Royal Military College, Duntroon

Royal Military College, Duntroon
Motto	Doctrina vim promovet (Learning Promotes Strength)[Note 1]
Established	27 June 1911
Type	Military college
Commandant	Brigadier D. M. Luhrs CSC
Students	425 (85 cadets in 5 companies)
Location	Campbell, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Campus	370 acres (1.5 km²) suburban
Colours	Regimental Colours comprise of the badge of the Corps of Staff Cadets on a blue ensign. Additionally, the Sovereign's Company carries the Queen's Colours, which originally comprised the Union Flag with a Crown and Royal Cipher as central motif, however, since 1970 the Australian National Flag has replaced the Union Flag on the Queen's Colours
Nickname	Cordie [1]
Mascot	'Enobesra'
Affiliations	Duntroon Society
Website	http://www.defence.gov.au/ARMY/rmc/

The Royal Military College, Duntroon is the Australian Army's officer training establishment. It was founded at Duntroon, in the Australian Capital Territory, in 1911 and is situated on picturesque grounds at the foot of Mount Pleasant near Lake Burley Griffin, close to the Department of Defence headquarters at Russell Hill. Duntroon is adjacent to the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA), which is Australian Defence Force's tri-service military academy that provides military and tertiary academic education for junior officers of the Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Force and the Royal Australian Navy.

History

Major General William Throsby Bridges

The Royal Military College, Duntroon was opened on 27 June 1911 by the Governor-General of Australia, Lord Dudley. Situated on the Campbell family homestead in Canberra, which had been named "Duntroon" (1833) after Duntrune Castle—their ancestral home on Loch Crinan in Argyll, Scotland^[2]—the college was one of the first Commonwealth facilities established in the newly created capital.^[3] The Australian Government first rented the Duntroon homestead for two years (November 1910 – July 1912) and finally acquired the freehold to the estate and 370 acres (1.5 km²) of land after the creation of the federal capital.^[4]

The first Commandant of the college was Brigadier General William Throsby Bridges, who later died on a hospital ship after being wounded by a sniper on the shores of Gallipoli.^[5] Under his recommendations the college was modelled on aspects from the Royal Military College of Canada and the military colleges of Britain, and the United States of America.^[6] Several British officers, including Lieutenant Colonel Charles Gwynn as Director of Military Art, were assigned as faculty to the newly established college. During Bridges' frequent absences, Gwynn served as acting Commandant.^[7]

The First World War provided the college with its first chance to demonstrate its worth. However, when the war broke out in August 1914, there had not been enough time for the first class to complete the full Duntroon course. Nevertheless, it was decided to graduate the class early so that they could be sent over to Gallipoli, where General Sir Ian Hamilton, commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, said that "...each Duntroon educated officer was...worth his weight in gold".^[8] During the war 158 Duntroon graduates had been sent overseas on active service, of which 42 were killed or died of wounds and another 58 were wounded.^[8]

First Class of cadets at Royal Military College Duntroon 1916-1919

In the beginning, the college offered a four year course, during which the first two years focused upon civil subjects and the last two years focused upon military subjects. Over the entire course, however, there was military specific training, including physical training, drill, signalling and weapon handling. Over the years, however, with the impact of the two World Wars, the duration and focus of the course changed as the requirements of the Army dictated.^[9] For a short period of time in the 1930s the college was forced to relocate to the Victoria Barracks, Sydney, due to the economic downturn caused by the Great Depression.^[10] During the Second World War short courses of between six months and a year were run,^[11] and ultimately 696 graduates of the College undertook active service overseas in either the Australian, British or New Zealand armed forces,^[12] while a further 122 former cadets who had not graduated served in varying capacities. Of these 122, three went on the have quite distinguished careers, with one rising to the rank of brigadier in the Australian Army, another to brigadier in the New Zealand Army and a third, R.C. McCay, reaching the rank of lieutenant general and serving in the British Indian Army and then becoming chief of staff of the newly formed Pakistan Army.^[13]

In 1967, the college affiliated with the University of New South Wales to offer Bachelor courses in Arts, Science or Engineering, commencing in the 1968 academic year.^[9] The first degrees from RMC were awarded in 1971. In order to graduate, cadets had to achieve passes in both military and academic studies and leadership. With the establishment of the Australian Defence Force Academy in 1986, however, Duntroon ceased to offer university degrees as ADFA became responsible for the academic training of Army cadets, as well as those from the Air Force and Navy.^[9]

