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In recognition of the strong support and assistanceprovided to the various Commando Associations sincethe building of the Commando Memorial in 1964 aCertificate of Appreciation was presented to the TidalRiver Office of Parks Victoria by the ACA VIC Presidentto Brett Mitchell, Area Chief Ranger, Wilsons Pro -montory National Park.The occasion also provided the opportunity toprovide commemorative plaques where several ACA1944 having conducted an almost 2000mi Escape &Evasion.The WW2 Special OperationsAustralia M Special Unit Plaquebeing presented toJim Burrowes, OAM byACA National PresidentMAJGEN Greg Melickwhile Dixie Lee looks on.VIC members who are WorldWar II veteran, Coast watchers.The National President of ACAmade pre sentations of WW2Special Operations Australiaplaques modified by removalof the Z and replaced with anM is the Coastwatchersidentified with being from MSpecial Unit and not Z. Theplaques were presented toSGT Jim Burrowes, OAM. andCoder 1st Class Dixie Lee. TheACA also made presentationsThe ACA National PresidentMAJGEN Greg Melickpresenting the Z Special UnitPlaque to Maria Jackmanand the family of LieutenantReymond, Z Special Unit.The 2019 Version ofACA VIC World War IISpecial OperationsAustralia Plaque.of the WW2 Special Operations Australia plaques torepresentatives of the Gooley and Raymond families.A Commemorative presentation of OperationRIMAU was made to Foster RSL by ACA VIC. Thepresentation provides details of Private David Gooleywho was recruited directly into No.7 Infantry TrainingCentre shortly after to be renamed the GuerrillaWarfare Training School and when the School relocatedto Canungra he went with them and subsequentlyvolunteered for service with the Services Recon nais -sance Department (SRD) (administered by Z SpecialUnit) and was selected for Operation RIMAU. He wassubsequently captured and one of the 10 who wasexecuted in Singapore on 7 June 1945, a few weeksshort of the end of the war.Lieutenant Bruno Reymond RANR also volunteeredfor SRD and joined Operation RIMAU less than a weekbefore the operation departed and participated in avery short familiarisation and training session on theFolboat collapsible canoe. Lieutenant Reymond waskilled whilst trying to avoid capture on 21 DecemberPiper IainTownsley, a formermember of UKSAS and 1stCommandoRegiment playedpipes for theCommemorationActivity.ACA VIC would like to formallyacknowledge the significant supportprovided by Headquarters SpecialOperations Command and in particular the Com -manding Officer and personnel from the 1st Com -mando Regiment, who provided significant support toCommemorative activity at Tidal River with the provi -sion of representative personnel, a catafalque party,transportation, sound system etc. ACA-VIC would alsolike to formally express our great thanks to Dana andJo and other volunteers from the Tidal River OpenSpace Group put on an outstanding afternoon tea,planned for 75 and catered for more than double thatand there was still food left over to donate to ParksVictoria staff, as well as a few single members of ACA-VIC seen departing with plates full of fresh scones andparty pies.The Operation RIMAUCommemorative Presentationshowing details ofSergeant Gooley andLieutenant Reymondand a brief synopsisof the Operation.ACA VIC Members marching off at thecompletion of this year’s Commemorationwith the Commando Memorial in thebackground.The President of Foster RSLSub-branch, Mr Bruce Lester,a Vietnam Veteran with 2 RAR,accepts presentation andprovides a few words about theWartime Training at Tidal Riveras his family owned the nearbyfarm frequently visited at nightby Commando trainees.HMAS Cerberus RemembersDuring the commemoration, whilst the PresidentACA VIC was speaking with Commander Darren Jeffs,CSC, RAN, Executive Officer HMAS Cerberus thererepresenting the Chief of Navy, Commander Jeff’sstated that he was privileged to be in attendancerepresenting Navy as Operations JAYWICK and RIMAUhad significant RAN participation and that this wasoften overlooked and seen to be only Armyoperations. In fact, Operation JAYWICK personnelconsisted of eight RAN sailors directly ‘recruited’ from14 COMMANDO NEWS ~ Edition 17 I 2019
the recruit school on HMAS Cerberus, with twoAustralian Army personnel, two British Army, includingMajor Ivan Lyon the commander, and one Royal Navy.The raid was initially conceived as a joint SpecialOperations Executive (UK) and Royal Australian Navyoperation and was later transferred to SpecialOperations Australia.Commander Jeffs stated that there was a com -memorative display in the Headquarters Building atHMAS Cerberus of these operations and the PresidentACA VIC then decided to ‘Strike Swiftly’ and anOperation JAYWICK plaque was presented to Com -mander Jeff’s for inclusion in the display at HMASCerberus. The presented plaque was installed in thedisplay before 7am the following morning alongsidesome other memorabilia, some of which was donatedby 2 Commando Company Association in 2004.New commemorative memorabiliaIn order to support the commemoration of WorldWar II members of Commando Organisations andSpecial Operations Australia and supporting in itsACAVIC have recently instigated the creation someadditional commemorative items as shown below.These will shortly be available for sale through ourwebsite and for those interstate associations who wishto purchase bulk quantities for local resale these will beprovided at a significantly reduced cost.The Clock made from timberfrom MV Krait includes nameof all the Operatives fromOperation JAYWICK.A model of the MV Kraitin the Headquarters Buildingat HMAS Cerberus.A newly designed plaque showing the various formsof insertion used by members of special operationsAustralia to undertake the many operations theyperformed in the Southwest Pacific and elsewhereduring World War II. Only 100 have been produced inpriority will go to Australian Special Operations units,ACA members and families of former members of theunits.Five Lapel Pins representinginsertion methods used byOperatives from SpecialOperations Australia.The 2019 version of ACA-VICWorld War II SpecialOperations Australia Plaque.Forthcoming activitiesACA VIC have commenced planning for the 2020anniversary of the Rip Incident were two members of 2Commando Company, along with a support staffmember, lost their lives during an amphibious exercise.The former OC, General Sir Phillip Bennett, AC, KBE,DSO, Life Patron of ACA is hoping to be in attendanceto catch up with numerous old comrades of the day.The commemoration on Sunday the 16th of February2020 will be preceded by Gala dinner on the night ofFriday the 14th. Should it be viable it is planned toconduct the dedication of the Special OperationsMemorial at the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance onSaturday, 15 February subject to the availability ofselected ADF personnel.Commando 4 LifeDoug KnightPresidentACA VICHow to find 975 businesses for sale right nowAsk the Business Brokers Networkwww.businessbrokersnetwork.com.au670 businesses are under $400,000: 80 experienced brokers to contact: All states of Australia:Manufacturing, Distribution, Retail, Wholesale, Hospitality, Security, Automotive, across all categories.COMMANDO NEWS ~ Edition 17 I 2019 15
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