G'day Lonnie, wow! 'a lifer', mate you certainly got around the place. With my situation, I'm a military novice in comparison. Being a carpenter by trade and as soon as I finished my apprenticeship I was called up for 2 years national service by birth ballot system. After recruit training, because of my trade qualifications, the army chose to place me in Engineering Corps, but I fronted the O.C and explained that I would prefer Infantry, mainly because of the mates I had made were going Infantry and that I'd stay with them, nothing against the Engineering Corps at all. Serving with 4 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam then had a crack at Special Air Service, and had signed on to become a regular, managed to pass the cadre somehow and did another tour of South Vietnam, finally discharged after six years of the military. Nearly joined the Green Jackets whom were heading to N.Ireland. Having been travelling around the U.K 1973, after discharge I had kept in touch with an English chap whom was an officer on my second tour of S.Vietnam, met him at a pub and tried his best to talk me into sign up with the British Army and join with his Regiment/Green Jackets. I declined as I wanted to travel more, as a civvy, which I did. A bit off subject, I guess, regarding my Damms family, which is a line that I haven't researched much, at this stage apart from knowing that my great grandmother, Ellen Bennett (nee Damms) was married to William Benjamin Bennett, my great grandfather,18 April 1897, a shoe maker, according to marriage certificate living at Rea St. Parish of Birmingham, her father being George Henry Damms, a Gasmeter maker, signed in the presence of Walter Lee and Agnes Mary Hunt. All the best for now Lonnie, keep well. Regards, Lindsay Bennett.