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Navy trio applauded for helping ship
By Graham Davis
Volume 50, No. 17, September 20, 2007 |
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Australian Federal Minister Senator George Brandis has publicly applauded three members of the Royal Australian Navy for their role in helping the Indonesian Navy free one of its sail training ships from a Queensland beach late last month.
The accolade for LCDR Larry Cook and Chief Petty Officers Matt Hanrahan and Tony Mayes came when Senator Brandis addressed a “Captains’ Dinner” on board the sailing ship James Craig at Darling Harbour in Sydney on September 7.
The dinner, attended by 80 guests, was part of the APEC program.
Among the captains who attended the dinner were the commanding officers of several sailing ships who a day later were to participate in an APEC/Opera House dinner sail past.
One of the captains was LEUT Deni Hartono, the CO of KRI Arung Samudera, the 100-tonne Indonesian Navy sail training ship which went on to Rainbow Beach during a storm on August 23.
Although LEUT Hartono’s ship was still in Brisbane awaiting repairs, he and his 17 officers and sailors participated in the sail past as was the original plan.
LCDR Cook flew to Sydney for the dinner.
Senator Brandis, the Minister for Arts and Sport, was not the only one to praise the RAN trio for their efforts. LEUT Hartono also thanked the three members.
On Sunday, September 9, 13 of Samudera’s ship’s company returned to Indonesia. The five remaining sailors, including LEUT Hartono will stay in Brisbane until it is known who will carry out the repairs to their ship.
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