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January 31 , 1992
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The Royal Australian Navy's Amphibious lIeavy
Lirt Ship HMAS TO BRU K (CMDR G.D. Kennedy) has been involved in a world first ofT Ihe New
South Wales soutb coast.
O llr correspondent onboard TO BRUK reports the
RAN 's fo re most air capable shi p and some of the nalio n's
best pilots were involved in a se ries of Fi rst Of Class Flight
Trials (FOCFT) with the Army's S70A-9 Blackhawk
helicopter - a world 's first.
The tri als wen: ove T a two-week pe riod and the RAN
Unit
Aircraft
Mainten a nce
and
Flight
Trials
(RANA MAFTU) played a major role.
RANAMAFrU's task was to pro vide a se t of Ship
Hel icopter Operating Limi ts (S HOL) for the Blackhawk.
Endle$li course changes, contin uous nying and oftc n a
nervous Mcouid you reduce the pitch'!" from the pilots sel
the sce ne for the trial period.
TOBRUK anchored in Jervis Bay at the end of C3ch
day·s n~ing so the small group of aviators could plan
further -Iorture~ sessions for the officers of the .... atch the
following day.
The combincd efforts of RANAMAFTU, TOBRUK's
aviallon and seaman departments and the L..SMET - he
spent t.... o weeks praying for the right ~athc:r conditlonsresulted in a workable SHOL for the Blackhawk.
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New FFG delivery
on Feb . 7
The RA N lakft d~li.-ery
of its la lest "'lIr.ihip Oft .·ebnlar) ' 7 - Ihl"ft ,,-« los . head
or K hedl.de.
The FFG 7 class guided
missite frigate. due to be
commissioned as HMAS
MELBOURNE 011 FebnJary 15. is nearing complclion 31 the Australian
~brine Engineering Consolidated
(AMECON)
sbipbuilding
raDlity_
Williamsto ..... n. Victoria.
Arrangements are ..... ell in
hand for MELBOURNE's
commissioning ceremony.
which will take place
alongside Melbourne'S Station Pier with full naval'
pomp and ceremony.
[I is more Ihan 20 years
since a new combatant ship~
has been commissioned in I
Australia.
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The RAN 's Australian
Frigate Project Director.
Ca ptain Richard Lamacraft. said that the early
completion was a great
achievement by the shipbUilder. particularly since
thiS was the first ship to be
built by the company.
When
commissioned.
HMAS
MELBOURNE
"'1 11 be the fifth of her class
In the RAN and the third
RAN ship to bear the
name.
Th e six th and final FFG 7
class ship to be bui lt for the
RAN will be launched at
Williamstown on February
21. She will be named
NE WCASTLE.
PROTECTOR /0 makr hrrnt '" homt ar STIRLING.
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HM AS
PROTECfO R , will b e based at
"MAS STIRLIN G in WA , rro m lat e
this yea r.
The Chief of N:Nal Stafr. Vice Admiral
Ian MacDougall. has announced that
PROTECTOR .....iIl be homeported at the
Navy's Fleet Base West from December.
He s:lId the 42.7 metre \'esse!, currenlly
operating out of Sydney. will relOCilte "'ith
its ship's company of 20 after completing
support work for the Mine Hunter Project
next October.
In Weslern Australia PRQTECfOR will
be equipped with a submersible remotely
operoted vehicle. a six-person recompres
sion chamber and other special equipment
required for the subma rine trial program.
Trials are expected to begin with HMAS
COL LINS, the first of the six new Collins
class submarines. in 1994.
The GO\'e rnment announced In liS recent
Force Structure Review that the new submarines would be based at STIRLING
with one or two continuously deplo)"ed to
the east coast.
""The submersible is currently undergoing modifications by Dawson Industnes
on the Swan River, ~ Admiral MacDougall
uid, ~and will provide PROTECTOR with
the capabili ty of recovering submerging
objects down to a depth of 300m."
The Navy currently has 13 vessels and
support craft based at Fleet Base West.
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Family, relatives and frie nds , inciuding many
Se nior Serviu omurs and th eir wives, have paid
their final resped5 to Mrs Noreen B ea umonl
( weU known and widely liked wife of VADM
Bea umont) who died after a brier iII n ess _
Hu ndreds gat hered at the Anzac Memo ri al Chape l of
SI Paul at Duntroon fo r a funeral service conducted by
the Di rector General of Ihe RAN Chaplaincy. PCHAP
Ian De mpsey. with C HAP John Simpson . a lo ngstanding friend of the family.
Mrs Carla liudson, praised the work of Mrs
Beaumont during her long association with the Navy ,
particula rl y during the period she was Preside nt or the
RAN Wives' Association.
Among other Ihings, Mn; Beaumont was an extremely active Supporte r of the Woden Special School
and was a senior voluntary guide at the
Australian War Memorial.
'1 She was rushed to Woden Valley Hospital after suf.
fering a ce rebral haemorrhage on January 3 and di ed
six days later.
Mrs Beaumo nt is su rvived by her husband. their (our
children. Megan. Michael. Mel issa and Mitchell (all
married) and 10 grandchildren.
Additi o n a l trainin g will be give n in
Australia , Japan a nd E urop e .
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The Chi d of Naval Staff, Vice Ad miral I. l\lIcOougaU,
lisited TS STURT to present the unit ... ilh the Navy
League or A ustralta Efficiency Award ro r 1991.
TS STU RT received the award ror haying been judged the
most efficient of Australia'S 61 Nayal Reserve Cadet Units.
The ceremony was marked by a parade th rough Renmark at
which TS STU RT was ably assisted by the SA Nayal Band and
complemented by TS ADELAIDE and TS NOARLUNGA.
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Changes ha ve been a nno un ced 10 th e pos itions of
C hid or Staff 10 the Maritime Commander ( RAOl\l
R . A . K , Walls) and Ihe Naval Support Command e r
( RAOM D,G . " o lthouse) _
CAPT C.A. Barrie has been promoted to com modore to
date April IS, [992. with rank seniority of January I. 1991.
and has been posted as Ch ief of Staff to the Maritime Commander (Australia) and Deputy Maritime Commander
with effect April 17. 1992.
He will replace CDRE N.J. Stoke r who has been posted
to HMAS KUTTAB UL additional from A pri l 16. 1992.
for resettlement training and then to shore from May 22.
10m .
CA PT G.T. Po lding has been promoted to commodore
10 date March 26. 1992 , wi th ran k seniority of September
1. 1991, and is posted as Chief of Staff to the Naval Support Commander with effect March 28, 1992.
CAPT Po lding will replace CDRE L. M. Sulman.
AlCAPT I.R. Stapleton will relieve C APT Barrie as
Commanding Officer of HMAS WATSON and AlCAPT
R .W. Sha rp wi ll relieve CAPT Polding as Di rector General Naval Corporate Management.
Other provisional selections for office r promo tion in the
RAN to date June 30. 1992 are:
CocnmarHier to Ca plin. (I )
E.G. Hack . AM. SU WATSON , G. MacKinnel . SMN
PWO G HQADF; I .W. Jones , AM, AVN OISMN Navy
Office:; R .W Sharp. SU ALBATROSS; T.B. Ruting. EN
ME EC Nail)' OffICe; J.R . Stapleton, SMN PWO G MHO;
C.F. George. SMN/AVN P PENGU IN; P.M . Kohler. EN
ME KUTTABUL-MHQ .
Lieutenant Co mm ande r to Commander (22)
H .A. Fi nnis, SMN I'WO Navy Office; T .L. Maddern. HS
DN SUCCESS; R .E. Ward , SMN H PENGU IN; 1.S. Collins. SMN PWO G CE RBERUS ; D .G. Slreet. SM N PWO
Navy Office; G .J . Bell, AVN P Q HI HOADF; J .G. Pic.
kel. SMN PWO C JERV IS BAY; V.S. Jon es, SMN PWO
D HOADF; H. K. Smith, EN EOE KUITABUL-COMAUSNAVSUP; M.C Peake, AVN P Navy Office; M.J.
Wright . A VN 0 PHOT HWI HARMAN;
E.S.D. Dietrich . SM N PWO G HOADF; M .E. Deeks.
SMN SM PLUS OR ION; B.A . Fraser. SU HA RMAN O f
SEAS; T. Andrews , SU Navy Office; P.A. Smith SMN
CA IRNS; K.C. Bayly·Jones. SMN PWO G HARMAN 01
SEAS; G .J. Selkirk . EN WEA Nail)' Office ; T .R. Jenkin·
son, EN WE DARW IN; R. 1. G udgeon, EN MESM WES.
TRALlA ; C. G . Kerr . EN ME DA RWIN.
Lieutenant to Lieutenant Co mmander
J .A . Dallas, Navy Office; B.R . Back. EN ElW
NIRIMBA ; J . R. Rawson, SMN PWO D Pe rth ; D .B. Errington, SMN H C Al RNS ; J.C Parkin . SMN PWO C Nail)'
Office; R .S. Shaw. SMN.C COONAWARRA ; A.K .
Johnstone-Burt. SMN MCD Navy Offtce ; G . D. H awkins.
A VN P HA RMA N OISEAS; N.J. Smeaton . IT ADFA;
J .H . A lexa nde r, SMN PWO HARMAN OISEAS; J . R.
