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THE AIR TRAINING CORPS AT COBURG HIGH SCHOOL

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All students who attended C.H.S in the mid 1900's will remember the smartly uniformed cadets who formed the Honour Guard at the school's  Anzac Day ceremony each year.
These were  members of No. 7 A.T.C. Flight based at the school after World War Two.
The following articles and photographs were supplied by a former cadet, David Crickmore
or were plucked from The 'Echoes'


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A.T.C. 1951
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Mr James was also our geography teacher and published the text book for the subject, which was used by all Victorian Secondary Schools for several years. During  WW2 he was an RAAF meteorologist; hence his war ribbons

                           The following article was supplied by Alby Chalmers.
A cadet in No
 7 flight for four years (1953 – 1956) and senior NCO, Flight Sergeant, in 1956,

During the Queen’s visit in 1954, the ATC was selected to provide the guard lining the first section of the route

from Essendon Aerodrome to the city. Several cadets from No 7 Flight were members of this guard.
 
During the Olympic games in Melbourne in 1956, the ATC was responsible for the scoring for the Modern Pentathlon.
Approximately twenty cadets were selected for the team. Among those selected  were two cadets from No 7 Flight,
Cpl David Jackson
and Flt. Sergeant  Alby Chalmers.
The assignment involved collating, times, distances and scores achieved by individual competitors and country
teams, in the five events – cross country running, cross country horse riding, swimming, pistol shooting and fencing.   
These were then converted to points and posted on a scoreboard. The scoreboard was demountable
which we
took down a the end of each event, transported to the next venue, and re-erected.
The team had to attend several training sessions, in the weeks prior to the games, and  attended
several days of the games.
The two from No 7 Flight were designated as  “permutators.”

The following article is from 'Echoes' 1951 [unfortunately the photo quality is poor]
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A.T.C. club notes from 1949
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