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Gallipoli - The making of a nation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dardanelles. “Yes” was his answer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It was then that the realisation came.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Casualties on the Home Front

By Peter McCullough LONG before the extensive and frightening casualty lists monopolized the Melbourne papers in the years 1914 – 1918, there were occasional casualties which occurred in a training context. The town of Hastings was saddened by two of these. Both occurred long before the Gallipoli landings and both were the consequences of the perceived threat of invasion of the Mornington Peninsula.

The Hastings Battery The threat of invasion by the Russians and/or French, whether real or imaginary, sparked a flurry of activity in various parts of the Peninsula in the 1880’s. Tensions rose when a Russian trawler paid a visit to Western Port.

Accordingly, on 15 December 1889, a resolution was passed at the conclusion of a meeting of the Fishermen’s Union in Hastings, calling for the formation of a Hastings Battery.

In July 1890 the Governor–in– Council approved of the formation of a Victorian Rangers Battery at Hastings.

With Lieutenant David Ham in charge and four Armstrong 40–pounder rifled breech–loading guns that were moved by bullocks, the locals gave it the name of the “Ham and Beef Battery.”

In 1904 the Hastings Battery transferred from the Victorian Rangers and became known as the 6th Battery of the Australian Field Artillery. The forty pounder breech–loading guns were replaced with twelve–and–a–half– pounders, to be converted to fifteen

Above: A drill on the Hastings Foreshore with one of the forty pounders.

pounders.

Francis Incigneri NOT as well–known as the death of Trooper Benton which occurred some 12 years later, was the death of Francis Incigneri which occurred in the

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In April 1882 Josiah Ingamells assumed his responsibilities as Head Teacher at Hastings State School. He was the second person to fill this role, succeeding John Bettesworth Flemyng

(1872-1882). Both men were “builders”, held in high esteem by their staff and the community at large. Taking a cue from the establishment of the Hastings Battery, Ingamells formed a school cadet unit under Captain Henry. These cadets were involved in

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Left: Giuseppe Incigneri.

Above: The Incigneri home in Victoria Street Hastings, demolished in 1977.

to Hastings as fishermen in the second half of the nineteenth century was Giuseppe Incigneri. Born in Catania, Sicily, in 1838, he jumped ship at Queenscliffe in 1856, lived there for some years as a fisherman, and then came to Hastings where he purchased land in 1866. Giuseppi’s first wife, Annette Wells, who he married in 1866, died three years later without having children. He remarried, to Annie Larkin, in October 1871 and they had ten children, extending from Mary Santa (born 1872) to Matthew Joseph (born 1891). One of the girls, Antoinette (born 1889), lived only two months with the cause of death recorded as “suffocation”; what would be called “cot death” in more recent times.

In her short family history “To Have a Little House” Angela Incigneri details the death of Giuseppi and Annie’s third son, Francis, who was born in 1880:

“Young Francis was as enthusiastic a cadet as he could be. Among his friends in the unit were Frederick Cussworth, Frederick Perrott, James Mentiplay and William Thornhill. Although he had left school, Joseph was also a cadet and had made the rank of Sergeant. On 25th August, 1893, twelve of the cadets, including Francis and Joseph, were with their teacher at rifle practice in the schoolyard. They fired first at a distance of 100 yards and then started to move back to the 150 yard mark,while Thornhill tried a last time at 100 yards. Cussworth, Perrott, and young Francis were the “markers” who checked the results of the shots, and all three moved in to see if Thornhill had hit the target. They were standing in front of the target when James Mentiplay shot from 150 yards. In the confusion and trauma afterwards no one was quite sure why James had shot but, as Francis turned

to give the results of Thornhill’s shot, he was hit in the neck. Cussworth reached to support him and take him to get help, and together they walked about ten paces. Francis whispered “Scotty, leave me go” and dropped to the ground dead.

Someone ran to tell his parents, and the body was carried back to the house. This death of a second child hit the family hard. Giuseppi was still too shocked to speak more than a few words at the inquest the next day.

Coming just three years after Antoinette’s death and concurrent with the financial problems which were gripping the country, Francis’ death had a deep effect on the family. Gradually, life resumed but Giuseppi was reputedly never the same again.”

(In fact Giuseppi Incigneri died at the age of 58 on 11 August, 1896.)

On the following Monday, August 28, 1893, The Argus carried a report on the magisterial enquiry into the tragedy: “Mr. D. J. Ham JP held a magisterial enquiry at Hastings on Saturday on the body of cadet Francis Incigneri who was shot during rifle practice on Friday by another cadet named James Mentiplay. The evidence showed that the deceased who, with three others, was acting as marker, was in front of the target taking a score when Mentiplay fired the fatal shot. Mentiplay gave evidence, and although his state-

ment was very conflicting, he was emphatic that he did not see anyone near the target when he fired.

Mr. Ham recorded a verdict of accidental death, and added a rider that the system of allowing boys of tender age to carry and use deadly weapons was one which required amending.

Major Henry subsequently held a military enquiry into the accident, and had forwarded his report to the commandant.

Cadet Incigneri was accorded a military funeral yesterday.” – The Argus, Monday, August 28, 1893.

Giuseppi provided an affidavit to the enquiry, (pictured).

The 1890’s had been difficult for Head Teacher Josiah Ingamells: Hastings had been hit hard by the Depression and pupil enrolments had declined leading to a reduction in his pay. However the accident in the school ground near the creek was “the final straw.”

Although the magisterial enquiry absolved him of all blame, Mr. Ingamells wrote, “...the onus of the accident is almost more that I can bear.” In September his health failed, and he sought a month of leave. Early next year he successfully applied for a transfer to Ballarat East State School, departing Hastings on 21 March, 1894.

In the period following the death of the young cadet, a teacher (Miss Hollier) drew a memoriam consisting of a “framed card” which was displayed

in the school. The spot in the school ground where the boy died was also commemorated for many years in the form of a small garden plot. Sadly, a search at the school has failed to find any trace of the “framed card” and the memorial garden has long since disappeared.

Gunner E.K.Benton Some 12 years after the State School tragedy came the death of 19–year–old Ernest Kempster Benton. The Hastings Battery had become an important part of the community, and many men had volunteered to man it. This included the three Benton boys (Arthur, Ernest, and Albert) who were enthusiastic members. The Mornington Standard of 29 April, 1905 conveyed the news of the tragic death of Ernest: “The Easter encampment in Bittern in 1905 was marred by a tragic mishap on Monday afternoon. Everything in connection with the breaking up of the camp went well, as far as the main body of the brigade was aware, until the Hastings station was reached, at about 10 minutes past 3. Here was found a squad of men belonging to the Hastings Half–Battery, which had gone home by road. Lying on a stretcher they had with them Gunner E. K. Benton, son of Mr. G. Benton of Hastings, who had some 20 minutes before met with a horrible accident. At the Hastings gun shed when the Half-

Below: The affidavit provided by Giuseppe to the Magesterial Inquiry.

Right: Mr Ingamells with some of his Hastings pupils in 1882.

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As soon as the train arrived Major Cuscaden examined the sufferer, and to the sorrow of all around, expressed the opinion that Benton would not live long. Major Cuscaden considered that it would be the most humane course to have the patient put into the train and brought to the Melbourne Hospital, although it was not likely that he would live to the end of the journey of about two and a half hours’ duration. He survived the journey, but died at half past 6pm from a depressed fracture of the skull.

The funeral took place at Hastings with full military honours. The coffin, which was brought to Melbourne

by train, was wrapped in the folds of the Union Jack, and placed on a platform mounted on one of the 15–pound guns. At 10.30am the cortege started from the railway station, headed by a firing party from No. 6 Battery, marching with reversed arms. The gun bearing the coffin followed, the horses and harness being draped with black and white ribbons and rosettes. The pallbearers marched on either side of the gun. A vast concourse of vehicles and horsemen, from all parts of the peninsula, brought up the rear.”

The flagpole which was responsible for the death of Gunner Benton was retained and in due course was erected in the war memorial precinct in Tyabb. A plaque explaining its significance was placed alongside the flagpole in 1984. Last year the Mornington Council decided to embark on a tidying up exercise in the war memorial area. To the dismay of members of the Benton family, the historic flagpole was replaced by a metal version.

And so the plaque now commemorates a flagpole which, presumably, resides in the bowels of the McKirdys Road tip!

Top left: The plaque at the Tyabb Memorial referring to the original flagpole.

Left: The Tyabb Memorial with the new metal flagpole.

Right: Gunner E. K. Benton.

References: “Hastings People and Places”,Vol 1 Hastings-Western Port Hist. Society Inc. 2004 “To Have a Little House”, Angela Incigneri.

2000 “The History of Hastings Primary School”, Hastings Primary School Council. 1981 Footnote; The Western Port News of January,2010 featured an article on Len Incigneri, the seventh child of Giuseppi and Annie. Born in 1884, Len was not only a local football legend but was significant player with South Melbourne, Richmond and Melbourne. Later he achieved prominence as a stipendary steward.

