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OoZoo Newsletter of Rotary Club of Mosman
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Volume : W22, Issue Number : W22-138 (04/06/2022)
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Painting Mosman Bay 1973 by Graeme Robinson
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Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the Borogegal and Cammeraigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which our Club meets. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
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REMINDERS
1. Annual subscriptions are due very soon ($395 for a year & $195 for a half year).
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2. Let Dom know if you are going on the Eco tour next Tuesday (June 7).
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3. We need to know who is coming to the Changeover dinner on Friday 24th June. Please let Dom know if you are coming.
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From The Archives
Do you know of something that was published in OoZoo ages ago and you want to share it with current members. Please drop me an email if you have that article/photo. You can also tell me the title and approximate time it was published and I will try to locate it from OoZoo archives and re-publish it.
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(Click on each event below to get more details)
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June, 2022
July, 2022
August, 2022
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(Given the ever-changing COVID situation please check with the secretary about the latest information on whether meetings are being held via zoom or in person.)
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Early bird tickets are now available for all Rotaractors and Rotarians in Australia, New Zealand and across the Pacific to attend the Zone 8 Better Together Conference in Canberra from October 28-30.
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The conference will be held at the National Convention Centre Canberra and the Saturday night dinner at Old Parliament House.
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The conference is set to be the first in-person zone event since the COVID-19 pandemic and is shaping up to be a celebration of all the best our Rotary family has to offer. This includes a range of excellent speakers and sessions across the weekend.
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Australian Army Major Alex Rubin was deployed as part of the Australian contingent to rescue the Wild Boar soccer team in Thailand and will headline the conference. Major Rubin was also involved in the Northern NSW flood recovery effort and will no doubt captivate the audience.
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Another keynote speaker will be New Zealander Suran Dickson, founder of Diversity Role Models, a charity that tackles gender and sexuality related bullying by encouraging empathy and critical thinking in young people.
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In addition to tickets going on sale, booth registrations have also opened for the Rotary Showcase and the conference team are also taking expressions of interest in hosting a breakout session over the weekend.
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The conference organising team are aware that COVID-19 is still in the community, but are confident everything is being done to ensure a fantastic time in Canberra for everyone.
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Governor Elect and Governor Nominee training will take place immediately ahead of the conference from 25-27 October also at the National Convention Centre Canberra.
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To purchase tickets, register for a Showcase booth, complete a breakout session expression of interest form or find out more about Canberra head to https://conference.rotaryzone8.org/ today!
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Andrew Giumelli & John McKenzie
Zone 8 Better Together Conference Co-Chairs
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By: Clare Stockdale. Talk given to Rotary Club of Mosman on ay 12,2020.
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My father-in-law Reginald Booth Stockdale was known as Rex in the family and Stockie to his army colleagues. He was born in Mauritius in 1908, the son of Reginald Hind Stockdale who was the engineer for the railway there which was needed to transport sugar cane. He studied at Bedford Modern School in England.
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Rex was commissioned as a lieutenant into the repair and maintenance arm of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in 1931. On the outbreak of War in September, 1939, by then a Major, he was sent to France with the British Expeditionary Force with the 4 th Infantry Division along the Belgian frontier. His Commanding Officer was invalided back to the UK in December and Rex was promoted Lieutenant Colonel to replace him. When the Germans attacked in May 1940, the 4 th Division fell back to Dunkirk and Rex was brought back to Dover by the Royal Navy. There followed a series of postings in the UK. 4th Division was posted at one point to defend the Dorset coast against a possible invasion. Troops were billeted with local residents in houses and barns across the area.
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In April, 1942 he was sent by an 8-week sea voyage via the Cape of Good Hope to the Middle East. He joined the Eighth Army in June when it was in full retreat from German General Rommel. When Churchill replaced the top brass with Generals Alexander and Montgomery, the tide of the war began to turn. By October Rommel was beaten at El Alamein. The desert war under Montgomery was largely a tank war and Rex's job was making sure the greatest number of tanks were serviceable. He is also credited with developing the amphibious tank. He was promoted to Colonel in Oct., 1942 and the unit in the RAOC (Royal Army Ordnance Corp) he belonged to was renamed REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers). (2) Photo says: This volcano was captured by 13 Corps, 8 th Army on 7 Aug., 1943. Rex is the one with his hand on the sign. He was eventually assigned to Gen. Alexander's staff in Cairo to work on the plan for the invasion of
Sicily. Following the successful invasion first of Sicily and then of Italy, Rex spent the rest of the War in Italy ending up in Austria when Germany surrendered.
