1.30pm*

David Nelli M 0403 111 234

E david.nelli@harcourts.com.au

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This split-level home features three spacious bedrooms, master with dressing room & ensuite, impressive kitchen, large open-plan living zone that incorporates the meals & dining area which flows out onto a large decked undercover pergola. Some of the extras include polished timber floors, reverse cycle heating & cooling, gas heated spa, double garage, large 870m2 (approx) block & more. All within walking distance to the beach.

For Sale By Negotiation $500,000 - $550,000 View www.harcourts.com.au/VHS3796 Open Saturday 2.30-3.00pm Jason Dowler 0403 598 754

E jason.dowler@harcourts.com.au

Bay West Real Estate (VIC) Pty. Ltd. 2104 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings, VIC 3915 Ph: 03 5979 4412 Fax: 03 5979 3097 Email: enquiries@baywestrealestate.com.au Web: www.baywestrealestate.com.au

COVERING THE WESTERN PORT REGION

Hastings, Somerville, Tyabb, Crib Point & Bittern PROPERTIES FOR LEASE

ALL INCLUSIVE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICE

HASTINGS 7 CURACOA DRIVE $250 PER WEEK

Our Landlord Warranty promises the HIGHEST STANDARDS amongst rental property agents. We offer: exceptionally COMPETITIVE MANAGEMENT fees

CRIB POINT 1/12 MURIAL STREET $230 PER WEEK

Prompt and EFFICIENT service 7KUHH TXDOLÀHG SURSHUW\ PDQDJHUV ALWAYS AVAILABLE A very HANDS ON service to landlord and tenants

BITTERN 44A THROSSELL STREET $260 PER WEEK

Call Sue Now PRELOH RIÀFH sfrankcombe@baywestrealestate.com.au

QUICK MONEY transfers to our owners.

BALNARRING BEACH

AUCTION: SATURDAY, 11th May at 1pm

HASTINGS

$235,000 plus

Inspect Saturday 12.30-1.00pm - 58 Balnarring Beach Road

WHAT A RIPPER! RENOVATED AND SOLID AS A ROCK!

REALISATION AUCTION - MUST BE SOLD! PEARLER ON THE GOLDEN MILE Situated on arguably Balnarring’s most sought after stretches of road and surrounded by serene farm land is your opportunity to build on, build up or start again! Features Include: • EHGURRP ÀEUR FHPHQW KRPH ZLWK VHOI FRQWDLQHG DQG SOXPEHG VWXGLR DW UHDU • Separate living and dining areas •:HOO PDLQWDLQHG RULJLQDO ÀWWLQJV • Double lock up garage •Yard with established gardens and plenty of fruit trees • Prior offers considered

SOMERVILLE

$300,000 plus

• Three bedrooms all with built-in robes • Separate living and dining areas • Updated kitchen with plenty storage space and s/steel stove • Updated bathroom with vanity and shower screen glazing • Large split level backyard • Double lock-up garage

VENDOR TESTIMONIAL

I thought your handling of the sale of our house has been done skilfully and expertly. You did a great job, at all times you had our best interests at heart. Keep up the great work, thank-you for all of the help and energy you put into our sale. Great Job! Regards, Wendy 68 Lorimer Street Crib Point

LOW MAINTENANCE AND CENTRAL • 2 bedrooms, master with WIR, BIR to 2nd bedroom • Dual-entry bathroom • Separate living and dining areas • Well-appointed kitchen • Paved courtyard at rear • Single lock-up garage with workspace

A lifestyle village for the over 50s 249 High Street Hastings, Victoria 3915 www.peninsula parklands.com.au $145,000

$169,900

The lifestyle you want The freedom you deserve email us at info@penpark.com.au 5979

$170,000 Sample only

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- Safe - Affordable - Secure, long term lease A.H. Brad Wilcox 0419 583 634 $190,000

$209,000

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zLow maintenance z24 hour security access zA carefree lifestyle zFreedom to travel zEconomical zFull-time on site managers zSocial club zCommunity centre

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INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL

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Wax on, wax off

Premium venue

OFFERED for sale for the first time, this profitable beauty therapy business can be easily run by the owner operator. Trading hours are 9am to 5pm Tuesday to Friday and 9am to 1pm on Saturday. The rent is a low $712.37 a calendar month. Gross profit is 88 per cent of the total income and overheads are low. The business has a good client base and also sells beauty-related products. An extensive list of chattels includes equipment for manicures and pedicures, waxing and spray tanning. A washing machine and dryer and all shop fittings including air-conditioner are included. This is a great opportunity to walk into a well-established business and continue trading where the current owner has left off.

THE Pig and Whistle Hotel at Bayview Estate Winery has established a superb reputation for quality entertainment, food and beverages. The two-hectare property has several high-quality venues for guests to enjoy. A bar and bistro area has seating for up to 60 people and the restaurant holds 120 people. There is a beer garden and outdoor area that can seat up to 200 and the cellar can accommodate up to 40 people for wine tasting and sales. The land is planted with pinot gris vines.Other buildings on the property include a 330-square metre machinery shed and a luxurious five-bedroom residence with swimming pool surrounded by landscaped gardens.

Beauty therapy, FRANKSTON Price: On Application Agency: Tallon First National Real Estate, 35 High Street, Hastings, 5979 3000 Agent: Dominic Tallon, 0408 528 857

Hospitality, MAIN RIDGE Price: $3.9 million (business and freehold) Agency: Kevin Wright Commercial, 72 Main Street, Mornington, 5977 2255 Agent: Russell Murphy, 0407 839 184

Clever deck

Great ambience POPULAR not only with locals but also tourists, this well-established restaurant is in Balnarring Village shopping village. The licensed premise trades from 10am Wednesday to Sunday. The current owner has been in place for three years and trained, experienced staff are in place to assist new owners.

FOR any suitable skilled handy or tradesman, this is a great opportunity to break out on your own and be your own boss. This business specialises in the installation of new timber decking and the repair and maintenance of existing decks. Operating for more than eight years, the business shows strong takings and great profits. Included in the sale are all tools and a company website and trademark. Full training provided if required.

