Fighting Men of Rhodesia ep296 | Assistant District Commissioner Barry Mulder | INTAF

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[@Toncor12]

This is a brilliant interview! Two more to come.

[@nathanmiller6051]

You're always brilliant Tony! 👏👏 thoroughly enjoyed my friend 🙏 appreciate guys

[@robkilcollins310]

What an incredible interview. Very well spoken individual, which seems typical of Rhodesians. So incredible hearing these unique aspects of the war often unheard.

[@ecolivelihoods]

A real gem of an interview. Tragic that the deep understanding and deep cultural knowledge of people like Barry didn't seem to filter up to the top brass. So many opportunities lost.

[@spikem8613]

I never understood the expression, "Bushwacked". Having listened to Barry, now I do 🤣🤣🤣

[@fraseredk7433]

Articulate amusing and eye opening Double thumbs up 😊.

[@tomprice2501]

Thanks for this fascinating talk, especially when you mentioned the game called Bezant (spelling). I remember a few of us RLI guys and others, which I can’t remember any others, because we were so drunk trying to hit this Bezant tin can. I think one guy was Ken Bothma and his friend. I designed a beer mug for Op Hurricane which had unit badges on one side, and on the other side was a chopper all in full colour. Because I used their mapping office, which RLI members from the JOC Ops Room at Mount Darwin military I.O. Section I also had permission to use a small room to use to develop my black and white film to develop my own photos, and this authority came from Jim Latham. One day he came to me and asked me to design a unit badge for the Internal Affairs Mount Darwin which I did a used it as one of the units on my beer mug. I remember selling boxes and boxes of my beer mugs to the South African troops 1974/5. This business was taken off me as I was not allowed to have while I was employed by the Army. Great memories again. Look forward to your next talk.

[@Toncor12]

correct spelling

[@Chris-td4yd]

Thanks Tony & Barry 👍

[@richardrandall2455]

I also was schooled at St George's and joined INTAF a couple of years after Barry and left in 1977 as Senior D.O. The responsibilities were varied, from boring Deceased Estates work to hunting big game in the Dande TTL for local's meat provision.

[@tomwinterfishing9065]

Great stuff. Would love to hear more about the witch doctors and other local beliefs, customs etc, and just how the relationships between different cultures worked. That would be a fascinating episode.

[@Toncor12]

coming up in 2nd and 3rd talks

[@angushamilton2077]

Many thanks for sharing your interesting memories Barry. We look forward to your further engagement on FMOR and thanks again to Tony and John for bringing forward these invaluable memories.

[@petercaldwell-barr220]

Very interesting interview. The Musau tree you refer to or otherwise called the Indian Jujube Tree- Botanical name Zizphus nauritiana. Of further interest is the the subspecies found in the Middle East Ziziphus spinichristii one of several candidates for Christs Crown of thorns!

[@mikenorton3294]

Mukkers. My first post as SB person. What a learing curve in that mad house. The very verandah you talk of is where we used to play rugby with a tennis ball with the artillery guys who were the "pole Scouts" sitting on top of the radio many watching the Fred's across the river during the day.

[@ericdawson7097]

Just started watching and can see it’s going to be an amazing story! Good Onya Barry you have an amazing life and story to share. Thanks Tony and to the FMOR ream for keeping the old days alive!👍💪

[@fightingmenofrhodesia]

Thank you so much!

[@hudsonchalmers6504]

Waiting for next interview

[@pauldooley9842]

Thanks Tony and Barry. Tony it's amazing you still alive going though the bush war some time's having no weapons or radio. I think you had your 2 Angel's protecting you. I thank you for sharing and you have a good memory. I was 131 intake just after you. I have some good stories. I might have met you some were. I lived in Logan park. Mike Shaloke lived next to us. You will injoy my life stories in the army as I was in most of the same areas you were in. I'm 71years old. May God Almighty bless you both in Jesus name and the Holy Spirit give you wisdom. Amen.

