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ELBOUR HMAS MELUOURNE, under the command

of Commander A.G. JohllSlon, has celebnued her first birthday.

The )oungest ... ·arship in the "'«1 has gone from II cra ... -Ilo a full on sprint ... ·ith her participa. tion in TASMANEX 93.

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E'S FIRST BIRTHDAY In keeping wilh the prel'ious HMAS MEL­

BOURNE the ship', rompany formed up on the Rigltl deck 10 mark the occasion. (Pholo by LSEW Sieve Cheeseman).

In :It day of celebrations ABETS G. Simpson and ABMTP R. Pearson celebrated their 21st

birthdays. To mar\; their "coming of age", both were

ginn the honour of cutting the birthday cake. "Sadly HMAS BRISBANE's IKcuracy durin,

their SM·1 shoot prevented the lighting or our candle," our correspondent reports.

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Reports received by the implementa tion team indicate that SCRS Training and De\-e lopment activities a re ahead of schedule in a number of important a reas.

The Training Analysis and Design Cells al both HMAS CERBERUS and WAT­SON have recommenced their assigned tasks and good progress has been made with some of Ihe shorter oourses nearing completion and ready 10 commence.

The developmen! oflhe basic eso Com­mon course. has progressed well with the Duty Task Inventory nearing the final draft Slagcs.

The 8M Common course development is also progressing well al HMAS CER· BERUS, as are the new look Seamanship courses.

The progress made on SCRS tasks by HMAS CERBERUS and WATSON, de­spite the recent Seamanship, Gunnery school and RANSWARS restructuring, is indicative of the dedication of all Training Development members and Faculty Staff.

The SCRS-IT hosted meetings in late January. with Director Naval Manning Pol­iey (DNM P) and Director Sailors Career Management (DSCM) in regard to finalis­ing details of the amalgamat ion and protec­tion of seaman sailor promotion rosters.

These issues arc now being examined by DSCM and details concerning the manage­ment and implementation of the upcoming amalgamation of promotion rosters should be available by the end of March 93.

Although finalisat ion of this process may seem to take a long time it is important that the Directo rates involved are given suffi­cient time in which to examine all the ramifica tions and issues.

This is necessary to ensure that the amal­gamation of ca tegories is equi table and fair 10 a ll.

As soon as delails concerning amalgama­tion of categories and protection of promo­tion roste rs become available they will re­ceive the widest possible dissemination to

atl members. A letter has been scntlO all Underwater

Control sailors via Divisional O fficers, in ships and establishments, requesting they indicate their preferred category on amal­gamation of the UC, RP, M and EW categories.

The preference form is be completed and returned 10 Navy Office by March 15,

1993. Failure to re tu rn the preference sheet

will result in thrill seeker status being allo­cated to you and the category manager de­ciding your future .

Should any UC sailors not receive a let­ter of preference they should contact their Divisional Officer who will take action to ensure thei r preference is recorded.

Other categories will change 10 e ither Boatswains Male (BM) or Combat System Operator (CSO) as indicated in the report.

The selection process lor category badges, supporting the format ion of new SCRS categories. is well advanced.

The SCRS-IT would like to thank the following personnel for the ir contributions: LEUT Neulist HMAS NIRIMBA, LCDR Aldred Maritime Headquarters, WORPAC Edwards Combat Systems Trainer. CPOUC Curtis HMAS WATSON, CPOQMG Hig­gins Navy Office, CPORP Shaw HMAS WATSON, CPOFC Wicker HMAS TOR­RENS, POOMG Graham HMAS ALBAT­ROSS. POQMG Martin HMAS C ER­BERUS. LSRP Richardson HMAS MEl.­BOU RNE, ABEWO Hughes Navy Officc and ABFF O'Halloran HMAS CERBERUS.

The closing date for category badge sub­missions is April 30, 1993. Designs and ideas should be addressed 10 SCRS-IT , D-4-26, Department of Defence (Navy), Rus­sell Offices, Canberra ACT 2600.