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A tragic year for the Bartrams

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

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

It was 1997 before the new Avenue of Honour was established, with memorial gardens placed along the centre strip of the Nepean Highway.

The new memorial, however, contained 228 names and there were many other “locals” who were not listed; Mrs Latimer’s research found 50 from Frankston and local areas whose families did not respond to the call for names to be included when the Avenue was being planned.

On the other hand the legitimacy of some of the names submitted could be questioned. Were they really volunteers from the Frankston district?

Several lived elsewhere but played football for Frankston, while some, such as Montague Romeo, lived in Hastings but worked in Frankston.

(An article on Private Romeo’s contribution is featured elsewhere in this edition.) And that brings us to the Bartram family: all four Bartram

Above: The original Avenue of Honour in Frankston.

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boys enlisted and three were killed.

Their brass plates are a feature of Frankston’s Avenue of Honour.

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

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

As the heading indicates, 1917 was a horror year for the Bartram family as three of the boys were killed and the surviving brother was invalided home with spinal meningitis. This is the story of the sons of George and Isabella Bartram: Bartram, Arnold Roy (Private). Service No. 2304: Arnold was 21, single, a shipping clerk, and living at home (9 Hull Street, Richmond) when he enlisted on 6th June, 1916. An earlier attempt to enlist had been unsuccessful on the grounds of “chest”; in the early years the army required a chest measurement of 34 inches at least. Private Bartram embarked with his brother, Cyril, at Melbourne on HMAT A67 Orsova on 1st August, 1916 with the 58th Battalion 4th Reinforcements, arriving at Portsmouth on 14th September. On 6th December he left Folkestone for France to reinforce the 60th Battalion where he was taken on strength on 5th January.

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

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

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

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

This report appeared shortly after the death of brother Reginald and two death notices which appeared in the Argus, only days apart, illustrate the confusion which existed. Late in October Cyril, by now back in Melbourne, inserted this notice: BARTRAM – In proud and loving memory of my brother, Reg.,killed in

Below: Private Arnold Roy Bartram.

action 4th October, and of Arn., killed at Bullecourt, and Ray, killed at Messines. “Three very gallant gentlemen.”

On 3rd November, the same day as the report in the Mornington Standard, the following notice was placed by “devoted sisters” Ethel and Clarice: BARTRAM – A token of love in the memory of our dear brother, Cpl. Reginald Percy who was killed in action on 4th October, 1917, brother of Raymond Everard (killed in action 7th June, 1917) and Arnold Roy (prisoner of war).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Bottom A letter from Corporal Nicholls verifying the death of Private Arnold Roy Bartram.

joint beneficiaries of his will. Be that as it may his father, George, was granted a pension of one pound a fortnight as from 26th July, 1917. This was increased to two pounds a fortnight as from 1st September, 1917.

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

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

Born in Richmond, Cyril gave his father George as his next–of–kin when he enlisted on 1st May, 1916. At some point over the next few months he married Eliza MacGregor Murray and was living with his new wife in Gillies Street, Fairfield when he embarked. Cyril was 26 and a manager at the time of his enlistment.

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

Cyril’s health had deteriorated during the voyage

and he was admitted to the military hospital at Devonport on his arrival.

By January, 1917 Cyril was “dangerously ill” with influenza. During convalescence he developed spinal meningitis and left for Australia on the Demosthenes on 27th July, 1917. After arriving home on 24th August, Cyril was discharged from the AIF on 26th October, 1917.

Cyril was not eligible for the 1914-15 Star Medal, nor the Victory Medal as he did not serve in a theatre of war. However he was sent the British War Medal but this was returned in May of 1923; perhaps it had been sent to the wrong address? On 17th July, 1924 it was again despatched – this time to Gillies Street, Fairfield.

Cyril must have recovered reasonably well from his illness for he was elected to the Sandringham Council and became mayor in 1928. Cyril and his wife had no children but adopted the three sons of Reginald who was killed in October, 1917: Ernest George (born 1906), Reginald Arthur (1908), and William Blockley (1910). The youngest of these boys died in 1925 aged 15. Cyril’s wife, Eliza, died in 1942 aged 51 but Cyril lived until January, 1947 when he died at Caulfield, aged 57.

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MARCH AND SERVICE

OUR ANZACS Bartram, Raymond Everard (Sergeant). Service No. 2682: Also born in Richmond and living at home with his parents in Hull Street, Ray, as he was generally known, was the first brother to enlist – on 3rd July, 1915. He had attempted to enlist earlier but had been rejected because of dental problems. He was 21, single and a machinist. On 15th September 1915 he embarked at Melbourne on SS Makarini as part of the 8th Reinforcements of the 14th Battalion.

In October, 1915 Ray was admitted to hospital in Heliopolis “dangerously ill” with appendicitis.

Two months later he was again back in hospital in Luxor, again with appendicitis. In January, 1916 he was taken on strength with the 46th Battalion and was again hospitalized in Egypt with “pains in the groin.”

In March, 1916 Ray blotted his copybook for his record states: “Crime: Pilfering goods at Abu-Sueur Railway Station of 30.3.16. Award: Awarded 14 days detention by CO 46th Battalion AIF at Serapeum 4.4.16. Forfeiture of 14 days pay.”

By 8th June Ray had joined the BEF in France.

In July, 1916 the 46th Battalion occupied the Front Line at Sailly-le-Sec and the following month participated in the Battle of Pozieres. In October Raymond was admitted to hospital on several occasions with “septic hands.” His earlier misdemeanour notwithstanding, he was promot-

ed to Corporal in December, 1916, and then to Sergeant on 18th February, 1917.

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

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

Raymond Everard, second youngest dearly loved son of George and the late Isabella Bartram, and brother of Reg. and Cyril (both on active service) and Arnold (died of wounds) and Evelyn, Ethel

Above: Private Cyril George Bartram.

Right: Death notice for Arnold Roy Bartram in The Argus.

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OUR ANZACS and Clarice, – aged 23 years.

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

Duty nobly done.

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

In his will Ray left his estate to sisters Ethel and Clarice, brother Arnold (who pre-deceased him) and Miss Esther Macdonald of 5 Milton Street, South Preston; quite possibly a sweetheart left behind.

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

George died in 1923 aged 65.

Bartram, Reginald Percy. (Lance/Corporal) Service No. 6955: Again, born in Richmond, Reginald was 34, a compositor, married with three sons and living in Florence Street, Moreland. He had married Lucy Mary Boughton in 1905.

Known as Reg., he was the last of the Bartram boys to enlist, joining up on the 25th August, 1916.

Embarking at Melbourne on HMAT A20 Hororata on 23rd November, 1916 with the 8th Battalion 23rd Reinforcements, Private Bartram arrived in Plymouth on 29th January, 1917. Reg. Bartram’s life was not without complications for, during the journey to England, he fired off a letter to Base Records: At Sea 6.12.1916 From No. 6955 Corp.

R.P. Bartram 23/8 Reinforcements.

To C.O. Base Records, Melbourne.

Drawing attention to the fact that the name of Mrs. Lucy M. Bartram has been placed on my attestation papers as my next–of–kin and her address as 3 Florence Street, Moreland. As my wife has been mentally afflicted for the last seven years, and is an inmate of Mont Park Asylum for the insane, it would be manifestly absurd to forward any communication to her regarding anything that might happen to me. 3 Florence Street, Moreland is the address I gave when enlisting, for I was living there at the time. Should I be killed or meet with an injury, I would be obliged if you would forward the information to my sister, Mrs. W. Dingey, Union Street, Kew. R.P. Barton Corporal No. 6955.

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OUR ANZACS als were to be sent to his son (Ernest George Barton) at the Kew address. This information notwithstanding, when Lance/ Corporal Bartram’s personal effects were despatched on the Barunga on 20th June, 1918 they were addressed to Mrs. L. Bartram, 3 Florence Street, Moreland. This was in spite of the fact that the aunt, Mrs. Dingey, had written requesting that any effects be sent to the sons at her address. The effects consisted of : “disc, belt, photo case, letters, note book, cards, book of views, badges, testament.”

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

The address of her sons was recorded as “Melbourne Orphan Asylum” and two of them were granted pensions: Ernest George 20 shillings a fortnight and Reginald Arthur 15 shillings a fortnight. Presumably the third

Left: Lance Corporal Reginald Percy Bartram.

Right: The death notice in The Argus for Sergeant Raymond Everard Bartram.

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Lance/Corporal Bartram was killed in action on 4th October, 1917. From reports to the Red Cross, he was making an advance at the time of his death, having just gone over the top at Passchendaele Ridge. One eyewitness said that he saw a burial party, drawn from the 40th Battalion, burying him later that day. It was in the open, near a German pillbox, and about 1½ miles from Passchendaele Ridge.

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OUR ANZACS never found and his name is on the memorial panel 127 at the Ypres Memorial (Menin Gate) in Belgium.

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

Base Records, Melbourne.

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

I will thank you to publish a correction.

Yours faithfully, C. Bartram.

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

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

Yours faithfully, Officer Base Records, Major.

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

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Left: A letter from Reginald Bartram to Base Records explaining his wife’s mental state.

