The Regular Force Cadet Association
A Favoured Few -- New Zealand's Boy Soldiers 1948 - 1991
About R.F.
| Name | R.F. Patchett |
| Class | Allen (1950) |
| Whereabouts | Not known |
R.F. says...
1951 posted Army HQ as Personnel Selection Assistant. Left and joined Kayforce 1953-1955. 2I/C Div HQ Tpt Pl, Adm O 10 Company, OIC Comp Pl 10 Coy RNZASC. Returned to school-teaching and getting various university degrees. Was psychologist at Mt Crawford, Wellington 1960-64 and at National Audiology Centre, Auckland 1964-68. Landed teaching job at Laurentian University, Ontario in 1968 from which retired in 1996. Thoroughly outranked these days by son who is a colonel in Canadian forces. Visit NZ for a few months most years.