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WESTRALlA, which sai led south to refuel the FFG granting her Ihe lime to carry out the thrilling res­cues of solo yachtsmen Thierry Dubois and Tony Bullimore, she returned not to Fleet Base West at Garden Island, but to Fremantle where she was met by VIPs, the world's news media and an enthusiastic, cheering crowd of about 5000. More piclurtS, stories

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2 (2) NAVY NEWS. January 27. 1997

The West takes a look at

STIRLING ~\~~e~j~: its mos t successful open day with more than 17.000 members of the Wcstem AUSlralian public. passing through the gates.

More than 4200 vehi­cles fro m motorbikes 10

busescarriedthecrolO.·d across Ihe 4.3 ki lometre causeway which links Garden Island with the mainland.

A day without incident. the event was supported predominantly by family groups. visitors taking the opponunity to cOllie and sec "their Navy" and view how well it man· aged the I sland'~ fragile environment.

Fleet Base West's CO. CO RE Bob Trotter. said the event was "an e~cel· lent day. very succes~rllily executed".

T he gu ided.missile frigatcs Hl\M Ships ADE· LAIDE. CANBERRA and DARWIN the training sub­marine O VENS and the patrol boat HMAS S UN­BURY wereopcn 10 visitors.

Othe r attractions

included the Submarin ... TrJining Systems Centre. S lJ bmarine Escape Training Facility, engi­neering and electronics v.orks hops. along with combat systems trainer and recruiting vans.

Two large marquee~ housed a number of dis· plays and there wa~ also static di,ing. transport. lirelighting aodernergency vehicle,. a Department of Con servation and Land Management display with snakes aod tammar w311a· bies and cadets.

An action.packed pro­gram was highlighted by COT 4'~ aeri31 mine di~­

posal wi t h H MAS ADELAI DE's Seahawk and its fas t roping rou· line s on to the tanker H ~'fAS WEST RALI A.

Al so popular were the West Australian Naval Band under di rect ion of C POM USN Peter Legg. abseiling from the SubmarincEscape Tr.lining Focility. l'Tlswiththeircut. lass and marching displays and a safety equipment demonstrat ion.

C~;;~~~~tl~~i:nnks_;:~ to the 700 members of Victoria's Defence com­munity IO.ho panicd on to raise mone)' for an c:~trc:mely lO.orfhy charil) Thec\em.:luendedby:lll sen ices. all ranks and civilian employees at the Carlton Crc~t Hotel. wa~ the Inaugural Defence Charity Ball. in aid of hc's lO.anted for the -lOth scud them off to 1'0111 at Open Family Australia. anJl1versary reunion of HQNO RCO;\1. Da r llin which gi,,:~ one·on·one the 1957 crev.. If you NT 0800. Tom's particu-care and ,uppon for street know of his whereabouts larly interested in hear· kids, Thank~ go too to give Norm Ralph in ing from :\'a'~ person· many ~pon'>O..., including S)dney a call on 9630 nel IIho sened in the Qantas and Ansell. NEe. 6938 or at lO.ork. 9871 area inlhe 19505. Tran~field, P&O. the 94(H. l:l:;::~ ::: Victorian RSL and even H1\IAS 1\IELBOURNE and HMNZS TE KAHA. And the bottom line ... a cheque for S5O.000 hand· ed \0 Open F:nnily chair­man Father Bob Maguire. Who says you can't ha\ e fun and do somethin g. wonh\\hile al the ~ame time'.'

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J ~Sn~~~1 ~~~;t:g ~~ ~~r~ out wh3t to do with his new -found wealth. He opened lO.ith some inter­est a salary variation ~Iip that came through Fleet 1I.-tail. to find hc'd been g ranted a rise in hi s Uniform Maintenance Allow3nce. It's gone up Icafonnight !

N~~L~e~:s o"~: it~~ Mackay fo r the !\I C U exercise late las t yea r. s l ill c huck ling o ,'e r t he T-sh irt h e s p ied on a brawn y sai lor. " Do n 't tell OIy lllum I' m a Navy C lea r a n ce Oi ver. Sh e thinks I' m a piano play­e r in a who r e h o use." Need lI'e say nlOr e ...

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NAVY NEWS, January 27, 1997 (3) 3

NEWCASTLE celebrates her 3rd birthday A~~~~a:~a's ~~~~~; frigate HM AS NEW. CASTLE (CMDR H. G. Furness) hasturIlcd three.

During her celebrations a b irthday cake was shared by the ship's com­pany and workers from Sydney's ADI Dockyard who are assisling wilh Ihe frigatc's firsl refit.

The ca ke wa~ CUI by the youngest member of the crcw, ABBM Roslyn Murphy. assisted by the shi p' s oldest serving ~ailor. L5ET Al Bowman, whilc the rest of the crew looledon.

Since commi~sioning NEWCAS TLE has deployed 10 New Zealand. the South West Pacific. Hawaii. South Ea~1 Asia. Japan and all major Australiall porls. She also ha~ panicipalcd in most major AUSlf;J!ian al1 d overseas excrci~es. culm inating in RIMPAC %.

Major work scheduled for the refit includes the installation of an EVAC sewage system, a combat system upgrade with AN/UYK 43 computer and Nulla and the trial of an environmentally friendly paint removal process using 30,OOOpsi hydro blasting,

The rCfil has proved ch:d lenging for NEWCASTLE's manage­ment leam which ha~

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CM DR Nige l Pe rry has Idl NEWCASTLE for Staff College after a successful IS-mo nth lenure. Hi5 replacement is CMD.R Howard Furness.

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• H:\IAS ARROW a sad sight arter TraQ. A~tre:~h~~g ;~~r:~~~

Tracy victims remembered with plaque

inc. "Rob the Dentbt" ali;~ C~IDR Rob Taylor. IJJ,decido::dtohangup his 10\lel ~nd toolhbru,h and head off 10 hi, own de nta l praClicc 011 the Chad,tone ~hopping cen­Irein Vitloria. C~ I DR Ta)lor ~'ly,

lealing the Rt\K i~ one of the harde.;t thing< he has e\er done.

"But there comes a lime in li fe \\hen the challcnges run out and there i5 no further pro­gression.

"Ofal1thegrcat things a~socialcd \I ilh the N~\'Y.

W~~~i~'~~ ~~Id n~:~ 3t Ihe Arro\\ Bar in Darwin, look at the plaque on the wall and spa re a thought for the twO sailors who lost their lives during Cyclone Tracy.

POQMG Les Catton and ABMTP Jack Rcnnie were servin g in HMAS ARROW when they died on Chri s tmas Day in 1974.

A plaque dedicated to Ihe two men had been at the entrance of HMAS WATERHEN (CMDR G. J. Kelly) for many years, but was removed before theoldestnblishment W:lS demol ished and $u bse­quentlyrebuih.

·'As the plaque had faded. we ask.ed LCDR Darryll Baldwin, CPO Simon Pedley and LSMT Dean Fuller of FIMA to refurbish it :' said WATERHEN Executil'e Officer LCDR Padd y Flynn.

"They did a brilliant job and we decided 10

present the plaque (which is mounted on the las t piece of the timber from the original WATERHEN wharf) to 1he al l- ranks Arrow Bar m the Darwin Naval Base at L:lrmkeyah Barracks

"This mean s that peo­pIc who are now serving in patrol boats call keep the memory of the late sailors alive:' he said

"[I al so retains and s trengthens the link between the small ship sailors at WATERHEN and Up Top:'

LEUT Barry Spencer, RAN R, who was POCOXN in 1he Allack­class patrol boat at the time of the sailors' deaths, was at the plaque hando ve r ceremony at WATER HEN. CAPT Bob Dagwort hy (Rtd), who was Commanding Officer of ARROW. was unable toallend.

