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Australia

Chairman’s Chat continues on page 2

AGM 19 MARch PERthSee page 3

coffs ‘UDI’ Reunion November 2015Coffs Harbour was packed with ex Rhodesians for the UDI Anniversary, many old friendships were renewed and many new ones started with the delightful John and Teresa Edmond providing the musical memories. See page 8

Future of BSAP Aus Reg. Association See page 9

Annual luncheon 18th September 2015See page 5

Member Profile - Dr tony Raymond AOSee page 11

JOINING BSAP Regimental Association (Aus)We are always excited by new members joining, the growth of the Association in recent years has been remarkably encouraging. See back page

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AUStRALIA BRANch chAIRMAN’S chAt

The years 1980 and 1981 saw many serving members of the BSAP pull up stumps and move into civilian life. Many of them had young families and chose to relocate to Australia, a land of opportunity. Whilst the states of Western Australia and Queensland were the two most favoured states for these new migrants, others soon spread across the length and breadth of the country.

In Perth, some earlier arrivals were known to each other because of their membership of the Rhodesian Association of WA(RAWA). RAWA was actively involved in providing information, advice and networking opportunities for the new arrivals. From this an informal network of former police regulars and reservists developed as the numbers grew. The numbers gradually increased by the arrival of those who had tried South Africa and the UK and found that those countries did not meet their dreams and expectations.

Following a number of informal social meetings,

the group made the decision to formally establish a branch of the Regimental Association and to name it the Australia Branch. This decision was based on the fact that a network of contacts had been made with the other former colleagues in the other states and territories. The only other state which had identified a critical mass of people to form a branch was Queensland and that state decided it would form its own state branch. This was a very amicable arrangement as it was based on mutual trust which had been forged from members of the founding committees having served together in the BSAP. In forming the Australia Branch it was decided the constitution would be similar to those of established branches in that its founding principles and purposes would be to service the social and welfare needs of its members and be accountable to them through the provision of an annual report and an audited statement of accounts. This is still the case today. The recent review of the core Regimental Association wider constitution confirms the need for full branches to continue to embrace these principles.

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I believe the underlying reason why the Australia branch was formed is encapsulated in the words Espirit de Corp. Former serving members of the BSAP wanted to retain that which they had known and experienced when they served. I believe that is still the situation today for most of us.

From its original WA base the spread of connections has been greatly enhanced by the appointment of state liaison officers in NSW, ACT, Victoria and South Australia. Whilst we are aware of potential members living in the Northern Territory none of them has joined or come forward to be the state liaison officer for the Territory. We have more members living in Queensland than there are in several other states but no state liaison officer based there. Our state liaison officers have been successful in organising social functions within their respective states. These have contributed greatly to meeting the social objectives of the membership at the local level.

Over time the branch has grown in membership about tenfold, with the initial membership being about 15 and is now about 150. Whilst this might sound impressive to some I think the potential membership could be increased by about 50%. I base this view on the following: about 60% of the membership is WA based; the number of members who attested from 1975 onwards are low in comparison with the large number of attestations; the numbers of former police reservists are low in proportion, apart from in WA, to the numbers of former regulars; the proportion of non- member

attendees at the 2013 Regimental Association Centenary event and the very recent UDI commemoration event who have joined since those events is less than what was expected and there are numerous Australian residents, whose details appear on bsap.org, who are not members. I recognise that there are those who choose to use social media as their preferred communication tool and who are members of specific ex BSAP groups such as the history group and the traffic group.

This Chairman’s Chat has mainly been of a reflective nature. The reason why I have done this is because it will be my last one. I will not be standing for re-election at the March AGM. Apart from the first year of the formation of the branch when Richard Hamley was Chairman of the branch and one year when I was travelling a lot because of work commitments and an overseas holiday, the chairmanship was rotated between the committee members, I have been Chairman since 1999. I wish to record my thanks for the support of office bearers from all other branches of the Association over the years. In particular my special thanks go to Andrew Field for his unstinting work on behalf of all branches and for his never ending efforts to promote communication and be an effective communicator on behalf of all members and potential members around the world. I will take the opportunity in my Chairman’s report at the 2016 AGM to thank others at the branch level, who have supported me over the years.

Rob Gates 7045Chairman

chairman’s welcome to the coffs harbor attendees on behalf of the Australian Branch iof the BSAP Regimental Association

Greetings to all attendees at the 50 year commemoration of the anniversary of the Rhodesian Unilateral Declaration of Independence. Enjoy reliving your memories of what you were doing at that time and sharing them with colleagues, previously known or unknown. UDI was a historical event that has influenced all of our lives since 1965.

The BSAP Regimental Association is pleased that the catalyst for the UDI event was the success of the Centenary event of the foundation of the Regimental Association held in Canberra in November 2013. That demonstrated former Rhodesians enjoy opportunities to share common knowledge and experiences with others who have common values.

I am sure that the Coffs Harbour event will be a memorable event for all attendees. Enjoy the company of the other attendees and extend a big thank you to Alan Hadfield and his helpers for organising the event.

Rob Gates, Chairman on behalf of fellow committee members and State Liaison Officers,Australia Branch, BSAP Regimental Association.

