1964 the RAAF was undergoing rapid expansion due to the introduction of new aircraft, the French Mirage being one of them.
15 of us travelled overnight from Sydney to Adelaide, was met at the Adelaide railway station by the duty driver in a bus, taken to RAAF Base Edinburgh which among other units contained No 1 Recruit Training Unit, time of arrival was around 6 pm, taken to the Airmen's Mess and given a three course meal and afterwards taken to our 4 man rooms, the females were taken to the WRAAF Quarters.
The next day we were taken to the Clothing Store and issued with our uniforms and those who needed haircuts were taken to the barber's shop, just normal haircuts, no head shaving as we were told that the RAAF was not the US Marine Corps.
Introduced to the Corporal Drill Instructor and twelve weeks later completed our recruit training with the exalted rank of AC and then on to the various training establishments to be techos, cooks, clerks, suppliers, security guards, service police, drivers, plant operators, general hands, drill instructors and so on.
In our recruit squad there was a number of ex RAF who had been recruited directly from the UK and had signed on in Australia House in London, most adjusted quite well although there were a few whinging poms who much to the annoyance of the Aussies kept saying that "We didn't do like this in the RAF"
I enjoyed my service in the Australian Defence Force and it made me what and where I am today.