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TIc RoyaJ AllStflld a Nil')' Ius lKgu IH distriba;ti<HI of 5%,000 "dig:« style" bts to its WIors.

The move oomes in line with growing public awarcllC$$ lO the dan­sel's 0( o..cr-exposure 10 the wn.

An " independent impact evaluation" of the Australian Defence Force

The tiny Mediterraaean island RelMlblic: of Malia, Ge. has issued a special medal for those who as­sis1ed in its epic' defence durine World War II.

The new Army-slyk ~digger bal~ (IInsbIChcd) compielC willi Navy blue p"garee, d!imtrap and beret bad&t WI be worn eiI:~1 II 5U or ashore It tile disculion of tile IXlmlIWIding offioer.

Without the ~lurJI UpM of the Army baB, the new bciMi gear lias been desi&ned to olfer maximum protection from the sun.

The new head &ear has already betn issued 10 officel$ serving in DMWiII and Clif ll5 where they are poo.'in, 10 be ve ry popubr.

Naval SuppOl1 Commander , Rear AdmirallnYid HoIIbouse, who pe:nonally sckded the new head IUI', $aid mal they wouJd offer ron· sidenbly greater protection from the sun than the traditional Navy bead gear.

The rontrxU for tbe new halS, worth I!lOfC tlw S2 mi11ioo , wac ,warded to a number of oompuUes around AllSlralia including Akubra in Kempsey, the Jolin Bardsley aJlllpiJly in Picton NSW and Mountcastle in Quetnsland.

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Academy is to be ulHlertaken. A Canberra sta tement

says that consisten t with Government directions and Depanment of Finance guidelines, the Department of Defence uodertakn for­mal inYeSl iga tions into the appropriateness, effect ive­ness, and efficiency of its overall operations.

~ As part of this process, the DPMC has endoned the Inspector-General un­de rtaking an independent impact evaluation of the A ustralian Defence Foroe Academy (ADFA),- it adds .

Aims of the evaluation are:

a . To idcntify the rationale fo r the ADFA Component.

b. To assess the extent to which Defence objectives fo r mi litary training and higher education qua lifJCa­lions are being met by the Component .

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riateness and C05l-effective­ness 0( the management , adminisu·ative and financial , . amlngements for the provI­sion of officer cadets to the Defence Foroe .

d . To asses5 the approp­riateness o f the 1981 agree­ment between the Com· monwealth and the Univer­sity o f NSW .

e . To assess the extent to which ADFA rewurces and capaci ties contribute to higher Defence object ives and the needs of Defence Program Managers.

f . To assess the approp­riateness of the objectives and perfo rmance reporting of the Component in the contexU of the Defence program budge t and the an­nual Portfolio Performance Statement.

A Steering Committee, chaired by the Inspeetor­Genera l, has been formed as an inter-disciplinary ex­pert advisory group to as-

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A conside rable number of Australians fought on Malla with Ihe Royal A ir Force, while the Royal A ustralian Navy helped fight through convoys to the idaod and Australian sailo~ manned merchant ships which carried food, fuel and munitions enabling the island to hold out ,

Also, afte r one of the largest waves of post-war migra­tion, AuuraJja is now home to more people of Maltese de­scent Iban is Mal ta il5clf. Many of these are qua lified for the new medal .

Maltese who served with the Malta Police, Dockyard Defence , Civi l Defence, AUJlil ia ry Corps , Fire Brigade and as Di5lricl Commissioners , Regional Protection OffiCers and Protection OffX:Crl are a lso entitled to the meda l as are nursing members o f the Voluntary Aid Detachment , (V A D) , Red Cross and St John A mbulance who served in military or civil hospitals.

The retent ion of Malta , wi th its Naval base and airfields, was critical to the Allies in the North African and Middle East theatres .

But because of its vital strategic location Malt l endured the heaviest and most sustained conventional aerial bom­bardment of any targe t of the war.

The ancient fort ress State was pounded almost continu­ously from shon ly after Italy·, entry into the war in June 1940 unlil the A ll i« landed in Sicily in 1943,

WITHSTOOD HAMMERING [n terms of kilograms of bombs d ropped per square

kilometre it is believed no o the r target on earth withstood such a hammering.

Additional to the ae rial onslaught was coupled the fact that convoys to the besieged island were constan tly at ­tacked by G erman and Ital ian ai r and naval forees through­o ut the investment .

Food and fuel were usually in crit ially short supply and available only because of the heroism of British aod Allied naval and merchant seamen.

The enemy attacks were such that some convoys had to tum back while others lost most o f thei r merchant ships and escorts.

Early in April . 1942_ as Malta came undcr its most sav­age attack the GO\·crnor advised London the place might not be able to hold out without supphes.

On April ]5 as a tribute to the Mal tese and a psycholog­ical boost to their morale it was decided to give the tiny for­tress the highest Brillsh gallant ry award available for civi­lian heroism - the George C ross - which ranked in the civi­han order with the Victoria Cross for servicemen,

The new medal will include a rcplica of the George Cross the award of which to a whole people wa~ unique.

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lhe Royal All!itnlilin Navy haH' farewelled three sailors, .11 of whom ~Iire lifter lit Il'll.'it 20 years or good serrite.

CPOETP Many Egan. C POSN Stephen Dowling and CPOCOXN "DutchyM Veldhuyzcn enjoyed a last, tearful enuy into Sydney Harbour recently.

Marty pays off after 2 1 years of service.

After joining the RAN in 1971 he trained at HMAS CERBERUS.

He spent a total o f eight years on HMAS MEL­BOURNE and enjoyed his other ships including STALWART and BRIS­BANE, and establishments KlJITABUL and NIRIMBA.

Marty joined HOBA RT in 1987 and was awarded a mari time commander's commendation for his hard work and devotion to duty as manager of the refit work package for the elec­trical department during HOBARTs modernisation.

Also, in 1991 Marty was awarded the Aust ral ia Day Medal for oUlSlanding ser­vice and devotion to duty. He will now pursue electri­cal contracting work in the Batemans Bay region.

Stephcn joined in 1973 and lists the highlights of his career as his time on MELBOURNE and DUTCHESS.

He recalls a time when MELBOURNE was in San Diego and he was involved in the pick up and transport o f Grumman Trackers back to the ship.

The planes were in such a st,lIe thai Ihey were or­dered 10 lake only Ihose whose wings did nOI fall off when touched!

Stephen·s life after the Navy will include employ­mcnt in computer logistics in Canberra.

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TW~lfty-two-y~or-old Michell~ Luhrs hails from Southport on Quunsland's sunny Gold Coast. Mich~lf~ if a kun MoclrgtHr and kupsftt with o~r()bjr:s.

PiC!un: Jolrn Wilson. , , , IIIIII , , , Duthcy. who spenl his

first 11 years as a rebel radar plotter , changed over to coxswain in 1984 and has never looked back .

He lists his career high­lights as his service during the relief dfon in Darwin in the wake of Cyclone Tracy . the Spithead Naval Review and his final year as chief coxswain on HOBART.

Dutchy has also served in BRISBANE. COOK. MELBOURNE, VAM-PIRE and TORRENS.

His fu ture plans lie in local polit ics with the goa! of becoming mayor of Port Lincoln, SA.

Dr Yeo Ning Hong, the MiniSlft" for Defence of the Republk of Singapore, has been in Australia on a five day visit as the ~U C!it or the Australian Minister for De­fence, Senator Robert Ray.

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Under the discussion were bi- Iateral issues sur­rounding regional securi ty. including ongoing Singapo­rean access to Australian training facilities .

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Last September, 120 sol­diers from the Singaporean Armed Forces (SAF) at· lended the Shoatwater Training Area , near Roc­khampton, for Exercise Matilda 91.

Six RSAF A4 fighter air­craft and two KC 13(1 air­to-air refuele rs exercised across northcrn and west­crn Australia between July and Augusl last yea r. as well as panicipating in Exercise Pitch Black 91.

Senator Ray. described Dr Yeo·s visit as ~a posilive example of the ongoing dose dcfence relationship between Australia and Singapore". ,

An Invitation 10 Au­stralia was issued to Dr Yeo last year following Senator Ray's successful visit to Singapore in April 1991.

