The following Eology for Stan Bisset MC OAM MID was given by John Davis at Albert Park on 21 October 2010:
The last time I saw Stan was on the 20th of September; and he was, as usual, hungry for news about the Camp and Power House; his eyes always lit up just at the mention. (more…)
Hi Ron,
I guess after being home for over a week now and fully recovered I thought I would drop you an email to say thank you for everything you did. It was a life long dream to do Kokoda and to now sit back and look back at what I have achieved is an amazing feeling.
Words cannot express how grateful I am to you in helping me achieving that goal. But I will try so to you I thank you for your guidance, leadership, mateship and most important your knowledge. Without that my experience would not have been the same. I have brought back many memories and stories that I will keep for the rest of my life. Everyday with your stories and knowledge of the trek made the trip that extra bit rewarding I could not have asked for a better leader you certainly took me back to 1942. (more…)
Hi Chad,
As the day continues; the work gets busy, patients, people, paper work, traffic jams, politics, finance, interest rate hikes, not enough time for yourself, not enough time for your family, but deep down you know you will not sweat the small stuff any more. Something inside you gives you strength to take on the demands that comes your way, as you know the challenges you face is not as hard as those hills that goes high and higher beyond the tree tops, or the tracks that continues on and on down pass the mud and the thick tree roots. You know you have completed the famous Kokoda track, over 100km of walking, through the routes that the young Australia soldier fought to stop the advancing Japanese in WWII. You know you can face and overcome the mental challenges and the physical demands that comes your way; even under hard conditions of aching joints to the fever of viral illness or even the detrimental effects of dehydration. (more…)
‘Stop firing’ screamed the Afghan interpreter metres away from a suspected Taliban leader as he emptied his magazine towards a small band of Australian commandos. As the walls exploded the insurgent responded by clipping on a fresh magazine and unloading it at them. The Australians returned fire and lobbed a grenade into the dark room. The firing ceased. As they crept into the room they noticed a sight that will haunt them forever. The suspected Taliban leader lay dead amongst a human shield comprising women and children.
Three of the commandos in the raid, doing what they were sent to do by the Australian government now face charges of manslaughter. These young men have been double-crossed by our political leaders who have exposed them to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in the Hague. (more…)