Saddam rejects pleas for peace - Navy

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VOLUME 34 No.1 Navy News. 2 Macleay SI. Pons PoInI, 2011, or PO Bo_ 106. D.IIrlmghl,m;I. 2010 Phone 359 2308

DtstribYted \1I'ougl'(lut all RAN Sh,ps and eSlablishments and to """ng pers.onnel wllerever tlley may be.

Royal Australilln Navy ships in the Middle East hIve been ordered info bllttle as part of the allillnce endellvo.ring to expel Iraq from Kuwait.

HMA Ships SYDNEY. BR ISBANE and SUCCESS are in the Middle East. HMAS WESTRALIA is currently enrOUle to the war zone.

In announcing the outbreak of hostilities. the Prime Minis ter. Mr Hawke, said:

kFellow Australians. You ... 'ili reC31i that on the 4th of December last. I told Parl iament that Australia was prepared to make our nallal task force allailable to serve with allied forces in operations au thorised by resolution 678 of the United Nations Security Council should that become necessary.

" You will also recall that resolution 678 authorised member states of the United Nat ions. from the 15th of January, 1991. 10 use all necessary means. including force. to uphold and implement the security council's pt"ellious resolutions, in essence. the unconditional withdrawal by Iraq from Kuwait .

MWith profound regret I must now inform you that the necessity which I foreshadowed in the Parliament fille weeks ago has come about. As a consequence. therefore, the Australian nallal task force in the Gulf is now, with other members of the United Nations. cooperating in armed action to fulfi ll the United Nations' resolution to enforce the withdrawal of Iraq from Kuwail.

"It 's been my intention that Parl iament, hailing endor.;ed the posi tion I put on the 4th of December, should be gillen the earliest opportuni ty to receille a report from me should action be taken in line with that position.

"Accordingly I halle decided to recall the Parliament on Monday the 2 1st of January for two days so that I can make and allow debate on such report .

" My fellow Australians, I must emphasise from the outset. amI it cannot be loo often or stressed

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too Strongly, that this tragic necessity has one cause and one cause only, and that is the inllasion and occupation of the na tion of Kuwai t. a member sta te of the United Nations, by Iraq on the 2nd of August last year. more than fi ve months ago.

MThat was the act of Wilr and since that time we halle sought by means of peace to rellerse that act of war.

"Since that time the world community working th rough Ihe United Nations ..... ith a unanimity. strength and a unity of purpose without precedem in history. has demanded that the gm'emmem of Iraq withdraw unconditionally its armed forces from Kuwait.

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communi ty agrees he musl do, gille up the nation he has seized and crushed.

MThat is why resolution 678 of the United Nations Security counci l has now come into effect.

"And that is why I haYe directed the Austral ian Nallal Task Force to panidpate in the operations authorised by that resolution.

" My fellow Australians, so momentus a dedsion must be placed - as indeed it has been taken _ in the broad contCltt of the fu tu re. ~Nol only the future of KU\\l1lit. nOi only the fu ture

of the Middle East. but in the context of our future vi· sion of a world st rilling for peace and freedom.

M And our dcdsion is based on fille gralle considera. tions.

"First: There is the fundamenta l principlc without which there can be neither peace nor freedom: the right of ellery independent nation NOT to be invaded, NOT to be the Ilicllm of aggrCl;SIon. NOT to be destroyed.

"Second: We act with the commanding moral au. thority of the Umted Nations .

"Tweille separate resolutions of the United Nations "Neller in its 4S-year history has the United Na-halle been aimed at achieving thi't resu lt . lions worked so cffeetillely and unitedly to fulfill its

"Since August gOllernments of the member sta tes charter and the principles of peace and security it em-of the UN hlllle .... o rked unremillingly to persuade bodies. Saddam Hussein to comply with the will of the world "Third: we have reached this decision only 3t the community and to end the crisis that hc alone pro- end of a process without precedem in history. There voked. is no parallel for the restraint. the patieocc and the

MLiteraUy at the 11 th hour wllh the positllle support caution with which the world alliance against Saddam of the allied nations and in pan.cular with the support Hussein has sought by peaceful means to resoille this of the President of the United States, the Secretary- connict. General of the United Nations went to Baghdad to "Founh: the decision has a clear and i,chiclleable makc a last appeal for compliance, a last plea for goal - to end this aggression. as a neceSSilry step to-peace. wards establishing the conditions for peace and stab,l-

" Like e\'cry OIher initiatille undertaken within the lIy In the Middle Ea~1. framework of the United NatIOns resolutions. it was " And finally. there is a "".der purpose behind our

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Sd,. tt "., •• ~ • • • I, M, census Gurdun Bilne), has Mn· nuunced thai a census of I)efence Force membel$ and thei r fantilies " 'iII be unde rtaken in March 1991 tu pro. ide accurate information for Ihe den' lopml'nt o f fu ture fa mily sup· pori polides.

lie told Federal Parlia'l1ent that the census would In'olve all Defence members and

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cally 10 keep intrusive questions to a minimum and stressed that the information gathered would only be used by Defence 10 design better policies for ADF personnel and thetr families.

~The information " 'ill be v;tal in negotiating with

("milies. including single government authorities and members and those person- agencies ~round Australia nel ~e r ... ing overseas. to improve Ihe 101 of Ser-

h would be conductcd by vice families. ~ Mr Bilney Defe nce in conjunction s~id.

with the AU5lra1ian Insti- '" While much good work tute of Family Studies. a re- has been done since thc spected institution with Hamil ton and Cross Re-considerable experience in ports _ includ ing the intro-this field . duet ion of the Family Sup-

Defence Force members pon Funding Program and and · their immediate the creation of Family In-famil ies would be asked to formation and Liaison Staff complcte an anonymous _ we are always looking questionnairc providing de- for ways of easing the de-tails on subjects ranging mands of Service life~. from the number of people ~The information which in the family to the type of we gain from this question-transport used. na ire will help us set

Special information priorities in such areas as packs explaining the ques- children 's education. child tlonnaire would be maqe care. spouse employment. available to all ADF mem- housing. transport and ae-bers during the lead up to cess to community the census. facilities. which can Ihen be

Mr Bilney said the su ... ·ey addressed in new personnel had been design.,'~d~'i",,~'~ific,·,-...!po~Ii~'~i':'c._"~he add cd.

Noted doctor's Surgeon Commander

Richard Ne..-ing. Ihe R AN's lead ing ronsultant plastic and r«:on ~trudion surgeon. has died in Melbourne.

Commander Newing, a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, gradualed from the UnLversity of Melbourne in 1945. After a four-year short-term commission with lhe Navy, he JOined the Melbourne Port D;"ision of the Naval Re~T\·e . He served for 30 ycar, till death.

the lime of his

death From 1956. he was senior

plastic surgeon at SI Vinccnt's Hospital. Melbourne.

Highlights o f his Navy career included being tr.msferred from HMAS SHOALHA YEN to HMAS AMtIHYST as medical officer for the historic run through the Yangtse River blockade to the sea in 1949.

He took part in several expeditions in the Himalayas until 1984 when arth ritis of lhe hip ended fl lengthy participation 111

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The Royal Australian Navy's oldest Fleel unit , the 3O·year-old destroyer escort HMAS PARRAMA IT A has officially ten Ihe " §l'nior §l'u "ice" .

PA RRAMAITA's paying off ceremony was oonducted aboard the ship al Sydney's Aeel Base , in the presence of the cIIllre 250-man crcw.

Special guest for the lowering of the White Ensign .... as the ship's first commanding officer, RADM Guy Griffiths. RAN, rid.

After Ihe White Ensign was lowered the enlire ship's company marched off PAR RAMAlTA .

During her three decades of naval service PA R. RAMA IT A operated many times in South-East Asian waters, escorted other naval un its to South Vietnam du ring 1968 and 1971 , assisted Ihe of Darwin after

RAN and RANR provisional promotions which were promulgated June 29, 1990 are confirmed to date December 31,1990.

The following are provisional selections for promotion in the RAN to date June 30, 1991 ,

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Tracy and visited China in 1986.

The ship was modernised from 1m·Sl and later filled wilh the Australian designed Mu!loka sonar system.