LEUT Spencer said it was important for sailors to remember Ihose who

(i.>ffli;,,~>~.;;J ol"er the side but we later ~e:~;ee~cc~~l~~ t~~S; ~~~ discovered that his life what has made it such a

had died while sen ing jacket wa~ unserviceable great organ isat ion to theircounlry and recalled ... and hc subsequently work for:' he said. the events of Decemher drowned "A lerrific example is 24-25.1974. "It seems that PO Ihe CERBERUS dental

'There were fOllr patrol Calion got blown off the team. the people equal boats in Darwin and we wharf or fell through a with any I have mel in 20 had an alen that Cyclone hole in the wharf:' years both in and outside Tracy was approaching:' CAPT D:lgworthy said of the military." he said the Arrow Bar was Ihe Rob joined Ihe Navy.

at "\~~;~ei~~d~:y w:~ ~ee;U~~~;h:~a;l~q~~rtot:~ ~sd:~a~~~e~~~~~~eit;i~ Christmas Eve and \lere mounted 1976.

~~:~ ~ee ~~io::~lb~~~~ '"I think the Arrow Bar C~~~~~U;:~i~~t ~a~~~ in Darwin Harbour." represents one of the h:lps :I suil:lble climax to

'"We weill out with the unique aspects of patrol his carecr that he finishes other three patrol boats at boat life. It is a place where it all began. about 5pm and secured to wherc there is very close "Dentistry in the Navy 001 pay foril. il h3S no value. changes of living in a for· team. Rob hopes to c:llch theb~ mateship." is of:l superb quality'" he certainly rings true here . eigncountry. up with many Navy rami -

Emergency A~~~~~i~~ni~I'sH~~~ ~J~~~~~~::d :~~~~~i~~: ~:ti~~1!:~.I"apprecime ev:~~~~,:;t:'~Yeo:l~ :~~ ~~;::~~;hc~:nyge:~r~nn~ In thc early hours of board. which wa s sa l- dentists and auxiliary per· Highlights of Rob's 20 ing our stay in the USA treating serving members

Christmas Day. the vaged by clearance divers son nel prov iding an ye~rs in the Navy include :lnd I c:ln't recommend to their families. anchor cable pulled the in Darwin after the excellent service. IWO years as a travelling the place highly enough:' And by the way. why anchor winch from the cyclone, will be moull1ed "Unfortunatel y many denti st and a 364 -day Rob, hi s wife Sandy do most dentists usc Oral deck. on the wall in the senior members of the RAN do posti ng to New York, to and boys Matthew and B toothbrushes?

"I think il wa s some- sailors' mess at WATER- not seem 10 appreciate the stud y orthodontics at Cameron arc looking for- "It's probably because time aboul 3a m. The HEN as a further quality of dent istry avail - New York University. ward to life as civvies, we gOI Ihem for free:' charge engineer we nt reminder of the link s able to them, as it is pro- '!hat was a great expe- scnling down and active- says Bob down and hit the engines bel ween WATERHEN vided free of charge rience. not j ust the study. Iy supporting their "But don't tell any -

on emergency stan r:,:,"",d"AR:::R:::O:,:W~. _-===~=.Th<==O'=" ""'Y,=i":§g=if§:Y,,"=do===::b::",::'::I '::O='h,,'=I::ife~sty,=I,,' ~"'::IO="',=d ::Bo"m~"'~"~'~OO~""~"~O~",~:=====,... "We battled along for

an hour or so. ju~t trying to keep our nose into the sea.

"We had IwO fairl y big rolls . we were ncarly on our sides.

'"The boat lost se:l suc­tion . we cou ldn't gel 1he walerback through to cool the engines.

"The alarms wenl off and it was then that we decitled to turn the boat around and beach it in the mud."

He said the strong wind created havoc and the patrol boat wa s driven under the wharf at Stoke·s Hill.

"The boat Sl3rted to take on water and eventu­ally sank."

In a later interview. CAPT Dagwonhy said several personnel had been forced to jump into the sea as they could not make it onto the wharf.

"1 was one of the peo­ple who jumped over­board:' CA PT Dagwonhysaid.

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In 311. 639 Korean nalll pcr'ionncllO.ere emblrked on [he Ihree ,hip~ under the cortlm:lnd of Rear Admiral Oh Seung- Yul!. including 165 cadc[~ frum the Korean Na\'aIAcadcmy.

While in Sydncythcc.ldch,a<,part of [hdr training lour~d the guided mi"lIe frigate H,\I AS ~'I EL­

BOURNE and \'i~ited II MAS WATSON. Lil..e ~ailol"'i the .... orld o ... er. the caJ~h appeared 111

uniform throughout the city during their free time, enJoying the sights,

On a Pacific traming crui\e for the embarked caJ.:b all three thips .... ere built m Korea from the mid 198<h to 1990, the frigate~ dc,igncd for the g~neral ~,cort ru1~,

I Th~ ... i,it \1 as only the third b~ RKN ,hip, to Sydney

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ColleelLon h:ls become proud owner of two hiSlOrieC:lnnon Ihat h:lvC been part of Austr:lli:ln Navy hhtory for longer than the RAN hasbeeninexistcnce

The two SIIl:l1l gun~, each ne:lrly 200 years old. have been transferred from the Defence Scicnee and Technology

Organisation's Maritime Operations Division at Pynnont in Sydney to the Historical Collection'S Gardcn lslandmuseulIl.

They were acquired by the NSW Naval Brigade. one of the forerunners to the Royal Australian Navy. during the BO:l:er Rebellion at the turn of the cemuryand have been held by the MOD and its

predecessors. the RAN Research Laborator).

The can non have fbnked Ihe entr:lIlcc to the MOD's Pyrmont wharf bui lding since the divi5ion moved from Rushcuners Bay in 198~.

Chief of the division . Dr Rogcr Creaser, said he had agreed to transfer the guns to the island's col­lection because of the

growing impo rt ance of Ihcdisplay. \Ihich is open IO lhcpublic.

.. It is better for these historic items [0 be seen by the public a t the Garden hl and display ralhl;rlh:lnbe rCSlricled lojuSI staff and official visilors:·DrCre:l-~crsaid.

He handed them over, along with nOles on the gUlis' origins. 10 assistant curator of [he Naval Historical Collection Sue Thomp~n.

T hey join an orn:HC Spanish culviron mndc in 1595 transferred earlier by RA NRL It also was acqui red du ring . he Boxe r Rebellion in China.

One cannon is a bronze Bri ti sh four~pounder.

made during the reign of George III in arou nd 1800. though the King's llmlS near thc touch-hole in the b:lrrcl is almost worn away by nearly twO centuries of polishing.

Britain produced a large number o f nava l guns:!t the time ixe:luse of th e prolonged wars with N:!poleonic FrJl)ce.

• SWAN is backed out of n:l\'a l waters for Ihe lasl time. Pic ture: ABPH S tua rt Farrow

DE backs into her Swansong T~~vZ;~~;s ~~~ttr'~~:~1 ~~~:r~ i!1~~ last time under tow and southwa rd bound for the south western WA port of Sunbury.

Decommissioncd o n Septcmber 13. SWAN was stripped a t Fleet Base West and g iven to lhe Western Australian Govcrnment by thc Federal M inister for Finance.

HMAS STIRLlNG's CO. CDRE Bob TrOller and th e WA Mini ster for Tourism. r ... l r Norn13n Moore. had signed

the Dced of Gift in Perth the day bo.:forc her departure late la~t )ear.