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Agenda 1. Welcome and apologies Welcome to all members at-

tending and noting all apologies. 2. Minutes of 2015 AGM The minutes of the 2015 AGM

to be approved. 3. Chairman’ s Report on the Year to 31 December 2015

to be received. 4. The Treasurer’s Report together with audited finan-

cial statement to be received. 5. Welfare Report Report on welfare activities for the

year to 31 December 2015 to be received. 6. Report on Social Events Report on social events held

during the year to be received. 7. Election of Committee. Together with this notice

of the AGM is a document titled Future Directions (page 9) from March 2016 which sets out the antici-pated situation of the Association at the time the document was prepared. Since this document was circulated to Committee Members and State Liai-son Officers, Alan Hadfield has come forward with a proposal that he will be prepared to take on the position of Chairman and there are several others in the Eastern States and WA who will be prepared to be Committee Members. The new Committee would appoint State Liaison Officers in each State, includ-ing WA, to arrange and coordinate social functions and general administrative matters relating to their

State. A voting by proxy form is included below with this notice of AGM, so that all members can vote at this important meeting.

8. Any Other Business - other issues relevant to the As-sociation can be discussed.

The AGM will commence at 10.00am and will be fol-lowed by an early BBQ commencing at about 11.00am. This is earlier than normal as the RSL is booked from 2.00pm, so we have to have completed and leave by that time. The City of Belmont RSL is in Leake Street, just off the Great Eastern Highway. If you are coming from town, Leake Street is the road on the left immediately prior to the Epsom Avenue traffic lights. If you approach from the Airport side, then turn right into Epsom Avenue and then first left and first left again. The RSL Club will be open from 9.30am. The RSL has kindly allowed us to use their clubhouse and BBQ facilities - the Association will provide FREE BBQ packs and rolls to all those attending. Please bring your own salad, knives & forks etc. The RSL is licensed so you will not be permitted to bring alcohol on to the premises. However, their prices are still very low. Please make every effort to attend this very important meeting and if you are unable to attend please complete a voting by proxy form so that your vote can be recorded.

BSAP Regimantal Association Australian BranchAGM 19th MARch, 2016 AND SUMMER BARBEcUE At 10.00am on Saturday 19th March 2016 at city of Belmont RSL club,

Leake Street, Belmont, WA

NOMINAtION FORM I..............................................................hereby nominate (name)................................. .........................................

For the position of........................................................ (Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Committee Member)

Signed .............................................................Date........................

I agree to accept the above nomination

Signed.................................................................................................. Date..............................

Submit to hma18841@bigpond.net.au

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2015 REGIMENtAL LUNchEONWas held at R.S.L. WA Branch club, Anzac house28 St George’s terrace. PerthOn Friday 18 September 2015Master of ceremonies: Mr Lew Whitmore

Attending:7365/8217 Peter and Cecilia Scott, Rob and Laurie Gates (Chairman), 6929 Howard and Jan Martin (Secretary), 7049 Lew and Joann Whitmore, (Master of Ceremonies), 8755 Alan Hadfield, 7133 Derek Foster, 4649 John and Margaret Seward (Senior Troop), 6566 Hugh and Jean Frost , 5316 Kerry and Olivia Hoadley (Treasurer), Kay and Derek Bates, 7694 Steve and Linda Martin, Merle Howden, 7340 Chris Morten (with Tandy), Nevile and Bev Gardner, 24088 Alan Rivers, 11556K Don and Joyce Bulloch (Guest of Honour), 16865F Rod Bater, 9639 Andy Cox, 7825E Arthur Hutson, Bob and Barbara Osborne, Carol Clapham, 22399 Georg Gault , Tandy the dog.

Apologies: 8164/9262 Jim Steele, 8737 Patrick Logue, 17845W Charles and Adele Scott, FR2428Q Derek Davidson, 8378 Keith Corby, Bill Johnstone, 8282 Rob Reidy, 7639/8979 Jock Knoetze, Darryl and Maureen Bur-lin, 200894M Celia Parkinson, Mike Hambrook, 6758 Tim Maslin, WFR5233 D Jenni Jones, 8262 Jeff Cooper, 7892 Peter and Liz Marshall, 18259W Julian Taylor, 8617 Doug Capper, 19034N Alan McGrath, WFR202541C Aiva Lud-low, 5154 Jim Clampit, 7392 Butch and Liz Walker, FR27613 Pat and Joanne Dunne, 7572 Al Greenly, 8145 George Readings, 5567/6219 Dick and Helen Hamley, wife of 6387 Lyndon -Margot Morgan, 383583 Chuck and Peggy Warren, 2386 Sylvia Holborn.

Guest Speaker – Mr Don Bulloch The B.S.A.Police Association Austra-lian Branch held their Annual Lun-cheon on the 18 September 2015 at the Returned Serviceman’s League, West-ern Australia Branch Club, St Georges Terrace.Due to a change of venue from previ-ous years the attendance was lower than normal. The change was required due to ever increasing costs of hiring venues and also payment for catering staff. The years of mining boom have made Perth, Australia the most ex-pensive city to party in Australia. Also one of the most expensive in the world. All the shiny stuff that the mining companies dig out of the ground

unfortunately doesn’t flow to the pockets of B.S.A. Police pensioners. The Dutch and Portuguese seafarers who over hundreds of years bumped into WA’s hostile coast line without stopping must have realised it would be an expensive place and headed northwards towards the arms of the dusky maidens of Bali and Asia. Not so stupid the Dutch and Portuguese. Like our ex colleagues from around the world night travel, days of week and public transport are also a major factor in function timing and location.The function location did have a bonus, considering the celebration UDI Year and the UDI rebels attending. It is right opposite Government House, Perth, home to the Governor of WA and at about that time temporary residence of Queen Elizabeth and Phil. Shortly after Prince Charley and Camilla also popped in. The venue is also close to the site of Queen Elizabeth Quay, a river front redevelopment to finally link the Perth City with the Swan River and open up the river to the public for recreation. Queen Lizzie undertook a semi-formal open-ing of the site when she visited. At the formal opening in January 2016, and seeing a rise in popularity of making Australia a republic, the Perth locals have already abbrevi-ated the name. From Queen Elizabeth’s Quay it immedi-

ately became “BETTY’ JETTY.”

