I was at a "Hashy", meeting every Sunday at

 Herzl Hall (deceased) together with Gwen and

 Phillip Mirjam and Jack Mirjam was our

 madrich.  What I remember clearly was that we

 spent most of the time doing "tass" - targilei

 seder.  We became very good at it, as I

 remember.  Sorry it was so long ago I have

 forgotten others who may have been in our

 group and for that I apologize.

 My first camp was the second one at Woori

 Yallock which I very much wanted to attend

 despite my brother's opposition.  He gave in in

the end on one condition - that I never

 mentioned that he was my brother and that I

 keep my distance from him.  It worked fine, and

 as you can see I survived the camp and I'm still

 a member of Betar.

 I continued to climb the ladder going through

 Kanaim and into Bnei Etzel, finally becoming a

 Madricha.

 In 1956 I was selected to go on the Machon as

a representative of Betar together with Aaron

 Ninedek.  It was one of the best years of my life

 and one that influenced what I am today.

I returned to Oz in 1957 (see Aaron's

 recollections of how we got back to Australia

 because of the closure of the Suez Canal after

 the Sinai Campaign).  Later on I became a

 member of the Netzivut (secretary, taking down

 the minutes of meetings etc.).  The Netzivut at

 that time: Jack Mirjam, Aaron Ninedek, Sam

 Offman and Alan Morris.  Created a new Maoz

 in Northcote which was later taken over by

 Harry M.  This was as a result of my going on

 Aliya in 1959.

 Since living here [in Israel] I worked for an

 insurance company, a shipping company and

 finally with an engineering company.  Glad to

 say that I'm no longer useful as I am now

 "retired".  Love every minute of the free time I

have.  In all these years I have always

 considered myself a part of Betar which has

 always been an integral part of who I am.  This

 will never go away.