Wedding of Private Martin Van Nus DPR/TV/745

There was a Cinderella touch to the wedding of Private Martin Van Nus of Park Orchards, Vic and Miss Jocelyn Websdale of Hollywood, Perth, WA, in Singapore recently. Private Van Nus is currently serving in Vietnam. He planned to marry in Singapore during his rest and recuperation leave. The couple planned a quiet, simple ceremony at the Singapore Registrar. But unknown to them a friend of Miss Websdale had contacted Mr Duncan McInnes, a British civilian working in Singapore. When Mr McInnes was told of the wedding arrangements, he quickly set about formulating a plan of his own. He first booked All Saints' Church in Singapore's Wessex Estate for the ceremony. Then he organised a matron-of-honour and two bridesmaids and arranged for a reception at his own flat. What started out as a simple Registrar wedding ended up as a lavish church ceremony with no expense spared. Mr McInnes stood in for the bride's father during the ceremony. At the reception the bride and groom met Mrs McInnes and all the British civilians who had turned up to make their wedding a memorable occasion. Best man was Private John Guy of Swanbourne, WA, who is also serving in Vietnam. Mr McInnes, who has a daughter and a son in Perth, WA, will be making his home in Australia when his current tour of Singapore is completed. (Also identified: British Army Chaplain W. O. Jones)