The begining

This being my first ever blog I will start from the beginning. I was born in Melbourne Australia in 1969 and was promptly put up for adoption. I was picked out by Jack and Helga Albers because they saw me sitting in the corner with a crust of bread in one hand, both immigrated from Germany. Jack was a Builder and Helga at that time was a house wife. She later went on to become a nurse. I ended up becoming an only child and was treated very well, plenty of love and affection. I grew up in a small country town call Warracknabeal and had plenty of friends then when I was about 13 we moved to the coast and I quickly got involved in the surf culture and again made lots of good friends. Funny even as far as I can remember I always wanted to join the Australian Army. My Dad on the other hand wanted me to go on to University but that just wasn't me. Then he tried to get me into a trade, either with him or as an electrician but no, I was pretty stubborn and one eyed. I did work with an electrician for a couple of years but my mind was made up. I was goning to be a soldier no matter what. All I needed was my Dad to sign the papers. After weeks of hounding him he finally caved in. Thats it for now next time I will talk about the early years in the army. Bye