Visit to the RLI Museum by V.I.P's

British parliament members visit the RLI Museum in April, 2010


Bob Ainsworth the secretary for Defence and Patrick Hall our local Labour MP arriving


VIP's signing the Visitors Book


VIP's viewing some of the display items

Thanks to Martyn Hudson for sharing his memories and photos with ORAFs.

Kiwi "Brew Up"

John Graham Writes:-

We had a bit of a get together on 7 April, 2010.
Iain and Vera (Bourne) ex UGHS had dinner with us along with Danny & Eileen Hartman and Wolf and Alison Hucke. It was a good SAS catch-up, as Wolf and Iain hadn’t seen each other since 1979. Iain and Vera had just been to an air show in the South Island, “Wings over Wanaka” and were on their way back to Queensland in Australia


Danny Hartman - Wolf Hucke - John Graham and Iain Bowen

Hobsonville Anzac Parade

April 2010

John Pringle Writes

Four Blue Jobs were part of a contingent of some sixty members of the Rhodesian Forces Association at the Hobsonville RSA, Auckland (New Zealand) for the traditional ANZAC Day parade.

RSA is the Returned Servicemen's Association, the DownUnder equivalent of the MOTHs and ANZAC stands for Australia New Zealand Army Corps. ANZAC Day is our equivalent of Poppy Day.

The photos are:


Forming up behind the banner. Hugh Bomford doing the honours, while the Blue Jobs
were down
at the back, with the rabble!


Forming up and attempting some resemblance of military order are
L to R: John Pringle, Blake Few, unknown Brown, unknown Brown and John Michalakis.


After the service. L to R, Blake Few, John Michalakis, Hugh Bomford partly obscured
by his banner, Chuck Osborne and John Pringle.

Thanks to John Pringle for sharing his photos and memories with ORAFs,
Links detailed above are to the New Zealand Association.

Gauteng ORAFs Social

From Reunions of the Rhodesian Forces

Back left to right - John Baard; Clive Chard; Steve Russell; Clive Dutton;
Steve Prophet;
Front – Pat Galleymore; Fyn Marcussen; Roland Charles; Frans Fyfer; Ken Jackman;
Rob Sweeting.
Kneeling – Tom Crook.

Social was held at the Dickie Fritz Shellhole in Edenvale, in Gauteng, South Africa on
9 April, 2010

Photo made available by Pat Galleymore. Thanks Pat

Sarge (Ian) and Tarryn Light Wedding

Debbie Jenkins (nee Light) Writes:-

Ian Light (Sarge) and Tarryn Johnson got married on 20th March 2010 at Backsberg wine estate in Paarl, South Africa



Sarge - Tarryn and Jim

Congratulations to Sarge, Tarryn, Jim, Debbie and also the rest of the family.
Thanks to Debbie for sharing this special memory with ORAFs