Chief of Naval Staff, VADM Mike Hudson, sa id the decommissioning of PARRAMAITA wasa sad day for the RAN.

'"There has been a HMAS PARRAMAITA m service with the RAN for 55 years of its history and they have a!l rendered gallam service to Australia, ~ VA OM Hudson said.

'"The third PAR-RAMAITA, as the first of the River class destroyer escorts to be laid down , represented a revolution in the RAN's capability to conduct naval warfare in the modem age.

'" Indeed PAR-RAMAlTA's badge and motto 'Strike Deep' sym· boolised the ship's excellence In ami-submarine ,,·arfare.

'"But PARRAMAlTA has been very much a gene ral purpose ship performing well in all warfare disciplines and earning more than her fair share of awards.

'"During nearly 30 years in commISSIon PARRAMA IT A has made a notable comribution to regional peace and stability through service. fi rst with the Commonwealth Strategic Rese ... ·e through to the current roll ing deployment program.

"Throughout the myriad of SEATO, FPDA. Kangaroo and Rimpac excrcises in which PA RRA MAITA has taken pan she has maintained an enviable reputation .

" 1 thank all those who have served onboard PA RRA MA IT A for their hard work over the years and wish the present ship's company the very beSt for the future." VA DM Uudson said.

CO's 1000 'hours! LC DR Terry Gorman,

the Commanding Officer of JlSSl7 Squadron, has reo eri.'«! the customary dou5' December 1985. ing ror achie.-ing 1.000 n )'. He eventually relurned ing hours in Sea Kings. to NAS Nowra in 1989 and

The 1.0000h hour was became SOBS of the Seaflown during the rescue of hawk Introduclory T ransithe SHONA VEE's crew tion Unit flying the new Safter it sank 160 nm off Port 708-2 Seaha .... k for a short Stephens. while.

The then LEUT Gorman In December 1989 he as-began flying as a Sea King sumed command of HS817 Observer in November Squadron for .... hat has 1981 after serving mostly in proven to be a challenging S2E1G Tracker aeroplanes and exciting period. and a shon stint in WX31 Highlights of his lime in Wessex and U H1B Sea Kings indude detachIroquois helicopters. ing to Sea Eagle exercises,

After promotion he be- the flood evacuation and came the squadron Senior mop up operations at NynObserver (SOBS) until gan earlier this year and the posted to Maritime Hcad- successful four aircraft emquarters as the Reel Avia- barkation in HMAS TOB-

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School's from SUCCESS

Each year the Ship 's Company of HMA S SUCCESS presents the Mater D ei School a t Camden with a cheque fo r $2000.

The Mater UeL IS a school for developmentally and physically disabled children and the money is used to purchase Christmas presents for the children.

HMAS CR ESWELL, Capta in D J Ramsay and sailors who have recently served in SUCCESS. were asked to make the presentation on behalf o f SUCCESS.

The Minis tcr for D efence Science and Personnel, Mr Gordo n Bilney, a nd the M inister fot Ind uSlria l Rela tions, Sena tor Pe te r Cook, ha,'c announced a series of m e3lo1lfCS designed to " streamline" the opera tio ns of the D efence Force Remunerat ion Tribunal.

The DFRT was established in 19!W as an independent body of three qualified members to determine the level of Defence Force pay and relevant allowances in accordance with the provisions of the Defcnce Act , 1903. The T ribunal is required to have regard 10 any AuslTlI.lian Industrial Relations Commission decisions the Tribunall.'Omiders relevant.

The most significant change announced by the Ministers specified the right of interested parties to seek leave to a~ pear before the Tribunal as intervenors. At present. the Tribunal rece ived submissions only from the Defencc Force A dvoca te and a representative of the Commonweal th Government.

The D RFT Chai rman would be given au tho ri ty to direct a single member of the T ribunal to deal with items that d id nO! require a fu ll hearing. The T ribunal would also ratify agreements submitted by the Defence Force Advocate and the Commonwcalth.

The Ministers said it had been decided not to alter the present requirement for bi-ennial review of a ll pay and conditions.

The Ministers said they expected these changes to enable the Tribunal to deal with matters before it more efficiently and effectively. They said access to the Tribunal would be broadened and its independence strengthened as more groups would be able to panicipate in its proceedings and influence its deliberations.

Meanwhile Mr Uilney has announced pay increases ror senio r military officers , boosling some SlIlaries by up to 14 per cenl per annum.

The increases were handed down by the Defence Force Remunera tion T ri bunal completing the round of increases available under the terms of the Structu ral Efficiency Principle.

Since November 1989, the maximum salary for a Major Genera l and equi\'alent ranks in the Navy and RAAF. had increased by 14 percent. nine percent for a Brigadier, 12.5 for a Colonel and by 11 .5 per cent for a senior Lieutenan! Colonel and equivalent.

Mr Bilney said that a Lieutenant Colonel on promotion would remain on the 6.1 per cen! increase awarded all ranks , but increments of l OA and! 1.5 per cent would now be awarded to those in Ihe second and subsequent years , recognising the increased work value resulting from experience a l this rank.

The pay increases were sought as a result of reforms in the Defence Force. including ra tional isation of senior officer numbers, redundancies and significant increases in responsibi lity and authority. stemming from the Sanderson Report released late 1989 and now fully implemented. ~The T ribunal's decision appropriately recognises the

ve ry significant changes that have affecled all senior officers, including their increased workload, responsibility and workvalue." Mr Bilney said.

'"The Tribunal gmnted add itional increases to Lt Col and Col and equivalent ranks, recognising that the changes affecting those ranks .... ere more extensive than originally forecast.

'"The case was a complex one." the Minister said. "It demonstrated once again the nced for a specialist tribunal to address the unique na ture of Defence Force service".

Mr Bilney added that the decision was unrelated to proposals to introduce a system of performance-based pay for both public service and senior military appoin tments-.

The RAN's lraining capabilily wiU be signifi c-antly improl'«! ... ith the ad-d ition of a ne ... racility II I HMAS WATSON on S, 'd ney Harbour.

A conlract worth $9.5 million has been awarded to British Aerospace Australia for the supply of simulation equipment for the tactical tr.lining of the crews of the RAN's three modernised guided miss ile destroyers (DOGs). HMA Ships PERTH. BRISBANE and HOBART.

The simulator will be based on a replica of the

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facil upgrade ship's operation rooms. Computer-driven displays and instruments will provide a lifelike atmosphere based on a variety of realistic si tuations. Naval personnel will be able to gain a working knowledge of combat operations before going to sea.

A spokesman said that thc new facility. due 10 be completed early in 199-1. would provide improved

As the crew of HM AS SUCCESS is currently deployed in the Gulf. the Commandin.'! Officcr of

Captain Ramsay will 00 taking over as the Commanding Officer of SUCCESS in the ne3r future .

The cheque fOTm(Jlly h(Jnded O~tr to the Principal of rhe Mater Dei School, Sister JQan Nolan, by CA P T R amsay.

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IIM AS SUCCESS (Caplain G. Sloper) .. ill be presented .. ilh Ih" Gluuc(."Sler cup .. hen she « Iurns lu Austra 'ia fro m G ulf dUI).

SUCCESS "iL~ named willner of the pren"", ~'ward hy the ,"'la rl1l llll: COJllm;IIIder. Rear Adnllr;,1 K Doolun

The t99l.1 Fleet a"ard un"" tmph) "lIlnen; arc: • Du~e of Gloure<lcr cup. for the ship forcmO!ot in general effiClcncy: }IMAS SUCCESS. "'lh IiMAS SYDNEY as ~ wrv clo!;C runner-up_ • Fighung Efflcicocy shiCk!. submarine .... hich achieved the highest Sland.llds of operJtional effi· ciency III all asp:cts of submarine w-.trfare aoo traimng: IIMASOXLEY • Kelly stuck!. MCM and PTF profICiency a"';LrJ: I-IMAS IJ UNIJURY . wilh I IMAS GEAALDTON runner-up. • McNlcoll trophy, for squadron air safe ty and efficiency: 817 Squadron. • Commodore Wardle cup. for outstanding communications scrvice: HMAS DARWIN, with HMAS BRISBANE ru nner-up. • Otranto ~hu;ld. for the Ocst and most consistent gunnery/miSSile achic\'cment: HMAS SYDNEY. .... ith I-\MAS BRISBANE runner-up. • AIO shICk!. best and most consistent Siandard of action information profi· ciency: I!MAS BRJSBANE. "'lth I-IMAS ADELAIDE runncr-up. • Voyager trophy. beSi overall efriciency in ASW operations: HMAS SYDNEY. wi!h HMAS PER1l--I runncr-up. • Wormald shield. NBCD and firefighting efficiency award: '·IMAS ADELAIDE. ... i!h HMAS SYDNEY run-

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The RAN Diving School HMAS PENGUIN recently conducted a n o pen day and thousands of members or the general public passed through Ihe gales.

