RLIRA Patron Brigadier John 'Digger' Essex-Clark, Brigadier John 'Digger' Essex-Clark, DSM, JP, (Retd); OC A Company 1RLI, 1960-1962; Staff Corps 1951-54;1RhAR 1954-59; Australian Army 1964-1985: Vietnam 1RAR 1965-66. Now Canberra, Australia.