Ronald Beswick Blogspot

  Post ANZAC day 2021 is just another ordinary day. I listened to an interview on radio this morning of a victim of Burn out. He never used the term “Burn out” and I won’t name him but it’s up to him to tell his story. He has my support! You’ll hear the same figure of speech from Veterans of Industry and Military establishments. Bullying sucks!

  Today is ANZAC day which for me is a day of mourning. It began with an event that happened at Gallipoli when Winston Churchill was in charge. More than 11,000 died at the battle and many more died in the war. We now commemorate this day and talk about various battlefields and conflicts. People can have different opinions about the day which is a public holiday in Australia. Both my folks had stories to tell about the fear of war. My mother was living in a ship building town in Scotland when my father was in combat. That might explain why I’m a pacifist!  

  ANZAC day is tomorrow which has inspired me to contribute. There is a Royal Commission into the suicides of Veterans underway that I hope is a success. What would I know? I am a Pacifist and have been since I was a teenager. I spent 19 years working in the Australian Maritime Industry as a cook and knew some veterans of war. My father was a veteran and experienced combat as a teenager in New Guinea when he was in the 39th Battalion. 118 men lost their lives and Dad went to every ANZAC day to mourn. My Grandfather spent time in Hospital after he was shot and Gassed in the Great War! John Reynolds only lived until he was 50 and left a wife and young family behind. He was the only surviving member of his family to survive after 1918. His father and Grandfather were also Scottish soldiers. PTSD is something I’m familiar with. I had an injury in 1989 where I spent 10 days on life support and lost a lot of blood. I broke bones and had lung damage and was non weight bearing for 8 ...

The Frothy Coffee Cafe is at Smiths Lake where we lived when we left Geurie in 2002! Forster Beach Forster NSW  Tuncurry NSW

  Swansea Channel & Marine Rescue in 2011 Swansea Bridge in the Background 2011 Nambucca Heads Surf Club 2011 Bowraville 2011 Bowraville Hotel during Rally 2011 Rally car 2011 Rally at Bowraville 2011

This photo of me would have been taken by Keith Dean at the Men's Shed in Nambucca Heads     The Lancer Station wagon I bought in 97  The boat I bought from my Nephew after my mother died! Bridget celebrating birthday at Hyland Park Margaret Bridget Another boat of mine I worked on in Nambucca Heads My Boat! Our Backyard pool at Hyland Park Looking east at Hyland Park before developement The Backyard at Hyland Park Bridget at Timbertown Timbertown  The Alma Doepel at Port Macquarie The boat I bought from my Nephew after my mother died.