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Included in the many action and ~tatic displays were presenta tions featuring the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Section of Ihe school. Ihe School of Underwalt:r Medicine . aearance Diving Team T ... ·o .

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In addition to Ihcse displays HMAS SHOALWA· 1ER and HMAS BETANO bcrtbcd al PENGUIN's wharf and gave visi tors 3n opportunity to view Ihe vessels at close hand.

The highlight action display on the day by aearance Diving Team Two involved the demonstration of special operations by staging a mock hostage rescue scenario.

This involved a team of pi rates kidnapping an im-

porlant dignitury and taking him to a ligh ter moored in Hunleni Day.

Enroute 10 rescuing the dignitory Ihe leam was required to destroy a minefield ... hlch circled the plfatcs' camp. Infiltrallon of the piratc camp Involved diveni launchmg an attack SWim from kayaks.

To assist members of the rescue party clearance divers were d ropped from a he igh t of 38.S mctres from a Police hel icopter.

On complet ion of the rescue the VIP was wetwinched from the water and the divers were rescued by a fast boat pickup.

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ncr-up. • Electronic Warfa re Proficiency shield: i-t\.{AS PERll-I , wi!h RA/'nEWS runner-up. • Pakistan shietd, fo r out standing sporting achievement. Major war vessels: HMAS TOBRUK. ...i!h HMAS St...JC('FSS runnerup. Minor war vessels: HMAS CESSNOCK, ... i!h HMAS BUNBURY runncr"po • Silver Platter. food ser· ~ice award. Major war vase's: HMAS ADELA IDE, with HMAS BRJSBANE

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runner-up. Minor war vessels: I-IMAS TOWNSVILLE. with HMAS GEE LONG runne r-up. Submarines:

• Combat Systems excellence award: HMAS ADELAIDE. ...;th HMAS PERl1--I runner-up.

HMAS OTAMA. • NOEA Award of E.>:ccllenee. for pat rot boat en· ginccnng excellence: J-IMAS TOWNSV1UE. "l!h HMAS GEELONG runner-up.

• HMAS Australia cup. for manne engineering excellence: to be shared by I-lMAS DARWIN and Ht.iAS BRISBANE.

RAOM Doolan said!}e commended all in the Fleet for their dedication and enthusiasm throughout 1900 and particularly congratLllaled IIMAS SUCCESS and t!}e ()(llcr winners for their well dcsel".cd results III a close compcti lion.

• Collins trophy. for flight ai r safe ty and efflcieocy: HMAS DARWIN flight . ... ; th IIMAS SUCCESS night as rullncr-up. • Mk 48 shield. for torpedo firing proficiency: HMAS OVENS.

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Caplain Brian S"an, bas relinquished command of HMAS NIRIMBA , Ihe Royal AuSlnlian Nary's principal te<hniC31 Irade training establishment.

CAPT S ... an. who was a member of the first apprenucc Intake at Nt RIMBA in June 1956. handed o\'cr command to Capta;n Geoffrey Cole. a naval supply spedalisi.

CAPT Cole becomes the firsl supply officer to command NIRIMBA.

Following Ihe change of command CAPT Swun was ceremonially towed out of the es tablishment by his officers. with the streets of NIRIMBA lined by nayal allprcnhccs and NIRIMBA's sh1p's company.

CAPT Swan was lowed out of Ihe establishment sealed on a rlCld gun carnage wlIh the tow rope;'! manned by his senior offtocrs,

The new Commanding Officer, was born In AdelaJde. It ..... as from Warwick III Ollccn~Jand in 1961 that he Joined the Royal Australian Naval College. graduating:lS a midshipman in 1964

The then Midshipman Cole joined HMAS VENDE'ITA in Sillgaporc, with the ship later becomillg involved in the confrontation with Indonesia. Midshipman Cole then served in UMAS SYDNEY and HMAS ANZAC before promotion !O Acting Sub Lieutenant in 1965.

SBLT Cole studied at the Bntish Royal Naval College, DartmOUlh. UK bet ..... een 1965 and 1966 and after completing further courses in Ponsmouth. UK returned to Australia in February 1967.

He then undcnook a basic supply course

and joined the Aeet Staff Secretariat III 1967.

In this capacity he was 5Crvlllg onboard HMAS MELBOURNE at Ihe time of the collision with the USS FRANK e, EVANS in June 1969.

E~perience in supply officer duties ..... as gained betwcen 1970 and 1980 in I-IMAS BRISBANE, which included service witll tile US 7t h Fleet in Vietnam, HMAS PARRAMA1TA and HMAS TORRENS.

This uperienee was then consolltl"ted during an exchange poSllng w,th the Un· ited Stat~ Navy at the Ships ParIS Control Centre. Mechanicsburg. Pennsyl \ ,ml3 .

On rcturn to Austr.dia and promotion to Commander. he beC'.Ime the SecretaT}' !O

the Na\al Support Commander unlll 1982 when C MDR Cole was posted as the sup· ply officer IIMAS ALBATROSS, the Naval Air Station. Nowra NSW.

III 1984 a posting !O Navy Office. Canberra ACf, included employment in Staff I'olicy areas and finally as Director of Naval Codification, CatalogUlllg and Allowances. In this position he was promoted to Acting Captain. With promollon belllg confirmed, Captain Cole Joined Marillme Headquarters staff in 1989 as Ch,c( Staff OffICer (Suppan).

CAPT Cole assumed command of NIR IMBA on December 14. 1990. He ,s acromJ>llnied by his wife Lynette.

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A Illaj o r reunion o r Vietnam Veterans will be held in Hri§bane. Alls tra lia , this year 10 mark Ihe 25th anniversary o r Ihe Ha Uie or Long Tan.

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Mr Tom Hope. managing director of Medi- lce Pak Australia, demonstrated the the rapeut ic powers of gel-filled medi-masks and medi·neck·paks to Commander George Scown. who received more than 700 packs worth $15,000 on behalf of families who have sailors and soldiers on navy ships OIl pat rol in the Gulf.

One of three AUStralian ships now on Gulf watch is HMAS BRISBANE.

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Chairman of Ihe organising commiuee and Vietnam veteran. Alderman Richard Jeffreys. said the historic welcome home parade held in Sydney in L988 was the beginning of the healing process for many veterans.

"The Sydney march was a turnmg point in the lives of Ihousands of men." he said.

"For the firsl time, the people of Austral ia said 'well done'. and gave those who fought in Vietnam the public recognition they had never recdvcd.

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Aldennan Jeffreys said the event would co-incide with the 25lh anniversary of the Bau le of Leng Tan, an historic baule in which Della Company 6RAR was awarded a Presidential Citation in recognilion of its heroic stand against overwhelming enemy fo rces.

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In typical patrol boat fashion, the crew of HMAS LA UNCESTQN successfully rescued five Darwin fishermen from .a life raft at night in a howling g.ale and a five metre swell .as a cyclone bore down on the Bonap.arte G ulr in Australia 's Top End,

The MA RIANA rescue in December was just one of the highlights of a busy year for the hard working crews of the RAN 's pat rol boat fleet in northern Australia.

Whelher rescuing mariners in distress. calching illegal fisherme n or "showing Ihe flag~ in south eaSI Asia and the SQulh Pacific. Austral ia's northe rn patrol boal fleel proved yel again du ring 1990 thaI Ihere's no job too tough for Ihem.

