Robert (Bob) Hay would rise in rank to become Australia’s most senior soldier. During the Vietnam war Major General Robert Hay, CB. MBE. was deputy chief of the Australian General Staff, and in the latter days of the conflict, commander of Australian military forces in Vietnam. Such was his grasp of all matters military, he was appointed commandant of Duntroon military college. He died in 1998.
Military (Attended BGS 1934 – 36) Award accepted by Bob’s son, Geoff Hay
Maj Gen Robert "Bob" Hay posthumously inducted into the BGS Hall of Fame. Heare pictured with Frank "Sarge" Brown at the Cadet Unit "Ceremonial Parade in 1966