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SAF Lithgow's lotal WorldWar I production) to helpIhe British make up their los­ses at Dunkirk, and so rhestory goes some of our ser­vicemen had to train withbroomsticks.

With the Steyr AUG soonto enter services and thcLlAI to replace Ihe SMLE inthe Reserve Ihe lrusty old.303 is finally redundant andapart from museums, monu­ments and heritage guar»·likely to soon disappear.

However. prior to I,

disposal action the Govern-Iment has allowed servingArmed Forces Personnel andcivilian employees of the De­partment of Defence whohold appropriate FirearmsLicences~ purchaseone of Ihe~e items ofgreal historical significance10 Australia and Australians.

LEUT Cuddy holding a TMM Maustr corblne (captundduring fhe 80tr War) l1$ he survt)'s some ofthc ~'arious typesof .303 rifles. Most IVtrC used by Ausfralian fol"Cn. (Top tobortom): No 5 "110: J Junglc Carninc (1944); No 4 MIo: 1 Massproduction modified ve~lo" deslg"ed in Ihe 1930s and modein fhc UK, Canada and USA; No 3 MIo: I Partcm 1914. (Thisdaign was mcant to rtplace thc Lee Enfield l1$ the tmm Pot­tem i3. Thc daign was suitablcfor moss production In .303calibn and "'as madc In the USAfor 8rilaln 1914-1916 andbecamc a Rescn'c wcapon); !of1910 Canadian Ross - indi­genous to Canada, this rifle failed In the Irtnrha i" W1W;.ulo: 3 (1907) SMLE as made in Australia 1912-1955, Au­stralia's .303; LE MIo: J thc original Ltt Enfield of 1995; to

Ihe left, an Australian .303 MIo: 111 snl~r rifle.

sary of Anzac Day Cere­mony in Canberra proudlycarried them (... hereas theArmy and RAAF had aJ­ready convened to theSLR).

Of the somc 450.UOO madein Australia and others thatwere provided from Britain,many have been destroyed inwar. sold to Rifle Gub mem­bers or otherv.ise disposed of.

However. approximately98,000 have been until recenttimes retained as War Re·serve Stock.

Onc may ask why? But thefathers and grandfathers ofmany serving members cantestify as to how we werecaught shorl of rifles at thebeginning of World War II.

This situation was furtherexacerbated by the need tostrip our then holdings. ofsome 30.000 rifles (equal to

Coptai" Armstrong - in 194t -----"'Captain Armstrong is survived by his wife Philippa and David, Philip

and Suzanne.His son David joined the Navy as an Ordinary Seaman and served in

HMAS ARUNTA in 1945.O.D. Armstrong is now Professor David Armslrong, B.A., B.Phi!.,

Oxon, Ph.D., F.A.H.A. Challis Professor, University of Sydney.A.B. Bob Haskell. HMAS AUSTRALIA's oldest A.B, with over 30

years service, was very proud his son was a R.A.N.R. Lieutenant inHMAS KIAMA while the Captain's son was an O.D.

Caplain Armstrong was the type of Naval Offker who would have likedthat.

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(By LEUT Peler Cuddy)

In its initial days it had arather chequered career andwas proposed to be replacedas early as 1912.

II was never perfect butafter many of the earlieridentified problems were re­solved it could be counted on"when the chips weredown'"

In 1912 under British gui­dance the Small Arms Fac­tory at Lithgow was openedto manufacture SMLE .303rifles.

When the European Polit­ical situation deterioratedinto the Great War in Au­gust 1914 countries went towar with what they had andto change calibres in suchthings as rifles, in the middleof such a crisis. was unthink­able unless proven essential.

At almost the same time asBritish Infantry were provingthe merits of the SMLE atArras (where the Gennansthought they mUSI have hada considerable number ofmachine guns because of therapidilY and accuracy of theirrifle fire) Australian sailorswere occupying the Gennanterritories in the Pacific usingthe same arms.

By 1916 with some minormodificalions the SMLE wasfound 10 be acceptable andthe deeds accomplished withit became legendary.

It served on throughWWII, Korea and manyother campaigns and Policeactions through to Vietnam...·here it was carried by Op­cration Awkwa,rd Sentricson HMAS SYDNEY andher escorts during early Op­erations of 'The Port Jackoon10 Vung Tau Ferry Service'.

One of the last official oc­casions where it was carriedon parade by RAN.person­nel ....as in 1965 when theHMAS SYDNEY RoyalGuard for the 50th Anniver-

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The legendary .303 riDe finaUy pays 00' afler100 years loyal service.

For many of .. the oldsalts", recruit training orbeing "honoured~wilh selec­tion for a guard, duty as asentry and a myriad of otherresponsibililies that one hasas a member of Ihe DefenceForce meant many hours ofcarrying and drilling wilh the.J03 rine and orten as not afew bruises from its not toogentle recoil. _

Yet over the nearly 80years il was in front line ser­vice many servicemen de­veloped a slrong bond of af­fection and admiration for~the old .JOT.

Originally developed inthe days when "Britanniaruled the waves~ and theBritish Empire was at itsZenith. Australians heroi­cally carried it inlO actionagainst the enemies of peaceand the agents of tyranny inall comcrs of Ihe globe.

For those who cursed itsbulk. awkwardness andsharp recoil there were manymore who praised it simplic­ity. ruggcdncss. accuracyand reliability.

Even among Ihe youngergenerations there are fewwho fail 10 recognize its neatand functional lines, butalas, as tech/l{}logy improvesits days are now numbered.

Although many differentmodels and variations wereproduced. to Australians~THE .303" is the ShortMagazine Lee Enfield(SMLE) Mark Ill' No.1which was adopted forBritish Service in 1907 andslightly modified in 1916.