Lieulenanl John Prichard, aged 27, is sello b«ome, ii's believed, Ihe youngest Commanding Of­ficer in the RAN .. hen he takes np his new appoin L­ment as caplain of "MAS LABUAN in May this year, according to our correspondent.

John was born and raised in Hobart and educated at St Virgil's College before being commissioned into the RAN in 1983.

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After seven years away, five of which were spent in ships, John considered him­self very fortunate 10 be posted back to his home port in November 1990 as the Naval Operations Of· ficer for Tasmania.

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the challenge and responsi­bility of his own sea com­mand and the novelty of warmer weather in Bris­bane. where his ship is currently based.

However , John and his wife RlI1h . are keen 10 re­turn and sen le in Hobart when the opportunity ari ses to raise the ir fa mi ly pre­sently consisting of one girl and two boys.

A fUR (Fo..-ard Look· ing Infrared) syslem being developed for tbe Royal Australian Navy's Seaba .. -k hel~opter has come a maj or step closer 10 open­tional rea lily " 'jtb tbe com­pletion or a series or h igbly successful Derr ncr ~~nee and T«hnology Organisa· tion tests.

The tests , part of the trials program fo r the FUR, were conducted in Sydney and Darwin to as­sess the performance of the system undcr temperate and tropical operational conditions.

DSTO's Optoclectronics Division , based at Salis­bury, Soulh Australia , staged the tests.

DSTO is the research and development author­ity, appointed by Acquisi­tion and Logistics O rgani­sation. for the design and development contract placed with British Aero­space Aust ralia. Funding is through the Defence Indus­try Development program.

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DSTO, Navy and BAeA are now making final prep­arations for flight trials scheduled for early April , when the BAeA system will be installed aboard a Navy S-708-2 Scahawk helicopter.

FLIR und~rgaing high/,-succus/ul DS TO tats.

During both the Sydney and Darwin trials the Navy provided representative c0-

operative targets to enable quantitative data to be ob· . lained. The BAeA system performed well throughout the test series, which al·

lowed DSTO personnel to collect performance da ta .

The tests confirmed the predictions of the DSTO and BAeA FUR mOOel~lIg.

DSTO was extremely pleased with the high qual­ity data obtained and the level of performance of­fe red by the indigenously developed FU R system.

A total of six overseas

suppliers of FUR systems, which had offered to attend the tests, demonstrated a wide range of FU R equip­ment alongside the BAeA system.

FUR systems are cer­tainly not new to the mi lit­

.ary. The tradi tional 8-12 micron systems have been in operational use for many years providing 24 hour

surveillance for land. sea and air operations.

Extensive modelling by DSTO and BAeA had indi­cated that the RAN's oper­ational requirement for (ong range detection and identification in hOI and

. humid condi tions could best be met by a system sensitive 10 the 3-5 micron band of the IR spect rum.

MIDN Shana El'ans is sun gil'ing hu fin t salutt 10 HMAS STIRL ING's Chi~/-a/-StafJ, CA PT Kdlh Eamn ..,hilr proud partnts, Alan and Jill E"ans fook on. (Pho/o: ABPH Simon Pa,nfQn) .

Welcome aboard, Shana It was a proud moment for Shana Evans or

Como, WA when she was appointed as an officer in the Royal Australian Navy in the annual Au­stralian Defence Force Academy intake,

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Shana was one of 10 young West Austra­lians inducted into the A DFA in a ceremony at the RSL's Anzac House, Perth.

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AUlitralia was rorul!1Ded lIS • worid lud« in laser C«lutolou on F~bnwy 17 Wa.~11 die L.asn- Airbo.-.e Dqtlll SoamIfl (LADS). initially ck."t IoPfli by i.b('

Odell« SrieIlU .ad TKllnoto&Y °rc_aMINta, ......, orlkialty .... HN over by BHP [7g' mine MIl VI­ao. S)l1ems Umited 10 tbr D e".,tUitnt 01 Dnftlft.

