OCS Graduate Staff – Officer Cadet School Portsea

This page provides a listing of graduates of OCS who returned for a posting as staff members. It may not be complete as obtaining this information has been difficult.

The following references provided detail:

A. Colonel Neville Lindsay’s “Loyalty and Service”: the Officer Cadet School Portsea (first published in 1995).
B. OCS Staff List as at Dec 1967.
C. OCS Staff List as at Jun 1968.
D. Numerous Emails as a result of the request for details from Alumni Members with particular thanks to Wally Rotow for his comprehensive list on Australian OCS graduate staff members.

Commandant

SER	OCS CLASS	RANK/NAME/CORPS	YEARS ON STAFF	REMARKS
1	Dec 52	Col B.G. Florence AM MC Aust Staff Corps (ex RAE) (Brian)	1978-1981	First OCS Graduate to be appointed as Commandant. (See Ref A Pge 129).
2	Dec 55	Col G.D. Burgess MBE Aust Staff Course (ex RAA) (Graeme)	1981-1983	Second (& Final) OCS Graduate to be appointed as Commandant. (See Ref A Pge 129). Graeme won the Dec 55 Governor General’s Medal (See Ref A Pge 179) & held the rank of Cadet CSM.

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Deputy Commandant

SER	OCS CLASS	RANK/NAME/CORPS	YEARS ON STAFF	REMARKS
3	Jun 52	Lt Col I.L.G. Campbell MC RA Inf (Ian AKA “Digger”)	1977-1978	Deputy Commandant.
4	Jun 53	Lt Col T.F.H. Walker RAAC (Terry)	1979-1980	Deputy Commandant.

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Chief Instructor

SER	OCS CLASS	RANK/NAME/CORPS	YEARS ON STAFF	REMARKS
5	Jun 58	Lt Col R.W. Bleakley RAEME/RA Inf (Bob)	1976-1977	First OCS Graduate to be appointed as Chief Instructor. (See Ref A Pge 129).
6	Jun 59	Lt Col P.M. McDougall RA Inf (Peter)	1978-1979	Second (& Final) OCS Graduate to be appointed as Chief Instructor. (See Ref A Pge 129). Peter won the Dec 59 Governor General’s Medal. (See Ref A Pge 179).

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Adjutant

SER	OCS CLASS	RANK/NAME/CORPS	YEARS ON STAFF	REMARKS
7	Jun 52	2Lt/Capt C.D.K. Hayward RAA (Colin)	1955 -1957	(Ref A Pge 129). Adjutant First Course OCS Graduate. Colin was a RAA Air OP and wore the “Wings” insignia. Very impressive to cadets of the Writer’s vintage.
8	Jun 52	Capt J.C. Harding RA Inf (John)	1958-61	(Ref A Pge 129). Second (& Final) Adjutant First Course Graduate.
9	Jun 53	2Lt W.J. Murray RAA (Warren)	1955	(Ref A Pge 129). First OCS Graduate Staff Member. (Third Course).
10	Dec 54	Capt J.M. Walker RAA (John)	1961-62	(Ref A Pge 129). (Last of the six month Courses) Adjutant John won the Dec 54 Governor General’s Medal.
11	Jun 60	Capt E.J. Lyneham RAASC (Ted)	1970-1971	(Ref A Pge 129). Adjutant
12	Jun 65	Capt R.L. Sayce RA Inf (Bob)	1973-1974	(Ref A Pge 129). Adjutant Also Officer Instructor in 1972.
13	Dec 66	Capt R.T. Regan RACT (Rob)	1974-1975	(Ref A Pge 129). Adjutant Also Officer Instructor in 1973.
14	Jun 70	Capt J.F. Hickey RAA (John)	1979-80	(Ref A Pge 129). Adjutant Also Officer Instructor (197X).
15	Jun 75	Capt D.I. Grierson RA Inf (Dave)	1983-1984	(Ref A Pge 129). Also Officer Instructor.
16	Jun 75	Capt P.W. Pearce RAE (Phil)	1985	(Ref A Pge 129).Adjutant Also Officer Instructor 1984.

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Officer Instructor and Administrative Appointments

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SER	OCS CLASS	RANK/NAME/CORPS	YEARS ON STAFF	REMARKS
17	Jun 52	Capt C.A. Cunningham RAA (Colin)	1959- 1961	First OCS Graduate Officer Instructor. See Col Neville Lindsay’s “Loyalty and Service” page 172 for Colin’s photo with cadets.
18	Dec 53	Capt/Maj R.P. Kudnig RAE (Phil)	1964-1966	Phil was awarded the Dec 53 Governor General’s Medal. Staff Appointments: Officer Instructor/Major Trg Coord
19	Dec 53	Capt O.M. Carroll RA Inf (Max)	1961-1963	Officer Instructor.
20	Jun 54	Maj B.J. Stark RAA (Bruce)	1971-1972	Staff Appointment: Major Trg Coord.
21	Jun 54	Capt K.E. Sticpewich RA Inf (Keith)	1964-1966	Officer Instructor.
22	Jun 54	Capt C.L.T. McDonagh RAASC/RACT (Charles)	1965-1966	Officer Instructor.
23	Jun 54	Capt/Maj J.L. Macpherson RAA (John/AKA: “Spook“ to cadets of this period)	1965-1968	John as a cadet held the rank of Cadet CSM and also won the Governor General’s Medal June 1954. Staff Appointments: Officer Instructor/SI Military Arts Wing/ Major Trg Co-ord.
24	Dec 55	Capt R.J. Johnson RAE (Ray)	1963-1964	Officer Instructor.
25	Dec 55	Capt R.G. Newton RAASC (George)	1963-1964	Officer Instructor.
26	Dec 55	Capt/Maj I.C. Teague RA Inf (Ian) (”Tasker”/AKA “Trader” to cadets of this period)	1965-1968	Officer Instructor/SI Field Wing.

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