In addition 10 talks Or Yeo visited Sydney to in­spect Land Hcadquaners at Victoria Barracks, and Maritime Headquarters at Potts Point , as well as Air Headquarters at RAAF Richmond.

Mr Lim Siong Guan, the First Pe rmanent Secretary of the Singaporean Depan­ment of Defence and Major General Ng Jui Ping, the Acting Chief of the De­fence Force Singapore and Otief of Anny accompanied Dr Yeo.

Submarine p-roject ,

More than $2 billion had been spenl so (ar o n the new submarine project, the Minister (or Defen~e, Senator Robert Ray, told those assembled (or the keel­laying o( NUSHIP WALLER , at the AllSIralian Subm arine Corporation con­struction (acility at Osborne, South Australia_

The keel-laying was per- By ___ ~ formed by the Minister in 1 Antony Und~rwood the presence of the Chief of Naval Staff, VADM Ian MacDougall , and guests Mr and Mrs Michael Waller and Mr Mark Waller , re­spectively son and grand­son of CAPT Hector Wal­ler after whom the third Collins class submarine will be named.

The Managing Director of ASC, Dr Don Williams, was master of ceremonies and introduced Senator Ray. SA Premier John Bannon and VADM Mac­Dougall as speakers.

Sen. Ray said the jobs crealed and the t«hnology transfer through the project demonstrated the success of the Government policy of defence self-reliance.

He said the 70 percent Australian content level sct for the new submarine pro­ject was greater than for any comparable project which had gone before.

" However, it sets the standard for the ANZAC ship!; and any o ther major projects to follow , ~ he said.

Sen. Ray added that the submarine project was "right on schedule. nearly five years after contract signature".

"Only four years ago. ~ he said, gesturing around

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the ASC facility , "this whole area was only open land.

''To all those who may have doubts thaI Austra-lians have the will or capac· ity (to take on major pro­j«ts), I o ffer the progress in construction of the new submarines'·.

In the facility which has been transform ed from a giant open area to a busy workshop with three par­tially-completed sub­marines on the floor , Dr Williams hin ted that the "going" in the project was going to get tougher.

He praised the "skill. stamina and determina­tion" of the ASC team. He said the progress was due in part to Ihe promptings of the '·senior coach", Sub­marine Project Director

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to mature to handlc the ad-ditional work .- he said.

Dr Williams referred also 10 the reecnt acquisition by the corporation of O'Con­!lOrs Engineering in Adelaide and of Carrington Slipways near Newcastle.

"ASC has the makings of a major player - in the East and West ," he said, "but we will have to create that future ."

Premier Bannon said that projects such as the submarines construction "with real plus signs are a relatively rare breed at the moment. "

"The Federal Govern-ment's confidence in us (SA) has becn fully jus­tified, - he said . "Our capacity has improved (with technology transfer) and increases Australia's overall capacity,"

Mr Bannon added that the Corporation was not a single-purpose concern.

"But the submarine con-slruction does vindicale the Federal Government's de-cision as one of vision and thc Defcnce Depanmcnt who understood the re-qui rement ," he said.

"We must see the global market and demonstrate in-temational capabilities."

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"unlike 1982, they let us play in this ODe," reports RAN/RN exchange officer Ueutenant Commander Peter Nelson RAN on hb particip­ation in " Operation Desert Shield" . He is coming to tbe end of an

" extended" ',,·(toyear exchange posting witb the Royal Navy Fleet Air Ann's 84S Nanl Air Commando Squadron .

BaRd at RNAS Yeovillon in Somerset, England sin« July 1989 be bas Rn'ed in such diverse thealra as the Ami( in Minter, rontinentaJ Europe, aU areas of G reat Britain , the Meditemlnean, Gibraltar and more recently the Persian Gulf.

Aware or the precedent set during the Falkland's ConOict of I98Z whereby II predecessor in h is exchange was prevented from participating, be immediately volunteered to deploy to the Gulf should his Squadron become involved. This ,..'as, unl il r«ently, unbeknownsllo his English wife and shortly following .. trip to Israel in mid August 1990.

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LeOR Peter Nelson RAN recelyed the Air Force Cro .. - one of BrI­t.ln 's hlghe.t brsyery awards - for hi. gallantry during the Gulf War.

Her MIJe.ty the Queen mid. the pr.sentatlon In I ceremony at Bucking­ham Palace.

At 0305 on a day during the height of the Desert Storm operation LeDR Nelson and three crew of I Sel King h.lkopt.r w.re orDered to pick up two cI.u.ltles from I for­ward dr •• alng st.tlon.

In totilly o~st con­diUons. drlYlng rlln and up to 30 knots of wind, even with night yision goggles. LeDR Nelson and his crew could not pkk up enough light to .ee the ground.

He took hi. helicopter on the 60 minute fl ight to the dress ing s tation al50 metre. height, flying en­tirely on instruments.

He Iinded In full view of • continuing tank bat­tle, loaded the casualties Ind returned 10 Ihe main ho.pltal - aglln It low 1 ..... 1 Ind In appalling condltlonl.

One of the wounded wa. I British officer while the other was a POW - who had been shot in the backside.

In the citation LeDR Nelson rec:etyed 11 .11d It wes an •• cepUonal feat of life .. ylng .... 1111011 In which the I»lot displayed outsllndlllg cour~ and ",fle.s dedlcallon fof the benefit of others, and exempllflld his Ittltude and ..., .. of duty which he had dlsplayttd throughout the Per.lan Gulf deployment and his exchange tour.

(By LeDR Peter Nelson , RA N)

Perh.ps one or the more attractive (or less dependin& upon your outlook on life) /l.'ipectS of an exchange tour is the possibility of becoming involved in some " intefftting" detachments which you may noC othe .... rse encoun1er " Dol'l'nunder" .

Primary task of my squadron. together with 846 NACS. is to support 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines, wherever they may be required. This, according to current NATO doct rine, is generally in northern Norway which is the re­fore where we - JungJies- spend our winters (8RRRR!).

However, in early January 19'91 , we were duly delivered to AI Jabayl airfield on the east coast of Saudi Arabia . The range and sheer bulk of mili tary hardware assembled there by both the Americans and British was astounding - this was going to be !lOme scrap when it began!

For the next two \\'eeks we were accommodated a t the Rezayat complex; quasi ·motel type buildings used by American oil company employeC$. O ur $ix aircraft to­ge ther with a similar number for 84§ NACS (hastily re· commissioned in mid November for th i!;; purpose) were nown from the nearby port area (having just arrived on HAtlantic ConveyorH

) to a Saudi naval academy on the COllSt .

With the air war looming ever larger an enormous effort was required to prepare ground and NBC defences for the new Hairfield" - an overflow carpark.

Equal effo rt was directed towards insta ll ing newly ac· quired avionics (why did these take !>O long to be pro­cured??!) and an aircraft "self-<lefence sui te" and for air· erew to become quasi·user·friendly with it ,

This was indeed a tall order and one that was only barely met when the ai r raid si rens rudely awoke us at 0310 on January 17,

INITIAL FEELINGS YES - " Desert Storm" was upon us! That init ia l fe ll ing

of real fear , helplessness, unreali ty and apprehension will never be forgonen. " What AM I doing here?", HB._y hell - this is for reaW

After several hours we learn t to accept that SCUD mis­siles in their 1,00(1'5 weren't about to rain down upon us. tipped with chemical warheads.

Life was nonetheless di fficult living in an SIO NBC re· spirator and Mk4 suit and flyi ng in similarly cumbersome gear.

The fact that it was winter was some small comfort to us, Of greater comfort was the secure knowledge that the NBC gear we were donning was reoogniscd as the world 's best - a fact which inevi tably created a mini·blaek market for these items!

January 23 saw both squadrons move Hlock. stock and barrel" to our chosen desert site near King Khaled Military Ci ty (KKMC) which involved a n hour continuous drive for the CXlnvoy along the treacherous main supply route (MSR).

NAS "Strawberry Fields- was created overn ight in at ro­cious weather conditions. The nocturnal mercury plum· meted to a morale·sapping minUll 10 degren C. This we were NOT prepared for, even though we did expect it to be 0001 at night .

