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.

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.

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).

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.

Officer Instructor and Administrative Appointments

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.
27	Jun 56	Capt L.P. Hubble R Aust Sigs (Les)	1963-1964	Officer Instructor.
28	Jun 56	Capt I.T. Stewart RA Inf - Ex-PIR Officer-(Jock)	1963-1964	Officer Instructor. (First PNG Cadets entered OCS Jan 63).
29	Dec 56	Capt/Maj W.L.H. Smith RA Inf (Warwick)	1963-1965 1973-1975	Warwick was the only OCS Graduate staff member to serve twice on staff. Officer Instructor/Maj Trg Coord(?).RIP Warwick.
30	Jun 57	Capt D.J. Randall R Aust Sigs (Don)	1965-1966	Officer Instructor.
31	Dec 57	Capt O.E. Kleinig RA Inf (Ossie)	1965-1967	Officer Instructor.
32	Dec 57	Capt R.G. Elder R Aust Sigs (Reg)	1967-1968	Officer Instructor.
33	Jun 58	Capt G.E. Chipman RA Inf (Geoff)	1964-1965	Officer Instructor.
34	Jun 58	Capt J.R. Clarke RAAC (John)	1964-1965	Officer Instructor.
35	Jun 58	Capt T.H. Holland RA Inf (Terry)	1966-1968	Officer Instructor.
36	Dec 58	Capt R.A. Ducie RA Inf (Ron)	1975-1976	Officer Instructor.
37	Dec 58	Capt G.A. Quail RAAOC (Gerry)	1968-1969	Administrative Officer.
38	Jun 59	Capt R.L. Bricknell RAE (Ray)	1965	Officer Instructor.
39	Dec 59	Capt G.D. Hoffman RA Inf (Graham)	1967-1968	Officer Instructor.
40	Jun 60	Capt A.L. Schaschke MBE RAE (Arthur)	1966-1967	Officer Instructor.
41	Dec 60	Capt C.R. Elphinston RAAOC (Chris)	1966-1967	Officer Instructor.
42	Dec 61	Capt R.T. Pettit RA Inf (Roger)	1968-1969	Officer Instructor.
43	Dec 61	Maj C.J. Brewer RA Inf (Colin)	1972-1974	SI Mil Arts Wing & SI Field Wing.
44	Jun 62	Capt R.M. Tucker RA Inf (Dick)	1969-1970	Officer Instructor.
45	Jun 62	Capt W.E. Sullivan RAEME (Ed)	1970-1971	Officer Instructor.
46	Dec 62	Maj M.T.R. Wilkinson MBE RAA (Malcolm)	1976-1977	Appointment (?) TBC.
47	Jun 63	Capt E.W. Simpson RAAOC (Eddie)	1967-68	Officer Instructor.
48	Jun 63	Capt R.J. Ivey RA Inf (Bob)	1968-1969	Officer Instructor.
49	Jun 63	Capt P.N. Wailes RAE (Phil)	1969	Officer Instructor.
50	Jun 63	Capt J.R. Moller RAE (John)	1970-1971	Officer Instructor.
51	Jun 63	Capt D.K. Jamison RAAOC (David)	1969-1970	Officer Instructor.
52	Jun 63	Capt/Maj F.A. Roberts RAAC (Adrian)	1972-1973	Officer Instructor/Appointment (?) TBC.
53	Jun 64	Lt/Capt P.J. Schuman MC RA Inf (Peter)	1967-1968	Officer Instructor. Peter marched in to OCS as a Lt with SAS tours of Borneo & Vietnam under his belt. He was awarded a Military Cross (MC) for his service in SVN, giving him a full row of ribbons. He was an inspiration to cadets undergoing officer training during this early commitment to SVN with his veteran status and it being just three years from his own graduation. He was promoted to T/Capt shortly after his arrival. RIP Peter!