The s hip 's ~.5 inch turret will be removed in Bunbury by a commercial co ntrac to r a nd then transported to Albany by road. The tu rret wi ll bo.: erect­ed on thc slope~ of ~Iount Adclaide ovcrlooking Albany', magnificent his­toric Forts complell . :lIl allard winning tour is t ce ntre which ol'e rl ooks pie-turesque King George Soulld

- Vic J effery The o ther. almos t cer- ~ ___________________ _

t:linly picked up by the NSW NOl":l1 Brigade on its journey home from the Chine se fighting. is:ln Indone~l:ln muzzlc-Io:ld­ing sWI\'el g un. al~o

made. probably in • Dr Creaser shows Sue Thompson the way the Sumatra swh 'el gun was sightl.."<I . Sumatra, du ring the early

Picture: ABPH Simon i\ le tealk 1800s.

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T~:O~i!~:~~~~q~:S~I~~ Sydney havc played host 10 a Fleel Re view of n differen tkind,providing thc I'cnue for a gmhering o f Australia's finest model warships.

The Task Fo rcc 72 annual rcgalla. at Wentworth Fallsauracted ~cores of radio controlled 1172 scare models from across Austr:!lia.

Featuring modcls rep­reseming the past. pre~ent and fUlureofthc RAN. as wcll as French. US . UK and evcn Romani:ln war­ships. the rega lia isa showcase for the talen ts of their dcdicaled owners.

Many builders of thc wonderfully detailed ves­sels arc current or former member s of the RA N, although a growing num­ber has no prior connec­tion to the Navy_

Reviewing Officer for the reg3 ll a . Naval Support Command Chief of Staff CORE Kim Pin. said he was "allla7cd" at the level of detail and commi tment evident in the models.

r\ forme r submari ner.

CORE Pill Showed par­ticubr interest in a model o f a US Navy Sturgeon­class ~ubmarine. capable of cruising fully sub­merg·cd.

CDRE Pill of cou rse found it necessary to try his hand. t:lking ou t a model of the destroyer escort HMAS PARR A­MATTA

With a CORE com­manding. PARRAi\1AT­TA was thc senior ~hip in thc rcgalla un til Mrs Piu was persuaded to take control of th e FFG HMAS ADELAIDE. rel­egating C ORE Pit t to the role of junior commander to thc amuscmcm of on lookers

CDRE Pill even tua ll y declared he had no hesita­tionin dcciaringanim ri­c:llcly detailed model of Battle-class destroyer HMAS ANZAC. built by Geoff Eastwood of Sydncy. the bcst model on show.

Gcoff, who has built seve ral models. sa id hc h:ld spen t more than 18 months building ANZAC and she sti ll requi red more work

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• CH,\ !' Burry )'esherg presents RA N nihIl's to Tony Bullimore and Thierry Duhois, right. during a thanksgi"in!,: sen'icc in Hi\IAS ADELAIDE. Pool pictures: Kerr~' 8errington. News Ltd.

Cheers Adelaide.

8 (5) NAVY NEWS, January 27, 1997

You rang? T~e~e~~~~~:: b~~~rt~g~O~)~~I.finaIIY lifted and Ihe

In the sellen day' from HMAS ADELA[DE's sailing on her rescue mhsion. telephone records 31 HMAS ST[RLING ~howed a staggering 895 calls were receivLxI by Navy PAO Vic JelTery and his right hand man Rod Salmeri.

[n the same period 477 outgoing ealls were made from Iheomce.

Between them the two spent an incredible 44 hours. 41 minutes and one second on thelelephoncs.

The busiest day wus the Friday with 170 incuming calls proccsscdand I 16 outgoing call,made.

Amlthesc tallies do not tnciude the large number of calls received and made on the PAO's mobile phone or the numberufcallsto his pri\'ate a!klress. and the large number of message, l:llen by his p:l1ient wife Marcy, an unpaid secretary for the duralion.

Dealing with Brilish and French media highlighted the problem th;]t Westem Au,tmlia 1\ eight hour.; ahe;]d of the UK and Francc and tclephone call, laiC at night or after midnight were b..'COming ulanningly regular.

ll)ere hilS never oc"Cn a media contingent orlhis "iI.e. between 80 :llId 100 people. assembled for a Defence actil'ily in\\btcrn AU'lralia and although their need,and hopeflillyalltheirrea"onablereque,hWeremet.bYlheend uf day eight. Vic and Rod \I<.'r<,) ~tarting to feel the <,)tf<'~'h of lung hour-and lael of,leep.

The members and staff at APS BENEFITS

congratulate all naval personnel involved in the recent ocean rescues

of Tony Bullimore and Thierry Dubois.

• CI'O Peter Wicker. who pulled the Hritish yachts lIIlln from tltl' ic~ Southern Oel';trl illlo ADELAmE's RIB. is thanked by Tony HullirnOn! on the FFG's flight ded •. 1'001 piClUf\.'lO: Kerry Herrington. News Ltd.

Mercy dash while the world waited W~~t~~~ tri~t;lphtahn~ spotlight for a week

G:~e;==] clearly recognised with the copybook rescue of first. Ihe Frenchman Thierry

'Ladders' adds legs W~~~eu~s~~e O~l1e~I:~ guided-mis~ile friga te HMAS ADELAIDE. much of the world and Au,tralian media forgot or overlooked the impurtant role in the operation played by the underway rcplenishment ~hip HMAS WESTRALIA (under CO CMDR Tony "LJdders"l.adomirsli).

WESTRALIA was pbl"\.>d on eight hour.;' noticcforsca

a., ADELt\IDE departed 011

h.::r(L1shsouthfurhcrn.:.'>CtlC

Departing nn the afternoonof Janu;!ry8\\ith around 50 of her normal complement of 77 embarked. WESTRAUA was a major and import:lll1 comributor 10 the o~ratiun.

Apart from giving "leg'" to ADELAIDE when she replcnishedher'>Outhoflhe Australian mainland on

:llso transferred cmbarled Channel7tcchnician I-.'I'lrl Allen ,Illd hi, a~,uei:lted equipment. allowing the tir.'ttelcvi,ion picture, to bc signalled tu a ehanercd clvilian:lircrafl.

A, the large nowd gathered at Victoria Quay wailing for ADELAIDE to IIwle her \lay dO\\I) the inner harbour. the ma,ter· of-cercmoniesfortheday. HI-.1AS STIR LI NG', Chief

John'lon. drew :Il1entiun to WESTRALJA .' te:llning pa~1 in the outer harbour un her \\:ly home to Garden j,land.

Although ,h(· ",a, well out of e;lr,ho1. three rou-.ing l'hecr~ from the public followed in tribUle to the ,hip.

WESTRALJA greeled al Flect Ba~e We~t with a large wcleume home b.1ltner.:1 BZ fur the fieet\

guided-missile frigate HMAS ADELAIDE to Fremantlc on Monday. J:lnuary 13, after her mercy das h to resc ue two disabled yachtsmen. the magnitude of two grcat stories in the annals of survival at sea is finall y being realised.

CAPT Gates was to have hosted 3 lunch on b03rd thm day for the I'isiting Prince of Orange. Prince Willem· Alexilnder of thc Netherlands. who was touring Fleet Base West. h3ving prev iously worked out with his wife Alison a menu which extolled Western Austr3lia's fine seafood. Thi s was cancelled and the program rearranged 3S the ship prepared for sea.

gloomy picture of the weather conditions thilt could be expected in the Southern Oce3n as at the same time thermal protective clothing W3S being stowed onboard.

ADELAIDE·s departure brought back memories of the craSh-sailing of her sister ship HM AS DARWIN (under CMDR Davyd Thomas) two years before on December 29.