Duntroon Homestead

With the closure of the Officer Cadet School, Portsea, in December 1985, and the closure of the Women's Officer Training Wing at Georges Heights, Sydney,^[14] the Royal Military College, Duntroon became the sole General Service Officer training institute in the Australian Army, as all Regular Army officers serving in combat, combat support or service support Corps must attend Duntroon in order to be commissioned.^[9] In 1995, RMC's purview was expanded as it "became responsible for the intial military training of all full-time, part-time and specialist service officers in the Australian Army".^{[15][Note 2]}

Following the establishment of ADFA, the full-time General Service Officer course was reduced to 18 months, and broken up into three distinct classes—III, II and I Class.^[16] Cadets who wish to pursue a degree attend ADFA first upon appointment for three years, and then attend Duntroon for 12 months, starting the course in II Class. They then receive their commission but are liable for a longer Return of Service Obligation than those that only attend the Royal Military College.^{[Note 3]}

In 1969, Duntroon was the centre of an inquiry after Gerry Walsh, a member of the academic staff, revealed details of hazing told to him by a student at the college.^[17] The inquiry resulted in at least one army career ending, while other personnel were severely punished. Another bastardisation scandal was exposed in 1983.^[17] In 2011, Andrew Wilkie admitted to be being both a victim and perpetrator of bullying while at Duntroon.^[18] Anonymous reviews of officer training in 2007 brought to light racism and harassment of female recruits.^[19]

Present day

Organisation

Corps of Staff Cadets Unit Colour Patch

The majority of the cadets at Duntroon are members of the Australian Army, although the college also trains some Royal Australian Air Force personnel who are training to become Ground Defence Officers. By tradition a small number of officer cadets from New Zealand also attend the college, while since 1967 there has been a steady number of foreign cadets attending the college from nations in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.^[20] While at the College, officer cadets are referred to by the honorary title of 'staff cadet', which is used as a substitute for the cadet's rank which is technically 'officer cadet'. This title came about due to the fact that originally graduates entered the Staff Officer Corps of the Australian Army.^[21] After the late 1940s, however, graduates were assigned different corps upon graduation and were no longer posted to the Staff Corps. The title was kept on as a tradition at Duntroon, however, although officer trainees at all other Australian Army officer training establishments are referred to as 'officer cadets'.^{[Note 4]}

Administratively, the cadets are organised into a nominal infantry battalion structure, which is known internally as the 11th Infantry Battalion,^{[Note 5]} with companies, platoons and sections which form the Corps of Staff Cadets. Within each of these formations there are cadets from all three classes (levels of training), who are organised into an internal hierarchy that gives the cadets themselves responsibility for looking after their own administration while the Corps is in barracks, albeit with guidance and supervision from training staff. Field training, however, is delivered by the non commissioned officers and commissioned officers of the training staff and during this phase the cadets are separated into their distinct class groups.^[22]

Since its inception, the size of the Corps of Staff Cadets has fluctuated. Initially the Corps was organised into a single company, however, in 1922 the decline in the number of cadets being admitted meant that in reality only two platoons existed.^[23] Nevertheless since then the Corps has largely increased. In 1947, when the four year course was re-established following its suspension during the Second World War, the Corps was organised into two companies that were designated alphabetically 'A' and 'B'.^[24] In 1950, however, as the size of the Corps rose to 190 cadets, a third company, designated 'C' Company was established. These companies were re-organised the following year, however, as the Corps was expanded to 210 cadets and a fourth company raised. At this time the alphabetical designations were replaced with geographical names that were chosen based upon places where Australians had fought: Gallipoli, Bardia, Alamein and Kokoda.^[24]

By 1954 the number of cadets had risen further to 260, necessitating the raising of a fifth company and at this stage it was decided to name the companies after famous Australian battles, these names being: Alamein, Gallipoli, Kokoda, Kapyong and Romani.^[24] Following this expansion, however, the size of the Corps dropped and in 1958 the number of cadets had fallen to 200 and as a result Romani Company was disbanded.^[24] In 1974 a fifth company was raised—Long Tan—while in 1976, a sixth company was raised and Romani Company was re-established.^[25] In 1986, as a result of the changing role of Duntroon, the Corps was reduced to four companies again, with Kokoda and Romani Companies being disbanded.^[26] Kokoda was reformed in 1987 as the size of the Corps reached 370 cadets,^[27] while Long Tan was disbanded in 1991 and reformed in 1995.^[28]

There are currently five full-time companies making up the Corps, these are: Long Tan, Alamein, Gallipoli, Kapyong and Kokoda. The sixth company, Romani, is used for Reserve officers who come to the College in January and July to complete the final module of their training.^[29] There is also a rehabilitation and administration company known as Bridges Company, established in October 1989.^[28] Over the course of the training semester the five full-time companies compete through sporting events and academic studies for the honour of carrying the Sovereign's Banner on parade, with the first placed company taking the title of 'Sovereign's Company' for the next semester and taking their place on the right flank when the Corps is on parade.^[30]

Programs

"The Gun Gate Entrance", north side of RMC Duntroon onto Fairbairn Avenue; commissioned by then Brigadier Peter Cosgrove, Commandant, (later General), 1997.

