VOLUME 27, No 1

ROYAL AUSTRAUAN

PICTORIAL

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JANUARY 27, 1984

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When the DUH comes into ser·vice the initials HU will bechanged to HS (Helicopter AntiSubmarine) to renect the newrole which will be similar to thatcarried out by the 'lTacker. Thesquadron nwnber 816 previouslybelonged to the front line Trackersquadron.

The 816 Squadron has had a var-ied history. It first commissionedas a Royal Navy Air Squadronand during the pericx1 1939 to 1948new Seafire, WiJdcat, Barracudaand Fireny aircraft. In 1948 it re-commissioned as an RAN Fireflysquadron and with 805 Squadronsaw action in Korea from HMASSYDNEY. The squadron dis-banded in 1955 but refonned laterin. the year with Gannet Anti-SUbmarine aircraft andcommenced an association withHMAS MELBOURNE that wasto last many years. It was re-equipped in January, 1968, withGrumann S2 Trackers whichremained in service with VS816until 1982 when, roUowing thedecommissioning of HMAS MEL-BOURN E. the squadron wasdisbanded.

A new RAN heUcopter squadron - HU 816 - will ronnwithin the next two weeks.

Official formation date is Feb-ruary ,.

The new squadron will initiallyoperate Wessex aircraft. Thesewill be replaced by the DestroyerUtility Helicopter (DUH) when itcomes into service later in thedecade.

HU816 is to be fonned because723 Squadron, now the largestsquadron in the Fleet Air Artn. isabout to increase in si2e yet againwith the introduction into seIYiceof the AS350 Squirrel in mid 1984.

This gave rise to the possibilityof HCT.13 flying four aircraft types- the Wessex. Iroquois. Bell 2068and Squirrel - with widely diver-gent roles.

In order to provide a betterorganisational structure a deci-sion was made to 'split off' theWessex aircraft and associatedaircrewand maintainers to forma new unit, HU816, with its ownroles and a separate identity.Hem will continue to operate theBell206B, Iroquois and (later) theSquirrel.

The designation HD (Helicop-ter Utility) describes the role.

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get.E inDpa'n David Fartbl.rig,

~'e rfgtit, has taka eM:,.from CAPT Chris HcIie, Ief't,as the Na\"aI Ol'rkft" ('om.mancLlng North Australia.....

Prior to his posting CAPTFarthing was Director ofthe RAN Tactical School inSydney.

Owing CAPT H~'s twoyears as Naval Office:Commanduig North Awrtrnlia Area se\Jaai major"rTUestones were pa 1

AlTJOIIg these were theopening of the DarwinNaval Base on October 6.1982; th selUng to work thesame year 01 the HumptyDoo transmitting station:the anival of HMAS IPSW·ICH on December 20, 1982as the first of four Fr~mantle das\; patrol. boats tobe ba.sed in ~in to re-place the aging AUac:k das'ipalrol boats: !.he estab-ll.stunent in 1983 01 DarwinPort Division: and CAPTHole also played a maJOrrole in relocating NOCNA .

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CAPT J. R.. DaCosta, ofHMAS PENGUIN, abonleft, was ceremoniallyto\lou~ ill a IT LVIItb6s morKh. TheSNp's C0m-pany wished him 'goodsalti,*' and a fond fare"dl."MAS PENGUlN now hasCAPT J. G. McDermott,right. 'at the helm'.

CAPT DaCosta's careerstarted in 1955 as a directentry ain:rew. Owing hiscareer he served in NASNOWRA and IIl11AS MEl..-BOURNE as OIC '8' fligK816 sqn.. Att.er training in theUSA he returned to Awrtr.iliato~andcommand 8lXi sqn, the rll"StSkyhav.it training squadron..Later he became FleetAviation Officer. Fromthere he commandedIlMAS KUTTA8UL beforeassuming command ofPENGUIN in July, 1981.