1995. which saw the ship m3ke a mercy dash from Fleet Base West to the Southern Ocean, successfully rescuing a solo French Y:lChtswOITL'U1.

Dubois by the sh ip'~ 1.111~~~~~~~~~~~~"",~~~""'~~~~~~~~~~~ Seahawk helicopter and r

When CO CAPT Raydon Gates received the call at DIDO local time the previou s Monday to prepare the ship for sea. little could hc ha ve ever realised that he was embarking on a mission that would Ihrust him 3nd his ship in lot he world's

A crammed media conferencc aboard ADELAID E two hours before the ship sailed saw CAPT Gates paint a

Escaping what h3d been a hcat wave in the west. HM AS ADELAIDE departed from HM AS STIRU NG at 1600 thaI sarne day with a makeshift crew of 144 including personnel from HMA Ships CANB ERRA (2). DARWJN (7). STIRLING (~) and TORRENS ( I ) and an officer from HS8l6Squ.:Klron.

DARW IN's resclle of Isabelle Autiss ier from her disabled Y3cht about 840 nautical miles S.w. of Tasmania drew world headlines.

A DEL A ID E's expertise and the empha~is the RAN places on training were

sho rt ly aft er. the recovery of Englishman Tony Bullimorc from hisuptumedyacht.

Snatching these men from the clutches of the icy So uth ern Ocean was an incredible feat.

Remarkably well considering their ordeals. the two yachtsmen were made Honorary Petty officers. this explaining the "HON I" and "HON 2" worn on their combat overalls wi th the appropriate insignia.

On her return to F rem ant I e ADELA IDE was met by a large Ootilla of around 30 13u nches and pl:lyed in by the WA Naval Band.

She was on arrival. greeted by the Minister for Defcnce. Mr McLachlan. CDF GEN John Baker. MC-AUST RADM Chri~ Oxenbould. Mini,ter for Defence. Science and Personnel Bronwyn Bishop and Opposition Leader Kim Be3lley.

There arc still crc\\ member<; of ADELAIDE who arc ~otllewhat bemused b) the reception the} received from a crowd of around ..\.000 to 5.000 \\ hen the y be r t IT cd in Fremantle.

The gener:ll feeling onboard wa, one of ··we arc only doing our job" and great profes,ional pride.

John, Jono, Tim and the crew at

Rockers congratulate the company of

HMAS ADELAIDE

on making every Australian proud to be Australian.

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NAVY NEWS, January 27, 1997 (5) 9

Diving is definitely • In Trophy honours aid work theblood

G:~iS;J W~~[eRnU~:s~~~n:~ be the observing "white cetl" exercise controller during the recovery of Manta exercise mines.

BUI it's certainly unusual for his 18-),I::lr. old son, ABeD Ben Croni n. to be the di\1!T tasked to work with him.

Although it is not unknown IOhavc sons fol· low thei r fathers into the Navy, even to have both '\Cning concurrently. it is rare 10 find them working wgethcr: bUllhal's what happened during Exercise ShortscopelDugong 96.

Baker and his fathcr. What is unusual in the

Cronin case is thaI both are members of AUSCDT Four.

Russ Cronin has been in the Navy for 26 years. becoming a clca r(l nce diver in 1973. Following in his father's footsteps. Ben enlisted m September 1995. g:l imng his CD qU:llific:lllon two months ago. The youngest diver in the CD Br:lnch. Ben W:lS l2-ye:Jrs-oJd when his fatherg:lve him his firs t diving lesson,

T~:S~~I~: h~~~S~~H~~ cd a new lroph)' larccog­lliS(' 3SSISf:mce gl\en loa

cl\;liancommunily. The 3,"ard will go 10 II

ship or a group of ships. shore establishment or n:I\':11 uni t judged Illost wonhy of recognition for commuflily aid anywhere in Auslraliaoroverseas.

An inili:u;ve of the IC:lguc's federal execulI\t', the award of an annual shicld has beenappro\ed by the Chief of N:l\al Staff. VADM Rod Taylor.

Includ ing the Cronin family, there havc been four ~uch concurrently serving f:uhcrs and sons in the CD branch since 1955 - Bill and LEUT Glenn KeT. Dixie and WOCD Dixie Foord, plus ABeD Snowy

On his flISl major deploy­menl. :lnd with his firSI operation:ll uml. Ben h:ld bcenundcttakingajackstay search when he found the Mant:l;ilicfirslmine tobc found during Exercise ShortsoopdDugong 96.

• WOCD Ross Cronin lmd ABDC Ben C ronin with t he first mine found during the exereiS'.'.

VADM Taylor :ldviscd that "worthy of recogni­lion" could range from a single major re ~cuc or relief operation to sus­tained suppon by a <hip's company for worthwhile commun ilY nc tivities such as a blood bank or chari ty. When Ben approached.

his father W:lS in pl:lee 10

w:llch for dh'er discipline in the minefield during the pl:lcement of an over

pressori~:ltion ch:lrge. Ben s:lid he was told

jusl before ente ring the W:lterth:Jt his f:ltherwould be out there. but didn't

belie\e it until he saw him. Although proud f:llher

Russ said he was nOI sur­rrised when his son appro:lched. he thought:

Letters to the Editor N a V Y 0 n e ci:ll N:l\'y "~ons" Chris. h:l\e experienced m:lny

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Dear S ir. 1>.fcKendrick for hi~ lmd­ness and the bcauttful ser­vIce.

C lilTord Hardaker (OVA) provisions. due to

It \\.a~ recently brought home to us just ho\\. truly naval personnel arc one big family.

Lilyfie ld NSW incomplete o r inconclu·

You all rallied around ;Iud brought U~ comfort ;lI1d praclical help 31 our ,adde~1 time "hen oor son Ste\"endied.

For the d:lunting ta~k of form-filling and arrange­ments. many thanks to CPSO Commander Liz Coles and social worh'r Ann f.·lcLeod ;:rnd thcir ,taffand to Chaplain Ian

A spccialthank you to all Steven', "boy~" at HMAS PENGU IN for their part in ou r boy's "passingool par:ldc"

When thanked. you all replied: ··It·s part of the job". but it"~ oot juse pari o f the job. To gi\c us so much kindness and com­passion and all the love \\.e felt as wc ~uid our good­byestogcthcr. thank yoo.

1l'Iank yoo also my spe-

Record injuries

))f:a rSir, In my capacity as

Secretary of the ACT Br:lr"lch o f the Regula r Defence Force Welfare As<oci3tion (RDFWA ) I

she e\idence of a direel Defence service hnlto theirinjuryordis:lbility.

I Cal1notstresscnough lh~ need for serving mernbc~loensureth:ll:lIlY medical complaint. no m:lt· terhow trh·ial. is recorded in their mcdical record~.

The ~uccess of a claim. sometimes lll:lny )CaN III

the future . can oftcn hinge on the pre~cnce of a one line entry made in the records.

In the C:l~e of injury.

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WA (09) 325 9799 ACT (06) 257 2633

SA & NT (08) 82 12·UKil

Serving or retired members contemplating making a cl:lim for com· pcns.ation ~hould SC("'k the ad\' ice o f an :rdvocatr. belonging 1O:r Dcfence a,~od:rtion such as the RSL or the RDFWA . before submitting :r claim. Their :rdvice and support c:rn be im :lIU:lblc and integr:rl to lhe succ­cess of their claim, Finally I remind SCT\lIlg

mcmbers that compensa-

"What arc the odd~ of this over once in recognition h:lppening" with almost then juSt gOt on \\.ith the 1lle sm311esl as well as

thcla~l'Stships.e.o;lablish­menls Of units arc e ligible rorlhe~rpe[ual trophy.