The 220 lonne Fremalllle class fasl patrol boats were called on to help locale Indo-Chinese boal people, to reo scue fishermen from the path of a cyclone, to fight a fire on a sinking prawn trawler. board hundreds of Austra· lian and foreign fislling boals and to bring in more Ihan 40 suspected illegal fishing boats.

Working wilh Coastwalch, the Aust ralian Fisheries Service and Customs. the Navy's patrol boat force detected suspected illegal fishing activily during 1990 in Australia's northern fish ing zone - mainly in Ihe Arafura Sea north of Darwin. the King Sound. Rowley Shoals and ScOIt Reef areas of Western Aust raliil and off Christmas Island south of Java.

While most suspects were Indonesian fishermen seeking shark fin and Irochus sllell. fou r Taiwanese commercial fishing boats were brought in for inves tigation.

HMAS GEELONG located the longliner MING SEE Faa north of Bathurst Island in the Northern Territory in April. A few weeks later, HMAS GLADSTONE ch· ased HA ICHANG No 2 into Indonesian waters off the NT coast and fi red warning shots from a .50 calibre heavy machine gun before she "hove to~ for boarding.

In July. HMAS G ERALDTON led the long liner SHIN DONG SHENG to Darwin after she was found in Australian wate rs north of Gove_

However, Western Australian based HMAS BUNBURY brought in the biggest catch of the year, locating INMONIA 1016 in Christmas Island wate rs in August . At 62 metres. the Taiwanese fishing boat was exactly 20 metres longer than the patrol boat which brought her in.

At the o the r end of the scale. HMAS WOLLONGONG used her three melre inflatible boat to ca tch a foreign fishing boat trying to escape by running close to Imperieuse Reef at Rowley Shoals.

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For the patrol boat crews. Indonesian fishing boat boardings have become routine. It is not uncommon to see more than a dozen prahus fishing near Ashmore or Scott Reefs .

However. a memorandum of understanding between Austral ia and Indonesia does not allow traditional saIl powered boats to fish outside agreed areas. or motorised commerical fishing boats to enter the scene.

Human drama Mosl of the apprehensions during the past year were of

motorised fishing boals with \0 or more crew. The courts ususally imposed good behaviour bonds on the crews and ordered boats and ca tch be forfeiled to the Crown.

However a Broome milgistrate jailed 43 Indonesians and put a further 41 on good behaviour bonds during one sitting in May.

In one case boarded off the

prehending patrol boat, HMAS GEELONG . dutifully to .... ed the craft from Darwin to the edge of the Australian Fishing Zone and watched one very happy Indoncsian skipper set course for Dobo.

There was plenty of human drama at sea during the year too.

HMAS GA WLER rescued nine Indonesian fishermen as their boat began 10 sink in heavy seas while being escorted to Broome and HMAS TOWNSVILLE took onboard 79 Indo-Chinese men, women and children shonly before their 15 melre boat sank off Melville [ sl~nd .

In yet ano ther rescue, HMAS LAUNCESTON was "crash sailed" from Darwin to aid five local fishermen afler their disabled boat began taking on water in heavy seas as Cyclone Laurence approached the Bonaparte Gulf in December.

Although LAUNCESTON had been taken out of the water because of the cyclone warning. her crew were recalled and the patrol boat was put to sea. She returnl!d 24 hours later with all five fishermen safe and sound.

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Flag Officer Na~'al Support Command . Rear Admiral Tony Horton rec{'ntly c.arried out his biennial inspection or HMA S CE RBERUS and West Head Gunnery range.

More than 9(X) offtcers and sailors paraded for the Admiral's ceremonial divisions and a number of awards were presented.

WOOMG Col Dowd received the champion shot of the Navy Medal. This award was introduced to the RA N in 1988 and, like the Anny and RAAF equi· valents. is worn on the lefl breast with other medals.

For the firsl two years Ihe award was won by CPOCOX Bill Shealher but. as Bill has paid off, Col Dowd is now the only sailor in unifo rm who is entitled to wear the medal.

A number of commendations were also presented. Among them was a Flag Officer's Commendation for Warrant Officer steward Graham Thomas recognising his exceptional di· ligence as the wardroom mess manager at HMAS WATSON and a Commanding Officer's commendation awarded to Able Seaman cook Michael Olensk)' for quick thinking and professional behaviour onboard HMAS TORRENS.

AI 2300 on November 4. 1\190, Michael discovered that a sailor had fallen between the ship lind the

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wharf. This sili lor would Peninsula Legacy provides t'erl;unly have drowned If a prize for tht' most out· Michael and othl'r mem- ~tonding lind innovative In-bers of the ship's company ,tructor of the year. For had not reacted qUlckl) and 1990. Ihe recipient lI'il, calmly to the emergency. Petty Officer E1'5 Patrick

Each year, Mornington Anderson.

Former Commanding Offiurs of HAlAS at the 15th annjPt rsary n'union. From RADM Griffiths, CD R E Shands, RADM Swan, CDRE Adams, CAPT Stoktr, LCDR Haynts ;.d"tht curnnl

Commanding Offictr LCDR Hart.

Although HMAS HOBART (Lieutenant Commandu S J Hart) currenUy refitting al Garden Island. may have be('n perceivt'd by some to han been quiet o,-cr the PlI'jl 18 months, this hilS been no indication or the recent behind the scent'llilctio-ity.

1990 represented 25 years of distinguished sen-ice by HOBART. christened the "Green Ghosl~ during thl! Vietnam War. and this occasion was celebrated with a ball al Canterbury Racecourse.

The ship's ball was a ~uccess and mOSt of the 4~1I per""nnel who at· tended agreed Ihat il raleo as the most enjoyable ball that they had attended.

HOBART enJoys a strong relallonship with actil-e aSSOClallon of ex' Hobartians. both tllose II hu sene.! in the ship's company of DOG 39 ,1110 the World War II cruiser which also

bore the naml!. To help celebrate the si lve r an

niversary. the associa tion in conjunctioll .... ith HOBA RT oo-hosted a birthday function on Remembrance Day. which again was deemed to be a resounding success.

The celebration was well anended and guests included the Governor of NSW Rear Admiral Peler Sinclair. AO, RANEM, Commllnding Officer of HOBART from December 1974 to August 1977: representing eNS. the Flag Officer Naval Support Command Reilr Admiral Tony Horton. RA N again a fo rmer Commandillg Officer: the Marlilme Commander Rear Ad· nmal Ken Doolan. RAN and ACI'ERS8 Rellr Admlr;.1 Davlo Holthau,.... RAI\' "ho r.erl'ed as EngIneering Officer in 1I0lJA RT from June 1967 10 July 1969. Other official

guesls included Sir DaVId and Lad} Hay (who launched HOBART in 1965) and the Lady Mayoress of Hobart. Alderman Doone Kennedy.

No sooner had the fe~tivities to mark the 25lh annivers3ry sub~ided, than spies in the engllleering department ascertained that CPOMTH "Uncle Tom" Shaw. (a member oflhe original commissionlllg crcw and still serving onboard). turned the ripe old age of 50 on NOl'ember 13. thus making him twice as old as Ihe ship. The birthday was celebrated III a style befining such an occasion. though further details arc ,...anty.

HOBARTs current half-life refiu modermsation is progre~slllg satisfac· tonly w.lh sea aceeptance trials (SATs) programmed for mid·May and refit completlun scheduled for June 1991.


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LCDR Greg l\1apson ha."l passed the "" eight of ' .... ... commanding HAlAS GLADSTONE to LCDR Greg Yorke.

The handovcrcercmony, on the fo'c'sle of GLADSTONE (undergoing AMP in Cairns), marked the end of an 18-monlh Slin! as MBOSS- fo r LCDR Mapson.

During Ihis lime GLADSTONE steamed 55531 miles in 4098 hours underway. and expenenced a full ~pectrum of palrol boat lasldngs.

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• parucipalion in KANGAROO '89.

LCDR Mapsoll "pllllilll tile pi"," willt LCDR Yurt" QM 'II~ sllip's ~()mpa",.

