Rl'I ISII SOU'I'II AFRICA POLICE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATIONUNITED KINGDOM BRANCH

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ISSUE No: 49 1IVINTER 2001

I bc events OI that single fatclUI day,September I I'", were so horrendousBnd IBf fcachlng ln thclf conscqucnccsthat they touched each onc of Us lnsonic way 01' Bnothcf. It sccnls ullpos-sihle to write Qn editorial - even forthts little lournal —without theirillciltlon. Manv of Us will hc dippinginto our professional experience towondcl' how" to fight Bnd bc(It tcrfoflstnon this scale, All of us will he con-cerned spectators as the strugglel11l.IoldS.

ln Ihc nlcantlinc l lie has, of coUfsc,gol'tc on, Bl'Bach Qnntial dlnncfs BndOthcl' gathcf lugs have hccn held, Bndthe Association contin(les to fulfil ltspUfposc. And what fcllnions thcfchave bccnt I hose fcpoftlng oil thcscshlndlgs Brc invariably nlovcd to co111-Illcnt on thc splflt of' bonhonllc thatBny gathering of BSAP alw'Bys sccnlsto gcnct'Btc. 1 hcfc ls 8 dcalcnlnu dillof lubflcatcd happy chat Bnd gales ofIQUghtcf, News of'old fl'lends Qnd Bc-

quatntanccs Is sought, given andrecycled. Established friendships arestrengthened and renewed, and newfriendships forged. t. Olleagues who havefeatured in the Roll of Honour are re-nlembered with respect and affectioit

Cotllpafcd with thc void that so oftenfollows other vocational relationships andexperience, we are so fortunate to havethis organisation that fosters such price-less camaraderie, During the past year Ihave increasingly beconle aware of therole played by the Branch Outpostnlagazines. They would barely exist (andwould be dire reading if they did!) &1ith-OUt thc news, photos Qnd BI'tlclcs confnb-uted by you, the readership. So may I say,

% cll done, Bnd thBnk you fof yoUIsUppoft. Just kccp tt conlulg, lhat s all!

Wishing you all a happy (. hristmas andpcaccful Ncw Year.

Dick Ray, Editor

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CHAIRMAN'S CHA1' By 6905 Peter Phillips

I anl writing this shortly 8Aer a most successful Annual Dinner. It will be nearlyChrtstnlas when voU read lt so plcasc folglvc sonic of Bly obscI'vatlons which

may be 'old hat'.

In my last epistle I raised the subject of attendance at I" Tuesdays at the VictoryServices Club. What a delight it was, and I 8IB sure pure coincidence, that we hada superb turn-out on the I" Tuesday in September, The usual suspects were thereplus the likes of'Tim Heddard, Dave kennedy and Vred Punter. We were alsodelighted to welcome Ken Miners from Hulawayo, Duncan MCDermid I'rom the

Cape and Mike Abbotts from Transvaal. It does pay to advertise.

Lately I have attended two Association Iunctions. Ilirstly the Hroadway Hraai in

August which for the first tinle fell to Jim liazlett to organise, and I congratulatehim and his team on a job very well done. Secondly the Annual Dinner, which wasalso well attended and, as ever, acknowledgement must be made of Mike Leach'seti'orts in organising this event, I was delighted to welcome to the dinner ourAssociation president Hill KIIWIIy from Zitnbabwe and others from various partsof the globe. Our guest speaker Hob Wheaton was a Rhodesian who became ajournalist and news producer for the HHC for sonle 30 years. I felt he struckabsoIUtcly thc right note with his talk and It. was ccrtalnly well fccclved by thoseattending. I must also colnmend Hruee Hlaes who 'volunteered' for the JuniorTroop fcsponsc, Hc Blade thc very tclllng point. that this Assoclatlon has 8 flnltclil'e and that we should do as much as possible to encourage members of hisvintage to support the Association, I am happy to endorse that sentilnent.

On a lighter note relating to the Dinner, I have this vague recollection of Alan1 oms and myself attenlpting to steer a very senior member back to his room atappl'oxlnlatcly 1.008m. Unfortunately hc coUId nof reIrlcIBbcr his rooln BUnlbcf.More fortunately we met his wife, also wandering the building, but her memorywas equally vague. I uckily the hall porter was able to assist. I am glad to say I felthetter than the anonymous melnber looked at breakfast next morning.

I Blentioned Alan Toms. Our constitution provides for the appointment of a Vice-chalrman alld, h8vlllg bccn duly Bonlln8tcd by thc comnllttcc, I anl pleased to saythat Alan has accepted the position.

To close, I look I'orward to seeing as many of you as possible at our Christmasgathering on the I" Tuesday in December at the Victory Services Club. May I alsotake thc opportunity to wish yoU all well for thc Chl isttnas Season an(l 811 tlrat youwould wish for yourselves for the New Year.

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8746 Rick Sumnlcrs Is trying to trace5893 Patrick Hayden who served inthe HSAP from September '58 to De-cenlber '80. If anyone can assistplease advise Rick direct on E-mail at':s»»)»)c)st'&ipal&tik, ;I.)'0 zlv-. or via theUK Hon Sec please.

9226 Dave Cardy has embarked on theuse of current communication technol-ogy aild ciln bc contacted at honlc byE-i»ail on

atldi(II'!Isca. fswofld, co.uk- . Dave iskeeping fairly well and still in regulartouch with 5329 Patldy Morton, vvhois keeping better.

6347 Phil Cunliffe-Steel has changedhis priorities in life. Leaving the sad-dle behind (the Harley Davidson onethis time) he has gone into the alligatorbusiness. An advert appears elscvvhcreln this Issue bUt Phil s boule addi'cssls»I thc change of addi css section. Phil lsexploring the prospect of' alligatorfBI)lung In Australta - fUst to keep ffolngetting bored!

In addition to the regular I"' 'I'uesdaygathci'lugs ln I.ondofl, wc werc gf'acedwith thc pl'cscllcc of thc Vice Plcstdcfltof thc Association vvhcn 4770 HughPhillips made a Hying visit to I.ondon.At 'I htlstl ly BI'I'angcd lt'npt'otllptuscsston, both I fonorlu'y I.lfc Vtcc Presi-dents 4158 Tim M'eitncr and 5479

Mike l.each were there to greet Hughand his wife Dawn. Others attendingincluded our branch chairman, 6905Peter Phillips, on his first outing sincehis operation, 7391 Alan Toms, 4278John Balchin, 6527 Mike O'Donnelland, on a rare but special visit, 7211Peter Biddulph was there to greet hisformer boss. 'I he event was an opportu-nity to express our support f'or ourconll'Biles in Zlnlbabwc, and thcevening gave us a chance to get newsfirst hand. This included mention of arecent piece of legislation which de-mands the renunciation of all othercitizenship, declaring all existing Zim-babwcan passports to bc ntvaltd froinnext year.

5518 Ken and Anthca Mitchell are offto South Africa, Duc to personal cii-cumstances Ken is still living in KingsLynn (see entry under 'Changes ofAddress). He is disposing of his pat-ents residence and once that is done h:will join Anthea at 449 Gemsbok Streetin Scarborough (tel 021 780 1012I.There is no postal delivery in this artnso all mail will have to go to P O Hox43967, Scarborough 7975. We wistKen and Anthea good luck for the)rfuture and hope they keep in touclj.Ken also wrote a lengthy letter, includ-ing son)e nice words about the UEOutpost (Thank you, Ken —Edi', ."'Somehow the last couple of issuesect)I packed »lore than Usual wlihnames from the past. " Ken recallsStan McMillan when some twentyyears ago they served together on tlatWestern Cape Hranch Committee. Ihmentions others who were in thttconlnllltcc, Including l ony CirangcgCough Botha, Mafgttret Chtshollll,

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Seamus Power, Andy Gray and in theChair Les Hsuseberger trying to tillthe boots of the previous chairmenSsm Brewer and Ross Biccsrd. Othermemories were conjured up with themention of Nobby Clarke and hisfootball reunion - John Neale his bossBt Esscxvalc, Dick Ray wofklng BtNyamandhlovu on S.T,O.C.S, and thenames of many Nyamandhlovu P/Rfncntloncll ln thc poclrI whom Kcnfondly remembers from his stint Bt thatstation.

Another who has relocated is WP 22Vers Renouf. She has 'downsized', touse a modern tenn (see 'Changes ofAddress). Vera savs thBt shc was shat-tered by the news reports fionl Zimba-bwe during August, and feels very sadfor those living there. (We share yourviews Vera and pray for a peaceful andsensible outcome —M LL),

7211 Peter Hiddulph met with 4245Hill Buchanan when passing throughStevenage on 22"' August. Bill, now78, is in good spirits, but missing hisgolf since he had a mild stroke sometilnc back thBt affected Ius swing.

4730 Dave Hsllward is home afterhaving two successful hip replacementoperations in South Africa. He writes,"Before leaving SA, I had 8 short visitto Natal to see my cousin PatrickSweet who was in the Police Reserveand PATU at Triangle. I then had acouple of nights with Chris and HiiaryThorn at Howick, who invited Pookieand Jean Reynolds, Graham andMarion Stevens and Charlie and Bar-

bare Grasset, for a sundowner, Wealso visited Dennis and Fsy MarshallBt PMB. Dennis has weak knccs BndFay had had 8 ncw hip fitted fhc salncday Bs I had lny second onc done, sowere able to compare notes. We' re allfalling to bits but thank goodness formodcfn surgery! Having got boule hcstarted to sort through mail and cameBcfoss thc photo of thc Rugby XV lnour Spring edition on page 25. He hasidentified nearly all the players as:back row L to R: George Leppsn,Brian O'Shsunessy - not Jack Shau-nessy - (died a couple of months ago inCape Town), Jack Nsested, JohnSmithyman and Vin Lovgrove. Mid-dle row: Hill Freeman, then one whosename is on the tip of his tongue butstubbornly remains there, himself,Chl ls Mooll, Dick Humphreys~ GusArmstrong and Noel Dixon. Seated:Pookie Reynolds, Depot C/lnsp Gin-ger Lardent, Tom Egleton (Capt),Major Frost (Commandant Depot) andRalph Irwin Hon Sec. Front: MikeBrooks and Bill Jsques, Noel Dixoncame in at the end of season when HiBJsques was either injured ortransferred.

6645 Jon I. Milner emails fromI~loni~I. "I'I~lnl n~nl, I hC SunllllCf2001 UK Outpost was read by me withthe usual enjoyment which increasedwhen I was reminded of my Umtalidays with mention of The Little Swal-low (and Mick VVoods!) and RobinHood (his association with Forbes Bor-der Post staff). The only thing missingwas mention of James Hugh 'Tskkie'Bsnnerlllsnn Bnd his BBIBzlng Bndlengthy cross border jaunts on the"Takkiemobile". Mention of Dave

Darby hloUght to Blind anothcl' borderstation, kanyclnha, 8Bd nly visits thcfcwith Alf %%inter to count Dave's'Badza-Digging X 2' and to steal asmuch of'his game biltong as possible.Final)y, I anl sonlctlnlcs asked to speakto interest groups on policing pre andpost colonial Africa, and recently I wasunexpectedly asked to comment on theinvolvement of ex-members in theCongo with Mike Hoafc. Thc BalncsJohn Peters and Ralf Hider (I-Iyder7)wcl'c Incntloncd. Cail soBlconc conflrinthat they were cx-members, and If'any-one else was involved7 I have vaguefccof lection 01 an cxmenlbcr/prosecutor in Umtali, v hovvrote 8 book, heing involved 'upthere"". (Ralph tlydcr was employedon a mine in Filahusi when I wasstationed there 1958-60, and I believeclaimed to bc ex-BSAI' — Ed).