Restaurant, BALNARRING Price: $150,000 + SAV Agency: Kevin Wright Real Estate, 72 Main Street, Mornington, 5977 2255 Agent: Kevin Wright, 0417 564 454

Timber decking repair and maintenance, MORNINGTON PENINSULA Price: $110,000 Agency: Kevin Wright Real Estate, 72 Main Street, Mornington, 5977 2255 Agent: Russell Murphy, 0407 839 184

To advertise in the commercial real estate section of Western Port News, contact Jason Richardson on 0421 190 318 or jason@mpnews.com.au

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To your good health

Work- life balance

OPERATING from the same location for 40 years, with excellent exposure to Point Nepean Road, this business trades Monday to Saturday and shows good profits. Trained staff are in place with the business mainly selling supplements, vitamins, minerals, herbal formulas, retail and practitionersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; stock, with a selection of specialty foods and organic clothing. The premises has a massage room, and four days a week a clinic is operated by various qualified practitioners. Health food retailer, ROSEBUD Price: $190,000 plus SAV Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588 Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

ESTABLISHED in the busy Mornington Industrial Estate for around 30 years, this certainly well-known business has built up an excellent client base and reputation. Opening hours are 6am to 3pm, Monday to Friday creating an excellent work-life balance, and the compact shop is easy to run with rent only $916 plus GST per month. Currently operated by both owners with four casual staff. Industrial takeaway, MORNINGTON Price: $182,000 plus SAV Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588 Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Business Sales Specialists www.latessabusiness.com.au

50 Playne Street Frankston

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Tony Latessa: 0412 525 151

No. 1 REIV Accredited Business Agent in Victoria 32 years selling experience based on honesty and reliability REIV Business Brokers Committee Member

WESTERN PORT real estate 23 April 2013

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&Žƌ >ĞĂƐĞ ʹ DŽƌŶŝŶŐƚŽŶ

&Žƌ ^ĂůĞ ʹ ĂƌƌƵŵ ŽǁŶƐ

For Sale – Mornington

dĂŶǇĂ ^ĐĂŐůŝĂƌŝŶŝ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ĂƐ ŽƵƌ new Commercial Leasing Specialist. WůĞĂƐĞ ĐĂůů Ϭϰϯϴ Ϯϴϵ ϴϱϵ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ůĞĂƐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ management inquiries.

ůŽƐĞ dŽ dŽǁŶ ĞŶƚƌĞ dŚŝƐ ǁĞůůͲƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ϴϬƐƋŵ ƐŚŽƉ ũƵƐƚ Žī ƚŚĞ DĂŝŶ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ůĞĂƐĞ͘ DŽǀĞ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ƚŽ ƐĞĐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉƌĞŵŝƐĞƐ͘

/ĚĞĂů ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ĨŽƌ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŚĂƐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůůǇ ŽƉĞƌĂƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ϴ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ƐŚŽǁƌŽŽŵ Θ ĨĂĐƚŽƌǇ ĂůŽŶŐ &ƌĂŶŬƐƚŽŶͲ ĂŶĚĞŶŽŶŐ ZĚ͘ ^ƉĞĐŝĂůŝƐŝŶŐ ŝŶ mowers and associated products with repairs and sales. ^ƚŽĐŬƐ ŵĂũŽƌ ďƌĂŶĚƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ <ĂǁĂƐĂŬŝ͕ ĐŚŽ͕ ^ŚŝŶĚĂŝǁĂ͕ ^ƵƉĞƌƐǁŝŌ͕ WƌŽͲƐĐĂƉĞ ĂŶĚ dW ͘

Sale Price: $420,000 + SAV ŽŶƚĂĐƚ͗ <ĞǀŝŶ tƌŝŐŚƚ Ϭϰϭϳ ϱϲϰ ϰϱϰ

>ĞĂƐĞ WƌŝĐĞ͗ ΨϱϰϮ͘ϯϬ ƉĞƌ ǁĞĞŬ н '^d н K'^ Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

Sale Price: $130,000 + SAV Contact: Leigh Donovan 0418 106 309

&Žƌ ^ĂůĞ ʹ DŽƌŶŝŶŐƚŽŶ WĞŶŝŶƐƵůĂ

&Žƌ >ĞĂƐĞ Ͳ ZĞĚ ,ŝůů

For Sale – Mornington

For Sale – Mount Eliza

WĞƌĨĞĐƚ dǁŽ WĞƌƐŽŶ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ

ZĞƚĂŝů ŚŝĐŬĞŶ &ƌĂŶĐŚŝƐĞ ŝŐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐƐ͕ ůŽŶŐ ƚĞƌŵ ůĞĂƐĞ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͘ Ğ ǀĞƌǇ ƋƵŝĐŬ ƚŽ ƐĞĐƵƌĞ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĂďƵůŽƵƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ŽŌĞŶ ƌĂŶŬĞĚ EŽ͘ ϭ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌǇ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ >ĞŶĂƌĚƐ ĨƌĂŶĐŚŝƐĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ͘ tŝůů ŐŽ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ͊

Vacant Block

WƌŝĐĞ ZĞĚƵĐĞĚ Ͳ hƌŐĞŶƚ ^ĂůĞ

WƌŝŵĞ WŽƐŝƟŽŶ

ǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ ƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ďƵƌŐĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĮƐŚ ĂŶĚ ĐŚŝƉƐ͘ WƌĞŵŝƐĞƐ ŚĂƐ Ă ůŽŶŐ ůĞĂƐĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐƐ ŽĨ ĂƉƉƌŽǆ͘ Ψϲ͕ϱϬϬ Ɖͬǁ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂů ƐŵĂůů ĨĂŵŝůǇ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ǁĞůůͲŬŶŽǁŶ ŝŶ the town.

^ŝƚƵĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶ WĞƌĨĞĐƚ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂƌƚ ŽĨ ZĞĚ ,ŝůů ^ŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ĞŶƚƌĞ ĂŶĚ DĐ ƌĂĞ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ďƵƐǇ WŝǌǌĞƌŝĂ ŝƐ ĨƵůůǇ ůŝĐĞŶƐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞĂƟŶŐ ĂĚũĂĐĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƉŝĐƵƌĞĂŶ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŝƐ ϴϬ ƐƋŵ ŽĨ ƉƌŝŵĞ ƌĞƚĂŝů ĨŽƌ ϭϬϬ ƉĂƚƌŽŶƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ůŽŶŐ ƚĞƌŵ ůĞĂƐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ƐƉĂĐĞ͘ ǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŶŽǁ͕ ĐĂůů ƚŽ ŝŶƐƉĞĐƚ͘ ŝƐ ƉƌŝĐĞĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ƋƵŝĐŬ ƐĂůĞ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ŚĂƐ ĂŶ ĞǆƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ Įƚ ŽƵƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƐŝƚƵĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ƐƚƌŝƉ͘

Sale Price: $95,000 + SAV Contact: Leigh Donovan 0418 106 309

^ĂůĞ WƌŝĐĞ͗ KŶ ƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ŽŶƚĂĐƚ ZƵƐƐĞůů DƵƌƉŚǇ ϬϰϬϳ ϴϯϵ ϭϴϰ

>ĞĂƐĞ WƌŝĐĞ͗ ΨϮϮϬϬƉĐŵ н '^d н K'^ Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