Connor SMN PWO N WATSON; J.A. Van Dyke, SMN
PWO D SYDNEY; A . 1..0. EN ME MORESBY ; C.T.
Eastman . SMN Navy Office; J. P.M. Shevlin. SU Navy Of.
fiee; S.A. Spar ks. SU Navy Office; M.J . Van Balen , SM N
PWO SWAN; J .D . Oarke. SU CER BER US; M.L. H udson. EN WE HARMAN OISEAS; D .P . Si ppel, EN ME
CE RBER US; T . Id rus , EN MES M KUlTABUL-COM A USNA VSU P; W.M. Il ayward , EN EOE ALBAT.
ROSS; N. 1..ovi. SU MOR ES BY; G.D. Forrest. SMN
MCD HARMAN OISEAS; J .B. Dudley, SMN CAIRNS;
L.M. UnewiS5e. EN WE CA IRNS. B. L. Dono:hi . EN WE
C ANBERRA .
071 I b on Yt>tl Two 10 Senior ChIlP't'n DM'iioa 11wft (Z)
D .M. Hill , CY ANG JERV IS BAY; B.E. Rayner C Y RC
WATSON .
11te foUo ..in, a~ provisiollal 5eledtoDS for promo tion in
the Australian Naval RCieo 'e to da le JO bne 199Z
Lieillenant Commander to Commander (1)
B.L. Russell, SMN BRISBANE.
Lieutenant to Lieutenant Commander (6)
P.G. Sulliva n. SG HOBART; L.T. Marshall, EN ME
MELB OU RNE; R.A . Norton. SP HIT MELBO U RNE;
I. M. Jagger. SP NCS SYDNEY; A .P . Dale. SU SYDNEY; P.L. Siebe rt, SP NCS DARW IN.
The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel. CNS
and his Admirals congratulate all o fftcers on their provi.
sional selection for promotion.
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Eleven RAN pcno~1
have been rec:~n ised in Ihe
1992
AloIstraJili
Day
hono urs lisl.
OfficcR in the Military
Di..b;ton (AO) i!'Idudt:
• Rear-Admiral Rodney
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Graham TAYLOR. Yar-
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raluml .. . ACT , the AU5Ira lian
Defence
Fo rce
(Operations). Headquar _
ters Australian Defence
Force during the Middle
East Gulf Conflici.
• Rear-Admiral
Robert
Andrew Kevin WALLS,
Garden Island, NSW , par.kularly as DirCC10r Gen e ral Naval Po licy a nd
Maritime DOClrine .
I\o1embu5 in the Military
Division (AM) incl ud e:
• Lieulenanl-Commander
Barry
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Raymond
ThrH foreign rl!ihing ' ·es·
sels e!iCorted to O ..... in by
UMAS CESSNOCK .p.
pear to be a type 11(14 pre.·i.
oust)' f<KInd iJI Austndian
WIll ie""
TIle 25· metre wooden
hulled Indon esian fishing
boats were inte rce pt ed by
HMAS CESSNOC K a bou t
360 nautical miles west of
Darwin , in Wat e rs betwee n
the Jabiru and Challis oil
platfo rms and Ashmore
Reef.
CO o f HMAS CESS·
NOCI( ,
LCDR
Peler
Briers, said th e crews
claimed [0 be from the is·
land of Great Karimun , in
northern Indo nesia.
TIle boats were bigge r
than IOOSt lndonesian Type
Three 's, and were equipped for drop line fishing
and were fitted with rad ios
a nd freezers .
HM AS CESSNOC K was
two days into th e second
leg of a routine patrol off
the no rth·west coast when
she was advised tha t a
Coostwatch Seasean jet air·
cra ft had de teeted fou r
fo reign fishing vessels in·
side th e Austral ia n Fis hing
Zone.
Steaming to th e area ,
C ESSNOCK locate d seven
vesse ls on radar be twee n 30
and 40 nautical miles inside
the AFZ.
With a 1.5m sea on a 3m
swell. se a condit ions we re
too ro ugh to a llow board·
ings
at
night .
so
CESSNOCK's C O deci ded
to kee p a d istant wa tch o n
BACK .
Kings ungley, NSW, particularly technical training
and junior staff development
III HMAS NIRlMBA.
• Commodore David John
CA MPB E LL ,
RAN .
Pea rce , ACT, particularly
as Australian Naval At.
tache Washington .
• Acting
Lieu,enanlConvnander Mark Desmond
GEORGELIN,
Canberra,
ACf. particularty as Commanding Officer, HMAS
WARRNAMBOOL,
and
for Australian Naval Reserve
Tr,uning.
• Commodore Nigel John
STOKE R , RAN , Pott s
Point . NSW. particularly as
the Deput y Maritime Com·
mander and Chief of Staff.
Medal o f lite O rder iJI
the
Milillf)"
Division
(OAM) include:
• Chief
Pelly
Officer
David James
EVANS,
Winne lli e, /'IT, parti cularly
as se nior sailor in charge of
Physical Training and Sport,
HMAS COONA WARRA.
• Warrant Office r G eof.
frey Mic hael GAMMON ,
Rive tt . ACT, pa rticul arl y
as Ship Repair Manager
HMAS CA IRNS .
• Warrant Offi cer Ro nald
Norma n ROGERS . Bit·
te rn , Vic. part icularly as
Parade Training Officer
HMAS C ERBERUS.
• Pe tt y Officcr lames De·
nn is
rnOMPSON .
Th o rnto n. NSW , particu·
larly as the Administra tive
Assistant in Naval Support
Command Personal Ser·
vices Organisation .
• WaTTllnt Ofricer Jose f
W AGNE R . South Coogee .
NSW , particularly as Naval
Ma nager of Endeavour
Ho use.
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C hief or Nanl Starr, Vice Admira ll . D .G. M acD o uga ll, h as seen a t fi rst h a n d
HMAS S YD NEY 's in volve m e nt in MIF o pentlio ns in th e No rth Red Sea.
COMMEMORATIVE
PORT CROCK
To commemorate the RAN Submarine Squadron
Silver Jubilee, ( 1967-1992), a limited editio n
port crock has been commissioned for sale.
(With accompanying certificate).
The crock is in the shape of the Submariner's
dolphins. A coloured decal of the dolphins and
crown is fired onto one side with a nominal list of
submarines on the reverse. The stopper is under
the crown. Initial delivery of crocks will start in
February 1992. A REAL COLLECTOR'S ITEM.
Cost $75. (Add $6.00 if postal delivery required),
Early reservations are advised. Orders. with $10
holding deposit. to:
Mr Gordon Selby
66 Annam Road
BAYVIEW 2104
The Admiral arrived intact after an arduous jour·
ney via Cai to but was un·
fortun ate enough to have
his personal luggage mislaid by an airline emoute .
All personnel were thril·
led 10 ha\'e him onboard for
a visit that was to se rve a
two-fold purpose.
The fi rst was to prese nt
HMAS S YDNEY with he r
rece ntl y
a warded
- Meritorious Unit Cita·
tion - gained fo r se rvice
during the Gulf Wa r.
Th e Comma nding Of·
ficer . Co mmander Lee
Cordner, acce pted the cita·
tion on behalf o f the crew
al a dear lowe r deck in the
junior sailors cafe.
On completion Vice Ad·
miral MacDougall presen ted a number of Austra·
lian Service Medals and
Meritorious Unit Ci tation
ribbons to VllriOUS members
of the ship's company.
It was at th is point that
the Admiral assu med his
MFather Christmas- role
and prese nted some MAustra liana type Christmas
goodies to the ho mes ick
ship 's compan y.
These
gifts included
che rry ripes, ca rame ll o
M
bea rs , the obligatory jars of
vegemite and to a chorus of
cheers, ample green cans of
the classic. Victoria Biller
beer.
!"he cre w was mos t ap-
preciative of the tho ughts
a nd effo rts o f all those in·
volve d in gelling these gi fts
to the Middle East.
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the FFVs until first light.
While the first was being
boarded. four more ClIme
up m 'e r the horizon from
lhe south.
The boarding party in·
cluded
an
Austra lian
Fisheri es ofl"icc r . Mr Mid.:
Munn ,
C ESSNOCK's
Navigat or LEUT Luk e
Du a ne and Major T o m
Moylan , o f Land Component No rthe rn Command.
O nce sa tisfied that the
action was justifi ed , Mr
HM A S
to escort the
three FFYs to Darwin for
furthe r investi gation into
possib le
breac hes
of
A ustralian Fisheries legis·
lat ion.
Two vesse ls we re towed
to port and the th ird was a l·
lowed to proceed unde r ils
own
powe r
after
CESSNOCK 's towing lines
parted several tim es in the
Arranged Eve
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co ndi tions. Due to
the condit ions. the flotilla
could mak e only fo ur
kno ts.
Eight o f CESSNOCK's
cre w too k watches in
steamin g parties on tile
forei gn vesse ls. while the
remainde r o f the ship's
compa ny stre tched th eir
routines to mak e up for the
reduced manpower.
1bosc in the " '"
parties we re
Wayne ~Iic ks, POOMG
Conn ie Fra ncis, SMN Pe ter
Froh loff. LSMTP Harry
Butler, ABQMG Andy
Eitze n. SMNETP Gle nn
JOflC$,
ABQMG
Matt
D ufty lind ABMTP Da ve
Bro ugh.
