Loyalty and Service

The Officer Cadet School Portsea

Contents

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Forepapers

Developmental Notice
Navigation
Synopsis
Foreword
Preface

Chapters

PART 1 – MAKING OF AN ACADEMY

1 Foundations

Evolution of Officer Training
Australian Colonial Expedients
Commonwealth Military Forces Solutions
The Regular Army Problem
Developing a Solution

2 Establishment

Search for a Site
Setting Up
Breaking Ground
Building an Academy
Towards Permanence

3 Development and Maturity

Changing Entrants
Expansion
Liberalisation
Consolidation of Officer Training
Absorption

PART 2 - PORTSEA IN ACTION

4 The Environment

Early Settlement
Forts and Training Establishments
Quarantine Station
Environmental Interests
The Campus

5 The School at Work

Settling In
Daily Routine
Living Conditions
Training Activities
Discipline
Ceremonial
Graduation

6 Comings and Goings

Visitors
Trips Away
Field Excursions
Other Excursions
Involuntary Visits
Final Trips Away

7 Recreation and Social Life

Sport
Social Activities
Religious Activities
Families
Recreational Activities

PART 3 – ANATOMY OF THE SCHOOL

8 Organisation and Staff

Functional Perspective
School Structure
Staff and Cadet Control
Internal Relationships
Instructional Staff
Commandants
Regimental Sergeant Majors
Support Staff

9 The Students

Entrants
Selection
Recruitment
Conditions of Service
Overseas Students
Other Students
Retention and Separation

10 Training

Training Syllabus
Drills and Skills
Field Training
Military Academic Work
Leadership
Assessment and Review

PART 4 – THE CORPS AND ITS GRADUATES  

11 Esprit de Corps

The Corps
Associations
OCS Journal
Corps Ttaditions and Customs
Martial Music

12 Memorabilia and Militaria

Records, Artefacts and Memorabilia
Colours
Badges and Insignia
Uniforms

13 The Graduates

Roll of Graduates
Class Photographs

14 Graduates' Progress

The Promotion Ladder
Employment
Postgraduate Education
Graduates at War
In Memoriam
In Other Guises
Loyalty and Service

Endpapers

Abbreviations
Glossary
Cadetspeak
Bibliography

Tables

Chronology of the Officer Cadet School Portsea
Daily Routine
Sports Trophies and Prizes
OCS Outline Structure
Staff Appointments
Overseas Student Performance 1952-73
The Student Body
Wastage Rates
Course Curriculum
Awards for Military Skills Subjects
Awards for Military Academic Subjects
Awards for General Excellence
Badges and Insignia
Uniforms of the Company of Officer Cadets [omitted in on-line version - see Plates 1, 2 and 3 popups in Chapter 12]
Roll of Graduates and Class Photographs
Class Photographs
[in on-line version included as popups in Roll of Graduates]
Sources of Regular Army Officer Production
Allocation of Australian Graduates to Corps
Non-Operational Awards to OCS Graduates
Operational Awards to OCS Graduates
Roll of Honour 

Maps

1 Western Mornington Peninsula
2 Port Phillip and Environs
3 The Campus
4 Officer Cadet School Area
5 Countries of Graduates and Areas of Operational Service