Loyalty and Service
The Officer Cadet School Portsea
Contents
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Forepapers
Chapters
Evolution of Officer Training
Australian Colonial Expedients
Commonwealth Military Forces Solutions
The Regular Army Problem
Developing a Solution
Search for a Site
Setting Up
Breaking Ground
Building an Academy
Towards Permanence
Changing Entrants
Expansion
Liberalisation
Consolidation of Officer Training
Absorption
Early Settlement
Forts and Training Establishments
Quarantine Station
Environmental Interests
The Campus
Settling In
Daily Routine
Living Conditions
Training Activities
Discipline
Ceremonial
Graduation
Visitors
Trips Away
Field Excursions
Other Excursions
Involuntary Visits
Final Trips Away
Sport
Social Activities
Religious Activities
Families
Recreational Activities
Functional Perspective
School Structure
Staff and Cadet Control
Internal Relationships
Instructional Staff
Commandants
Regimental Sergeant Majors
Support Staff
Entrants
Selection
Recruitment
Conditions of Service
Overseas Students
Other Students
Retention and Separation
Training Syllabus
Drills and Skills
Field Training
Military Academic Work
Leadership
Assessment and Review
The Corps
Associations
OCS Journal
Corps Ttaditions and Customs
Martial Music
Records, Artefacts and Memorabilia
Colours
Badges and Insignia
Uniforms
Roll of Graduates
Class Photographs
The Promotion Ladder
Employment
Postgraduate Education
Graduates at War
In Memoriam
In Other Guises
Loyalty and Service
Endpapers
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