[@umvhu]

I last saw Barry at 'The Range' near Enkledoorn, I think in 1974, it's amazing apart from the hair he's changed very little😃 Barry was an interesting character 50 years ago 😉 Fort Tuli in the south west was the first administrative centre for Rhodesia and then The Range was the second, but for only a short time before administration was moved to Salisbury.

[@mattyallen3396]

More plz!!!!

[@markienorvelli5004]

Absolutely brilliant interview guys, the Rhodesian spirit and humor shining through! Look forward to the follow up!

[@rhodiemarimira327]

Intaf - the unsung heroes of the Bush War!

[@sennest]

As Jesse Lee Peterson says, "AMAZING!!!" I wish someone would make a movie about Barry's life. And i haven't even heard the rest of it! Thank you Barry and Tony!😎👍👍🍻

[@spikem8613]

Yes, please. Have Barry back. Excellent interview.

[@nigill7081]

Really good talk

[@mikereeler9021]

For the record, Dave ‘Fluff’ Hawks - No. 7544 - Detective Section Officer; served between March 1966 and March 1976; passed away 25 December 2021, Cape Town, Western Cape.

[@tonydewhurst1470]

Well done Barry an excellent talk.

[@johngartner6026]

Fascinating. Thanks again to FMOR for another interesting story and personality

[@gleydesargent9530]

Brilliant !!! Thank you both from Fred Sargent

[@jimschneeberger3385]

Fantastic interview Tony. Great stories well told. Respect!

[@annaliedupreez9488]

Very interesting, indeed!

[@hudsonchalmers6504]

Veryy Good Barry

[@georgesmith6891]

I miss my homeland so much listen to these talks.

[@hudsonchalmers6504]

I knew Stan well, worked with his guys when I was in 1POU

[@gertandersen3609]

Fantastic stories 😂, 👏 👌

[@paololosacco8434]

I did st michaels, hartmann house and failed to get to saints, as my parents thought it had become to expensive and dangerous to get to salisbury from blantyre (malawi) My two older brothers got to saints. One finished and the other got to 2rd form.. I knew so many many guys whose brothers were the same age as my older brother who were doing service...

[@petercaldwell-barr220]

As I recall - you were the Mayor of Mukumbura??

[@frederikbrits9559]

Great talk guys

[@fraseredk7433]

" Helluva lot to do in Rusambo at 11 at night "!! 😂

[@fraseredk7433]

Need to find one of those SAP boys to talk.

[@friscostreetstories5403]

I went to a Jesuit highschool. They are warrior priests, hands on...

[@fraseredk7433]

Remember the name of the Prof who died last year Barry?

[@mtkoslowski]

In the 70’s I was BSAP Bulawayo. In the 1980’s I was a pilot for the District Development Fund based at Charles Prince Airport flying mostly Cessna 206 Turbo and Cessna 402 aircraft. I am reminded of an incident where I was sent to pick up the District Commissioner Kariba from Bumi Hills to fly him to Kariba. I had flown with this fellow before and he seated himself in the rear of the Cessna 206T Skywagon and shut the door. Moments after takeoff on track Kariba, I heard a massive and worrying “thump thump thump” coming from the rear of the aircraft. Concerned that something was seriously wrong, perhaps even impending structural failure, I immediately looped around and landed. I shut down the aircraft, and climbed out to investigate. The worthy muntu, who had flown with me before, had seated himself in the rear of the aircraft, shut the door and announced that he was ready for takeoff. In fact the heavy part of his seatbelt buckle had been left outside of the door and once airborne was beating the crap out of the fuselage, panel beating the hell out of it in the slipstream. He just sat there and grinned at me as I put his seatbelt on him. I was undoubtedly red faced but limited my comments. Never again did I trust them to secure themselves. Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Prizewinner, said in his book ‘African Notebook,’ “They are half child, half devil.”

[@fraseredk7433]

Stan Fynes- Clinton is alive and well in Harare.

[@fraseredk7433]

Perhaps that occupational therapist/psychologist wasn't far off the mark in a sense Barry ??

[@hudsonchalmers6504]

Knew Jim Well