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After the War, Rex served in Kenya from 1946-1948, then 3 times in the British sector of Germany in 1948, 1952 and 1956, in total about 6 years. Rex was with the British Army of the Rhine, and was deputy director and later director of electrical and mechanical engineering in Southern Command between 1953 and 1959. He was promoted to Brigadier in 1958 in charge of the Army’s Technical Group in the UK. He was promoted to Major-General in 1960.
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(3)Between 1960 and 1963 he was Commandant, Technical Group, REME and its Colonel Commandant between 1963 and 1968. There is a photographic portrait of Rex at the National Portrait Gallery in London taken in 1962. +1
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In 1963, on retirement from active service, Rex was appointed Director or Inspector of the Agency for the Control of Armaments, part of Western European Union (WEU), in Paris and ran it for 11 years until 1974. They were the first weapons inspectors and were high ranking officers from each Western European country. They would inspect factories all over Europe to ensure they were not capable of making prohibited armaments.
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(4) Rex was presented with an OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 1945, CB (Companion of the Bath) in 1963 and CMG (Order of St. Michael and St. George) in 1975.
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(5)In 2010 a collection of Betty Stockdale's letters to her husband during World War 2 was published by the Plant Press, run by their elder son John. The book is called Letters from the Home Front.
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"corrections" with regards the Eco Tour.
Firstly, we need people to respond to Dom, not Di.
Secondly, lunch is only for anyone who wishes to do so after the tour as it was suggested that if people would like to have lunch then maybe they could do so at the Mosman Rowers restaurant, Archie Bear at their own cost, so not necessarily $30 as it will depend on if they go & what they wish to eat & drink.
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Walk and lunch idea exclusive for Mosman Rotary Club members. Please let Di know if you would like to join this 2 hour walk tour on 7th June followed by lunch. ($32 p.p walking tour, commencing at around 10.00am for 2 hours)) followed by optional pay your own lunch.
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Chowder Bay and Ripples
Alan Toner of Eco Tours would guide members on an immersive experience of Chowder Bay through time.
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That is, they'll learn about the historical and cultural heritage sites in Chowder Bay as well as discover the unique coastal bushland of Sydney Harbour National Park.
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- Acknowledgement of Country
- Small Ships Squadron of Chowder Bay
- Encounters with local birdlife
- Scenic views along the water’s edge
- Angophora Forest walk
- The Manor talk
- Colonial history of Chowder Bay
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I encourage members to use Sydney Buses to arrive and depart from this walk. The bus route is 111 from Mosman Village or if they drive, there is pay parking available opposite Drift Cafe.
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Cost is $32 per person and duration is 2 hours (just the walk).
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Eco Tour with Alan Toner, Chowder Bay ($32 p.p walking tour, commencing at around 10.00am for 2 hours).
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Attendance Table Roster for 2022
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Board members
President: Mark Wallis
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President Elect: Mark Wallis (22/23)
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Treasurer: Sandy Godfrey,
Club Service: James Humphery,
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Secretary: Graeme Robinson+Dom Rabu,
International Service: Martin Fallows,
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Youth: Halyna Koscharsky
Community Service: Liz Alderson,
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Vocational: Di McKenzie,
Membership and Fund Raising : Mark Alderson,
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Sergeant at Arms: Barry Starr,
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Immediate Past President : Richard Vahtrick (20/21), Mark Wallis (21/22)
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Foundation Chair: Richard Vahtrick
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Speaker Coordinator: Ruth Thompson
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The Rotary Club of Mosman wishes to thank Kennard’s Storage Artarmon for their generous on-going support in providing storage for our Club.
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