4 Field Regiment (SVN) 'Old Boys' Newsletter - June 2022 Edition

4 TH FIELD REGIMENT (SVN) ASSOCIATION AKA 4TH FIELD REGT OLD BOYS Patron: David Anderson. Treasurer: Gabby Hayes. NEWSLETTER No 48 – Winter 2022 All Correspondence to Peter Bruce, 33 Cathie Circuit, Lake Cathie NSW 2445 or pjbruce8@bigpond.net.au Mobile is 0419 349 317 G’day everyone. First up, a correction to a name I put in with a photo last edition. The photo showed a group in the Regimental Sgts’ Mess in Nui Dat. The Brigadier with Brushy Forward and Don Donkin was not Brigadier Weir as stated but in fact Brigadier Henderson. My apologies and thanks to Tim Ford, David Anderson and PJ Smith for picking it up. Speaking of photos, here is one below which shows a very young HK Smith. The Officer Commanding 1st Psychological Operations Unit, Captain Frank Leslie Meredith, reads a captured Viet Cong document to members of his unit at the 1ATF base. The document expressed concern at the successes of allied psychological warfare programs. Identified beside Captain Meredith, left to right: Sergeant Derrill de Heer, Team Leader; Trooper Anthony ‘Tony’ Cullen; Corporal David ‘Doc’ Finlay; Private Daniel ‘Speedy’ Wright; Corporal Ian Botham; Lance Corporal Wladyslaw ‘Wally’ Koscielecki; Gunner Harold Smith; Sergeant Russell Tetlow, Intelligence Sergeant. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I picked up this article on the internet recently. It is advertising shows on the old parade ground at North Head Barracks. The promotor is advertising various shows during September and October this year. Definitely worth a look at www.nightatthebarracks.com.au Very little correspondence received since the last newsletter. South Australian Old Boys may be interested in the article below regard their Gunner Dinner.