Due to a highly commendable act of initiative on the part of some unsung hero , petrol heaters miraculously ap­peared in each ten t. These were immedia tely found by "Jack" to make excellent toasters (al least I had someth ing on which to spread my ··Vegemite- i) .

The heavens opened up with a vengeance - and we thought we had left such weather behind in AI Jabayl? Generally the type of sand encountered in these Persian G ulf deserts was nOt the same as one sees in - Lawrence of Arabia" movies: no such luck.

When rain fe ll during the G ulf War the sand lurned 10 mud and d ay· like earth presenting obvious problems and effecting morale adversely. This was not to mention the te rrible effect it had on trying to move e.tire armies across this - quagmire".

Many of the - wrecks" encountered during the ground offensive had in fact become bogged and thence aban· doned during such floods.

1be battlefield became a metal merchanl's paradise. We were later to learn that the win ter of 1990-91 in th is region had been the wettest for over 3G yean!! !

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SCUD ATTACKS During the six or so weeks we spent at Strawberry Fields

SCUD attacks va ried in frequency but were ever present. The wise man kept his 5-t O respirator by his bunk and slept in his un iform ready 10 leap into his bunker in a moments nOliee.

"'1lIe tnd is nur!" - or so .... e thought when a " Pat rio t" missile launched from a nearby battery decided, in direct contravent ion of orders. to self-dest ruct directly above our campsi te in the afternoon of February 21.

Shrapnel rained down upon the terrified masses but thankfully no seious injuries were sustained - an altogether sobering experience! Such incidents .... eren·t wi thout their humorous side though.

Consider fully grown men, in all slates of undress. burst · ing fOr1h from their ~thunger-boxn- and washing Ireas with masks donned and pulses racing!

Later thaI same evening a fUr1ber (multiple) Pat riO! launch was witnessed ( the noise of the launch has to be heard to be believed!) and a successfu l SCUD engagement

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LCDR Neliion (squlI/t/ll! III lrollt) ond Id/o", fell' memo IHrs lit "Strtlwbeny Fit!ldJ" in Siludi Ambill. (N. B. The

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resulted only several kilometres north of our disbelieving eyes! 'llIe Americans must have thought it was the fourth of J uly when they saw the brillian t "pyrotechn ic" display.

On February 24 the ground offensive (Operation ~ De · se r1 Sabre") was upon us after being delayed while empty promises by Saddam Hussein were investigated and ex­posed for what they were - UES. Nightly standby for Casevac and troop moves in sUPPOr1 of the U.S. 7th Ar­moured Corps and the U.K. 1st Armoured Division were carried out by 84S Squadron. At this stage 848 NACS were preparing to move ~Iock , stock and barrel ~ into Iraq .

PRIORITY CASEVAC SORTIE In the early hours of February 26 a Sea King of 84S

NACS was launched from wSpectre- to carry out a priority Case",c sortie 10 a position almost 40 miles inside Iraq . (When 1 had awoken the previous moming this was well behind enemy lines!).

The wealher was poor - low cloud , driving rain, lightn· ing and visibility down to SOO metres in places - the crew were nOI happy!

The were praying for a good radal l height hold together with good Grs sa tellite coverage and satisfactory avionics performance enroute . Continued on page 10.

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ROSS has been awarded the Emil Christensen Prize for being the Navy's best General Entry Recruit 01 1991 .

SMNSE (Seaman Safety EquIpment) Phl111p Duman was presented with the award - a wallet and a cheque for $250 - at a special ceremony conducted In his honour.

Phillip , 24, of Toowoomba, Queensland, was sur­priMd that he had I1ICllved the award.

"I dldn 't think I did all that much. Just as much as other. did ," he said.

Officially, Ph l111p had " conducled himself In a most professional and competent manner, well above that .xpected of a new entry I1ICrult ; (had) displayed init la­l iv. and dedication at all t imes and was promoted to L. adlng Rec:rult .....

He d id admit six years' experience w ith the Army Re .. rve had g iven him an In.lght Into military life, and, at 24, saw himself and othef " oldef" I eading Re­crult ••• more mature than other new entrle • .

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In July 1991, Rear A dmiral H .A . S howers, e RE, RAN (Rtd) d ied in Sydney a nd, with h is pass ing, the last link wi th the h ist o ric fi rst ent ry to the Royal AW>ti fin Naval Co.~ge (KANe) .. 1913 was ~,"Cred _

A CNS-cndorxd deci- when' a kamikue aircra fl sion was made in lale 1991 hil HMAS AUSTRALIA 10 write a history of the al the bailie o f Leyte Gulf. 1913 Entry and the con- Captain H ,A . Showers triootion that lhey had commanded several RAN made to the RAN. warsh ips including HMA

Mr A.W. Gruebrook (a Ships ADELAIDE, RANR Commander) has HOBART and SI-IRO P-been selected to write this SH IRE. histo ry and is currently col­ he was in command of

HOBART when she was lorpedoed by a Japanese submarine off Espiritu Sanlo.

lecting research material for the tDsk.

Many readers will know Mr Grazebrook as the Naval oorrespondent to Asia Padfie Defence: Reporte r.

The 1913 Entry to RANC commenced Dt Os­borne Iiouse, G eelong. and later transferred to the Jervis Bay si te in 1915.

Of Ihe th irt een-year-old boys who entered the Col­lege in 19 13,23 passed OUI from the College in 1916 (four were withdrawn by thei r parentS and a fifth , Doclel Midshipman O .E . Albert died from menin­gi lis in 19 14).

Fo llowing their gradua­tion all 23 newly-promoled Midshipmen were sent 10 join ships of Ihe Grand Fleet (Royal Navy) then operating in the North Sea againsl Ihe German High Seas Flee t.

Two of the 1913 entry wcre deslined never to re­turn from serving in World War I. They ,,·e re E .S. Cunningham and F.L. lar­kins who both lOS! Iheir lives while serving IJl

submarines. A rew o r the 1913 enl ry

le ft the RAN during Ihe imer war years but a number continued to serve.

With the outbreak of war in 1939, three had achieved the rank of Captain (H .B. Farncomb, 1.A . Collins and 1. Burnell ).

During World War II se"eral of the 1913 entry distinguishoed themselves on active service.

Captain J .A Collins (Ia ler Vice Admiral Sir John Collins. KBE, C B, RAN) commanded HMAS SYDNEY in 1940 when she sank Ihe Italian BARTOLOMEO LEONI.

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uner IJl 1944 he was ap­poinled 10 Commodore (lSI Class) and wa~ wounded

Despile serious damage Caplain Showers brought the HO BART to port fo r repairs.

Three of the 1913 entry were killed during Ihe war.

Captain J . Burnett was killed when HMAS SYD­NEY was sunk with all hands fo llowing he r en­counler with the German Raider KORMORAN in November 1941.

Caplain F. E . Gell ing was mortally wounded when HMAS CAN-BE R RA was sunk al the Baule of Savo Island in Au­gust 1942, and LK:Ulenant Commander L.L. Walkins was lost when H MAS PERTH was sunk in a bat­tle against overwhelming Japanese fo rces in March 1942.

Three o lhe r members of the 191 3 enlry were heavily involved with selling up and controlling the coast­WoitdUng organisation in New Guinea and the Solomons.

They wcre Commander R .B.M. Long. Commander E.A. Feld l and Lieutenanl Commander H. A. Mae-kenzie.

A ll three were decorated for Iheir services in m3in­taining the coast-watching system.

Readers who have mate­rial which may be of in­terest 10 Mr Grazebrook in compiling th is history are requesled to conlact the Histo rical Coileelion Of­fice r, HMAS C RESWELL (Lieutenant G.J. Swinden) who will o rganise for mate­rial 10 be passed on to Mr Grazebrook .

The Royal Australian Naval College postal ad­dress IS HMAS CRES­WELL. JervIs Bay 2540. Australia .

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The Royal Austral ian Naval College H isto rical C o llection has exis ted fo r se\'­eral years a nd relocated to more adequate quarters in Novem ber 1990_

"The aim of the coIl«tion is 10 p!eoc l ~ the history 01. the CoIkge and the RAN as a whole. ~"' arc scveral displays which include a

moclr. up of a midshipman·s cabin and phoIo­gnph displays 01 midshipmrn al work . on !he sponin, field and relaxing.