• The apprehenSion of Ihe Taiwanese FFVs HAl CHANG II and SHIN DONG SHENG . the former Involving a hOi pursuit and the firing of warning ShOI5.

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The officers and Cfew of GLADSTONE welcome LCDR Yorke and wish thei r depal1ing ~BOSS"

well in his new posting overseas. • The ship's deploymenl

These vtS llS served as a good re·familiarisation for LCDR Mapson, whose next postlOg is to Homara

The tnp also Ineluded GLADSTONE's par1icipation in the PNG and Tuvalu National Day celebrations. as well as commumty aid Ilt

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bllchev ~ or WO Mickael Martm"' , he HAS had some civvy time in that 39 years - one hour and 10 minutes between discharge from the RN Ilnd enlistment in the RAN .

1liis was the length of the Irain trip between discharge and enlistment locations"'. adds our Canberra correspondent.

Fleet Reviews and his 25 years in the RAN have ;lICludcd 22 job changes.

WELL DONE, MICHELLE Leading Wran Radio

O perato r (TeletJ pe) Michelle Cain has been commended ror her d edi Clil tio n to duty as Ihe reseT"e clerk . No .. -r:a A ir Division.

Ihe Division and her imtia. tive. dedication. enthusiasm and energy .. ere commended specifically.

He bas an impreSSI\'e list of ~claims to fame".

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CMDR A .H . Mackinno n has handed o,'e, the dual responsibilities ur Na vaIOfficer-ln-Charge CA IRNS and Com ma nding O fficer HM AS CA IRNS to his relief. CJ\1DR R .G. T homas.

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In the Gunner's seat Captain Tim Lewis, NO CNA , wnd LCDR Alan Bmendle r. of HQ N OR

COM . have tried the Army's newest wnno ured fightin g vehicle , the LA V 25. in the Top E nd ,

Under the guidance of Corporal Tony Davies of 2nd Cavalry Regiment, CA PT Lewis took the gunner's seat in the l 3-tonne eight ·wheeled vehicle while LCDR Alan Braendle r acted as crew commander.

The LA V can travel at 120 kmlhr in open country and swims at iO kmlhr using two propellers at the rear.

CA PT Lewis who is act· ing Commander Northern Command was visiting the trials of Ihe LA V 2S at lhe WWII MacDonald airfield near Pine Creek .

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B,I1 CorkIll ",II rClire from r HMAS NIR I MBA'~ InSITU,,_ ullna] staff ~nd :Wltl.: on Nowrd. "here much uf hi~ previous umt .... as sen;cd

lie is one of 'he IJ" of the few origl""] pusl w\.\ II Fleel AIr Arm mcmt>cr~ ,t,1I :1<:'

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Bill sta rtcd hIs worllng life In [)ubbo as a Pose,,1 Office. but soon ,oluntee.cd 10 loon the RAN '~ ne"'c$1 'cnIU'e the modern Fleet Air Arm

1lM:rc had been $lkh "service pnor 10 WWII «'nlTed on the old ALBATROSS seaplane tender. 'he'll RAN cruIsers camcd MScagulls~

dunng WWIl Ho ... ".-.:r. In 1948 the

RAN tool.. ocllvery of lhoc new HMAS SYDNEY. a modern 11&111 fleet carner which :;ervcd wnh dlstinclion in Korea - mdeed, B,II Cor. kill was in Ihal shIp dU'lng Ihal war.

He ~olunlee'ed at El M AS RUSIICUTfER In Sydncy in October 1949 " 'llh Ihe offi· eial number R37769 ~nd be· came whal was Ihen kno"'n as a "RecrulI L.B n, Ihc "L. B." Slandlng for "clcclri · cal bran,h" _ Itsclf a faIrly new branch," Ihose days.

In Apnl I\ISO B.II reached lhe dluy heighls of E:.M(A)· 2, Electrictan's Malc (Alr) _ second class.

He was " raled" (a. il wa. lermed then) Acting Leading ElectricIan (AIr) In 1 9~3 and "confirmed" 12 month.latci.

Ik took a break "outsidc" from 1961 to 1'.16-' as a ci"i· lian elecnician. I~n In 1965 was promolcd 10 Pe11 y Of· rICCr. He ret ired a, a COPATWL on 1977.

BARRA E""n ashore , B,n "'''S In·

volved wllh Ihc N3')' for he worked "".,h A WA (Amalga· ma led WireleSlj, Al,lSl raha) on the "Barra" proJccl from 1978 to 1980.

,h, ··,'~H" was too 1981 Bill staff 1,11

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BIll .s one of the people stoll around wlw> served in all three of the RAN's lrue air· craft carner'$ _ SVDNEV. VENGEANCE and MELB· OU RNE; al one stage he also d.d a short sunl in the USS HORNET.

l ie servcd in aIr sql,ladrOfl!; whose: names are nOW lon~ forgotten: 816, 817 and 851 (Firc fl ies), 1105 (Sea Furies, in Korea) , 723 (which has had jusl about every alrcrart in RAN inventory at ')Orne time or other) and 1108 (Sea Venoms).

lIe also SCT>'cd III Ihe old 20Ih CAG (Carrier AIr Group).

A .. craft m "h,ch he has kcpt d eemcal po"'er moving have been Scout, Iroquois and Wessex hcllcoplers. DakQ(a lranspons. Macch, jel traincrs and the fabulol,ls Sk)hawk fighter .

lie se ...... ed in NIRIMBA when 11 was a Naval Air Sta· tion and Fkct Air Ann Tech· nocal Training Eslabl"hmem dunng the early 50's.

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Silt Corkill's depar\l,lre is near ly t~ end of an era Only Ihree officers slIll se ...... e who " 'Cre " 'ilh h,m in tnose early days (Admiral HOr1on being 0flC of them) and about Ihree othel cj"ilian public se ...... an ts still 8'v'"g vall,lable

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obo,,' in Ihe days of Recrui, J..11. Corkill. scn'icc to Ihe Fieel AIr Arm technical branch.

Bill " ":IS tlnkenng ""Ith eicCl.-ical cirCUIts before the transistor Or diode " erc In·

"ented and space tra,'C1 "as sllil the stuff of sciencc roc· lIon.

A - Flferl),- complelC WI th radoo and a pnm",,'e radar sct cost aboul £250,000 ($500,000), ... hich today wo uld not "'en buy Ihe com· nay sel fOl" a kSnha"k", Jet aircraft ""ere sull a specia l occasion visiting novelty In

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Tloc bi, thmg about be· comin, a Pett), Ofroccr was that )00 could wear ~ plaln dOlhes- ashore , prouded the ng was a t",o P'c.:c 51,111 and wilh a (edam hat - Bill "as al"Jp kno" 'n for h,s bro"n hat and sl,Iede shoes "hen he "slcpped off" 35 a p.,Uy Officer.

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A small pa riy 111 C.n· berr,l 'S Russell Offices marked the relift' me nt of not only o ne or the N~v)'s

longes l'S('ning me nlbe rs. bul a lso Ihe las l man lefl in the ADF ... ho served ... il h the o«oplition forees in Japan afler \\IWII .

L,eutenant Commander Rodnc~ NOll. ",hn rClircd as slaff officer (eercmo",~I) m '>cI"\.c.: poilcy and pcrwnncl bmneh, has had an illustnou, mi!ilary Career smcc he J"lIled thc Army as a 16-)ear. old (and undcrage) Hnsbane bo,.

But cventually It "'as Ihe Na~y Ihat look hIm around the world sen'ing "ilh gun· nery branch on Hrih~ and AlISlrahan warsh.p' , and. 3l>

LCDR 1'\011 put II. " I got to play Rugby in 28 coumries"'dudmg Soulh Afnea _ and there aren't too many interna· liollals .. ho <::In 53) thaI"

,\n ad"enturous sP'nt led hIm 10 put his age up and jom the Anny jusl after WWII .

"AI Ihat siage the Army "as looling for peoplc to go to Japan to seT,'e " 'ilh Ihe oc· cupalion fOfC""S . A matc of mine said il was on for young and old, so away we wcnl." LCDR Nolt Sllld.