4062 ken Sherrard-Smith has movedinto a home in Hcrtford, where he is incapable nursing hands, He is nowcfiail-Iioiind„and has dlNcufty ln nlain-taining concentration. He would wel-come visits trom tinle to time, "md anyBlcnlbci' 111 11 posltlon to do so shouldcontact his wife Haibili'8 at 014311715611.

5224 Briun and I.esley M'all havemoved into their retirement honle inVancouver Island (sec Changes ofAddress).

I 10619 Hl uce Braes Is now ManagingDirector of Investment Surveys Inter-national I.td. based in London, whichhas the intriguing e-mail address of

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&anythingL(~distratcglcsccufltysoIUtlonscom&. (We wish you good luck in yolrnew venture Bruce —MLI ).

5768 Clive Evans in Ireland is in toudlwith 4714 Tony Orynan who is resiII-ing at 73 Central Road, Rossmoyne, %,Australia (Australia Branch please not:- MI..L), Tony responded to Clive sen4-lng hlfn 8 copy of thc page ln ouf laitissue which mentioned him and hisreply was, "Thanks for your Email aidthe Page from the Uk Outpost. . . . , .afl,meinories„n1emories! Those gentlemenof Squad 4 of 1951, I knew them wel.Chalky was an Urbanite if I rememberlightly, and did not go out to the bus|.My 1nfcf est was dil'cctcd to anotherBalnc that 8ppcafcd In thc article pre-ceding Brian's in which Alan Rich ireported as being the Member i/cPlumtree. Alan and I lived together fitralmost a year in the single quarters ltGwanda, and he, as much as anybod~,introduced me to the other side of tiecoin when it comes to becolning a'good' copper. Gwanda in the early Fif-ties saw Larry king as well he al-fivcd about six months 8Acl' Blc. I hadthe pnvilege of heing Best Man at hzwedding, I fc BlaITIc('I 8 delightful BUI's"and thc reccptlol'I w8s held In thcg f0 u Bd s 0 f t I'I c 0w 8 Bd 8 C 0 t t 8gcHospital. I nearly didn't make it as I

was called out the night before to ili-vcstigate a murder at Colleen Hawn. Asyou will know these things cannot b:dealt with In five Billlutcs 8Bd with fcsthan an hour and a half before tileceremony was due to take place I wasstill in Colleen Hawn. I just made i.tback with about ten minutes to go atdarrived in the church with about aminute to go! All ended well howeveI,

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and Larry Bnd his bride went off toKezi. The reception was first class andmemorable because we had the Bula-wayo Cold Storage Commission Bandto entertain us. They were the origina-tors of the tunes 'Skokiaan' and'Happy; Happy Africa' 'They amved ina one ton International truck with anopen canopy over the back„ in whichsat thc Blcnlbcls of thc band. Theyparked on the roadside next to the lawncontalnlng thc gUcsts Bnd Icfuscd to gctout Bs they werc very shy of 8 whltcaudience They played with enormousrhythm, When they met our demandsfof Skoklaan, they I callv gave lt Bllthey had got - so much so that the backof the truck was bouncing to the fullextension of its springs!! The onlycopy of the Outpost I still have is FiAyyears old last month. I hadn't looked atlt for vcars bUt. took lt rlown Burl found,firstly, a newspaper cutting (I shouldthink from the Bulawayo Chronicle) inwhich it is reported 'Gwanda Holds AGynlkhaBB; UnfortUnatcly thc date lsnot in evidence but must have been.1952. There it is stated that ConstableA.A. Drynan won the Meier Trophy forBest Horseman riding Mr C.3, vanRooyen's 'Ruben'! Well, what do youknow7 Secondly, under the Old Com-rades scctlon was 8 group photographof five old comrades attending a reun-ion in London in 1949, who had allgone to Bulawayo together in1901.. .. . , .flliy years earlier than me, Idon't suppose the names will be ofsignificance but they are Raffin,Howlctt, Hunter, Wright andParsons. "

During September, 6905 Peter Phillipshad lunch with 5957 David RycroA

and his wife Diana (nurse ex I' t. Vic).They now live in Constantia but usu-ally come over here for 8 couple ofmonths each year as three of their fivechildren are now in the Uk. Peter alsorecently saw 4758 Richard Robinsonwho 'did his three' from '51 to '54,After leavmg the BSAP Rlchard golnedthe British Army and rose to Lt. Col.He has just retired from his job asDomestic Bursar at St. John's College,Cambridge. Membership forms havebeen sent.

4703 Clive Tapper sent his apologiesfor thc London dinner with conlplln'Icn-tary remarks about our last edition(Thanks Clive —Ed). The photo of theBaker Avenue police canteen p~ onpage 25 sent in by Hugh AlexanderbroUght back old Incmorics for hlnl Bs4699 8 Hcnnison was a squad mateand 4454 8 J Diggcs was stationedwith Clive at Avondale under the lateKcith Rawson. Clive was best man atStu Alford's wedding in the 'I'ranskeiin !953 and the picture of the cricketteam on page 36 revived that memory.Also of Peter Ashworth, with whomClive served in Traffic in 1954-55.Sadly hc lost cou'tact of1 rcturnlng tothe Uk in 1955.

This same photo prompted the follow-ing response from Alastair Hulman:"Re the photo on Page I5 of the Sum-mer Outpost, Inglls is in the open neckshirt half way along the top row. Ithink his half-section O,Shaughncssyis second left in the front row.Mcl aughlln ls faf fight 111 thc backfow, Bnd I also think I scc ClancyPlckard„Spanner Spencer and

Pookie Reynolds in the back row.They v ere happy days. Do I seeCushie Broom in a splendid suit7Vanslttert would bc (lonlg his But try"ing to keep the din down. "

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3967 Johnny Johnston kindly passedon thc sad news of thc death of 3369Mervyn Harries, Johnny had kept intoucl'I lvlth Mcrvyn Bnd thcv often dls"cussed their days at Concession whenMcrvyn was thc Sub-Inspcctol' I/O,Johnny was always grateful to Mervynwho sparked off his interest in theShona language which led to otherbantu Iallguagcs which served Johnnyso well in his later career in Nyasaland,Johnny also fccallcd nlclnol les of pa-trolling the Chiweshe Resettle. "Therewere no roads through thc Sipolilo sec-tion of thc vBlley where I Used to cycleand walk the 70 pius miles to the river,and staying at the local kraals. Onefllnc I was late back Bnd missed BBimportant Police Soccer Match, I wasdisciplined and had to report to Capt.'Plum' Vunnell. After that I had toreport to birn every F'riday afternoonbcfol'e, 8 I'118tch.

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4366 John Robert Young has joinedus, He is a photographer and author,He cnloyed our last UK. Outpost Inwhich names conjured up menlories.He sends greetings to 4239 C~uy Toddwho was a submariner and Iorlnidablerugby player, John recalls, "Ron'1'rangmar was in Traffic when I firstappeared at Baker Street police station.He later became my section sergeant.Hc was 8 fornllclablc discus thl'owerand shot putter (Sadly died in 1979—MLI. ). Claude de Lorme (died in

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1976 —MLL) was an instructor in De-pot arid was held ul high regard by thcrecruits". In a fitting postscript to hisIcttcf hc writes, In thc French I'ofclgnI egion (see my book on the subject)they df Ink B toast to I.a Poussrcrc, tothc dl, 1st. of thc desert fronl Kvhcncc tl'lcy

came and to the comrades they leftbehind", As he raises his evening sun-downer John toasts 'I.a Poussiere' tothc Inclnory of thc Aff tea wc all lovedand the men we met there.

5295 Dick Molloy sent his apologiesfor the London dirlner from waterfordin Ireland. His daughter is working inStaines in London, whilst one son is amaxillo-facial surgeon working in Liv-cfpool Bnd thc othcf son Is ln CJlasgow.

Remaining in Waterford, 7851 BrianWalthew has at last retired f'rom hisjob with Oil Security in the MiddleEast, (Not a moment too soon Brian!Very nlany thanks f'or the generousdonation Included with youf sUbs--M LI.).

'I'our Hon. Sec. Was invited to lunchwith Rona Johnston, widow of'4327Sandy, in mid-September where a de-lightful couple of hours were spentwith 4145 Ralph and Mary Thomp-son who were in holiday fromZimbabwe. Ralph is still working inHafar'c Bs B quaftcfnlastcf fof thc Secu-rity firm owned by 4059 PeterRobinson. Many cars nlust have bccnburning as a bottle of i'RV was con-sunlcd Bnd thc party fc-Ilvcd Incnlof lesof' the many personalities they hadworked with ln thc Pol'cc.

Cynthia LQgue has lnadc contact Bndappl lcd to JQIII ouf 81anch. Havingseparated from 6869 Peter who is stillin South Africa, Cynthia now lives inAberdeen, and is looking forward tohearing from all her former friends,She can be contacted by E-mail atCg' l l /Il I tt, I Pgt le ~El '(0 lr II1 g] I, C Q, I I k,

We welcome 4389 Phil Kensctt backto the land of his birth from RSA. Seeentry in 'New Members'. Phil sent hisapologies for this year's dinner andenclosed a set of recruiting literaturefor the New Zealand Police Porce, Suf'-

fice to say their standards are high, butcourses are available at the AucklandUniversity to study subjects that willhelp applicants to sit the entranceexam. Physical fitness has a highpriority! Phil is well settled into a re-settlement home in Sussex where he isvery hBppy, Hc ls ln B Housing Asso-ciation' block of' flats which has resi-dential assistance if necessary. Philsays„"The flat is very good. I lookacross 10 acres of lawns, gardens andorchards, I can even apply for my ownsection of garden and grow my ownvegetables but I have not done so yet.The fresh fruit is a real treat.flvcryth lug, Including kltchcnequipment, I bought from the estate ofan old lady who died in the town, Theprice of D0 was an absolute bargain asit included a 28" TV. There are daytrips into town, and trips to Francequarterly. It is very diAicult to becomeB I'csldcnt, bUt I qUBIlflcd having bccnborn in the area. All residents are over65 and as I am now 77 I qualified. Mycancer is fine and I walk and swimdaily. I even get 'meals on wheels'delivered". Phil concludes by saying he

still has a soft spot for xIIatal, but hewill never go back there and he is wellsettled here now, He has made contactwith Kirk Welsh, one time troop atC»atooma in 1949. kirk has just retiredfrom the British Anny.