HMAS
CESSNOCI(
ha nded ove r the three
oo8t5 and 20 erew to
fishe ries, quaranune and
In
customs
a uthoriti es
Da rwin .
Getting Monied?
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(From Mike Lawson in Dilrwin)
ing?
What about-
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O Ut correspondent reo
ports that the other rcason
fo r CNS's presence on·
boa rd HM AS SYDNEY
was to observe MIF opera·
tio ns and to have inform a l
discussions with as many
personnel as possible.
This was achie ved as tnc
Admiral managed to talk
with the CPOS OYe r afte r·
noon te a, allend breakfast
with the POS. mo rlling
sta nd easy with Port Watch
a nd di nner with
the
officers.
Brcdues ad q::pIicaticfl fOil I IS cre avcilct>le from you
pay offICe or the AustroJicrl Defence Oedt t..nk:rl.
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He also observed OOW
manoeuvres, (or DIY·
TACS as o ur American
friends call them). three
boardin gs including a fast
ro pe inse rt ion by S70B Seaha wk and a RAS with th e
USNS JO liN LEr-m-tALL.
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GUN GETS A BLASTING
A short ceremony 1II"ith a na val
flavour has been held involving the reo
furbishing oh. four inch SO a libre gun
offlhe USS PEARY (DO 226), 1II"hich
was sunk during the bombing of Darwin in February J.9.I2.
The refurbishment was carried out by
LSETW Peter Dew lind SMNETW Ken
Herman lItho work in the weapons systems
worluhop al Darwin Naval Base.
lbe gun had 10 be blasted back and then
spray painted before being lifted Ihen rdo-
caled by a ernnc from 7th Field Engmeers
10 a park in the Esplanade Gardens near
the hean of Darwm.
Also in anendancc was Mr Mel Duke
who was a Bosun's Mate first class and the
gun captain on the USS PEARY.
Mr Duke now lives in Austinville, NSW,
lind is viSiting for the SOth AnnLver53ry of
the bombing of Darwin acll"ities that have
started to build up already in the Top End.
51(1)' and photo: LSPIIOT Bill
McBride.
They've started a lready! A wave of warship SOyear commemoratio ns a ll over Australia that will escalate this yea r - some marked "ith sheer pathos as
they fOOlS o n sea battles and the loss of some of our
finest RAN ,,·arships.
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Others progressively will
commemorate the SOthyear anniversary of the
commissioning o( so many
units of our Navy.", hich. at
Its wartime peak. numbered 337 vessels.
Relatives of the entire
ship's company, plus men
.. 110 served in the cruiser in
happier
days,
earlier
mourned the loss 50 years
ago last Nm'ember 19 of
HMAS SYDNEY in mortal
combat with the German
raider KORMORAN off
the Western Australian
coastline.
In waters much farther
afield
LA
that
same
November half a century
ago the sloop HMAS PARRAMAlTA was sun k by
the German submarine U
559, in the Medit erranean.
ThIs year will be even
more significant in terms of
commemorative
obser·
vances for 1942 saw the loss
of HMAS PERTH (Sunda
Straits); HMAS CANBERRA (Sa ..o Island):
HMAS NESTOR (Mediterranean); HMAS VAMPIRE ( Bay of Bengal);
H MAS YARRA (Java);
sinking when their cruiser
engaged an overwhelming
Japanese force; but who
later were taken prisoner
and incarcerated In Changl
and on The Burma Rail·
way.
With Darwin people recalling that 1942 saw the
start of some 60 alf raids on
our nonhern outposts Sydneysiders too will relfect on
the 50fh anmversary of the
Japanese midget Sllbmarine
attack on Sydney Harbour
during the night of May 31.
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Auxiliary patrol men and
warshIp crews in\'olved in
the hunt fOf the three
mIdget submarines and
their mother,shlps will recall the high drama on the
harbour. as will su o 'ivors
and the relatives o f men kil·
led on the depol-\'csscl
KUllabul whIch was blownup when one of the
13panese torpedoes missed
the stern of the American
eroiser USS CHICAGO
and exploded on the Garden Island seawall beneath
the Kuttabul.
Some 28 Corvettes were
commissiOlled into the
RAN in 1942 and men will
have che chance to ga lher
at cities as far lipan as
Broome, Geraklton. Laun·
ceston and Caims among
the 28 centres whose names
were carried far afie ld by
the 28 Corvettes of our
Navy added to the fleet that
yea r.
Only three of the warships of the '405 are slilI
around - CAsn...E MAINE
now a museum ship at Williamstown;
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""'omen involved in all the
SO·year commemorations
throughout
Allstralia
could, in Ihelr wlldesl
dreams. have envisaged the
hi·tech wizardry that will be
built mto the eXCLltng new
ships under construction.
ShIps like the J680..lonne
missile
frigates
gUided
HMAS MElBOURNE and
]·IMAS
NEWCASTI..E
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at
WtIbemg
lIomSlown. Victoria; the
eight versatile Anl.3C frigates to be added to our
Navy; and the Sll{ JOOO..
tonne Collins class submarines being buil l at
South Australia - aJi destined to take our RAN
into the :ZOCO·s.
A major reunion o r Wodd War II el'ac:uees is being planned for Darwin .
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strength of 2617.
Typical of the WRANS
SO-year commemorations
was that held in Western
where.
after
Australia
some three years of planning. more than 40CJ exWRANS from all over Au·
strali a gathered for a
memorable commemora'
tlve reunion.
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commcmoral1ons wa~ Ihat
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seiling as a touriSt centre at
Whyalla. South Australia ;
and Ihe frigate DIAMAN·
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Mantime Trust e.hibltion
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On a happier note, men
who served in Ihe 60 ships
we Cilme 10 know as Corvelles are Involved in a
series of SO-year reunion
observances Ihal began
wilh lhose crewmen from
Ihe first of the gallant shIps.
HMAS BATHURST; then
HMASKATOOMBA " 'hieh
saw so much of the Ifllual
Japar1C"lC air raids on Darwin.
A whole gaggle of Corvelles slid down the slipways of fine shIpbUIlding
yards along the east ooaJit
and in South Australia during 1941.
HMAS BENDIGO's men
remembered their SOth
~ommisslOning anniversary
with a national reunion a t
Bendigo.
HMAS
crewmen. having gathered
in Ihat city not long back.
went to Noosa for a SO-year
reunion . Nine Olher Cor·
velles from 1941 enjoyed
similar opponunilies.
Among them men from
HMAS WOLLONGONG.
commissioned in 1941, reeall only too well that their
ship was among the last to
get out of Singapore when
il fell 10 the JalRnese on
Februa ry IS, 1942, with
22,000 Australians subsequently taken prisoner of
war in the vastness of the
Japanese-occupied
terri tories to the north of Au·
stralia. Only 14.000of thcm
returned 10 Australia.
Among the prisoners of
war were men fro m HMAS
PERTH who survived the
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War Sef"\liee Memorial
Year and commemoration
to mark the SOlh Anni ve rsary of the Bombing of
Darwin.
Janet Dickinson - a war·
time evacuee from Darwin
- is the prime mover behind
the reunion.
She strongly believes It is
time to recognise the experiences of the mainly
women and children .. ho
were
compulsorily
evac llllted from Darwin before the Japanese bombing
on February 19, 1942.
Janet Diclinson believes
the evacuees were a special
group of people who suf·
fered the most and yet were
the least conSIde red by the
government of the day.
"They were forced 10
leave their homes and pos.
sessions. husbands, fathers
and sons to live as refugees
in the south for the dura·
lion of the war." she said.
" Many were only given
several hours notice and
were only able to take 70
kilos of baggage. ~
'111e rest of thei r p0ssessions werc left 10 the mercy
of thc elemen ts. looters
and. m ra re cases. enemy
bombs. No arrangements
were made by the government for the safeguard of
personal
effects
left
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Mrs Dickinson said little
compensation was paid
either for the loss of possC"·s.
ions or for the traumas of
unawa re o f the contnbutio n made by so many
Australians. acco rding to
Darwin historian Mr Peter
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upheaval; some of the experiences of Ihe evacuees
were horrific; and many
had to fend for themselves
in an unfriendly environ·
ment with no means o f
support.
When able to return In
1946 most of these women
and children found their
and
homes
destroyed.
possessions looted or destroyed. They had to start
agam.
Janel Dickinson is anxious to contact wartime
evacuees from Darwin who
would be tnterested in attending the reunion on
February 15. 1992.
Interested persons may
contact Janel Dickinson by
writmg to: GPO Box 2383
Darwin NTOSOI.
MeanwhIle. Australians
generally do not rea lise the
enorm ity and sign Ificance
of the bombing of norlhern
Australia during the Second World War and were
"The public generally believe that tnc Darwin War
was over in a couple of
days, ~ he said.
~Th ey were astounded to
learn there were 64 air raids
on Darwin and tnc Top
End. ove r It period of 20
monlhs from February 19,
1942, which killed more
than 240 people and
wounded anot her 300-400."
