Image Gallery: May 2009
07 May 2009
Exchange Long Look 2009
POMT Mason-Powell is currently on Exchange Long Look 2009, serving on Her Majesty's Ship (HMS) LIVERPOOL, a type 42 Destroyer based at Portsmouth.
The exchange program with the Royal Navy has given PO Mason-Powell the first opportunity to visit his Great Great Grandfather’s grave at the Somme, Villers-Bretonneux in Northern France.
During March to July, fourteen Royal Australian Navy Officers and Sailors are given the opportunity to reside in the United Kingdom, either at an RN base or being deployed at sea.
Learning new procedures, being exposed to a new environment and sharing and learning valuable knowledge with the Royal Navy are key elements to the exchange program.
Royal Australian Navy members are spread as far north as a submarine base in Faslane, Scotland to the southern tip of the United Kingdom in Portsmouth, the west country in Plymouth and one sailor at sea off North Africa.
In PO Mason-Powell’s words ‘The Long Look exchange program is a great experience. Working with the Royal Navy, observing operations and procedures first hand has been invaluable’.
Exchange Long Look Participants return to Australia in late July.
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Petty Officer (PO) Marine Technician Tyron Mason-Powell visits the grave of his Great Great Grandfather , Lieutenant James Bruce, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) at Villers-Bretonneux, the Somme, Northern France.
(Date taken: 30 April 2009)
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Petty Officer Marine Technician (POMT) Tyron Mason Powell visits the grave of his Great Great Grandfather, Lieutenant James Bruce, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) at Villers-Bretonneux, the Somme in Northern France.
The medals awarded to LEUT Bruce are placed on his headstone.
(Date taken: 30 April 2009)
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Petty Officer (PO) Marine Technician Tyron Mason Powell visits the grave of his Great Great Grandfather, Lieutenant James Bruce, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) at Villers-Bretonneux, the Somme, Northern France.
(Date taken: 30 April 2009)
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Petty Officer Marine Technician (POMT) Tyron Mason Powell pays respects to his Great Great Grandfather, Lieutenant James Bruce, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) at Villers-Bretonneux, the Somme in Northern France.
PO Mason-Powell's Great Great Grandfather was killed in the Great War and is buried at Villers-Bretonneux.
(Date taken: 30 April 2009)
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Gravestones at the Australian cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, the Somme in Northern France.
(Date taken: 30 April 2009)
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Petty Officer (PO) Marine Technician Tyron Mason Powell visits the grave of his Great Great Grandfather, Lieutenant James Bruce, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) at Villers-Bretonneux, The Somme in Northern France.
(Date taken: 30 April 2009)
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Petty Officer Marine Technician (POMT) Tyron Mason Powell visits the grave of his Great Great Grandfather, Lieutenant James Bruce, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) at Villers-Bretonneux, the Somme in Northern France.
(Date taken: 30 April 2009)
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Petty Officer Marine Technician (POMT) Tyron Mason Powell visits the grave of his Great Great Grandfather, Lieutenant James Bruce, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) at Villers-Bretonneux, the Somme in Northern France.
(Date taken: 30 April 2009)
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Petty Officer Marine Technician (POMT) Tyron Mason Powell walks through the Australian cemetery of Villers-Bretonneux, the Somme in Northern France.
PO Mason-Powell's Great Great Grandfather was killed in the Great War and is buried at Villers-Bretonneux.
(Date taken: 30 April 2009)
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Petty Officer Marine Technician (POMT) Tyron Mason Powell visiting the grave of his Great Great Grandfather, Lieutenant James Bruce,Australian Imperial Force (AIF) at Villers-Bretonneux, The Somme in Northern France.
The medals awarded to LEUT Bruce are placed on his headstone.
(Date taken: 30 April 2009)
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