CAPT McDet ••1OU was anintermediate entry toRANC in l':n.

don to head the AUSU'aUan Defence Stan_LIn the~ above RADM Vonlhethoffob-

sen-es an ok! RAN ctl'Itom in~averthe"weigN" to his 5UC' '. RADN Nartm.before a fareweII rJU'JtA!'f" of senioc RAN offi·cers and civiIia.os of the Naval Support C0m-mand orpnisaUon. AIs> in the peture are theCommanding Officer of IIMAS NIRIMBA,captain D. II. 1llormon, and Mr Alan Rob-insoo. Supply Manager. Victualling.

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It's got all the escape information you'llever need.

Prices, destinations, for those spur of themoment decisions.

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1be RAN's new Suwort CommaDder,Rear AdmIral David MartIn. has oCfl-dal.Iy taJren 0\-"8' from the previous

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Gost"onI. and fll1lShed IIJthon handicap in the claMe.1I0wever, the expenencegained during the raceshJuId prove invaluable.

_RAN..--entry, Buccaneer, fmisbedwell down the l.lSl. of rmalanivals alllobart.

The LCIl ProficiencyShield goes to IlMASWEWAK from HMAS TARA·KAN and BAlAS RETANO.

IIMAS IPSWlCH won ~Kelly Shield - MCM and PTFproficiency award - (romHMAS WHYAlLA dose up illseeorld place.

A new awan;l. foc exceDenoein food semce, the SilverPlatter Award - presented bythe Catering Institute ofAustralia-went to:

Major fleet Wlits: HMASsrALWART.

Minor f1eet Wlits: HMASWARRNAMBOOL.

RADM Woolrych con-gratuLated the award winner.>and aD thDtie: concerned wtmserved in Ships and Eslab.Iishments in 11ll1.

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Experieuo: is _ " tilt:f ••dame.Cals f.r s.e-eessI. pili.

A crew of RANC Mid-shipmen got exacUy thatwhen they sailed In thisyear's Sydney to Ilobart,.dplsed Inthe 1!84 AustralIa DayH........

RADM VOIl1hel.hoff, whoLakes upduties m London onFebruary l!D as lleadof AIlS-tnilian Defence Staff, hasbeen named as an Offl('('l' U1tN.> Military DivNori of theorder of Austr.l1.La (AO).

Other RAN personnelhonoW'ed were:

The Gonrnmenl bas approved futber development 0( project WiDJlill, a flyingclemy d signed to attrad anti-shlppIAg missiles away (rom tbeir talIets.

1be ..inid.... for Defence, harpOOn aDd Jo:llocet, away mans Bend near Melbourne,Mr SCholes, said be bad all- from its intended target. and theo~ factory andlhonsed the upenditure of The hovering rocket ron- the expklSlves factory, bothS.2 million dollars In gov- cept was developed in the in the Melbourne suburb ofernment factories admln- weapons systems research Manbyrnong.istered by the Minister for laboratory, at Salisbury, Present development workDefence Suwort, Mr 1I0we. South Austra.1ia, and the gov- was intended to develop and

The 3.2 million doUars was ernment aircraft factory in demonstrate the decoyspart of a 10.1 million dollar Melbourne '->'__1. ~....uogy.deveklpmem. "* ogl am beintl: Defence scientists believe Mr SCholes.s;ud !.be Winnincarried out by the Derence the....- is .........riorto"""-

~L'" -..- ~J- ....Oject bad attracted COil-SCience and Technology terns developed overseas as ".Organisation and the Depart_ the hoveriJlg rocket realis- $lderable attentJon and JlI"ll5'"rnent of Defence SUpport. tically Simulates the move. peets for collaboration With

The Willnin decoy is a ment of;a ship. overseas countries werebovering rOCket which Mr~ h Ies said O1eU mil- bemg pursued.caniesanelectrocucpayload lion dollars wouk! be allo- The role of Australiandesigned to decny an ap- cated 10 the government lIldustry in .later pha :; wasproaching rnis.'me, sucb as the aircraft factory at Fisher· also being investigated.

Funds boost for

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PROJECT WINNIN

RADM honoured

APPOINTMENT

SO Professional tests will in future be conducted in Aprileach year. Professional tests in 1984 wUl be hekl on Tuesday,April 10, 1984, and Wednesday, April II, 1984.