Right: The Menin Gate at Ypres.

The Western Front – where the Bartrams rest 1. BULLECOURT – Arnold Roy Bartram, KIA 13th May, 1917.

BULLECOURT was the scene of two costly battles for the AIF, the first beginning in the bitterly cold dawn of 11th April, 1917 when, after a night lying in the snow, Australians of the 4th Division were ordered to attack the main German defensive position, the Hindenberg Line. They were supposed to be backed up by British tanks and military, but neither of these eventuated.

Although tanks had been used in the Battle of the Somme six months earlier, they were relatively untested.

However the “mastermind” of the First Battle of Bullecourt (General Hubert Gough) was excited when promised 12 tanks to help break down the German wire and clear a path for the infantry. Only four of the tanks made it to their positions – the others had either broken down, got lost or become stuck in the mud. In fact the situation provided sufficient material for a Monty Python comedy sketch. At one point a tank lumbered up to the Australian line, turned, and began firing its machine gun at them. After a chorus of shouts from the Australians a hatch opened in the side of the tank, and the head of a British officer appeared, asking which troops they were, and could they please re-direct him to the German lines! Duly instructed, the tank set off only to be destroyed by a shell minutes later.

When the Australians did advance, they were cut off by German artillery and machine guns. After ten hours a withdrawal was ordered, and the surviving Australians had to fight their way back to their original positions.

The two brigades involved – the 4th and the 12th – had lost 3,300 men between them, including 1,170 men taken prisoner. This was the largest number of Australians captured during

a single engagement in the war, and was exceeded only when Singapore fell in 1942. The battle was later used by the British staff as a model of failed planning.

The Second Battle of Bullecourt, from 3rd – 17th May, was somewhat better planned. The 2nd Division was to take the German positions in the village of Bullecourt and they succeeded using 96 Vickers machine guns and the tried and tested artillery creeping barrage; an offer of tank support was pointedly declined! Even with better planning, the attack cost the three Australian Divisions (1st, 2nd and 5th) another 7,000 casualties. And the gain?

Less than a mile.

The Germans suffered similar casualties. The second attack proved that the Hindenberg Line was not impregnable, as the Germans had tried to make out. One very important lesson was learned though. Whenever the Germans lost ground they counter–attacked, This resulted in heavy German casualties – men they could ill-afford to lose. Therefore, whenever the Allies took German positions, they planned for a counter–attack and set up machine gun posts accordingly and gave artillery units the required intelligence they needed.

(Footnote: One of those captured on 11th April, 1917 in the First Battle of Bullecourt was Lance/Corporal Reginald Norman Coates (Serial No. 757).

A member of 14th Battalion, he was wounded (“metallic fragments in the arm”) and, after a stay in hospital, he saw out the war in Soltau POW camp, being repatriated to England on 26th December, 1918. Reg. Coates was the grandfather of an old school friend – Bill Ford – and I was fortunate enough to be able to chat to him in his later years. Time never diminished his dislike of the tank. –Peter McCullough.)

3 2 1

1. Arnold Roy: KIA, 13 May 1917. 2. Raymond Everard: KIA, 7th June 1917. 3. Reginald Percy: KIA, 4th October 1917.

2. MESSINES RIDGE – Raymond Everard Bartram, KIA 7th June, 1917.

THE Battle of Messines, fought on 7th June, 1917, was the first large– scale operation involving Australian troops in Belgium. The primary objective was the strategically important Wytschaete–Messines Ridge, the high ground south of Ypres. The Germans used this ridge as a salient into the British lines, building their defence

along its ten mile length. Messines was an important success for the British army leading up to the Third Battle of Ypres, culminating in the Battle of Passchendaele several months later.

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The Hill 60 mine created a crater 60 feet deep and 260 feet wide.

At 3.10am on 7th June 1917, nine-

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OUR ANZACS teen powerful mines exploded under the German trenches along the Wytschaete–Messines Ridge.

The ground erupted into pillars of fire and earth, instantly obliterating the thousands of German troops above. The German survivors were largely stunned and demoralized due to the great concussion of the blasts, the heavy artillery barrage, and the heavy machine gun fire that now poured upon them. Many German prisoners were taken during this phase Some 10,000 men were killed in the explosion alone and British troops 400 yards away were blown off their feet. Londoners, including Lloyd George in Downing Street, heard the blast which shook all of southern England. As well as the casualties, the scale of the mine explosions both neutralized the enemy’s guns and disrupted their planned counter–attack.

Heavily supported by great volumes of artillery fire, the British troops surged forward to capture the enemy positions. The 3rd Australian Division under Major-General John Monash, entering battle for the first time, was anxious to prove itself worthy of the reputation of the other divisions.

The veteran divisions were dismissive of the 3rd and derided their late entry into the war by calling its men “the neutrals.” The 3rd Division had a point to prove. It made a very successful attack, alongside the NZ Division, just south of the Messines village. The other Australian division involved, the 4th, made a follow-up attack later in the day.

Although some fighting continued, the result was virtually decided by the end of the first evening with the ridge being taken and enemy counter–attacks repulsed. The village of Messines was captured and pill boxes were isolated and destroyed.

It is generally agreed that the Battle of Messines was the most successful local operation of the war, certainly on the Western Front. This success notwithstanding Allied casualties amounted to 13,500 with 6,800 of them being Australians.

Above: A tank after coming to grief at Bullecourt.

Below: Resting in the trench at Bullecourt.

Below right: A German lookout post at Messines.

June, 1917. The details of their precise location were mislaid by the British following the war, to the discomfort of local townspeople. A thunderstorm in 1955 detonated one of the mines with the only casualty being a dead cow. The other mine remained undetected until 2004 when the Daily Telegraph carried a report: “50,000 Pound WW1 Bomb Found Under Belgian Farm.”Modern technology had eventually located the last mine. The farmer was unconcerned: “It’s been there all that time, why should it blow up now?”

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barrages that would force the Germans from their strongholds overlooking Ypres. Australian troops had played important roles in earlier advances during Third Ypres, attacking at Menin Road and Polygon Wood in September, and Broodseinde Ridge in early October. As mentioned previously, they had been instrumental in sweeping the Germans from one of their strongest defensive positions at Messines Ridge in June, clearing the way for the Third Battle of Ypres to begin.

On 4th October the Australian 1st, 2nd and 3rd Divisions had advanced up Broodseinde Ridge and captured key German positions on the slopes below the village of Passchendaele. The attack had been a triumph, catching the Germans completely off guard and forcing them to fall back on a wide front. Although the attack cost the Australians more than 6,500 men, it is considered one of their finest victories of the war. Now it was time to tackle Passchendaele itself.

The grim conditions notwithstanding, the Australians never lost their sense of humour. On the

morning of 4th October a small group captured a German pill box where they found two crates of carrier pigeons. These were intended to keep German commanders informed of progress in the battle; instead a number of them were used to transport messages from the Australians of an obscene and personal nature, particularly pertaining to the Kaiser. The remaining pigeons were plucked and stewed.

At noon on 4th October the weather changed: rain began to fall which by 8th October had become torrential. The battlefield, pummelled by years of shellfire, became a sea of mud. Unfortunately the British commander-in-chief, Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig, was not to be deterred. In a war characterized by incompetent decision making, Haig’s call to attack Passchendaele was a standout.

The first advance on 9th October which involved the 2nd Division was not a success and illustrates the great problem of Passchendaele.

The previous attacks during the Third Battle of

Ypres relied on fresh troops advancing under the cover of accurate artillery fire. At Passchendaele both advantages were absent. The troops were exhausted from the slog through the mud to reach the front line and the artillery became bogged and could not reach its proper positions to support the advance. The quagmire was so deep that field guns needed timber platforms laid on a bed of fascines and road metal. Even then they started to sink after firing a few shells, and soon red flags marked positions where guns had sunk altogether.

One soldier told how the march to the front line, which would normally take 1 to 1½ hours, took 11 ½ hours through thigh–deep mud.

The second stage of the advance, the attack on Passchendaele itself, was launched on 12th October and involved the 3rd and 4th Divisions alongside the NZ Division. The troops came under fire from the outset, the limited cover from the weak artillery barrage proving totally ineffective. The advancing troops were struggling in the mud and soon became disoriented and lost touch with the barrage.

The situation was hopeless. The Australians had only taken a few of their objectives and were being

decimated by German fire. In the face of mounting casualties the Australians withdrew. The decision to attack had been ludicrous, the attack itself a disaster. The two Australian divisions had lost more than 4,200 men between them. It was estimated that whereas “ground gained” at Messines cost one man per yard, the cost at Passchendaele was 35 men per yard. One stretcher–bearer described the journey to the Regimental Aid Post as a “terrible undertaking: the distance to be covered was less than 1,000 yards but it took six men, four, five, even six hours to do the trip.” Many of the wounded were drowned in the mud and water.