54	Jun 64	Capt N.J. Dix RAAOC (Noel)	1970-1971	Officer Instructor.
55	Jun 64	Capt E.S. Brannigan RAE (Ed)	1971-1972	Officer Instructor.
56	Jun 64	Capt R. Hutchison AA Avn (Ross)	1971-1972	Officer Instructor.
57	Jun 64	Maj J.D. McAloney MC RA Inf (John)	1975-1976	(?) TBC.
58	Dec 64	Maj J.A. George RA Inf (John)	1977-1978	Maj Trg Coord.
59	Dec 64	Capt P.J. Fox RA Inf (Peter)	1969-1971	Officer Instructor.
60	Dec 64	Capt P.J. Gould RA Inf (Phil)	1970-1971	Officer Instructor.
61	Dec 64	Capt K.T. Lewis RA Inf (Kevin)	1972-1973	Officer Instructor.
62	Jun 65	Capt C.M. Jones RAAOC (Chris)	1972-1973	Officer Instructor.
63	Jun 65	Capt I.J.K. McLean RAE (Ian)	1972-1973	Officer Instructor.
64	Jun 65	2Lt I.C. Keenan RAEME (Ian)	1965	Administrative Officer. (Ian loved OCS & did not want to leave!!).
65	Dec 65	Capt J.R. Ison RA Inf (John)	1974-1975	Officer Instructor.
66	Dec 65	Capt B.V. Keevers RAEME (Bruce)	1974-1975	Officer Instructor.
67	Dec 65	Capt M. McKeown RAAOC (Mike)	1974-1975	Officer Instructor.
68	Jun 66	Capt J.R. James RA Inf (John)	1970-1971	Officer Instructor.
69	Jun 66	Capt P.R. Austen RAA (Peter)	1971-1973 (TBC?)	Officer Instructor.
70	Jun 66	Capt S.B. Coolahan RAEME (Bryan)	1972-1973	Officer Instructor.
71	Jun 66	Capt T.J. Nolan RA Inf (Terry)	1972-1973	Officer Instructor.
72	Jun 66	Maj P.J. Hayden RA Inf (Phil)	1981-1982	SI(?)
73	Jun 66	Maj J.A. Fitzsimon RA Inf (Jim)	1981-1982	Major Admin.
74	Dec 66	Capt P.J. Fitzpatrick. R Aust Sigs (Peter)	1970-1972	Officer Instructor. Governor General Medallist Winner Dec 66.
75	Dec 66	Capt P.H. Fraser RA Inf (Peter)	1972-6/1974	Officer Instructor.
76	Dec 66	Capt J.D. Mills RAA/RAASC (John)	1974-1975	Officer Instructor.
77	Dec 66	Capt A.P. Thorp RAE (Peter)	1975-1976	Officer Instructor.
78	Jun 67	Capt R.H. Dakers RAAEC (Bob)	1971-1972	Officer Instructor.
79	Jun 67	Capt R.N. Buchanan RA Sigs (Bob)	1973 - 1974	Officer Instructor.
80	Jun 67	Capt A.J. Daniels RA Inf (Tony)	1974-1975	Officer Instructor.
81	Dec 67	Capt M.J. Edwards RA Inf (John)	1974-1975	Officer Instructor.
82	Dec 67	Maj J.E. Alcock RA Inf (John)	1980-1981	Appointment (?) TBC.
83	Dec 67	Maj W.R. Butler RAAC (Wayne)	1982-1983	Appointment (?) TBC.
84	Jun 68	Capt P.G. Badcock RAAOC (Phil)	1974-1975	Officer Instructor.
85	Jun 68	Capt G.R. Donoghue RAASC/RACT (Gary)	1975-1976	Officer Instructor.
86	Jun 68	Capt W.J. Foxall RAA (William)	1976-1977	Officer Instructor.
87	Jun 68	Capt J.B. Langler RA Inf (John)	1975-1976	Officer Instructor.
88	Dec 68	Capt T. McGovern RA Inf (Terry)	1976-1977	Officer Instructor.
89	Dec 68	Maj R.J. Shillabeer RA Inf (Ray)	1983-1984	Major Admin.
90	Jun 69	Capt A.W. Hunter RA Inf (Alan)	1977-1978	Officer Instructor.
91	Jun 69	Capt E.F. McCrum R Aust Sigs (Evan)	1978-1979	Officer Instructor.
92	Dec 69	Maj K.M. Byrne RA Inf (Kevin)	1985-1986	SI Fd Wing.
93	Dec 70	Capt J.D. Petrie RA Inf (John)	1976-1977	Officer Instructor.