The list of professional tests is a.s follows: SSLT 5DSH;SSL SDEN ME, NESM, MEH; SBLTSDEN WE, WESM;SBLT SDMA; SBIN SDNP.

Applications for these tests are to be signalled to NaY)'Office by February 28.

SDEN WE candidates who have~uny completed.stage II of either an accredited certificate of dectrical engin-eering or een.ificate of electronlcs and commumcati0n5 en-gineering are exempt from sitting paper one. Applications toSit SDEN WE Tl'$l. are to indicate if membl'r iseu:mpt frompaper one.

SD tests

Captain A. L, Beaumont has been promoted to the nnk ofCommodore and appointed Director General Defence ForceAdministrative Polley - a new post In Department ofDefence.

Mini.&er for Defence, Mr Gordon Scholes. said CDREBeaumont took. up his new appointment on Monday, January16. He had been employed in an admuusIralJve capadty inNavy OffICe Canberra since 1!l82.. including Directoc GenernlNaval Plans and Policy.

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AdvancOO ship husbandry courses will be conductl'd in No2conference room GJ 0 laboratory building eight on February13/14, Fl'bruary %7128, and March 1'/2:0.

Nominalions for the courses are invited from shipscompanies (aD ranks) WIth priority to be given to I.bosl' per.sonnel in supervisory posltions. Nominations for subjectcourse are to be signalled to COMAUSFLTat lIl'ast one moaLbprior to selected COW'9l'. Ftutber detaillI may be obtainedfrom the fleet painting inStroCtOr CPOMTH West GlD en2389.

Advanced courses

TRANSFERS

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Apphcations for transfer of bnnch will in future oaly beconsidered if a member wiSbeS to lranSfer to the followingcategories: QMG. Fe. UC, CD, NP. STD, MED.

Transfer to these categories 1lo;I1 be subject to the curTeIltstale or the members parent category. Applications to traIJ5.fer to categories other than those listed above will not beapproved.

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SUMMER SELL·OUTof all civilian stock

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The office of the Crnef of Defe~ Force Stalf (CDFS) is tobe reorganised and expanded, the Minister for Defence, firScholes, has afUloWlced.

Mr SCholes said "the changes flow from the Defence Re-view (U1'Z) Committee recommendation that the capacity ofthe CDFS to eKercise effective command of the AustralianDefence Force should be strengthened. In my statement toparliament on November 3, 19I1l3, I emphasised that this wasone of the key recommendations made by the committee".

The minister explained that the inltJaJ step would be thecreation of a new posiUon of Director General Defence ForceAdminislrau,e Pobcy. Division of responsibilities ptuenUyheld by the Director General Joint Policy would give grutercapacity to provide military achiCf: 011 forcede\~t andadministrath'e maul'l'$..

Mr Scholes sald that other reconuneftdatiMs of the UTZcommittee Wl're currently UDder consideration by theGovl'fUmenL

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NAVY NEWS, Jc.,uary 27, 1984 (3) 3

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Joining the Navy and wh.ichare essential to the true andeffecti,"e leader."

Sir Ninian sakt the Navyhad gone through somedifficult times since he lastspoke at the college.

"But one thing aboutwhich there has never beendebate or doubt is the dedi·cation and professaonabsmof the men and women inthe Navy," be said.

While emphasising the"Silent Service" des-cription of the Navy, SirNlnlan said serving per-sonnel should be preparedto speak of their pride in theNavy.

"1bere are noM better tospeak or the services thanIts sening members," he

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that each one of you has a major contnbuuon toyour ship. your base, your Navy," be said.

"e then spoke of the changuig respollSlbLiJUesthe graduates would face.

"They ha,~ completed their craft and formaltraining, which has largely been under closesupervision," he said.

"As you aU move into your next poSUngs youwill find that the emphasis changes to on·the-jobtraining.