AnoIher area is SC I aside fOl" display of RAN ",lies and includes phoIographs of ships. cap tal­lin, a model of a DOG, the last deck log of HMAS AUSfRALIA (sunk under the terms of the Washington agreemrnt in 1924) and a leiter wrilten by a Pelty Ofrlttr onboard HMAS SYDNEY in November 1914 shortly afler lhe wn king of lhe EMDEN in "'hich he describes !he action.

Uniforms and malal$ are displayed in another room and include the umfonn and medals 01. Commodoa Sir Jame RaTTlSilY. the ble GoveT1M)l" 01 Queensland.

Yel another room, dcsIgna led as lhe mem0-rial room conlains lrib .. nn and plaqUCli 10 RANC gaduata ",ho have died in defence of Auslralia.

Thi$ display includes the Alben Medal pre­~med posthultl()U!;ly to Midshipman Kerry Marian in 1964 for the p.1rt he played in saving lives when HMAS VOYAGER was sunk duro ing a colli!;]on with the a.m:rafl carrier HMAS MELBOURNE.

A separale room lD CERBERUS House hao. beromc the RANC "'~nlatlOD Room and conlaim dass pt .. :lIogTl1phs 01 mldshlpu",11 d,n-

ing back 10 1913 and also house! !he Webber Model Ship collection.

Mr Peltr Wd>lJoc,r of Falls Cretk has COD­SlTUClaI K\'eral wooden ship models . his most !"«Cnl model of a 40 pm frigale !akin, over ),00) hours 10 comv!ete.

These models a", donated frte of charge to RANCby Mr Webber.

"The Historical Colleclion al50 consisls of sev­eral re1ic:$ located at HMAS CRESWELL. These include a Japanese Shrine Lantern do­n31W 10 RANC in 1949.

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open each Wednnday for inspec!ion and It .., 1150 a popular tourist ail rae­lion for 100:31 bus tour groups.

Donations of ilems including relies . pholo­graphs, and documents are alw3YS appreciated as arc lllOncllIty donations. as the collection re­lin purely on donalions from the public in order 10 improve lhe quality of It5 displays.

Any enqulOes cuncemlJlg the colleetlon \hoold be sent 10 the H'sloncal C<:>IlectlOn Of· ficer. Ueutenant Greg SWlnden, IIMAS CRESWELL. Je,,·is Bay 2540.

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Warrant Officer Trevis I pu t on a un-ifonn as a "8aby bandy" in the Royal Marines on March 4. 1952 jus t 14~ years old.

Pat"S firsl ship was HM S 19(6) four Royal Tourna­VICfORY (yes lhe real menlS; 1"·0 Royal Edm­one at Trafalgar) "hleh IS burgh Tanoos; three FA moored IJl Portsmouth Cup Finals and al Ihe Dockyard as a tounst and Japanese Expo III Tok)"O. historical attraction . Towards Ihe end of Pat 's

This was fonowed closely RN career. he joined Ihe by postings to Ihe Anglo I RN Reserve as a Sub­Egyptian Suez Canal con- Lieutenant Cadet Instruc­

met. the Persian Gulf pat- lo r and formed a cadel rol and then in Malta, band which came third in Nonh Africa and Cypress the South of England Band with the Royal Manne Contesl after on ly nine Commando Brigade. monlhs of belllg formed .

During the 1960s Pat served III Ihe Portsmouth In 1975 Pat joined the

RAN Band Service: and Band onboard the Royal Yacht where he shook " as part of the HMAS hands with the Queen . STIRLING commissioning played for Princess Mar. ceremony. garefs wedding as well as In 1m he transfe rred 10 meeting most of Ihe Royal the Naval Po liee and rose Family. to the rank of Warrant

Pat's band duties have Officer. enabled him 10 play in When Pat fin ally swaI-50me very inleresting ven- lows the ancho r, he will ues including Ihe World have served 4() years and Cup Finals (soccer. Eng- e ight months in one land \OS Wesl Germany uniform or anolher.

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WONPC Tr·tvis rtulvlng his paying 0/1 pennant, Jart .. ·tll truncheon ond prntnts Jrom Command Pofiu

Officer, LitN/tnant Commandn Joh" Beddo ... ,

When the ROYAL NAVAL TRAINING

ESTABLISHMENT, HMS CALEDONIA at Rosyth. was closed down in 1984 after 50

years of s{:rvice. an OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION was formed,

1\ is hoped to establish an Austfalian branch in the near future. and former RN personnel who served there at any time between 1936 and 1984. who are interested. should contad -

Bill Reid. 4/ 44 Winbourne Street. West Ryde, NSW 2114. (Tel : 02 874 4526).

COMMEMORA TIVE PORT CROCK

To commemorate the RAN Submarine Squadron Silver Jubilee, (1967-1992), a limited edition port crock has been commissioned for sale. (With accompanying certificate).

The crock is in the shape 01 Ihe Submariner"s dolphins. A coloured decal of Ihe dolphins and crown is fired onto one side with a nominal list 01 submarines on the reverse. The stopper is under the crown. Initial delivery of crocks will stan 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:

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Aboriginal Eldu MQrjQ,i~ Timbtry (ant!?) and Laddit Timbt'ry prt!!iml Caprain HarTington wirh a boomrrang.

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ficer of HMAS e KES- CO WE LL. Captllin C.S. H . Harrington, has been hon-oured ,,'jlh II 5pecial ,"is;1 from Aboriginal Elder Marjorie Timbery and local inno~:lIor Laddie Timbery.

Discussions included the successful Yalunga Festival (held in Sydney). the Lady DCliman Tourism Attrac­tion in which they are ac­t ively involved. and the his­lOry of the Naval College.

Marjo rie remembered the Naval Collegc in its ea r­liest years as hcr fathe r , Thomas Butler. was a good friend of Captain Lane Pool, II previolls Com­manding Officer o f the Naval College.

A highlight of the visit was an exchange of pre­sents including photo­graphs. letters , informa· tiOll, and a surprise for Captain HarringlOn - a boomerang!

Laddie was enthusiastic in demonstrating his abili ty in boomerang throwing and afte r a few practices Cap­tain HarringlOli started to get the hang of it.

"And. who knows? ... maybe it will catch 0 11 at BM AS C RESWELL," our correspondent adds.

I'ns~nla/ion of Ihr S~cr~lary 's award by Commodon Muvyn Youf 10 ErieS/o ....

Certificate for 40 years service

RANME employee, Mr Eric Stow has been awarded the Secre tary to Department of Defence Certificate for 40 years' long service.

Commodore Mrrv)'n You!. NSC Chief o f Logis· tics, made the presentation.

Eric has worked all his life in Defence .

He was initially employed at St M:lr)'s Mun­itions Factory in::t942.

Serving in the A .I.E from 1945-47 he was a member of the Japanese Occupation Forces.

On June 7_ 1948 he com­menced employment with the Navy at RANA D Kingswood.

He was involved with all

aspects of storage at RANAD and in 1972 trans­fe rred to RANMM E where he worked in the Ika ra I Seacat Facilities.

A dedicated Storeman. Eric has seen and adjusted to technological change.

From chalk and sla te re­cords in the early days to computer entries on COM­SARM.

He is a true storeman in ewry aspect and has given 43\f.: years of valuable ser­~ice at Kingswood arma­mcnt logistics.

COMMAND E R JAMES ARMSTRONG AM MBE

Retirement A n informal farewell fun ct ion to mark the retirement

of CMOR Armstrong from the RAN will be held at the CANBERRA YACHT C LU B on Friday, April

24. 1992 commellcing al 1200.

Friends and associates a re cordially invited .

A buffet lunch will be provided at a cost of $25 per person.

RSVP April 15 . 1992 to WO J Wilson (06) 265 5443 A G 19 Russell Offices CANBERRA 2600

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The trade training establiWnenl HMAS l\1RUtmA has played host to si,; undergraduate Midshipmen on wori;: experience.

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TIley v.>ere: SBLT Peter Merttr. MrDN Darren Mur­phy. MIDN Martin 0Jarlcs, MIDN S. EJiiott , MIDN Roger Fonhof and MlDN Ryder.