Unlike UDI, the push for Republic sta-tus will take Australia some time, one plebiscite a few years ago was a draw, present media polls show a slight lead by the Australian UDI mob and anoth-er plebiscite is planned for a couple of years away which will cost more tons of gold from the WA ground and probably

end in a draw.Also seeing that Australian politics are now controlled by a Senator who represents the Motor Racing Party and a couple of Senators from the Queensland party of a possibly broke multi-millionaire, a UDI won’t take place unless the Government gives every citizen a FI racing car

and that all broke multi-millionaires get a knighthood before UDI. The attraction of having Government House right opposite the venue was that it provided open grass lawns for our star canine guest, Chris Mortens Seeing Eye dog Tandy to show her dis-taste towards the Colonial Masters for their shoddy treatment of her Master and Rhodesia as a whole. When ar-rested by heavily armed security guards for fertilizing the green green grass of home Tandy had the excuse she was a blind dog, her Master was partly

sighted and the Master of Ceremonies who pointed out the grass had forgotten his glasses!!! Tandy was released with a caution.

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Having drawn the attention of the ever smaller world of the B.S.A.Police Association to the vagaries of its most isolated Branch, we will return to the function.The beauty of the RSL is that they have good food and the refreshments are cheaper than the rest of Perth ven-ues. So although the attendance num-bers were reduced the beverage intake was high. The catering was undertaken by the RSL Club staff, who always provide excellent food and high level of service. Unfortunately due to the intake of cheap priced excellent bever-ages the level of intellectual exchanges around the tables did not remain at an equally high level. It reminded some attendees of the Police Club bar when the Police Rugby team beat Sby Sports Club.

Goodwishes sent to Sam WilliamsSam Williams, who the Master of Ceremonies at previous functions had described as the Branches answer to Billy Graham, was not available to say Grace this year, as Sam had been suffering an illness for a while. The task was left to the MC and there were calls for Sam to be brought back soon, plus some noises from above which might have been agreement from a higher authority. The Branch Chairman made an excellent welcome speech and gave details of those giving apologies and best wishes for success from other branches of the Association. It was nice that the other branches knew where we were, as some attendees by that time would have had difficulty actually finding Transvaal on the map.

tandy gets best behaved awardThe best behaved attendee was Tandy, the dog, who was certainly an outstanding example of her role and breed. Definitely senior B.S.A Police material!!!! The better part of the function came when the MC was required to introduce the Guest of Honour. Don Bulloch had been guest of honour at a previous Regimental lunch and that speech was so interesting that it had been de-cided to ask him to continue the subject at this luncheon.The previous speech had been about Don’s participating in dealing with the outside world with sanctions in place and after independence in 1980. Particularly in the area of tobacco marketing. Don had shown that the tobacco export business was not a few packets of Benson and Hedges being posted to China, but hundreds of tonnes of the wonderful Rhodesian weed going all over the place. Don’s mateship and photos were of high level political and business figures. The Chinese Premier in 1980, and Chinese Communist Party big wig, Chou En Lai earlier, must have been very heavy smokers as they became great mates of Don’s. Behind the scene the Chinese Premier approved the purchase of vast stocks of Rhodesian to-

bacco, following the visit into Peking of a delegation in early 1980. Before announcing Don the MC did remark that the Chinese were selling Mugabe ammunition whilst Rhode-

sia was selling carcinogenic tobacco to them, the Rhodesians body count would be a lot higher in the long run, if modern medical facts are to be be-lieved.Don’s family had their main farm along the Enterprise Road in the vicinity of Ewanrigg Gardens and Mermaids Pool. Which Police recruit can forget Mermaid Pool, swimming in the pool or lying on the water cooled rock to

watch lovely young ladies hopefully losing their swim suit tops whilst trying the Flying Fly into the pool. Depot wasn’t such a bad place at times???

Don’s Speech - highlightsDons speech made a dent in the nostalgic reminisces when his speech started as he went on to outline his deal-ings with the political twisting and turning before Inde-pendence. The lying and underhanded activities of the British Governments involved would make all Australians vote for a republic. The old label for the sneaky British politicians and their hierarchy of “Perfidious Albion” was present throughout Dons speech. The United Nations and Americans didn’t do so well either. Andrew Young, the incompetent Secretary of State for America, came in for a well-deserved roasting. The very devious Labour Party Foreign Secretary David Owen, of the Brits, was another who came into the line of fire, as did Margaret Thatcher and Lord Carrington, all of them had only one objective, the destruction of Rhodesia. Don could recall only one of the politicians who came out the mess with dignity (not counting Ian Douglas), which was David Smith, Rhodesian Minister of Agricul-ture and cattle breeder, who Don had great admiration and liking for. Who can forget the last Governor of Rhodesia / Zimbabwe Lord “Soapy” Soames, who would be enough to make anyone rush for the YES vote in a re-public debate, no matter how they loved Kate and Wills.The saddest part of Dons speech was the description of the supposed safeguard of the rural farming population, and how it was never fully introduced, and was aban-doned entirely by the British etc. They did not receive any comment when hundreds lost their lives, their hard working labour and their property. Leaving a nation to starve, and millions of refugees from that fertile land having to escape, to avoid the starvation. The festivities did not last long after Don remarked on the loss of his families farming property, the death of close friends, and the waste lands that are now owned by Mr Mugabe’s fel-low Zimbabwe “politicians. “