"Paying off in '841

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lovely httle restaurant in Rockhampton (pop55,000). Owned by Brian and Janet Fitzgerald, ex,

Fleet Air Arm.Rockhampton's oldest restaurant

Fully licensed. a-Ia·carte, seats 40.Very comfortable self employed living.-

LeodefWlip is the singl~t important factor in tockry'sarmacl forcn. the Gonmor 0-.,.01, Sir Ninian Steph..,told the Deumb« paning out porod. at the Rayal Aus_tralian Naval Callege.

~·orty·nine midsh.ipmengraduated from the collegeon December 8.

Sir Ninian S31d the grad·uates had spent a long timepreparing themselves intraining. motivating andabove all. leading thesailors of tomorrow's Navy.

"Those sailors, theNa,'Y's human factors, willalways remain yourgreatest resource - yourgrealest asset. whether inpeace or m war." he said.

•. You wW be worlung "ithbright, intelligent AU5-trahans who Will expectgreat ttungs of you.

"Be firm, fair and com-passkmale 1JI your decisionsand your actions .,.. Utese arequalities which you havebeen developing since

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Mr Scholes said the tworifle replacement contenderswere the AUG At individualweapon manufactured bySteyr Daimler Puch of Aus·tria and the M15A2 by ColtIndustries of the UnitedStates of America.

The ODe machine gun to beevaluated - the Miniml - ismanufactured by FabriqueNationale Hental ofBelgium.

Mlolster for Defence, MrScboles, bas 1JLII0000eed thatthree S.5imm weapons bavebeen selected for trials andevalllatlon to replace riflesand som~ machine guras nowIn sen1ce.

All three weapons are inservice in other countries.and have been developed overseveral years by threeoverseas manufacturers.

RIFLESGOONTRIAL

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The Governor inspected a 58 man guard underthe command of l~year-oJdAndrew Rolhan, andac

QFW,A, LTD.

With the Introduct1on of Medicare next Wed.nesdaJDEFPAY Melboame will automatlc.al.l.y deduct the U percent levy from all RAN memben' salary.

Notwithstanding, certain members will be eligible tocWm a full exemption by submitting a Medicare Levy Vari·ation Declaration fonn (MLVD) to their pay office.

These forms will be distributed shortly together with theDEFSAAC which will contain appropriate pay accountinginstructions.

Examples of members eligible to claim exemption are:• Single service members withQut dependants.• Serviceman married to a servicewoman without

dependants.• Member whose salary is below the prescribed

minimum level for paying levy (details found in MLVD).• Members entitled to claim the exemption will be given

three pay fortnights from IFEB84 in which to lodge an MLVD.Refl1lld.S will be made as appropriate.

Members applying for levy exemption after this periodwill not receive their refund until submission of their annualtax return.

Any inquiries related to exemption status should be per-sonally represented to Australian Taxation offices In respec-tive states.

Separate arrangements for advising overseas personnelhave been made.

Also, NHBS application for membership fOnns and infor-mation brochure have been reprinted and are now beingdiStrtbuted to shops, establishments, overseas posts and toDepartment of Defence Suwort Facilities.

TIle brochure sets out in detail the new range of hospital,dental and extra benefits payable from February 1, 1984, to-gether with the reduced rates of contrlbuUon.

Civil personnel employed with the Department of Defenceand the Department of Defence Support are eligible to applyfor membership of the NHBS. Children (of any age), of mem-bers may also apply for membership when they cease to bedependant, on the member. The NHBS claim form has alsobeen reprinted and the colour panel Is now green. Members ofNHBS should be advised that wben claiming benefits for ser-vices received prior to February I, the red claim form Is usedand for services received after February t, the green fonn is

""".Additional supplies of the forms can be obtained from theornce manager, Naval Health Benefits Society, Box 2123T,GPO Melbourne 3OOt, or by despatch box to DRV3-D-I08, Vic-toria Barraclcs, Melbourne. Telephone Inquiries shouJd bedirected to (STD) (03)fIiTl 5088/5aI90r DNATS832 5090/5091.

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OTHER SERVICES:-HOUSING LOANS· TERM INVESTMENTS· REAL ESTATE· PROPERTY SmLEMENTS

INSURANCE. TRAVEL. OISCOUNT PURCHASING

BENEFITS INCLUDE:-• Immediate Low Cost Personal Loans:

- NO PRIOR SAVINGS REQUIRED.- LOANS ARE GRANTED FOR ANY PURPOSE INCLUDING PAYOUT

OF EXISTING HIGH COST LOANS.

