OCS, Portsea - Graduating Class of June 1973

Hello Everyone

What a great time I've been having making new contacts since the last Up-Date. In that time Paul & Sandy ROBINSON have provided contact details for most of the Kiwi's and indicated most intend to try and come over for the Reunion - fantastic! The new Kiwi's now on the Email List are - Dick BIBBY & Trish, GED & Jackie WILLIAMS, Bob & Christine HALKETT and Graeme & Margaret VERCOE. On the home front I have contacted Andrew & Susanne FERGUSON, Jeff & Anita BRUCE, Ted & Noelene McPHEAT, Rudi & Mary POLDOJA,

Bob & Judy BERREY, Barry & Pam GREATOREX, Tony & Vera ALEXANDER-SMITH and Lindsay & Christine CAMERON. Mick SAW has given me Phil HADDAD's email, so welcome to the Up-Date List Phil. All have indicated their intention to try and make it along too. If we all make it there is a total of 64 to-date.

Regrettably, no news from Malaysia, the Philippines or PNG as yet.

I have also contacted Mark HOWARD, Chris & Margaret DONKIN, Tom & Gwenda RALEIGH and Shane & Jenny BROSNAN and am awaiting their response. In an effort to contact as many of the others as possible I have placed the Reunion information onto the "schoolfriends" website (along with photos of "The Way We Were 1973 A & B Company's" and group shots of the 20th and 25th Reunions in Canberra and NZ respectively); sent a Notice to Veteran's Affairs for inclusion into the "Vetaffairs Newspaper" and intend to do the same for the National RSL Newspaper shortly. I have included the following websites for the information of our Overseas, Inter-State and Intra-State people to see the venues selected for the Reunion. The first is the 'schoolfriends' site, then South Bank Parklands, the Breakfast Creek Hotel and the United Service Club.

http://www.schoolfriends.com.au/

http://www.queensland-holidays.com.au/pfm/sites/0002475/main.htm

http://members.optushome.com.au/dibingham1/brekkie_creek.htm

http://www.unitedserviceclub.com.au

Take a look at your leisure and wet your appetite for next June in Brisbane.

Oh! if you have some spare time on the Internet do a "Google" search and put in 'OCS' or 'Officer Cadet School Portsea' you will find some very interesting sites and characters from the past. You will also find our Senior Class is organising their 30th Reunion for this December in Canberra.

Well that's it for now. Talk to you again soon. Take care.

Regards
Rob & Kaye