To the RAN it was ourservice rifle from our incep­tion, until replaccd by ThcRifle 7.62mm L1A1, or theSLR, in the mid to late1960·s.

ORIGINSIts origins began in the

Arms Race of the 188O's thatwas eventually to lead 10

World War I or the GreatWar.

boiling North Atlantic sea and rescued, with securing lines, nine of theaircraft's crew of 13 from certain death in the icy water.

The remaining four perished.

COMMANDSDuring 1942 he commanded HMAS MANOORA and later HMAS

WESTRALIA.For a year he was N.O.l.C. New Guinea.In 1946 Naval Medical Officers classified Captain Armstrong unfit

for sea service and this ended his chance of becoming an Admiral.During the postwar years he held important Naval appointments in

Australia including 2nd Naval Member with the rank of Commodoreand overseas posts in London and Washington.

For outstanding zeal and devotion to duty he was mentioned in Dis­patches while serving in HMAS AUSTRALIA in 1941 as ExecutiveOfficer.

Four years later while in command of HMAS AUSTRALIA he wasawarded Ihe D,S.O. for gallanlry, skill and devolion to duty at Un­gayen Gulf.

The United States of America awarded him the Navy Cross for dis­linguishing himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity in actionduring the capture of Ungayen Gulf in 1945.

Although his ship was heavily hit suffering heavy casualties and thedisablement of a large portion of her anti-aircraft guns and radar sys­tem, Captain Armstrong maintained his assigned station and the AU­STRALIA carried out her bombardment missions.

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Captain J.M. Armstrong, C.B.E., D.$.O. and U.S.Nary Cross died peacefully on December 30,.l988 at Jer­sey in the Channel Islands. He was 88 and had been inrailing health during the past eight years.

In January 1945 as Commanding Officer of HMAS AUSTRALIA atthe landings at Ungayen Gulf, Luzon. in the Philippines, he gained areputation for coolne&'i and bravery when his ship suffered fiveKamikaze hits but finished her bombardment schedule,

He was known as ~Jamie" to his fellow officers and nicknamed~Black Jack" by the sailors.

He was to be the fir.;t Commanding Officer of the RAN's first trueaircraft carrier, to be the Light Aeet Carrier "OCEAN",

In May 1945 HMAS AUSTRALIA, under the command of CaptainArmstrong, sailed for England with the ship's company for the new car­rier,

Before Captain Armstrong arrived in England the War Cabinet post­poned the plan for the RAN to operate a wartime aircraft carrier.

Captain Armstrong left England for the Pacific to take command ofthe Escort Carrier HMS RULER followed by HMS VINDEX.

This was for Captain Armstrong to gain experience in carriers as itwas planned he would be appointed Commanding Officer of theRAN's first postwar carrier.

HIGHLIGHTSOther highlights of his career were being appointed Chief Cadet­

Captain at the R.A.N.C. in 1917; serving in the Battle Cruiser HMASAUSTRALIA in 1918 and being Gunnery Officer in the HMAS AU­STRALIA in 1930.

In 1939 he was appointed Executive Officer of HMAS AU­STRALIA and in 1940 took part in the daring rescue of nine airmenfrom the crew of a Sunderland Flying Boat forced down in an Atlanticgale.

'The Sunderland was sighted two miles ahead on the port bow, at 2.35p.m., firing pyrotechnic signals (rockets) and flashing KHurry~ by Aldislantern.

As the cruiser approached, the flying boat capsized.For a time two of the airmen clung to the sinking aircraft's upturned

keel and the resCbobbed about in the raging. freezing sea.The ~AUSTRALIA's~ upper deck amidships was normally about 28

feet above the water line.However, with the roll of the ship and the state of the seas, at times

the troughs of the waves were over 36 feet below Ihe upper deck levelexposing over eight feet of hull and barnacle coated anti-torpedobulges and a bilge keel which could lake a man to his death as the shiprolled.

Commander "Black Jack~ Armstrong, then 40 years old, with adozen of the "Aussie's~ crew in bowlines, went over the side into the

Hero helped rescue nineairmen in Atlantic gale

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Ddenee MmlSler. Mr KJmBeazley. announcing the de­asIOn. said a defence learnhad m'·otlgilled poMibieIocatlOIK 1m! )"eu for a lor·ward SIIppon facility thaIcould he OlabilIDed utilisinglocal resources.

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away from lheir bases m Fre­mantle and Da,...,n for u­tended periods and amounl510 an llIC'lUSed Naval pr-e­scnce in the northwest.~ he"d<d.

Mr Beazky said Port Hed­land was sheltered and of·fered adequale cyclone pro­lecl,O<\.

na\1gatlOrl tnunlng of JunlOCsea,"",n offar's al HMASWATSON, Caplain Dunnewill now ha'·e the opportun­lIy 10 funher shape lhelr de­velopmenl as lhey undenakesea Il'aImng onboatd lhenagship.

A bu!;y program lies aheadwilh visll5 to Hobart.Adelaide. Nonh Queenslandand Ne.... Zealand plannedfor lhe firsl half of 1989

-CAPT Wilsu lOwed aJuwe.. Pknt.rc":1 ABPH lAwis..$learned 54,117 nautiaJ Like bis predecessor.miles and _ underway for STALWARTs ne.... CO.4,S1:;!: hours, a SlgmflCalll ill- Captain Michael Dunne: hacrease over any OIhef lWO joined the f1ag5hip after bav-)ear period. i"& commanded HMASCa· Wilson Ic:h WA'lroN.

plllln I 1lJe majority of his careerSTA LWART 10 lake up.a hzi been saved in the sub­posting In Canberra as 0;. marine scrvice and STAL­rtdOt" of S«unty (Nary). WART will be his fim: com-

He was promoted 10 the Rl3Dd of a surface ship.rank of Commodore on After bavillg beell respon-January 23 1989. sible lor the initial $Iage of

racue of fi'·e fIShermen ad­rift off lbe NSW toasl In July1988.

