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A
Sea King Helicopter from 817 Squadron performs a search
and rescue display at Farm Cove on Australia Day.
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Photo:
ABPH Helen Frank
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An
estimated 300,000 people lined the shores of Sydney Harbour on
January 26 to celebrate Australia Day 2005. They saw and heard
the Navy in action.
The Navy’s participation in the special day was replicated in
other centres around the nation.
The RAN played a lead role in Sydney. HMAS Parramatta was the
VIP ship being positioned at the ammunition buoy mid-harbour.
HMAS Diamantina provided services as the media boat.
The
sail training ship Young Endeavour led the parade of sail across
the harbour while the northern end of Garden Island was used by
the Army for is gunfire salute.
To
wow the huge crowd was an 817 Squadron Sea King helicopter.
The versatile helicopter carried a huge Australian National Flag
up and down the harbour as a massed flotilla of ships and small
craft paraded.
During the afternoon a Sea King and its crew demonstrated how
it would do a rescue at sea with a diver being winched to safety
from Farm Cove.
A day earlier a clear lower deck was held at HMAS Watson to present
an Australia Day Medallion to AB Joanne Andrews for her charity
fundraising.
In
a ceremony in Newcastle its Lord Mayor, Councillor John Tate invested
CAPT Bruce Kafer with the Australian Merchant Navy Commendation
Award.
The
award was for his services as Hydrographer of Australia from 2000
to 2004.
It was a big day for CAPT Kafer who also received a Conspicuous
Service Cross for his hydrographic work.
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Australia
Day honours
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Twenty-one
RAN personnel received awards for their contribution and
service at Australia Day services around the country last
month.
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RADM
Raydon Gates Officer of the Order of Australia CDRE
Tim Barter
Member of the Order of Australia
CAPT Gerald Christian Member of the Order of Australia
CDRE Geoff Geraghty Member of the Order of Australia
WO David Baker
Medal of the Order of Australia
LEUT Russell Cronin
Medal of the Order of Australia
CDRE Campbell Darby Distinguished Service Cross CMDR
Verran Dutschke Distinguished Service Medal LEUT Scott
Houlihan Commendation for Distinguished Service
LCDR Peter Luck SA Commendation for Distinguished Service
LCDR Paul Moggach Commendation for Distinguished Service
CAPT Michael Van Balen Commendation for Distinguished
Service
CAPT Edwin Dietrich Conspicuous Service Cross
CAPT Chris Fealy Conspicuous Service Cross
CAPT Bruce Kafer Conspicuous Service Cross
CPO Mark Pardoe Conspicuous Service Cross
CPO Paul Borgas Conspicuous Service Medal
CPO Anthony Borgo Conspicuous Service Medal
LS Shane Dwyer Conspicuous Service Medal
CMDR Nicholas Stoker Conspicuous Service Medal
CPO Mark Stone .Conspicuous Service Medal |