Dunllg the fi~ three weeks of their stay each un­dergraduate was tasked t:-y the Executive Offio:r to re­search a panicular problem NIRIMBA ""'lIS experiencing.

Each compiled a paper and gave a 20 minute presentation before the Commanding Of­fICer. Executive Of rICer and in terested pen;onnei.

Each presentation gained considerable interest and some changes may result from them - much to the Midshipmen's detight!

For the remaining two

weeks the undergraduates spent time at different depart­ments around NIRIMBA.

1hcy assisted in divisional ""ork and instT1JCliofJ of ap­prentices and phase sailors.

TIle Englllcering students w.-:rc involved with a Phase Two Valve Course, where they disassembled. repacked and tested a number of valves.

Thi5 gave them pructical experience and provided en­tcnainmcnt for the instruc­tors.

TItc ulldergraduates also kept KIRIMBA's or .. 1G·s busy with their limited experi­ence on the parade ground.

During their stay the Sea­man Officers also gained a valuable insight into their

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career future by Visiting the Bridge Simulator at HMAS WATSON and by \;siting other RAN establishments in the Sydney area.

Three of the six arc now awaiting postings to HMAS CRESWELL for Junior Of-

Military and civilian staff or the hi-Service Defence International Training Centre in Melbourne have been subjected 10 five days or challenging and ardu­ous activities with a journey to the Kosciusko National Park for their annw staff development training program.

FL T L T Dave Lavieka chose picturesque Tom Groggin Stat ion on the Victorian I New South Wales border as base for the

exercisc. Day 1 was taken up by the seven hour

road journey from Melbourne - followed by a 6 km run after alighting at Tom G rog· gin. The tempo of events quickened on Day 2 with pcrson llel dividing the day bet­ween 4 hours o f horse riding over hilly. wooded terrain (quite a feat as nearly all were novicc ride rs!). and a tricky orien­teering exercise.

Leading Seaman Lawrie Curruthers must have thought he was in the Cox Plate when his horse (thereafter known as "Gluepot~) decided to bolt! Fortunately , neither person nor beast were injured.

The highlight of the week, for most, was the five hours of white-water rafting on the upper reaches of the Murray River. This

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However, for anyone contemplating tak· ing up th is activity. there is an absolute guarantee of enormous fun and entertain­ment. Some of the more intrepid ad~entur­e rs. led by Lt Phil Lowery and RAAF SGT AU De Vill ie rs. decided to abandon their raft s and "freefall" through some of the rapids.

Day 4 involved a 13 km walk to the sum­mit of Mt. Kosciusko. Staff were surprised by how much snow still remained on Au­stralia's highest peak . The physical exer­tion and fou r degree temperature on the mountain gave even the reluctant ones an appetite for the culinary delights of Service ration packs.

-DI TC Slaff on th~ summit of Mr. Kosciusko (top, I_r) : LT Phil L0 14·t!ry, Kris Wdfings, Sh~ilah Cro ... f~y, WOFF Waf Shuman, SGT AIJ D~ Vii/ius. I'ronl: LS.VrR Laurie Car­ru/hus, SQWN Sulwnlip, FLT LT Da~~ Lavicka, SeT Marx H~ms"'orth and CPL Ron

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• ABW1'n Shaun 1I0f:h~im~r, Mr lIIartin An/on. POSV Tony Dalfrn, CMDR Thomas and

'-SillED K~rrin Millington all smiles afrer rh~ prt!st!nlarion.

CAIRNS SERVICE REWARDED Commander R .C .

Thomas. the na'"al officer­in _charge CA IRNS. hu l're~ntcd ,\8WTR Shaun Hnllheimer and POSN Tnny Dallen with commen­dations fnr their oUbtand­ing enthusiasm and dcdiclI­lion bnth nn the job lind in the navat cnmmunity.

Mr Martin Anton . man­age r of the Northern Heri t· age Motel and loiS Palmas Motel for the Navy. '\llso re­ceived a commcndation .

Undoubtedly the many pcr~onnel from "down wuth " ..... ho V1S11 Cairns every year and have had

the pleasure of visiting the Northern Heritage wi ll agree that Mr Anton 's com­mendation IS well­dese rved.

LSME D Kerrin ,\ Iil­lington was presented wi th an Australi" D~y medallion at the conclUSIon of the commendations.

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licer trailling. TItc TCmallllllg . undergraduates win retum to their respective universities to complete their stud ies.

AI J:'.I1RlMBA each under­graduate gained valuable e~­perienoe in a Naval environ-

melll. particularly training of techmcal sailors. providing an illSight for wocn they eventu' ally join the neet.

AU agreed it was a valu­able time for them and all cn­joyed their Slay at NIRlMBA.

HMAS ORION changes hands

Lieutenant Commander Mike Deeks has been rowed ashore by his Heads of Department after for­mally handing Ol'er command of HMAS ORION 10 Commander Rick Shalders.

Last seen sipping from the perpetual Commanding Officer's tankard some­where in Neutral Bay, LCDR Deeks leaves the seagoing fold to take up a posting with DSMPW in Navy Office.

Commallder Rick Shal­ders now jo ins O RION . his seeond submarine com· mand , after service in the United Kingdom on the

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The Slarr and Course Member.; or Ihe Joint Sen'ices Starr College ha"e rarewelled their longesl.~er'·ing Commandant " 'ilh Commodore Peter McKay lea\'ing the Weslon Creek campus for Ihe last lime.

He kao'es Ihe RAN afler 39 )'ea~ scnlcc 11K: Royal ~to<1fronlallon~. AI a barbNue luocheon m lhe gar(lcns fronllng ,he College On return to scrved for oo'er

Me~~. ,he Commodore "'as prescnled .... ,Ih a large and clabo- three years in ratcly embelhshed card and a glf! of scoeral o'ldeo lapes He compleled .he Army 51aff Course~ 3, Oueensehff. Vic. (memorable Auslrahan Rugb) UnIon "!Clones') toria In 1970 and served u .he I)cputy DITeclOr u1 PrOJecl

A mesS d","cr earher 10 ,he week pru\ ided ,he upl"'flunlly CoordinatIon In Canberra m 1'J11 and 1972. lie "'a, pmmoled for formalglfl prcsenlauons. Commander In DeC('mbcr and , !X'nl Ihc nc't 1""0 \'ears to

Thc SIll" magnifiC('nl cogn .. e b~lIoons no ... a\ailable for use m Papua New Gumea 10 command of ,he RA N', patrol bOat bas<' Ihe me"" :Ire a filling Iribulc to Commodore McKay'S su.pi· and Iraining faellny. HMAS TARANGAU . 31 M"nu. 1.land cIon of Ropl Manne Officers und hl~ di~aln for >lekly. s .... eel From 1975 .0 1977 CDR E Md,ay .... as Ihe l)ire<lor of pon. nOled our correo;pundcnt Sailors' Posllng •. allcndcd Ihe Jomt Ser'·lcc. Siaff College. and

In keepmg ""Ih Ihe lrad 'llons of hl> Serv,,:e and spccialisa- served as Exccull\'c Officer of IIMAS SUPI'!. Y lIon. lhedcpanmg Cummandant tool. 10 the ... .. tCrlu mal.c hi, In Junc 19711 he "as po>l~d a~ l'roJect Of rICer for Itt., e,(~b-depaTiure. belOg "",,, cd shore" b~ t h~ [)lreCllng Siaff (Na\·}"). lishmenl of the RAN's St:lf{ Colleg~ and folio" 109 11. tn.lugu·

Aner 3~ year.. allhe Cullege and 3\1 )'e~ .. ser~,,:c. Comma- rallOn at Balmornl in SydnC)' in Jnnuar} 197<,1. """ed.\I, Jt~ As-dore MeKay retired from Ihe RA N on March D, 1992, SIStaOl OITeelOr,

A,r Commodore Uruce Une has a •• umed dUlies a~ Com· lie "a~ promoted Caplato to June (VilU and latcr ,hal )'Cat

mandam J5SC. was posI~-d 111 oommand of HMA5 LEEUWIN 1(1 W"",em Au· CDRE McKay. Jo,ocd the RAN College in 195J and >lnd .... the RA.,V. Jumor !'I.'uuil Ir"lOlng f:w;il,!).