In !he lnIining-ship role.STALWART pro,ided ,-:alu­able experience 10 officerand sailOf trainees who willpanicularly remember Cap­tain Wilson for lhe high $Ian­danls he demanded and e:t­cellenl uample he SCI.

During his 1","0 years incommand 'ITALWART

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CAPTO_.greatly mtSoSCd and the gol­fers onboard have IosI a for·mllJable opponenl.

Caplain Wilson assumedcommand of the RAN's flag­shIp on January 23 1987.

Dunng hiS command.STALWART disllnguhhedherself Ihrough m"ol"ementarising from lhe Fiji coup m1987. the Vanuatu crisis mMay 1988 and a providential

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found ",hen the officers and ship's company ofHMAS STALWART bid a (ond (are\o\'eU toIheir outgoing Commanding Officer.......,

~plilin Bryan Wil~ waslov.-ed ~e m SI)1e onJanuary 20 "Mn be reltn­qulShed comrrtOlnd of theRAN's nag .dIip 10 CaptillnMlCb3d Dunne

Rldmg In a dlngh) l3$hedIIJlOII 1"'0 panl fenders pro­\'\lIed an appropnale 6na.1memory for Capum Wilson..-ho. dunng his lime onSTALWART. de,'iscdIllUl'leroU$ ~, Olber tNn!heir oripnal purpose. forYokohama. feoders, repofUour correspondenl.

A pnaical approach to­wards obIaimng muimumvalue from all of his re·wurces is nolthe only mem­ory of Caplam Wilson 10 beretained by lhose ",ho seT\edunder him in STALWART.

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Senior Officer promotionsRear Admiral Ken Doolan has relumed 10 Navy OffJ~e, Canberra, on promo­

tioo after. posting as Naval Actarne, Washington.. He bas ta~en up th~ posi- Brigadier Beale is retiring Postings as leader of lhe

!JOn of Assistanl Ollef of after more than 30 years ser· Chief of Naval Personnel'sNaru Staff-Development vice in lhe Army. Liaison Team and as Execu-(ACDEV-N), l~ Chid. of Rear Admiral Ken Doolan tive Officer of HMASNaval Staff, VICe Admiral bo· S d . 1939 HOBART ....ere follo....ed byMicha I H was rn In y ney m

e udson. has an- and joined Ihe RAN in 1953 graduation from the Cana-nounoed. as a Cadel Midshipman after dian Forces Command ~nd

1be promotion rollo....ed graduating from lhe Royal Staff College and a ~llngthe appointment of tbe pre- Auslralian Naval College ~s Fleet Plans and Navlgat-vious ACDEV·N, Rear Ad- and Ihe Brilannia Royal 109 Offi.cer on the staff of themir1ill Alan Beaumont. as tbe Naval College in England. Austrahan Fleet Comman-inaugunJ Assistant Chief of A former mililal)' Secret- ~r from 1977 10 1979.Derence Foo;:e-Persoonel on al)' 10 the Governor.(jen- He was ro~r Di~ector ~fDcoember S. eral, be selVed as a juniOl'" or. Naval OrflCer s Posllngs, DI-

VADM Hudson also an- flCer on $everal Australian rector or Naval Force De-nou.nced the promotion of ....arships hefOl'"e selVing as velopmc:nt and Commandingthe Se:cretzry ;and Principal Navigaling Offar a~rd Officer of HMAS BRIS-Staff OffICer 10 the Chief of HMAS PERTH during lhe BANE before being prom-Naval Staff, Captain David VlC:lnam war oled 10lhe r1iInk of Commo-Campbcll, 10 the rank or . oore in 1987Commodore 10 we up theposts of Naval AttacheWasbingtoo and NaVil! Ad­riser Ottawa.

1be Commandirlg Officerof !he RAN f1ag5hip HMASSTALWART. CaplainBryaa W"1hoo, bzs been pro­moIed 10 the l"21Ik of Com-

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vloiion (AO): CommodoteAdrian Ronald CUMMINS,AM. RAN, Ar1iInda. ACT­for selVice 10 the Royal Au·$Iralian Navy, panicularly aslhe direclor-general of NavalWarfare.

Melllben ill tlte l\-tilitaryDi\-moll (AM):• Ueutenanl-Comm.nderKennelh John ALDER·MAN. Nowra Hill, NSW­ror service 10 the RAN. pal­ricuIMlyas Ueulenant·Com·mander (Flying), HMASALBATROSS.• Caplain George HERON.Wanniusa ACT - for scr·lice 10 the RAN, panicularlyas direclor, Na'"ll1 Plans.• Captain Ect-.."llrd GrahammJBlNGTON. Holder.ACT - rOt" selVK:e to tbeRAN. panlCUlarly as direc­tor. Joint Planning in Head·quarters Australian DefenceFo=.• ComITlOdOfe MakolmJohn TAYLOR. NO'A'ra Hill,NSW - for service 10 tbeRAN. panicularly as Chidof Staff 10 lhe Fleel Com­mander.

