Struan 1964 - Adm.monash.edu.au

· Welfare Association ...
The We lfare Committee's year began
with an air of enthusiasm whe n
Mis s Ken tish spoke at the we llattended
Annual meetin g. Mr . Ma lkin
was re-elected as p resident and was
ably as sisted by the vice-president,
Mrs. Mennie. Mr . Bell once again
proved to be a most compe tent
treasu rer. It was ve ry gratifying to
find ex-student, Neil Toyne, standing
fo r and be ing elected as Secretary.
Miss Homes and Mr . Ladd capably
fi lled the po sitio ns he ld by the staff .
Th anks must be extended to th e
R.A.A.F. ba nd w h ich offi cia ted at th e
an nual garde n pa rty . It was a most
enjoyable afternoon with th e p roceed
s fro m the af ternoon tea go ing
to the Jane Carrigg Fu nd .
The d ressing rooms provided by
the Wel fare Commi ttee proved to be
a great asset du ring several ha ll p roductions
and we re appreciated by the
ca sts.
Once aga in the Fair w as a g reat
succes s. The We lfa re Committee and
the student body extend thei r speci al
than ks to Mr. Pro w se, Anna Jurkiw
and Ken Milsom w ho worked fo r
the Fair th ro ugh the co-ord inat inq
co mm ittee .
Added incen tive to work yet ha rder
for the Fa ir came f rom the purchase
of the tracto r bought from las t year's
Fai r proceeds. The tract o r has
a lready p roved invalu abl e .
As " Str ua n" goe s to press We lfa re
for '6 4 has o ne mo re impo r tant fu nction
to pro mote : the Mannequin
Parade. It is ho ped that this year's
sup po rt fo r thi s occasion w ill be
even g reater that it w as last year.
THE FAJR
Hud dl ed a rou nd a small table in
the co rn er of a rat her large roo m the
five st ra tegists p lotted the ir moves in
wh at w as to be the biggest manoeuvre
of the year, F-Day. " Let's hope for
fine co nd itio ns Jack ," the leader of
the group sa id w ith co nce rn writ­
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ten clearly on his face." Do n' t wo rry,
Alf, w ith o ur we ll-eq uipped battle
group, being some five hundred
stro ng, we sho uld be assured of s uccess
regardless of condition s." It
w as th is type o f optimist ic ou t look
which boosted the morale of the
fr owni ng, frustra ted five . F-Day w as
se t for Oc tober 3rd a t 1100 ho ur s, a
t im e some months away at that stage.
We had the raw m aterials of an
atta ck fo rce b ut training was essentia
l. Th ese five hu nd red un p repa red
rec rui ts we re abo ut to be sub jected
to a concen trated ca m pa ign w h ich, it
w as ho ped, wo u ld p repare th em fo r
F-Day. Per med iu m o f adver tising
poste rs an d verbal ac tiv ity a t th e
weekly meetings o f th e T.P.T.C./
T.I .T.C. gro ups the d octrines we re
sp read- m ind s were being geared to
think abou t F-Day.
Ve ry gra d ua lly ou r supplies we re
be ing bui lt up . Within o n ly a fe w
days of F-Day we we re st ill insu fficiently
eq u ipped. Batt le g ro up leade
rs we re rushing abou t fra nti c with
wor ry. The re w as an ov erall sig h
of reli ef whe n su pplies eventually got
throuqh-c-every thinq was se t fo r
F-Day.
Earl y on October 3rd, that al l
im po rtan t day, o u r ar my was s trategical
ly posi tioned. Leaders scanned
the horizon for s ign s of the invasio n
forces. It was ra in ing, v isibility
was bad. The a ttac k was set for
1100 hou rs. At 1030 hou rs the f i rs t
invasion fo rces were sight ed . Mov ing
in swiftly, Sile nt ly, and a rmed w it h
Lib ra- Sol idus-Den ari us type weapons
they came. Ou r group, not to be
ca ugh t " o n the hop", moved into
acti o n.
Five hou rs o f fierce figh ti ng saw
th e o p posi ng forces hast ily re treat.
When the smo ke cleared away at
appro ximate ly 1630 hours our tri ump
ha nt army stood a mo ngst the debris.
We had wo n another ba ttl e .
- Ken Milsom, Ann a Jurkiw