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I.CDR H od",.'), ,\QII isfa",ulled by staff lit (he Department of /)ef'n~. " ic(urr: Richord Ilngg'<.

on the Army I ,ll"ay, ... anted to JOIn II>c N~H I had Ined ~o @ct in before'as 3

I J..ycu·old em ...... for offittf>' collcg~, bl,ll dld~'1 m~le II "

111<: only nH llIa ry connce· tlon in thc famIly had been h,s falher. Wliloam Nolt, a sapper captu red and lliled "hen S,ngal'K'rc fell 10 Ihe' Japanoc In 1 9~ 2,

I.CDR NOli "'~s In the Anny for IWO yen s _ II>c speCI fied pcnod of e nil ~lmcnt for occupal ion forces 5OId,cr'$ - and left ... ~n I>c " iil> JI,ISI 18_

"So l"d finished my !>en ICC before I was evcn eligible to jom. I "o!un1ecred for the Navy ~~raigh l away, hUI didn't gel in un tillhe firSI .n· lake in 19.19." hc said .

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h' climbed through ranh.

III' filS~ saw aC~Ion during the Mdlayan Emcrgency whIle sen'ong III HMAS TOB RUK in Ihc nlld SCb.

" It ... a~n·1 an) .hing big We bombankd Sl,lspec~ed Icrroml po><tlOl1S near Jahore and mo'cd Ihe beach bacl quite 3 bil, a~ I recall"

LCDR NOll " 'as also in de· Sl rovers and Des "h,ch es· corted IIMAS SV I)NEV on I>cr voyagcs to Vung ["au durong ~he Vielnam W aT, hut Ihe closeSl call came in 1965 while hc was In El MS JAGUAR.

" We'd been tasked to cvaCl,lme Brito.h Clti~cns oul of KarachI al Ihe start of lhe Indian· I'akistani War We werc having brcaHaSI one morning when we turncd on Radio KarachI and heard wc'd been sunk during Ihe night." he S3 id.

"Of cou~ Ih,s came as a bll of a shock - my banger'$ and ma, h didn't loo l soggy 3t all , "

E"enlually Ihey ",orled OUt Ihat a Pakisl3 n1 DC3

"h",h flew o'Cr the ,JIlP t~ night before had m .. lalen Ihcm for an Inulan ~hl p of Iho: ,;ame dass. The 1"101, ",-100 probably could not relum home w, thoul reponing somc minOr "iclof)', told his ehoe' Ihal he had dropped a few bombs and sunllhem.

JUMP LCDR Nou'§ UTeer look 3

jump after he did Long Course in England and qual· ified as a gl,lnnery of rICer. He said Ihere "'eTC only aboul si ~ officers lefl in Ihe Na"y woo dId lhc course,

"The pinnacle of my career "'a§ becoming 3 gunnery of· ficer - it's the prcmier thing 10 bc in the Navy," he said.

lie achieved the rank of SBLT in Ihe UK and was in HMAS BRISBANE durmg lhe Silver Jubilee Cruise to Europe III 1m. He was 1,100 OIC of Wesl Head Gunncry Range for some lime bcfore Ica~i ng the Na~) in t9Th, hul sta)'ed in the N~vaJ Rese ...... e as XO of Melbourne Port D,viSion,

After 100Clunng at Mant.me CoIlo:ge from 1985 to 1981. he resumed full·ume duhes and was poslcd ~o Canbcmo until his re liremcnt

I'd give anolhe r .1(} years if I could. One thmg I',-e found is lhal Ihe Navy tfllSIS )"01,1

and I"'C always lried to Ii"e up 10 I hat truSI," LCD R Non saId.

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10 (10) NAVY NEWS, January 18, 1991 • •

RA YES no a dirty vvord!

RANTES! Of len mistaken ror poor pronounciation of RANTA U or HA N· TEWSS. butlbat's ",'here tbe similari ty stops.

The RA N T~inm8 Es· tabhshment Salisbury (RA NTES) 1S the seat o f n aming for the I!.: ara ~ nd Mulloka ~ystem~. hIdden 10 the depths of the South Austra lian Defence lndu~trres at DSTO.

Some may rememtx: r It as the RAN 1!.: ~rJ T raIning Establ i ~hme n t (RA NITE). which bcg(m opcnlliun in [968.

When the Mulluka ~I;, in· ta ine r T r,lInmg Unit w~s 10-

corpora ted into the facili ty. 10 1984. a new name w .. ~ adopted 10 SUll RAN ITE's

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addiuonal roles,

The present RANTES is a unique: non-commiss10ned eSlabhshment wi th some of the most profcs'lon:11 equIpment mainlenance traming to the RAN .

Thc RA NTES mstruc-tors a rc equipment ~pccialists contracted from A W A M11itary Support C~'ntre. Salisbury.

You may ask. whal does RA NTES offer? The simpic ans"cr is. lhe opportunIty to gam an imimate knowledge of the Ikara and

Mullo !.:a sySlems. ans .... ers or ideas to solve those hard to find equipment b ults. advice on ho .... you may get the best perfo rmance from your equipment. a hub of ideas and suggcst ion~ to improvc Ihcw systems tx:)'ond thei r present capabili ties and a comfortablc relaxed traming environment.

If you ha ve: problem~ with l!.: ara o r Mulloka in tra ining. cqu ipmcnt fau lts o r j ust want adv ice o n the systems. RANTES is j u~t a phoinc call. fa~ or signal ,"way_

RANTES !Iliff: (Btuk row L·R): ,.,,. Ctrry Preto", Mn Htltnll Hollllnd. Mn Oll~t ShtI'Wood, LEur Rqgu Bdl, M,. Frllnk C,.un",ood, M,. R lliand E~lItu. Front: "'" Hllrry

Wllllis, CPOETS5 Ttd Hlln(U~ct}k, AHSN Mick Hllrdmllll, AI,. UII Bitt.

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FOUNDATION BER The Australian Submarine Squadron became a member of the Sir David Mar·

tin Foundation when II cheque ror $UOO was presented to Mrs Wilma Thomson, Appeals Manager ror the Sydney City Mission by Captain G.J, Dikkenberg, Commander Austndian Submarine Squadron.

Also pictured a rc lefl to right Commander Mike Smith Squadron Supply Officer. Commander Peler Quirke Officer. in.Charge Submarine School, Commander John Diercks Deputy Commander Austral ian Submarine Squadron , Lieu tenant Craig Pritcha rd Executive Officer HMAS OTWAY (STBD). Lieutenant Commander Paul Hardy Squadron Medical Officer, Lieutenant Commander Russ Dowrick Executive Officer, Commander Ken McBryde Squadron Engmeer Officer and Lieutenant Phil Stanfi eld Senio r office r HMASOTAMA.

Nary Ne",'S rnden a~e in.'ited 10 gh e financial support to Ihe Sir Edward Dunlp Ke· seal'dl Foundation to allow rn.ch needed reseaf(Ch into aging.

10e Foundallon 's patron IS known to all Australians as ' Weary' Dunlop. a WWII hero and one of the rare breed of men and women who have been honoured in th~~ practical way in the ir own lifellme for service to Aus tralia .

The Foundation ha~ the support o f e )[-Scr.·ice o rganisa tions. the o.::partment o f Ve teran 's Affairs and of community mmded companies and individuals.

The purpose of the Foundation IS to provide money for much needed medical research which will initially benefit ve te rans and theI r families , bu t evenlually benefit the en tIre community. The principle objcct is directed speci fically to the a ilments and diseases of older age and the impact of war on the aging process. The emphasis will be on research with direct practical application.

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AI lilt Train ing Tt chnqlogy Cell, COMTRA IN (L -R) : VA.DM Hlldson, CDRE Monon, LEur Wt amt , LCDR

McKenzie and Mlljo,. Cough.

Chier or Naval Staff. Viee Admiral l\like Hudson, as It part or a Victorian area visit , re turned 10 his Alma Maler when he visiled Commodore Training (COMTRAIN), the RAN's National Training Organisalion .