BHP Engineering's Group General Manager. Mr John Oarll. handed over LADS 10 Defence's Director General Equip­ment Projects. Captain Chris Chamberlain, al RAAF Base Edinburgh.

The ceremony marked the completion of a three­and·;I·halr-year, SS2 million conlmet under which BHP Engineering. in association with its techmcal panner, Vision Systems Limited, continued with the design alld munufacture of the un­ique hydrographic system and tnalled it to an operational stage,

Following the handover ceremony, the system was deployed to Northern Queensland 10 commence operational su ..... eys.

LADS will great ly re­duce Ihe lime laken 10 map AUSlrB lia's vasl oonlinen131 shelf, much of which re­mains unsurveyed 10 ac­ceplable siandards.

BHP Engineering in as­social ion wilh Vision Sys­lI:ms, will shonly sign a oontrael with Ihe Navy H)·drogrnphk Office to provide logislics and maintenance support .

LADS is a mobile hyd­rographic SYSlem designed 10 su",·ey w,ller depths of up to 50111 31 a rate in excess of 50 sq km an hour .

It oomprises Iwo func­tiona l groups. The laser, navigation and data acquis­ition equipment mounted in a specia lly modified Fok­ker F27 aircraft and ground-based data proces­sing and maintenance sup­port equipment housed in cuslom-built vans.

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1be laser produces an infra·red beam which is di­rected vertically beneath the aircrafl. Its refleelion from the sea surface pre­vides part of the data re­quired and also enables the height of the ai rcraft to be accurately measured.

Mi(/.t llt Da~/ts, 11, maRtS a M'tkomr return to if a fTQl sun_ lo.·tr and sptntb most of hrr sfHIre fimt bnHlling up on Irtr tan.

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Well done, Pat! Editor of the Navy Corporate Plan, Commander

Pat Harrison , has been commended by the ChieF of Naval Staff, Vke-Ad miral I.D.G_ MacDoug:,1I1 fur the outstanding perfonnanee of his billet dut ies.

NCP 92/93. fo rmerly Dt:fence and complenu.'nIS Plan Green . has e~olved the Defence Corporate into a mlly '"corporate'" Plan. sub-program plan mer the last 12 Sualegic Plan~ and shlp/cs, months after a Icam effon tablishment BuSlocss Plans. jlll·olving the sl3ff of the Diredorate of Na~al Prog­rams. the Director G eneral of Naval Corporate Man­agement and the Naval Planning Com mince .

It completes the hie rar­chy of plans reqUired by the introductio n of Program Management and Hudgel­ling 11110 the Departmenl of

CMDR Harrison acknowledged thaI he had D

lo t of help from most a reas of the Navy Program III compiling NCP 92/93.

He collated all thcse 111 -puts on a data base: and did his o ..... n desk lop pubh~hmg

producing '·prmt re ady~

oopy for DPUBS.

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heltroplel"!l allied 0111 low nypaslll over A .... J·ad y~ terday wben 14 ..... ips fl"Olll Austndian .Dd New Zealand navie!i ealered hllmour .ncr .. opposed traIlS-Tasman Cia ui",_

The fleet entry marked an end to M hO$tililies~ 111

Exercise Tasmanex 93. the major maritime exercise for AuslTalian and New Zea­land navies and air forces.

For the previollS six da}'l!i, M friendly~ ships and aircraft had been opposed by a force providing ~threalS~

from opposing ships , air­craft and a submarine.

Ships ha'·e been Wat risk ~ from the submarine and ~enemy~ aircraft and ships; aircraft had 10 avoid oppos­ing aircraft, surface-Ie-air

missiles and anti-aircraft gunfi re; and Ihe submarine crew's resourcefulness. was tesled by anti ·submarine measures In panieipaling ships and aircraft .

In addilion. Navy Reser­vi$ts from Australia. New Zealand and Canada exer­cised naval control of ship­ping which, in wanime. in­vol~es briefing captains of merchant ships on surface, submarine and air threats and the safest roules 10

adopt. Three Australian guided

missile deslroyers (DOGs). HMA Ships PERTH . BRISBANE and HOBART. the destroyer escon (DE). HMAS TORRENS and re­plenishment vessel, IiMAS SUCCESS, Joined III ne RNZN .. essels for the end of exercise en try.