Sale Price: $249,000 ŽŶƚĂĐƚ͗ ZƵƐƐĞůů DƵƌƉŚǇ ϬϰϬϳ ϴϯϵ ϭϴϰ

AS LE KĸĐĞ ^ƉĂĐĞ

ǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ͕ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ <ĂƌŝŶŐĂů ,Ƶď ^ŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ĞŶƚƌĞ͘ ϭϮŵϮ ŽĨ ŽĸĐĞ ƐƉĂĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ůĂƌŐĞ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ ĐůŽƐĞƚ͕ tŝͲ&ŝ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ͕ ĂŝƌͲĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶĞĚ͕ ŚĞĂƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǁĞůůͲůŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞĐƵƌŝƚǇ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŽĸĐĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ƚŽƚĂůůŝŶŐ ϮϮŵϮ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽƵƌƚǇĂƌĚ ŽƵƚůŽŽŬ Λ ΨϵϱϬ ƉĐŵ Ăůů ŝŶĐůƵƐŝǀĞ͘ WĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĨŽƌ ƌŽŬĞƌ͕ ĐĐŽƵŶƚĂŶƚ͕ ^ŽůŝĐŝƚŽƌ ĞƚĐ͘

>ĞĂƐĞ WƌŝĐĞ͗ ΨϱϬϬ ƉĐŵ Ăůů ŝŶĐůƵƐŝǀĞ Contact: Leigh Donovan 0418 106 309

EŽƚ :ƵƐƚ &ĂĐƚŽƌǇ

'ƌĞĂƚ KƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ

^ŚŽƉ &Žƌ >ĞĂƐĞ

dŚĞ 'ĂƌůŝĐ <ŝƐƐ ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ŝƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ͘ ƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ϱ ůƵŶĐŚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ϰ ĚŝŶŶĞƌƐ ƉĞƌ ǁĞĞŬ ĂŶĚ ĐůŽƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ϱ ǁĞĞŬƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŚĂƐ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ƐĐŽƉĞ ƚŽ increase trade.

ZĂƌĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƐĞĐƵƌĞ ƚŚŝƐ ƚǁŽ ůĞǀĞů ƐŝƚĞ ŝŶ ĂƌŐƵĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŽŶ KĐĞĂŶ ĞĂĐŚ ZŽĂĚ͘ ^ƵŝƚĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ ƵƐĞƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŽĸĐĞƐ͕ ƌĞƚĂŝů͕ ĚĂǇ ƐƉĂ ĞƚĐ͘ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĞŶĚůĞƐƐ͘ EŽ ĞŶƚƌǇ ĨĞĞƐ͘ dƌĂŶƐĨĞƌ ŽĨ ůĞĂƐĞ ŽŶůǇ͕ ǀĂĐĂŶƚ possession.

>ĞĂƐĞ WƌŝĐĞ ΨϮ͕ϯϬϬ W D н '^dнK' ŽŶƚĂĐƚ ZƵƐƐĞůů DƵƌƉŚǇ ϬϰϬϳ ϴϯϵ ϭϴϰ

^ĂůĞ WƌŝĐĞ͗ ΨϭϴϬ͕ϬϬϬ t͘/͘t͘K ŽŶƚĂĐƚ͗ ZƵƐƐĞůů DƵƌƉŚǇ ϬϰϬϳ ϴϯϵ ϭϴϰ

>ĞĂƐĞ WƌŝĐĞ͗ ΨϲϱϬϬƉĐŵ н '^d н K'^ Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

'ƌĞĂƚ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŽĸĐĞͬǁĂƌĞŚŽƵƐĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ ƐƉĂĐĞ ŝƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ZŽƐĞďƵĚ /ŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů ƐƚĂƚĞ͘ ƚŽƚĂů ĂƌĞĂ ŽĨ ĂƉƉƌŽǆ ϰϮϬƐƋŵ ŽĨ ƵƐĞĂďůĞ ƐƉĂĐĞ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ϴϬƐƋŵ ŽĨ ŵĞǌǌĂŶŝŶĞ͘ DƵůƟƉůĞ ĐĂƌ ƉĂƌŬŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƐŝƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŵĂůů ĨƌŽŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂƌ ǇĂƌĚƐ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚŝƐ ĂŶ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ǁĞůů ǁŽƌƚŚ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐ͘

&Žƌ >ĞĂƐĞ Ͳ DŽƌŶŝŶŐƚŽŶ

&Žƌ ^ĂůĞ Ͳ ŝƩĞƌŶ

&Žƌ >ĞĂƐĞ Ͳ ZĞĚ ,ŝůů

KĸĐĞ Žƌ ZĞƚĂŝů Ͳ >ĂƐƚ ^ŚŽƉ /Ŷ sŝůůĂŐĞ

&Žƌ >ĞĂƐĞ ʹ ^ŽƌƌĞŶƚŽ

For Sale – Mornington

&Žƌ >ĞĂƐĞ Ͳ ZŽƐĞďƵĚ

&Žƌ >ĞĂƐĞ Ͳ &ƌĂŶŬƐƚŽŶ

Prime vacant land well located in the Mornington Industrial Estate. •810sqm approx. •Zoned Industrial 3 ͻDŽƟǀĂƚĞĚ ǀĞŶĚŽƌ ŵƵƐƚ ƐĞůů

Well-Known Cafe & Takeaway

KƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ <ŶŽĐŬƐ

WĂŶƚŽŶ ,ŽƵƐĞ

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Wartime crash the second on Arthurs Seat By Matt Vowell Arthurs Seat has been the scene of two RAAF aircraft crashes. The first involved an Avro Anson A4 on 10 August 1938, resulting in the loss of four lives and only one survivor. The second saw a Bristol Beaufort A9-64 crash on 12 July 1942, with all four crewmen killed. This is the story of the Bristol Beaufort crash. *** IT was 7am on Sunday 12 July 1942. Four RAAF members were manning a Bristol Beaufort A9-64. The Beaufort, which was a British twinengined torpedo bomber, was flying lower than usual in low clouds and mist when without warning, the peak Arthurs Seat in Dromana appeared out of the fog. The pilot responded and hastily pitched the aircraft up. The summit of Arthurs Seat was narrowly missed. However, the pilot stalled and lost control of the aircraft and it came plummeting back down, dropping into the densely forested area just south Arthurs Seat lookout tower, in the scrub lands. All four crew members in the plane were killed instantly on impact. This was the second aeroplane crash at Arthurs Seat in five years. The previous incident involved an Avro Anson A4 bomber which crashed on 10 August 1938 under similar circumstances. The crew members killed in the Bristol Beaufort crash were Field Officer Robert Elcoate, 24, of Melbourne; Sergeant Dudley Merton Wehl, 22, of Capella, Qld; Sergeant