uadualed In 1955, He prOC'l:cded to the UK for sea Imllling in In June 1983 he "a~ """:Ond~d for .cr"cc "lIh lhe Unlled the cadet tralmng shIP HMS TRI UMPH , and joined HMAS Nahon, Ihgh Comm's"oner for Refugec. and dunng the ,hre .. MELBOURNE. whJf:h had re.:cnl ly commIssioned . for p;H- momhs a!laehm" nt wmplelcd a techn'C'll1 ;\udn of Ihe sage home 10 A~lraha U, .... /ICR III SI' A>la In Sep-

As a Li.";lcn~111 he $C ... ·cd at Ihe RAN College. ' JH'nI 18 .e'urned 10 command months as Rag Locutenant 10 ,he Ch.ef of NnaJ Siaff. and a year al HMA5 LEEUWIN a!oSOCialcd ",Ih Junior Reenul lralnlng.

ikt"'-ecn 1964 and 1966 he scrved It sca in command of In­sho~ MinesweepeT$ and FUI Patrol BoatS on 5CCOndmeni 10

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navigation The Officer in Charge

Scaha .. " Introduction and Transition Unit (SITU). Command .. r Alu Wrighl (piau",d) has pt"aenled Ihe AUSlralian Instil"le of Na"igalion '~ 1991 Profj· n..ncy A .... n! to SIT U's ne,,·I,.-joined Obsen·er. Midshipman Sha_ Craig.

Midshipman C raig achicved the award as a re­sult of Ihe navigalional e:c. cellencc he Ocmonslrated during h is basic Navigators oourse al RAAF Base Easl Sale .

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der. 11: ,\1);\1 R.A. K. Walts. hI.' prnenled CPOt.-rS Bany 5Ie"'IIr1 " 'i lh I Marilime Commllnder'. Commend~lion ror his work al Ihe RAN Trillb and AS$I1i­sinl Unit (RANTA U).

CPOETS Siewarl lomed the RAN m 1'J72 as ~ Gen· eral Entry sailor and hIS career ha~ oenlred around guided missile destro~ers.

He joined RANTAU in 1987 seoving as ,he DOG Trials Manager in lhe Surface Weapons Trials scctlon.

During Ih'$ J>e'nod he man· aged Ihe succcSliful rumple· lion of Ihe lrials aspects of all three DDG', undergomg modcm isa lion lit Garden bland.

Other projects to ... h,eh CPO Stew-a J1 pro,"ided con· sidernble and mOSI profes, sional a~siSlance includcd the inl.ooudion into scn "Ioe of Ihe TV Direc.or Aim Cam· era. Muule Velocily Indica· lion MK3 and Ihc Combal Syslems Trainer Van.

Meanwhile CPOCO Andy Robertson has receIved hi s Reet Commander'S Com· mendation from the Officer. in·Charge of Clearance D,v. ing Team One, Lie utcnanl Commander R.M, Crnwfurd.

Andy's was Commended for hIS efforls as Opc.alional Ch,ef of Clearance Oi~ing Team One belween hnuary 1990 and December 1991 .

He had been po.led al COTI from Januar. 7. 1990 10 Occc:mber 23. 1991

During thO' lIme he ",,"'l'd as Co~s ... "atn up to ~1a) 1990 and Ihen cnmpleled hIS ',me "nh .he lcanl as Ihe Oper .. • loonal Ch,ef

While o!X'raul>oal he p~ . ' llcip;IICd tTl Ihe C"nJclha Rock.!. Range Clearance In Tu"ns"lIc tTl Jul\ ]<}',I(I

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/tfarilimt Comm{J"dt~. RADM R.A .K. " •• " a"d IUrs S't .. 'art.

where hc d'$pOSCd of 12 MK 82's,

He Ihen went on 10 aHend olher e~ercisc:s , among Ihem ikachcomber 1990 in Ihe Nonhem Terrilory; COT One ORE. In Oclober 1990 and Ihe Chri~!mas Island Or· dinance Clearance in Dc­cember 1990 with COT Four,

From January 27 10 May 5. 1991. he se rved " 'i,h Clea •. ance D,vlOg Team Three in Ku ... ·ull and .h,s was undoub­ledly Ihe hlghhghl of not only his lime wllh COT One bUI of his na\a l cmeer

On return hc ma' nlained hIS po.Illon as Opcrallonal Chid :md organised leam worl. "hoch Included <>e:abed clearance .11 Je" ,s Ua),

From October to No,em· be, IWI. he partICipated In Ihc rcoo'cr)' operali"n of the hlghl)·publociS<'"d 707 codsh ... hcre he ... a, reall} able 10 pul hi~ ~~\Il. 10 Ihe ICSI

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Two more rccipienls. al HMAS KUTfABUL. have been added 10 the list thIS year.

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the long transit limes involved coupled wilh Ihc uncer­tainly of the availability o f fue l al the pickup poin t (PU P).

This was onc up fo r Ihc FAA ! Eventually Ihe crew a rrived at the ir PUP, 11 forward

Field Dressing Sl3lion, having thanked God, fo r their radalt and TANS 252 GPS nay compuu:r.

TIley loaded the ir IWO casua lties - a British sold ie r with severe abdominal shrapnel wounds and an EPOW who had been shot in the bUllOCks - BAD LUCK aye?

Much trace r fi re , leading to Ihe demise of several Iraqi T-5SJ59 MBTs, was seen in the area of the PUP and bel­ween the eTew and ~home-.

Therefore a low and fast exit from the area was uccuted a ft er it had been asce rtained the re was no fue l to be had the re.

1be Sea King's machine gun and anli· IR missi le nares were at the ready should Ihey slumble across a pocket of resi§tanc:e Ihal had yet to be neutra lised .

The patients were taken to the British 32 Field Hospital after a quick (and eventful ) refue l stop at the RAF Chinook si te .

Several simila r such ,art ies were conducted by 845 Squadron over the next couple of days both by day and by night .

This gave many of us our firsl , and hopefully last experi­ence of actual wartime opera tions.

From all accounts flying during tnc: Fal kland!; Conflict was more ~excit ing" and in Vie tnam was more peri lous, more often, but for most of us this was as much excitemenl as we were prepared fo r in one li fetime!

So this was wha t we 'd come for? All of ItS were hoping fo r a rapid end to tnc: ground war

and were not 10 be disappointed.

The ~ I OO H OUR WAR" had been a success and the Al­lied forces had acquitted themselves very we ll . Now it was time to - mop up" .

Zoo on naval flavour Join lite ae ... al tbe Zoo ~ doe Royal A lI5tralian Navy commissions it5 late§1 5hip " HMAZ Taronga" ro r the ... « keacl of April 4 and s.

The great transform ation has been o rganised as part o f ZOOB1LEE, Taronga Zoo's 75th birthday celeb­rations.

The officia l commission­ing ceremony, to be a t­tended by the Naval Sup­port Commander. Rear Admiral David Holthouse , wi ll lake place on Friday. April 3. at 1030.

Zoo Directo r and Chief Executive , Dr John Kelly, will entrust the keys of Taronga to the Navy fo r the weekend.

HMAZ weekend ac­tivities will be of a nautica l na ture.

To the starboard side naval gymnasts Will di splay thei r acrobatic skills in twO sessions each day.

On the port side. by the Chi mpanuc Park. Naval Reserve CadetS "'ill de­monstrate skills of knot and spltcmg, crca tmg ropes to be 13lcr used by thc Taronga apes and monke~.

The Platypus Gallery. or bow. will host an uhibition

of 12 RAN models. whi le 10 the ste rn , a specia l seal show will allow Navy dive rs to show Zoo visitors a trick o r two .

TIle RAN Heritage G uard will be onboard , walk ing the Taronga vessel daily to the beat of drum corps and the fanfa re of trumpets.

All hands will be on deck as 125 naval personnel navigate HMAZ Taronga fo r the weekend - he lping with cleaning, gardening. alt­ering and animal keeping.