~As
for the people who
served in Da,....·i" : they (eel
relte\'ed that something is
being done 10 acknowledge
their dfons. They reel they
have never been given due
recogni lion for their dfons
because they didn't serve
overseas. ~ ~ir Dermoudy
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people who de·
fended Australia's frontline
e~perien ced
tremendous
hardship and they were
poorly equipped. ~ he said.
~What
the 1992 commemoration slands (or IS
recogmtion
of 250.!XXl
members of Austra lian.
American. BritiSh. Canadian and Dutch East Indies
untls .. ho passed thrOllgb
the Territory dunng the
War. as well as the several
thousand Australian CIVIlians and Italian and
Chinese intemees who
helped build important
aIrstrips. roads and rail
l inks.~ he said.
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its 100,000,
DEfCOl\1l\1ARS Canberra has celebrated the receipt
message to be proccsed by the station.
Highlight of the occasion
was the presentation o f the
prize 10 the winn er o f Ihe
compet ition to contelt )'
guess the tim e the signal
contemplat e the vital informalion thaI has passed
through this sia lion over
those 18Vz years.
"l be number of trees
was processed.
that have fallen vict im to
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OANTAS travel, was preSC nled to Lie ut enant Sue
Way of H ARMAN - Navy
Office by the Chief of
Staff ,
VADM
Naval
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th e se parate nee d fo r hard
copy doesn 't bear thinking
about ... "
" DEFCOMMARS Canbe rra was the first of Australia 's autom atic relay
51alions and it has certainly
LEUT Way was a particularly suitable winner of
the gUe5lling competition
having spent time at DEFCOMMARS Canberra in
1979-1980 as the statistics'
clerk_
It was in the late 19605
that the Chiefs of Staff
Commince approved the
planning and subsequent
~g of AusuaIia's
Defeoce Communications
Rc:lay Stations.
Commenting on the
1oo,ClXl,OOOth message for
DEFCOMMA RS, Rag Office r Naval Support Command RADM D.G . Holthouse :;aid:
" It is difficult to visualise
a number as large as 100
million and interesting to
comc a long way since commissioning in May 1973_
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The monstrous computing system used back then
OttU pied the whole of the
room that we now stand in .
whereas the current system
fit s comfOrlably into a
room the sl1!C of a small
offtee
Approximatc:ly 7S personne] work at DEFCOMMARS Canberra,
the
majority in a watchkecping
system which sees the m
processing approximatc:ly
4,800 signals in and 7,600
signals out a day.
The watchkce ping system consists of two day
watches and two night
watches which arc each 12
hours in length.
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manned by 12 operators
and two electrical personnel who work a variety of
positions in the station.
Other personnel within
DEFCOMMA RS
Can,
berra are employed in administrative su pport billets
or as standby watehkeepi ng
personnel.
Current indications are
that DEFCOMMARS Canberra ",ill dose its doors and
cease to exist in June 1992
when DISCON will become
fuUyoperational.
All peT$Ollnd currentl y
employed in DEFCOMMARS Canbc:rra will relocate to HMAS HARMA N
where the D1SCON ACf
swi tch is situated and already many personnel have
completed the necessary
courses to ena ble efficient
running of DISCON.
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mechanical
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:: manned by the CornmanEde r, Austral ian Mine
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i HM AS WATERHEN .
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Etowing a side scan sonar
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ECOT-I was tas ked to dive
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! tobeanAS MK 6 practice
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phase
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One or the majo r initiatives or th e Derence Regio nal Support Review (D RSR) is now into high gear
,,·ith th e issue or the first directives which will lead to
the rormation or new Derenee centres in Melbourne, Ilobarl , I'e rth a nd Brisbane_
The tri-Service Defe nce centres. arc to progressively take up thei r new respo nsibilities between late
1991 a nd Jul y 1992.
They will provide regional and some local administ r:lIi ve support to ADF un its with in the ir region and will replace the c urre nt State-based Defence
Regio nal Office, Ar my Military District H eadquarters, RAAF Support Units, and certain clements o f
naval Command Orfices.
The Defence Centres , to be jointl y manned by
Service personnel a nd D epartme nt o f Defence civilia n sta ff, will be headed by a senior military officer
whose title will be: ~ H e ad Defe nce Centre".
The initial heads will be: Defence Centre (Melbourne) Brigadie r David Noble ; Defe nce Centre
( H obart) Colo ne l Andrew Manay; Defence Centre
( Perth) Brigadie r Robert Millar ; Defence Centre
( Brisbane) Brigadie r M ic hae l H arris, Me.
The new centres enable more efficient Defence
adminis tration in the ca pital citi es a nd , in accordance with th e Defence Force Structu re Review,
allow mo re reso urces to be directed to operational
capability.
Decisions abou t simila r a rrangeme nts in Sydney,
Adelaide , Townsville, Darwin , and Canberra , are
expected to be anno unced early in 1992.
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1991 was an interesting year ror Ihe Derenee
Force and, in particular, ror Navy Air Traffie: ron ,
Irollen whose section is to d isba nd rollov.·ing a study
a nd recommendation that t he RAAF sho uld provide air IratTie control sen'lees ror the Navy.
After 4() years' service the Naval Air Traffic Control
Branch will slide into the history books. The first Navy air
traffIC controller was LEUT J .L. Hannah who graduated
from noll air traffic control course In 1951.
The last Navy controller ",as Midshipman C. 5.!rgeant .
",ho graduated from 0011 1 course in 1991.
HMAS ALBATROSS has been home to Navy controlle rs throughout th is hme. although controllers ha.'e. at
ti mes. scrved at sea (on IIMAS MELBOU RNE for example) and ha.e en,o)ed exchange po~t i ngs:at home. "'ith the
RAAF and o.'cn.cas.
FOX CONSULTANTS
eahawk to rescue
A Sikorsky 5-70B-2 Suba".-k rrom the No ...rabasW Seaha ...-k Introduction a,", Tntlining Unit
(SITU) hIS ISSisted an
Anny Squirrel helicopter.
It had ta ken an eagte
~t nle on its m~ i n rotor
while on ~ tra illi ng flight
ne:ar Captains Flat. a
former milling township
ncar Canberra . l:atel:ast
ye:a r
sedate 60 knots - and
a~oiding O\'erfl ying built·up
areas.
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The airlift of t~ Squirrel
from the township to
RAA F Fairbairn by the
Seahawk C<l r lallled by
C\ IDR Ale"" Wright took
2Q mlll u te~ a~ a reiallH:ly
The pIcture shows S-7OB·
2 Seahawk gi ving the Arm)'
SquIrrel a lift - near Canbeml Airport , Picture;
Leadi ng lAi rcraftman Chris
Brandenburg.
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Ibe first time about the role duringlhe Gull War of the Jomt Defe nce Facility
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Captain TIm Lewis has ha nded over his ('ommand
as Naval Officer Commanding Northern Area
(NOCNA) 10 Captai n Ia n Walls.
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Senator Ray said thai
d uring the G ulf War he had
declined to confirm a to]c
for Nurru ngar in order to
avoid possible rom promise
10 coalition capabili ties.
a nd thus further risk the
lives o f coalition personnel
and civilian popul ati o ns.
The Australian and Vn·
ited Slaies Governm ents
had agreed that it wo uld
now be appropriate 10
make pu bl ic the role o f th is
Joi n t Faci lity in O peratkm
Dese n Storm .
Durin g Dese rt Shieldl
Desert Sto rm . thc Unitcd
StatC$ and il5 coali tion al·
lies capi talised upon the use
o f spaCC'·bascd systc ms in
support of US and ot he r
coalition objecti ves.
These space· based asse ts
assisted coalition forces by
providing weat hc r data ,
navigational assistanCC' in
dese rt terrain, the geog·
raphic disposition of forCC's
and othe r related intelli·
gence.
Integral to this allied
effort was
pon Program ( DSP) Systern , of which Nurrungar is
pan.
The DSP missio n is to
providc a highly I yailablc,
surviyable and reliable
sate llite· borne surveillance:
s)'$tc m which providcs the
Unitcd States and il5 allies
billistic missi le early warn·
ing and o thc r information
re la led to missi lc launches.
su ....·c illanCC' and thc detonation o f nuclear lO.·eapons.
The Joint DdenCC' Facil·
ily - Nurnangar (JD F.N) is
located nc ar Woomera ,
South Australia.
Working in the Satellite
Operations Centre during
Ihe G ulf conflict were two
RAN memt-ers, LElIT
Craig Vandepct:~ (Satellite:
O pe rations Crew Comm .. nde r) a nd CPORP Mat he w
McGreevey (Satellite O pt rations Crew Chief) .
Together
with
thei r
RAAF. ARA , USA F and
USN
colleagues.
both
me mbers were in the th ick
of the action. detecting .
as.scssing and reporting the
Scud la unches.
DSP d etect ion and reponing o f thc Seud att ac ks
made a significa nt con tribu ·
tio n to the warning provided 10 coalitio n fo rces
and the ciyilian populations
in Saudi Arabia and Israel.
II helped 10 con tain the
con flict , cnhanCC'd the ef·
fectiyeness o f coalitkm defenen. and undoubtcdly
sayed liyes and propert y.
The Gul f War was Ihe
first conflict to highligh l th c
operational use of satellite
early warning of missile al·
tack and RAN pcl$OfU1Cl
wen: a pan of this vital and
hlstoric military achievemcnt.