James Robert Axon, 22, of Brisbane, Qld; and Sergeant Charles Martin Redgrave, 32, of Grafton, NSW. The crashed Beaufort bomber was salvaged and scrapped for parts in August, not long after the crash in July. Prior to the crash, the Beaufort A9 Bomber had a quite interesting history in Australia. British designed, the Beaufort aircraft was built in Australia to help with the war effort during the World War II. The planes were produced at a factory at Fishermans Bend in Melbourne and at the Mascot factory in Sydney. To accelerate initial progress, parts for eight complete aeroplanes were supplied from Bristol in the UK. After using the parts for those planes, future planes were built with locally available resources. The ability to manufacture the Beaufort in parts was one of the primary reasons it was chosen for war service over other planes. A majority of the workload was contracted to railway workshops. The front fuselage, undercarriage and stern frames were built at the Chullora Railway Workshop in Sydney, while the rear fuselage was built at the Newport Workshop in Melbourne. All the parts were brought in and pieced together at Fishermans Bend, where many women were employed to help with the war effort. The first Australian-assembled Beaufort, the A9-1, was completed with British supplied parts and had its maiden flight on 5 May 1941.

The first Beaufort A9 using Australian parts came off the production line in August of the same year. The Beaufort was most prominently used by the Royal Australian Air Force in the Pacific until the end of the World War II. Production of the Beaufort A9s ceased in August 1944, by which time about 700 Australian Beauforts had been built. A monumental plaque dedicated to all those who died in the two bomber crashes was unveiled and dedicated on July 12 1995, to mark the 53rd anniversary of the Beaufort crash. It was designed and constructed by the Dromana and District Historical Society in memory of the crews involved.

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OUR ANZACS Mornington man mortally wounded in Gallipoli assault By Matt Vowell FREDERICK Ernest Wilson, or Ernie as he was commonly known, was born in Mornington on 28 August 1889. He was the son of William McDonald Wilson and Emily Matilda Wilson (nee Horton) of Hastings. He was the third of twelve children who lived around the Hastings and Mornington areas. Growing up, he worked as a labourer. Prior to enlistment after the breakout of the First World War, he worked in the artillery militia for three years, before it

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a fortnight of declaration. The battalion was raised in Victoria, and with the 6th, 7th and 8th Battalions, they made up the 2nd Brigade. Ernie’s battalion boarded the HMAT Themistocles in Melbourne on 22 December 1914. Upon arrival in Egypt, the 5th Battalion began their training and preparation for the upcoming Gallipoli assault. The assault against the Turkish was planned for months before. However, in the lead-up to the attack five Allied battleships were sunk by mines in the Dardanelles straits, which were defend-

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wounds on 3 May 1915. Although in the following months, Wilson’s sister made many written enquiries, none of Ern’s belongings were ever recovered. The Gallipoli Landing turned into a lengthy battle and a massacre of Allied troops. After many months of brutal combat, in which no virtually no enemy ground was taken by the Allies, the British called for the attack to be called off, and for all Allied troops to evacuate. Ironically, unbeknown to Allied commanders, the defending enemy were out of ammunition, which would have made it possible to pass through the strait and into Constantinople with relative ease. Had they known, tens of thousands of lives could have been saved, and it would have been a very different war. Although his effects were never returned home to his family, Frederick Ernest Wilson’s grand sacrifice for his country is recorded on the War Memorial Monument at the Hastings foreshore, where he is listed as ‘E Wilson’, with the ‘E’ an abbreviation for Ernie. Frederick’s name is also located at Panel 45 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. After the catastrophic Gallipoli Landing, the 5th Battalion went on to fight in many pivotal battles at Cape Helles, ANZAC Cove, Lone Pine and on the Western Front. The Battalion fought all the way up to the peace treaty which marked the end of the war. They returned home after that, having lost a great majority of their numbers in battle, so much so that the returning troops from the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Battalions were amalgamated to form the 2nd Brigade Battalion.

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LESLEY Theodore Streete was born at Alstonville, New South Wales, on 12 August 1922 to Albert and Polly. His father was employed by the Post Office (or PMG as it was then known) and Polly was a hairdresser. Les had two younger brothers: Ivan and Cecil. When the family moved to Lismore, all of the boys became heavily involved in sport. Ivan was a keen bike rider and Les excelled at football, tennis and athletics. He was also a keen boxer and became the Northern NSW featherweight champion, undefeated in 13 bouts. Les left Lismore High School with his Intermediate Certificate and started work as an apprentice motor mechanic at Robinson’s garage. He would have liked to become a teacher but the family could not afford the

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OUR ANZACS additional costs of education. In 1940 Les was called up for the militia and sent to Maitland in NSW. He subsequently transferred to the Australian Imperial Force. When Les was 10 years old his mother had taken him on a joy flight in the Southern Cross flown by Kingsford-Smith. It was at that point that Les decided he wanted to be a pilot. Accordingly, when the government called for volunteers for the Empire Air Training Scheme, Les put in for another transfer. On 1 January 1943, Les was sent to the 2nd Initial Training School at Bradfield Park where he received a course in ground instruction lasting until the end of March. For his preliminary training he drew Narromine in the north-west of NSW. In May and June of 1943 Les developed a proficiency at flying the Tiger Moth and this was supplemented by many hours of class instruction. The results at Narromine earned Les a place in the advanced training course in Canada. By 24 August 1943 Les and a number of other Australian pilots had commenced a 16-week course on fighter trainers at No.6 Service Flight Training School at Dunnville, Canada. The planes they would train on were Harvards - worlds away from the little Tiger Moths. On 10 December 1943, Les was presented with his wings and was posted to an operational training unit at Bagotville in Northern Quebec on the Saguenay River. By February 1944 Les and his colleagues had commenced advanced pilot training in severe weather conditions; proficiency at instrument flying was mandatory. The pilots had now moved on to the faster Hurricanes.