CO MTRAIN . under the command of Commodore Geoff Morton . is located;n Grant block . HM AS CERBERUS whcre VADM Hudson commenced his nav,ll c;rrccr as a 13-yea ro ld cade t in 1 9~7 and , . in 1950 wi th the

Return to Alma Mater For VADM Hudson Ihe

visit brought back many memories of his initia l training as an officer in the RAN .

It also provided the opportuni ty to observe a l fi rst hand the progress made by COMTRAIN as the National Training

WRRP • REUNION A Reunion of WRRP's is being ... planned for June 1991 .

Organisers are trying to locate as many serving and non-serving members as possible. If you are interested in attending or can help locate ex-WRAP's please contact:-

KIM CAMERON PO Box 553, Nowra 2541 Tel : (044) 216066 (W) 218878 (H)

LCOR SORAYA SHALOERS OC 'E' SOON AOFA Canberra ACT 2600 Telephone (06) 2688540

FUTURE TECH PTYLTD (Inc in NSW)

The uammg development task for the RAN's CoUms Class submarmes 1$ bemg conducted by Futuretech Pty Ltd.

Ex ETP and ETS Sentor Sailors who would like to become a member of our uammg de velopment team are inVIted to apply for POSitIOns currently available. PreVIOUS Uain ing experience is not a plereql.o. ,ite for these positions but would be an advantage.

Successfu l applicants will be based in Sydney and mus t be prepared to . undergo a Commonwealth secunty clearance.

For further information, phone Norm Williams (02) 8050388

FUTURETECH PTY LTD POBox 999

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Ten runners and cyclists recenlly departed HM AS C RESWELL al J ervis Bay (or :ill charity run/ cycle to Canberra and back.

The event was held O\'cr three days and raised S2000 for the North Shore Heart Foundation and 51 Vmcent de Paul Society .

The first day of the e\'COI saw Captain 0 .1. Ramsay. the Commanding Officcr of C RES· WELL, cycle out of the base towards Nowra.

Geoll Led,tr makn Ills "'a, a/Olll Iltt N trrll a RDtJd durillg lilt CRESWELL-Cllllbt rra-rdul?I e"arl" rullk,eff!

Despite II. stiff headwind and steep hill he set II. fast pace which was maintained by all participants.

team to complete a lough 18km of hilly countryside in just 30 minutes.

Commander G. Bridgart who covered 14.0km in

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Steinman hu WOfI tbe 1"-H1 "MAS WATSON Bi1Ithloa.

The biathlon con· sisted of a 1.2km swim nom WalSOfl's Bay .... turf to Lady Jane Beach fol· lowed by a scenic IOkm run from WATSON around the Vaucluse area and re!Urning to WATSON .

Forty one com· peti tors hned up at 1330 for the swim which was started by the Commanding Officer. Captain Carson.

Conditions for the s ... im .... ere less than ideal with an incoming tide and a strong nonherly wind blowing up the harbour straight into the competitors' faces.

First out of the water was Steinman III 21 .43 followed by Sean Anderson (WATSON) in 22.52.

A seemingly endless stream of compeUlors followed, much to the amazement and amuse· ment of the public bathers at Lady Jane Beach.

The last competitor out recorded Ihe time of 1.11.10.

Once on the road Steinman assened his posi tion as the Navy's number one triathlete and po .... ered away leav. ing all challengers in his wake to finish the run in 36.10 for an overall time of 57.53.

Second across the linc was I.S. Bro .... n (NAS Nowra) with the NAS trifecta being completed by PO Goode.

10e first female competitor to finiSh was SBL T Nikki Roche (HMAS KUlTABUL).

First WATSON com· petitor was Alan Whiteman.

Trophies were donated by WATSON Welfare Fund and prizes incl\lded a bike frame (first across line). a wetsoit (first female), bike computer, triathlon handlebars. sunglasses and bicycle racing shorts were once again generously donated by Mr Frank Conceicao of Albion Cycles, Waverly.

Trophies and prizes were awarded to category winners and placcgetters by Mr Ste· ven Hodge, who along wi th Phil Anderson is Australia 's leading professional cyclist tn

Europe . finishing 34th overall in Ihis year's

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HMAS NIRlMBA re«ntly anlicipaled in a Services' marathon relay race organised by the Cyslic Fibrosis Foundation.

NIRIMBA's participa-tion was twofold; a team. was entered in the relay and also acted as money co llectors along the roule_

M ore than S8()XJ was raised with NIRlMBA contributing SI.600 f rom the relay team and the collectors raising a fun her SSSO.

Object of the relay was for a team to run from War· Jawong Shopping Centre, Pon Kembla to District Support Unit, Randwiclr: , In the fastest possible time.

Teams from the Army. Airforce . Navy, Police and the NSW Fire Brigade entered.

N1RIMBA 's relay team consisted of: LEUT Eagles, CPO Nicholls, PO Grills and Apprentices Dare, Moore. Reme, Hyde, Mackie , M anson, Dixon, Lawless. Turner. Lybrand, Mefreka. M cDonnell. Lewis, Gardener. Jermyn.

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PITO. Hollaway.

Money collectors were from Bass Division and consisted of: Apprenti ces Mazland , SUhaimi. Nasir. Raduann. Fadizillah, Kam-

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Daly, Ariffin. Frances. The relay was worn by

Army .... ith Navy sorond .. Valuable assitance and suppon was provided by SBLT Gurr. MIDN GriUs, PO

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Six cyclists continued the trek to Canberra with Cambcrwarra Mounlain proving II. testing experience.

The runners continued the event oul of Braidwood averaging 7km per half hour to reach Nerriga ....here they made camp for the night.

a mountain .

The total distance

After a 10lal of 280km in just seven houl1i 35

covered by the participants was 423km. Of thiS 288km was cycled and l34km run. minutes the cyclists The final leg of the

arrived al HMAS HAR- evenl involved a run fo Team members were MAN in Canberra. Nerri" bad: to CRES- Captain 0 .1. Ramsa)',

Day two of the charilY WELL. Commander G.A. event saw a learn of four The distance of SOkm Ledger , Lieutenant Com-cyclists leave Canberra was covered by the eight mander G. Bridgart , for Braidwood. runners in just under six Lieutenant C. Brooks,

At this stage, CRES- hours. Lieutenant A .W. Shear· Executive Best performance in man , Petty Officer

Commander this section was undoub- Roberts and Able Sea·

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OPPORTUNITIES Technical Officers

(several positions)

Technical Officer Level 3 , $29800-33810 Technlca' Officer Level 2 , $25380-29213

Are you leaving lhe services al'ld looking for new career oppoc1unities? The Department of Defence might be able to provide you WIth IlISt the postilOfl you've been looking lor.

The Department has a number of Technical Officer vacancies as out~ned below. and invites applicatIOns from suitably qualified men and women.

TO SEAT The Department operates and maintains real-tune secure digital communicahons, a computerised message SWitch, and peripheral eqUipments.

T echnlca' Office' Level 2 , (several positions) Under technical direction, successful applicants will undertake operations and maintenance on a wide range 01 equipmenl in a real- l ime secure digital communications facility. (Please quole Ref. 52) .

Technical Office' Level 3 , (several posit ions) Successful applicants will undertake technical operations and maintenance on a variety of compul lng installations. Including real-time fault tolerant systems. (Please quote ReI. 51).

STIC Tile IIMAS NIRIMBA rda, sqlUJd.

Technical Office, Level 3 , several positions) Successful applicants Will partiCipate in technical operations and maintenance on a wide range of complex equipment in a rea l- time secure digital communications lacility. (Please quote Ref. 53).

Technical Office' Level 3, (several positions) Successlut applicants will lead and supervise a lechnlcal operallOf1S and maintenance team engaged in the support 01 a reaJ.tlme secure digital commumcahOfls facility. (Please quote Ref. 54)_

NOTE: The aboVe posIltons may Involve some shih work. The dulles 01 the above posItlOflS are currently under review

Qual il lcations : Successful applicants WIll possess an AsSOCIate 01P1oma from an Australian TAFE institution. or equivalenl qualilicallOfl (including overseas qualification). which IS appropnale to the duties of the POSltlOf'l: or relevant expenence and training: or succeSSful completion of a competency assessment such as eligibility test

"FaullY To·wf!n" ... 1'I'i/l ll tTS o/Ilt t/l/r" allnual HMAS HA RMAN mini-Olympics.