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Auckland Naval B~.

Other AuslTalian war­ships will arrive 111 New Zealand loday ~ the W A­based deSlroyer escon IIMAS DERWENT to Au­ckland and gUided missile frigates, HMA Ships SYD­NEY and MELBOURNE to Wellington .

About 3800 sai loTli and airmen panicipated in the t"li:ercise .

Most Will neXI enJOY brief leave in New Zcal~nd before proceeding to other deSlinalions.

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NAVY NEWS, February 26, 1993 (27) 3

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PEP-UP saves 13m Since 1986, .. hen the PEP-UP scheme was introduced to

Defence, it hits .chienil savings exceeding $13 millio n " 'ilh . n oullay of about $J million.

- What On Earth Is PEp·UP?- you may well ask. PEP-UP is a lively acronym for Productivity Enhancement

Program - User Participation. What does it all mean and how have we benefit1ed?

PEP-UP is a ~heme which provides fast-track provisioning of goods or services whcre it can be shown that their acquisi ­tion would achieve immediate productivity gains. Although the seheme aims at proposals costing le~ than $IOO.(XIO each. cx­ceptional proposals exceeding that amount may be considered .

Its effectiveness depends upon idea5 by anyone in the De­fence organisat ion who can idenlify a means by which we can improve productivity and save money.

There is no guarantee that a submission will be approved, However. if a proposal under PEP-UP is able to forec;lSt a minimum 2:1 productivity gain within the first two years of ac­quisi tion (i .e. savings meet or exceed twice the purchase price of the goods or service over a two year period). it becomes a strong contender for approval.

What's the catch? Nothing really. although an evaluation re­port is requested 12 months after implementation of the ap­proved PEP-U P proposal to ascertain the actual savings achieved. as distinct from the savings forecast in the original proposal.

Whut is PEP-UP Intended To Do? PEP-UP provides opportunities for everyone 's involvement.

It supports the NOM phi losophy and provides a OOostto those areas which identify a solution to a problem requiring re-

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i i out is the answer to the dreams can see

light at the end of the tunnel, but don 't have a way to reach it.

110M' To G~t In On The Action Cumpleted submissions (using form AB941) should address

the following: a . innovation and significant productivity re turn relati ve 10 cost; b. history of the proposal; e. anticipated productivity improvements (quantified in tenns of money, staffing , material . machinery, etc. achieving a minimum return of just 2:1 in IWO years) ; d. COSt of implementation (investment and ongoing); e. wider appl ication to olher areas; and f, other intangible benefits (eg OH&S. environmental impact. ctc).

Why nOI read the provisions about PE P-UP and, if you like. give the PEP-UP contact officer a phone ca ll and discuss your situation before contemplating your applica tion. If you don't have any blank application fonns, the PEP-UP contact officer can provide them for you (see the end of this an icle for fUrlher details) .

Examples of Successful Applications The latest example of PEP·U P assistance to the RAN is the

provision of dental implant systems for HMAS CERBERUS and HMAS PENGUIN . The outlay of about $11 ,000 is ex­pected to reati~e a productivity improvement ratio of 19:1 and 25:1 respective ly. In the long term. significant savings are an­ticipated merely by carrying out the work with in each estab· lishment: COSts will be substantially lower, staff will be absent from the workplace for shorter periods, thc skills of dcntal per­sonnel can be hroadened by training with and using this new equipment a nd customers will benefit through improved dental presentations. Bcnefi ts like morale and improved se lf irn ag~ for custOmers a re a lso relevan! .