11M! Medl! of 1M OMer illtlte Military I)i,isioll(OAM):• Chid Pelty Officer GloriaJocelyn ALLAN, Canberra.ACf - for service 10 tileRAN. panicularly as the of·flCers' mess suptlVisor, Au·stralian Defence ForceAcademy.• Warrant Offteet RooneyJohn FERGUSON. Glades·ville. NSW - for service tothe RAN as the depuly seatraining co-ordinalor for lheAuslralian SubmarineSquadron.• Pelly Officer SlephenFraneisGlVEN, Sale, Vic­for service 10 the RAN, par­tis.l!,larly for establishing Ihe, J Pholographic Archive.~of.~ief Pelly Officer PaulRaymond MAUDLIN.Glenfield. NSW - for ser­vice 101M RAN. panicularlyas lhe naval SIOtes managerin l-IMAS TORRENS.• Lieulenant Andrew Wes­ley SHEAR.b-IAN. JervisBay. ACT -\ ~1VK:e 10the RAN as a member of lbePersonnel Liaison Team.

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= Apnl.::! A fonner instructor al the Ihmage :::: Control Tr.unmg Centrc (DCTU), Mr i~ (lhenPOFF)Cbad...rl, ..'Uresponsi- ~

:: bk for rCICUlng t"''O tffI11lll; overcome: ::~ by wno1r.e and heat dunng tr.uning in ~:: the firc lliaik Inslallation at the CER- ::! .. BERUS fire ground on Jul~ 30. 1987. ~! Thc exerrisc: requIred tramcl'S ~! ..~anng brcathing apparatU5 to find ~

~ their ....,. throut,b thc smoke-filled E:: OCTU.:::: On thcday of the amdenl.ad,esc:l- ::! fuelled smoke-genc:rlItor .... lOCh had E~ optrllted safc:ly for many years mal- E:: funclloned.::! There "'as a build-up of diesel fuel E:: vapour which igniled. engulfing tWO ::~ of the trainees in a fircball. E! A description of the incident says: E:: ~PO Chadwick quickly recogni5ed the ::~ c~trcme danger of lhc situation and. !! "'1IOOut regard for hIS own safcly. E:: "caring ooly minimal proteeti"e do- ::~ Ihmg and Wllhout brealhing ap- ~~ paratus, he entered the flames and u· !:: Henle heat in the confined ~pace of ::~ lhe Deru. ~:: ~He locatcd ttle two trainees, drag· ::E ged them 10 the ground to avoid the EE hCBt. and Ibcn forcibly removed both ~

:: rccruits from the ocru." ::~ PO Ctladwick remained in com-!:: mand of the situalion on the fire::E ground ttlroughoutthe incident ensur- §- - d -i ing all personnel were mustere and:::: accounted for. ::E As reported in Navy News last year. ~:: PO Chadwick was awarded a Chief of ::iEX-PO fiufi&hrn- Cllddwlck lind wife Kerry ... bmmdjor GO"cmfflelflllousc, Na\"al Staff commendation for his re~ ~5 Piclure: Gold Comt Bulle/ilf. scue. ~

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DOW 11.00\\-11 as DSTO towork on the developmentof Mulloka. He WlU kwledto the USN as the T & Emanager for the FFG-7 fintof class trials aDd was alsothe superintendent, missileand torpedo maintenanceat Kingswood during theintroduction of the Har·poon missile and Mk 48 tor­podo.

He Ihen began a year offull time 5tudy at UNSWw~ere he studied computerseence.

In 1985 he was thenposted as the new surfacecombatant (now known asthe ANZAC 5hip) projectdirector,

CAPT Skinner joinedRANTAU additional inSeptember 1987 to conducta review of te51 and evalua­tion in the RAN he thenbecame director inDecember t987.

During his time in RAN·TAU CAPT Skinnerbas contributed greatly In

defining RANTAU's rolewith a revisiOll of the DI(N)about RANTAU.

CAPT Skinner leaves theRAN to take up a positionat AWA.

H:'oIAS PEl"roGUIN ishappy to lInnou"," that oneof its girts has enle~ IheMiss AlIStralia quat.

The cntrant is SemorWran coo],;. Shene Milligan.19. of Bordeno..-n. SouthAustralia.

Sherie has already b«nmvoh'ed ...ith chanty "'01'11..spending a lot of ~r frccILme "'orkmg "'l1h theblind.

Hcr othcr mtcrt<>U arevarious sports such as athlc·tics, tenm§ and hockey. as...cll as ha\'ing a kccn in·terest in tra\-el.

Sherie feels ",mnglyabout the need to com'municate with people of allagl'S and from all ...alks oflife .. hich has ltd hcr to be·O)me: very much mvolvedin ellarity suppan groups.

Shc has panicipated notonly in fund raising bUI be­come actively in"ol,-ed inthc \-ariou§ homc§ Ihal 5Up­pon these charitics.

'The Miss AU5tr.Ilia qUCSl: isin suppon of the CrippledOUldren'§ As5ocialion ,,'hidlsupports a large amount ofellildren's dlarities through­out Australia.

If you have any fund rais­ing ideas or can assiSI inany way at all please donot hesitate to conlaetSherie at HMAS PEN­GUIN-9600525.

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Pull., 10 fan,,'eU CapUiJI CIlris Sldmter hulft RANTAU...d front Ibe RAl"ro' aftn JO yean H:rrice.

He has been relieved byformer H"'{AS PENGUINCO, Captain Roger Cawth­orn

CAPT Skinner joinedthe RAN in January 1959as a junior entry (or -nor­mal ('ntry~ as it was thenknown) into the Naval CoI-Icge at Jcrvis Bay, graduat- 1111...ing dWl in 1962.

He then spent some: timeas a midshipman in bothHMA Ships MEl.­BOURNE and ANZAC.

Next came three years inthe UK at the RN engioec:r­ing college at Manadon todo his electrical engineer­ing degree and applicationcourses.