The charter of the Royal Military College, Duntroon is "to produce officers capable of commanding platoon-sized elements in the Hardened and Networked Army concept, and to prepare specialist candidates for commissioning. The College prepares cadets and other selected candidates for careers in the Army by promoting leadership and integrity; by promoting high ideals and the pursuit of excellence, and by inculcating a sense of duty, loyalty and service to the nation".^[31] The current full-time program is a course of 18 months in duration, broken into three distinct classes, numbered as III, II and I Class.^[32] Each class lasts six months in duration and cadets must successfully complete each component in order to graduate and receive their commission.^[32] Throughout the course, cadets receive training in leadership, tactics, weapons systems, military law, military accounting systems, corporate governance and military history. The course is designed to test the cadets physically and mentally and graduation is by no means guaranteed. Upon graduating, cadets are promoted to the rank of lieutenant and receive a Diploma in Military Leadership from the University of New South Wales.^[33]

Within the full-time course, there are two streams of cadets, those that enter from the Australian Defence Force Academy and those that enter through the direct entry method. Direct Entry cadets complete the eighteen month course, whilst cadets from ADFA join Duntroon in II Class, combining with the Direct Entry cadets and completing twelve months at the college. The leadership and military training provided at ADFA during the three years of training is considered the equivalent of III Class at RMC.^{[34][Note 6]}

The College also oversees the program for training officers in the Australian Army Reserve. Upon appointment to the Reserves, members join a University Regiment within their location and then undertake their training over the course of five modules run by the various University Regiments around Australia. Additionally, they are required to parade at their unit one night a week and one weekend a month. The final six and a half week module of the Reserve officer course is conducted at Duntroon. In January 2008, the Part-time Officers course was shortened to a duration of 104 days, with further employment training, specific to Corps allocation, conducted thereafter.^[35]

In 2003, the Officer Tertiary Recruitment Scheme (OTRS) was introduced, which involves the recruitment of officers enrolled in tertiary study. Essentially, this program involves undergraduate sponsorship of university students, who are appointed as Officer Cadets in the Australian Regular Army, while they study. During their tertiary study, they train with the applicable University Regiment as reservists and conduct modules of training as they are able to fit in around their studies. At the conclusion of their study (provided they have completed the necessary modules) they enroll at Duntroon in II Class.^[36]

The Band of the Royal Military College, Duntroon

The Band of the Royal Military College, Duntroon has been in existence in some shape or form since 1916 when a part-time band was established from volunteers drawn from the riding staff.^[37] Nevertheless, it was not until 1954 that they were officially established, when a band formed from members of the Regular Army was established at the College.^[38][39] In 1968 it became part of the Australian Army Band Corps and since then it has become a regular feature of the ceremonies and parades conducted at the College, as well as at other events around Australia and overseas. Perhaps the most notable of these performances was in 2000, when the Band accompanied a detachment of the Australian Federation Guard to the United Kingdom where, as part of the celebrations of the centenary of Australia's federation, the AFG mounted the Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace, while the RMC Band provided the Guards Band.^[39] Recently the band has also supported Australian troops serving overseas.^[40]

In the 1980s the band began performing shows for local charities, known as the "Strike up the Band" shows^[41] and this continues today, albeit under the guise of the "Music at Midday" shows which the band performs six times a year, with proceeds going to local charities.^[42]

Buildings and features

View of the library and Neville Howse VC Platoon building from below the parade ground

The College itself is situated at the foot of Mount Pleasant on the Duntroon estate. The base is one of the only military bases in Australia that is open to the general public, consisting of a large area of land incorporating a golf course,^[43] a library, a residential area for Defence members and their families, various area logistics and infrastructure units, a military hospital, a retail area,^[44] vast sporting facilities and the Australian Defence Force Academy.^[43]