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Regimental toastDon ended his speech with a toast to the Regiment, which at least can be proud of itself about that time of its service, not like the overseas political framework then. The reply was by Chris Morten, who most of you will know as a writer and newspaper reporter, his book, “The Benefactors Monkey” being a very good read. Chris rein-forced Don’s reminiscing’s of the times and like Don did not have a lot of positives about politicians of the time.

Perth Lunch continued from page 5 Chris had the fame of being disliked by the British and banned by Mugabe. Dons and Chris’s comments about Malcom Fraser, that trouser less Commonwealth Eminent Person, would indi-cate that Chris might not be entirely welcome in certain Australian environments either. Chris finished off the formal proceedings with a toast to Australia. After lots of raffle prizes were distributed, most of course wine bottles and booze hampers, Tandy the Seeing Eye dog was switched to sheep dog mode and managed to round up the mob and get them out into the outside world again.

Wet catchup - 1972 Display Squad Mates Bill Bruce 8706 and Alan Hadfield 8755 Warners Bay, NSW headed to the waters of Lake Macquarie, to enjoy the spray and recall the memories.If you have any happy snaps of your BSAP days, or recent catch-ups with ex colleagues let us know.

Global constitutional reviewAndrew Field, Hon. Life Vice President of the Reg-imental Association has been canvassing opinions on the unifying of the Constitutions of the global Regimental Association. In brief he has said:“During the last couple of months work has been done on the proposed restructuring of the Regimental Association and re-writing of the Association’s Constitution.This document has been fully reviewed by two legal prac-titioners, one practicing in Australia and the other in the United Kingdom. They are Will Keys (7432) and Anthony Murphy (8443), both of whom are former members of the force. May I extend a warm word of thanks to both of them for their learned input into this process? All the Branches were consulted by e-mail during the conceptual stages of this review, offering extracts of various sections of the Constitution for comment as it was being re-written. Aside from a few minor comments and suggestions, it would seem that there were no major objections.During the earlier stages of this exercise there was some discussion concerning the status of the Branches and their apparent autonomy, more particularly whether they should be bound by a global Constitution serving com-mon purpose in the spirit of the worldwide fellowship of former members. Every Branch, while having its auton-omy, shall be bound to use the global Constitution as its founding document. Every Branch will be represented on the central body.Each of the Branches in the Regimental Network should already be using the existing Constitution as the founda-tion for their local Associations, these being localised through a process of local byelaws to cater for any statu-tory requirements pertaining to registration of Associa-tions, welfare organisations, charities and even tax law.Existing Branches would be expected to substitute their existing constitutions with this new Constitution, if ap-proved, and, of course, they may need to adjust their local byelaws accordingly.My apologies if I seem blunt, but one of the fundamental reasons for change is a concern for the apparent lack of democratic principals involved in the process of gover-nance.

Members of a single Branch have dominated the election of the Regimental Association President, to the exclusion of all other Branches. The Central Advisory Committee structure was considered weak (and not really an entity), and with respect to them, ineffective. The Regimental Association needs a tangible structure at its head which involves every Branch of the Association in the gover-nance of the body.The existing Constitution is a patchwork of amended clauses and was inconsistent between the policy and the rules. Hopefully this has been tidied up.The new Constitution introduces the concept of a Gov-erning Body, which shall have a President (a titular office) and shall be run by a Committee comprising representa-tives appointed by every Branch. This new Committee shall not need all of its members to meet physically and we have adapted its functionality to existing technology.Much of the existing Constitution is replicated in the new Constitution.Full details of the discussions can be had by contacting Andrew on andrew.field@bsap.org

Social snippet - Display Squad ‘72

NAPIER (nee McLean), Lynette Sheena ‘Lyn’ (WP099 - Women Patrol Officer; served March 1964 - March 1969) passed away on 22 February 2016 - Leicester, United Kingdom

SAUNDERS, Peter (7061 - Inspector; served February 1962 - December 1980) passed away on 22 February 2016 when undergoing treat-ment in the Frimley Park Hospital, Aldershot Hampshire, United Kingdom

ROYSTON, Karen Anne (WP245 - Women Patrol Officer; served March 1974 - Septem-ber 1977) passed away on 19 January-2016 - Gympie, Queensland, Australia

HALL, Timothy Joseph, (110971 - Patrol Of-ficer; served August 1979 - November 1980 by purchase) passed away on 18 January-2016 - Ankara, Turkey

MUNRO, Donald (5324 - Constable; served February 1955 - July 1960) passed away on 12 January-2016 - Kimberley, South Africa

MAGUIRE, Frank Philip, aged 92 (4468 - Chief Inspector PMM; PLSM; served Sep-tember 1949 - January 1986) passed away on 11 January-2016 - Kenilworth, United Kingdom

