Australian Army
Phil is married and has two boys. He served in the Australian Army for fifteen and a half years in two Corps. His first 6 years was with the RAAC with whom he served in South Vietnam from 28th January 1970 to 4th February 1971. He got hit with a command detonated mine in the Long Hais on the 23rd March 1970. The other nine and a half years of his time was spent in RAEME where he trained and became a qualified Vehicle Mechanic. After his discharge in 1984, he worked as a mechanic for two years and then as a Correctional Officer for nine years. After leaving there, he stayed home and looked after his wife who suffers from chronic back pain due to disc problems. During that time he began to experience symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), so he applied for and got TPI and now considers himself a gentleman of leisure who is trying to get his head around the internet. Phil has also written a book of poetry and is in the process of getting it published. Once he has all the details of cost, etc., he'll post them on the web for anybody to order if they're interested. The book is titled "A little piece of me."
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Phillip "Fearless" Kadow
We Shall Not Forget Them.
All was quiet on the home front
At the beginning of 1899
When word of the Boer uprising
Came crackling down the line
Queensland put its hand up
Followed by the other eastern states
And together they sent a message to Britain
We'll be there with you mates
That war hardly seemed to finish
When the Huns began to roar
And attacked a peaceful country
Then declared an all out war
England was in dire straits
Once again their lines were thin
So we put our hands up once again
To help quieten another din
Again the world seemed to be at peace
At least for twenty years
Until the Huns started up again
And our hearts were filled with fear
Again our sons and daughters
Went over to lend a hand
And support old Mother England
And show unity with a strong stand
Again peace was to last for us
Only but a few short years
Before our troops were again committed
To action in Korea
After that there was Malaya
Borneo and South Vietnam
As well as the contingent in the Gulf
Helping to keep Kuwait a free land
To all our Peacekeeping Forces
We also must give our thanks
For doing their job unwittingly
Against such things as tanks
To East Timor just to our north
Just a stone throw from our shore
We sent our troops to do a job
Of protecting the oppressed and the poor
Now last of all we say thank you
To our troops of then and now
For making the ultimate sacrifice
So the future generation will know
That whenever some one asks you
If you can lend a hand
You'll remember what our diggers said
"Of course we Bloody can."
Copyright © 2001 Phil Kadow.
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