On arriving back mAustralia, he joinedHMAS PARRAMATTA.In 1969, he began hisassociation with the UnitedStates.

He undcnook trainingO)urses in the USA in prep­aralion for joining theDOG, HMAS HOBART.

He selVed in HOBARTduring her third deploy­ment to Vietnam. In allHOBART was on deploy­ment for seven month5 andfired almost 17 ,000 roundsof 5" ammunition.

His further sea postingswere all in DOGs.

He was the combat sys­tems officer in the newlymodernised NCDS filled~IMAS PERTH, and hewas the WEEO of HMASBRISBANE which won theOtranto shield for gunneryand missile excellencewhile under his charge.

His other postingsincluded being seconded asa design engineer to what is

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He "'"as Pl'e$Cnled ....Ihthe SVo"ord by Ihe uecutiycgeneral malUlger of A WADefence and Ae~ce

Di,·ision. Mr Doug Roser.SWOC. as graduates ",-ill

know, ~ a mmbination ofrigorous lraining In newnaval tochnology and war·fare theory follo""cd bypractical - ~muJaled thenreal- warfare training.

During their praClicalsea time the SlUdenlS act astactical advisors to thesllip's commanding officer.as well as weapon and in­formation managers andtlley are assessed on theirpractical ability.

Eligibility criteria andhigh standards limitgraduale numbers toaround 20 each year on acourse which effectivelyproduces the Navy's (x.

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J:~mander Henry Oldof HMAS WATSON SUf'face Warfare School em­phasiscd the cnoumtO\l5lmponance of 5uch training10 lhe quality of AUlitralia '$

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For £Spo 88, lheQueensland MaritimeTrusl was granled specialpermission to ny a Navywhite ensign on DIAMAN­TINA, complele wilh lheAustralian blue ensign onthe jaclmaff and with theship coIourfully -dressed"overall fOf' lhe occasion.

board HMAS DIAMAN­TINA. ~Inevilably he wascomp[elely inscrulible as heread every wOf'd of it," saidthe guide.

DIAMAN"nNA's en-gine room was a highlightallraetion, wilh its two bigfour-cylinder tripk expan­sion reciprocating steamengines thai produced 5500I.H.P. 10 push (he warshipalong al 20 knots whenflCO':SS'ry or to give her arange thaI could lake theship almosl half wayaround the world in her truerole of convoy escort fri­gate.

Disappoinling to all, in­cluding the QueenslandMaritime Trust membersIhemselves, was the ab­seoce of the warship's mainfour-inch gUM which arenow so hard 10 obtain andwhich have fruslraled Iheirmajor IllSk of convertingthe frigalc from hcr laslpost-war survey--1ohip config­uration back to her war­lime anli-submarinesilhouelle.

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of all shapes and sizes wereamong the 70,000 visilors- yielding all the custom­ary problems for womenwith high-heeled shoes(and short skirts). BUI oneplump lady gol stuck in theladderway leading up 10 Ihebridge from thewheelhouse.

Sailors being whal Iheyare, a couple of guides werelempted to suggesl a halpin vigourously appliedwould solve Ihe siluation,bUI honour and Navy pub­lic relations presligeapplied and the problemwas solved tactfully.

On the subjeel Ihough,many a visitor bumped ahead on various parts of thewarship's steelworks - suf­ficienl for the guides 10

wonder if loday's Austra­lians arc somewhat tallerIhan Ihose of yesleryear­especially when severalyounlt 'uns always askedIhe same queSlion -Did youhave 10 be a shorty to jointhe wartime Navyr

[t was a moment for aMinly as one guide quiellyobserved a Japanese visilorobserving Ihe wording ofthe Japanese surrenderdocument on display in theship, plus memorabilia thailold how lhe Japanese sur­render of forces al Nauru,Ocean Island and Bougain­ville was actually signed on-

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FLASHBACK ... DIAMANTINA iU a commissiannJ RAN ship.

Almosl 10 )'ears aflerdecommissioning as aunit of (he neet, the river­class frigate "MASDlAMANTlNA,launched in 1944, bas be­come one of the mostpopular ships.

Slanding in soulh Bris­bane dry dock as Ihe cen­Irepiece of the Queenslandmaritime museum,DIAMANTINA was partand parcel of Brisbane'shighly successful Expo 88.

More Ihan 70.000 Expovisitors look Ihe opporlun­ily lO board DIAMAN­TINA and inspeel the fri­gale from Slem to stern.

Hosled by a volunteer"ship's company" of guideswho wore a specially-de­vised "rig of the day" forExpo, Ihe visilors wan­dered lhrough the frigale'smessdecks, engine room,galley. officers' cabins,wardroom, chart room,wheelhouse, bridge andolher allractions. so manyof which housed specialNavy displays and historicmemorabilia.

DIAMANTINA's Expolog book indicated lhalsome 8,000 former Navymen were among the10.000 who Irod ils decksagain and who signed Iheirnames in Ihe log.

Flag officers of the Un­iled States Navy, RoyalNavy and our own RANheaded a list of distin·guished Navy men, somany of whom were fromvisiling warships of Iheworld Ihal came to ourshores 10 lake part in Ihebicenlennial celebrations.

One German sailor whohad seen service in IheNorth Atlantic duringWWlI succinctly summedup Ihe inlerest of so manywhen he remarked: "I justwanled 10 see how menfrom another Navy butfrom my own generaliononce lived".

Equally fascinaled wereso many sailors currentlyserving in our own RANships who were keen to seeIhe lifeslyle of their eoun­lerparlS on a \"""11 war­ship. They were amazed althe changes lhat have lakenplace.

