Lost in Palm Springs

- Blurb -

This book is the story of an Infantry rifle company known to the majority of those who were associated with it simply as A Company. It provides a vivid insight to what it was like to be a member of a Part-time Army unit. Major General Neil Wilson (Retired) suggests in the book' s foreword, that with a change of names, places and anecdotes, it could be the unofficial history of any sub-unit in the Australian Army Reserve. The book follows the formation of the regiment from the various military organizations that preceded the establishment of A Company as part of the 27 Battalion South Australian Scottish Regiment. It traces the Company' s employment as part of the Citizen Military Forces within the Royal South Australia Regiment, to its most recent allocation within the Army Reserve as an element of 10/27 Battalion Royal South Australia Regiment. This book describes the development of the Company through the eyes of the many individuals who have filled its ranks, while signposting the many significant milestones in the life of A Company and detailing the effects of political and bureaucratic decisions that affected the Company and its members.