Real name: H. John Silk

Effective period / Period of releases: 1956 - 1964

Born in Orange, NSW, as a he boy played the cornet in the Orange Brass Band. He served in the Second Australian Imperial Force and on the completion of hostilities was requested to raise the 66th Australian Infantry Battalion Band for service in Japan. He transferred to the Australian Regular Army and on his return to Australia he was first of all Bandmaster of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Band and then the Southern Command Band. He became Bandmaster of The Band Of The Royal Military College in 1964. Retired from the Army in 1976 at the rank of Major.