MILLS, Philip Leonard ‘Phil’ (5466 - D/In-spector; served April 1956 - July 1969) passed away on 29 December-2015 - Harare, Zimba-bwe

ANDERSON, Robin Adrian Hamilton ‘Rob’ aged 75 (5835 - Chief Superintendent; served June 1958 - December 1981) passed away on 17 December-2015 - East London, South Africa

EDGE, Derrick (6499/7792 - Patrol Officer; served October 1961 - October 1970 - two tours) passed away on 11 December 2015 - Herberton, Queensland, Australia

WALTON, Frederick John Stuart aged 81 (5040 - Constable; served April 1953 - April 1956) passed away on 6 December-2015 - Cali-fornia, United States of America

TUBBS, Robert Charles aged 65 (8118 - De-tective Inspector; served October 1968 - Au-

gust 19810) passed away on 6 December-2015 - Pretoria, South Africa

CUTTING, Peter Nigel aged 68 (8105 - De-tective Section Officer; served October 1968 - May 1980) passed away on 2 Deceember-2015 - Andover, United Kingdom

ATKINSON, Philip Whitebread aged 96 (3801 - Sergeant; served April 1939 - January 1947) passed away on 27-Nov-2015 - Sunning-hill, South Africa

STEVENSON, Phillip ‘Phil’ aged 56 (10225 - Patrol Officer; served November 1977 - December 1980) passed away on 17-Nov-2015 - Chiang Mai, Thailand

MERCER, Charles Maurice ‘Joe’, aged 88 (4572 - Constable; served March 1950 - March 1956) killed tragically on 9-Nov-2015 - Kendal, Cumbria, United Kingdom

TOMS, Stanley Barrymore ‘Barry’, aged 81 (5667 - Section Officer; served March 1957 - March 1968) passed away on 9-Nov-2015 - Hillcrest, South Africa

PILBROUGH, Ronald, aged 82(4757 - As-sistant Commissioner; served July 1951 - July 1977) passed away on 5-Nov-2015 - Christchurch, New Zealand

PRETORIUS, Barend Godfried ‘Ben’, aged 69 (7552 - Detective Inspector; served March 1966 - November 1979) passed away on 30-Oct-2015 - Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

STANYON, Nigel Derek (C957/10203 - Patrol Officer; served November 1977 - May 1980) passed away on 30-Oct-2015 - Alexan-dra Headland, Queensland, Australia.

PARNABY, Maurice Brian, aged 83 (5210 - Constable; served December 1954 - April 1960) passed away on 20-Oct-2015 - Cocker-mouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

HEUGH, Malcolm Vernon, aged 67 (5012 - Constable; served March 1953 - March 1957) passed away in 2013 - Douglas, Isle of Man, United Kingdom

RILEY, David Anthony (5635 - Detective Constable; served February 1957 - March 1962) passed away on 14-Oct-2015 - St Albans, United Kingdom

MCCRORY, Alan James (4680 - Chief In-spector; served December 1950 - December 1970) passed away on 09-Oct-2015 - Mel-bourne, Australia

MCNAMARA, David Frank Hughs (6539 - Inspector; served December 1961 - July 1980) passed away on 09-Oct-2015 - Edenvale, South Africa

LEONARD, Hermanus Jan ‘Manie’ (8272 - A/Commissioner; served June 1969 - September 1989) passed away on 25-Sep-2015 - Centurion, South Africa

STREET, Brian Patrick (6839 - Detective Pa-trol Officer; served January 1963 - April 1968) passed away on 18-Sep-2015 - Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

SIMPSON, Ian Paul (7093 - Patrol Officer; served April 1964 - June 1969) passed away on 19-Sep-2015 - Harare, Zimbabwe

WHITNEY, David Edward (5504 - Con-stable; served June 1956 - August 1962) passed away on 20-Jul-2015 - Adelaide, Australia

JOHNSON, Mark Lee (10299 - Patrol Offi-cer; served December 1977 - December 1980) passed away on 13-Sep-2015 - Johannesburg, South Africa

WEIMER, Thomas Edward William ‘Tim’ (4158 - Superintendent; served December 1946 - January 1968) passed away on 01-Sep-2015 - New Milton, United Kingdom. Tim was an Honorary Life Vice President of the Regimental Association.

MALLON, Derek Edward ‘Ted’ (4622 - C/Superintendent; served May 1950 - January 1972) passed away on 20-Aug-2015 - Harare, Zimbabwe

In MemoriamWe honour their service, and we think of them,their friends and family. Since our last Outpost listing the following ex members have passed on during 2015 - in reverse date order. Full details on BSAP.org.

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What a weekend had by all…Alan Hadfield was the principal organizer of the Coffs Harbour UDI reunion, ably assisted by his wife Lesley. He was delighted with the turnout and had special thanks to the sponsors and volunteers who made it all happen so smoothly with their generosity. “It gives me great pleasure to let you all know that as a direct result of your generosity during our weekend in Coffs Harbour, we have been able to donate $7,135.46 to The Zimbabwe / Rhodesian Aid Fund and $450.00 to The Danny Delport Foundation – what an achievement!