DIAMANTINA's Expojob was not wilhoul mo­ments of humour. People

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iWivesii meet'; for aicuPpal§ Happy Ncw Ycar '0 aU::= wifcliac ruft.., (do~~ lilal i:: YOll'Vt Ilad a rtlui.~ and =i ..."y Chrimnas iloliday. :::: I ""Quid likt to start off the :::: ytar by explaining whal our:::: RAN Wives Associalion:::: groups are all about :::: We arc small (in some cases:::: very smalt) groups of girl!;,:::: married 10 memt>e.. of lhe:::: RAN - all ranks, il does nol :::: maner, who meel periodically:::: (usually once a month) 10 ha.e :::: a Chal, a cup of lea, mCI old:::: and new friends and lislen to a:::: guest demOnstralOr, if Ihere is :::: one! "/hy nol make il YOll. new:::: years resolution 10 pop along:::: Lo a meeting near you - you :::: have nolhing 10 lose. and loIS:::: 10 gain, friendships made in §§ our groups 1;lS1 a lifellme. ::=Can~: Ihe Cant>erra =§ branch held Iheir lasl evenl of ~= the busy bicenlennial )'ear with::~ Chrislmas drinks and gifl fair.:::: Despile dreadful wealher the:::: e.ening was quite well sup-:::: ponod and the monies raised:::: will go 10 swell lhe funds al-:::: ready raised lasl year. :::: Please come 10 lhe AOM on:::: Thursday FebnJary 9 al lOam:::: al ugacy House, Deakin. :::: Brisbute: The AOM 01 Navy:::: wives, Brisbane is also fast ap- :::: proa.ching wilh the date being:::: Tuesday February 1, 1989 at:::: lOam in lhc ronferente room, :::: HMAS MORETON. :::: Evcryone is wek:ome and:::: the election of a new secrelary :::: is on the agenda. Any tn.:::: quiries can be made 10 Sue:::: Robinson on 34~ m2, please:::: ring Sue if you wish to make a :::: Nbysining booking. :::: Freautk: a luncheon begin-::§ ning al 1O.~ has been p1an- ~:: ned byllle prlsoflllep-oup for:::: FebnJary 8. :::: The venue is Ihe warranl of-:::: ficers and senior office.. mess a :::: Lceuwin barrack> and lhe:::: guest speaker is 10 be Val::i Gray, who will be doing a rol-:::: our analysis - "ith a raffle:::: being held. Babysining will be:::: available at S2 per family for:::: membe.., and S3 per family for §:: oon·membe... Any enquiries =§ 10 Kerry Manhe... on ~28§= ISO!. :::: (Arbe...., firsl function com· =§ ing up is a crafl morning on 5:: Monday Fcbruary 20, com_:::: meRcing al 1O.3Oam. Several:::: ladie. will be coming along 10:::: lalk abooltheir pmicular crafl:::: - anyone else who would like:::: to come and 'show' Iheir own:::: craft will be more lhan wel_:::: come. :::: BabysilUng is available for::

its :: Ihis function by booking at lhe::10 :: child care cenlre by ringing::

:: Sandie on 83 7011 (xn6t). En-:::: quiries aboul lhe groups com- §:! ing functio", can be made by:::: ringing Chris on 059 83 9160. =§ Nown: quite a large groop!i of ladieo get logelher in lheir::! club roall's al 2 Canberra:::: Ori.e. Albau"",, each monlh, :::: usually lhc third Wednesday.:::: wilh guesl speake.. roming:::: along. Babysilling is provided:::: at lhecreche. No dela;1!; of this:::: yea.. dateshavebeenprovided:::: 10 me al Ihis Slag<: _ please :::: ring Pam Simpson on 21 8290 :::: for delail!;, :::: Wtolcm [)"lricls (01 Syd-:::: My): Ihe first geHogclher of:::: this group is to be held on :::: Thursday February 9 al lOam :::: in the,r c1uh rooms al HMAS :::: NlRlMBA, Ouakers Hill. Th.. :::: will be an informal galhering, :::: wilh morning tea sen.'ed. so:::: new membe.. 10 Ihe area can :::: gel 10 kooweach olher. :::: Bahysining is available, free :::: of charge, in the adjoining:::: creche. Any enquiries ring:::: Margaret On 626 8366. :::: c.i....., after a long .. Iencc I :::: ha.e had a Iener from Ihe fa, :::: North! Great 10 gel some:::: ne ...s, and please conlinue, I ::~ am only 100 happy to prinl de- §:: talls offonhcommg events. :::: Playgroup IS 'J.3Oam on:::: Tuesdays and th,s may be es· ::=: lendel! to TImrsda)'S or Sun- =§ day~ depending on demand ~:: Elaine Hookecan be conlactel! :::: on~512flJJfyou'dlikeloJoin::

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pany of HMAS SYDNEY.During her stay onboard

SYDNEY the little girl be­came an idol and favorile ofthe officers and men andthere were mulual regretsat parting company onNovember 23, 1920 by theSteam Pinnace of SYD­NEY at Port Arthur.Nancy Bentley, or NancyJones as she is now known,lives at Penguin on thenorth-west coast of Tas­mama.

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Tasmania, DoujJas andNancy Price called uponher and discussed the for­going events and examinedthe Navy cap and otheritems of memorabilia andphotographs.

Nancy, by virtue of herservice in HMAS SYD­NEY, is a full member ofthe HMAS SYDNEY As-

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In danger of losing herlife she was rushed aboardHMAS SYDNEY, whichwas anchored orf Pon Ar­thur, for urgent life savingmedical treatment by theship's surgeon.

Nancy was admitted tothe sick bay and W2S on­board SYDNEY duringNovember 15-23, 1920.