20 divers in the combined job" - just like any mem-t:lsk uni t for the exercise'? ber of the AUSCDT learn,

Russ s:lid Ben "looked

tion entitlementS do not exist just forrctired mem­bcrs.bUl:lreequallyrele­\'antforser\ingml'mbers.

LC!S l1ienkil' \\icz. Licutenant Colollel (Rtd j

Canherra i\CT

Amazing captain

Dear Sir. Your article on the refit-

THE EDITOR NAVY NEWS L OCKED BAG 12 PYRMONT NSW 2009

Funher recognition fol­lo\\.ed his second voyage in 1775_

The Lords Commission­ersoflhe Admiralty pro­moted him to post c:lptain and hisextr:lOrdinary contribulion to science was rewarded with his election as a Fellow of the Royal Societ).

The Royal Society alw :lwarded Cook its Copley Medal for his ..... orkon Ihc control of scurvy at sea.

Despite these achie\e­ments he was not knight­I'd until a few weeks ago. as noted in your ~tory.

J.W.Ellis NSCHQ. Pyrmon t

~~~~~~~7~sc~~~~~~~ IlIiiiiiiiiiiii==========::;-RAandthereplicaofHM Bark EN DEAVOUR. at the West Australian M;nine Support Facility \\as most interesting.

1llccapiainofH:-"I Bark ENDEAVOUR_ listed on the ship's bools as lames Cook (firsl lieutenant and in command) was a mo,t remarkable man. His achievementswercheld in highrcgardbyhi~contem­poraries. p:lrticularly the Admiruhysupcrim.

In:lnage "'hen the class structure in England was \irtually un:l<sailable, lhe son of a farm labourer could expect liule else from life other than tofol­low his father into the fields. James Cook. how. e\er. was rccognised by a neighbour to be t:llented and she encouraged <;()fl)C

formal SChooling. This "'as the basis of hi, life­long self-education that led \0 his progrc~,ion in the Royal Na\y and recognition as one of the world's foremo~t na\ig:l­tors and explorefli_

He was ;:rppoinlcd mas­ter in 1759. lieutenant III

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;\lr' BI,hop met the 1tallan Amba"ador .\lar..·el1o Spat~rora. 17th Na\al Group Cornmand.:r R,\D\1 ClaudiQ ~ l ariJ. De Polo Jnd General Giu,.:ppe Cap1lLano on board the de'lro)er DURAND DE LA PEN1\E. during la't "e.:l'~ good",.!! \1\lt

;\I~ Bi~hup )ald there "a, a 'trong commitment fWIll AU~lralia and \tal} 10 Ihe Memorandum elr Unde"tandingbct\\een Iltel",ocountri.:,

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'·W.: "ant real Joinl I cnlUflng here: ... real eUlllmll· nlCntIOAu~traIIJ··

~ I rs BI~hop -.aid the 1c<ldc" dl~u)~d i,",ue<;, IOdud illS how defence illdu,try eommUnlen" could lead 1<)

ll'ammgoncililianCOlltr:.K:I'·'. EIc\l,~n of t he mulli­purpo~e hdicoptcrs are '''' b<!,upplicd.bcginningin 2001.

The contract will al,o cOlcr lhrough-lifc sup­port. ,o([warc ~upport and the pro,ision of a heli­coplcrni~hl simul:uor.

Italians drop • In The Italian .. in\ it.:d ~lr .. Oi,hop \0 Ital} for funher lall, and ,he,aidalj,it would be eun\idered

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The deplo)ment aim, to t!\aluale Ihe group·, operational capab.litie~ in dtfferent eo\ironmt!nlal ~·undilion)and arc;., from Ihose in "hich Ihe Jt~lian,normatl) tlc:pl()

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NAVY NEWS. January 27. 1997 (11) 11

NAVY PUTS COOK ON CD W~~~c NSeo\\me Ye~~ resolutions l:lllnchcd nationwide may halcsuul: without trace the Navy in Cairns is on course with high·tcrhreso]ve-Ioenlht the skills of Cap lain Cook.

In the NonhQueensland [ouriSI city Ihiscutting­cdgenavalmissionrcquires in terface wi th the past [0

put chaIting detail obtained by Cook. andO!her nautical pioneers. on [0 computer disk.

So\\.henusingshipboard computers - to access information fornavigming nonhern wate rs - boaties. tourist~ and others w i)] download from dbks the chani ng endeavours of Cook. MaHhew FJinde r~ and compa ny. a!ong with thm of current coumerparts.

Operating from HMAS CA IRNS naval base. Lieutenant Commander John Maschke- pic tured with new and old-style chan-maki ng equipment aboard HMAS FLINDERS, the hydrographic survey ship he commands - is on the team producing information for electronic chans.

Early this year the Nal'Y's hydrographicofficc plans tocall tenders which will result in production of the new-eTa chans, And. as a boost fOfthe projecl. tast month Navy hydrographer Commodore Roben Willis s igned a S30 million contract for another fh'e years' operation of a Cairns-based laser-driven. c!13n-m3kingaid. the Laser Airbome Depth Sounder (LADS).

resolve realJy began on an aftcrnoon ill August 1768 when the resolute James Cook sailed from Plymouth, England. in the converted collier HMS ENDEAVOUR with secret orders from the Admiralty - directing the thell tieutenant to search the uncharted waters of the far soum.

called Cape Tribulation. Thc hi storic nOClllrnal

even! provoked shi pboard co mments about the "greatlyalanning"silUation

But this 1997 story of

It was almo.~t two years la1er. ·just before midnight on June I!, 1770. that the deep Significance ofchans impacted dramatically on Cook. That was when his small vcssel. less than 30 metre s long. wilh a maximum beam of less man six meifCS.strud whmcanl(: lObe known as The Great Barrier Reef. at a poim Cook

"many Ih ousandS of !eaguesfrom our native land", but pioneering spirit prevailed.

So after almost 24 hours stuck faSI on the reef. the hull was plugged. Cook and his men towed the ves sel to what is now Cooktown. It was beachcd there on June 17 and

Intranet here in March T~~c Offi~i:~I~i::~dlntr~~~h bas~da~; Informal ion Network (RHNI N). j~ due for release in March. All RHNIN users (with browser software) wiJ1 haveacccss 10 the service. which will be the main platform for applicalion delivery in the future.

The Internct is popular with both Government and Ihe private sectors. as well as the general public, To utili.<;C th is new technology many companies are developing their own Internet. temu.:dan Intranet. which ope rat es within the confines of Ihe corporate network. The Navy is doing likewise. deve loping the Navy Information Web (NIW). This project has been given 10 C I ~IA ill NSC.

Recen l s trategic planning ha s recognised the be nefits that Internet tcchnology can provide Navy. Consequcntly. il is anticipated that many applications Ihat currently require dedicated interfaces will migrate to the NIW. This means that any user that is authorised to use an application will only require a browser 10 access Ihal infonnation.

Some readers may be awarc that the materiel division. bascd at Campbell Park in CanbelTIl. has been providing Internet

serv ices via modem links. Although lermed the NIW as well. this sen'ice was a lemporary mea~urc only and is set to be scaled down. Users of this servicc wi!! be advised of any ch.mges

CIMA has inslalled a cenlra l web server that will eo~ordinate scrvices for the NIW. II will provide users with applications a~ well as convenient access 10 ather web servers Ihat will be brought on line by other areas wilhin Navy. The NIW Authoring Guide provides guidelines that have been developed for the authoring and management tasks associaled with publishing infonn~tion on the N IW. Thi s guide will be available s hortly. together with training for designated aUlhoring s taff at each base,

