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Aussie
atom veterans remembered
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CHAP
Lund casts flowers on to the water.
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The
banner bearers of the Atomic ex-Servicemen’s Association.
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Followed
by flagbearers from the Navy and Air Force Cadets the Army
Band Sydney leads the march.
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HMAS
Huon (LCDR Barry Jones) marked the 50th anniversary of the first
nuclear test at Monte Bello Island, with a memorial service and
wreath laying.
The service held on the HMAS Creswell (CAPT Andrew Cawley) quarterterdeck
was followed by the laying on the sea, from HMAS Huon, of 20 wreaths.
The event commemorated the lives of Australians who had been exposed
to radiation in the atomic tests and who had given their lives anywhere
in the cause of their country.
Organised by Bellambi resident Mrs Olive Sallans, whose husband
served in Japan, more than 400 people attended the principal service
at Creswell.
Joining them were Navy cadets from training ships Jervis Bay and
Shoalhaven, Air Force cadets from Wollongong, the Army Band-Sydney
as well as permanent naval personnel. During the service an RAN
helicopter did a fly-over while the Navy’s Hydrographer, CAPT
Bruce Kafer, delivered the address.
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