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Norman Blondel

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Looking forward to the 63rd's Diamond Anniversary of Passing-out reunion in Aylesford (an old stamping ground), October 5, 2012. Big turnout please: I've bought extra Canada pens!

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Gerry Breen

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Halton Memories

Tricks were played on people with monotonous regularity, especially if they were drunk. Two in particular will remain in my memory forever. One night when I was slightly worse for wear, I felt my bed starting to move imperceptibly at first and I thought that I must have been imagining it or dreaming, when all of a sudden it shot off down the centre deck of the room towards an open window. There was an almighty crash as my bed hit the wall under the window. I shot forwards but just managed to hold on and prevent myself being smashed into the bed footrail. Si it turns out that I am to be first in line for this briliant idea of a prank! The others in the room had found a very long rope and as I was the one furthest from the window they had attached it to the end of my bed then dropped it out the window and passed it in to the room below. A gang of lads had then run in the opposite direction with the subsequent result.
Another poor victim was a chap called nicknamed Yorkie. When he went to

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Paul Smith

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Greetings from an escapee,

My Halton days were rather short. I had enlisted as a Craft Apprentice (Weapons Fitter)in early September 1967. I think it must have been the 210 entry. Anyway, I decided I had made a mistake and ‘bought myself out’ just within the 3 months rule. I did not keep in touch with any of the lads that remained but would now like to know how they got on. I was looking at a copy of the 1969 'Passing Out Ceremony' and noticed that there was no mention of Weapons Fitters. Can anybody shed light on this anomoly or help me contact any of the lads I abandoned.

Regards,
Paul Smith

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Gordon March

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Ron
Thanks for your message, my wife and I were both born on the same day, in the same hospital and in the same City (Portsmouth). She was eight months late so it took seventeen years for us to meet. Like you while I was a Halton, this will be our Diamond wedding anniversary.
Been to RAAF Pierce several times via Cocus Is.
Like to keep in contact
Regards
Gordon and Rose
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Rev Ron Larkin

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Thanks Gordon,
I was hoping to do it oneline
but will try the other way.
In response to your query on the Uniting Church Web page, Yes I am the recently installed Moderator of the Uniting Church in Western Australia, living in Perth. RAAF Peace is the nearest station to Perth. My wife is also a UC minister, incidently we met whilst both in training at Halton, Viv was at the Dental Training Est.

Grace & Peace

Ron Larkin

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Gordon March

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Ron Larkin
Suggest you download an Application form from the Home Page of this site, print it out and fill in any details you can.
Then either post it to RAF Halton or Scan the completed form and Email back to the office.
What part of Australia do you live, I have spent many holidays in the country and visited many of the RAAF bases do my RAF career.
Regards
Gordon Ex 61st

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Rev Ron Larkin

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Interesting to see your site, but I can not work out how to join from Australia.

I was in 115 entry 1968-71

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Mike Bryant 91st

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I have no wish to offend anyone connected with the Fight4thepjm web site and its superb campaign, nor to announce it's death prematurely. I used the term "discontinued" as a shorthand to indicate that other sites may have more up-to-date information about the medal and applying for it. The Fight4thepjm web site states: "It is, therefore, with both joy and sadness that we announce that the Fight4thePJM website will soon be closing down". The site will apparently remain "pickled" (their word) as a "time capsule" containing the record of the fight.

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GerryL

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The Fight4thepjm web site has not been closed down.
It is true that the campaign finally achieved
success after 6 years of struggle, but for the time
being the web site remains active.
Gerry Law 96th

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Mike Bryant 91st

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The Fight4thepjm web site has been discontinued because, I believe, the campaign achieved its aim of getting permission to wear the medal. The Veterans UK web site has a lot of relevant information and has links to the current application form.

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