Corvette
Church Service
The Royal Australian Navy Corvette Association/NSW will hold its
annual commemorative church service at the Garden Island Chapel
from 10am on October 26. CHAP Gareth Clayton will conduct the
service. The Maritime Commander, RADM Raydon Gates has been invited
to attend along with the RAN Band.
TS
Hobart
TS Hobart Austrailan Naval Cadet Band Unit, will be celebrating
it’s 10th anniversary on November 15, 2003. A dinner will
be held at the Derwent Sailing Squadron Sandy Bay at 7:30pm. All
ex-cadets and families are cordially invited to attend. For further
details please contact CPOMUSN Robert Hillhouse on (03) 6237 7305
or email: robert.hillhouse@defence.gov.au
Fleet
Air Arm - 2003 Reunion
The RAN Fleet Air Arm will be holding a 2003 reunion at HMAS Albatross
during the period October 2 - 5, ending with an Airday on Sunday
the 5th (courtesy of the Australian Museum of Flight). Programme
for the 2003 reunion includes an officers reunion (Wardroom Albatross)
Thursday night, a cocktail party on Friday night, a midday barbeque
on Saturday, followed by a FAAA(NSW) anniversary dinner on Saturday
night. Further information contact Denis Mulvihill on 02-44241561
during business hours, or e-mail denis.mulvihill@defence.gov.au
HMAS
Quiberon reunion
The third reunion of crew members of HMAS Quiberon (F03), will
be held in Devonport, Tasmania, from October 17-19. All ex-crew
members and partners are welcome. Crew members of destroyer Quiberon
[G81] are also being invited to join the “Quiberon Family”.
For enquiries about this great weekend please contact the organiser
Derek Tite on 03-6425 7051; email dtite@southcom.com.au
Nirimba
Reunion
I would like to formulate a list of my Nirimba intake, in preparation
for the upcoming reunion. I’d like members
(or people who have contacts for members) of the July 1965 intake
to contact me, Keith Wood, on 07 40358233 or email keith.wood2@defence.gov.au
Some of the members were: Ames, Baker, Cannon, Lewis, Macintosh,
O’Dell, Webster, Wilson, Whalley, Woodrow.
AIO/Gunnery
Reunion Canberra
Are you an ex RP, UC, EW, QMG, FC, UW, WM or MET sailor/officer?
Interested in attending a reunion? Want a to have a few drinks
and tell some lies to old mates? Come to the Senior Sailors Mess,
HMAS Harman November 8 2003, 1800 to 2200 (if you decide to go
on, do it!) Spouses/significant others welcome. Contact CPOCSM
Mark Palmer (02) 62651879 email Mark.Palmer2@cbr.defence.gov.au
Senior
Sailors Gunnery/Boatswains Re-union
A Senior Sailors Gunnery/Boatswains reunion will be held Oct 31-Nov
02, 2003 at HMAS Cerberus’ WOSSM. Guest speaker Colin Dowd
(ex WOB). Cost $35 all inclusive Fri, Sat and Sun functions. For
further information call CPOB Brian Pattison 03 5950 7506, WOB
Alan O’Shea ext 7390, POB Patrick Crosbie ext 7247, POB Shane
Jones ext 7356 or WOB Dave White 02 9337 0203.
JRTE
54th intake
I am calling for ex junior recruits from the 54th intake Marks,
Morrow, Howden divisions from HMAS Leeuwin 1976. It is intended
to hold a 30 year reunion in Fremantle WA during January 2006.
To enable this to be successful I would like to compile a database
of personnel, both JRs and staff. Any enquiries to Marc Young
email mjyoung1@bigpond.com
Seeking
HMAS Adelaide cruise book
My name is Christopher Simmons and I served in the US Navy back
in 1990. I served in the USS Reasoner FF-63 as a boiler tech.
I would like to know how I could purchase an Australian cruise
book of the HMAS Adelaide that assisted my ship in the Gulf of
Oman during the Persian Gulf War. I’m very interested in
buying a cruise book of Adelaide in 1990. Contact my via email:
christopher_simmons78741@yahoo.com
HMAS
LEEUWIN 8th Intake JRTE
We are seeking all members of the HMAS Leeuwin Mighty 8th Intake,
the ‘Class of 64’ for our 40th Reunion which will be
held in Canberra from April 23-26, 2004. Please contact John Curbishley
on 02 6291 6197 or email johncurb@ozemail.com.au
for more details.
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