The ship's bell from the troopship Duntroon was removed when the ship was decommissioned from Australian service and presented to the College in 1978. It is now positioned at the base of the flag station near the parade ground and is used daily as part of the cadets' flag duties.^[45] Many of the original buildings from when the College was first opened in 1911 still stand and continue to be used today, having been heritage listed. An example of this is the officers' mess, known as 'Duntroon House', which is an imposing stone building, that was actually built as the Campbell family's house before the land was purchased by the Crown.^[46]

The Majura Training Area is located nearby and is currently where cadets from the College undertake the majority of their basic field training in III Class.^[47]

Queen's Medal

The Queen's Medal is awarded to the cadet graduating top of their class academically. It was originally instituted in 1919, when it was called the King's Medal,^[48] and all cadets, including foreign cadets attending the College, are eligible. Indeed, Singaporean cadets established a long tradition of receiving this honour, doing so in 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1982 according to a 1986 source.^[49]

Reserve Units of the Royal Military College – Australia

In 1997 the Royal Military College took responsibility for overseeing the training provided to Reserve officer cadets and as a result in 1998 the Royal Military College of Australia was established as a formation.^[50] As a part of this formation, the following University Regiments were placed under the College's command:

• Melbourne University Regiment (MUR)
• Monash University Regiment (MonUR)
• Queensland University Regiment (QUR) (Including North Queensland Company)
• University of New South Wales Regiment (UNSWR)
• Sydney University Regiment (SUR) (Including Australian National University (ANU) Company)
• Adelaide Universities Regiment (AUR) (Including North Australia Company)
• Western Australia University Regiment (WAUR)
• University of Tasmania Company (UTC).^[51]

In July 2008, however, responsibility for Reserve officer training was taken away from Duntroon, and these units were placed under the command of the 2nd Division, with each regiment reporting directly to its parent brigade unit. Nevertheless, they continue to follow the Duntroon curriculum in modularised format, and Reserve officer cadets attend the College for their final four week training block prior to commissioning.^[52]

Commandants

The following officers served as commandants of the college:^[53][54]

Brigadier General W.T Bridges CMG (1910–14) Major General J.W Parnell CMG (1914–20) Major General J. G Legge CB, CMG (1920–22)[55] Colonel Commandant F. B. Heritage CBE, MVO (1922–29) Brigadier E.F Harrison (1929–31) Brigadier F.B Heritage CBE, MVO (1931) Major General J.H Bruche CB, CMG (1931) Lieutenant Colonel D.H Pratt DSO, MC (1931)[Note 7] Brigadier F.B Heritage, CBE, MVO (1931–32) Colonel J.D Lavarack CMG, DSO (1933–35) Brigadier C.G.N Miles CMG, DSO (1935–39) Brigadier E.C.P Plant DSO, OBE (1939–40) Brigadier E.F Harrison (1940–42) Brigadier B.Combes CBE (1942–45) Brigadier E.L Vowles MC (1945–48) Major General H. Wells CBE, DSO (1949–51) Major General R.N.L Hopkins CBE (1951–54) Major General I.R Campbell CBE, DSO (1954–57) Major General J.G.N Wilton CBE, DSO (1957–60) Major General R.W Knights CB, CBE (1960–62)

Major General C.H Finlay CB, CBE 1962–68) Major General C.A.E Fraser CBE (1968–70) Major General C.M.I Pearson DSO, OBE, MC (1970–73) Major General R.A Hay CB, MBE (1973–77) Major General A.L Morrison AO, DSO, MBE (1977–81) Major General J.D Kelly DSO (1981–83) Major General H.J Coates MBE (1983–84) Major General B.H Hockney AO (1984–87) Major General M.P Blake AM, MC (1987–90) Brigadier R.G Curtis AM, MC (1990–93) Brigadier S.V.L Willis 1993–95) Brigadier B.G Stevens (1995–96) Brigadier P.J Cosgrove AM, MC (1997–98) Brigadier P.L.G Pursey (1999)[Note 8] Brigadier M.R McNarn AM (2000–01) Brigadier M.F Paramor (2001–03) Brigadier C.G Appleton (2003–06) Brigadier M.D Bornholt AM (2006–08) Brigadier M. Moon DSC, AM (2009–2011) Brigadier D. M. Luhrs CSC (2011–present).