After some formation practice on 20 March 1944 Les was ordered to take his Hurricane to 28,000 feet. At 25,000 feet, without warning, the cockpit began to fill with smoke and fumes. When he noticed flames below his seating area, Les realised he had to get out since a full explosion, totally destroying the aircraft and killing him in the process, was the likely outcome. At 20,000 feet he was still too high to bale out, but the risks of remaining were too great. The lack of oxygen at this height would give him precious seconds before hypoxia would send him unconscious. Les, putting into practice the drill to exit the aircraft, exited through the open canopy and into the airstream. The bitterly cold air grabbed him and he seemed to lose all sense of time. Then he was brought back into focus as the parachute opened with a jolt. Looking up, Les saw what he still considers â&#x20AC;&#x153;..the most beautiful sight I have ever seen; the shape of the silk parachute above me.â&#x20AC;? Unfortunately the jolt had shaken off one of his boots and the cold was excruciating. Eventually Les drifted into a cluster of fir trees. His first action was to tear some silk from his parachute to wrap around his foot. With some difficulty Les extricated himself from the fir trees and made his way to a cabin only 100 yards away. There he burst in on two startled French-Canadian women. The ladies gave Les some warm soup, and a sock and shoe to replace the missing boot. While he was waiting to be collected by someone from his base, the ladies busied themselves in sewing a section of the parachute into a scarf. Embroidered, in one corner, in royal blue thread, was an inscription in French; trans-

lated it states, â&#x20AC;&#x153;My life saved by this. 20th March, 1944.â&#x20AC;? After that day Les always flew with that scarf and it received an annual outing each Anzac Day. Although sabotage was suspected since two other Hurricanes from the base had inexplicably caught fire, Les resumed flight training the next day, and for the next two days he was involved in formation flying and mock attacks. His final training course in Canada was at the No.36 Operational Training Unit at Greenwood (Nova Scotia), a Mosquito base. This course lasted until 2 June. When Les arrived in England he was posted to No.57 Operational Training Unit at Eshott, Northumberland. It soon became apparent that pilots there were being trained to fly Spitfires, and their training course continued until 3 November. By the end of that month Les had been posted to 66 Squadron where he would fly Spitfires from a base in Belgium. The Spitfire was a superb fighting aircraft, and by the end of the war 20,334 had been produced. As it happened, Lesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entire combat experience was to be from the cockpit of the Spitfire Mark XVI. By late 1944 the days of the big bombing raids and the dogfights were almost over. By then the Spitfire was being used predominantly to strike at targets on the ground. Accordingly, the armaments of the Mark XVI typically consisted of two Hispano 20mm cannons and two .50 inch Browning machine guns. In addition it could be configured to carry 1000 lbs of bombs; a central 500 lb bomb and a single 250 lb bomb slung under each wing. As the drive into Germany entered its final stages, the aircraft was fitted with a number

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As the Allies advanced 66 Squadron moved to new bases: Woensdrecht, Schijndel, and then Rheine. It was then decided to disband 66 Squadron. Of the original 36 pilots, only three were left. By early June Les was back in England learning to fly the latest fighter, the Tempest. In mid-June he received his commission; he was now Flying Officer Les Streete. When Les returned to Lismore in September 1945 he was a troubled man. Bad memories flooded his mind: of close mates shot down over Holland and Germany, and of Dutch civilians fleeing when his squadron was ordered

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Officer and a shopkeeper: Les Streete on the occasion of promotion to Flying Officer. Right, after the war Les ventured into business with Streete’s Corner Store in Rye.

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Les and the Stawell Gift ON his return to Lismore in 1945, while still dealing with his memories, Les joined the local athletic club where he met Bert Hicks. Bert was a local trainer who had retired from Victoria to be near his two sons. He noticed that Les was quite fast, and told him about the Stawell Gift which was run every Easter in Victoria. Bert said he had a contact in Victoria, a highly respected trainer named Ron Wilson. So Les entered the 1946 Gift where he was beaten in the semi-final by the eventual winner, Tommy Deane. (Tommy, a young footballer from Tatura, had been trained by the 1933 winner, Goldie Heath from Baillieston East. Heath, running in the Depression years, was attacked on the morning of the final when, according to the official record, “...a vicious attempt was made to kick and injure him. Because of his presence of mind, Heath skilfully evaded the onslaught, and was not lacking in the courage to deal out a little justice for himself.”) Although 1946 might have been a disappointment, Ron Wilson introduced Les to a Mr Harry Anderson who owned a hosiery factory in Coburg; he said with more experience and proper training he would sponsor Les for the 1947 Gift. Les trained enthusiastically, often at Rye during weekends as Mr Anderson had a holiday house there. The 1947 final was strongly disputed and is so controversial that it is shown every Easter as part of

The squad: Les (middle row, third from the right) with his E.A.T.S. training squad.

The finish: Stawell final of 1947. Les in the centre with white top.

the TV commentary. These were the days before electronic timing and it was not until 1949 that the first step was taken in that direction with the Draper Electronic Finish Machine. In 1947 the accuracy of the judges was therefore paramount. The only “evidence” is the press photograph (above) which was taken front-on as the five runners hit the finish line. Les recalled, “I thought I had won it and the judges initially awarded me the race. However further consultation between the judges took place and the decision was overturned, with the two contestants

on either side of me (Gardiner and Martin) judged to be joint winners. Gardiner should have been disqualified as he broke the tape with his mouth rather than his chest. Martin won the run-off later in the day and it was decided that I had in fact run last! According to the rumours that swept through Stawell at the time, one of the joint winners had a close family connection with one of the judges. We thought of taking court action but were told that the judges’ decision was final. I was still only 25 but the events of 1947 killed off my enthusiasm.”

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The Empire Air Training Scheme BY the early 1940s the war planners in England had foreseen that the number of pilots, co-pilots, navigators, engineers, gunners, observers, bombardiers, and radio operators would grow to a stage where their own training facilities would not be able to meet the demand. The RAF requirements for the war against the Axis powers would run to 50,000 men per year. Britain could supply 22,000. The Empire Air Training Scheme (E.A.T.S.) was designed to make up

the projected shortfall, with personnel coming from Australia, South Africa, Rhodesia, New Zealand, and Canada. Ultimately 37,000 Australians were trained under the E.A.T.S. Most went to Canada for advanced training, though some were trained in Australia to fighter pilot standard before being sent straight into the squadrons. Excerpt from Page 21 of ‘Never Been Hit’ by Peter Fitton.

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Too close for comfort - Les vs. the V-1 By Peter Fitton THE last day of 1944 would be a busy day for Les. He would fly three missions. Flying LZ-Q in the morning, the Squadron escorted a force of Boston bombers to the Namea area of Holland. This was in central Holland, close to Apeldoorn. It was bitterly cold, but without snow or rain. The countryside almost appeared in black and white tones, with patches of grey, patches of snow and the occasional tint of drab green. At 10.00 hours they linked up with the

bombers. It was while the fighters were weaving above them that Les thought he saw something.. Signalling to his flight, he moved off towards the object. It was as small as it was fast. Les only noticed it because of the flame. Since he had arrived at Bergen Op Zoom, these things had been raining down at random. The mission this day was to provide cover to a flight of Bostons. But, glancing around, he noticed that all was quiet; no enemy fighters, no flak, just this unendur-

able coldness. Les moved his hand to the throttle. At the same time he shoved his spade control over to starboard. The Spitfire nosed over as he peeled away towards the V-1. The flying bomb was moving across and away from him. Hand still on the throttle, Les squeezed on maximum power. The PackardMerlin engine bellowed with a growl that reverberated through the airframe. He was at full boost. Two thousand horses were out front and they were screaming to get loose.

