An old after-action club run report

[Mike K]

My God Keith ,

Where do you find this stuff .....

I was there in my Jeep , yes . It looks like the Oct. 76 trip to Fort Queenscliff to me . I recall seeing you there , at one point you moved the F15A as the Growse had wandered off and left it in the way of somebody .

The two fellas in the RHD Dodge WC behind the 25 pnder are Dennis Burr and Roger McGlashen . At the time both lived in Sunbury . Roger was the clubs public relations officer , we haven't heard from him for many years now . Dennis moved up to N.W. Victoria .

Jeep HUK650 is driven by Alan Bruce , he still goes to Corowa , in a modern vehicle .

The Harley in ridden by Keith Gardiner from Warrnambool , he was a regular in those days . He would be close to 80 now as he was a WW2 army driver .

Dodge IIV564 is John Carol from Ballarat . He had this vehicle until about 5 years ago . Now has a M38 post WW2 Jeep .

Jeep HUU??? was the late Eric Coombs .

I see the Growse brothers F15A in the background , it towed the 25 shooter .

Notice that the vehicles are all RHD , this was before we could legally register LHD vehicles . At the time a U.S. warship was visiting Melbourne and one of the locals rang the police and reported that a bunch of radicals have a a big gun and they are driving around the coast looking for trouble . Back then people didn't really grasp what we were doing . Old army trucks .. huh , I don't get it .

I would like to use these pics in the newsletter .



Mike