5470 Buddy Dceflcfs pcfuscd thc list0f th0sc Bttcildlng 0uf annual d Inn cfand wro}e, "'Congratulations, Hy Qll ac-counts an excellent 'do'. I found someof thc nanlcs 01 mcl)lbcfs attcndlflgbringing back quite a few memories:-one squad mate, 5468 Dave Adshcad;thi'cc nlcnlbcl's I was stationed with BtRhodesville back in 1956/1957, 4245Bill 'Buck" Buchanan, 5310 BrianParnaby, and 5398 Tim Potter; fourRugby players I played with, 5055 KcnMiners, 5259 Wilf Howe, 5358 MickYork and 5781 Alun Vaughan. Infact, Wijf, Mick, Alun Bild nlyself'werein the first HSAP team that travelleddown soufh fo play BgBlnsf. tllc SAP inal»out 1957",

4776 Julian MacDonald visited Zim-babwe Iasf July. In I'IBJ'BJc hc fnct withsquad nlBtc 4770 1Iugtl Phillips, 'thenacross to Mutare where he spent avveck with 4634 Mike Wales who has8 snuillholding In thc VUnlba, then onfo Hulowayo whcl'c hc stayed withS 1 72 Alee C raiglc, It was Qli)BEIng thatthe Hulawayo Police Camp barrackblocks, cQntccn Bnd Bless ctc. Ilfc stillin use though the playing fields hovegone to pof, Qnd fhc AP 1lilcs wci'c'like the Old Location'. Although fuelwas shoi'f hc did mafiagc to visit fhcMatopos and thc Matobo police station.This was also I'Un dovvn, bUt thc ChQfgcOITlcc had been cxtcIKlcd BJId thc quar-

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ters were still the s;une. He commentl,"Happy days, but not so happy now oratthere",

3004 Meal Arden has written in re-sponse to the editorial in the last issuethat raised the question of the use towlllch ollf publ lshc(I factUBI stol'Icscould be put. He supports the conceIItof wider publication„and suggests u)Qppfoach to Alblda Hooks which hQB"dies Dave Lemon's work.

The SQIne matter prompted 5507 BrianTaylor to write to the Editor frolnHanket, generally in favour of sonicnleans of permanently recording our'folk history', if I may put it that way,and expressing his expectafion that acopy of this modest publication findsits 'way into thc Hi'itlsh Llbialv Bs 8matter of couise. I m afraid it doesnI,Hrian, but thanks for your comnlents.

Hrian also picks up on the mention QfDick Smallshaw, Malcolm Bard andMick Wood In thc 18st Afound k,About', v ho, he writes, all started ojfPolice life at Waterfalls under thedreaded 3933 Joe Sudlow. Hrian BII-parently joined Dick and Mick afterMalcolm had moved on, and mysteri-oUsly says, Thcfc Is 8 falc 01' two fo jctold about the late 30c, ask Mick Wocdto dfcdgc his nlcinol'y, Manv ycafsIafci I hBd occasion to bc connccfcd s)cvcnts involving his son who was BII-parently following in his father'sfootsteps, 30C I last met when at Mphu-engs in the late 1960's. We met at thePlumtree I-lotel, He was then travcllirgbetween Ho'tswa118 Bnd Rhodcsla bit

was cvaslvc BboUt his Bctlvltlcs, whichknowing 3oe as I did were probablyBlUfky. Hc was then I'BBI'fled to BnAmerican lady nee Disney of allpeople, but not apparently directly re-lated to Walt. "

Hrian also reports forthe special interest of Dick Smallshawthat the late Larry Tuke's son Hrian isfarming near Hanket on the Mtoro-shanga road not far from the i%urielMlnc,

5143 Johnny Vye writes to say that hethoroughly enjoyed the London dinnerwhen he sat with 5391 Dick Small-shaw whoIB hc had Bot scen slncc theywere troops together at Goromonzi in1957. 30hnAy Bnd 30scttc Bre hoping tobe at the Christmas gathering, 3ohnnystays in contact with 5131 JohnCottony who Is now IA thc Grcck Is-lands (scc Chaflgcs of Address), Bndwith B.Crossan and Biff VVay in RSA.

5306 lkoward Pentith is trying to re-establish contact with his 'best man'5817 Bl lafl Tul Acr. Anv Iflfoflnatlonto our Ikon Sec please.

3849 Ambrose Paddy Powe)I has beenclearing out some of his old HSAPmclnorabilia for our museum, follow-ing the recent death of his wifeDaphne, (Our sympathies Paddy-MLL).

tigious Victoria and Alfred Waterfront.

in May canoist Rob McLean won agold medal in the kl canoe sub-mastersdivision and a silver in the doubles ofthe South African Canoe MarathonChafnplonshlps, Hc has now bccn se-lected to represent South Africa at theWorld Canoe Marathon Championslupsto be held at Stockton on Tees, UK,and may also compete in the LiffeyDcsccnt ln IfclBfld, Rob coffcspondswith 8540 Rob Dix who is an areaIntelligence Officer with the EssexC.I,D.

Visitors to Timour Hall have included7677 Peter Dewe from London, and4556 John Hawiey from Durban. 3ohnfrcqucntly Blccts Up with SnluflgeSmith who lives near him.

Attending the very successful winterdinner event on the 6'" 3uly were Boband Sue Bedingham, George andMaureen Farmer, John and JoanFletcher, Doug and Diana Grierson,Blinks and Carol Halstead, LoekieWowie„Mike and Lucille Mays, Stanand Diedre MacMillan, John andCheryl Munro, Brian and MiriamOberholster, Gilly and lsobel Potter,Dick and Iris Van Der Poll, Peter%'atermeyer, and Rod Kterman.

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Editor Dave Blacker met 7363 BrianMeGarry in a local hostelry, and in-vltcd hllrl to thc next Hfanch gathcflng.Hnan fUBs I 8 Hancttc Cafe Bt thc pfcs-

Combing the Transvaal Outpost (editorSteve Mclntosh-Dona) for news sug-gests that we shall begin in the sickbay. Graham Freeman was recently at

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thc Clay'ton 110Usc NUI'slflg llolrlc,where hc was ln good spfnts althoughfrail, hut reported to be ilnproving.7587 Ken Blld spent scvcfal weeks If1

SRBIIton Mcdfcal Cllnlc whcl'c hc wastreated for a 'flesh eating hug that wasattacking his calf nlusclc. Ihfs clccpvBffllctlon wils Bppalcntlv picked Up IBAngolrs. . HBppllv tile sltuatfon sccnls tohave hccn bfoUght Unrfcl' contfol Bndkcn w;ls anticipating surgery to repairthc damage,

Steve s fBBllhag lffcfudcs col'respond-ence f'rom 6809 Dave Kilshaw, whosccIBs to hc dofng solrlcth lug withbOatS ln MBIBWI, fufd 6088 Crel aid andMarie Bowker, who are in Gahcroncs,Marfc fccalls happy BSAP Incmoffcs-hours in signal rooms, and 'the richhccfy al'ofrla and happy laughter In thc'Ikun 'clB IBB' in kadonfa. 5364 Dave0'eorge has also been in touch tron&Stilf'OBtciB to report that hc Bnd hfsw1fc Sheila iu'c kccpu1U well,

I laving acquired six hack copies of theI I Bnsvafll OUtpost ff'onl .Iohn McCa-rter of' the kruger Park, 5774 D J0w e n I' c s p 0 B d s t 0 w ll c I' ca h 0 u t. ssought pleas to provide contact detailsfor Dirk Botha (in the Cape - sufTcrcda heart, attack lilsf Novel'I'Ibcf) iuld «I BJaboor in Ohio, (ISA).

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n«t include all of the following (afxfperhaps some others!): 6769 DickCilanville, 4895 Ken Rose, 10431Steve and Kim Mclntosh-Dona, 6823Les and Janet Thornberry, 6467Butch von Horsten, 6268 Leon duToit, 5795 C~ Reade, 4730 Dave Hal-ward (Crikey, Dave, you gct around lafthoSC BCW hlPS Of youfS —Ed)rTina Richardson, 517 Alex Earwoo!I,7670 John and Verona Sutton« JudyHankinson, 6764 WViflie Wielopolski,203886 S Anderson, 7649 S and VHammond, 6145 Alex and EileenI'nfser, NRP Midge and Dave Bumct,5975 Mike and Audrey Abbotts, 77MStephen ACOrnley, lan Bate, IreneRyd, 6255 Jack London, 5231 DonRowland, 5619 Barry Enslin, 6263Roger Mumford, 5251 John andCaria Dolby, 5171 Peter and Antfx-nette Hillier, 10234 S de Kock, 61%Rod and Paddy Campbell, 6537 R JMaurel, 4577 John Yeoman« 73 19Toney Clover, 6382

cherry

Swarlz,9364 Jerry Irancaster, 7885 Harryand, lo Esterhuixen, 4867 DougShrive, 10429 Mike and IngridSpencer, 6817 Keith Douche, 6496 DHammond, 221 Jo Brody, NRPARorlrly and Johnfly Canlphcll, 5666 D%'right, 5283 T Dutton, 6534 IanCuthbertson and 8412 A Sternslow.

Natal Mid fart tfs

Thc B1agffzufc CRITIcs B Irfouth-watcnngaccount of a packed, vlhf'ant, ffndhighly successful curry and riceevening at the Bushveld Puh fuld Diner(4895 Kcn Rose the host) in June,I hose of Us who fBllcd to attend clcRI'Ivmissed quite Bn event. 'I hose who did-

4380 Pat and Rosemarie McCuf lothare moving to Ambcrglen, a Howickretirement complex. This, and itsneighbour Amherfield, are alreadyhome to 4243 John Brett„4307Jinlmy Collins, 4767 Steve Steveisand 4898 Chris Thorne, so pcrhaffs

this is the nucleus of' a new branch ofthc Assoclatlon. RoscBlaflc sUffcfsfrom labyrinthitis, which caused a re-cent fall that fcqulfcd stltchcs to thcback of hcf head,

The 101"birthday of' Queen Elizabeththe Queen Mother was the occasion fora commemorative luncheon at the Lyn-wood Club on the 5'" August. In attend-ance werc 3180 Don Newton and MarjRelph, 3715 Bill and Kay Crabtree,4074 Ron Blackmore, 4243 John andJackie Brett, 4521 Phil and EveMingard, 4556 John Ilawley, 4564Peter and Jean Reynolds, 4767 Steveand Marion Stevens, 4865 Pat Hogan,5470 Buddy and Avril Deetlefs, 5473John anil Sandra Clack, 5826 NlgelCuerden, 5976 Nigel and PaulineSeaward, 6004 Paul and Delphinei&lay, 6519 John and Nancy Carroll,7233 Clive Shelley, 7552 Ben andJoan Pretorius, 7660 Bill Howells,8242 Alan and Flik Bennett, 8507Mike and Cheryl Crabtree, P/R Brianand Barbara, lal vis, widows AileenCoetzer (4752 Bill), 'I'oni Jennings(5590 Roy), and Joan lfletcher (7512fohn), fuld guests Mike and Barbar8Spurling. Ron Hlackmore proposed theto8sts to thc Hfanch 8IKI I hc Rcgn'I'lent,to which 3ohn Brett replied. The I.,oyalToast vvas proposed by chairman PhilM ingard.

Chums of 5653 Mike 'Kudu" Taylor(which includes me —Ed) will be con-cerned to learn that he has gone toCapctown fof 8 spcclal opcratlon fof 8heart ailment. We look forward to newsof' his f'ull recovery.

