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AB
Aaron Brown and LEUT Garth Sweet were part of a team of
12 selling Legacy badges at HMAS Kuttabul recently. Their
efforts helped to raise a grand total of $5,826.
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Photo:
ABPH Nina Nikolin
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CDRE
Norman Lee (Ret’d) of the ACT section of Naval Association
presents VADM Chris Ritchie with a $500 cheque for WO Chill.
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By
Louise Butcher
In true Navy spirit, over $17,000 has been raised to date to help
a Navy member who recently became a paraplegic.
WOB Ian Chill was the XO of HMAS Tarakan on active duty in the
Solomon Islands when he fell 10 metres into a cave crevasse.
The fall caused him severe injuries including a fractured skull,
fractures in his neck, broken ribs, a punctured lung and breaks
to his lower back.
Since the accident, fundraising to assist WO Chill and his family
to adapt to his new life has been in full swing.
More than $17,000 has been raised around the country and from
those on deployment in the Solomon Islands.
On September 14, the ACT section of the Naval Association, which
consists of around 190 members, presented a cheque for $500 to
VADM Chris Ritchie.
Their donation will be passed on to the Ian Chill Fundraising
Account.
In the Cairns community, support has been tremendous with HMAS
Cairns (CMDR Niel Wark) and HMAS Tarakan LEUT Alan Willmore) coordinating
fundraising efforts since the accident happened.
The aim is to buy and modify a handcontrolled motor vehicle for
the family.
HMAS Cairns has organised an Ian Chill fundraising dinner for
October 22, where numerous sports jerseys will be auctioned off.
A raffle, consisting of many community-donated prizes is also
being run.
Two Darwin based fundraising events are plannind including a trivia
afternoon for September 26, and a “Chill out golf day” for October
5, organised by personnel from HMAS Gawler.
In Sydney, LEUT Paul Cottier from MHQ has been pushing a fundraising
appeal for the past three weeks, which many MHQ staff have donated
money towards. And in the West, a gold coin donation day is being
planned at HMAS Stirling.
For information on Cairns fundraising events, contact Anne Adams
on (07) 4035 8250.
For Darwin based events, contact LEUT Jamieson on (08) 8935 5463.
Donations can be made to the Australian Defence Credit Union Ian
Chill Fundraising Account 802 397 672 628.
