Volume
49, No. 10, June 15, 2006
Kuttabul
visits Qld
Sailors spread goodwill
A delegation from HMAS Kuttabul (CMDR Brett Chandler) visited
the town of Kuttabul near McKay in Queensland recently as part
of an important community relations activity.
The visit by 10 of Kuttabul’s ships company kicked off with
pre-Anzac Day ceremonial duties at the local Hampden High School
involving 650 students.
Next on the program was the visit to the impressive TS Pioneer
where in excess of 60 Navy Cadets conducted uniform inspections
prior to attending official ceremonial duties within the local
community.
Kuttabul’s sailors then took pride and place in the Dawn
Service that attracted many local community members.
Cut
above the rest
Successful shave
A big heart for a worthy charity saw POMT Leon Auciello of HMAS
Success (CMDR Steve O’Brien) do something he hadn’t
done in 32 years. POMT Auciello shaved for the first time since
1974 in order to participate in the Leukaemia Foundation World’s
Greatest Shave last month.
POMT Auciello was last clean shaven in 1974, a time when the Vietnam
War was drawing to a close, and the bulk of the RAN sailors reading
this article were toddlers or yet to be born.
POMT Auciello joined some 100,000 people across the country who
shaved or colour ed their hair to raise funds for people living
with leukaemia, lymphomas, myeloma and related blood disorders.
POMT Auciello shaved his beard and coloured his already white
hair bright blue as part of Success’s commitment to help
this great cause.