• Free Bill Paying: - INCLUDING REGULAR PERIODICAL PAYMENTS.• Navy Pay Allotments: -FOR DEPOSITING TO OUR RANGE OF HIGH

INTEREST SAVINGS ACCOUNTS OR CONVENIENT REPAYMENT OF LOANS.

• Bridging Loans: - TO COVER THE "DEFENCE FORCE HOME LOAN"FUNDING TIME.

• Property Management: -TAKING THE HASSLES OUT OF RENTINGYOUR HOUSE IF YOU'RE TRANSFERRED.

· .. Now that you're resident in W.A. you are eligible to join and share the benefits ofmember-ship of the Police Credit Society (open to all Defence Personnel in W.A.).

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TO ALL NEW SHAREHOLOING MEMBERSJOINING THROUGH READ ST. CHEMIST

syncrolifl Is lowered and the vessel manoeuvred in andreadily jXlSitioned over the cradle by aligning pre-paintedmarks on the ships deck with the cradle side arms.

The syncrolift Is raised until the keel blocks almost touchthe ships keel. A final alignment of the ships Is carried outbefore wedges are fitted between the ships sides and theside arms. With the ship now rirmly in the cradle, the syn-crolirt is raised to its full height and transported along railsto either the covered in workshop or an outside area.

The side arms also give added stability when the ship ismoved sideways. Side arms are being pcogressively fittedto the remainder of the cradles.

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Picture and story by LCDR J. Carlin, RAN, Fleet Shipwrlgbt Officer.

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The photograph above shows HMAS BENDIGO onthe syncrollrt at Darwin Naval Base. The ship wasslipped to trial a cradle which was modlfled to

fadlltate safer sllpplttg.The modification, designed by the director of naval ship

design section, involved the fitting of side arms to anexisting cradle. The sidearms were assembled, welded andfitted by FIMA KUTIABUL and base staff.

The phtograph also shows the cradle with its existingkeel and bilge blocks and the newly fitted side arms. The

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TWO of the IIS3RANPeter Mitchell Prlzemen, .. LEUT~sGorman (left) and LS Perry White.

he breaks-in the horses he sion of the Naval Reservesrides. CPO Brough has been able

LSRP W~te has ,been des- tocombineademandingclvil-cnbed as a can-do man. ian occupation with service to

Whether on the job or the Niwal Reservesplaying team sports he is '. . .energetic, entusiastic and Dunnghis2lyearsWlththeresourceful. Reserves he has been to the

It is not surprising that forefr?nt of t~e activitiesLSRP White's profession- assOCiated With the Fre-alism and exemplary be- manUe Port Division.haviour has resulted in him LS Pettis has managed anbeing named as a Prizeman. active involvement with the

LCDR Sleeth has made a Melbourne Port Division andsignificant conUibution to the at the same time continuedfectiveness and efficiency with a demanding academicof a diving team. career.

He has managed to devote lie graduated as a Masterconsiderable time and effort of Applied Science (Chem-to the Melbourne Port Divi- istry) in 1980.

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PETER MITCHELL AWARDS

Rough-riding

chief named

A horse-breaking chiefpetty officer is among the1!l83 Peter Mitchell Prize-

men.lie is Chief Petty Officer M.

J. Cowper, who, like theotherrecipients, was CQnsideredoutstanding in many ways.

The RAN 1983 Prizemen ~are Lieutenant D. F. Gormanor IIMAS PENGUIN, CPOATWL Cowper or HMASALBATROSS and LSRP P. B.White of HMAS HOBART.

The RANR prizemen areLieutenant Commander E,W. J. Sleeth of the MelbournePort Division, Chief PettyOfficer R. G. Brough of Fre-mantle Port Division andSQMG R. W, Pettiss, Mel·bourne Port Division.