The four-bladed air screw was in coarse pitch, the maximum twist on the blades. It drew the aircraft forward with a surge that pressed Les back in his seat. By then all he could see of the V-1 was the little flame coming from its pulse jet. From a different angle it would have been lost to sight. The Germans had painted it well. Its dark grey-green colour made it blend to perfection with the equally dark countryside. It was just that they had not succeeded in masking the flame. Les looked back towards his flight. They were merely dots against the lighter background of cloud. A look at his instruments. Another glance around. As he did this, it came to him as in class, “Keep a proper watch. Don’t sit looking about. Scan the middle distance, then further away. Move across from left to right. Run your eye over the instruments in between. Check above and keep alert for bandits.” His airspeed was 380 mph and still creeping up. A little forward pressure on the spade control and the nose of the Spitfire dropped slightly. Les thought, “That’s better.” He needed more airspeed to catch the V-1 and with the slight dive he had his aircraft close to 400 mph. The noise from engine and slipstream was incredible. He was getting closer. A look around. Overhead clear. Nothing in view out the sides. Lift up the safety cap on the circular firing handle. Reaching towards his dash mounted gun-sight, Les twisted the dial, filling the circular graticule with the image of the V-1. Not delaying, he

squeezed off a burst from his two half inch Browning machine guns. The tracers surged forward. They hit but there was no difference. Les took aim again, this time rolling his thumb so that it would press the cannon button as well. Rapid firing 20mm with an explosive warhead. Pressing the trigger, his plane shook and slowed. The smoke spat forward from both wings as Les watched the shells streak towards the quarry. The next thing, the V-1 exploded. A violent eruption of an explosion. No notice. Just bang. The V-1 had seemed so small, yet the violence of the disintegration shocked him. He had forgotten that its payload was nearly a ton. In an instant his aircraft flew through this tangle of fire and wreckage. With a crash, he was through it and into clear sky again. Was he part of the wreckage? His reaction was to sit and wait. A second or two. No. The Spitfire was still under control. But there was a difference. He could feel it. No fire. No loss of control. What then? He banked and headed back to his Squadron and the flight of Bostons. Back to base. He landed normally and taxied to dispersal. His ground crew came towards him at a trot. They were pointing. It was only when Les climbed out of the cockpit that he could hear their chatter. The propeller spinner had been blown off, yet the aircraft was otherwise undamaged. He walked towards them smiling but could feel the palms of his hands were warm and moist. Excerpt from pages 121-126 of ‘Never Been Hit’ by Peter Fitton.

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Five VCs in a day - the battle for Lone Pine

On enemy ground: Australian soldiers occupy a captured Turkish trench at Lone Pine on 6 August 1915.

FOR many decades after the First World War, Australians were mesmerised by the legend of Gallipoli. An avalanche of books told of the heroic actions of the Diggers, and the anniversary of the landing at what became known as Anzac Cove was adopted as our national day of remembrance. About 20 years ago historians began to point out that, while we had glorified the brave but ill-fated deeds at Gallipoli, we had tended to overlook the achievements of our soldiers on the Western Front where so many more suffered, were wounded or killed. Accordingly, over the past decade or so, there has been a steady stream of historical accounts of the achievements of the AIF in France and Belgium. One such book was “Somme Mud” by E.P.F.Lynch which was reviewed in the special Anzac Day edition of the News in 2012. Whilst there is now more of a balance between publications focusing on the Western Front as opposed to Gallipoli, it must be acknowledged that one of the outstanding war histories to come out in the past year was “The Battle for Lone Pine-Four Days of Hell at the Heart of Gallipoli’ by David W. Cameron. The Battle for Lone Pine extended from 6th-9th March, 1915 and was Australia’s only victory at Gallipoli. The battle was one of the toughest

and most brutal fought by Australians in any war, and comprised intense hand-to-hand fighting and bombing in an area covering just a few hectares, with Australian and Turkish trenches often only a few metres apart. Men used anything to gain an advantage in the close confines, including fists, bayonets, knives, rifle butts and entrenching tools. Close to 2800 Australians became casualties during these four days, and Turkish casualties were said to be at least double that number. Unlike most battles in the Great War, casualties at Lone Pine were not dominated by artillery and machinegun fire, but from small-arms, bayonets and home-made bombs. Whilst the Turks had cricket ball bombs (grenades), the Diggers had to respond with bombs “manufactured” in great number from empty jam tins. In the claustrophobic maze of trenches, clogged with the dead and dying, surprise encounters resulting in fierce isolated skirmishes, and the sudden appearance of a bomb, which might be lobbed back and forth several times before it exploded, added psychological horrors to the ordeal. Of the 9 Victoria Crosses awarded to Australians for the Gallipoli campaign, 7 were for outstanding actions of bravery and valour during those four days at Lone Pine. In fact 5 were earned in a single day of the fighting, a record in Australian

military history. Many believed a host of others would also have made worthy V.C. Recipients, but the officers who were intent on nominating them died fighting at Lone Pine before they could put pen to paper; all of the battalion commanders who took part in the initial attack became casualties and two of them were killed. It is perhaps fitting that Australia’s official commemoration of the Gallipoli conflict is conducted each Anzac Day at the Lone Pine Cemetery, built over what was in 1915 the no-man’sland between Australian and Turkish trenches. David Cameron’s book is very detailed and is largely based on diaries and other first-hand accounts. It is also extremely graphic. Below are several extracts from his work but be warned: they are not for those inclined to be squeamish! However no matter how grim the situation might be, the Diggers always attempted to find some humour, and this is reflected in the last extract. *** A Rescue from No-Man’s -Land (Page 102) One of the men in Leane’s Trench was looking through a periscope and noticed an Australian slowly and painfully trying to get up. Medical orderly Private Bertram Winzar, of the 11th Battalion, without hesitation shed all his equipment excepting his

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Bewildered: This iconic photograph shows Captain Leslie Morshead and Private James Bryant is one of the best known from the whole Gallipoli campaign. It is daylight and Morshead is looking up at the parapet covered with Australian dead. One manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leg is protruding into the trench. Morshead, wearing an officerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cap, has a bewildered look on his face. A bayonet has been thrust into the side of the trench wall, the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s equipment hanging off it. Morsheadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhausted men are sitting on a firing step - one looks straight into the camera, almost accusingly. All seems quiet - no weapons (except for the bayonet - can be seen anywhere in the image. Standing next to Morshead, wearing a slouch hat and also staring straight into the camera is the 24 year old farmer from Stawell, Private James Bryant. Both would survive this world war to fight in the next; Morshead as a Lieutenant General who lead the ninth division of the AIF at Tobruk.