Captai n Le wis held the
positio n o f NOCNA for
two years and has been
posted to Navy Office to
ta ke charge of Ma riti me
Fo rce Deye lo pme nt.
He will be accompanied
by his wi fe, Ann-Marie .
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AI the "Marilime C hange in the Pacific - Issues
ror Asia" eonferen(,e held at the Brighton Re50rt
Hotel, Brighto n Le Sands, some of the volunteer
Escort omcers and drivers found Ihemselvcs carrying the " weigh'''.
The SSkg - Marilyn Monroe ~ Iook-a·li ke raised a fe w
eyebro ws and got carrie d away by th e good looks and
- hum an Maltitude of o ur luc ky sailors .
Which jw;;1 goes to show tha I good things come to those
who volunteer fo r support comm and cyc nts, adds o ur cor-
Oh, what
a pudding!
Captai n
Watts
was
posted from Navy Office
whe rc he was the Di rector
o f Nayal Manning.
He joined the Navy in
1970 as a midshipman and
has a wife Desley and two
young da ugh tcrs.
Story
and
pho to :
LS PH OT Bill McBride .
Cade~ from T.S. Endeavour, N. R .C. Cairns,
who assiSled at the Meab OD Wheels Ch ristmas
Lun('heon, ad mire Ihe 18kg pudding prorided by
o
their unit.
MProject PuddingM was
supervised by Mrs J Ul\e
Simpson wll n advice a nd
encouragcment from the
Newcastle Christmas Pud·
ding Lady, while the ac·
companyi ng cust ard and
crcam was do na ted by the
Mi lk
Vendors
Cai rns
Association .
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From left, cadets a re:
SMN Irene Johnsto ne, AB
Lincoln Thompson , LS
Adam De Jong. LS Bre ndan Hunt, A B Chri stine
Chiyers and AB Susan
Ca mp.
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Transferred·
to or from
Canberra.
Pets cared for while
you are settling in,
Lf.:UT Nt" Mlldt r, LEUT Roby" K'lIlktr. LSEnt' G"U TtlQmpS(1n, S MN R O Da"yl
Ktmp (HAlAS PLATYPUS), SMNRO Damit" To,ltill (HMAS pI.A n 'PUS), lind
PO£W DII"id Hopt (RA:\7£w.5S) stop lor a " ,til dtunt d Mbrrlltlttr' IIlttr JUlHld patill, itt tltt lalrst submllri"e fSCDpt roUTK. (PltolO: LSPH Scott Con"olly.)
The ADF Activities survey will collect information on how
work is performed in the ADF. The survey commences
in February 1992 and will finish in March 1993, involving
approx imately one th ird of all ADF personnel.
If you are selected to partiCipate in the survey, you will
be requ ired to record your activities over a twenty four
hour period
(That's all . one single day).
The informatio n provided by the survey will assist in
plann ing and maki ng decisions about fu ture defence
structu res , pay and working conditions,
A successful survey wi ll benefit all ADF personnel, but
we need your help to make it work ,
It's only A Day for Tomorrow.
SElF's new faces
The Submarine Escape
Traininc Facitity (SE I F) al
Reel Base Weill has no ...
,.«~tully trlined II lotal
of 634 s ubmarin e", in th e
skil" required to escape
saft ly from a disabled submarine do wn to II depth o f
ISO melIn ,
Among latest course
graduatcs werc three new
faccs training to fill billet
positions within the facility,
LEUT Ney Mader lakC5
over the reigns as Deputy
Offlccr in Charge , LElIT
Robyn Walker joins as
Medical Officcr (S ElF).
and Leading Seaman Gregg
Thompson takes up the
Elcctrica l Maint ainer billet
For Rob~ n and GrcgJ:.
this trai nin g provides a
oosis for a greater under·
~tandlng of how best to
apply ~PCCI.:l1i51 skills to
contri bute to the contin ued
safe trai ni ng o f tra inee subma n ners.
For Ney Mader. however. th is trai ni ng forms
only a small po rt ion of thc
oye ra ll trai ning req uired o f
him to become a qua lified
SETF Control Office r, a
pre-req uisite to fill ing the
deputy posi tion .
Robyn Walk er is not
o nl y new to thc SETF, but
also new to the RAN . having joined last August.
Robyn is a qualified Un·
derwater Medical Speci.:lhst
IO.hose skills lO.ere not bemg
fully utilised in he r previous
post ing as Med ica l Officer
at HMAS ALBATROSS.
home of the Fleet Air Arm
She will now ha"f ample
o pportunity to apply her
Spc<'ialist
Undcrw;lIer
mcdicine Io;no" ledge, lO.·or\';·
ing side by side wi th SE I F
submari ne and divi ng experu.
Rates on application.
We collect and
forward your animals
on posting to & from
Canberra,
Tony and Chrls's
Boarding Kennels
Ph: (062) 36 9207
MOVING TO
Why noc contact one of the most helpful real estate
offiCes In cant ~tla1
As our main role in fife Is selling SERVICE, we
would be oNy too pleasa(j to offElf assistance with
your real estate ne B1), whether buying, 58"lng or
renting.
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CHISHOI..N SHOPI'IfriG 00iTRE, OISHIX.M ACT 2905
S (OS) NAVY NEWS, January 31 , 1992
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RAN 'people ...
RAN people
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RAN people ...
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A rllr'e,,-r U Me$! Dmlln
ror th e Commanding Of·
ricer or HMAS K lIT·
TABUL " -as no ordin.1)'
m~ din ner.
Eighty-six officers and
their guests were lr.lnsferred by boat from Garden
Island (0 Spectacle I~and .
being grecll:d by the Henl-
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age Fife and Drums and
with the cuslomar)' predinner drinks.
Beallng the Retreat and
a ceremonial sunset were
held , with the guard com-
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KlfITABUL and accom•
panied by the " cry profes-
Naval
Su ppan
Command Band .
Th e 4.5" gun mounted on
the island Signalled no fO(:
In the night and then glle~ts
were treated to a sumptuous feast lA the unusual surrounds of the Naval Hlstorleal collection C3rdully
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RAN , First Lieuten ant of
sional
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CHDH Ellis, LCDR JO"~$, CHDR Old and ,\BSTD R~;nkrat Tilr pr60Ilalion.
com piled by the curator.
Supply Officer. CMDR
KUTfAB ULin J unc 1988. Offlcdscabinreloaltedafter
LCD R Alan H cnricu ~ and
P.J. EIlts.
and was, untd late last year,
the !olliP'S dccommis>.ion.
his staff.
CMDR ·· tlcnry" Old
....·orried that he was to be
A >.e nse of de Ja HI pre:The dmner was held to
jomed KUTTA BUL In
part oflhe AIU.
vailed as this .... as CMDR
farewell two of KUTJuly 1989. officially departA ~ntation was made
Old's eabin during hiS
T ABUL's (old) sta lwa rts ing on December 12. 1991
10 both officrrs m the PAR·
time In ~mmand of
CMDR RH . Old and the
CMDR
ElliS joined
RAMATrA Commanding
PARRAMATfA
WARTI E SERVICE
ISED
IS
David Pucod: (above)
has joined the RAN from
Burleieh Waten, QLD lIS a
Dired EntT)' Tnlde~ma n Electrical T eduJica.I CommunkatKtIH ( ETC) - the
first to take advantlile of
thi5 etllT)' sdleme in th t
past Ctcbt yun.
Able Seaman Peacock is
curren tl y undergoing bridging training at HMAS
NIRIMBA learning to apply
his trade skills to RAN
equipment and systerm.
'The course is CKpeded
[0
end in March when David
will take up a posting at
FIMA Syd ney to complete
a task book as the final requirement of his initial
RAN traiRing.
Prior to 10lmng the
RAN , David worked for
IWO years with Resch E lectronics on the Gold Coast
installing and maintaining
two-way radios and home
entertainment equipment
such as radios, stereos and
strobe
music
system!
(should be handy on the
Dave's a
Direct
Entry ETC
mess-deek).
This was followed by
over two years at South
Brisbane
College
of
T .A .F.E . instalhng and recomputers
pairing
(hardware and softwa re)
and selling up classroom
train ing aids including reo
pair of all peripheral devices such as printer.;,
monitors and modems (on
second thoughts he .....iII be
useful In the Ship's OfflCC).
David gave up Ciwy
street to serve his coun try
and take advantage of free
travel around Austral ia and
ho pefully the ..... orld and is
looking fm...... ard to working
as a member of an RAN
Ship's Compan y.
Th e f ederal Government h as rerogni§ed the
service o f Aboriginal Australians and TOITfl Strait
Islanders foc he lp ine defend the n;tun tT)' as uiJon
and soldicrs 411.rine Wortd
War II.
Although not fo rmally
enlisted into the Defence
Force. members of th ese
groups would ha ve been expected to bear a rms against
the enemy.
A ce remony has been
held at Larrakeya h military
barracks in Darwin . where
Mr
WalTen
Snowdon,
Member of the Northern
Territory, presen ted baek
payment and mc dal s to sur·
viving membe rs of special
units raised in Northern
Australia aftcr the first
bombing raids on DaN;n
in 1942.
The task o f locating the
surviving members or their
next-of-kin ..... as undertaken
by com mittees from the
commum lles
Aboriginal
where the units ope rated
duri ng the war.