LONDON DINNER 2001

Thc Uk Hl'anch 54th Anl'alai Rcglnlcn-tal Dinner was held at the VictoryServices Club in London on Friday28th September. 90 members andguests sat down to a four course mealdUflrlg which oUI' Chalfnlan, PetelPhillips read out the Royal 'greetings'from Hcr Majesty the Queen as well asI I er M aj esty Queen E I izab et h theQueen Mother. There were greetingsfrom other Hranchcs, who also hadI'Bcfnbcfs pfcscnt as they werc ln thcUK. Peter also proposed the 9 o' clockToast to 'absent friends'.

We were entertained by our GuestSpeaker, Hob Wheaton, to a most inter-esting talk on his life in Rhodesia andsubsequent work in the 11K until hisretirement. His, career started with theHulavvayo Chronicle and RhodesianHerald, then over to the Uk where hewas the editor of the HHC 6 o clocknews and later he was the main forcebchlnd scttl'Bg Up thc HHC TV WofldService. His observations on the cur-I'cut wofldwidc sccUflty sltuatlon lngeneral, and Iaw and order In ZImba-bwc In particular, found 8 synlpatllctlcaudience, Though now retired after 55years ln thc trade hc ls still 8 coBsultantand works with various committees andbodies, Hob covered his involvementwith the HSAP and the media in all itsfoflns„culnllnatlBg In pl'oposll'Ig lhcToast to the Regiment.

110619Bruce Braes responded withan encouraging talk with regard to thecnfollrlcnt of thc youngcf gcncr'ation,His toast to the visitors made mention

of thc sUppoft wc had fccctvcd ffoIT1members living Outside Of' the IJKmainIand, Bs attending the dinner v erctwo fi.onl Australia (Denis Hoyes v;Orehis AUstfallan I" Iag Bow Tlc whichv'as much admired), three fromAlncflca„ tw0 fl'011'1 I'rance, 0nc ff0n'I. IBITIIITIB, foul ffoln Vol'thcl"n 11clanIJ,two f lorn the Republic of South Africa,arid two frrlnl Z}ITlbabwc, onc of wholflwas the President of the Association,Bill Ellway.

Vop 2' Ills I'Bll thc I'Bf flc which raisedabout 5. 1,800 and the main prize Of'awccks holldav ln thc Ffcncll Alps verykindly donated by 67S3 Rogcl Bncl SucFarrell-( ook was won by 5992 TonySmith from Devon. In the 'nlini raNe'fcstl lctcd to those Bttcndlng thc Illnncfthe f'irst prize Of $100 was won by&615 Tom Meekin vvho promptly BndgctlcfousIy donated It to of owncharity, the BSAP Trust,

The full list Of' those attending: 5468Dave Adshead, 3799 Tony Andrew,:1278 John Balchin, (Juest Andrev,Ikatlks (guest Of Gcralnt Jones), 111699('.harles Bennett, 8211 Bill Birch,s044 I ony Bradshaw„110619 BruceBraes, 7212 Tony Brown, 4245 BuckBuchallan, 5395 Chl"Is (. Bl'vcl', hisguest Michael Carver, 6737 Mike('oleman, 6753 Roger Cook, VR 4891Syd (.'ooper, 6388 sA'ill Cornell, 4323Dave Craven, 111044 kevin Craven,7359 Bert Cubitt, 4882 Peter Dancer,7677 Peter Dewe, 5598 2an Dunbar,7125 Peter Fllis, 4728 Bill Ellway,(Tu est DBI'I 1.:fbcl' (guest 0f WIIICornell), 6100 John Foster, 6629Ceorge Glibbery, 9086 Tony

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Granger, 7461 Peter Grant, 4730Dave Halfward, GUcst Rlchafd Hal-ward (guest of Dave Hallward), 8962Bill Hand, 5811 Tony Harvey, 6630Jim Hazlett, 5051 lan Hemmings,Rhodesian Army representative DareHeppenstall, 7890 Ed Holloway, 56%22enry 'Hoppy' Hopkins, 5259 %'ifHowe, 5242 Martin Howell, P/R) 2213 Dennis Hoyes, 6308 DanHughes, 4952 Ron Ivey, 6680 DerekJewson, 9270 Ceraint Jones, 5248Alan 2.ane, 5479 Mike Leach, 4393Allen l.ucas, 3385 Lummy Lumholtr. ,Guest Arthur Mallan (guest of lailHemmings), 5822 Johnny Martin,4180 Rick May, Guest John McAdarl(guest of Brian Parnaby), Assoc.Harry MCCubbin, 5615 TomMeekin, NRP representative GcnyMiller, Guest Stanley Mills (Guest ofTolfl Mccklfl), 5055 Kcn Mlncrs, 4955Bob Mori'lston, 4708 Pctcr Munsol,6527 Mike O'Donnell, 5310 BrianParnaby, 6609 Hywel Party-Jones,6632 Gerry Paxton, 4709 Ron Petels.6905 Peter Phillips, 6384 DenisPoole„5398Tim Potter, 5075 DickRay, 6432 Chris Rober ts, 4735 CII'fRogel s, Guest Dcc Rowc-Harn (gUcstof Hill Syratt), 6509 Don Scarff, 92'John Scott, Guest I Infla Scott (guestof John Scott), 4332 Peter Short, 5351Dick Smallshaw, 6895 Ken Stewart,GUcst David StUblcy (guest of I ctlfMunson), 6130 Randy Symmons,4 I 2 9 Hill Sy r a t t, 5 5 5 9 D i ckThompson, 7391 Alan Toms, 5781Alun Yaughn, 5143 Johnny Vyr,GUcsf JIITI Wagflcf (Guest of WIIICornell), 4158 Tim Weimer, GuestSpeaker Hob Wheaton, 4857 MiheWYiltshire, and S358 Mick York.

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%YESTER% CAPE DINNER

This was held on the 14"' September at9/ingficld. F'ormer Rhodesian ArmyChaplain General the Rev Bill Blake-way was the guest speaker and pro-posed thc toast to I Ilc Rcglnlcnf, towhich Tcd Rowan replied, Attendeesincluded:

3975 Vic Moisey, 4333 Peter ShoutSnr, 5349 Peter Lane, 5467 TedRowan, 5483 Dave Blacker, 5517Dave Hogg, 5689 C~illy Potter„5727Peter Coolbear, 5860 Doug Grierson,5880 Stan MacMillan, 6108 Pete~Watermeyer, 6158 Don Peters, 6639Bob Bedingham, 6654 Bill Merritt,6739 Johnny Johnson, 6780 C~rahamJansen, 6846,1im Blain, 6873 ChuckSawyer, 6893 Brian Oberholster,6917 Stuart WVither„6920 AndyHullmore, 6984 Richard Matten,7108 Alistair Mackenzie, 7310 Edlons, 7364 Dusty Millar, 7471 JoeSurkont, 7473 Dave llillman„7751Alan Crook, 7880 Cuy Bekker, 7959John Friendship, 8151 LawrieMabin, 8173 I,ockie llowie, 8265Stewart %'oodcock, 8336 Mikewebster, 8527 Phil %right, 8653 PhilStringer, 8655 Peter Shout Jnr, 8714John Munro, 8755 Alan Hadfield,8819 Austin Mewing, 8895 RodEterman, C1084 Brian Ward, C697Mike Mays, Wendy Meyer (Forensic},PR 14754 l.en Rowley, PR 21091Ralph MacArthur„PR 2213 TomConstable, RP 222 Sue Aright, %P290 Carole Eterman, RP 328 Caro-line Hogg, %P 463 kisayne Merritt,G108002 Rick Pepworth, G56041.Iohn Constable, V 1985 JohnAndrews, V3395 Ted Vickery, andseveral gUcsts.

THE NATAL DIVINER

T'hc following is an abbreviated rcportof the Natal Branch Annual Dinnerwhich was held on Friday the 31stAugust 2001. Some 90 members andguests attended. Included in the guestswerc a good nunlber of former SASnlclrlbcfs. Magtllflccnt lncnUs werccompiled and presented by Paulinevan Rooyen. The event was ably or-ganised by Des Howse and to him andthose who assisted him with the decorand layout, a hearty 'thank you' isdue. The gathering was 'piped in" toIhnc by llugh Tcnnant, ChBI llc AUst,who farms near Bulawayo, travelledall thc way to Plctcftnarltzburg to bcguest speaker. The junior trooper,John Haswell, gave the reply in amost subtle manner in which he pre-sented his brand of humour, took theBulilcncc front B sonlbrc to good hU-

mourcd state of nlllld, sol'cly needed atthat stage.

Those in attendance [Blphabcticallyj367 N'endy Addison ( lVPO), Lt-ColCharlie Aust (RLI —Guest Speaker),7249 Pctc Burl Clndy Allanby, 4258Derek Hennison, 9109 t'&avin andBrenda Bennison, 6422 LionelBaker, 8242 Allan and FlickHennett, 3ohn Byron (Guest), 8915Rob Burnett Bnri his wlfc„8383RobBristow, 7077 Hank Bnd JudithHresler, 6283 Nobby and NatashaClark, 8105 Peter and HeverleyCutting, 3708 Bill Crabtree, 6136Ant Clossley„6170/7756 Crahamand Betty de %'it, 7706 Chris Driver,5470 Buddy and Avril Deetlefs, Peteand Mls Dcwhul st, Pat Dougherty,Joan 1'letcher (widow of 7512 JohnFletcher), George Gailbraith (guestSAS), 8909 Andre and Maureen

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( robler, 7402 Rob;1nd Sheilagh fcllov'ship on Saturday night, which isHamilton, 6187 John Haswell, 7229 of'course what the Association is tillDcs and Trlsh Howse, 7026 Stretch about. David I.cwis, thc lawyer Bad;1nd Barbra Hughes, 5958 Dick cricketer, was guest speaker, It appearsIsemonger, Dot V.cgcl (guest), 8371 that his grandfather was a Captain, Act-i. olin Kerr arid wlf(;, 7033 Dcrck a»d Irlg MBJor, 1» thc MatabclclaIldMegan Kerr, 18339 I R (Airv, ing) Mounted Police! Attenders includcd:-Des and iiforeen king, 5520 Chris Basil Andrew P 4140; R %V Andrewand Thelma I.athe, 6872 Dave and 42712; Vcvin John Anortt (guest - RMadeleine Lynn, 158 9'ar ren); Robert Ara1-I.es Manning (KVO), ', ,!,'::,;",."!,";.~",';"', -':."; strong 7315; Jack Ba-5934 Fred Mason, " " ' '' . "

con 5111; Barham5480 Scotty (guest -- B Taylor); Pc-MBCaulay, 7698 Ian ".:"'p,

1&, ,&I &

„'-,::, ter Bellingham 5281;Maclntyre, 6759 '".,'f"

' ' ' ' ":,:::, Ron Blackmore 4074;John and Denise, ~&' SIJWDO&4'~FR '",

''Dennis Borra 11997;Miller, 4521 Phil and Tony Brown 330A;

V. ve Mingard, 6097 .y"., Henry Coefzee 6112;I'ed Pa&nting 8980,:", :!. W111 11C held Bt the If,:"" Des Cuerden 582].Durlcan Bnd Dol'ccn . : "'