94	Dec 70	Capt I.M. Stewart RAE (Ian)	1978-1979	Officer Instructor.
95	Dec 70	Capt J.R. Poiner RAE/RAAOC (John)	1980-1981	Officer Instructor.
96	Dec 71	Capt J.W. Stanford RA Inf (John)	1979-1980	Officer Instructor.
97	Jun 72	Capt G.D. Lourigan RAE (Gary)	1980-1981	Officer Instructor.
98	Dec 72	Capt W.W. Rudland RAEME (Wayne)	1976-1977	Officer Instructor.
99	Dec 72	Capt K.J. Gillespie RAE (Ken)	1976-1977	Officer Instructor. Chief of Army Jul 2008 to Jun 2011
100	Dec 72	Capt P.A. Lewis RAAOC (Phil)	1979-1980	Officer Instructor.
101	Dec 72	Capt R.A.H. Murray R Aust Sigs (Rob)	1980-1981	Officer Instructor.
102	Dec 72	Capt M.P. Dinnison RAA (Mike)	1981-1982	Officer Instructor.
103	Jun 73	Capt R.W. Poldoja RAAOC (Rudi)	1981-1983	Officer Instructor.
104	Jun 73	Capt I.J. Robinson RA Inf (Ian)	1982-1983	Officer Instructor.
105	Dec 73	Capt J.A. Hunt RAAOC (John)	1977-1979	Officer Instructor.
106	Dec 73	Capt K.M. Riley RAEME (Kevin)	1980-1981	Officer Instructor.
107	Dec 73	Capt S.J. Cairns RAA (Steve)	1980-1981	Officer Instructor.
108	Dec 73	Capt J.D. Duff RAAC (John)	1982-Apr 1984	Officer Instructor.
109	Dec 73	Capt P.R. Franklin RAA (Peter)	1983-1984	Officer Instructor.
110	Dec 73	Capt R.W. Dobie RAAC (Rick)	1984-1985	Officer Instructor.
111	Dec 74	Capt B.W. Whinfield RACT (Brian)	1982-1983	Officer Instructor.
112	Dec 74	Capt D.J.R. Smith R Aust Sigs (David)	1984-1985	Officer Instructor.
113	Jun 75	Capt D.G. Blandford RAEME (Don)	1981-1982	Officer Instructor.
114	Jun 75	Capt R.J. Foster RAA (Reg)	1982-1983	Officer Instructor.
115	Jun 75	Capt M.L. Corne RAAOC (Mike)	1984-1985	Officer Instructor.
116	Jun 75	Capt K.S. Fraser RA Inf (Keith)	1984-1985	SO3 Coord.The last OCS Graduate to “march out” of the “OCS” Portsea gates on 3 Feb 86 during the handover to the School of Army Health. Keith alighted at the gates & saluted it as a “ceremonial gesture” on behalf of all the graduates & staff who had passed that way. An “historical moment” indeed!
117	Dec 75	Capt B.A.R. Scott RA Inf (Bruce)	1981-1982	Officer Instructor.
118	Dec 75	Capt D.C. Ryan RAA (Dan)	1984-1985	Officer Instructor.
119	Jun 76	Capt R.P. Hogan AACC (Robin)	1983	Catering Officer.
120	Dec 76	Capt P.M. McKenzie AA Avn (Peter)	1983	Officer Instructor.
121	Dec 76	Capt P.M. Standen RA Inf (Peter)	1985	Officer Instructor.(Moved to RMC on Portsea closedown).
122	Dec 76	Capt J.Y. Foote AA Avn (Jeff)	1984-1985	Officer Instructor.
123	Dec 77	Capt G.R. Lane RAAOC (Greg)	1981-1982	Admin Officer.
124	Dec 78	Capt G.R. Ashmore RAEME (Glen)	1983-1984	Officer Instructor.
125	Dec 78	Capt M.D. Southward RA Inf (Martin)	1985	Officer Instructor. (Moved to RMC on Portsea closedown).
126	Dec 80	Capt G. Yacoub RAEME (George)	1985	Officer Instructor. (Moved to RMC on Portsea closedown).
127	Jun 82	Lt C.D. Tremills RAAOC (Carl)	1983-1984	Assistant QM.
128	Jun 82	Lt R.E. Chappell AACC (Rob)	1984-1985	Catering Officer.