Successful applICants will be appointed to the Auslralian Public Service. Benefits of employment include:

Olympic success for 'Faul POPT Von Senden

recently lit the perpetual n am e thereby declaring open Ihe firth annual HMAS HARMAN mini-Olympics.

Immediately foUO .... ;ng the declaration ·,he tradi · tional matth past was held to the cries of MHail

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centuwion!-The games were

attended by competitors from HMAS HARMAN and outstations ..... i th events such as the seven-legged race and egg-throwin& held .

Belconnen Naval Trans· mitting Stal ion (Faulty To ... ·en) nn out the even, tual winner with one of the

DEFCOMMARS team's MDandylionsM taking out the wooden spoon on a countback.

The best dressed team was the combined Transpon and tedlnical Team (Highlanders) wi th Naval Stores (Stores Troopen) running a close second.

Theme of the day was fun. fun and it was cer-

Towers' tainly true for all participants.

Wi th the winners announced only one event remained aoo this event, tbe barbecue , was also well patronised and enjoyed by a]].

In all there were 22 teams and 154 participants and an unknown number of

• partiCipation In a superannuation scheme; • long service leave on completion 01 len years

service; • four weeks annual leave (plus an e~tra week for

shih wor1tors); al'ld • sick leave benefits.

Applicants should note that these positIOnS will be translerred to Canberra over the period December 1991 to January 1993. It is expected that the successful applicants will transler to Canberra.

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Cricket grand finalist decided

KUITABUL is through 10 the January 30 grand final of Ihe I Zinga.; mid.... eek crid.:el folto"-ing last Wednesday's semifinals.

NIRIMBA will meet ALBATROSS in next Wednesday's preliminary final following WATSON's elimination in the minor semi-final.

N1RlMBA gambled -and los t - whcn it decided to bal first o n a wet Randwick wicket. managingjust 7·99 from 30 overs.

Consistent Granl Sadle r was best with 35 while KUlTABUL leg spinner Peter Boden was often unplayable in his 5134.

The wicket improved afte r a mid afternoon roll and KUTTABUL reached 1-100 in just 19 overs.

Brad Prout hit a brisk 29, skipper Phil Cummins an unbeaten 49 and "Bungy~ Williams a valuable 19 not out.

In the minor "semi" at ALBATROSS, ALBATROSS 1-67 (Steve Buck 28 n.o .. Kane Vandenberg 18 n.o.) downed WATSON 64 (Bill Dunn 3f1. Paul I larris 115, Henry Winkler 219.

T rophy defender KUTTABUL and the young NIRIMBA side finished Jomt minor premiers though each dropped a match in the closing competition rounds.

In the final competition round. with NIRIMBA's top batting order apparently busy elsewhere. the home side crashed to be six down for just five runs before Tony Garard (15 n.o. and Francis (16) nursed the total to SO.

For KUlTABUL, opening bowler Phil Bataro took a career best 515 off ~even overs with his left-arm medium pacers.

Legspinner Peter Boden chimed In with 2110 and Stcve Fuller (soon to post out to ALBATROSS) 1121.

Nal'Y has won the Queensland inter-Ser· advantage at the slarting signal. John Grant picking the right time to have their vice sailing for the first lime by defeating [t became obvious that the RAAF expertise best mee of the series. the title holders RAAF after an excellent did not include a sound knowledge of racing Plaeings in mee five were Caldwell and Prince series on Lake Cootharaba, near Noosa. rules and two of their three boats were disqual- first. Overland. Ryan and Sketcher third and

Perfect sailing conditions prevailed Ihrough- ified as a result of pre-start collisions. Smith. Holmes and Grant fifth. for a IOtal of out the six-race series with moderate to fresh Navy performed better in this heat and lOok 15.7 points to RAAFs second, fourth and north-easte rly sea breezes and bright sunshine. the points from RAAF even before the sub- nineth for 25 points. Navy had a comfortable

W· h d· . . d f T d d· ·fi o,"emll win in the series. 1\ IVlSlon one rna e up 0 one asar and sequent protests an lsquall leations. two Corsairs per service . Navy had the advan- Heat four was sa iled in another fresh sea Plaeings in each race were determined using tage from day one with the in-form Peler breeze and the Navy Corsairs found form with the VYS handicap sys tem because of the mixed Caldwell making a mockery of the invitat ion Michael Overland. Paul Ryan and Ray Sketcher classes .

. 20 k b ,.. h d . Peter Caldwell and Katrina Prince de-race In a not sea reeze ""atmg t e seeon geumg into the placings. boal home by 20 minutes! Aided by another slashing win by Caldwell monstrated encouraging form for the world Tasar

[n the first two heats Peter Caldwell and his and Prince, Navy took a sl im overall lead over titles by winning six races straight on both crew Katrina Prince were dominant with two RAAF with Army having no chance of an upse t. scratch and handicap by easy margins. fi nishing massive wins. The consisleney of the RAAF With the overall winner determined on results the series with nil points. boats allowed them to takc team points in both in the final heat, Navy was well briefed to cover The other Navy crews improved steadi ly heats. its RAAF opponents all the way. throughout the series 10 deliver the goods on the

[n heat three, Peter engaged the top RAAF With Caldwell again scooting to a big lead the final day. competition in some pre-race manoeuvres in an two Corsai rs carried out their job in excellent Final plaeings were RAN I, RAAF 2 and

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Oonations for Sydney's new gymnasium equipment fund have topped $10,000.

One of the latest donations was a SSOOO contribution from the Sydney Aussic Rules club. [n the picture at the righl representatives of the Kings Cross club, Mr Warren Thompson. right. and Mr Doug Gmnt, present the "inflated" cheque to the Naval Support Commander's representative , LEUT Mick Noonan.

A group of area PTs were on hand for the occasion.

The new gymnasium is due for completion later this year but until then has been tcmporarily located in huildings 69 and 242 on the island.

The gym is open from U800 10 2000 Monday to Friday. Programs include - Monday circuit training. Tuesday open air training. Wedncsday sports warm up. Thursday circuit training and Friday opt.'n air training.

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Adams ousts Lewis

Fourth-pla«d Paul Adams was the best of the Na,"y contingent in the L990 annual Telecom Australia National Combined Serviet'S golf championships at Canberra's Federal course.

Other Navy players to finish in the top 14 afte r 36-holes were Peter Gilbert and two-t ime winner Mark Lewis (each nine behind the victor on 152), Phil Hardy 153 and Mick Rossendell 155.

The 1990 champion Services golfe r is RAAF's leading aircraftsman Keith Bryan t whose three-under par tOlal of 143 was the lowest and only sub-par round since the championship's inception five years ago.

Adams totalled 151 to succeed Lewis as national Navy champion.

Regular competition has enabled the Australian Defe nce Force golfers to raise their profile in recent years and the 1990 CoS championship continued that trend.

The championships are organised by the Australian Defence Force Golf Association in 35sociation with Telecom Australia, Ericsson Defence Systems, Wang Australia. Siemens, NEC, Prime Computer. Blohm + Voss and Case Communications.

The championship was held in conjunction with the Wang Australia State Services Team championship and the Ericsson National Inter-Service Teams championship.

All th ree events have been keenly contested over the past five years with Federa[ Golf Club having been the venue for the past four championships.

One of the most consistent performers m the event has been Navy's Mark Lewis who was successful in the individual event in both 1986 and 1989 while also finishing second a shot behind Navy's Graeme Stout in 1987.

On completion of the tournament a combined services team was chosen to play representative matches next year.

In 1990 the Defence Force team showed its overa ll strength with an outstanding effort against the US Services in Hawaii in June-July as well as holding the strong NSW Golf Association team to a narrow win at Mollymook in October.

This yea r it is expected that there will be a rematch with the NSWGA and it is hoped to compete against the Victorian Golf Association as well.

A strong opening round of (f) by \eading aircraftsman Bryant of William town paved the way for his win in the championship.

He scored 69 in the openIng round then retu rned a second round of 74 for his 143.

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