Watsonia

For this, he forfeited six days pay, but he also got 27 days in detention in Bendigo.

After release, he was stationed in Watsonia, but again caused trouble and at the end of June was marched back into detention.

Norman's wife Ella was in Western Australia.

They had son Norman Jr. and a younger daughter named Anita.

Her children had lost a nephew.

Norman returned to Western Australia for the funeral.

He rejoined his unit in Watsonia on the 6th of August.

Three weeks after that, he was transferred to the Australian Army's General Hospital in Concord West in Sydney.

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Geoff in Watsonia has been good enough to join us on something completely different.

I think, Geoff, welcome to you.

G'day, Dwayne.

All right, hello to the Cuzz, as he's known as out there in the traps.

Local Watsonia boy, grew up in Watsonia, now lives out in Caulfield North out there.

Who do we speak of? The Cuzz.

Not the Cuzz of the football, the Cuzz.

Maybe you've been to Rattler's Saloon." Wow.

Well, I bet local boy Kush from Watsonia has.

He's played a couple of gigs at that, uh, saloon.

I like going there 'cause, uh, uh, what's it called? Oh My God or what have you, the, the burger place that's there.

G'day, Tony.

Back in the early 80s, a mate and I came down from Queensland when we were in the Army to do a course out at Watsonia.

He had been the mascot handler for 2 Cav Regiment, and their mascot at the time was a wedge-tailed eagle called Corporal Courage.

So he had an ID card with Corporal Courage's photo on it, with his bird sitting up on a finger.

Anyway, we got in after hours, and so they had a picket on the front gate at Watsonia Barracks, or whatever they call it now, Simpson Barracks, And they stopped us, and he was the driver, so they wanted to check out our IDs.

He pulls out Corporal Courage's ID, and the guy just waves it straight through.

There we go.

That will be fantastic.

I also announced earlier in the week that their Kai Strapperson, who is Watsonia's, uh, most recent re-signing.

I'm a big fan of this young man.

I've watched him play a couple of times, and I- I'm surprised he didn't go a little bit higher.

Yeah

... apparently trash suburb of Watsonia.

Yeah.

Apparently the really backwards, trashy area of the leafy northern suburbs of-

...

Melbourne.

Look, I don't wanna go to Watsonia, but that's not because it's trash.

It's because it's an hour and a half-