To regularise her pre­sence and the treatment re­ceived the CommandingOfficer of HMAS SYD­NEY, ~n H. Cayley,decided she should be in­ducted into the RAN.

A certifICate of service,medical hislory Sheel, wasraised and lhe officialnumber (00)1 was issued.The first good conductbadge was granted 011

November 20 1920.A navy blue costume and

a cap bearing the nameHMAS SYDNEY was pre·pared and to all intents andpurposes she became amember of the ships com-

NANCY B~ntlt!Yand admirer onbotfnlllMAS SYDNEY;lI J910.

Nancy's placein history

The story of the RAN'sfirst female member is aniDtrizlliog one.

Douglas Price, nationalpresident/secretary of theHMAS SYDNEY Associa­tion recently unearthed aphotograph of thepioneering woman ilIId re­poned his story 10 NavyNews...

On November 15 1920while playing in thegrounds of her home atPon Arthur, Tasmania,Nancy Bentley, a little girl ofsix yean. was bilten on theright wrist by a snake.

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-Lasr years ...inner TOllY Ullieombe (Police).

the only group in the lawn bowling fraternity throughout Au­stralia to consist entirely of members from all three services.other than the Australian Services BowlsAssociation which is the national body,

Service members of the group normally transfer from theirprevious interstate cluh on posting to Canberra and quiteoften represent their new club. especially during the pennantseason and state championships.

The ACTDLBG has several members who currenlly repre­sent the Australian Services. These members are selectedeach year from the best of Ihe Combined Service teams fromall states.

The seleclion is conducted at the conclusion of the Nationalinter-Service tournament held at Bomaderry, near Nowra,during May.

The Canberra City Bowling Club has offered 10 act as thehost club for the AcrBLBG, consequently this means thatthe group now has a "home~ green, to which. il can extend in­vitations and challenges 10 all local and associated clubs.

Action is currently in hand to compile a fixture calendarwith these clubs.

Membership to the ACfDLBG is open to all current andex-serving service personnel of the Defence Forces, and cur­rent employees of the Depanment of Defence.

Membership enquiries may be made to WQ2 'Taffy' Baird(President) on 65 220I(w) or 47 5514(h) or CPO 'Tug' Wilson(Secretary) on 66 7048(w) or 31 5574(h).

Are you ';Iuff enough" 10lake Ihe challenge?

The event is open 10 all.mall' and female, )"oung andold, from the Navy, Army,,\inorce and Police.

The race has sections forunder 20, 21-25, 26-30, 31·35and .'elerans plus leama..'ards for besl ship or depotand the besl sen'Ke.

Any bowlers posted to ACT?It you are moving to Canberra and are interested in

lawn bowls then this article may prove invaluable toyou.

On March 2, 1981, a group of Defence lawn bowlers fromIhe three armed services decided to fonn Ihe inter-ServiceBowls Associatioll.

The formation of Ihis association meant that, for the firsllime, the ACf could be represented in Australia-wide inter­Service competitions.

The first ACT inter-Service Lawn Bowls competition washeld at Woden Valley RSL Bowling Club in April, 1981.

On August 4, 1982. the inter-Service Bowls Association wasrenamed the ACT Defence Lawn Bowls Group (ACfDLBG)and catered for serving members and ex-serving members re­siding in the ACT.

Main intentions of the group was to promote lawn bowlingwilhin Ihe defern::e forces and to provide venues for inler-Ser­vice competitions.

Since those early days the ACTDLBG has steadily grown 10beoome well known in the ACT lawn bowling fraternity. But,owing to interstate transfers and non-ACT retirements, thegroup's serving members remain somewhat constant ­around 20 to 25. What we lack in numbers we make up inspirit.

The ACTDLBG is somewhat unique as it is believed to be

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~~ !_._:l. ,~~ Lady Penrbyn of NIRIMBA has won Ibe OggiD Cup as Ibe firsl anned scrvicts •••1.:: yacht to rmish in Ihis year's AWA Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, ::

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E places in front of another _ ! ,. E: RAN entry. Alexander of if. :'_ CRESWELL , '"0 ': The Navy's much loved t~, :: yacht FRANKLIN, the boat E~ that inlroduced so many i::'" :· - .: cadets to ocean racing during ~" ': the sixties and seventies, := made a welcome return to :~ Ihis year's classic but unfor- ;. §• tunately was forced to retire. " -~ II has been 15 years since ~~~ lhe solid old timber boat had ~~~ last joined the Boxing Day ~- ~E scramble out the heads for i.' E: the beginning of A1J5tralia's • '-::~ • premier blue water yachting ~~ EE event. ~-E- Even before the retire- 11-'::" -

E ment she almost didn't make =:~ E! il. The Navy's midshipmen ~;d+ i: learn their sailing in a fleel of := modem fibreglass 5111 boats - A .~ these days. There's not much _~_ call for an aging wooden ,~ yachl more designed for ~:: ocean CfIlising lhan storming ::: around the buoys. The De- :~ panment of Defence doesn't E: allocate maintenance funds :• •: to unused yachts, and now :E that she is more lhan a quar- ". ~

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needs constant maintenance. - EIt was time to scrap her. the The RAN's FRANKLIN.

_ Navy decided. _'1= But Lieutenant Comman- CRESWELL on the a small coterie of volumeersE

der Paul lones, a supply weekend was by represent- at CRESWELL painSlak- ~: officer at HMAS CRES- ing Ihe college in sport, or ingly rebuilt lhe boat. She:E WELL, the officer training going sailing. It made is now back up 10 full LloydsE: school, thought otherwise. FRANKLIN a popular survey. :E Mj learned my sailing on boat.'· "It seemed that this wasEE her when 1 was a cadet,~ he LCDR 10nes wasn't the the right time. The Bicenten-E~ says. only one who fell it was nary and the 75th anniver-EE - "In those days the only Mcriminal" to just leave her, sary of the college,M said~

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a The infamous "HMAS~ENGUIN Turr Triathlon"

is on for II serond year andpromises 10 be e,en biggerand beller than last time.

