Hello from a newbie

[L1A1]

Hi there

My name is Ron and I live in Perth, Australia. My collecting interests are Commonwealth infantry and military police cap badges (current issue ones at first), police cap badges/helmet plates and patches from Commonwealth law enforcement agencies (Police, customs, etc, again just looking for current issue ones at the moment)

Look forward to learning lots from what appear to be a very knowledgeable group.

Regards

Ron

[pieter]

Hi Ron,
You may want to check marway militaria in Canada http://www.marway-militaria.com/about.php
Wayne has a lot of police badges for sale.
Cheers,
Pieter

[johnG]

A very warm welcome Ron, and please let me know if you are likely to be at Karrakatta any time soon. I would like an update on 10LH at Es Salt Barracks.

Regards,

john

[Roy]

Hello Ron,

Welcome indeed, nice to have yet another collector with diverse interest on board.

Best wishes, Roy.

[L1A1]

Thanks for the welcome everyone, have already started learning from many of the members on the forum.

JohnG, been a long time since I have been down near XLH's lines (I was in 16RWAR between 1986 -92 and our lines were next door to theirs), if there is any info you want to know about the "Turretheads", I am sure I can find out for you

regards

Ron

[paj1]

Hi Ron
a warm welcome and enjoy the forum
regards julian

[johnG]

Hi Ron,

If you are around the XLH Lines at Karrakatta please take a look and see if there is a lilac bush growing in centre of the grass patch outside the entrance to Es Salt Barracks.

In 1958, not long after the regiment moved from Victoria Park to Karrakatta, the then Adjutant (From 1 Armd Regt) had a slip from a lilac bush planted. Naturally in the hot WA sun it would not stand a chance if left alone, so we surrounded it with a fence made from hessian which we kept wet, and gave it a lot of TLC.

I cannot remember whether the wet hessian was to take advantage of any breeze blowing though it in order to cool the plant, or to create a greenhouse effect within the small circle of hessian, perhaps it was both.

When I last saw it in August 1959, a year after being planted, it was still a small plant, but was established.

Probably the hot sun eventually got it, and as it is fifty one years since we planted it, perhaps it died of old age.......but......just possibly.......there could be a ruddy great big lilac bush there. I like to think so.

Regards,

John

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