We were remiss in wishing Mark Brandon “Chopper” Read a farewell as he shuffles from this mortal coil. Sure, he was a criminal, but he always entertained us with his antics as he became very much the folk hero. We were into the guy before the Eric Banta vehicle “Chopper” made it to the US and often heard about him from mates in the Australian forces.
In fact, you might love Chopper too and not even realize it. Mil-Spec Monkey created this patch based on one of Chopper’s catch phrases.
Read died October 9th in Melbourne of liver cancer. Read about him here.