~ ~ p~! Brian Darling 4712;Paul, Ctssic Pe»ton '' ~ " ' & Dave De Burgh Tho-(gucst — Air Force), ;.Q (-It&11, l-ondon, at, i:. -:: mas !608; Corrin Be8276 BrIan Pcl kins, ;: ':,5 3() p m I"uCS(jay 4'' i"'~ Cork; Rod Flu nlgn8458 Brian Bnd Dr "', &„,, bc ~''I: 59!7; Flash FirthTrish Moores-Pitt, ,'"-: P":8307; rigel C&abriel7552 Ben and Joan ~;:ii.. . :,.i:- 6262; cherry C. ibsenI I etorlus, 7233 CIIve, ~~i~":" . . . ':-, ,;j~i':, 'q'„4960;N' llllc Hamiltonand Theo Shelley, ' '

5233; Dennis Har(ly7441 'I'ony and Ann Simpson, 9744 5067; David Hawks 7544; MartinTim Steyn, 6434 Alf Taylor. 5653 Kay 8235; Bill I.infield 5652; TonyMike Taylor„8s94 Hugh Bnd Dentse Machan 5949; Dave Mar tin; R 1'I"emple, Mike linger, Pauline van Mclntosh 4777; Dudley &'aude 6047„Rooyen (V'Po), Norman and Peggy (~ I Oberholxer 7532; Al PatersonStockton (g»cats 8AS). 6015 a(id Jean; I'Iugh Phil lips 4770;Taffy Phillips 5387; Brian Pym 6123;Alan Rich 4547; Michael I Robertson8163; Mike Rowley 8021; Ken'I'HV. MASHO. "v'ALAND DIN%I'R Stanford-Smith; Benny Steyn 6838;kick Summers 8746; Brian Thomas~ f05; Peter Tomlinson 5280; JohnMashonaland hcId thc&r D»1ner on Sat- Vickery 8240; Jatnes Ron $4!arren;

urday 15" Scptc»1bcr. I'hc event v cnt Ralph WVillian1s 5673; Brian 'I'aylorvc1&' w'cll wltl'1 au Bttcndallcc of about S50782. 'Ihcrc was a very strung feeling of

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BROADWA 7 BRAAl 2001

Broadway 2001 was held on Saturday25" August in the delightful setting ofthe Cotswolds, The venue is now runprivately by The Cotswold ConferenceCentre and although the prices haveslightly increased it was still very goodvalue for nloney. The Centre has of-fered us nlost reasonable accommoda-tion fates and rnclnl)crs IBav cxtcndtheir stay at reduced rates.

Amongst the 71 persons attending

6479 Ted and Tins Ayers-Hunt, 4479Tony and Betty Butler, 8009 Peterand Kicky Butler, 4882 Peter andBarbara Dancer, 5755 Stewart andPam Edwards, %/P 354 JennyEvison, 4004 Stan and Ginny Forrest,4584 Percy and Mrs Fraser-Milner,4145 Mark and Gillian Freemantle,9086 Tony and, loy Granger, 7900G o rd on C re en wood, 8962 Bill andDawn Hand, 6630 Jim and ChristineHazlett, 110814 Andy Hope-Hall,4995 Derek and Marie Jones, 8024lan and Margaret kirkman, 5479Mike l.each, 8693 Dave Lemon andfamily, 4393 Allen and June l.ucas,4468 Frank and Phil Maguire, 6985Tony and Jenny Mitchell, 4743 Johnand June Morgan, 6632 Gerry andJane Paxton and family, 6905 Peterand Bim Philhps, 4853 Fred and Mar-garet Punter, 5075 Dick and JennyRay, 4063 John Sowter, 5559 Dickand Bev Thompson„5415 Alistairand Janet Thomson, 7391 Alan and

Lynn Toms, 4240 Richard 'Dickie'Warwick, 4158 Tim Weimer, 4933Rod Wilson, and 4857 Mike and CeliaWiltshire,

The raffle raised over f150 towards theAssociation's coffers and this waslargely thanks to the generous prizesdonated by thc fncltlbcfs attcl'I(hng. Thcllrst prize was a cut glass decanterinscribed with the BSAP Crest and"Broadway 2001', donated by TonyButler. This was won by Mrs CarolCox, formerly of PCIHQ, who was aguest of Alan Toms. The second prizewas a video entitled Absent Friendsand incorporated poignant reminiscesof the BSAP together with footage olprevious Broadway Braais. This waskindly prepared and donated by JimHazlett and Peter Butler. DaveLemon donated a signed copy of hislatest book, which was won by RodWilson. Others won a wide range ofadditional prizes of food and drink.

The Committee and all those who at-tended are most grateful to JimHazlett who took a lot of time and'trouble ln ofganlslng this cvcnt. 3IBIreports that the response to the re-intro-duction of thc cvcBt was tremendous,with nlany nlclnbcrs pfcscnting theirapologies due to other commitments,So there is a possibility that next year' sevent could be over-subscribed, so itmight be worth pre-booking now!

Finally, please note the insert about thisevent included in this edition.

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Earl lamin - ROADWAY 2002

Following on the successful 2001 BSAP Regimental Association Braai at Broadway on 25th August, we have

booked the event for August Bank Holiday next year.

All of th~ staying overnight appreciated being able to arrive earlier on the Saturday afternoon, so that theycould relax aAer their travels. Those who opted to stay over on the Sunday night found it an ideal spot fromwhich to visit local attractions.

So with the extra facilities available, it has been proposed that we consider some additions to the existingsuccessful format of the braai on the Saturday evening. A subwommittee has been formed to consider theviability of the proposals, and at t i e rl sta need our vie, so please see the REPLY FORM below.

Archivin ur Pi rial Pri ords

The original idea of archiving that very important part of our history which is contained in your personalphotographs and documents is still very much alive. However, as time passes, the possibility of suchmaterial being lost forever increases. Your Executive Committee at its September meeting in Londonconsidered whether it would be possible to accelerate the collection of 'memorabilia' which could be digitallyarchived, and the originals safely entrusted to the National Army Museum.

The video "Outpost UK —The Regiment Remembered"' shows what is possible by combining archive materialand modem media production mettmds. We had hoped that even more material might be forthcoming fromyou as a result of this project, but we suspect that the production of the video suggests that our quest hasended —not sol If you have any material, or if you can assist in the collation of information for recording,then let us know by completing the REPLY FGRM in this issue

8roadwa 2002Pictorial Archwe

l would support the following activities:The event should be a braai only

~ l would take Accommodation on:Friday / Saturday / Sunday night(s)

~ Events should run during Saturdayafternoon, with the braai in the eveningEvents should be available on Sunday

Events should include:~ Static History Exhibition

Fete —Stalls, mini-golf, etcOrganised trips —bus/canal boat/lunch etc

My idea would be:

1 have the following items which may besuitable Rr copying and/or archiving:(Please pie brief details, continue on a ~te page if neewsaryl

Photographs:

Cine film:

~ Printed matter.

i would/would not need to retain originals

I would like to assist in the project

Signature . . . Reg. No. . . , Sender's name: .Address: .

My Telephone No. :

My email

ematl: ViDFTE('&ii::a@I.cottt

Please return completed form to:James HazlettFREEPOST (CV1534)PO Box 33MJNEATONWanvickshire CV11 6BRTelephone / fax: 024 76 343176

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l'our squad mates oj 4 '62 jound themselves together for the first tin&e in &&&arty

years at the 2000 Peterborough Dinner. They are pictured above: l to r 6630 AntHaglett, 6632 6'erry Paxton, 66something 3 N Other, artd 6627 Colin Bungay.1'hey said they must ge1 together in 2002, but they think that everyone &vho passedIltrouglr Depot tn l962 shouldjoin them in a reunion next year, the likely venlesbeing the gt&7vf, the BroarhvayBraai or the Annual Dinner. They ivould like tohear jrom anyone svho quahfies for vvlrat is sure to be a prestigious event - irr ttte/irst instartce„contact dint Ha lel!, tel ('6) 01332 679476 (O) 024 7632 9900 emai I I

'& l &1 1 I.'1 'j i' t&(&I. ci &I&I.

llOLlDAV COTTAGE

Three bedfoomed, fully furnished, atTaunton. Kindly offered to Associa-tion metnbers at a nominal charge off50 per week by 5685 Ray and AnnCheetham, who can be contacted on01823 330947.

OLD OUTPOSTS

About 100 Outpost magazines from1970 to 1984, including a fewduplications, available for f30 the lotfrom Ted Galloway, tel 01984 656702.

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JU1,IMI l'%'1N V.

In the last issue we reported the plightof 3ulian, lying dumb, blind and para-lysed in hospital in Queens)andAustra)ia, He has been transferred tothe rehabilitation unit of' the RoyalI.IBITIpshtfc hospita) In Wlnchcstcf, «Uld

can now move his left arm and head,and respond by squeezing his )CA hand.I hose of us able to support 3ulian withvisits ol mail are asked to contact I im%'elmer, tel 023 8063 38)0, who is co-ordinating such assistance.

DORIS COOP V.R

Wc sadly BAnoUncc thc passing ofDoris, wife of P/R 4891 Sid CooperMSM, in Wiltshire on the 28"' August2001. Hcl' close fc)atlonshlp lvlth thcBSAP through Sid's Reservist duties,Bnd hcf work with thc ASAP CantccnsBnd Other operational duties broughther into contact with many of us, andher unforgettable personality endearedher to those who were fortunate toknow hCf.

Dofls was born In Hfistol on thc 28thApril 1908, In her youth she was ex-tensively involved with the (Iir) GuideMovement, an interest that continuedfof nl'ruly years, Vr hi)st llvnlg ln Dul'-

kUl In 1938 Dofls )OIncd thc Clvll AlfOuard when war seemed inevitable,Bnd when South Afl'lcil bccan1c cnl-broiled in WWII she joined the SouthAfrican Air Force, Shc served in vari-ous war zones and then retunled toEngland ln 1944 still as a servingmember of the South African AirF ofcc„to bc dcnlobbcd Bt St .I BluesPalace in 1945,

DofIS and Sld WCfC nlarfICd 11'I 1947,haVlng nlCt In Ir Cnya dul'lng thC WBI'.

She started a branch of thc ex-ServiceWomen's I.eague in hcr then home-town of (iatootna„and became thcRhodesian President for thatAssociation. As a Rota' Ann she wasalso a very strong supporter of theRotary Movement, attended a numberof conferences with Sid in SouthernAfrtca, Blld pal'tlclpafcd ln B RotBrygoodwl)) tour to Austral(a, I'111 andNew Zealand

Wc may UndcfstaIId thc soft of pcI'sonShC WBS fl'OITI thlS CxtfaC't Of B trlbUtefrom 6737 Mike Coleman:"I'rom Depot I was posted to Gwc)0whcl c I BITIvcd Bs B young, faw andsomewhat apprehensive character f'cel-lng B little honlcslck andlonclv, Charge Off Ice dutlcsa)ong withDon I('cens, Jim Ilazlctt, GcrryPIIxtnn, .lock Glhsoll Bnd Allan MB-clsaac anlong others soon had mc set-t)cd wol'k-wlsc. Hut cvcn Lundl PBfkmess couldn't make up for holne. Thatis until one night I found myself onpatrol with an "A" Reservist by theflanlc of Sld t. Oopcf. )t w«ls not longbcfol'c Sld dccIdcd It w«ls tllnc fol' cof-fee — not at the flnlous bakery we «111

knew so wc)i but boule sw'cct hon1c,

And so I nlet a wondcrfu) woman-Doris, always there vvhen needed„al-ways loving, always caring. Dods soonbccalllc nly Rhodcslall nlothcl'. ShcwouM llstcn to nlv troubles, cnsulc thatnly stomach was full and most of Bll'be there'. To the very end Doris neverchanged - nlany) 111any, 1IITlcs I havecalled at the Cooper household 'I.ittleRllodcsla (Bs I llkc to think of It) IUstoutside Salisbury U) and have always

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been greeted with tea„cake and moretea from a loving and wonderful ladywho was so spcclal to so BIRny.