See also

• Australian Defence College
• Australian Defence Force Academy
• Officer Cadet School, Portsea
• Officer Training Unit, Scheyville

Other nations:

• Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
• United States Military Academy at West Point
• Royal Military College of Canada

Notes

Footnotes

1. ^ According to Coulthard-Clark 1986, p. 41, the College's motto was taken from Horace, Book 4, Ode 4 and was suggested by Professor T.G. Tucker of Melbourne University.
2. ^ With the expansion of the Australian Army and the need for more officers, particularly of the rank of captain, in recent years the ASWOC program has been instituted whereby non-commissioned officers of the rank of sergeant and warrant officer who meet certain criteria and request a transfer are commissioned to the rank of captain based on the skills and knowledge they have gained by virtue of their service as senior NCOs. The Australian Army now also has a program known as the Specialist Service Officer program, whereby people with skills that the Army might otherwise not be able to produce, i.e. doctors, nurses, lawyers, dentists, teachers, psychologists etc. receive basic military and officer training over a short course and are commissioned into the Army to carry out their specific job (non-combat related).
3. ^ Officers attending only RMC-D have a ROSO of two and a half years, which runs concurrently to their initial minimum period of service which is six years. Officers that attend ADFA first before attending RMC-D, have a longer ROSO which essentially means that they must give the Army nine years from appointment.
4. ^ Other officer training establishments that have existed concurrently to RMC-D are the OCS Portsea, OCTU Scheyville and the Women's Officer Training Wing at George's Heights.
5. ^ Although this unit is not part of the official Australian Army order of battle and is distinct from the 11th Battalion, which has its own lineage.
6. ^ Colloquially, direct entry cadets are known as 'bakers' particularly from the former ADFA cadets, as they are considered only half-baked, given that they spend only eighteen months in training as opposed to the four years of a university degree undertaken by an ADFA cadet. Similarly, ADFA entry cadets are known as 'FACs' (which stands for 'Former ADFA Cadets'). This terminology is always used informally and never in any written correspondence, and technically the training and syllabus for both entry types is the same.
7. ^ Pratt was a British officer serving on exchange with the Australian Army. He is the only non-Australian officer to serve in the role as commandant of Duntroon. Moore 2001, p. 428.
8. ^ Pursey was the first graduate of OTU Scheyville to serve as commandant of Duntroon.

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References

• Coulthard-Clark, Chris (1986). Duntroon. The Royal Military College of Australia, 1911–1986. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 9780868618838. 
• Dennis, Peter; Grey, Jeffrey; Morris, Ewan and Prior, Robin (1995). The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History (1st ed.). Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195532279. 
• Grey, Jeffrey (2008). A Military History of Australia (3rd ed.). Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521697910. 
• Hart, Steve (2009). Duntroon: Its Heritage and Sacred Legacy. Canberra: Defence Publishing Service. ISBN 9780642296979. 
• Moore, Darren (2001). Duntroon: The Royal Military College of Australia 1911–2001. Canberra: Royal Military College of Australia. ISBN 9781876439972. 
• Odgers, George (1988). Army Australia: An Illustrated History. Frenchs Forest: Child & Associates. ISBN 0867770619. 
• Scott, Ernest (1941). Australia During the War. Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918, Volume XI (7th ed.). Sydney: Angus and Robertson. OCLC 152414976. http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/first_world_war/volume.asp?levelID=67897. 

Further reading

• A. C. T. (1938). Notes on the Royal Military College Duntroon 1938. Canberra: Royal Military College. OCLC 13361849. 
• Department of Defence (1978). Duntroon. Royal Military College. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. ISBN 9780642037701. 
• Dwyer, Vivien (2004). Duntroon: An Artist's Impression. Singleton: Lonsdale Gallery Press. ISBN 9780975197806. 
• Lee, Joseph (1952). Duntroon, the Royal Military College of Australia, 1911–1946. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 7938215. 
• Moore, Bruce (1993). A Lexicon of Cadet Language: Royal Military College, Duntroon, in the period 1983 to 1985. Canberra: Australian National Dictionary Centre. ISBN 9780731513772. http://www.anu.edu.au/andc/res/aus_words/aewords/aewords_cg.php. 
• Rayward, Rod (1988). More Than a Mere Bravo: Duntroon Slang 1930–1980. Canberra: Australian Defence Force Academy. OCLC 19335257. 
• Royal Military College (1972). Enobesra. A Cadet Handbook. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. OCLC 221489153. 
• Solomon, G. (1978). A Poor Sort of Memory: A Personal Memoir of the Royal Military College Duntroon. Roebuck Society. ISBN 9780909434168. 
• Thompson, Alan (2002). Never Let the Bastards Get You Down. Canberra: Royal Military College (Duntroon, A.C.T.). Class of 1957. ISBN 9780646418735. 

External links

• Commonwealth heritage places in the Australian Capital Territory
• RMC Duntroon @ National Library of Australia

Coordinates: 35°17′59″S 149°09′54″E / 35.29972°S 149.165°E / -35.29972; 149.165