The Australians were relieved by the Canadian Corps, which spent the next two weeks slogging up the same ridge in the same atrocious conditions with Australians supporting their flanks. Eventually the Canadians captured Passchendaele. Even though it was a “victory” in the sense that the village was eventually taken, the British troops were so weakened by the attack that they were left dangerously exposed to a German counter–attack. The Germans exploited this in March, 1918. During their Spring Offensive they swept down the ridge and recaptured Passchendaele .

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Above: Keith Stevens at The Village Glen in Rosebud.

Right: The letter from the French Ambassador.

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

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

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

Keith Stevens’ story could have been torn from the pages of a “Boys Own Annual.” He joined the RAAF in 1940, trained as a wireless operator/rear gunner, and subsequently flew 62 operations in a Lancaster with Bomber Command before being shot down over Occupied France.

There he worked for three months with the French Resistance movement before escaping back to England.

It is difficult to imagine what it was like being part of the crew of a Lancaster. “Ops” were always at night and lasted up to ten hours; it was freezing cold, oxygen masks

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In 1947 Christie and his brother moved from Flinders CFA to help set up the Shoreham brigade. His long-standing involvement was recognised with a Brigade Life Membership at the opening of the new Shoreham fire station in December 2014. Christie was also a member of the Flinders Cricket Club Committee.

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OUR ANZACS were required, and there were inevitable problems with navigation, engines and equipment. They were shot at by enemy fighters, “coned” by searchlights, and hit by flak. Keith’s aircraft was disabled many times and he experienced some amazing survivals.

At times up to 1000 planes were involved in an operation and the casualties were huge. Of every 100 men who flew with Bomber Command, 56 were killed;this second figure would have been about 90 for the early members of Bomber Command. Others became prisoners of war and/or suffered serious injuries.

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

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

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

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

Keith and his older brother used to ride horses where the freeway now

Above: Keith Stevens’ father, gassed on the Somme during World War One. Right: An Avro Lancaster Bomber similar to the aircraft in which Keith flew 62 missions.

runs, and they would sell rabbits for sixpence a pair on the corner of Pound and Cranbourne Roads, both of which were gravel in those days.

With the onset of the Depression further schooling was out of the question and in 1933 Keith walked the streets of Melbourne looking for work.

He eventually gained a position in a clothing factory. After a few years he resigned to take up a motor mechanic apprenticeship, studying at night at the Working Men’s College (later RMIT).

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

Joining the RAAF Keith had joined the Army Reserve and was soon called up when war

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

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

After completing his initial train-

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

ing course at Bradfield Park in NSW, where it was decided that Keith’s eyesight was not good enough for him to be a pilot, he was informed that his lot was to be a wireless operator/rear gunner. Next it was off to Canada and a six month wireless course in an agricultural college at a place called Guelph.

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

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

Bomber Command Once in England Keith soon formed part of an air crew which was selected pretty much at random by the pilot (Paul Hawkins). Shortly after they had

commenced training flights Air Marshall Harris took over Bomber Command and decided on the first 1000 bomber raid to take place over Cologne on 30/31 May, 1942. To make up the numbers it would be necessary to use Operational Training Units, including the one to which Keith belonged. Briefings in those days were not particularly sophisticated: “This is the nearest way to the target and this is the best way to get home.” Later briefings were much different; they were more organized and included the use of pathfinders.

Soon after the Cologne operation

there was a similar raid over Essen.

Keith’s account tells how easy it was to get into trouble: “We were coming out of the target and were supposed to be heading home. I looked out of the plane and saw the Pole Star and thought , that’s funny, it’s on the port side. We are going the wrong way! I said to the Navigator Mac, ‘Why the hell have we got the Pole Star on the port side-we are going the wrong way.’He said not to be silly, it would be on the starboard side. I said, ‘Mac it’s on the port side, you’d better look at the astrodome.’

Mac took a look and said: ‘Good

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

Although these first two ops were in Wellingtons, the crew was then posted to 57 Squadron at Scampton which was being supplied with the newly-developed Lancasters. The squadron did quite a few raids on the Ruhr, Berlin, and various other targets, and half way

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OUR ANZACS bogged as well! Then another aircraft blew up – I think we lost four aircraft with these 4,000 pounders exploding.

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

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

Above: The wireless operator and navigator inside the Lancaster.

through his first tour Keith was decorated with the Distinguished Flying Medal. Soon afterwards he was given a commission and became a Flight Lieutenant.

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

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

pounder on, so you can imagine they were screaming for volunteers.

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

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

We raced back to get another one and we put that in a different spot-it was so foggy you didn’t know where you were going – and that one got

On the Ground #2: “When we were at East Kirkby, part of the bomb dump went up...a lot of these bombs had left hand threads for when they put the fuses in the nose, and they thought that someone crossed the thread and went to turn it back. Well, if you turned it back it blew up. It killed eight or nine of the armourers. Luckily, it was on the edge of the bomb dump and didn’t get right into it.

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

And in the Air #1 (over Essen): “Most of our raids were called collectively ‘The Battle of the Ruhr.’ We bombed Essen, which was the most heavily defended target in Germany, and the most difficult to hit was the Krupp works. We had some bad nights. On 13 January, 1943 we were

the only squadron plane to get to the target and, boy, if you got one plane over Essen, then watch out! How we ever got out I will never know – we were badly shot up. Anyway we got home, but we crash–landed and the plane was written off.�–Ibid, Pages 36-37.

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

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When we got over the coast and were able to communicate they told us to bail out and send the aircraft into the sea. Mac refused to bail out saying ‘Steve’s parachute has been hit by flak. I’m not going to bail out and leave him behind.’ So we were then instructed to bail out the rest of the

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OUR ANZACS crew and the pilot and wireless operator could try and land it. The rest of the crew said they were not bailing out either. They were all jammed behind the main spar and in a crash landing had a fair chance of not getting knocked about...

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

We saw part of the tail plane behind us with the rear gunner in the turret, so we went back to get him out. When he got out he said ‘Hawkins, that’s the worst bloody landing you have ever done.’ He turned around, saw the rest of the plane further up the runway and fainted! He came good and we went and did our de-briefing. That was a rough one!”–Ibid, Pages 42-44. ...and Again #3 (Saving Mac): “I used to go off the intercom as it annoyed me talking when I was trying to listen to the wireless. If I was needed, other crew members could press a button and a red light would come on. This night, returning from Nuremberg, the red light came on and I said ‘Yes Paul’. He said ‘Have a look at Mac. He’s gone nuts.’ I looked around and thought ‘What the devil is the matter with him?’ Then I realized he was short of oxygen.

I unhooked my oxygen and hooked it onto Mac, got him on the bed behind the main spar and put the straps around him so that he couldn’t get up. I grabbed his portable oxygen bottle and took a few deep breaths which made me feel better. Oxygen depletion is like being intoxicatedyou think you can do things and you can’t. Later on, when we got back, the doctor told me that Mac was within 15 seconds of dying. I had just got him in time.

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

Above: Keith in his uniform in 1943, the year he became engaged to Anita.

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On landing they raced Mac off to hospital. He came good after a night in bed and his oxygen level had returned to normal.”–Ibid, Pages 44-45.

The White Feather Keith’s bibliography contains a brief record of all 62 ops in which he participated before he was shot down. Very few were uneventful: there were a number of occasions when fuel ran low, and there were a number of crash landings. Operation 33 (20 June 1943) was a long flight which necessitated a landing at Maison–Blanche in French North Africa. The next operation (23 June) was Spezia (Italy): “...bombed battleships in harbour–port inner and starboard outer knocked out by flak over target – could not climb over Alps on way back to base in UK on two engines so we set course back to Maison–Blanche and, lo and behold, the idiots fired at us and hit us as we came in to land.”–Ibid, Page 280. The next operation (#35 on 28 June) was also eventful as the pilot passed out at the controls. It was after this op that the Wing Commander, noticing that Keith’s crew was the only one to complete 30 operations, decided to call an end to their tour. Keith was promoted to Flight Lieutenant and ordered not to fly for six months.

It was during 1943, towards the end of his first tour, that Keith received an anonymous letter from Australia. It contained a white feather and a letter which “...said that I had left Australia in its hour of greatest need, was living in luxury in hotels in London, going on leave all over England, and thoroughly enjoying myself at the Government’s expense. Australia was in dire straits – the Pacific war had started of course – and that I had left it. It finished up saying something like , this is the coward’s way of getting out of fighting for your own country.”–Ibid, Page 71. While Keith laughed the matter off, his Wing Commander took a dim view of the affair.

Although he had been stood down for six months, Keith’s second tour started early (14 July 1943) when he started flying with different crews out of East Kirkby. Operation 42 over Munich on 14 October was again eventful: “...chased by

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Above: Keith (on the right) at Buckingham Palace, May 1944 with pilot, Flt. Lt. P.A.F Hawkin, who also received the DFM. Right: The citation for the Distinguished Flying Medal.

two fighters – rear turret badly hit – pilot asked me to check rear gunner – I said we have to fly below 10,000 feet as the oxygen tube was broken, also intercom – dived to 9,000 feet – I then climbed into turret – what a mess – cold as I only had battle dress. Near UK coast Flight Engineer came down for me to return to wireless set – called up base and told them of our problems – they said to come on a priority landing.”– Ibid, Page 282.