The generosity of Rhodesians attending was overwhelm-ing very warming and extremely touching.To make such a weekend happen it needed helpers and I will hilight some of them

thank You All From the Bottom Of My heart

Boerewors Rolls & Biltong – Kevin & Liesl Hadfield - They also made and donated the boerewors we had at the braai on Saturday evening – THANKS GUYS! Bar - My nephews Bradley and Matthew Hadfield, along with help from Kevin Hadfield made it the success it was – Magnificent JOB lads. Ticket’s raffle and bar: Don Delport, Karen Delport, Karen Smith, Sally Fraser-Kerk, Lesley & Liesl Hadfield sold thousands of dollars’ worth of tickets – WELL DONE

Name Tags: Made and donated by Margaret & Allan Campbell – THANK YOU! Church Service: Rev/Maj Michael Veary – VERY GOOD RHODESIAN SERVICE!

Sound & Backing: Grant Berry – AWESOME!

Music: Last but not least a massive thank you to JOHN & TERESA ED-MOND who did not charge for the shows.All of the others who helped, THANK YOU ALL for making the weekend such a hugeSuccess.” And from those who joined in, a thanks for

the organisational effort.

Some stories arrived on email:- 10512 P/O Dave Morley (8/78), 475 WPO Sue Kasper (WPO 2/78) what a magic weekend was had at the re-union. Dave and I met on the same flight heading for Rhodesia in 1978. Him 21 me 22. Little did we know our friendship would last a life time. It’s reunions like this weekend that remind me I was part of a something great honest and real in Rhodesia. I cannot wait for the next reunion. Thank you again for a splendid show, a very well thought-out weekend, and so much goodwill! We feel privileged to have been there. Also our gratitude for this absolutely

memorable Power-Point show, it is re-ally s u p e r!!! Have sent it on to so many countrymen who could not be at a UDI celebration. Sincerely

Maxy & Graham Barron

Thank you, John and Therese Edmond, and everyone else involved in the making of a great weekend. The weather on the whole was good, except for the BIG day. I was very lucky in winning the prints, and hav-ing them signed by both John and Charles.

There was great camaraderie with everyone, some nostalgic moments, some tears but lots of talk and laughter. Great travelling com-panions. Enjoyed the common sense speech by Rev Mike Veary on Sunday, and loved the Milk Stout. I don’t like beer, but I did enjoy the Stout. Was that brought in especially? I’ll check it out on the net. I hope we don’t have to wait another 50 years???? (Very few of us will be still be around). I hope you both enjoyed your-selves in spite of all the hard work you had to do. All the very best, and a very well deserved rest.

Warmest wishes, Jennie

RhODESIAN UDI 50th Anniversary13th-16th November 2015 coffs harbour NSW

Heather Webster (Ian Smiths Secretary)& Michael Hambrook cutting the cake

Allan Campbell SAS, Alan Hadfield & Teresa & John Edmond

Teresa and John Edmond

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Future of the Australia Branch?BSAP Regimental Associations worldwide are facing the reality of dwindling numbers and lower activity as the ex members age. A review of the future options was held by the Australian Committee on 20 January and discussed the future of the Australian branch. A number of op-tions were considered and comment on these is provided below.

In its considerations the committee did not see the options as being mutually exclusive and called on the membership to contribute opinions and other options and provide a case for their alternative option and what support there is for it.

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Australia branch of the BSAP Regimental Association is sched-uled for Perth on 19 March 2016. An agenda item for the

meeting will be the election of a new committee. All posi-tions are declared vacant and nominations for positions are called for in advance of the AGM.

A brief history of the Australia branch of Regimental As-sociation is contained in the Chairman’s Chat section of this summer edition 2015/2016 of the Aussie Outpost.

The branch was established in Perth and whilst member-ship has steadily increased across Australia there are more members in WA than in any other state.

Present committeeThe present committee members are Rob Gates (7045) – Chairman, Kerry Hoadley (5316) – Treasurer, Lew Whit-more (7049), Howard Martin (6929) – Secretary and Peter Scott (7365). Rob, Kerry and Lew are foundation mem-

coffs Reunion roundupThursday night 12th November 2015 started with about 40 of us meeting at the Sanctuary Resort for drinks and a very loud chat in the bar. Don Delport put on a DVD called “All our Rhodesian Memories in One Place” over two hours of photos, videos and music - en-joyed by all and were on sale. John Edmond shared many a story with some old friends, as we all did. The evening ended with some having dinner at the Sanctuary Resort and others proceeding onto party elsewhere. Great start to the long weekend. Friday Night 13th November 2015 was fabulous with 281 Rhodesian’s attending the Dinner and show by John Edmond, which brought back many a memory for all. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the evening and a few had ‘fuzzy’ heads the following morning.

Saturday morning, 14th November 2015 started off with the school breakfast reunions and created some light hearted jokes between the schools. Guys attending Hamilton High School 22, Churchill High School 28 and Chaplin High School 20.

Saturday afternoon we had our Rhodesian 50th USI Mini Market at The Big Windmill motelin Coffs Harbour, where the had 8 stalls all visited by hundreds of visitors during the day. The evening Braai started off in heavy rain, which light-ened up during the evening, but certainly did not dampen

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the RHODESIAN’s attending “334” in all. Great prizes were won by most deserving winners. John Edmond did a song-a-long with a very well behaved crowd - once again he was a massive hit - well done John. Sunday 15th November BSAP breakfast attended by some 90 people was again awesome, with all ex members, both regular and reserv-ists receiving a raffle prize - the 2nd largest gathering of ex members in Australia after 2013 BSAP Centenary gath-ering in Canberra (96). What an awesome record. Sunday 15th November saw an emotional church service held in the marquee at The Big Windmill Motel attended by about 180 people especially when the ‘last Post’ was sounded. Rev Michael Veary delivered a fantas-tic service and his sermon was entitled ‘Yesterday / Today & Tomorrow’. Michael was Padre to 10RR and on arrival in Australia some 35 years ago was a Minister in The Unit-ing Church.