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OUR ANZACS *** The Headless Bugler (Page 124) With a loud chorus of cheers that could be heard above the sound of exploding Turkish shells, three waves of 600 men each, in a scatter of falling sandbags and earth, scrambled from the Australian trenches into no-man’s-land. Shells came shrieking-one decapitating a bugler, whose headless body ran on for several yards before it dropped. Red flashes from a thousand rifle barrels erupted. Lieutenant Eric Wren of the 3rd Battalion described the horrific scene: “Khaki figures that were not moving. Men lying huddled together as if awaiting another signal to move forward. Yes, some were moving-twitching. Others-crawling away-or trying tomaimed-dying. All were perfectly still-a spent wave of dead men. But there were others-they ran-they stumbled-always going forward.... The enemy’s fire opened so quickly that many men fell back killed or wounded into the trenches they had just left.... *** Young Angelo (Page 172) In Lone Pine there was no place safe for the wounded. Private Angelo Humphries, who had put his age at eighteen on enlisting, had attacked the Turkish trenches but had been wounded in the left thigh and head. He looked around to see if he knew anybody alongside him and noticed that his cobber, 36-year-old Sydney labourer Private Sidney McClure, was also wounded. McClure had taken the youngster under his wing since training in Egypt, defending Angelo’s right to remain a teetotaller. Some of the men had begun to call

Angelo names , until Sidney put a stop to it. Angelo crawled over to Sidney and began to bandage his wounds but almost immediately felt dizzy from the loss of blood. Angelo later recalled Sidney’s instructions to him: “Lay down, sonny, and when you feel better you can bandage me up.”I lay down and he said “We are fairly safe here.”With that a shot came past me and killed him instantly. Sidney has no known grave and is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial. Angelo was later evacuated back to a hospital in Egypt and then onto Australia. He was discharged in early 1916, not only as a result of his wounds, but due to a letter from his parents to the Department of Defence after they had heard of his enlistment and wounding, stating that their son was just fifteen years old. *** Time for a Laugh (Page 230) Had there not been some moments of humour during those terrible hours, I am sure no man could have survived. During the climax of the fighting on the Saturday Sergeant Campbell managed to provide a laugh for those present at his expense: “A sturdy bullocky of the Third(Battalion) stuck his head over the lip of the crater at the bottom of the trench and saw Mule Valley below him crowded with Turks. He shouted “Look. There are millions of the bastards down there”, but his speech was cut short by a sniper’s bullet that removed the whole of his top front teeth, which protruded beyond his upper lip as if they had been taken off with a fretsaw, Recovering from the shock,

Making do with what they had: The jam tin bomb factory near the beach at Anzac Cove with soldiers cutting barbed wire and pieces of scrap metal to place in the improvised explosives.

the bullocky in Campbell asserted itself, and there followed the best exhibition of cursing in between the gulping and spitting of mouthfuls of blood it would be possible to imagine. I don’t know what the Turks thought, but the dozen or so men left in the trench roared with laughter as the eloquent Campbell

beat it to the beach. I was told later that Campbell hadn’t exhausted his vocabulary by the time he had reached the hospital ship.” Indeed it wasn’t only those on the front line that were experiencing humour in the face of adversity. Lance Corporal Lawrence wrote in his diary that a bloke was taking

a prisoner down to the beach when over came a big shell: “The Australian cleared for his life-drat the prisoner. Well, directly the Australian ran, the old Turk ran after him. Down came the shell and burst with a terrific crash right in the centre of the track-just where they had been. The last I saw of them

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OUR ANZACS was the Australian going for his life round a bend in the track with the old Turk making good for a splendid second place.” Some more Anzac humour Prior to the landing at Gallipoli the Anzacs spent some months in Egypt where they trained and waited impatiently to get into the action. David Cameron provides some examples of how the men filled in their idle time: they loved to have fun at the expense of an officer, and if the officer was English, so much the better: “Pompey”(Page8) The men, however, found ways to let off some steam in camp, usually at an officer’s expense. Lieutenant Colonel Harold “Pompey” Elliott, commander of the 7th Battalion, was a hard taskmaster with a fiery temper, but even so, he was not only universally respected by the men, they worshipped him-they would follow him to hell and back. Still, at times they got their own back on their demanding CO. On one occasion they arranged for one of the local newspaper sellers to stand outside his tent in the early morning hours, declaring: “ Egyptian Times, very good news-death of Pompey the bastard!” “Smithy”(Page 9) When the men were finally allowed out of camp and into Cairo, their baiting of officers reached new heights. Thirty-four year old stockman and Boer War veteran Private William Smith would by war’s end be famous, from general on down, as the “first private of the AIF”. He was universally known in the Australian Corps as “Smithy”. A private he

was, and a private he intended to remain. Smithy had the knack of shattering any pretence of authority when out of the line, but when in the thick of the action all that knew him, including the officers who were frequently the victims of his wit, agreed he was the one bloke you wanted next to you. Smithy had only been in Cairo for a week when he and his mates invaded the plush and very respectable Shepheard’s Hotel. Compared to their British counterparts, the six-bob-a-day Australian troops were flush with spending moneythe Brits were paid just two bob. Before the colonials arrived in Cairo ther had been no need for British commanders to place well-to-do establishments out of bounds to the rank and file-a serious shortage in coin, but more importantly a structured class system, kept the British Tommy “in his place”, and that was nowhere near Shepheard’s Hotel. The Australians had no such impediments, and as ever, authority was fair game for Smithy. In his uniform of a private of the Australian 11th Battalion, he strolled up to British General Maxwell, who was relaxing in the lounge with his staff. One of Smithy’s mates recalled what happened next: Approaching, he saluted smartly, and inquired, “General Maxwell?” “Yes, my man! What can I do for you?” was the reply. “I believe, sir, that you are an eminent archaeologist.” The general beamed and from his demeanour it was easily seen he imagined Smithy to be a university professor serving in the ranks. “I can lay no claim to eminence,”

Lone Pine Cemetery: The location of the official commemoration of the Gallipoli conflict held at 11am every April 25th.

he replied, “but archaeology is certainly a hobby of mine.” “You are an authority on Cairo, sir, I believe?” queried Smithy. “I think I can justifiably say yes to that,” replied the general. “Ancient and modern?” asked Smithy. “Yes,” said the general, “I have made a long study of Cairo, both ancient and modern.” “Then,” said Smithy, “I wonder

if you can tell me where the gentlemen’s lavatory is in this hotel?” Maxwell’s staff tried to keep straight faces, but failed. A roar of laughter rang through the room. Smithy’s companions decided that a less exalted social sphere would suit them better, and escaped into the Wazzer (Derb-el-Wasa, Cairo’s red light district.)Smithy waited the general’s reply, and

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PAKENHAM $380PW 31 Spring Circuit Beautiful dbl storey home opposite the lake, featuring 3 living areas, 3BRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plus study alcove, main BR with gorgeous spa ensuite & Juliet balcony, 2BTHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, ducted heating, split system cooling, ducted vacuum, remote controlled DLUG with internal access, lovely rear gardens and prime lakeside position just across the road from the lake & short walk to all amenities!