A highl igh t fo r Inc: weekend will be Sound Waves, a nava l "Tattoo" and special concert by the Naval Support Command Band and Inc: Aeel Band, which takes place on Satu rday at ]930.

Trad itiona] ceremonies such as The Ceremony of Silver Drum!, Bea ting to Q uarters and Ceremonial Sunset will conclude the ex­cit ing light and sound performance.

All act ivities an: ineluded in Zoo admi~ion.

Food and drinks will be ava ilable so bring your pic­nic rug, cnJoy the HM AZ Taronga aCII~ i ties and ~ray for the Naval perfonnance of a life time.

Can you help? Re unio n o rganisers are seeking to locate a

number o r e.-Na vy personnel who seO'ed w ith t he Royal Austra lian Navy Com munications D etach­ment in Singapore between J uly 1966 a nd Sep­tem ber 1968.

A reun ion of these personnel in Singapore in 1993 is planned.

The personnel invo lvcd are: LCDR Harry Joseph, C PORSS Des McGowan, LS RO Col Tauber, LSRO Ossie Osborne . LSRO Alan McCoy, LSRO Phil Norton. LS RO P. Anderson. LSRO Jock Donnelly. POWR Liz Sanders, PQWR Natal ie Thorn and PQWR Sue Bandy.

If anyo ne knows the whcreabouts of the above pe l'$O n­nelthey could contact e ithe r WO Tony Meehan (Rtd) o r Max Hasson by writing to PO Box 198, Osborne Park WA 6017 o r by phone on (09) 445 3422 during business hours o r (09) 4518634 a fter hours .

It is intended that th is reunion o«ur during the school hol idays period ei ther in July or September 1993.

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Nary divers - old and DC'" - Ir.ave gatlr.errd ill S,.cllley fo r . pal1l • .

GuCSl reviewing offt<:e r was Dixie Foord , an o rigi­na l navy d ive r having joined in \945.

He qualified as a Hard Hat diver in 1948; spenl the early part of his career in W A at the Boom Depot LEEUWIN and In 1953 went to Korea in HMAS VENG EANC E.

In 1954, while visiting Hobart in Vengeance, he came third in the trans Der­went the

Re.,jewitfg o!fiur, former CPO diur Di.r/e Foord (5~"io,).

From 1955- 1958 he was an Inslructor in Diving and

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U nil Co mmiltee m e m bers h ave anno uncem ent by tbe Naval O fficer Comma nding Soutb Australia , C ommander Brian Gorringe , Royal Aust raJian Navy, tha t T .S . NOARLU NGA bu won tbe Navy Le.gue Shie k! ro r heinx tbe most efficienl Na val Reserve C . del U nit in Soutb A us tra lia ro r 1991.

T. S. NOA RLUNGA parades on Friday evenings a t the Chrislies Beach H igh School. serving the: Southe rn suburbs of Adelaide .

T .S. NO ARLU NG A now gnc:s on to represent South Austral ia in a competition to select the top Naval Reserve Cadc t Unit in Australia .

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Back to Australia he took up instruct ing a t HMAS R USHC U 1'1 E R (Rushcutters Bay) .

He re tired from lhe: Navy in 1965 as a Chief Petty Officer Diver.

The name Dill ie Foord wasn 't out o f the Navy long.

His son joined tbe Navy In 1967. qualifying as a Qearance Diver.

Dixie Junior is still in the Navy as one of only th ree wanant officer clearance d ivers in tnc: Navy.

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" take II breather" afte r the completion or a massive fili ng task a t HMAS ST IRLING .

Seen (left to right) are: LSWfR Ray Chilton. A BWfR Mclissa Mathcrs. LSWfR ChrIS Al ton. ABWTR Paula DeKoster, ABWfR Keith McCrory and POWrR Kim Hayward

Thc mammoth assign. ment saw the amalgama­tion of the Naval O fficcr Commanding West Au-

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This task m" olved the a r­chiving and dest ruction of approximately 4,000 cor­respondence files, some dat ing back. to 1941.

An arduous task, It was undertaken primarily by a team of RANR personnel aod completed by PNF staff. a clear example of 'he benefits obtamed wll h thcir intejl;ra tion.

Story by Vic Jeffery. Navy PRO (WA); Pho to: LSPH Scott Connolly.

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Four "e.-pressure heads" have m el by chance durinl a Sea C at passage to Tasmania_

From the: sixt ies e ra . they were keen to snow tha t the Hold and boldsH still go to sea - but prefe r Ha bit of comfort now days. H

- I may add tha t I don't thmk we would be able to fit in to a we t suit now days." added one.

They are e ll-clearance di­vers (pictured below) Noel Baker, "SkullH Boden, and A ndy Sherlock.

Also onboard was an ell ­MCOO LEur Snow Dallis.

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" I I would certainly put to rest tnc: rumours thai we have aU gone to Davey Jones locker".

A t present Noel Baker is a Petty Officer Inst ructo r N RC with T .S. VOY­AGER, "Skull" Boden is a SBLT N RC with T .S. VA MPIR E and A ndy Sherlock is Abalone diving in Tasmania.

WIFEU NE Fremanlle: Ne:d gathe ring here \+i ll be Ihe lri­

ServK:e coffee m o ming o n Wednesday, April I . t T raralgar H o use, 15 Barsden Street , Con esloe at IO,30am.

Navy wivC$ are asked to bring a plale.

Babysitting will be avai la­ble, but must be booked.

Transpon can also be arranged if this is a problem.

RSVP to Kerry on 528 ISOI , babysitting bookings will be available.

* * * Nowl'll : A very successful AGM was held on February 19.

Congratulahons to Pam Simpson on being re-eleaed President; Leanne Roberts has been eJectcd Vice-Presi­dent, w,th Treasurer Beth Doyle and Mandy Davis as ASSIStant Treasurer.

Seeretary IS Bethany C.;w,!· wick, with help from Billie Malru.

The 1992 commillee mem­ben are Sharon ChambeR. Robyn Walton, Miehelk Capper, Cathy Jones. Danielle Stewan, Chris Jaeger. Sally Campbell. Mandy Lawler, Al ison Gor­man and Yvonne Low.

It was decided that the 1992 chari ty will be the Noah's Ark.

The recipe book is almost completed and shou ld be published in time for Mother 's Day.

Meetings are normally the third Wednesday of each month in the club rooms at Ra t 2, Canbena Drive, beginning at 9.3Oam.

For more info rmalion please ring Pam on 218 290. or Carol on 217 667.

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CHbenl&: A STouP month.

active m h

If you would like to find out more details of what will be coming up in April, then ri ng Lesley on 83 9196.

* * * Canberra: If you live In this area, then the re are lots of fu nctions o rga nj~d for Navy Wives throughout the year.

You ,,;11 be made welcome if you would like to come along, ring Helen Ferguson on 295 2104 for full details.

A Navy Bridge Club meets each Wednesday.

If you'd ti ke to jom in then nng Daphne Clark on 286 3940 for funhc:r details.

A Navy tenniS club also meets each Wednesday, tn the momlAg 5taning 8.30-9.00am.

Children are mos, welcome as faci~ tie§ are a~ail able for them.

For more de tails on this please ring Judy Ralph on 296 236<.

'f 'f Westen Obtrid.J: An Ea$­

te r Hat Parade and chocolate egg making will be a feature of the neKt meeting of th is !mall group of girls in their rooms at HMAS N]RlMBA.

TIle dale i5 Thursday, April 2 (not April 3 as pre,·i­ously advi~d ), at lOam.

If you live in this area and would like to join in. ,hen pit'ast do , you .... i ll be made ve ry .... 'Clcome. _

Please ring Fran on 636 6459 or Bev on 83 1 7515.

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The HMAS CRESWELL sporting calendlilr boasts a variely or diffe renl and challenging §ports including Ihe ever-popular canoe relay.

The race has been con­ducted from Captam's Beach. Jervis Bay. and it Involved all th ree messes -the wardroom. senoor sailors and junior sai lo rs plus the four officers' tram· 109 divisions (Cook . Phil­lip. Ainders. Jervis) and a combined officers' (nearly veterans) team.