Our Rhodesian UDI cake was eaten at the tea after the church service.About 130 Rhodesian’s gathered to have sundowner drinks, chats, snacks and say goodbye to rekindled friends and new ones. There were a lot of laughs and stories about Rhodesia where we came from what we did and what we did as youngsters. Remember our heritage and where we came from and the fact we are PROUD RHO-DESIANS and that can’t be taken away from us.

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bers of the committee, and Howard and Peter are long standing members. Steve Martin (7694) resigned from the committee in March 2015 after many years of service to take on other community based responsibilities. The committee is supported by State Liaison Officers(SLOs) in NSW (Alan Hadfield 8755), Victoria (Derek Hardey 7069), ACT (Will Singleton 8083), Tasmania (John Hey-cock 6373) and South Australia (Lance Bradfield 8783). The branch has members living in Queensland but none in the Northern Territory.

One of the main reasons why committee members are longstanding is that the many general calls over many years to become members and numerous direct ap-proaches have been ignored or rejected. There has been an extreme reluctance for new people to come on board. Reasons given include being too busy, work, other com-mitments, health matters and advancing age. Now it just happens to be the case that all those “excuses” apply to the existing members and SLOs as well.

The Australia branch, since its inception, has operated under the broad common constitution of the Regimental Association. Local byelaws ensure the branch’s core ac-tivities are focused on the social and welfare needs of its members; and that it produces an annual audited financial statement. More than ten years ago members decided at an AGM that there was no need for the branch to be-come an Incorporated Association under State legislation.

The basis for the decision was that the Constitution and Bye Laws provided sufficient checks and balances for the members and that the increased level of reporting and costs required from formal incorporation could not be justified.

In early 2015 the branch committee circulated informa-tion to the SLOs on the option that the Australia branch be based on the eastern seaboard. Only limited feedback was received and no interest was expressed in filling the committee positions.

Some of the existing Perth based committee members, including the chairman, will definitely not be standing for re-election in March 2016. It is time for change.

Future Options that were explored

Option OneA new Perth based committee is elected. The present committee believes that this is not a likely option. Evi-dence over the last five years shows that it is extremely unlikely anyone will offer to volunteer their services. In the same time period two people did come forward and were elected. Both left in less than a year giving the rea-son in one instance that they were moving overseas and in the other they had other commitments.

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Option twoA new Eastern or all states based committee is elected. This had not been considered likely based on 2015 experi-ence referred to above but enough nominations have now been accepted for this to be an option.

Option threeEach state/territory form its own branch. This is not considered a viable option given the small numbers of members, including both regulars and reservists in other states and territories.

Option FourThe Australia Branch be dissolved and replaced by an Australian Federation of BSAP social clubs with each state and territory having its own social group. It is ap-preciated that states such as Tasmania and South Aus-tralia have very few members. The Northern Territory would be encouraged to form its own social group and have an SLO. WA would have its own SLO to replace its committee. This proposal means that the existing Queen-sland based Australia branch members would be the core social club members and other former BSAP people living in Qld be encouraged to be members of the social club. The Queensland social group would appoint its own SLO. Each SLO would co-opt members to organise social functions and to assist him/her in administrative duties, publicising functions and be involved in welfare work.

Social functions would be organised on a cost recovery basis. There would be no need to hold a formal Australian AGM or have a formal annual dinner. Details of local social functions would be circulated to the SLO in each state. Each SLO would hold the contact details of its state/territory members and have access through other SLOs to obtain contact details held by other SLOs. Cur-rent privacy protocols would be maintained. Details of functions would be posted on the News Section of the Regimental Association web site bsap.org It is suggested that each SLO appoint a social media contact person who would be responsible for circulating details of functions through the existing BSAP social media network.

By posting news about functions, both interstate and overseas, it would enable members of any BSAP branch or social club/network visiting any other state/territory to be aware of forthcoming functions. At present many visitors are unaware of functions because information is unavailable in time for them to attend.

Nominate NowNomination Forms for election to the committee is in-cluded in this Outpost. This enables a group of members, who have previously shown no interest, to come forward.

Member updateThis is an ocassional article, featuring the background story of a former BSAP member or colleague - if you have such a story let us know so we can share.

Dr Michael Anthony (tony) Raymond AOFollowing University, Tony initially worked as an indus-trial chemisst prior to joining the BSAP forensic labora-tory in Morris Depot in Salisbury in 1977. After the then Director, Dr Hilton Kobus immigrated to Canberra, Australia; Tony managed the laboratory in 1981/82 before immigrating to Australia together with his wife Lynne (nee McNamara) and their two daughters Adele and Tar-ryn then aged 6 and 2 respectively. Colleague Dr Craig Fowler had already immigrated to a forensic science position in Adelaide prior to Dr Kobus’ move.