In the past couple of years. some of the approved PEP-UP proposals for 1he RAN include: a. a waler/oil separalor for trial in twO HMA Ships: b. Apple Macintosh to Vax Nelwork Integration ~ HMAS WAT ERHEN; c. inSinUation of microwave controlled automatic flushi ng unit sensors in HMAS WATSON urinnls to save waler; and

Go For II!! Perhaps you and/or your leam memb<:rs WIll fcellnsplred to

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The Direetora1e of Management men! (DMPI) is responsible for the als are adnll nistered hy the Executive DMPJ. " ho may be conlacted on telePhon;":"~~;~~~~~ DNA TS 8.(.65079 or by fax on (06) 2665 136. ( should be addressed to DM PI. NBI I-G-20. Department of Dc­fence. Canberra. ACT. Departmental Circular Memor~nd um No 77N2 of August 7. 1992 sets ou t the officia l guidel ines.

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or the Royal AustnlLian Navy, the N a.ss de· stroyer HMAS NIZAM by J . nuary, UM5 had survived four hectic yean orw.,.

She had se lVed in Malta convoys, the evacuation of Crete - being the last British vessel to leave Suda Bay before the Germans occupied the port (only four hours late r) and in company with her sister ship HMAS NAPIER evacuated over 1400 troops.

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pairs in Fremantle. HMAS NIZAM joined the British Pacific fle et for the assaul t on Okinawa in the final strike against Japan.

The p roud NIZAM was a unit of the Allied flee t which entered To kyo Bay on August 28. 1945 and was there when the Japanese surrender was signed on September 2. 1945.

HMAS NIZAM paid-off at Sydney after steaming more than 295,000 nautical miles on wartime RAN ser­vice and reverted to the Royal Navy on October 18. 1945. NIZAM had been a

reasonably lucky ship. she had been near-missed by enemy bombs and shel1fire in the Mediterranean and on October 17, 1943 sur­vived a submarine attack in the Indian Ocean when a German U-boat fi red two torpedoes which missed.

The N Cluss dalroyer JlMAS NI ZAM.

In 1955. NIZAM was sold for scrap, arriving at the yards of T .W. Ward of Grays. Essex , where sh~

was broken-up.

The sleek N IZAM had just completed a refit at Williamstown Naval Dock­yard o n February 9. 1945 and with new Commanding Officer LCDR W. F. (Bill) Cooke in command , sai led for Fremantle.

While 11 nautical miles off Cape leeuwin on the southern West Australian coast on the dark night of February I I at 2215, the N1ZAM was struck o n the sta rboard side almost simultaneously by a heavy

squal, the southeast winds increasing greatly in force and a freak wave.

Steaming at 21 .5 knots, NIZAM rolled a te rrifying 70 degrees and veered shar­ply to starboard causing the helmsman to lose his ba­lance with no compensating wheel put on.

Before the order could be passed from the bridge, the Engineer Officer. who was in the engine room at that mo ment , stopped both engines to prevent damage to the starboard shaft which was racing as the screw left the wate r.

Ten ratings were hurled

o r washed overboard from ~BH gundeck, the port si~­nailing projector platform, No.1 portside Gerlikon 20mm gun platform and the uppe r deek.

HMAS N IZAM had taken an enormous ham­mering , lifeboats and davits were swept away, the lub­ricating oil ran out of the starboard engine, safety valves lifted , light anti-air­craft gun pla tforms and shields were bent, pipes fractured . wooden shell room battens broken , guard rails damaged and her electrical system in taUers .

A tremendous amount o f water had been taken o n­board the lower deck in the incident.

The near gale force winds and the spray whip­ped up by the high winds ke pt visibility to o nly 20 metres and the hope less task to find those washed overboard was abandoned a fte r an hour.

Searching aircraft com­bed the area the next day in a fruitless effort to find sur­vivors or bodies. No trace o f the missing men was ever found .

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The memory of the 10 sailors lost on that fateful night has at long last been perpetuated with a memo­rial erected at Cape leeuwin, Western Au­stralia by the "N H Qass De­stroyer Association.

In a dedication ceremony performed by naval Chap­lain Peter Tinney from HMAS STIRLING on Feb­ruary I I. 1993, the former Commanding Officer of HMAS NIZAM , CAPT Bill Cooke. LVO. RAN (Rtd) unveiled the memo­rial o n this lonely and windswept stre tch of coastline.