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DREAM SEEKER, Haven, brand new, 19â&#x20AC;&#x2122;6â&#x20AC;?, tandem, tunnel boot, 150L fridge, mini grill, TV, DVD/CD/MP3, cafe seating, LED, full checker plating, ibis, insulated, ensuite, QS bed, washing machine, $52,730. 59778194. Somerville.

FRIDGE FREEZER, Mitsubishi, 508L, perfect condition, as new, 5 year warranty. Cost $1,300, sell $600, 5975-2415. Mornington. INTERLOCKING BLOCKS, 300 hollow concrete blocks, 220x 200x 140, suitable retaining wall, buyer collects. $200 the lot. 9787-3851.

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DANDENONG NORTH, (Outlook Drive), to share with one other, 2 rooms available, $180 for one, $220 for both, includes expenses, own bathroom and toilet, close to public transport, references required. Val 9790-0776 or 0414 422 360. HALLAM, room available. $160pw, bills included. 0425 765 835.

FORD, XR6, Series 3, limited edition, Sprint, lady owner, 113,000kms, full history, Blue Print blue, black leather interior, Tickford motor, extras include Momo steering wheel, CD player, T bar auto, 17â&#x20AC;? alloy wheels, immaculate condition, ďŹ rst to see will buy, RMX-460. $12,000ono. 0400 552 066 or 0419 560 518. HOLDEN, Apollo, sedan, 1991, white, T-bar auto, GC, motor needs water pump, no reg, RWC, 6T153SG2209907503. $1,000ono. 0438 008 978.

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HOLDEN, Astra TS CD, grey, 2003, hatch, 5 speed manual, new windscreen, near new tyres, full service history, 198,850kms, well loved, one lady owner, EC, RWC, reg until 06/13, SHA-199. $6,990. Narelle: 0418 362 161, 5941-2365. Pakenham. HONDA, Civic GLI, 1994, 2 door, hatchback, maual, EC, 160,000kms, RWC, REH-055. $2,700. 90170208.

HYUNDAI, Accent, 2000 model, 3 door, manual, only 57,000kms, super condition, QOV-143, $4,000ono. Phone 97131797. SUBARU, Impreza, 2009, near new, 2.0 RS, auto, sedan, silver, leather interior, sunroof factory ďŹ tted, airbags, rear sensors, 41,755kms, reg 01/2013, WUD-265. $25,000 ono. Regrettable sale. 0434 057 590. Cranbourne North.

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PRIVATE PLATES, slim line, â&#x20AC;&#x153;ON BALEâ&#x20AC;? offers over $2,000. 0434 057 590. Cranbourne North.

CARAVANS & TRAILERS

CAMPER TRAILER, like new, $4,100. charcoal and green, awnings and side walls, double bed, 7 x 4, reg ROG-839. 9704-0365.

CARAVAN, Roadstar, 1999, immaculate condition, 18â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 6â&#x20AC;? internal, dual axle, awning and full annexe, DB, dining and couch, in house battery, new tyres, tare 1,393kg. $24,500ono. 0439 637 765.

COWES, permanent, onsite van and annexe, direct beach access, sleeps six, fully equipped bathroom/shower, lounge, kitchen, all appliances, including AC. $19,000. 0407 550 620.

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EX-UNITING CHURCH FOR LEASE YANNATHAN

TV, Hi Sense, 50inch ďŹ&#x201A;at screen LCD, only 6 months old, 3 year in home warranty, $550. 0412 607 272. LOFT BUNK, desk and shelf, VGC, suitable for 10-16yo, very safe, can conďŹ gure to any room, ideal for spacesaving, easy to assemble. $290ono. 0407 540 818.

MOTOR VEHICLES

1069129-KG14-13

BARBECUE, Jumbuck Voyager, 4 burner, plus side burner, stainless steel cabinet doors, vitreous enamel hood, still new in sealed box, plus 8.5kg L gas swap and go bottle. Cost $340. Sell $200. 0439 142 756.

LASER, infrared therapy, 40mW, mme, Therapower. Perfect working order. For acupuncture and physiotherapy applications, output power is switchable in 4 ranges, 10, 20, 30 and 40mW. $1,000 ono. 0402 121 355. Warragul/Pakenham.

TO LET

C1080738-KK11-13

ASSORTED, vanity unit, near new, electric wood heater, single bed, near new, EC, with good quality mattress, electric wall oven with gas hot plates. $250 the lot. 9789-9263.

FOR SALE

C1069260-KK15-13

FOR SALE

Wheel&Deal

IMPERIAL, 2004, tandem, 18â&#x20AC;&#x2122;6â&#x20AC;?, double bed, 2 x 3 way fridges, A/C, microwave, roll out awning, full annexe, towing equipment, VGC. Frankston. $27,500. 9783-5518.

JAYCO, 2007, Poptop, 14', two singles, always garaged, EC, electric brakes, 3 way fridge, microwave, stove top, griller, roll-out awning, only 8,000kms, $19,000. 5983-1391. Somers.

JAYCO, Discovery, 16â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 5â&#x20AC;?, 2011, pop top, as new, used twice, single beds, reverse A/C, microwave, battery pack, awning. $27,800, Berwick. 97070932.

JAYCO, poptop, 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 1993, electric brakes, good tyres, awning, front kitchen, island DB, good clean unit, tows easily. $10,000. 5977-4738. Tyabb.

PEDIGREE HORIZON, 24ft, poptop, EC, dual axles, full annexe, awning very clean, stored undercover, lots of cupboards, electric brakes, east/west bed. $26,500ono. 9546-5595. Springvale.

SCENIC, 21ft van, Spacelands 2003, extra height, separate shower/toilet, washing machine, hand basin, AC, full annexe, new 17ft awning, many extras, Queen pillowtop mattress, can sleep 4, convention microwave, 4 burner stove/grill, TV stereo, 2x4 seasons hatch, 120hr battery, tunnel boot, external fold down table, new tyres (2 spare), 2x 9kg gas bottles, 2x jerry can holders, EC, $39,500. 0421 323 588.

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