After operation 46 (Berlin on 22 November, 1943) Keith was again grounded for a rest from operations;

this time on the orders of Air Marshall Harris and Air Vice Marshall Cochrane. However by 16 January, 1944 he was back in the air. Operation 49 was difficult as the Bomb Aimer was killed and Keith had to fill this role. Not being familiar with the task he had to ask the pilot to go around again: “...language on intercom very colourful.”

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

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

Keith was allowed to take two friends: Anita (his fiancée) came down from Glasgow and Mrs. Anderson, a family friend, was also invited.

The night before the presentation

Keith and Anita stayed with Mrs. Anderson and there was a bombing raid: “...they practically blew the street out (but) luckily we didn’t get hit....The next day we...got the Tube to London, walked out to a taxi, and I was about to say ‘Take us to the Palace’ when the driver said ‘Oh. You’re going to the Palace are you, mate?’ I replied ‘I could shoot you. I have been looking forward all week to getting into a taxi and saying ‘Take us to the Pal-

ace.’ He replied ‘Oh. Every officer I see dressed up with two ladies today, I know they’re going there. I’ve taken so many already.’”–Ibid, Page 90.

When a recipient was called forward they played the National Anthem; for Keith it was Waltzing Matilda! Keith had actually met the King previously when he, Churchill, and other leaders had visited Scampton immediately after the Dam Busters raid. As he pinned the decoration on

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Left: The woods where Keith hid after parachuting from the aircraft.

Above: The bar where Keith was hidden by the French Resistence.

Keith’s tunic the King said “I’ve met you before at Scampton, Stevens.”

Keith however had observed the Lord Chamberlain whisper something to the King just before he stepped forward, so the King’s memory was not that good!

Shot Down Keith’s record of Operation 62 on the night of 7/8 July, 1944 reads as follows: “St. Leu D’Esserent caves storage site for V1 and V2 rockets-hit by flak on the way in – after bombing attacked by two fighters – A/C on fire, also holes in body of A/C – we decided to abandon A/C. Bailed out at 18,000 feet – lack of oxygen a big problem – hit tail plane with head and shoulder – A/C being shot down

all round – enemy shooting down parachutes but missed me – landed on enemy territory – rather hard.”–Ibid, Page 286. (The raid had in fact been a success and probably saved London from attacks by a further 4,000 rockets.)

After travelling at night to elude the Germans, Keith was eventually captured and taken for interrogation by a Gestapo officer. “Then he did the unforgivable thing, which you never do to the enemy...he turned his back on me...I dived into the back of him, hand over his mouth, knee in the back of his neck, and pulled his head back with both hands. Whether I broke his neck I’m not sure, but in my sleeve I had a hacksaw blade which was sharpened on one end like a razor, and

that came in very useful. I left him on the floor and dived out the window...I wondered how the devil I was going to get out of all this.”–Ibid, Page 115.

Keith spent several more days on the run before taking his chance with a couple of peasants who came along in a dray. They took him to their farmhouse and when it was dark a solidly built Frenchman named Georges Morel paid a visit. His intention was to cut Keith’s throat but, after some quick talking by Keith, he left only to return with Madam Violet, the leader of the French Resistance in that northern part of France.

For the next three months Keith was hidden by members of the Resistance and even participated in some of their ventures. On one occasion he went

with a group to blow up a railway bridge but the mission was not successful. Next day a Frenchman rushed into the estaminet (or bar) where Keith was hiding and kissed him on both cheeks, several times. When he calmed down Keith learned the reason for his excitement: a troop train had been crossing the bridge which had then collapsed under the weight.

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

Usually accompanied by a young female member of the Resistance, Keith slowly made his way west by push bike. “They were extremely brave people, risking their lives to

save mine.” (In fact research by British Intelligence Service MI9 found that over 30,000 lost their lives in helping to get just 3,000 to safety.)

On 2 September, 1944 Keith was taken from Giencourt, one of eight safe houses in which he sheltered, up into the main street of Clermont when an American tank appeared. An officer called out “Does any goddam idiot here speak English?” When Keith responded the American, rather taken aback, said “God Almighty! Not an Aussie. What the hell are you doing here?” After dispensing some rough justice to collaborators, the celebrations began.

Next day Keith started for the coast: initially by bike, then by jeep, by DC3 to Amiens, and finally by jeep through Caen to the coast. The English Channel was then crossed in an empty tank–landing craft after which Keith was taken to London for interrogation

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Above The notice given to French citizens warning them against aiding downed aircraft crew.

Left: The official advice to Keith’s fiancee informing her he was missing.

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CRIB POINT 28 Milne Street

WE SELL ON FRENCH ISLAND

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Well positioned parcel of land measuring approx. 25 acres

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Character filled cottage on approx. 3 acres

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Blank canvas on approx. 80 acres with beach frontage

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Spacious 3 bedroom home on approx. 60 acres with water views

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Immaculate 4 bedroom home on approx. 94 acres of farmland

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North facing 3 bedroom farm on approx. 176 acres

EXECUTORS AUCTION DOUBLE FRONTED VICTORIAN TERRACE & REAR BLOCK! Offering a blank canvas for your next big project the property sits on a deep allotment of approx.

1171sqm or two individual titles (vacant, block with front & rear access on approx. 508sqm and house on approx. 663sqm.) Reinstate the charm and features of yesteryear, including high ceilings, original floorboards, traditional sitting room or library.

A stroll to Crib Point station, food outlets and Australia Post. A rare opportunity for dual occupancy as an investment or a dependents quarter for older relatives. Furthermore, you can demolish the existing home and re-build a dual occupancy home with your own plans and preferred design (S.T.C.A.) Must be sold!

Contact Exclusive Agent.

AUCTION Saturday, May 9th at 12:00pm VIEW

By Appointment AGENT Wilma Green 0407 833 996

Contact our French Island specialist: Phil Bock on 0438 497 715

NEW LISTING

TYABB 12 Thornells Road

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HORSES AND HORTICULTURE Renovated 3 bedroom + study farm cottage on well-established rural holding of approx 14.5 acres (5.87ha) on two titles with extensive horticultural infrastructure, 350m² steel factory with adjacent 50m² annex, and 45m² free standing office/store plus additional shedding with mains water, clear water bore and large permanent dam. An open parkland setting with mature shelter trees to 3 main paddocks and surrounding household garden area all situated at the end of quiet country lane. Grow or graze the choice is yours or enjoy a combination of both lifestyle activities only an hour from Melbourne with easy road access.

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AUCTION Saturday, May 23rd at 2.00pm VIEW:

By Appointment TERMS: 10% Deposit. Balance 120 days.

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Vacant Possession.

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AUCTION

BITTERN 90 Davies Road

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DECEASED ESTATE AUCTION – “UNFINISHED SYMPHONY” ON 2.5 ACRES Western Red Cedar home of over 43 squares (406m2) under roofline built to lock up with plumbing and wiring. A traditional Australian Homestead style property of 3-4 bedrooms with full ensuite and spa to master, BIR’s to all other bedrooms, massive laundry and North aspect surrounded by over 14squares (133m2) of verandah on 3 sides and massive carport under roofline. A huge 20,000 litre concrete water tank, plus pump and bore with plenty of room to grow vegies and be self-sustainable are also on offer together with the possible addition of surrounding road reserves (S.T.C.A.) This property represents a unique opportunity to purchase a small acreage home at an affordable price. The successful purchaser will need tradesman skills to bring this unfinished gem to its full potential, but the lifestyle on offer will be worth the toil.

AUCTION VIEW: TERMS: AGENT:

Saturday, May 16th at 1.00pm

By Appointment

10% Deposit. Balance 120 days.

Vacant Possession.

Wilma Green 0407 833 996

AUCTION

HASTINGS 1869 Frankston Flinders Road MAIN ROAD SHOWROOM WITH POTENTIAL High clear span tilt panel building of approx 700m² with the best of everything including, floating plaster ceiling and concealed lighting, split system air conditioning, stereo system, CCTV security stystem with security alarm, two pack epoxy floor treatment, electric roller door access to rear car park from dispatch area, huge display windows, 30 sealed car spaces on site, abundant external lighting for signage and enough height for mezzanine level. Internal layout includes open plan retail area, bathroom with shower, full kitchen to staff room, separate invalid WC, feature corner entry with auto doors impeccably maintained landscaping plus previous permit for building of 936m²+ at rear. Suit many uses including dance studio and office or the sale of office supplies, floor coverings, window furnishings, light fittings, automotive parts, furniture, party supplies, childrens needs, sporting and equestrian or warehouse.

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AUCTION Wednesday, May 6th at 2.00pm VIEW:

By Appointment TERMS: 10% Deposit. Balance 60/90 days.

AGENT:

Vacant Possession.