It was discovered during
the 1980's tha t they had received lo ....·er rates of pay
than soldiers and sailors
during the war.
Pictured humbly wearing
....
LCDR Ljilj~na (Lili)
Delich (abooe) has ~ .... apped Ihe .wnn) dimes of
Western All!oln lil fOf the
.'rellCh Rhiera .
Forme rl y
FIMA's
~t3int ena nce Plann ing and
Contracts Officer at HMAS
STIRLING . Lill . has accepted a position with thc
Rockwell Submarines section of Thomson Si ntra
Pacific Ply Ltd as a sonar
e ngmeer.
In her ne w poslllon she
will .... rite the documentation and the trainmg
package for the entire
spherion sonar fit on the
new Collins and Anzac
class s ubmarint'S and frigates.
Initially Lili will spend 12
months at Sopia Antopoli s
on the French Riviera , then
[2 months at North Ryde in
Syd ney followed by a simi·
lar lim e in Melbourne in a
custome r-support role.
A West AuStralian , she
was educated at the University o f W A before joming the RAN in 1984 and
Lilli's
Rivierabound!
att endmg HMAS
CRESWELL has served at
liMA shore e!o tabliYiments
CRESWELL. CERBERUS
and WATERllEN .
Since
It was then off to sea
aboard HMAS JERV IS
BA Y
before
100ning
HMAS COO K where she
..... as the fi rst female office r
and the AsstlEleetrical Engineer and Gunnery Officer
of which she IS most proud.
StlRts In Navy Office,
FlMA, IL\lAS KUTfABUL
and HMAS STIRLING followed and Lili leaves the
serviee wllh many fond
me morin;. especially the
frie nds she has made and
her time aboard COOK in
the South Pacific.
LES' SEND OFF
Commander Les Renrrey bas received a traditional send-off aher being thc longest·serving a nd
las t Superintendenl Missile and Torpedo Mainte-
his medals. receiving payment and sha king Mr
Snowdon's hand is Paddy
Henry wh il e o n his right is
Francis Butche r.
The twO were members
of the Snake Bay p atrol
from Melville Island which
was raised by the RAN during World War II .
Both men received the
Defence Medal , the Wa r
Medal and the Australian
SelVice Medal.
The 12 sUlViving members of the 100 or so ..... ho
$ClVed in the units are e ligible for repatriation be nefits
under the Veteran5 Entitle·
ment Ad .
o
Story 3nd phot o:
LSPHOT Bill McBride.
THEY HAD A BLAST
n_.
The posting spanned
some 7'1.t years , the last
year
being
in
the
Emergency ResclVe.
It seemed appropriate
that he be towed ashore on
one of the reoentl y phased
out Australian Weapons,
the Ikara Missile.
Both have sclVcd the
Fleet .... ell and contributed
effective ness to the life of
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To mark th e passing or tb e Ordna nce Inspection List and to usber in Ibeir subs pecialisation as Explosive Ordnance E n gineers under ROes, man y or tbe
Navy's p ast and present ordnan ce Off"tcers auended a reun ion dinner at ('(MAS
HARMAN.
The function wa s attended by three former DNO ls and hostcd by the eontemporary
Head-of-Corps, DARMENG·N (Capl P.G. Phillips RAN) .
The prese nce of spouses added to the e\ening and e nsured a very e njoyable functi on.
RANMM E and RAf'(ThfE.
Les' final billet, before
retiring from the Navy , is
helpi ng to im plement the
new Armament Logistics
Organisa tion ( ARMLO).
CMDR David . Fahey
now takes the helm as Manage r Guided Weapom Suppon ....·ith responsibilities
for RANMME , RANfM E
and TSF-WA .
ERR
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DG
PARKROllU.
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Defence Force
Leave Plan and
Capital Parkroyal
Champagne Special
CENT ..... ·THC
Linley was RSL
quest runner-up
S ub-Lie utenant
Linley
Co rnish,
HMAS
NIRIMHA's entrant in tbe RSL's "Girl In a Millio n
Quest", has been j udged runner-up .
The quest raises funds to ceremony culminating In
he lp mee t the needs of exthe final presentations to
serviceme n~service wome n
the winner.; by RADM
and their dependants.
D .G. Holt housc. the Naval
A spectacular ceremonial Support Commander.
sunset and beat-to-<juarters
As runner-up , SBLT
was performed by HMAS Cornish .....on a seven·day
apprentices
PaCific
island
holiday ,
N IRIM BA's
and the Naval Support supplemented with S200
Command band.
spending money and many
The audience was Impre - other prizes dona ted by
ssed at the spendour of the local businesses.
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$99
room only
with complimentary bottle
of champagne on arrival
valid 30.9.91 to 3 1.1.92
Reservations 008 020 055
At tJoe re .."/f1#! (kelt row L to R):
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K ulin" LCON Oore, C.uOH RI"Ker.
LCDR Wt!ldetrllo/t!r, CMOR D'Brie", Frot" rolt', CMOR IIQ1"t!, CA PT D. R icltardson,
CAPT Phillips, CA P T P. RIc!It:rdson, CAPT BU'"K/n, I.CON Smith.
1 Binara Street, Canberra ACf 2601
Phone (06) 247 8999 Fax: (06) 257 4903
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NAVY NEWS, January 31,1 992 (09) 9
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for CD
3000 BOYS AND GIRLS NEED YOU
Who are they?
THE Y ARE THE NAVAL. RESERVE CADETS
There ale t5 Naval Reserve Cade1 (NRC)
ACT. Each with its own name and idenlity- just ~ke me naval
ships they are named aller - and each with its own unilooned
officers and senior sailors but each linked by a single aim:
By predominanlly voIuntcuy effort, better equip young
fOf coovnunity life by fos1ering iMia1ive, leadership,
discipline and Ioyafty through training programs also
designed to stimulate an interesl in a particulaf arm 01 the
Defence FOfCe.
The Naval discipline on which the
originally to provide
t
p~f:'§onnd at (h~
i
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young people meet today's pressures of
invoNed - tackfing physical and men"","'"
ahead - all
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person. Someooe who wants to be
Naval Community
S~rvi(t$ ~minar at
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HMAS WA TSON.
Community Services Seminar
oceans. Tlis same
The Inaugural Naval Community Services Seminar has been
conducted at HMAS WATSON.
An initiative of the Chief of Naval Staff VADM Ian MacDougall, its aim
was to promote an exchange of knowledge regarding service aspects of
chlldcare and the administration of Service-sponsored community
Houses.
. AHended by the co-ordinators of all Navy Childcare Centres, personnel
from Navy Office, Army and Air Force, Navy spouse groups, ADFILS and
NCGSS, the seminar was very successful, and it is intended to hold a
similar conference in future.
TO DO THIS THEY NEED YOUR HELP
the NRC needs
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supplied free 01 charge. If you
Th. Naval Reserve Cadet Uaison Officer
HMASWATSON
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(for all serving. ex and convnissioned scribes and families)
Saturday 2200 February t992 from 1230
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102 Moverfy Aoad, Coogee, NSW
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Full Bar facilities are available
Drinks al 'Rockers' Hotel 1600 Friday 21st for early starters
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The latn t in retail for
Naval ullifonns. tbe HMAS
KIJITAB UL
Clothing
~ Sho p. has opened its door.;;
for busin6'l ..·itb tbe use of
modem ~Iectronics and bar
codin g systemat ics.
First
customer
was
CPOA TWI..
Sausverdis
who used the opponunity
to replenish his line n cupboard with a pair of white
towels.
All the usual range of
goods (2500 line items) are
available.
It's service with a smile
as the happy staff swipe as
many goods as possible.
Without opening sales,
visiting royalty or brass
bands. the transition from
old to new was smooth. si·
lent and almost unnotIced.
The store i5 set in a pleas·
ant atmosphere. with har·
bou r views.
Regular visitors to the
shop will find it difficult to
recogmse away from its
previous surroundings in
the basement.
As one Duty Su pply Of·
ficer remarked. ·· It·s good
improved customer service
consistent with the views of
Naval Quality management. _
WHERE FATE CALLS
The HMAS VOYAGER Tqlgedy
by Lieutenant Tom Frame
On the night of 10 FebrulllY 1964, during naval
• exercises off the south coast ofNS W, the destroyer
HMAS Voyager inellplicably crossed the bows of
the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne and was
sliced in two. Within minutes, 82 men perished,
making the collision AllStralia's worst p:!acetime
disaster.
In unprecedented action the Australian
Government ordered a Royal Commission into
the tragedy.
"""m,
""'''.~,
way involved in the
Voyager controversy. Two prime minis ters (Menzies and Holt) and two
future prime ministers (Gorton and Whitlam). a chief justice of the high court
and a futlue chief jllStice, three future state governors and five future supreme
court judges were directly involved.
Where Fate Calls is the flfSt fully researched account of one of the most
important events in A ustralia's nat ional history.
It is an enthralling story. containing all the elements of an epic thriller. a
dramatic naval disaster atnight, the tragic loss oflife, ellploits of elItraordinary
bravery, court-room action, political intrigue. public outrage and claims of
cover·ups and conspiracies.