"Proud of being English, she was alsovcfy pfo-Rhoclcslan, an(l counted lanSlnlth Rs onc of hcf Blany fficnds. Inthc 70 s shc was Involved ffol'I'l thcoutset in setting up the Troops Canteenin Gwelo, She did a number of stints in

Mount Darwin running the canteen forperiods of two vveeks at a time.

Supporting Sid at her crelnation at theSalisbury Crematorium the Associationwas strongly represented by some ofthc Irlany vvl'lo knew hcl". 4158 1 Irn

%elmer, 4853 Fred and MargaretPunter, 4857 Mike and CeliaWiltshire, 5479 Mike and Jan Leach,6630 Jim Haxlett, 6632 Ger ryPaxton, 7391 Alan and Lynn Toms,8009 Peter Butlel' Rnd thc couple wholive next door and have supported Sidthrough this diNcult period, 8962 Billand Sylvia Hand.

During the year we have received que-ries from our members concerning thededuction o f' P A V E from pensioncheques. The definitive position isquoted from the latest Central Newslet-ter No 74;-

No tax is payable by persons 59 yearsand over in 2000 on pensions less than,'I)57,000. In 2001 no tax is payable onpensions less than $99,600. The Pen-sions Off)ce deducted PAVE in 3anuafy2001 in error, according to KenStanford-Smith. (whether this errorwill be rectified relnains to be seen.Any guesses7 —Ed).

GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY,SQLIAD 10/51

Having watched, with nostalgia aidscntlnlcnt, thc Uk Outpost video IhcRegiment Remembered'*, mention ofheCarnarvon Castle as. a 'floating holidayhonlc fc)nindcd mc that thc Camaf)onwas the Union Castle mail-ship whrhb~ought nine of us to Capetown asRecruit Squad I 0/51 in early Septemler1951.On Monday 24"' September 2001, hesUI'vlvlng Inca)hers of that squad cancelebrate their Golden Anniversary ofgo)ning the BSA Police, half a centtry,on which we can look back to our Depotdays, and for many of us, a long RSIo-ciation with the Force.I can recall my nine shipmates in curyouthful enthusiasm, the crossing-tle-line ceremony, the anticipation ofar-rlval m Capetown, and the four-thytl'aln ]oUI'Bcy with a change In13UIawayo, to arllvc IB Salisbury )1stbcfol'c sUlcldc Inonth . Then jol ning upwith three colleagues recruited frIImother areas. Our happy band of tweIIVC

aspirant Policemen, ready to be trairad.

Hugh Phillips' segment of the IfistIIfyof the British South Africa Police hdpsme catalogue Regimental Numbers ofour little band„ to which I have adrLdtheir present whereabouts as known toI.BC:

4773 Gerrit Van Deventer —whcfra-

boUts Unknovvn.

4774 John Butch" Fletcher - Cale-toWB

4775 Frank Hill - Canada

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tells the tale of an ordinary

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conflict.

Poignant, proud and brutallyh.ollCSt„

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4776 Henry "Julian" 5')BCDonald-Wiltshire LI.k.4777 Richard "John" Maeintosh-HafafC

4778 Michael Merrony —whereaboutsunknown.

4779 John Price — whereaboutslulknOWfl,

4780 Samuel "Sam" WVilliams - PcithAustral la

4781 N'illiam "Bill" IIVonlridge-whereabouts Unknown,

4782 1IVilliam "Bill" MBCKenzie-Poft 1'. 1 izabcth.

4783 KValtel Pcl elval -- whcl'cilboutsunknown.

4784 Jules "&george" DanielZimbabwe.

Whcl c Bl c thc Unknowns now7 fhcsurvivors will all be hovering aroundthree score years and ten. Any updateswool(1 bc welcomed to c-foal I

) t'lctcllcl ii'kuigslc) co /, I.

Thc Salisbury Depot of 1951 was thcgateway for involvement, as youngPolicemen, in much excitcnlcnt, Apartff0m thc ln1cnslvc Dcp01 tfalnlflgactivities, physical and intellectual„there was the fascina1ion of getting toknow B ncw country, Jacaranda tulle lnSalisbury, sport and a social round,1 bc daltl Bt Lake Mcllwalllc with ltsearth wall had just been finished. %'cpcfforincd gUaf(i dutIcs lo kccp thcpublic away ffonl thc still settlingearthworks, The Depot routine of Sta-ble parade and Saturday morning kitalld fool n inspections.

1 hc for lnittton, fof solnc of Us, Of il

Mounted Troop, and participation in

the annual Police Display. In our year aride-and-drive with motol'cycles andhofscs ln tandcBI on Iong loins dffvcnfiom the pillion of the motor cycle!

Events as diverse as the Rhodes Cente-naly Exhibition, Mounted Escorts forthe Queen Mother and the Sultan of/anzibar; extended area patrols intoPortuguese East Africa before CaborraBassa Dam was built, visits to Feiraand ZUInbo ln NofthclTI Rhodesia andPortuguese East Africa I'rom the BSAPZafnbcsl outpost at. Kanycmba, 811 IayahcMI of us,

ThC bulldlng and OpCBIBg Of kaflbaDalll, Quccn Mothcf ag81B, acflualfit-allcc with %anklc Colllcfy and Itsthreatened labour unrest over Christ-mas periods, the Police Display andtouring the country with horses in rail-way K. Trucks, sleeping between thefeeding Blangers to ensure they weresaf'e from injury from one end of thecountry to the other.

All of Us did solnc of those things 8ndsome ot' us did all of then&!

Harold Macmillan's "Rinds-of-( hangc ha(1 yct to blolv, and wc hMIno concept of plastic money ol auto-teller machines. There were no per-sonal cofnputers or e-mail and certainlyno Internet. There were "daily-bfoadcasts to dlsscfrlfnatc cflmc andother inforlnation, and Police Gazettes.How BIUch caslcl' thc distr lbutlon ofI nfol'B18tlon woul(1 have bccn wlfhnlodeln technology. Affnstrong had notyet trod on the Bloon and a tunnelunder the English Channel to Francewas unthinkable!

Far in the future lay U. D, I, and thedeclaration of a Republic. And so on to1980 and the closing of a (. haptef.

To my surviving Comrades I wish yougood health and IIIany Blofc revel!les!

V'e welcome the following new mem-bers to the Branch;

4302 John Hugh Wilson, 2 SunsetBungalows, Colwell Chine Road,Freshwater, Isle of %ig~t PO40 9RR.Tel 01983 753402.

4366 John Robert Young, 61 de Molt-fort Road, Lewes, E,Sussex, BN7 1%.Tel 01273 475216.

4389 Phlllp Kensett 3 I Iavvkl'idge, CllxGfccn. Rudgwlck, W. Sussex RH123DE. Tel 01403 822379.

4493 Thomas Stanley Mercer, 15 CIS-tie Street, Middle Gardens, Morpcfh,Northumbria NE611LJII. Tel 01670503550,

4776 Henry Malcolm Julian MacDonald, 10 Horsebrook, Caine, O'IIt-shire SNI I 8HG. Tel 01249 821477.

6710 kenneth Robin Ouseley Hood,The Old Bank, Burton Street,Marnhull, Dorset DT10 I PH. Tel01258 821019

.9786 Lance Ronald Combrinck, POBox 2058 Maidenhead Berks SI.6IGD. Tel 07867 515355.

9717 Richard Jones, 50 Millers Park,'IIv'elhngborough NN8 2NQ. Tel 01933273103.

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110814 Andrew Collingwood Elope-llall, 17 GillaIB Street, Worcester KR383T 1 cl 01905 619269

(3803) Brenda Braes, 18 Paxton Could,Marvels Lane, Grove Pafk, London E129'. Tel 020 8857 3789.

P/R 23562 Duncan NEarshltll E'allaGrieve, 162 Crockhamwell Road,Koodiey, Reading RG5 33%'. 'I'cl 0118969 0460.

950651 Debortth Susan Bishop, 5 ParkRisc. I..cathclhcad, Surrey kT22 7H/Tel 01372 386354,

Mrs. M A Almy (4526) is Bow resid-ing at 33„Godwin Court, Halls Lane,Hrackley, Northamptonshirc, NN136HQ.

5229 Brian %all: 1331, Gcrvais Road,Nanainlo, Hfltlsh CoIUnlbla V9X I. P7,TCI(250) 722 2699.

6336 A P EEall: I, Little Herbert' sClose, Charlton kings, Cheltenham,Clloucestershire, GL53 8NA, Tel10242 232820,

4389 Phil Kensett: 3, IIawkridge, CoxGfccn, RUdgcwlck, Rest SUsscx„RHI23DE. Tel 01403 822379.

CHANGES OF ADDRESS 9390 h en Cocks: 47, Tyler Al'cnuc,Laindon, Essex, SS15 SI.JR,

7941 R, Kennerley: 27, %hitwell,Paston, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire,PF4 7DU. Tel 01733 570731,

5044 Tony Bradshaw: ( al'Itcl'to»I.odge, Brook, I yndhurst, S043 71 IF. .

Tel 02380 811848.

Associate Maggie %allis: I' 0 Hox141 Amble, MOITleth, NE65 0XZ.

5518 Ken %'. Mitchell: C/o Caradon,Chapel I ane, Hecston„kings Lynn,Norfolk, PE32 2NG, Tel 01328700025,

6985 A R 'Tony' Mitchell; 64, Dor-don Road, Dordon, 'I'amworth, H78IQN,

4753 Ted Cutfield: 0 Deans Place,Union Stfcct, %elis, Sonlcf set HA52SA. Tel 01749 670149, c-nlallcuff I ~1(1li~II I l,i II» I.

5131 John Cotton: 591 kondlasVillage, I.emnos„Greece. Tel 0030 254

1407, c-Biall ctlltoll Il IIII1 f&)I till'~l'Lgi',

BOOK STAI l.,Some members have published bookspertinent to our Force. The following,which ~ould make ideal Christmaspresents, can be obtained by contactingour Hon. Sec.

'The History Of' the BSAP' by PeterGlbbs and Hugh Phllllps, X37.50.Thc Rcglln cut' by Dick Hanllcy

(I'nany pictures of uniforlns}, $27.50.'Never Quite a Soldier" by Dave1 emon, 5.9.95.'Cry Zimbabwe' by Peter Stiff,f25.00.'Witchcraft and Murder' by NobbyClark, f.10.00.'The Silent War' by Peter Stiff,H0.00,'BSAP, A Force At War' by TrevorSteen, f.8,00,'Mapolisa' by Dave Craven, f. l0,

And do not forget to order your BSAl'Christmas Cards at f2.50 for 10.