Chris Watt 0417 588 321

AUCTION THIS SATURDAY

TYABB 105 Jones Road

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WHERE THE COUNTRY MEETS THE COAST Set on 3 acres and boasting over 50 squares (approx) of total living offering space and versatility, this premiere four bedroom home takes in expansive views of the bay and beyond. The ground level offers a multi-functional floorplan with four separate living areas, including light-filled informal living and dining with wood combustion heater, formal dining, study or fifth bedroom and games room with bar. The grand kitchen blends luxury with practicality, offering stainless steel appliances, granite benchtops and butler’s pantry. A wide staircase brings you to four spacious bedrooms, including master suite with generous walk in robe, ensuite with spa and granite bench tops. Additional features include, ducted heating and cooling throughout, multi camera video surveillance security system, ducted vacuum and internal access to double garage, plus adjacent identical second garage. A place for relaxation and resort-style living with freestanding indoor heated pool and 6 seater spa. Step into the great outdoors and enjoy built-in BBQ kitchen and rotisserie, plus gazebo for year round entertaining, all with magnificent sea views. A generous 1 acre paddock to rear also beckons for a multitude of uses. Genuine vendors will meet the market.

AUCTION VIEW: TERMS: AGENT:

Saturday, April 25th at 3.00pm Saturday 2.30-3.00pm

10% Deposit, Balance 60 days.

Vacant Possession.

Paige Brierley 0405 496 722 Chris Watt 0417 588 321

AUCTION

TYABB 1-4 / 1542 Frankston Flinders Road

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RARE OPPORTUNITY! - FOR SALE NOW OR TO BE AUCTIONED IN ONE LINE (4 UNITS) Very spacious and full of original character, these California bungalows are in a prime position. Features include 10ft ceilings with ornate cornices and polished hardwood flooring throughout each unit. Entertaining is made easy with a decked outdoor entertaining area and spacious yard to units 1, 2 & 3. Each unit has a spacious kitchen offering gas cooking and electric oven with plenty of bench and cupboard space, adjoined to living and dining area. The generous master bedrooms of each unit are zoned to the front of the home, offering BIR’s and plenty of privacy, plus expansive main bathroom has separate shower and bath in each unit. Further features include, ducted heating to units 1, 2 & 3, access to single garage from rear yard and established gardens.

Offering a fantastic opportunity for investors to secure a 4 unit complex with great returns, or first home buyers and retirees looking to settle on the Mornington Peninsula surrounded by opulent wineries and coastline. Must be sold on the day or offers accepted prior to Auction!

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AUCTION Saturday, May 2nd at 2.00pm VIEW:

Friday 4:30-5:00pm

TERMS: AGENT:

10% Deposit, Balance 30/60/90 days.

Wilma Green 0407 833 996 Paige Brierley 0405 496 722

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BITTERN - 31 Bennett Street

$310,000 plus

HASTINGS - 4 Arthur Street

NEW LISTING

UNDER OFFER

WHAT A RIPPER

INSPECT SUN 1.00-1.30PM

•3 bedrooms with built in robes •Open plan living and dining area •Kitchen with plenty of bench and cupboard space •Family bathroom •Outdoor undercover decked area and private front yard •Enclosed double carport

DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS - 900 SQM (APPROX.) •20m frontage x 45m depth (approx) •Three bedrooms with built in robes •Two large living areas •Galley-style kitchen with plenty of cupboard space •Single garage and carport •Currently let for $280 per week

BITTERN - 2550 Frankston Flinders Road

$345,000 plus

HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO SUB-DIVIDE (STCA)

INSPECT SUN 11.00-11.30AM

•Centrally located close to schools, shops and transport •3 Bedrooms with BIR’s •Combined lounge and dining room •Spacious kitchen with plenty of bench & cupboard space •Updated family bathroom •Single garage and carport •Situated on 697sqm block

BITTERN - 2540 Frankston Flinders Road

LIGHT AND BRIGHT - ENDLESS POTENTIAL

$870,000 plus

CENTRAL LIFESTYLE FAMILY LIVING ON 2 ACRES!

INSPECT SUN 12.00-12.30PM

HASTINGS

$345,000 plus

THE PERFECT BALANCE - SPACIOUS, CENTRAL AND LOW MAINTENANCE

• 4 Bedrooms all with air-conditioning, main bedroom with WIR & FES • Formal and informal living plus dining area and spacious kitchen with s/steel appliances •Ducted heating and vacuum systems •Outdoor entertainment area with in-ground pool and spa •Double garage plus plenty of open parking space •Fenced grounds with mature trees, paved driveway, 7 taps for the gardens, and a chicken coop

BITTERN

$585,000 plus

VENDORS MOVING ON - PROPERTY MUST BE SOLD! A “ONE AND ONLY” PERIOD HOME • 4 bedrooms (main with WIR), two bathrooms •Kitchen with new quality s/steel appliances including dishwasher and plumbed double-door refridgerator +XJH ORXQJH URRP ZLWK D PDJQLÀFHQW RSHQ ÀUH SODFH •GDH and four air conditioning units •Full length verandahs front and back •Set on 1745 sqm (approx) with established gardens and outdoor barbecue area.

•Fully lined 22sqm attic space with power providing ample storage or a play area for the kids.

• 3 Bedrooms with built in robes, master with WIR & ensuite • Spacious separate living and dining areas • Sizeable kitchen with plenty of bench/cupboard space and stainless steel appliances • Ducted heating and reverse cycle cooling/heating • Decked outdoor undercover al-fresco area • Currently let for $340pw until 25/8/15

CRIB POINT

VACANT LAND •513sqm (approx) block •Situated in a leafy setting close to schools shops and transport •All services available •Get a great deal on your new home build

Bay West Real Estate (VIC) Pty. Ltd. 1/109 High Street Hastings, VIC 3915 Ph: 03 5979 4412 Fax: 03 5979 3097 Email: enquiries@baywestrealestate.com.au Web: www.baywestrealestate.com.au

Sales: Sean Crimmins Ph 0411 734 814 Property Management Team: Ph 0421 473 135

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$329,000 plus

•3 bedrooms, main with walk-through robe to bathroom •Spacious living & dining area •Kitchen with plenty of bench and cupboard space •Verandah running along front of home •Situated on a northerly aspect this home captures the morning winter sun and is located in an area with a precedence of subdivision (stca)

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$330,000 - $360,000

By Negotiation

Satchwells

HASTINGS 1/97 High Street BALNARRING 14 Balnarring Village

5979 1888 5983 5509

Real Estate

local agents with local knowledge for over 55 years $328,000 100 METRES TO TOWN

If location & lifestyle is what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for this elegant 2 bedroom unit ticks all the boxes, literally a 2 minute walk to the heart of town.

The kitchen includes good quality appliances, carpet & tiles throughout, separate meals area, evaporative cooling, gas heating, dual-entryu bathroom from main bedroom, and a separate lounge complete the package inside. Outside features an undercover paved outdoor entertaining area and a remote controlled garage.

This unit is in a prime location and would suit retiree/ investor.

HASTINGS

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Positioned in a quiet court an opportunity has become available to purchase this excellent 3 bedroom home in Hastings. Master bedroom with en-suite and walk in robe, 2 remaining bedrooms have built in robes, other features include 2 separate living areas, open plan kitchen with quality appliances including dishwasher, ducted heating & cooling are a plus for all year round comfort. Outside features low maintenance allotment, double garage with remote.This would certainly be a great investment option or future occupier currently tenanted till April 2016 at $340pw makes a stable investment.

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$320,000

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OFFERS OVERS $570,000

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ORIGINAL HOMESTEAD

This attractive weatherboard home is ideal for a small family with open plan kitchen, dining, and lounge room.

3 of the 4 bedrooms have double robes, bathroom with separate bath & shower, separate toilet, kitchen with dishwasher, gas stove and pantry. /RZ PDLQWHQDQFH SROLVKHG WLPEHU Ă RRUV WKURXJKRXW Private fenced backyard.

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This original homestead, built in the 1940â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, is positioned on 1 acre approx. and features 4 bedrooms plus a study, hostess kitchen including dishwasher, large living and meals area with lovely high ceilings and a Coonara woodheater. Outside comprises a spacious yard with landscaped gardens and a gorgeous in ground pool for you and your family to enjoy over summer. $ P [ P ZRUNVKRS LV GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ D ERQXV WR house all your valuable treasures and more than enough room for the cars, boat, trailers and caravans.

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OFFERS OVER $672,000 BITTERN

$560,000 PLUS

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3RVLWLRQHG GRZQ D TXLHW FUHVFHQW KLV KRPH GHĂ&#x20AC;QDWHO\ has the WOW factor. Set on a 3/4 acre block, the curved driveway is surrounded by lush gardens with the home itself offering a large living area, 3 bedrooms â&#x20AC;&#x201C;including main with walk-in robe and ensuite with spa, and built-in robes to remaining bedrooms.The kitchen offers Meile appliances including dishwasher and there is ducted heating and evaporative cooling throughout the home for your comfort.

7KLV LPPDFXODWH UHFHQWO\ UHQRYDWHG Ă&#x20AC;YH EHGURRP plus study home is located on 1200m2 approx block and 5 minutes from shops, primary school and transport.The home offers two separate living areas, main bedroom with FES & WIR, built-in robes to other bedrooms, kitchen with dishwasher, 900mm Euromaid oven, adjoining meals & family room that opens to a alfresco outdoor living area, ducted heating and evaporative cooling. Outside features a 12 x 6m workshop with parking for 4 vehicles.This home is exceptional value and recommended to anyone looking for quality and convenience.