Where Fate Calls was written by Lieutenant Tom Frame, a serving naval
officer with full access to official naval and Royal Commission records. The
book is also based on more than 100 interviews with the principal panicipants
and it incltxles detailed diagrams and reconstructions of the collision and
many unpUblished photographs.
Personnel from IIl\1AS
HARMAN bave a!isisted
Outward Bound Australia
after a damaged commuuications tower at Thanu
came down in a storm.
Outward Bound Au·
stralia is an independent.
non-profit organisation en·
gaged in personal development through experiential
and outdoor education.
Since 1956. over 120,000
Australians have completed one of the Outward
Bound Co urses which oper·
ate from the National
School at Tharwa . Can·
berra and seasonally from
remote bases in Queesland,
NSW. Victo ria and Western Australia.
On the fallen tower was
the Outward Bound Au·
stralia Codan HF wire ae·
rial for long range com·
munications and an array of
UHF and VHF aerials used
in support of courses con·
ducted around the ACf
region.
As the tower could not
be repaired the only option
was to erect a new tower.
Held at the Belconnen
Naval Transmitting Station
were some 36 six-foot sec- '
tionsofsurpfus mast removed
from Lord Howe Island.
They were tran spon ed to
the Outward Bound Head·
quarters at Tharwa and
erected by the Aerial
Maintenance pa rty from
Naval
the
Betconnen
Transmining Slation.
For more information on
courses conducted by Outward Bound Australia, contact the Head OffICe - GPO
Box 4213 Sydney NSW 4213
or on (02) 2612200.
Publishing February 10th to coincide with a Four Comers
documentary. Available at all good bookshops or from the
University Co-Op Bookshop - Austra1ian Defence Force
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10 (10) NAVY NEWS, January 31, 1992
COl1lj:l!t8d application Iorms and 'iipOlb
from tb"e 8 re/ere BI must be submitted by
Friday 28 Fabruary 1992.
The Directorat e of Mine Warfare and Clearance
Diving has sponsored a two-day co nrere nce at
HMAS PENG U IN t9 promote aware ness or cuuent
procedures a nd ruture technology wit hin the Mine
Warfare a nd Clearance Diving (M C D ) com munity .
Director of Mine War·
fare and aearance Diving
(Lieutenant Commander
A.G . Rankin) described
the conference as an impor·
tant vehicle for improving
the now of information and
was particularly importan t
now because: of the period
of enormous change that
the Navy and the MCD
R~ur Admiral Walls, who
community had been exgav~ th~ kqnott address.
periencing over the past
levels of Defence and Gov·
two years.
ernment. and emphasised
The conference was for·
mally opened by Rear Adthe need to improve coordi·
nation and unity within the
miral R.A. K Walls (then
branches.
serving as the Deputy Chief
of Naval Staff). and was at·
He made special mention
tended by a wide cross sec· of Clearance Diving Team
tion of personnel including: Th ree and th eir achieve·
ments in the Gulf conflict .
Commodore 1.W . Leach.
Hydrographer of the Navy;
In addition to the many
Captain R.E. Shalders. Di·
presentations on issues rerector of Naval Warfare;
lated directly to Mine War·
and Mr K. Gibbs from the fare and Diving during the
Underwater Systems Divi·
conference. delegates were
sion of the Matcrials
treated to a briefing by the
Resea rch Laboratory at
Commanding Officer of
Melbourne.
HMAS DARWIN (Com'
Admiral Walls spoke of mander M. Bell) who had
the substantial change in di- only recently returned from
rection that had becn
operatio ns in the northern
brought abou t within the
area Gulf.
He sa,d that during
MCD community by the recommendations of the DARWIN's patrol in the
Gulf he was continuously
Force Structure Review.
specifically the decision to pre-occupied and con·
procure as a matter of cerned with the th reat
priority
larger
coastal posed by mines.
He now had a much betminehunters.
He highligh ted the reo ter understanding of the
newed interest in Mine problems facing the mine
Warfare and Diving at all warfare community.
Training expertise
recognised
The Na'"), bas celebrated
th e 20tb anni versary of the
creation of the RAN Train·
in g System (RANTS).
During this period ttre
Navy, and the Instructor
Branch in panicula r. has
been at the forefront of de,·eloping training expenisc
in Australia .
These: facts were presented by CMDR Martin
Linsley at the Industry
Training Conference conducted in Melbourne and
Sydney.
The theme of the conference was The Best of the
Best in Industry Training,
and one of its adve rtised
highlights was the Navy
Training
paper
titled
Specialist Excellence - a
Model Carcer.
The paper drew on the
Navy's 20 years of RANTS
experience to ill ustrate four
key points in developing
training specialists: I. it reo
quires the right environ·
ment - one wi th challenge.
2. there are no short cuts to
excellence - 17-18 year.;; is
normal in the RAN.
3. balancing professional
naval and specialist skills
requires careful manage·
ment. and 4. good selection
and management are vital.
The paper was well received. attracting considerable in terest from the
Human Resource Develop·
ers who represe:nted all
areas of comme rcial and
government interest.
New ranks
for cadets
The Director of R ese rves Navy has d es patched
.advice to all NRC Headquarters and U nits orthe introduction of the ranks or Cadet C hid Petty Office r
.and Cadet W.arrant OffiC1!r.
The basic promotion re- ran ks as are currently avail·
quirements for promotion able to sailors serving in the
to Cadet Chief Petty Of· Navy.
ficer arc 12 months senior·
Meanwhile , the stro ngly
ityas a Cadet Pelty Officer. mantlme community of
and a minimum age of 16 Pon Li ncoln. South Au·
and one half years, while stralia. has a weekly remin·
Cadets aspiring 10 Cadet der of its Navy in the form
Warrant Officer will need a of our very active Cadets at
• minimum of 12 months
TS FLINDERS .
seniori ty as a Cadet Chief
The Port Lincoln Yacht
Pelly Officer and be at least
Cub hao; provided two
18 years of age .
"ships" to the Cadets to allow
Among other things. it is
them to compete in the Iocaf
intended that these: new
sailing competition.
ranks will enable Com·
The Cade ts are delighted
manding Officers to be able
with thei r charge and can
to offer additional incentive
often be seen on the se:a in
to experienced Cadets to
sail 1291 with the " Naval
stay in the NRC until the
Cadets" on the hull. Keep a
statutory discha rge age of
look out for her.
19.
They have not won any
Cadets will also have the
prizes yet. but "keep trying
opportunity to progress
lads".
through the full range of
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NSW inte, ·Stn ·iec golr
ca plain Bob Bowen huled
hu learn 10 if5 shih ~n '
§ft'Ulive victory.
The competilion was at
the Wagga Wa gga Country
Club.
BeSIde!
wilining the
se ries Navy's Mick Rossen dell took the championshIp
title with two rounds of 74
Bo"'ell was runner-up .
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Also " 'onhy of special
me ntion was Paul Adam s'
817 win ove r RAAFs n03
John Webber and Bowen's
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Tht su«tu/ul billlMntt, blIck: Shaun A ndc1"$OIl, LS Hard"'ick, Dal'c Triggs,
~ujsc McNulty, Wcnd,. Dcnnis;/ronl.' Tess Donntllan, Mick Dt .,i.. , Chris Lanc,
Jusli .. Bro ..·.., CA PT RalflS4fJ', AB Baker, Nicollt Rodc.
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Justin Brown of HM AS ALBATROSS h as won the annual HMAS
WATSON Biathlon.
JUSlin took the e\'ent In
50.36 seconds. 20 seconds
'" front of WATSON
representative
Shaun
Anderson.
The women's division
wa~ again won by Nicolle
Roche of HMAS C RESWELL
from
Defence
loUise
Recruiting's
McNulty.
The race consisted of a
800 metre swim from Camp
Cove 10 Lady Jane Beach
fo llowed by a 10km run
from WATSON around the
Va ucluse area a lld back to
WATSON .
Twenty·four individ uals
and five teams (consist ing
of o ne swimming and one
runn e r) compeled wilh the
ra ce sla rted by Executive
Officer, Com mande r Cunningham.
Conditions were not
favourable with a strong
NIR
NIRIMBA
sporting!
hobby club aehitn·menf5.
IIMAS NIRIMBA iuue·
~fully
openUi ng 3\1
sporu/hobby cluM to
cate, for all slilip's ~m­
pany .Ad tninee leisure
requirements in the Weslem Suburbs of Sydney_ In
addilion to Ihe usual
HAN winter and summer
adi"ilin, lawn 00",15,
base ball and I~ SCUBA
dub were particul.rly
succeBful .
La,,'n Bowls. FoUo .. ing
• few quiet yeal'5 Ih e
NI HIMBA Lawn 80wls
Qub became aclive Iglin
in 1991 quickly ruing
from 121028 pllyen each
Wtdnesday at Ri,'enlone
So"'ling Oub. The year
nllminlled .. ilh NIRIMBA hostinl: .n i...·il.IiOf' game .1 Ri'·enlone.
Bo>tters liom l"ro1RIMBA.
Hh·enlone. Naval Suppot! Command , Black·
lown and Penrilh played
:~.~; th e forenoon 10
winnel'5 .nd los...!to we re dtlwll
eadI otber for Ihe
game. Reday " 'ere: " 'in" 'inners - M. GilLewis ( NIR):
- K . Bailey/J .