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FOR YOUR DIARYO'" December 2001 - ChristmtsSundowner, VSC.8"' December 2001 —Myerscough gah-ering (enquiries to Rod Wilson, 01116051333}.NB There will be NO gathering atthe Victory Services Club on the filstTuesday in January 2002.6'" February 2002 —First Tuesdlygathcring, VSC.6'" March 2002 — First Tuesdtygathering VSC.O'" March 2002 — Myerscoughgathering.

3 April 2002 First Tuesday gatherilg,VSC,7'" May 2002 — First Tuesdtygathering, VSC.17'" May 2002 —AGM, Victory Serv-ices Club.

23 Junc 2002 —SoUthcrn Countltslunch (enquiries to Bernard Terty,01730 817387}August Bank Holiday —BroadwlyBraai.

HISTORY OF THE N.R.P„The N. R.P Association announce thatTllrl Wright has wrlttcn 8 book cntltlldThe History Of the NRP'. It is avail-able from the British Empire and Con-nlonwcalth Muscunl. Thc prc-lrlarkct-ing price is 521 including P and I'.Plcasc nlakc yoUr chcqucs payBblc llo"The Museum of Empire and Coa-monwealth Trust" and send direct toSllllon Bolcc, Thc B E k C Muscual,Clock Tower Yard, Temple Meads,Bristol, BSI 6QH.

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PART 2 SIPOLILO Ital Tlk EVORTIKS

By 3967 Johnnic, lohnston.

Sipolilo was a Sergeant station and I

never knew why I was singled out tobe Trooper-in-Chmge, or why I didn' task f'or extra pay! I was delighted tohave the opportunity to work at such aUnl(luc 0Utpost and, UndoUbtcdly, TonyBuckley had something to do with myappointment. In contrast to my pred-ecessors I was young, amenable and ateet otal ler'.

ln 1900, a few years BAer the foundingof Southern Rhodesia, there was tribalconflict In this fcll10tc area ovcf thcr(ppolntlrlcnt of thc next ChlcfChipuriro. Colonel Jack Flint of theMashonaland Mounted Police set outfrom Marandellas to resolve theproblem, and one AfricNI policemanwas killed. A temporary mud-brick Po-lice cNnp was established about a milefrom the present gamp, and during mytime the remains of this old camp andtwo neglected graves were still visible,Thomas Wilson of DurhNrl, who dieslll MBfch 1905, BIId COI'pfal J MBfals, 8South Afl'ICBn, 8 couple of ycafs latcl.Both were members of the BritishS0Uth Africa Conlpany Pollcc, thc fore-runner of the BSAP. A healthier sitewas chosen in 1915, when a nlodestbrick and corrugated iron building waserected and a permanent Police Postestablished. It was names Sipolilo, acorruption of the local Chief" s name,Chipuriro. When I took over, the build-ings still had 8 plonccf appearanceBnd bits had bccn added with scant

regard for aesthetics or expert planning.As well as the Charge Office, therewere two small bedrooms, alounge/dining foonl, 8 kltchcll with 8wood burning stove, 8 Inlnutc bath-room and an outside 'bucket toilet.Bccausc of thc basic Bccollllnodatlononly bachelors served at Sipolilo. OurWat'Cf WBS dfBWn fl'Onl arne(lrby WCII,and transported in two drunls lixed toan ancient cart pulled by two oxen, Itwas then poured into a storage tank,Bnd gfavlty fcd to thc kltchcn Bndbathfoonl. Anothcf 44-grlllon dfUnlwith 8 flfc Undcfncath was thc hot wa-ter supply Just before I ICA a boreholewas sunk Nld thc slow plod of oxengave way to a noisy, throbbing engine„which pulnped water to the tank.

0U f 8 C II I C S t P 0 S I 0 ffI C C W rl S 8 t.

Msonneddi, 45 nliles to the south, andmall was trlkcn Bnd coll(, ctcd twlcc 8week; once by a messenger on 8 cycleand also by coullcsy of' the Chidavaen-zls bUs. Anothcf nlcNls of conlnlufll-cation was by the erratic stationtelephone, 8 solid Bntlquc pl'Obably dat-ing from the early years of telephony.%lflng was conccalcd ln 8 strong nla"hogany box, fixed to the wall, with 8hcavy bl'Bss fccclvcf suspended On ltssldc, Wc shared thc linc with 8 fcwother European subscribers overa widearea, and contact was made by a cod(",of long and short rings, made by 8small handle on thc box. Any calls0Utsldc ouf afca had to bc lnBdcthrough an operator' at Msonneddi. Oursignal was three short rings and it waspossible, but taboo, to eavesdrop onother conversations, Sometimes the lincwas out of action, as the locals found

the telephone wire was useful lor mak-Ing bangles Bn(1 nccklaccs,

Norman Dyer was the other trooperwhen I Brrtvcd& Bnd having sUrvlvcdlong spells with Sergeants Vincent and1 cslcv, »&vas soon transfcITcd to 8 Inofccivilised station. 'Norm' was replacedbv Bill Lowe, and later Brian %*ccks,the well-educated son of an Admiral&carne for a few months, All were post-war English recruits and excellentcolleagues, who were content to under-take thc offlcc work Bt. CBIAp& auld pa-tl'ol thc whltc farnllng areas 1)y Alotor"bike when they needed a change ofscenely. Neither was interested in aslovv-moving horse, which gave me ex-clUslvc Usc of B.H 3upitcr fof thc Alol'c

intriguing African areas. Eight AAicanconstables and two gaol guards, underreliable African Colimral 38ckson, wercother members of staff. Cpl. 3acksonwas the station time-keeper, and hismany duties included rising the Union~ack, win(llfig thc stBtlon clock and, Bsthere was no bugler, striking a piece ofAletal hanging from a tree, to regulateour lives. Times were always approxi-nlate at Sipolilo.

A couple of hundred yards from ourquarters, about a dozen short-tenn pns-oncls were incarcerated in a small rudi-mentary gaol. There was little stigmaattached to a spell in 'Kingi GeorgieI'Iotcll

&Bn(1 A1ost Innlatcs werc lnlpc-

cunlous vlllagcfs who opted fol' 8 fewdays gentle labour and free food in lieuof a fine. They cheerfully removedsanitary buckets, pcrfornlcd gardeningduties around the Governmentbuildings, and grew nlaize and

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vegetables, which we all shared. Onone occasion a craAy prisoner franMocambique managed to elude tieguard, and lt was obvious that 1cwould quickly descend to the valllyand disappear into Poltuguese territoly.To Bvotd bUrcaucratlc for Iris Bfdprocedures, his name was ticked offdaily in the register and he was duly'discharged'. lt was a dangerolspractice, but the secret was kept by tiestaff and appreciated by the carellssguard.

Out meat supply was vvhat we mana@»dto shoot locally. Swift, delicate duikerbuck and larger bushbuck were coIB-mon in the surrounding bush and, litemost Afrikaaners„Piet Jordaan was lnexpert stalker and hunter and organisldour shooting forays, When the maizecl"op was npcnnlg wild pigs werc px-ticularly destructive, as they root&daround with their tough„shalp tusksand could destroy a field overnight, Adifferent technique, using torches, wtlsemployed during night shoots and rotstpig was delicious. Most Africans hrtesnakes and oAen we were expected toshoot them. During the 'suicide monk'8 huge python took up residence in macacia trcc near thc staff hUts, and Iwas persuaded to shoot it. It was overten feet in length, and provided t:heiwith an unexpected source of proter.Villagers oAen had food for sale, aidjust aAer my anival two young daug-ters of the local headman offered milkin a dirty whisky bottle, sealed with tieremains of a milk cob. Although» ridiuI-lously cheap, the milk was ratherwatery, and after a tuberculosis scaewe reverted to the more hygienic pow-dered milk. %C continued to purchalc

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eggs fforn thc glfls, and each cgg vvascarefully lnllflcl'scd In B call of watcfwhich they carried with them. If theegg sank to the bottom it was deemedfresh and edible, but if it floated it wasbad. Unscrupulous egg sellers had beenknown to hard boil their bad eggs tocause them to sink!

L.ife at Sipolilo, away from the compli-cations and materialism of the largetowns, was a pleasant, peacefulexistence, but for many it would havebeen considered a punishment station.The lonely life was certainly not suitedto those who hankered aAer clubs, barsand bright lights, Pre-breakfast dutiescolllnlcnccd Bt 6 B.lll. „chccklng thchorse„ issuing pnsoners' rations and at-tending to routine paperwork, beforethe sun became too hot. During theday, a mixture of supervisory duties„court work and patrols kept usoccupied, and in the cool of theevening I exercised Jupiter in the sur-rounding bush, or played football withsome of the staff, There was little so-cial life, but usually once a week wehad a good meal with the Buckleys orthe J ordaan s, and 9 p. m. was a latenight! As Magistrate, 'lony was em-powered to inspect the gaol and rel-evant records, and at times liked toassert his authority. Every few weekshe would inform me, by official note,that an inspection was imminent, andaAer taking a cursory glance at variousbooks, he would produce a towel andBsk If I woUld glvc hlln B haircut!

There was little for our Afiican staff todo after hours, and they responded en-thusiastically to forming a footballtcalrl with thc Native Dcpaftmcllt staff,

Using volunteers and a few prisoners,we quickly nlade a reasonable groundnear the camp, and played regularmatches with bare-footed village teams.Our ground, considered the best in theBrea and the only one correctly marked,became the focal point for local sport-ing activities„and hundreds of appre-ciative villagers, starved ofentertainment„walked miles to watchevents. Inter-schools activities werealso staged and required very littleofganlsatlon; Il watcf supply, B coUplcof trcnch latrines with grass fences, andhelp with judging the choir singing,dancing and sports activities. Theywere joyous occasions for the easilysatisfied youngsters and, as the festivi-ties lasted all day, they brought theirown pots, firewood Bn(i food fof thcmidday meal. A competition for thebest constructed shelter, using poles,grass and bark string, was a deviousway of providing several shady, open-sided shelters for the spectators!

Out fldlllg 0nc Sunday ln01'ning I

passed near the pole and nlud SalvationAnny 'citadel' at Chimanikire village,whcfc thc locals wcfc Bsscnlbllng forInofnlng scl vlcc. Thc Unexpected Bl'-

rival of a European law enforcercaused a stir, and lnuch amusementwhen Jupiter started to feed on therecently thatched roof', Althoughwelcoming„ the officials were a littleuneasy at my presence, as they invitedme to sit with them on a raised plat-foflll Bnd look down on B sca of qulzzl-cal brown faces. 'The lce was brokenwhen I joined in some of the t. hishonahymns and choruses, which I hadlearned at Howard Mission, The serv-ices were an enjoyable social occa-

sion fol tile villagci's who, dressed llitheir best clothes, packed the churchand sang enthusiastically to home-nladc (iruins and rattles. It was alwaysa delight to listen to the harmonioussinging, and watch the uninhibited con-glcgBtion Bs they swayed iuid clappedrhythmically to the music, oAen withbabies breast-feeding or on the backsof their lilothcrs. I attended tlic ciiul'chwhenever possible and was sometimesinvited to read the lesson in Chishona.In lieu of a monetary collection, corncobs and fruit werc donated Bnd soldfor church funds, or given to theelderly. Without a radio orgriunophone, African singing at Churchor primary schools was the only musicI heard at Sipoliio!

