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CADETS. 1957
Cadet training for 1957 really began during the Mid-summer
Vacation when, on New Year’s Eve, potential Under Officers entered
Fraser’s Paddock Camp to qualify for their “lozenges”. The efficiency
of the Unit and the enthusiasm of the individuals concerned can be
gauged from the fact that Russell Bielenberg topped the Infantry Wing
with a remarkable percentage of 97.3 and that U./O.’s Robert Kydd
and Graham Robinson were not far behind with 89.6 and 80 per cent.
respectively, despite the fact that all three cadets had done only one
year of Cadet training.
In the Sergeants course that followed, similar excellent results were
obtained by Gordon Barnett, Peter Vela, Robert Rose, Malcolm Wilson,
Peter Banney, John Kennedy and Ralph Railings. The U./O.’s and
Sergeants later attended a Jungle-training Course at Canungra.
Training commenced with a full complement of 101 cadets in
February, and numbers were maintained throughout the year with a
waiting-list of boys eager to join the unit as Cadets left school or
transferred elsewhere.
On Anzac Day the Unit marched at Manly and at Wynnum. This
march represented the first official public appearance of the newly-
formed Cadet Pipe Band of six Pipers (Cpl. Griffin, Cadets D. Ament. S.
Macaulay, G. Newnham, W. Lamb, R. Hinckley) and six drummers
(L Cpl. P. Grainger, Cadets T. Mischlewski, L. Sharpe, P. Brown, N.
Edser, J. Fraser) and Drum-Major T. Niebling. The Band was proud
to have marching in its ranks as Pipe-Major, Mr. Bill Hannah, of St.
Andrew’s Pipe Band, since it was due to Mr. Hannah’s splendid efforts
in training pipers and drummers that the Band came into existence.
A further public appearance was made by the Band at the School Fete.
and during the Annual Camp at Greenbank, the Band provided a
forty-minute recital at the Formal Dining-in Night at the Officers’ Mess,
as well as the music for the Ceremonial Changing of the Camp Guard
on three occasions. The Unit is proud to fall-in and march behind such
a fine band. Wynnum Sub-branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. has presented
the Unit with a beautiful Drum-Major’s Mace and pair of white gauntlets
—a gesture from Old Diggers to new, which the school very much
appreciates.
Some success was achieved in rifle shooting during the year. The
crossed-rifles insignia of a marksman was earned at Cleveland Rifle
Range by U./O. G. Robinson and Cadet R. Hinckley, and at Greenbank
by Cpl. Clarke. Our team in the Earl Roberts Shoot filled fourth place.
The Annual Camp at Greenbank was this year extended to twelve
days. The greater part of Camp training consisted of tactical exercises
in the bush. However, the Unit was required to mount Ceremonial Guard
Duty on the ninth day of camp. Thanks to the keenness of our second
year Cadets, and to the efficient drilling by A.R.A Cpl. Witherington
our guard was commended by the R.S.M. as being the best drilled and
the best turned-out guard in the camp to that date.