Popular PO about to say goodbye

By LCDR Richard Arthur

PO Peter Papais, part of the furniture on Tobruk.

When you talk about being “part of the furniture”, you could mention Petty Officer Peter Papais in the same breath.

“Paps” has served in Tobruk as a Marine Technician continuously since 1996. In that time he has worked in a number of operator/ maintainenance roles.

More recently he has assumed responsibility for all engine room maintenance as well as acting as the Engineer Officer Of the Watch (EOOW) at sea.

In his time onboard, Paps has been to operations including Bougainville (Op Belisi I and II), East Timor and the Solomon Islands and sports a couple of ASMs as a result.

However, all things must come to an end and Paps is expecting to finally depart Tobruk later this year – that will make over eight years continuous service in one ship.

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