Police work in the outback was likeopen-air university, with an abundanceof learning experiences and unusualcases: the death of a young studentwho tried to abort using chloraquin, acase of bestiality involving a goat, andan isolated garden growing a largeamount of cannabis are exainples, Onemorning, a very young baby, wrappedin dirty rags, , was found abandoned onthe Charge Office steps, Without fussor written record, the fortunate mitewas adopted by a local Christian cou-ple who named her Rufaro —'Joy'.

Generally the African people werehardy and uncomplaining. Whilst outriding one day I passed close to agroup of chattering women who hadstopped work in a maize field. Think-ing that one of them had fainted, Iasked if they needed help and wasiflfolTncd that shc was ln thc tllrocs of

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childbirth'

Fearful of being attacked by a preda-tory leopard or hyena, few people ven-tured out BAer dark and we rarely hidnight calls. One very dark night, inAfrican arrived with a spear stilllodged through his calf. He had limpsfrom a village brawl so that we couldsee the evidence. The medical orderlycould not be found so, he)ped by Cor-poral Jackson, I gently extracted tiespear and doused the fleshy wouadwith a warm iodine solution, beforebinding with a cloth. Remarkably tiewound healed quickly and the assailaitwas duly gao)ed.

Far from the influences of Islam, Chrs-tianity was the only effective religionin Rhodesia, and the Salvation Arniyand the Methodists held sway in tieSipolilo area. During the dry-season, astrange all-African religious sect +-rived and organised 8 weekend rally afew miles from camp. A cluster nftemporary grass huts mushroomed aadcurious villagers, always receptive toevents that added colour to thei~ mtli-dane lives, flocked to witness tiepfoceedings. Bearded leadefs, wear-ing long white cloaks with crulered crosses, preached their versionof the Gospels, and led hymns aidchoruses appropriated from themore orthodox denominations. Soonthere were rumours that these stran-gers were advocates of free lose,and were in reality a bunch of lech-efous tflcksters, I't was alleged thatas part oi the conversion process,couples prayed together in separate

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huts, and vulnerable young woinenwere then seduced. With experiencedCorporal Jackson following on hisbike, I rode over on Jupiter to tile rallyand chatted amicably with the appre-hcnslvc Icadels. Flndlng Bo cvldcncc ofllnpfopcf bchaviouf, wc concIUded that.the more orthodox churches had prob-ably prompted the rumours, and wereenvious of the charismatic appeal of'the 'bearded baptists', lt was at thisrally that I saw my first albino; a per-soll havnlg 8 congenital abscncc of col-ouring pigment in the skin and hair.With distinct Bantu features, the unfor-tunate teenage girl had tight, sandy col-oured hair, a white and brown blotchyskin afid plilk cycs. A sad sight, but shcSCCIBCd hriPPy and WI1S 8CCCPted by thCconlBI Un Ity.

When the torrential rains commenced,the perilous state of the ntud brickwalls and thatching of 8 few stafT hutswas I"cvcalcd, and with afnplc fl'cclabouf, wc decided to fcbulld thcnl, AtthC Cnd Of 'thC rains, 181'gC Ir nnbeflCymud bricks were moulded and the hutsquickly erected. Unforninatety, none ofour prisoners were skilled at the supe-rior 'Barotse' style of thatching, whichI was anxious to adopt. Ihe, out of theblue, a skilled 'Harotse' thatcher wasremanded f'or alleged cattle theA, andhe was soon put to work, Ngweruntewas 8 llkc8bic foguc and UBdoUbtcdlyguilty, but there was little evidenceagainst him, and we were oliliged torelease him before the thatching wascompleted. Amazed that he had es-caped. punlsl'inlcnt, hc agreed to stay

and finish the task and, later, I wascommended by the Of f'icerCommanding, Salisbury District, forre-building the huts at no cost to theForce. I kept quiet about the thatchingbeing done by a remand prisoner, par-tlCUlafly as I'CnlruldS WCfC not SUppoSCdto work'

The dry half of the year was also theRhodesian soccer season, and mywcckly spofting tflps to SrlllsbUfy plot)-ably saved mc from becoming a bush-loving recluse, I..caving at dav n on theday of the match, it was a long, judder-ing motorbike journey and I aimed toreach thc capital city bcforc thc sUBbecame too hot. AAer the luxury of acold milk shake, I would sit f'or 8 whilein the cool, tranquil atmosphere ofSalisbury Cathedral, bef'ore heading forPolice Headquarters, and the raucouschatter of the Troopers' Mess. After thenlatch, ttnd with Bly fiuid level back tonormal, I would roar OIT into the darkAfflcali night fof the I I 5 Blllcs tflpback to Sipolilo, with a couple of' freshcfilsty loaves srlfcly in thc Panllici's;wclcoine change front Chari's stodgyhonle-made bread, Although I enjoyedthe thrill of playing for a successf'ulteam at well-suppoiaed nlatches, I wasalways pleased to retunl to the peacef'ullife of the outback.

~IAIIiIIIr lite IAV&N Seun»7, the.h'(tlis/77tnI'oli('e te(tw ivotl t/II ee of the f(IIII BtoiIIAIIo(lestoII tt'op/7lei, oII(I 17(let'on''Iv I&1st

lhe /otII'l/7 tt"op/tl', lhe ~f Il,k'leII t Itp.

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OUtposts have bccf1 IctUrncd floB) thcfollowing marked 'Addressee goneaway'. If any reader knows of a newaddress or whereabouts, and to ensurethat scarce Assoc)at)on funds are notwasted on Unrlcllvcrcd post, plcasc coB"tact our lion Sec,

%P 458 Abi Bolas (Freemanl

7167 Pete Long

6841 Brian Tindalc

P/R 20438 Josh %'ellcr

TAPS: THE STORY BEHINDTHE MUSIC

From 5479 Mike Leach

ln 1862 during thc Anlcncan Clvll Ww',

when Union Anny Captain Robert Eli-coInbc was with his Incn Bcal Harrisoi'sLanding in Virginia, the ConfederateArmy was on the other side of thenarrow strip of land. During the nig~t,Captain Ellicombe heard the moansofa soldier who lay severely wounded onthe field. Not knowing if it was a Unionol Confederate soldier, the Captainrisked his lite to bring the stricken B)anback for medical attention. Crawling onhis stonlach through the gunfire, )heCaptain reached the wounded soldierand pulled him towards hisencampment. When he reached his ownlines„he discovered that the soldier hehad brought in was actually 8Confederate„but the man had died.

Copies of the video 'Outpost UK - TheRegiment Remembered' are availablefrom the Secretary at $25 includingpkp. It would Blake 8. ulcc xnlaspresent for someone you know I

Contact Mike I each to order your copy- if collected at the 'First Tuesday' orXnlas SUndowncr mcctlngs yoU cansave f5 postage and pack)Be,

Thc Captain lit 8 lantern ancl suddcalvcaught his breath, went numb withsllock, In thc d)BI light, hc saw that Acdead soldier was his own son, The boyha(l bccn studying B)Us)c ln thc Southwhen the war broke out. %'ithout tellinghis father, he enlisted in the ConfederateAITny.

The following morning Captain ERi-combe asked perlnission of his supai-ors to give his son a full military bu)ialdespite his enemy status. His request

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was only partially granted. He hadasked if B group of Army band mem-bers would play a funeral dirge for hisson at the funeral. The request wasdenied for the funeral of aConfederate. But, out of respect forthe Captain, he was granted just onemusician. Captain Ellicombe chose abuglcl, whonl hc wished to play asci les of nlUslcal notes hc had foUndon a piece of paper in the pocket ofthc dead yoUth s Uniforiri. This wishwas granted. And so was born thehaunting melody we know as 'Taps',which is still used at military funerals,and to which the following words maybc sUng:

l)a3 is done, hone the sat) fr) n) thelakes,

l'ron) the hills, /ron) the sky.

All is «eel/, ,«»a/el' rest. 1 lod i« t)it»l).

l'&Id)til» l)l»ltl dltti, 'i' tlie sir»hl and a .star1'lent« lhe ski, l»/ca)nitty» bril»hl

l'rotn agar, draui nl,» nigh, gi.)I/s thet) ll»ht,

/1)ank«and prai «e,

l'or ottr day», 'neath (he snit, ')tet))Atlte stars, 'neatlt the ski,

As UI l»o, this Ue ktion, (loll ls till»h.

ROLL OF HONOUR

3714 George WVilliam KIIy passed away in Bulawayo on the 25"' 3uly 2001.'Paddy" served from April 1938 through to Pcbruai'y 1964 when hc retiredBs B Staff (.hlcf lnspcctor.

4241 Fred Wolsfenholme died Bt (.hcgutu on thc 4 3uly 2001,

3 137 Vrederiek 8ales Smith passed Bwiiv ln 3uly 000 a} ChcgutU.

9602 Robert (Rob) Charles Mathieson MBCDonald passed away peace-fully in his sleep on the 19'" August 2001 at Muldersdrift, 3ohannesburg.Rob had been unwell for a while and had sufTcred the loss of a leg followingB land)nine incident.

8132 Leslie Vrank Purse died in 1 larare on the 18'" August 2001 followinga heart attack. I es served froin 12/12/1966 to 16/12/1983 and left Iis a

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5859 Donald Thomson MCNiven died in Scotland on the 3rd October1998. He was suffering fmm cancer. Donald served from August 1958 toAugust 1961.

4816 Ceorge Barry Dodd passed away in Bulawayo on 13"September 2001.

4639 CrrordOB Batt passed BW'rly ln NCW Zealand On thC 25th Jalluary2001

3369 George Mervyn Iiarries passed away Haverfordwest, Wales onthe 5th September 2001. Mervyn served from February 1934 through toOctobcf 1969 when hc fctlfcd Bs Deputy ComBussloncf.

6074/7251 'Chimp' Barrie Keith %"ehster passed away on the 27'"

September 2001 following a long illness from cancer. He served twice,firstly from October 1959 to October 1964, then from February 1965 toFebruary 1970 when he took retirement on gratuity and joined the RRAFas 8 dog handler. His old chum 5998 Ian Dunhar writes, "Chimpattended his last parade at the 1 eathcrhead Crematoliuln on October 9th.The Association was represented by Peter Phillips and Alan Toms,while the Support Unit was represented by fellow founding members Ian(Dumpy) DIInhar Bnd Ted Crawford. Hls coffin was draped with botll

the Regimental and Rhodesian flags and also bore a BSA Police cap and

onc of his favoUfitc bUsh hats. Thc sccUiaf scrvlcc w'Bs Rlso attcndcd byInany of Chlnlp Bnd BRfbafa s friends from thc Hand ln Hand Pub On thc

smnmit of Box Hill, to where we repaired for the pouring of libationsBAer the ceremony. Even though 1 had only seen him once, very briefly,since leaving Rhodesia in 1966, it was good to know that he was around

and, though 1 know it sounds somewhat glib, he was someone specialand we will miss him. "

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