( Rivel"$lon e);
losers - R. Dob( Rh·l'fliIone)/J .
( NI R); run ·
R.
Wesl
I>isnd.le
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sout herl y blowing down
S)'dney Harbour.
Winner of the men's vetera n section (35 plus) was
the Commanding Officer of
HM AS SUCCESS. CAPT
David Ramsay.
The women's vete rans'
division wenl to Wendy
Dennis from Co mmand
Transpon.
Th e men 's teams' event
was won by C DTl which
was follO\Oo'ed in by the
Watson Wo nders.
W A TSON 's Mixed Nuts
~i~C~~~ic~~:,ii~e~n~e~~~
Donncllan) .
'The sponsofficer and PT
staff woul d like to Ihank all
compe titon, offi ci als and
especially the IIM AS PENG UIN boat shed staff for
providing safety boats for
the event.
POPT
Thom pson.
,
manufaclure shots not nor·
mally seen al Ihis le\·el.
monstcr pull on the 18th 10
within cen timetres of the
cup for a par to seal Navy's
win.
Meanwhile In the Wills
Cup round fou r NGA
teams ha\'e been subjected
to the worst possIble golf.
Iftg conditions experie nced
for some time.
Nomwlions .re being
aIled (rom Nlvy, A ...,.
.nd RAAF for particip.tion in .n .pprm·ed .d,·cnlurow; ITltlning uerrise 10
be held in the Yosemile
area or USA from March
15 10 April 2.
The exe rcise will teach
members 10 li \'e and .§urV;\'e in cold snow conditions and practise naviga·
lion skills.
Although memben only
nccd a moderate level of
cross counlry s kiing ability,
they will need to be physi·
caUy fil and capable of
carrying heavy pack loads.
Preference will be given
10 junior members.
1lIe exericise wi ll use ttie
RAAF European Service
aircraft to travel from Syd·
ney to San Francisco and
with in Ihe USA, civilian
hire vehicles will be used.
Me mbers arc reqUired to
provide all their cold
wealher ctOlhing and most
equi pment. although Ii·
miled stocks will be availabl e th rougll the Arm y
Alpine Associat ion.
Memben will be required to make a personal
contribution towards grou p
expenses nOt expected 10
exceed $350.
Any Interested membel'5
a rc requesled 10 apply by
Febru ary 14, 1992, with
Players were required to
confinnation of unit clea r·
ance to a tte nd and Ihe ability to meel the filness and
I>kiing crile ria .
Applicalions are to be
sent to LTCOL J, Trevivian,
DOO(Cen).
CP4-2-29,
Ca mpbell Park Offices.
Canbe rra Acr 2600.
Enquiries can be phoned
10 (06) 2664093, DNATS
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Alle ntio n all baskelbailers 1ft the Ca nbe rr.
area. If yoU are interested
in playing in either the
inte r-Service or local
competit ions
co nt act
LCDR Sequin at Russe ll
Offices o n 26 5213 for
mo re infonn ation.
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Wekome bid: to AI,
lhe ne..·s .nd views in
Jport in "92. Uptoming
CVCII!5: NSC Cycling
Crilerium Febru.ry 1.\1;
NCS
Cross
Coun try
March II ; nomin.lions 10
eslabHshmenl PTs ple.se,
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Women in sporl creatIng headlines. Evidence
of this IS Ihc efforl bemg
put m by two outSl3nding
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Other good scores Ift cluded Wayne CIcmmett
61. !'cle r Simpson 69 and
Way ne Asher 10.
I·S golf and ten nis "rep"
Wa)'ne Ashe r and family
arc Wished all the best for
the future. Wayne 's de·
parted after 27 years se r.~ .
C RESWE LL defeated
WATSON with Stef Stanre lurni ng
C R ESgret
WELL's besl- a net 15.
He was a big part of
RAN golf as he captained
ALBATROSS for many
years and was an important
player with the illler·
Service team . He will be
missed by aU .
WATSON
defeated
PENG UIN, as did KUTTABUL. Good scores were
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After only a shon period
he has lost just about all
he's con tesled. Eilher it 's
the low Standard of competItion or he is tr),ing to
raise the stakes.
The handicapper is still
smiling. Greal golf Chns.
G reat scores were had by
Bernie Be rnh agen net 10,
Jim Glossip 11 and Greg
Mosey 1 1.
Private Van. pw"u.nem on Ill.: CivIlian I4lrilf less
athletes m the
bia I hlon/trial h Io n
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Louise McNulty
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months results in the
group category were
We ndy lSI, Louise 2nd.
III the open women's
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TI!e fin al match look
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belween N IRIMB A and
ALBATROSS .
An)'body who koows the
Coasl will be aware of the
difficulty experienced when
playing holes 14 and 16.
Thc wind made those holes
a di saster wllh some players
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Ban kstown Oval on March I .
A special guest at the ACf game will
"12th man-in perpetuity" of the Australian
vices Cricket Association , former
Test captain a nd 1945 Services' team
Undsay Hassell.
Th e Co mbined Services UK squad will
Syd ney on July 12. 1993, for a 14·match tour •.
eluding three , 3-day "test" matches against
UK Combined Services and will arrive back
Australia on August 13.
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se ries which has been switched from February
the sta rt of tlte new season in November.
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Australia's foremost cricketlng phenomenon and former ex-serviceman, Sir Donald
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for the Combined Services' tour to the UK.
A letter from Sir Donald rtads:
~ I am adyised thai a cricket team Irom the Australian
Services proposes to undertake a lour 01 the UK In the
English summer 011993.
"This is a laudable undertaking and merits support.
- few Australians Ii,ing loday al'! old enough to I'!member the mighty leats 01 the Alf side which was forme d
after World War land which contrlbuled so handsomely to
Australia's crlckeUng strength in the early 1920s. Bul I
hlYe treasured memories 01 those legendary figures , men
li ke Herb ie Collins (Ialer to be Auslralla's captain), Jack
Gl'!gary, Bertie Oldfield and olbers.
- Jack Gregory was one 01 the gl'!atest all-rounders Ihe
world has ever seen and sadly his lasl Test in 1928 was my
lirst.
~I rubbed shoulders with and played with or againet
many ollhese men and they were a big influence on my
"After World War II, the larmation 01 the Australian Services' side repealed the example of Ihe Alf side and
duced another Australian captain in the pef$on
Hassett, plus Ihe magn1licenl all-rounder Keith
once more the InfIuellCe of these returned men on
English and Aus1ralian cricket was very marked.
"My own period 01 service in the loren
very brief and my cricket confined to a lew 'in
tesl$: where I was conspiCious by being a
harbinger of Ihe health problems which ultimately
naled my Army career.
"Though never able to reClplltre my fonn or filness
the 1930s Illid subsequently hive the honour Ind
ot taking the Auclralian learn 10 Engllnd In 1948 .'.c.:c
ex·servin playef$ pllyed such I prominant role in
raila 's suuellinel I 1m proud 10 think we I
part In helping reslore cricltel in waf
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Printed on the premises of Media Press.
"-he Bonshaw Cup has
been run and won again in
IIMAS HARMA N,
Covering a distance of
5.8km the time to beat was
16mins 33sees (A ndrew
Lloyd) and 19mins 7sees
(Ca rolyn Sc huwalow).
Once agai n Lloyd, from
the Allstralian Institute of
Spo rt. showed a dean pair
of heels and was the first
home (again) in 16mins
35sees, jllst two seconds
outside of his reoord.
Showing the girls (and
many of the blokes) how to
do it was his wife, Carolyn
.Sehuwalow (19min 17secs).
She fin ished a strong sixth
overall breaking he r previo us reoord by Imin 15secs.
Bul winners of the Bonshaw Cup was D NO P Plus
(LCDR
Rod
Harrod .
Mullins.
LCD R Steve
LEU"- Roland Van Gelle n.
LEUT David Mervyn Jarvis, CPO Dixie Ford and
CPO Bluey StOkes).
This was a great effort
considering three members
of the team arc over 35.
Still expe rience eou nlS
for a lot and the team had
the winning experience of
Rod Harrod who has been
a me mber of the winning
Bonshaw Cup team for the
last three years.
Talking of experie nce
CA PT David Ramsay of
SUCCESS has obvio usly
had a lot of time to get into
training fo r the Bo nshaw
Cup.
This paid off when he became the first .Service veteran to cross the finish line
in a very respectable time
of 23mins 25secs.
He still needs just a bit
more training (and his ship
to remai n in refit) to catch
up to G ary Han of Weston
Cree k Running Club who
was the first civilian veteran
home in 18mins lisees .
In the individual even ts
LS Kate Ca rl ile of HARMAN took home the
trophy for the first Service
woman in a time of 25mins
39sees and LCD R Ne v
Maddern was the fi rst Service man to cross the line.
The Visi tors' Cup was
wo n by the team from ALBATROSS a nd D ISCON2
took hom e the Defe nce
Credi t Union Trophy fo r
the firsl HARMAN team .
The
first
Se rvice
women's team included
SBLT S<lmantha Heath.
SBLT Polly Reynolds ,
SBLT Elise Burnside and
SBLT Alice Glachen.
A field of more than 200
runners took part in this
year·s cup and thanks must
be extended to the PTls for
their o rganisation of this
event.
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