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Military. Servicemen who joined up in Darwin pop up often, rather like Crocodile attacks.

I don’t know them all.

NOTE: This post was a copy of the original material on the SERVICES PAGE. I do not update this page but more information is located on LINK Missing Military – N.T. all Services.

Some of them were from an earlier era, while others happened upon the scene after I had departed from Darwin and or the Australian Regular Army.

I don’t think that Ted was in the Military, but that doesn’t matter. You see, I often get some help from a well-known Darwin identity and local historian Ted Whiteaker.

I have known Ted since our first year at Darwin High School. I am very happy to say that he has been a great friend for many years, since 1963, in fact.

This photo shows Ted and a fish, of which he has caught many. But in this photo Ted had been out fishing with my brother Bryan and also Tony Franklin.

I have done that too. Last time I went fishing with them we caught over 600 Kg, mainly Jewies and Golden Snapper. Hard work that.

Anyway, after my hard yakka I scooted over to Seven Spirit Bay, the resort that is, went close to crashing into a Banteng on the way in to land,

THEN!!

Found to my dismay that they, poor souls, had run out of seafood. I immediately noticed that some of the five-star guests looked a bit down in the mouth, at least, up until I offered to share my 20 mud crabs. Course, I couldn’t eat’em all, could I?

Back to my theme for today.

Some of what I call the Missing Military. If you are you, then sing out and say hello, old mates of Old Darwin.

Link to Missing Military. N T Soldiers and other military. – The Crocodile Chronicles Australia

If you know these people, also, please sing out……….

RICHARD ARNDT.

Richard, are you there? Anyone with information about Richard?

MILITARY. IAN HODGE.

MILITARY. Len Kay and Lindsay Chapman?

MILITARY BRIAN CUNNINGTON.

MILITARY. Robert Daniel. Army. ABOUT?

MILITARY GEORGE EDWARDS. CMF. WHERE ARE YOU?

MILITARY Lawrence Smith. Navy.

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ON ANOTHER NOTE. BIG FISH CAUGHT BY CLARK FAMILY

This is a groper caught by my Dad, Stuart Clark, back in the early sixties.

I am in the process of re-writing my Dad’s life story. He only wrote 30 pages, but I reckon it is a bit short. I could add that he thought I was verbose, mainly because I could out-talk him.

Anyway, the story is now four chapters done.

It was a great story but now has more detail, a lot of photos, and some in-depth stuff on feelings within families, something my Dad found hard to talk about…………………..

see it on my author site…………………THE LINK TO THE BOOK – A WORK IN PROGRESS.

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF S.J. CLARK REDUX. – Leighton Clark

SIGNED LEIGHTON CLARK. (NEXT PHOTO FAR RIGHT)