Users should nOle that. in line with current policy, there will not be any browsing access to the lntemct from the N lw. Howe\'er, all NIN users will have access to Internet eleclronic mail. This wi11be part oflhee.mail project which is due to install functionaiity this financial year.

Any queries concerning the N IW can be addressed to LEUT Rob Grant on (02) 9563 1150. Further information will be published as it comes to hand. Look for lhe N(ln' News on (he NIW as aile of Ihe firsl applicalionson the web,

12 (12) NAVY NEWS, January 27, 1997

repairs were made over aOOuI scl'en weeks_

Then Cook continued his work. with charting a vital element.

And as LCDR Maschke points out the work cominuesnow.

"We arc bas ical1y continuing with what Captain Cook did. The area where he travelled to Cooktown through the reef is an area that we pass quite often up and down th e coast. We have actually

been doing sun'ey thcre 10

updale chans. both wilh ship work and with the laserdepm sounder unit."

As an explanation note for laymen/landlubbers explains, the LADS unit comprises a modified Fokker F27 aircraft and a ground-based unit. An infra-red laser in the aircraft produces red and green beams - the red beam to measure aircraft height whitc the green beam measures the differeneebetween the sea surface and the sea floor 10

a depth of 50 metres. depending on water clarity.

Commodore Willis says Ihe value of LADS. an integral part of the hydrographic data

collec ti on system ~i n ee

early 1993. is now wellpTOVen.

Whilenotsuilingel'ery s ituation it is fast and (lccurate :lIld will grea tly redu ce time taken 10

demands for modem accurate chansand to proll ide digital infonn3tion to generate on­sc reen charts. the Commodore says.

The tenders his office will call for early this year will spec if y requi rement for a unificd information management and processing system. to suppon an increasingly sophis ticated range of navigation products and services.

The system will make

available informalion from electronic Ch:H[\ and COJllpulcr-bascd tide table,. "ith updates from floppy disl.. CD or modem. as \\cllastraditiol1:llpapcr chans, [ide tables ill book form and printed Notice, [0 Mannen.

"All our Infomla!ion. in itsmanyroml~.necdsl0tx­

readily available and kepI up [0 dale 10 maintain i[~

u\Cfulne~s.

"OurcurrelHpaperchart methodsCIOn0tprol'ide for all this:' Commodore Willis said.

And Lieutcnant Commander Maschke said hewassuretheolcmlldat3 collection for electronic chart, would include soundinpm3deb}Capt.tin Cook. who he ,a id d id basieallythesame\\orkas his modern counterp:Hts but with primitivc equipmcnt - some of \\h ich. suchasalcadlineto measure depth. is stit! sometimes used now.

So it is that the firm resolUlion of modern mariners will provide an on-going computer-based epitaph on the pre-clltinem seafa rer of Australian history.andhiscolieagues.

Meanwhile LCDR Maschke. 41. in navigaling his naval carecr is making hispersonalmark, .. hehas thedistinctionofha"inga charted shoal- Maschke Shoal - named after him. in Hydrographer's Passage off mc Nonh Queensland coast.

The I icutenan t commander who began his !ife's cou rsc in Perth cu rrently lives in Caims. is married to Lily and has a daughter. Rebecca_aged 15

PROJECTS UPDATE l

ite Command Information Management Agency (CIMA) within N8l's l Support

ommand is curre ntly managing se veral imporL'lnt projects for tltt' Command and the Nal'Y o,·eraU. Look for the computer page in Navy News for the latest updates.

Projects in plae(' at present are outlined below. Any queries concerning the projects s hould be addressed to the relevant Project Officer (PO) in the first instance.

NIW - The Navy Information Web (NIW) will introduce Internet technology to the NIN. It is anticipated that most core appl ications currenlly available on the N IN will migrate to the N IW, allowing us ers to access information with a browser. See the N IW s tory o n this page. PO: LElIT R. Grant (02) 9563 1150,

F_ Muil- At present the Navy has two corporate e.rnail systems, namely Microsoh Mail and lotus Notes. Unfortunately, the Iwo systems cannot talk to each other, causing much frustration. Relief is in sight though, with the EIE project due to install a standard e.mail platform fo ( all users. When installed, all users "ill be able to send e.mail to any otber user on the NlJ'Il. Contracts ror Lotus Notes mail ha,'e been put in place. with installation due for completion by June 1997. PO: LCDR J. Fowler (02) 95631590.

NINCON - Not all bases ha,'e conl'enien t acress to the NIN. Some are utilising older equipment that

is time inttnsi\'e 10 manage, while others only ha\'e some of their LANs connected to the N IN. This projec t installs the NIN Standard Operating E nvironment (NINSOE), s implifying management and s upport. H/'I'IAS COONAWARRA and CAlRNS are due ror installations owr the next few months_ PO: LEUT W. Wood (02) 95631154.

NIN Encryption - In line "ith the classification of the Rest ricted High NIN, encryption equipment and software is being installed to enltance security or Navy's inrormation. E ncryption for all traffic will be turned on next month. While this facility shou ld be trans parent to use r s, everyone is reminded that security is the respons ibility of e\'eryone. PO: LEUT W. Wood (02) 9563 1154.

NTMG - The Nationa l Telecommunications Management Group (NTMG) manages a ll billing for NIN communications lines and mobiles. Ha\'e you experienced any billing problems "ith Telstra? Think of NTMG and the vast number of lines they need to manage. Recent rationalisation of billing has yielded considerable savings, which have ultimately enabled other projects to be funded that would otherwise have been delayed. PO: PO L. Mortimer (02) 9563 1528.

Other projects are curnmtly under way, being nlanaged in conjunction with our regular duties. Future reports will provide more information as well as progress on the at)()I'e projects.

• CPO Gallina ... Legacy's "best instructor" las t year.

CPO TOP TEACHER REGULATORS!

~ NAVAL POLICE ~

GoM Coast /988 All eoquiries to

SlcvcBoyle (cxCPOCQX)

PHONE: (07) 5530 7652

Fax (07) 5522 90 18

The Historic Garden Island

Naval Dockyard Chapel, Sydney

continuing a centu ry long tradilionor

Chrislian Worship St'n'ices

Each Sunday at 1000 YOII ... illreceil·e

a ",arl1llI·elcome

HMAS VOYAGER Survivors' Association

The Survivors 01 HMAS VOYAGER will hold a Memoria! Service on Saturday February 8, 1997, at

51 Marys Anglican Church, Kangaroo Point. Brisbane. at 10.30amfottowedbyare·uniondinner at Colmslie RSL, Wynnum Road, Morningside from

6.00pm $15 per head (drinks at own e)(pense)

Enquiries: BRENDA HANNAY

(02) 9649 5~r7, after 6pm

DUNCAN FLETCHER (02) 9457 9559

HMAS LEEUWIN 14th intake (Jan 1966)

Want to get together? Please contact us, care of Brenton Tancock (Tink) (08) 83910214

HI'fAS QUIBERON REUNION - BRISBANE - 1998

I. COMMISSION CR.EW - 1958· 1964 2. LI NK WITH CREW MEMBERS - 194 2-1948 Contact: TONY DANIEL BH : (07) 3892 7 133

AH: (07) 380 I 4342 MOBILE: 015154273

ATTENTION ALL EX-UCs Ties, tie pins, cuff links, name bars

NOW AVAILABLE Conlact: POB (Ex-UC) McDonald

HMAS WATSON (02) 9337 0488

Back to Jervis Bay Reunion lor Police , Associates and Friends

Saturday. Febroary22. 1997,lrom5pm.

SI5.00 perllead: (foodonly,licensed bar).

