PROF Gracelyn Smallwood during
her Welcome to Country invocation at
the Jezzine House cocktail function to
celebrate Army’s 116th birthday
Guests on the lawn at Jezzine House during the Army birthday celebration last month
ARMY
Birthday
Cr Kurt and Tracey Rehbein
COMD 3Bde BRIG Chris Field cuts the
cake with the youngest member present
on the night PTE Eden Daly 1RAR
CO 4Regt RAA LTCOL Alwyn and Belinda
Payne enjoy the festivities
City’s proud
Army heritage
C
From left rear, CPL Alan Jenkins, PTE Eizen Takahira, CPL Johnathan Morris, PTE Brett Cliff ord, SGT Kate
Annetts, PTE Zinnia Karl, PTE Haley McCarthy and PTE Samantha McPhree.
OMD 3Bde BRIG
Chis Field and his
wife Sarah Kendall
hosted a small cocktail
function at Jezzine
House last month
to mark the Army’s
116th birthday.
Attended by some of
the city’s business and
civic leaders, BRIG
Field briefl y described
the career of BRIG
Lachlan Wilson, a
Townsville lawyer who
originally volunteered
to fi ght in the Boer War.
He fought at
Gallipoli and in the
desert campaigns.
As a lawyer, he was
a founding partner
in Townsville law
fi rm Wilson, Ryan
and Grose.
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