The Peter Mitchell com-mittee said selecting theNavy prizemen was not aneasy task with all nomineesshowing a high level of pr0-fessional competence,leader-ship qualities, sporting in·volvement and good charac-",.

Lieutenant Gorman hasmade a substantial contribu-tion to fonnuiatingthe Navy'spolicy on deep diving on oxy-Delium to 100 metres and aswell has been captain/coachof ship, navy and interserviceRugby.

CPO Cowper has saved theNavy time and money by sig-nificantly improving compasscalibration techniques,

His relaxation is ridinghorses. but, being the enthu·siastic, energetic man he is,

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LIEUTENANT Geoff Ledger has re- night of January 29,1983.ceived the Military Slate Commendation The president of the Republic ofmedal (silver) for the part be played as Singapore, Mr C, V. Devan Nair con·captain of one of the two helicopter (erred the award at recent investitures.teams which successfully rescued 13 Our picture shows LEUT Ledger andpassengers trapped in four cable cars his wife, Bethany talking to the presidentover the Keppel Harbour area on the after the ceremony.

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Petty Officer WranWriter Jan Bellis has re·ceived a Chief of NavalPersonnel's commenda·tion.

It reI.IT 3111' tII"lQTlIO,". ';lIT tII"lQTU.C"'''''US!loOI3II.OU

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supervisor course wascompleted which signif·icantly improved the trainingand increased the proriciencyof operation specialistsreturning to the fleet," thecitation says.

"He was re«Jgnised as anoutstanding instructor,expert taetition and superioradministrator. "

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..Iloney....ell computers hadmade an essential contribu-uon to the operational effec·tl'o'eness of the AustrahanDefence Force. Thecomputers had operated at ahigh Ie\'el or efficiency O\'eran extended period and 10 adegree well be}·ond theexpectations of their manu·facturers and customers.

A number of Uni\'ircomputers have been inoperauon In the Depanmentof Defence since the mid19105. but tbe bulk of tbedefence admlnlstrallvecompuUng tasks have. untUrePool. SPA Saun.a • Gamesloom • Free lIflCiertovtr

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MlDN Dat'e Threlfostraps In his 1111fe, SBLTMary'ntrelfo.for 11 night alter hls graduation.

Navy pilot

tops classThe Number 1%4 Royal photo~rapher _ and

Australian Air Force Midshipman John Cal-pUots' eoorse graduation vert. 19. a direct entryat RAAF Pearce In from Dalby. Queens-Western Australia saw land.ht·o F1eet AIr Arm p[1ots MIDN Calvert provedamong tbe II graduates. the weight of Navy wings

A strong Navy flavour by taking the lion's sharewas evident at the pa. or coun;e awards.rade with the presenceof Rear Admiral R. R. He won the De Haw-Calder, Chid of Naval land Australia TropbyTechnical services who (dUX of the course). thereviewed the parade and SP (Aust) Ltd Trophythe Naval Officer Com- (highest. academic per-manding West Australia formance), the Aero-Area. Commodore O. J. baUc Trophy and theOrr. RSL Prize for MJDlIlCaltMIII1tbsomew

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his contribution, he was askedto be the re\iewing officer forthe last traini1lg divisions atRANC thai he will attendbefore going on leave.

Cameron. who originallyjOined from Southport. willrelire 10 lhe Cairns areawhere. wilh his wife Vickieand children Lara and Cade,he will "relurn to natUTe".

Chier Petty OfficerQMG Cameron Walker'Nil! payoff from the RANin March after a colourfulbut distinguished 20 yearsor service.

Cameron has served inHMA Ships MELBOURNE.DUCHESS, VENDET'TA (3postmgs). VAMPIRE. YAR-RA, PERTH and nlUl'lerous'A' boals as well as CER-BERUS and HARMAN, butas possibly the best panld~lraiJUng officer in the RAN,he has spent five of the pastseven y~ars filling that role atRANC. HMAS CRESWELL.

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NAVALHEALTH B~FITS

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Arter almost )II years In the Royal AustralianNu'al Reserve Commander Tony Bennett ofLockleys, Adelaide rdired In Dec::ember (rom thesenior naval usent: posting In South Australia.

