Talk:Melbourne University Regiment

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Assessment comments The following comments were left by the assessors: (edit · history · watch · refresh) My computer skills are minimal, and your ' how to....' directions rather intimidating, but here are some comments on your 3 Nov 2007 entry on 'Melbourne University Regiment". Article generally an accurate and perceptive examination of MUR history. Two factual errors -- Barry Humphries did not 'create mayhem' in MUR. He was merely one of dozens of malcontents, draft resisters and 'reluctant heroes' in a unit 1100 strong at the time of his membership. A little more exotic than most, but no more troublesome than many. He was catered for, and performed his role honorably. -- Andrew Peacock never served in MUR. As a junior Parliamentarian, he was challenged by the Opposition over how he could remain a privileged civilian while his party was conscripting young men for Vietnam. He joined the Citizen Military Forces with a blaze of media coverage, promising that he would expect and accept no privileges or preference, and then went straight into Army legal corps as a direct-entry captain. I was at that time both an MUR officer and a law student in the same class as Andrew, and I saw him in uniform only once -- he made an uninvited visit to MUR Officers' Mess, and was asked to leave.To my knowledge, he left CMF as soon as his enlistment was 'yesterday's news.' References -- the R.K. Peacock (no relation to Andrew) paper is a good 'early years' coverage, but as per its title, ends at 1936. My own book "A Most Unusual Regiment" will be released in February 2008 by Army History Unit, Canberra. This covers the 100 year life of MUR up to 2006. Otherwise a commendable entry!! Thank you for a great encyclopedia. M.J. Ryan mryan303@hotmail.com

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