4 Field Regiment (SVN) 'Old Boys' Newsletter - May 2013 Edition

3 Darryl Cooper’s response: Hi Graeme, Good to hear from you after all these years. I'm living and retired in Bunbury WA. Wendy and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary in August last year and we have 2 daughters and 3 grandsons. We spent a week or so in Townsville back in 2006 and while there went out to Lavarack Barracks where I met with Paddy Durnford. He said he thought you were living in Ayr but didn't have any contact details. In recent years I have been in contact with Peter Bruce through emails and the occasional phone call. He keeps in touch with a lot of the guys and is proposing a HQ Bty gathering for Anzac this year but unfortunately I won't be able to make it. At least once a year I catch up with some of the Perth fellas, Ron Bates, Alge Sukys, Moe Armstrong, Ian Johnson etc. Had a day at the races here in Bunbury a couple of months ago with Ron Fritchley, Dave Drabble and Alf Hickinbotham from 106 Bty. Later this month we will be spending a week over Rottnest Island with Batesy and his wife Sue on their boat. Alge and his wife Wendy will also be aboard. We will have to keep in touch and hopefully catch up some time when we are over your way again or vice versa. Cheers, Darryl Cooper PS. Thought you might like a copy of these photos. Took the other one of the ramps in March 2011 when Johnno organised a trip to Vietnam for a group of us with our wives (Johnno, Moe, Alge, Batesy, Geoff Shields and myself). Well organised and a really great trip. An Israeli Sense of Humour at United Nations set the record straight. An ingenious example of speech and politics occurred recently in the United Nations Assembly and made the world community smile. A representative from Israel began: 'Before beginning my talk I want to tell you something about Moses: When he struck the rock and it brought forth water, he thought, "What a good opportunity to have a bath!" Moses removed his clothes, put them aside on the rock and entered the water. When he got out and wanted to dress, his clothes had vanished. A Palestinian had stolen them! The Palestinian representative at the UN jumped up furiously and shouted, "What are you talking about? The Palestinians weren't there then." The Israeli representative smiled and said, "And now that we have made that clear, I will begin my speech.