As one Or his last official t.asks as Commanding Officer ofthe Adelaide Port Division of the Royal Australian NavalReserve eM 0 R BelUlelt had the pleasant duty of presentingMass Australia. Mary-Ann KOl1ljak, with a plaque of theReserve crest. 10 welcome her 10 South Australia.

CMDR BenneU left the reserves after an excepUonalcareer.

Since joining in 1954 he hasserved in IBditrerentshipsandone submarine as well as eight shore establishments.

His naval career took him to the USA, Japan, Canada.Fiji. New Zealand, Singapore, the Hawaiian Islands and theSouth China sea.

!lis firsts in the service include being the only ReserveOfficer in post war years to have passed all the profeSSIonalnaval subjects required for a fully-qualified permanentofficer as well as being the first RANR officer In AustralIato undertake Naval Staff College in Sydney.

In civilian lire CMDR BeMell is the manager of theAustralian and New Zealand Banking Group branch inGlenelg. South AUSlralia.

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Cameron believes thehighhght of his career was thetuming of the full mid-shipmen Royal Guard for- theRoyal TOUT of urn. bul alsoconfesses to be pleased aboutthe nine passing-out paradesat RANC he has orches1.ratedthe drill for.

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fremanUe Division, WA -A wine tasting luncheon is thefirst function to be held andthis will be on February 15.The venue will be IlMAS

join lhe ranks of the Navywives and because or the nat-ure or the Service many ofthem are far from home andfriends. Hopefully throughUris column we can let themknow what is hawening andthey can join a nearby divi-sion of the association.

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REDUCED TARIFF RATES FORRETIRED NAVAL PERSONNELFrom December I, 1981, re~red Naval per·wnnel who avail themselves of e,ther thecottoge or camping focihnes at the EASTCOAST CENTI1ES moy be el'glble 10 paythe some roles os sefVlng personnel. Wont10 find,oul more? Conloct the D'VlSlonol

Every year many women

Remember secretaries. ifyour RAN wives group isdoing anything we Would like1.0 hear from you SO that youtoo can be included in thiscolumn.

Hello once again to allNavy wives. 11tis columnis getting orr to a quietsCart but things shouldpick up In February .....henmost of the groups aroundthe country get started ontheir social calendars for1984.

GOVERNOR THE GUESTThe RANe'S! and '61 KCVO, CBE, nsc, Gov- CORE Thos DADS- colm DARROCH, then

matriulation entries ernor of Queensland, and WELL, then Training Surgeon Ueutenant, and =celebrated their 25th Lad)' Ramsay, seen Officer, now CO "MAS Mr Ray WALKER, ~

= anniversary with a reo above surrounded by ALBATROSS; CORE sportsmasler at Trinity ~union dinner-dance at other telebrants. Sir l\lalcolm BAIRD, then Grammar, then Chief ~

= "MAS WATSON reo James was Com- Flinders DivlsionalOffi· Physical TralnlngiccoUy. m~nding Officer of eer, now DG Naval Instructor. ~

Guests of honour were IIMAS CRESWELL 25 Training and Edueation; Year members flew in ~His Excellency years ago. Mr Ken ARMSTRONG, from Queensland aDdCommodore Sir James then and DOW on RANC Tasmania, Western Aus-

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~ ~ year - to this day theLEEUWIN Wardroom and;: smallest entry sincethe cost is S6 per person. H;: Id WIdanyone is interested in ~ Wor ar II - Inc u eaUending this function but ~ two frigate commandslacks transport they can ~ plus another shortly tocontact the president. Lee~ command a DDG, aJones. on4483393. Shemaybe;: double-submarine com-ahIe to help_ ~mand and an alr-

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- On Wedne>day. February: II15 the AGM will be he1d in the; of Sunbeam Austra a,~nference room. Building~ chid exentive of the815 at UMAS STIRLING.~ Hobart Maritime Board,Come along with any fresh~ two Acting Captains plusideasandsupportyourorgan-~ another selected. and nu-isation, it can only operate~ merous other claims towith your help. ~ fame.

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