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CLEAN
MACHINE: A large number of Navy personnel from HMAS Stirling
volunteered to help in a major clean up of the 14 acre
property of the Totally and
and Partially Disabled Veterans Association Headquarters
at Baldivis.
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Navy
is well renowned for its leadership and therefore it comes as
no surprise that a humble but innovative Petty Officer recently
mobilised an army of sailors and defence civilians from HMAS
Stirling to help disabled veterans.
PO Dean Bromage, a Platform Systems Technician at Rockingham,
has led a mighty effort by sailors and defence civilians to
come to the assistance of totally and partially disabled veterans.
PO Bromage demonstrated leadership and initiative skills by
organising more than 200 sailors and civilians to tackle a major
clean up effort of the 14-acre property of the Totally and Partially
Disabled Veterans Association Headquarter at Baldivis.
PO Bromage demonstrated leadership and initiative skills unique
to the Navy by organising more than 200 sailors and civilians
to tackle a major clean up effort.
Up
until recently the physical up keep of the HQ and its facilities
had been left to its disabled members and their families, however
PO Bromage rallied a force of kind-hearted defence personnel
to answer a desperate cry for help.
The Association president Peter Douglas said that with the majority
of veterans being totally or partially disabled, “they
rely heavily on community support such as that provided by PO
Bromage”.
PO Bromage said he was moved to rally sailors and defence civvies
to the cause of helping the veterans after their headquarters
suffered serious damage from bush fires earlier this year.
“The clearing of debris and noxious weeds had been left
to the association members, many of whom are disabled,”
he said with a sigh.
PO Bromage said the ‘army’ of sailors and defence
civvies got the job done in a couple of hours on Wednesday October
12.