Senior Sailors Mess - HMAS CRESWEll Sunday. February 23. t997,family Picnic Day,lIIuKa I!each.

llam - Jpm-BYO Everythit"lg. S5 per car-entry to NatJonal Part: RSVP(WJthcheQueforSalurdaYnl!lhtBBO)byFebruaryl,l99710

Helen Blake. PO Box3S71 Weslon Creek ACT 2611 or Toni Farrell C/-Police Stanon Jervis Bay. 2540

(If you areltl cootactwrth 3J¥II"It wfIO ,'las had an assooalJOO WIth tlleJeMs BayPobStalJOO!1>'trtflepastThrttyVe.m;.p\easepassllllsll"llorm3lJMon)

CPOSTD Werner Gallina sure c:m teach ... and he has been chosen as Legacy's Instructor of the Year for

1996 to prove it

Werner has becn the I n~tructor Course instructor at HMAS CERBERUS· In<trucwr Training Centre for about 18 months, his duties taking him to teach in five States and Manus Island, Papua New Gliinea, for the Defence Co-opemtion Program.

To mark his award, he was prescntcd with a $100 book pril.c by Legacy's 1\·l r 1. D. Arnold and CER­BERUS CO. CAPT K.J. Scarce.

CPO Gallina. of Hastings, Victoria, is married with thrcedaughters and he says tmining is a rewarding and satisfying career in which he intends to remain involved.

t~~~t bee~~~~~~; t~a1h: New Year

For thosc of you who have arrived m newdesti­nations, I am sure you will be meet ing up with old friends once more and making new friends and what better way than through your local spollse get-toget~.;:rs.

Anyone who wishes to send information through to me is more than wel ­come to do SQ. I look for­ward 10 hearing from everyone again soon and it is not long until school is back and everyone is then back into the swing of'·what·son'·.

CONTACT GROUPS -\VA

For the date of the next Combined Contact Group meeting contact Adele on 592 5301. All are wel­come and babysiuing is provided.

Contact Co-ordinators for: HMAS ADELA IDE: Margaret. 592 4235; HMAS DARWIN: Debbie. 528 5334; HMAS ORION: Kellie, 593 3211: HMAS SWAN: Penn y. 592 3300: JiMAS TOR­RENS: Ikbbie, 592 7141. UMAS WESTRAUA: Jo, 528 3423: HMAS CAN­BERRA: Vacant: HMAS STIRLING: Vacant: HMAS MORESBY: Janct 5274227.

For fnformation on the activities for all \VA-

based ships, the FLO is available on 5279833.

Suppon and Workforce Skills offers employmcnt­related courses, emplo),­meI1\COntf3CIS, etc. SAW mee ts 12.30pm every Monday of pay week at Marilla House. All welcome.

For more information. contact Gilli:ln on 524 6513, Leanne o n 592 3264 or Christ l on 527 6772.

Bookings for Marill:l House can be made by contacting Julie on 528 4835 on Wednesdays from lOam to 3pm.

Sen ior Friends -Cont ac t Peta on 524 6065, Sue on 592 3917 or Ann on 527 9833 for infornlation.

Defence Special Needs Support Group STIRLING Contact Group is up and running. Wendy, 592 4924, and Kathy, 592 4393. are co­ordinators

Watch this space for details of the first func­tion for 1997. Call Aileen or Andrea on 838839 for childcarc for functions.

The Wizards of Infornlation D:lY seminars ha\'e an educational focus and are designed to inform and welcome Dcfence families to their local corn­munity. For information, contact Ann Brown on (03 97839344 (PSO).

Pl:!ygroup get-together is held cvcry Wednesday

Nurses' site chosen T:~ :~~::!i~C n;~~l~:I~~ 1ribution of Au,tra1ia'~ ~ef\ icc nur,e .. i~ 10 he d..-dicated in Canberra ne:l:tmonth.

The Austmlian Service Nurses' National l\iemori:l1. which will be built on Anz:lc P:lrade . honours nurses who deillonstraled their courage and profe,sional­i~m in comforting and caringforthesick:md ..... ounded in every con­flictandpeacckccping role involving Austmli:l

The dedication sen·ice will be held at the sitc 011

February 15 at 10.30am. The memorial i~

c;..:pectedto COSI 51.5 mil­lion.

Memorial committee scrvice representative Colonel Coralie Gerrard said there was cnlhusiastic ~uppon for Ihe memorial.

To con tribulc to the memorial fund. donations can be sent to the Roy:l1 College of Nursing. Australia. I Napier Close .. ACT. 2600.

A D C U CROSSWORDS

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UO!Un l!paJ~ a:>Ua!aa Ue!leJlSnv alU

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morning at 9.30am and Zone 2 arca. contact Friday mornings at lOam Leigh. at 16 Cook Road Another group will also (CE RBER US Cottage). be meeting for cotlee and Pleasc being a piece of once aga in al l Defence fruit per child and SI per spouses and thcirchildren family. Your contact is arc welcome at the Aileen on 836 242. Sutherland Family

The Momington N:lval Network. Sylvania Playgroup meets every Community Health

nel, in South Coogcc has vac:lnciesfor7childrenin the 2-3 year age group.

The centre is open from 6.30am to 5.30pm. Monday to Friday. Fo r more infonnation contact Julieon3141221.

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Mornington Socccr Club. Tuesday of cach month. Fo r details of the first Dallas Brookes Pa rk. Th e next will be on meeting for 1997. contact Everyone we lcome . For February 18 Faith Green on 8332 more infomlation, contact For funhe r details, con- 2536 or Betty 1110mas on Teresa on 77 0926, or tact Leig h Ralston, 82982720. Jenny on 77 5053. Defence Soci:ll Worker I look forward to hear-

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Navy pumps up $4000 for charity T~;or~?VY ~nedn~~; (NISC) on Sydne} 's Gilrdcn Island ha~ been named the Hearl Foundation'~ highe~t fundraising ccmrc after collecting almost $4000 during Pump Heart Week.

Led by CPOPT Marty Lung and LSPT Phil Day. NISC donated $3911 to the Hearl Foundation. bringing thcNSW!otal 10 547.000. QlIecn~la"d rahcd an additiona l 516.000.

N:l\:J1 personnel and cil'iliuns participated in sc\cral cvents during Pump Hean Week.

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Heart Foundation spe­cial e'cnt coordln:llOr Lou!'c Hennes~y present­ed NISC 'oI<ith a plaque,

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CERBERUS A "tuff" h t d triathlon coac promo e T~~,~~:~l~:~,~~~ A:~~I~::S ~:,,:~~~~~

M;e~f{ f~~~1 Vi~~~; Gold\woflhy (las t years and thi s yea r s Navy rugby rcprt':sentative coach) has been appoint­cd 10 Fran ].. qOn Rugby Club a .. club and fir,t grade coach. A~ Gary i~

in CE RB ERUS. he \10 ill <;t ill be able 10 ~cep his eye on Ihe local Na\y rugb)pla)cr-;.

Defence Force :lnd cd in the HMAS WAT-Corrective Services SON Biathlon in S)dne) "Tuff" Tri:llhlon al The bialhlon. illlohlng Syd ney's Ba lmoral 76 eompc1llor~. con,i,(ed The first male tn fini'h Beach for (he first time. of tl\O race leg> _ II long Ihe long course wa'

The event. whkh will cour~e of a I ]..rn \II im LS PT Stewart. of ADFA

He "as fo llo\led by the female long course \lin­ncr. Li\a Faulkner (NSW Ambulanec Service). "ho fini,hed in 49'26.

SALTY in the North

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HMAS PENGU IN Na\y. Arm). Air Force in vites donal ion ,he sem 10 me phy~iea l trainer POPT and mt'mbers of the t-:SW for quadraplegic 'port~- HU£Eard ~aid Goodman rire, ambulance and man Allan G i lder~lcc\c Fielders' Uncle Toby's police seT\ice~. Allan ir1\end~ to defend would be the evenl's The first male to fini~h

CE RB ERUS ,ailing ~i~een~I ~~:;~~i:.~ bO~~I~ m~~~ sru~;~~r details the shon cour\c wa,

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o The run leg begins.

Army swims, sails, runs to cup victory