Tony joined the Victoria Police forensic laboratory in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia as head of their Biology Division in late 1982. He completed a part-time PhD in Physics/Mathematics entitled “Trajectory Reconstruc-tion from Bloodstains at a Crime Scene” in 1997. Later that year, after working for VicPol for approx.15 years, he moved to Sydney, New South Wales to assume the post of Director of the Forensic Services Group (FSG) for the NSW Police Force.

National Institute of Forensic Science From March 2004 to September 2007, he was engaged as the Director, National Institute of Forensic Science (NIFS) based in Melbourne – an exercise in commut-ing! This position was answerable to a Board of Control and ultimately to the Ministerial Council of Police and Emergency Services. In September 2007, Tony was in-vited to direct the NSW Police Force DNA Advancement Program and subsequently also took on the role of Chief Scientist for the NSW Police Force.

Tony is a past president of the Australian and New Zea-land Forensic Science Society and a previous Chair of the Senior Managers of Australia & New Zealand Forensic

Laboratories (SMANZFL) Executive. He remained on the Executive until December 2014 courtesy of his role as SMANZFL International Liaison Officer. Tony is also an Honorary Fellow of the Australian College of Legal Medicine.

Tony has given evidence in a range of Courts in Zimba-bwe, Victoria, Western Australia, the ACT and NSW in relation to all aspects of forensic science, including DNA-related, crime scene related and bloodstain pattern re-lated casework. In that capacity, he acted as the principle scientific agent for the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Chamberlain convictions and the Inquiry into the McLeod-Lindsay Conviction.

Member of the Order of Australia Tony was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2010 Australia Day Honours ‘For service to foren-sic science in the field of law enforcement through the development of technological advances, including blood pattern analysis and DNA-related identification, and through leadership and advisory roles’.Tony was made an adjunct professor of Western Sydney University in early 2010 and currently chairs their Exter-nal Advisory Committee on behalf of the WSU Professor of Forensic Science. In 2014, he was awarded the International Association of Forensic Sciences Adelaide medal (awarded every four years) and the Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency NIFS John Harber Phillips award (usually award-ed annually), for his contribution to the forensic sciences.

Tony retired from the NSW Police Force in 2015 and started a small business entitled ‘Strategic Forensics Pty Limited’. His fields of speciality include crime scene investigation, bloodstain pattern analysis, DNA meth-odologies and management of science and technology related projects.

thanks for donation On behalf of the committee of the Zimbabwe Aid Fund we would like to thank you very much for the very gener-ous donation of $7 135.46 received for the Pensioners inZimbabwe. A wonderful result from the Rhodesian UDI celebrations at Coffs Harbour that you organised. At-tached please find your receipt. Currently SOAP Harare are supplying monthly food par-cels to 235 pensioners and SOAP Bulawayo around 130.

We also attach the latest updates received from both SOAP in Harare and Bulawayo in case you haven’t re-ceived them. Thanks very much for your support, it is really appreci-ated and makes a huge difference to the pensioners.

Warm RegardsShelley Mino

On behalf of the Committee of the Zimbabwe Aid fund

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British South Africa Police Regimental Association Australia Branch

The SecretaryBSAP Regimental Association [Australia Branch]28 Glenshee LoopKingsleyWA 6026

MEMBERShIP APPLIcAtIONName in Full.................................................................................................................Date of Birth .................................Occupation ...........................................................Address (Res.) ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Post Code......................................Telephone ( ) .....................................................Address (Bus)....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Post Code .....................................Telephone ( ) .....................................................Email Address……………………………………………….

Service Circle that applicable: Regular : Reserve : N/Serv. : Special : Dependant RRAF : Army : Prisons : Int.Aff. : Guard Force Force No: ................. Date Attested: ................ .... Date Discharged: ......... ...........Rank on Discharge: ................... Decorations/Awards: ..............................................Marital Status: .......... Maiden Name: ……….................... Dependants: ...................Name of Spouse/Next of Kin: ......................................................................................I hereby apply for FULL / ASSOCIATE Membership of the Australia Branch of the British South Africa Police Regi-mental Association.

PaymentI enclose my subscription of $ .............(Full Membership $20.00 - Associate $15) OrI will make a direct transfer into the Association’s Westpac bank account: A/C Name: BSAP Regimental AssociationA/C No.: 459125BSB: 036-001(Please put your name on the narrative so we know who it’s from).

Signed: .................................................... Date: ...............................................

NOtES - FOR GUIDANcEFULL MEMBERSHIP may only be granted to ex-Regular Members of the BSAP and to ex-Police Reservists with a minimum of three years service (Not Special Reservists).ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP with limited voting rights, may be granted to others at the discretion of the Executive Com-mittee.Dependants should endorse the details of their [ex-Regular Member] parent/guardian.The Executive Committee reserves the right to grant or refuse an application without advising reasons therefore.The standard subscription is $20.00. (In special circumstances this may be reduced at the discretion of the Committee). The sub-scription for Associate Membership is $15.00. However, if you are able to contribute more than the annual subscription rate, it will be gratefully received and put to good use by the Executive in terms of the constitution and rules. (It should be remembered that one of the principal objectives of the B.S.A. Police Regimental Association is the provision of benevolence.)Please note that Annual subscriptions were suspended with effect from 1 January 2011 but the Committee reserves the right to re-introduce Annual Subscriptions if circumstances so dictate. ALL CHEQUES TO BE MADE PAYABLE TO THE B.S.A.P REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION AND CROSSED, PLEASE.

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