Japan 1946
After reading the front page of RAEME Nation website and seeing WO1 Hildebrandt’s photo, the memories flooded back to Puckapunyal 1958, Leslie John was in charge of the GE section at Puckapunyal Area Workshops and I was their as a corporal in the same section.
Japan 1946
WO1 “Guns” Leslie John Hildebrandt enlisted in the regular army from his home town of Bendigo as an apprentice on the 29th May, 1941. He was aged just 15 and he would not have known then, that he was part of the famous ‘first 100’ apprentice entrants into the Australian Army. For more interesting information on the First 100 please check the archives of “The Craftsman” and in particular issues 1 – 3.
Andrew Mathewson joined the Army as an Apprentice Fitter and Turner in 1980. He entered the Royal Military College in 1986, graduating into the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) in mid 1987. Early postings were predominantly technical.
Reg Francis is looking to write and record the History of 101 Inf.Workshop, Reg was one of the founding members, He would like to find members who served in the workshop after the set up in Ingleburn.
If you have any photos or stories relating to the unit could you please contact Reg to assist him in documenting the history of the Unit. His contact details are below.
Reg Francis