An Army tC:lm from !lASC R:lndwi c k h:ls won thc 16th :lnnual Trafalg:lrCup swim. sail nndfoot r:lCc in Sydney.

The cvent. originally ca lled the Lord Nelson Cup. involved more than I 10 people.

The Amly learn. which included foot r:lcc winner Craig Amb ler (27"41). Shaun C.all:try, Ge orge Dollin , Greg Longley and Mr Fcllows. won Ihe eventwilh 1O.75poinls.

POPT Peter Swift. of the Royal Aus(raJian Navy Sail Training Centre al Rushculter' s Bay. said the event had bcen"vcry successful"'

"The weather was Te:ll­Iy good and everything wenlsrnoothly:' he said.

"This year 22 teams (of five people) entercd the competitIOn.

"We normally get about

oflhe event was changed because the ADF had bccoillethemajorsponsor.

"Sincc 1987 we have had the Lord Nelson Hotel from The Rocks as ou r major sponsor:' he s:!id '"This has now changed. so we thought we would change the nameaswell"

The cup consists of a s ailing T:lCe. a 400m swimandan8kmn.ln.

LSS1G Cameron Rich:lrd<on. of the MHQ team. won the swimming in 6'39. while Chri s Williams :lnd G reg Cotton, of Lord Nelson Hotel Team l. were first 10 cross the line in the

oSwim leg win ner ... LSS IG Cameron Richardson sailingmce cd the compcliwrs to its

Afler the evenc the premises for lunch and a Royal Australian Navy present:!lion funClion kd Sailing Associ:!tion invito by CDRE Max Kean.

AD FA's JoP athl etes ADFA's annua l sports

priles and awards nighl has been held 10 honour the academy's top sports­men and women.

MIDN Casey O 'Shea and OCDT Zan G:!mble received awards for :lehieving Ihe h ighest overall scores of a l l cadets in the ADFA fit­ness lest.

Spor ting excellence a wa rd s wenl to OC DT James Hawk ing for an outstanding performance and re p rese ntat io n in Australian Ru les Footb3 t1 a nd M IDN Rachae! Byr ne (or her seven th pl 3ci ng in t he World Tasar Championships in the USA.

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CARDIO MAN Triathlelc LS RO

Michael Smart has won the inaugural card io triathlon compelition al the Navy Indoor Sports' Centre during the past three months. The event consistcd of a5km cycle. 150 floors on the stepper and a 2km run on t he treadmill with an indine of seven for males and threefor fem:lIes.

Many Naval personnel allcmplcd the cvent but it was only the true athletes who had the physical and menIal fitness [0 lasllhe distance.

After completing the eventlhefirsttime,many failed {oreturn fora sec­ondattempl.

The physical trainers congratulated all com­petitors who participated in the competition and pushed themselves to the limit.

30 second advan tage going onto the stepper.

LSPT Wilson had the quickest time on the step­per and covered the 150 fl oors in 7'27 and was just orf the pace going into the 2km t readmill leg.

At this stage Smart was almost a minute behind, but he boosted the tread­mill to almost top speed a1 14kmlh to deerease the gap and overtake the other competitors.

In the females' final SBLT Young narrowly defeated ABMED Burrows due toan excep­tionally quick leg on the stepper.

Only one second sepa­ratcd the girls after the cycle leg but Young pow­ered on the stepper to open up a 90 second lead going on to the treadmill. Burrows ran a five sec­ond faste r time in the ron but it was not enough to pcgback thegup. The lasllhree males

standing fought out a close final with ABBM Wrighllakinganearly lead on Ihecycle to gain a

Thc physical trainers said a national Navy competition might be held this year. • Cardia man LSRO t>lichael Smart, Piclure: ABP" Toni Aldworlh.

LCDR Mike Rossendell has won the national com­bined services champi­onship at the ADF Golf Association champion~hips mCanberra.

LCDR Rossendell secured the trophy for the second consecutive year. with his nearest rival 14 shotsadrifl.

It was an excel!ent dis­play of golf under trying conditions.

A 72 - hole ~lIOke event. the competition \\as con-

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tested with rounds one and two played at RAAF Fairbairn Golf Club and rounds threc and four played at the Federal Golf Club.

About 125 golfers from the three servicc~ took part.

Day one pron.'d lObe a very tough test. Canberra\ wind. coupled with the expused position of Fairbairn Golf Club. proved difficult for most players.

Any score breaking 80

was a fine round. On day two the wind

was e\'en stronger and scoressoarcd.

Pluyers described play­ing numberthrec and four irons into the wind to the 135m par three eighth hole. or watching the 60 kph winds blow their ball off thellthgreen.

A small number of play­ers managed to improve on their previous day's score. however they were in the minority.

Cowboy takes footy reins Kevin "Cowboy" Neale

has take n the reins as se nior coach for the Defence Warriors in Ihe 1997 Carlton ACTAFL season.

Club president Ma:o; Davis sai d "Cowboy" bro ught a wealth of e:o; perience as both a player and coach to the Defence Warrio rs. "The appo intment of Kc vin Neale isa positive step in cementing the Defencc Warriors as The force in football," he said

Neale. a 256-game St Kilda veternn who played in 13 seasons from 1965 to 1977. is known as a skilful forward and defender.

His coaching record speaks for itself.

Neale was Ainslie Captain/Coach from 1978 -83. including premier­shipsin 1979. 1980. 1982 and 1983.

He coached Central Districts (1984-87). was NSW rep coach (1989). Ovens & Murray Football

League Rep Coach (1990 - 92) and most recently coaching director at Tuggeranong from 1993 to 1995.

Neale said he looked forward to the challenges that lay ahead.

"Football is a game of opportunities and the Warriors have presenled me with the opportunity to guide their young club." he said

By the end of season 1997 the Defcnce Warriors will be a more fonnidable opposit ion to Ihe other ACTAFL clubs."

The Warriors have lost the services of club cap­tain Clayton Wehner who is on posting to Townsville and talented utility. and 1996 beSI and fairest. James Hawking to Aircrew Navigator train­ingat East Sale.

Neale takes over the senior coaching job from Kim Beasland who guid· ed Ihe Warriors through its inaugural season.

Sailors shine in sports series

Navy trainees havc fig­ured prominently for 11'.'0

schools in recent scrvice~ Technical School Summer Spons scries at RAAF BaseWagga.

The sports series involved the HMAS CERBERUS' Navy Engineering Faculty. the Army Logistics Training Ccntreat Bandianaand the RAAF School of Technical

Trdining (RAAFSTI). Many of the 200 Naval

personnel undergoing aviation technician train­ing at RAAFSTT can­tributcd to its narrow vic­tory ovcr thc Navy Engineering Faculty. Thc Anny finished third

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Sports contested during the three-day compcttlion including softball. golf. tennis. squash. netball. water polo. touch foot­ball. cricket and cross country.

Navy won netball. touch football and water polo. and shared the points in cricket with Army and RAAFSTT RAAFSTI won the other compellllons.

16 (16) NAVY NEWS, January 27, 1997

The overall result of the carnival hinged on the Amly versus Navy crick­etmatch

Thc game was so close that if Navy had won it would have taken out the championsh ip. However. Army was vic tori ous. allowing RAAFSTT 10 fi nish ahead on overall points.