Surprisingly. for some, the combined officers' team (comprised of the Qualified Entry Officer courst tra.nees - ex SSOC!; and Senior Sailors Entry Offic­ers Course - ex SDOCs) finished first , Cook Divi­sion (year three Academy midshipmen) second and Acadcmy year one Flinders Division th ird .

II proved that nearing middle age IS no barrier to sponing prowess, .... llh the wardroom also doing par-ticularly ... ·1'11.

Although many fe l! it would be a relatively easy reJay the d istance and wind

added 10 the challenge of paddling and steering a canoe In condillons.

All teams. however. en­joyed the experience and by the number of over­turned canoes there must be a few would-be sub-marine rs a round .

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Another award for marksman

A Royal Australian Navy marksman has added another distinguished award 10 an already impres­sive rcerord_

WOOMG Col Dowd of HMAS C ERBERUS has been awarded the H PS Cross (for highest possible score) by the Austra lian Army Rifle Association.

This prestigious medal was awarded for a perfect score at an A ARA conducted rine COmpctilion and is the first pre5tnted to a RAN member of the association for Service rine.

Col also holds merit and distinguishment awards. also from the Army, was the 1990 champion shol of the Navy and was a medal winner al Bisley, U K. in 1990 when he captained the RAN team at international level .

He a lso represented Australia at the 1985 Bisley compet­ition as a goodwill member of the Austral ian Army team.

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*** ,'­EThlDgs look good in our ef-:: forts to win this yea r'S inter- :: E Se~. It was another weD Reminder of upcoming : E organised event by LSPT events - Old Windsor E E Steve Downey. Se~n s - April 7. Father E ,_- * * * Mac Aust Rules - A pril 7. : = Nominations to establish- ~ :: With the fitness industry ment PTs. :: , -~_IIIIIIIIIIII"IIIIIII"I""IIIIIIIII"'''' .. ''''''''''''''''''IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIr.oll!

Bromley wins

TORS The Official Opening of the

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Concunently, a Grand Re-Union of serving and ex-serving Communicators

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Rid; Bromley has won 1111' 199Z N .... I Soappot1 CODl­mUNI CroM CCMlntry R ••.

1be run was held in Syd­ney 's Centennial Par lr. and lOck won the open section in 35 minutes '11 seconds.

Second was A LBAT­ROSS' Ken Steinman in 36: II with Frank Kresse (SUCCESS) third in 38:35.

The drcu it consisted of two and a ha lf laps of the scenic ~rk roadway and surrounding a)Untry side for a di5tance of lO.2lr.m.

An early lead was estab­lished by two of Navy's sea­soned campaigners in Bromley and Steinman and they were never th reatened for the duration of the race .

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The main contest was in the middle of the fi e ld where the battle for the other pladngs aod the team event were much closer is­sues.

Other results were - wo­mens : Andrea OIappel (NAS Nowra) SJ.29 1; vet­CraM: FingeR Klau (SUe CESS) 41.44 1; teams: Nth Eslablishments. AB lang Sth, LCDR Kelly 6th. LSRP Paton 7th. SMN Knight gth.

Testinp for skier

M.my BnIee (OtWAY) lias rehlme' frooa • aUI oo .. 1ty 5ki to.r of Canada UNI lite Ullited SlalCSl wIleR M rept estnted !he RAN In nve mlilnthon ski ~~.

The races ranged from 42km to SSkm in length and each took around three hours to cnmpkte.

Murray finished in the top th ird of all races.

The RAN is also cur· rently represented in Europe by Mark Purcell (KlfITABUL) who is complet ing a worldloppet race in Norway.

Purce ll has been the Navy's top skier for the past three years and is utilising the opportunity to improve his skiing in high level inte rnat ional competit ion .

The RAN nordic ski team will again defend the intcr-Service trophy m AuguSt this year.

Nominallons for the nor­d ic ski team trials will be called in June \lmh Inals belllg in Illte Ju ly.

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Plans arc underway ror a Royal Australian Navy Rugby team to tour South Arrica in 1993.

The plans follow Ihe reccnl polilical changes in Soulh Moo.

Presidcnt of Ihe RAN Rugby Union, Commodore M.T. Dunne. said :he proposed lour would folklw on from the successful tour of New Zealand by the nalional side 1:151 year.

It is upeC1cd :hc RAN side would play games againSI leams from the South African Services.

loor dates under <Ii.., rssion are for SeptembcrfOctobcr 1993. CORE Dunne said indications were that Ihe tour would be

a M goer" but it would require a great deal of help and suppan from a lot of people.

INCENTIVE vSo Ihere is cenainly incenlive to remain compelilive for a

place in the senior sKle : just make sure that you arc more mmpetitive than the other guy, ~ he added.

CORE Dunne also mcnlioned the fonhcoming Rugby season which Mlooms ever-larger on our calendars.

" It is with this in mind that I consider an early start 10 our season's prepara:ions, vital to the re-cmergence of Navy as the top Rugby side of the three Services.

MHowever, the most vital preparat ion of all lies at the feet o f you, the player.

" Wi:houl your commitment 10 Navy Rugby, both on and off of thc ficld, all preparation, howcver carly, will be to no avail" , CORE Dunne said.

Some of the important fixtures on th is year's calendar include the Old Windsor Cup (sevens) on April 1; the Mons Cup on May 13; the NSW inler-Service from May 25-29; the national carnival from June 22-26; ASRU against Sydney Metro on July I ; and Ihe ASRU USA tour from October 10 for approximalely IWO to three weeks.

All fixtures will be played in Sydney - the Navy games at Bundock Street, Randwick, and thc nat ionals at Syd­ney's ViC10ria Barracks.

There will be training camps prior'o each tournament. This year's RANR U officials a rc: CORE Dunne (presi­

dent). SBLT M. P. Hasan (sccrelary), CAPT R. Sharpe (In~asurer), WOSY G. Stokes (national coach), LEUT S. Thompson (manager) and LSATA V. Baird (assis.;mt manager).

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POEW Michael "'Dus ty" Millar, f rom HMAS COONA WA RRA , has w on the Northern Territ · o ry Austn.lian Football League SP Pbyer oflbe Yeu Award.

He col lected $tooo for his tremendous effort . To top off a successful season, which began in Dc­

lober and finished in March. he won his club (Wander. ers), best and fairest award and was named in the NT News Team of the Year.

Dusty commenced junior football in Morwell. Vic· toria, and joined Wanderers Colts in the 1987 season.

He has played more than 100 senior games, was cap­tain IWO seasons, won IWO best and fairest awards a nd represenled the NF11. when it defeated the Sydney Swans in 1987.

In 1989 Ix: played for Mayne in the Qucemland football league under former 51 KikJa enach Graeme GcUie.

He accepled a position as captain/coach of Soulh Toowoomba while posted at Caharlah in 1990 and promptly won the Darling Downs League best and faireS! award.

He is keen to conlinue with Wanderers Foolball Oub which, in previous years, had some excellent Navy playe rs including Alpha McKeown , Daffy Doyle and Richard WalSOn.

Dusty is happily married to Lola, has four children with another one on the way and loves Darwin.

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The cream of NIRlMBA's swimmers bas turned out in rOf(:e for the annual swimming aunival.

On a perfeC1 day dozens performances by LEUT of swimmers and specta tors Gurr and APP Dean. nocked .0 the Olympic pool to wilness some spec­tacular Swimming, with five NIR1MBA records broken.

'The women 's division provided plen.y of tough competition with Base, Medical and Supply and Electrical I Engineering lying for first , clo5cly fol· lowed by .he Apprentices.

Olampion female swim­mer was awarded to SBL T Teal, b reaking twO records along the way, wi lh fine

Not .0 be outdone the men 's division saw one of 'he toughest competitions in years.

Winning performances were produced by AB Brown-John and LS Lee .

However APP Boddy, consistantly showing good style, was awarded champ­ion male swimmer.

In the team's competi­tion Engineering se t .he pace Sleaming ahead with a convincing win from nearest rival Dampier !)tvi­Slon .

'The major novclty event of the day was the veterans' 50 metre freestyle .

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CAPT Cole sprinted away for a convincing win followed by the XO, hence a sigh of relief from the other competitors as it was announced their leave was good !

Congratula lions to all who panicipaled and of· fici lled in maklllg the 1992 carnival a success.