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OFFERS OVER $270,000 IMPORTANT - INVESTORS TAKE NOTE

Superbly positioned, this modern 3 bedroom unit is located walking distance to shops and public transport.

Features include a formal separate lounge room, a stylish near new kitchen with quality appliances which includes a dishwasher, the 3 good sized bedrooms have built in robes, a central bathroom, laundry and heating complete the interior. Outside features a large rear yard suitable for pets, a low maintenance garden, and a lock up garage with remote. A short walk to medical centre, shops & transport makes his ideal for someone who wants convenience.The property is currently leased and will return approximately 5% p.a.

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Don McKenzie 0419 955 177 +DVWLQJV 2IĂ&#x20AC;FH

This single level, 3 bedroom unit is just one minute walk to heart of town with all the facilities thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s available.This lovely light and airy property comprises a large living area, good quality kitchen with stainless steel appliances including dishwasher, all bedrooms have built-in robes and main bedroom has ensuite bathroom. main bathroom, separate laundry and double garage with remote.The living area opens onto a lovely courtyard and delightful low maintenance garden. Currently tenanted at $325pw.

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

Hastings 2a Spruce Drive

Harcourts SINCE 1888

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Immaculate & Cosy This immaculate cosy home secluded amidst a private native garden is perfect for investors, small families or for those looking to downsize. Comprising: 2 good sized bedrooms with built in robes, 3rd bedroom/sitting room, dual entrance bathroom, open plan kitchen, meals and lounge, laundry, enclosed outdoor courtyard that is perfect for that morning cuppa, a quaint rear garden, large shed with generous storage space, carport and lengthy driveway. Close to the foreshore, Westernport Secondary College, Hastings Primary School and the Hastings shopping centre, this beautiful home is a must see.

For Sale View Open

Negotiable over $280,000 www.harcourts.com.au Saturday 1.00-1.30pm

Claudia Ruhland 0416 176 410

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Crib Point 7 Howell Street Presentation Plus - Affordable 4 Bedrooms This affordable and modern family home will grab your attention from the moment you enter the front door. Boasting 4 bedrooms and master bedroom with full ensuite.

Beautiful bright kitchen with large bench space and plenty of cupboards, stainless steel appliances and walk in pantry, overlooking the large open meals/family area.

Outside you will find room for all year round entertainment surrounded by low maintenance gardens. Extra comforts include double carport with rear access into the rear yard, split system heating/cooling and dishwasher. All this within walking distance to local shops, schools, public transport and parklands.

For Sale View Open

Negotiable over $320,000 www.harcourts.com.au

By Appointment

Georgia Irving 0450 986 867 E georgia.irving@harcourts.com.au

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Harcourts Hastings

Harcourts

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

SINCE 1888

FOR LEASE

FOR LEASE

Bittern 31a Bennett Street

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Brand New 3 Bedroom House

Light, Bright & Roomy

Brand new, light filled and stunning with 3BR’s – main with WIR & FES, separate lounge, dining area and kitchen with plenty of cupboard space, gas stove top plus a dishwasher. All of this plus a private yard, double garage and ducted heating throughout.

This beautiful unit is close to schools and shops, situated right on Marine Parade. This sensational development consists of 4 villas, with this unit comprising 2 bedrooms, open plan kitchen with s/steel appliances, dining and lounge areas, separate bathroom, plus single garage.

For Lease $340 per week Inspect

By Appointment Hastings Office 5970 7333

For Lease $275 per week Inspect By Appointment Hastings Office 5970 7333

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Hastings 2 Laurel Court

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Peaceful Country Lifestyle

Beautifully renovated 4BR home, close to shops and transport, has main bedroom with WIR & FES, open-plan lounge, dining and kitchen with electric appliances and plenty of cupboard space. Central bathroom, ducted heating throughout, and beautifully polished floors. This is a bargain! Be sure not to miss it!

This 4BR character home, set on 2.9 acres (approx) includes FES to main bedroom, timber kitchen with dishwasher, meals area and family room, formal lounge, Coonara wood fire and air-conditioning. Double garage, shed with power, separate carport, office, and a lovely fully enclosed entertaining area with roll down cafe blinds.

For Lease $380 per week Inspect

By Appointment

For Lease $450 per week - includes lawnmowing and basic garden maintenance Inspect

By Appointment

Hastings Office 5970 7333

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Jade Loizzo PROPERTY MANAGER 5970 7333

Hastings Office 5970 7333

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When it comes to managing your property, we have an unwavering commitment to ensure we place the best tenants into your number one asset.

For outstanding service, knowledge and a property management experience that exceeds your expectations, talk to us.

Contact Jess or Jade for any property management needs, to them it’s not just a job it’s a passion.

Jess Rollins RENTAL DEPARTMENT MANAGER 0433 215 257

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This impressive home has something for everyone and includes 4BRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x201C; main with WIR & FES with spa, formal lounge & dining area with heating & Cooling, separate study, open plan kitchen featuring a twin drawer Fisher and Paykel dishwasher plus adjoining meals and family room, separate rumpus or home theatre room, big ODXQGU\ ZLWK SOHQW\ RI VWRUDJH *'+ DQG FHLOLQJ IDQV WR several rooms, intercom system, and outside is a BBQ area, double garage under roof line and a huge highspan workshop

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by MI9. After signing a document regarding non–disclosure of information about his escape, Keith was cleared to go back on operations. Back at base, however, although keen to get back in the air, Keith was informed that MI9 had instructed that he was not to fly in Europe over enemy territory: he knew too much and the Gestapo would not let him slip through their fingers a second time. Instead he was posted to Pithelly to train all the Signals Leaders of Bomber Command. This was Keith’s final posting prior to his repatriation to Australia early in 1945.

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

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

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

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

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

After his discharge in May, 1945 Keith eventu-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Above right: The letter Keith was required to sign as part of the Official Secrets Act. Below: The wedding day, 4th October, 1944.

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Montague Romeo: rejected four times but paid the supreme sacrifice

By Peter McCullough MONTAGUE Romeo was born in Hastings to Charles and Katherine (nee Howard) Romeo in 1894. He first enlisted in Hastings on 11th September, 1914 but was discharged on 5th October, 1914 as being “unlikely to become an efficient soldier.”

No reason was given in the official records for this assessment although his medical inspection noted “lower teeth deficient.” Moreover his height was only 5 feet 2 ¾ inches and in 1914 the army was seeking men of a minimum of 5 feet 8 inches. After several more unsuccessful attempts to enlist, Montague Romeo was finally accepted on 28th September, 1916. By this time he was 22, a driver and living in Hastings. He was still single and listed his father Charles as next–of–kin.

Private Romeo (Regimental No. 7073) embarked from Melbourne on the Hororata on 23rd November, 1916 with the 23rd Reinforcements of the 6th Battalion. After disembarking at Plymouth on 29th January, 1917 the reinforcements moved into training camp before proceeding to France in early May. On 25th May, 1917 Private Romeo was taken on strength with the 6th Battalion.

Within four months (on 20th September, 1917) Private Romeo was wounded in the Battle of Menin Road

and was transferred to the Beaufort War Hospital in Bristol suffering from gunshot wounds to the left thigh and forearm. After his recovery Private Romeo was given some furlough in England before rejoining his battalion on 29th December. On 5th June, 1918 he was killed in action in Strazeele, France.

One of Private Romeo’s sisters must have written requesting a photograph of the grave. The first response, presumably typed by Private Dale on 31st December, 1918 (and not 1917), gives an account of Private Romeo’s death, but neither it nor the response by Private Bleasdale can shed any light on the grave site. Presumably there wasn’t one for Private Montague’s name is recorded on the Australian War Memorial at Villers Bretonneux which lists Australian soldiers with no known grave.

The family notices were placed in The Argus on 21st June, 1918 and the loss was recorded in the Mornington Standard on the following day: “Hastings. Great regret was expressed on all sides when the news was received of the death in action of Private Romeo, who was well-known and highly esteemed here. Monty tried unsuccessfully to enlist on four occasions before he was accepted. He was previously wounded in France, inva-

lided to England, but returned again to the firing line. For three years previous to the war he was employed by Mr. Cunningham of Frankston, and in that town also his quiet and unassuming manner and gentlemanly qualities made him a general favourite. Heartfelt sympathy is felt for his parents and relatives who reside here.”

In February the family received a parcel of private Romeo’s belongings and Katherine, the grieving mother, thanked Base Records for their kindness. One can only imagine the distress caused to the families when these parcels arrived.

During the following years his father Charles received the British War Medal and Victory Medal, the Memorial Scroll and finally, on 6th November, 1922, the Memorial Plaque.

Right: Private Montague Romeo.

Below: Death notices which appeared in The Argus on the 21st June 1918.

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The members at Peninsula Aero Club have decided to hold an Open Day on Sunday 26 April for the public.