Divers role in excavation

PANDORA (By LEUT Paul Smith)

ThTfl' Clearance Dil'ers from IIMAS MORETON (CMDR Tom Bell) have begun the new yea r by V~lcro·ing on tbeir J\lllrine Arcbaeologists cnff rates and assisting the Queensland Museum in further excavation or tbe wreck of HMS PANDORA (1791).

Fo r those of you that are not too s" 'ept up on yo ur 18th cenlury Pacific His tory HMS PANDORA was the ship sent to find the HMS BOUNTY mutineers.

Afte r collecting the 14 mutineers " ho stayed behind in Tah it i PANDORA com­bed Ihe Pacifie searching for Fletcher Christian who had escaped to Pitcairn Island on the BOUNTY

Thc mutineers were locked in a low box ha lf the size of a small shipping container on the back deck.

After a fruit less three­month search which had mIS­sed Pi tcai rn by about only 50 naut ica l miles, the PAN­DORA began her return trip home.

She was hoping to take a short cut th rough Torres Strait when she struck the Great Barrier Reef and sank in 33 metres of " 'arm clear water amongst coral reefs.

The site is o n the northern side o f what's now ca ll ed PANDO RA Entrance about

100 nautIcal miles east-nonh­east of Cape York Peninsula.

To keep this ripping good yarn inte resting , a 1986 Ar­chaeological team found the bones of one of the 31 crew who lay trapped within the PANDORA wreck when she sank on that fatefu l morning of August 29, 1791.

Afler doing a number of scientific tests on thcse bone~ It was thought fitting to com­mend them back to thei r grave site in a commemora­tive obelisk.

Because of the Naval Heritage the Queensland Museum thought it most ap­propriate that the RAN assist in thei r 1993 expedition.

LEUT Paul Smith. POCO Howard Smith and ABCD S,mon Chambers from MORETON flew 10 Townsville to join the 15 museunl members on a char­ter vesseL

On si te they helped the Museum to eSlabli sh a four­point mooring at the site. drill core samples, take a sub

bonom profile of the ... rcek and carry Out further ar­chaeological excavation of the site.

During the fin al week Chaplain Mark Wall bank from HMAS CAIRNS joined the expedition and provided a movi ng commemorative service for the 31 dead crew and four mutineers who failed to escape from "Pan­dora's box".

As part of the se rvice a one and a half IOnne obelisk with the incarcerated bones of the unknown PANDO RA S1u lor was positioned near the site by LEtrr Paul Smith and ABCD Simon Chambers.

Futhcr expeditions arc planned to the site and will be dependent on personnel and funds being avai lable .

The Bush Tucke r Mnn, Les Hiddons. will be present-109 a one hour A BC documentary on the proJecl on a Wednesday nigh t later in 1993.

This latest expedi tion was the fourth to the site .

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further details will follow. If you are interesled attending Of would just like to be kept infooned 0' details:

contact - FSGT Bob Pearman. C/o 37 SON RAAF Base 2755. Phone 045 703703 Of Fax 045 703910.

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19S5, o r as members of tbe p.,ents and friends associa­tion - TS TOBRUK, are advised that the unit wm be celebrtiting its 42nd an­niversary on or about May 8, 1993.

Those interested in at­tending the anniversary dinner , are requested to contact the following people for further informa­tion. Alex Cameron (049 304915), Lois McKenny (049 437(99) and TS TOB· RUK (049 295303) during parade hours - Saturdays 9300-1600 o r write to: The Commanding Officer. TS TOBRUK. PO Box 303D. Newcastle NSW 2300.

" LEUT Paul Smith and ABCD Simon Chambers laying 10' final m t the bones of the unknown PANDORA sailor.

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The Relirement Benefits Office (RBO) has an­nounced the release of its Supe r Ready Reckoner personal computer prog­ram for milit.ry personnel.

The program a llows members of the DFRDB and MSBS to calculate be­nefits payable on Dis­charge , Resignation, Re­tirement, Invalidity and Redundancy.