April 12 is Ihe date 10 keepin mind. .

This indi,-idual event ron­sists ofa~..im, SOkmcycle II~run, in Iherugged Kuring-gai NationalPa.....

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With jUS1 rbree rounds reomaining to the February 22semi-finals, si:Jl teams remainin the race for rhe top four.

PLATIWATERHEN,who can't re~mbcr everwinning the famous oldtrophy, heads the laddcr onS6 points from KlJITABUL45, NIRIMBA 'A' 44, PEN·GUIN 35, NIRIMBA Ap·PRENTICES 30, ALBAT­ROSS 24, NAVAL POLICE10 and WATSON eighl.

While PENGUINperished on rhe NIRJMBAsynthelic turf 011 January 25,KtrITADUL suffered lhesame fale on lbe adjoiningfield agains! NIRIMBA Ap·PRENTICES,

KlfITABUL vetel'2flScan'l remember lheir last ""10

al Quaker.; Hill.1bey thought lhey "'-ere a

ebal'Ott this year wben tbeAPPRENTICES managedIUSI 7·10.. (John Barrell 34,Mike Goddard 20) againstlhe accurale OUIS'A'lOgers ofKev Saunders (5J30).

KUTTABUL was alwaysin trouble and folded for 84(Walne C1emmell 28, SIeveCollicut 18, Brad Heller 4119).

PLATS/WATERHEN'spremiership chances havebeen boosted by the amvalof uperienced Tim Frenchwho hll Ihree si:Jlcs alld fivefours in a brisk 46 10 a tot'.of 9·154 (Trevor Symes 4-Ian RIgby W46. mdudlOgfour wid:elS in hIS last t'lo"Oo,·ers).

NAVAL POLICE replied..uh 49 (Herb Elliot 4127,MBIuc:MDo.....ns 314) and 8-54(Elliot: 3110, 00 5..3126)_WATSO~ 'led 10

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A cenlu,)" and a bal-trid: h;n'e been higltliCbts orthe l\lRIMBA side's plUSUit or the I Zin~ari mid­"'eek nickel mino, p~mtersbip,

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Skipper Mark Hugg.rdham~red his ~IOII- as hisside tOlalled 4-196 or( IUSI 24overs only to see rain rob Itof \'iclory ilgainst WATSONon January 18.

Harold Atkinson snaredhis hat·lrick in NIRIMBA's9-98 (~spilteM Mulligan 18,Phil Carrell 15, Dave Page 21

, , 28, Chris Ryan 219) victoryover PENGUIN 71 (KeilhMiller 22, Atkinson, 4114,Huggard 4119) on January25.

PENGUIN has losl theservices of ~SlIpcr bal- MarkHarris '11I'110 has Iefllhe Navy,medically unfil.

Rain washed out allJanuary 18 matches wllh theuttption of lbe Nowrapme where NAVALPOLICE ,forfeiled 10 AL­BATROSS.

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Vi5itiDc cridtellellDl!i 10 1Uto1AS CERBERUS in 1989 Cell ~Dd·tO-Donechlntt to bowl a maiden ove.. - in (he trne RrlSe or the phrase,

Women in cricket is no- Sheryl only pulled on the herself to men's cnekel Shelhing new - the AU'llraIi~ creams J~ before Cbnstmu "<IS abo a member of lhegirts recenlly bear England m III lhe men's diviSIOn and she men's SOlXC'r side list year_a ICSI senes - but a ...·oman has ~ne a valued I <10m ~. , -'''-' f f ~ •••• XI n puBllUlOnS maku~men s --= IS ar l"OO\ mem"",r UI I..,:; by the female bripde SheT)1

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Please C/l1I.,any of the following IoatJons• 75 MacIeay St.""__ N.S.W. Pho~j02) 3581518• HMAS CERBERUS. Weslem Pol1, VIc. Phone, (03)83 71801• 12 Ra;lwayT""",.~WA Phone, (09) 527 7522

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HMAS CRESWELL is r.rrenlly home 10 the Au­slralian nt«JuelbaU dlampion, Mllior Wran PellJlieDouglas.

Pennie has been the Australian cnampion for three con­secutive years, 1986, tf1 and 88 and was Tasmanian champ­ion in 1981,83, 84, 85, 87 and 88.

She missed OUI on the Tasmanian lilies only twice, once in1982 when she was away playing Slale level squash on themainland, and again in 1986 when the early pressures in­volved in joining the Navy and Iraining to be a com­municator kept her from defending her lille.

Pennie had hoped 10 fUrlher promote racquetball inNSW. which she says is far len competitive than Tasmania.

However, a posting to Darwin (HMASCOONAWARRA) has forestalled efforts in this directionand she aims 10 help lbe spon develop in Darwin as much asp<9ible,

Meanwhile, Pennie's main compelilive spor1 since moving10 the mainland has had to be squash.

In order 10 maintain ber oompc:liliveness she plays in amen'scompetilion in NOWTlI and hopes to be seleded for theteam sdleduled to play New ZuI~d Ibis year.

Pennie is currenlly working in lbe communications ttntre• tJel'Vl5 Ray and is pictured aboard lbe Torpedo RecoveryVessel 1lJNA on .....hidl she 5pc:nt six ..=b as a crewmember.

Pennie's on topof her racquet

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