Locals can meet club members and enjoy a free sausage sizzle lunch, which will be available from 12:30pm. So, come along, ask your questions, be shown about and enjoy the aero club’s hospitality.

Many improvements have been made and the members would like the local community to come and take a look.

The Peninsula Aero Club is now better prepared to hold its biennial air show, a great part of the surplus being applied to local community service groups. Organisers will be reliant upon the Tyabb CFA, Mount Eliza Lions Club, the Tyabb Cricket, Basket Ball and Football Clubs plus other service clubs come together to make it a grand success.

Increasingly, the airport is being used by airborne emergency services. For example, the summer bush fire at Hastings which was largely fought by helicopters flying in and out of Tyabb.

The Tyabb Air Show is now regarded as a major Mornington Peninsula Event. In addition to the biennial air show, the club has been fostering flight training within schools. Over the past eight years, hundreds of school students have gained their licences, with some moving into aviation careers.

The Police Air Wing, Aerial Ambulance and fire-bombing aircraft make frequent visits.

And during June 2012, the Mornington Peninsula Airport became the base for Operation Sea Dragon, a national oil spill exercise at the Port of Hastings. The airport is the base of choice for air borne emergency services in our area.

A number of members are involved in Angel Flight, providing free transport services to country people in need of medical assistance. Additionally, the club organizes FunFlight, the national initiative to provide an entertaining day in November every year for seriously sick children and their families.

With some of the airport facilities at the end of life, the State Government Grant was applied to a rebuilding of the taxiway, new runway lighting and drainage improvements.

What the club wants to do is invite the local community to an open day on Sunday 26 April to show off the many improvements. The Open Day starts at 11:00am.

Many hangars will be open and a number of aircraft will be on display.

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Above: The second response to “Monte’s” sister.

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Right: A letter from Monty’s mother thanking Base Records for their kindness.

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The Uralba – A recent visit Left: HMAS Uralba. Picture taken in 1945.

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By Bob Thornhill WE bounce across the sea in the new morning, looking back to where suburban Melbourne unfolds the Sunday morning paper and reaches for another croissant. We’re heading for history in the shape of a sunken ship, and I’m heading for a meeting with my father.

The Uralba was a wooden hulled vessel, built for the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, but pressed into service by the Navy as soon as she was completed. Being wooden hulled, the last of her kind, she was an ideal ship to serve as a minefield tender, having very little metal to attract mines.

She also doubled as an armament and stores carrier between Brisbane and Milne Bay, and it was there that she carried supplies to my father, along with other members of his anti-aircraft contingent.

Dad told me that the first thing they all did as they cleared the Brisbane River on their way to the steamy tropics and Milne Bay was to jettison their heavy woollen underwear, provided by a thoughtful Government.

There were two guns on the Uralba, mounted fore and aft, similar to the guns Dad trained on before going through jungle training hell at Canungra.

Dad was a predictor on a Bofors crew, labouring with the clumsy mechanical computer he was so proud of, calling the gun-layer to place the rapid-fire rounds in the path of approaching Zekes, Betty bombers and Emily flying boats, aircraft which I would dive on over fifty years later in clear tropical waters.

Whenever one of the slim-waisted frigates of the Navy was in town, he’d take us to the docks at Port Melbourne to visit her. If we were lucky, we’d be welcomed along the narrow gangway, and Dad would sit us in the seat he used to occupy in the War. I could never get used to how few of my small footsteps it took to get from one side rail to the other.

I’m floating in front of the Uralba now, looking up at her bow through the murky water. All around me is brown – brown water, brown ship.

Port Phillip isn’t always a kind resting-place for a ship, and today I can see little further than my hand. Touching the ship will stir up silt, yet I cannot resist reaching out to her as if touching a talisman. My father, dead after twenty years of peace, seems very close to me now.

With the others I fin the length of the ship, still a mystery to us, shrouded as she is in brown. We need torches to read our gauges; the summer sun won’t reach down here, even though we’re but twenty metres below our waiting boat. Much of the time we’re working our reels, paying out line to follow back to our starting point. There’s no armament on the Uralba now, and no superstructure. It’s all been cleared away, no sign of her original two masts, they’ve cleared the deck, smashing away history to preserve the safety of latter-day shipping. I wonder why you’d scuttle a ship in such shallow waters if you then have to decapitate her in an underwater clear-felling.

We fin over hatches, too filled with silt to penetrate today. They’re festooned with necklaces of fishing line. The brightly – coloured jigs and lures flash in the torchlight as we fill our pockets, trying to rid the Uralba of the deadly jewellery that snares so much of our aquatic life.

I drift slowly along the hull, taking in the ship two feet at a time, all I can see. I’m looking for a hatch that might give on to a bunkroom, perhaps where my father slept in those perilous nights on the Coral Sea. But I don’t find one, and now my buddy’s giving me a thumbs-up, the signal to ascend, one you don’t question in wreck diving.

I take a last look at the Uralba and follow my bubbles up. As we hang at the safety stop I look down, trying to picture her as she lies fifteen metres below us, concealed in the murk. She lies there in a mantle of sepia, much like the pictures of my father in wartime Milne Bay.

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By Ron Gunn of Utow Caravans “WE have found a disturbing trend whilst servicing caravans lately. That is the battery on the breakaway system fitted to larger caravans, is often flat and in desperate need of charging.

It is a pretty simple system to check the battery condition, just push the button the system inside your caravan and if the green light comes on it is okay but, if the red light comes on, it needs charging. If nothing comes on or a buzzing sound then the battery is dead flat.

We have found that the battery, which is rechargeable, is often not connected to anything to charge it.

“To test if everything is working okay then the trailer should be disconnected from the tow vehicle, pull the breakaway pin from the breakaway switch on the A-frame. The electric brakes and the brake lights should activate and the battery level light should illuminate. “The brakes will release when the pin is replaced in the switch.

The breakaway system is not under any circumstances be used as a parking brake or security device. If the breakaway is used for these purposes the battery will be flat in less than 1 hour and the brakes will release.

“Charging of the breakaway battery can be done via the tow vehicle breakaway unit auxiliary line or by connecting a small (8 amps

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“If the battery has been completely flattened, the charging system within the breaksafe unit, may not be able to fully recharge it and the battery should be removed from the unit and charged with a normal car battery charger but do not do a rapid charge or overcharge. If the battery does not hold its charge it may need to be replaced.

The manufacturers recommend replacement every 2 years regardless of its test condition.

“When connecting the cable from the breakaway switch to the rear of the tow vehicle make sure you attach it to a secure anchor point.

Do not hook the cable to the tow ball or safety chain anchor.

For more information either speak to us at U-Tow Caravans or your auto electrician,” says Ron. U-Tow Caravans can do servicing for your caravan and are now qualified to do test and tag on your electrical appliances.

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Agonising draw tightens the season PENINSULA LEAGUE

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

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

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

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

Langwarrin had 31 scoring shots to Edithvale’s 26.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Edithvale to fight it out for fourth and fifth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There’s also a very valid argument to

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Eagles open up on Hillmen NEPEAN LEAGUE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

significant roles, the Eagles were all over their opponents.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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By Jared Newton CRIB Point’s slow start to the season continued with a 26 point loss to Rosebud at Crib Point over the weekend.

The game was a tight affair in the first half with only 8 points separating them at the main break before Rosebud skipped away with a 5.4 to 0.5 third term to set up the win.

Crib fought back in the last to get within 14 points halfway through the last before Rosebud steadied and held on for the win.

Despite the loss, coach Duane Annable was far happier with the effort from his charges who after a sluggish pre season showed a bit more than they did in their opening round loss to the Hillmen. He praised the effort despite falling short.

Matt Wappatt in his second game for the black and white was best afield for the Pies from the midfield. The Pies also had four multiple goalkickers with Johnson, Warry, Herrrington and Sloper with two goals each.

Despite the loss the Pies are starting to make it harder for themselves to be there at the business end with the 0-2 and it makes the game against Tyabb after the Anzac weekend break crucial in turning the early season sluggishness around.

The reserves, like the seniors also put in an improved showing despite going down by 27 points.

The Pies were jumped early but clawed back to be 1 point down at the main break.

The game was tight until late in the game before a few late goals blew the margin out.

Coach Thompson rued the missed opportunities and turnovers which cost his side and will be working hard to address them for their next clash against he Yabbies who

are flying high after their first win in over a year.

The under 19s took on the reigning premiers in Rosebud and gave a great account of themselves despite going down by 8 points.

Kye Espenschied was best afield and Tyler Wilton and Jayden Deas snagged a couple each in a see-sawing tight game.

Despite the loss there’s no shame in their performance and despite it being very early days, Justin Rutherford’s charges are set for a big 2015 if they maintain the discipline.

Crib Point 5.9 (39).

This week the club hosts its first home game of the year as they tackle a red hot Rosebud who will be every bit as challenging as Red Hill proved on Saturday.

It’ll be a great day of local footy so if you’re in the area and looking for some cheap entertainment on a Saturday get to Crib and watch some quality local footy between two quality clubs.

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