According to Bob Fowler. RBO's Publicity Officer, you can perform future benefit calculations based o n a number o f vari­able assumptions for in­terest. inflation , salary growth and contribution

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~Following the informa· l ion campaign conducted during the election period and with thei r annua l per­sonal infonnation state­ments, members should have a good idea of their current entitlement and what they can expect to re­ceive in the fut ure:' he added.

He said the Super Ready Reckoner programs had been distributed to all pay offices and that members were free 10 copy them for personal use.

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IIMAS ADELAIDE has rfl'OCftised _mbcrs (If the ~h ip'l rompany for aehi(,"( ­menls during the pas t yur.

The Commanding Of­ficer, Captain C.S. Ii . Har­rin81On. presented C"m· manding OffICers Com­mendations 10 PORS Mark Bryant and LSRO Dave Angus for thei r contribu­tion 10 the performance of ADELAIDE's COMCEN in mull ; national exercises.

LSSN Dean Robinson was presented wilh his De­fence Force Medal and ABUC ScOIl While re­ceived an Australian Ser­vice Medal for his deploy­ment Ofiboard HMAS DARWIN in the Red Sea.

Chid Petty Officer Glenn G reen, the Deputy Marine Engineering Of­ficer. was presented wilh his warrant by the Com­manding Officer.

Seaman UC Allan Robinson was acknow­ledged for his excellence in the basic under water con­trollers' course with the presentation of the Captain Newcomb Award. a $](10 cheque. by LCDR M. Shean ( Rtd).

Seaman Robinson re­ceived the highcst marks for all basic UC courses. , . • , . , ,

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Th e M aritime Commander , Rea r A dmiral R _A. K. W alls has lake ll Ihe o pportullity to a ddress Ihe ship's compa lly o r HMAS GEELONG a lld pre· sent to the Comm.allding O ffi cer ( LC DR M.S . CampbeU) the Ihree Fleet lrophies a wa rde d 10 Ihe ship at the end or 1.992.

Tne trophies were the Kelly Shield for the most profi­dent minor W3f vessel. the NOEA award for cngineering e)lcellence and the Pakisl3n Shield for Ihe best overall sponing achievement .

RADM Walls noted in his address that it was the fi rst lime a patrol boat had won all three trophies in one year and highlighted just how except ional Ihe erew's achieve­ment was.

Indeed. 1992 proved a most demanding and diverse year. The ship panicipated most effectively in Exercise Kan­

garoo 92. Valiant Usher 92 and Kebi$u. The ship also shadowed and eventually apprehended a

Chine!iC vesse l entering AuSl ral ian waters illegally. es­corted a Taiwanese fishing vesse l to Pon Moresby for pro­secut ion by the I'NG authorities and apprehended eight foreign fishing ,·essels. All were later successfully prose­cuted.

Yet as the )ear'$ operational demands took the ir en· gineering toll on Ihe FCPB squadrons. GEE LONG re­mained relat ively defect free thoughout the year and never failed to sai l on time. complete a palrol or meet an opera­tional commitment.

It was a reflect ion on Ihe high standards of maintenance and effort on board.

Ilo .... e'·er. desplle the!iC operational demands the ship's company still found time 10 participate in sport and through a mi~ture of efron and a smatlering of athletic prowess was successful in many events.

In addition to the Aeet trophies. the Mari time Cornman· der also presented to I'ONPC Paul Hayes Ihe clasp in his Defence Force Service Medal and an Austraha Day Medallion to ABSIG (now LSSIG) John Thiele.

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Two awards for OVENS "MAS OVENS (I.C OR M . A . Sall ­

der) hIlS t'ompleted a nolher successful year . eulmin.atillg in Ihe award of Ihe t'o"eted Submarine Fighlillg Effi­ciellcy Shield and Ihe MK48 Firing Proficiency Shield.

During a shon ceremony at HMAS PLATYI'US. OVENS was presented the efficiency award by Ihe Maritim{'" Com­mander RADM R.A.K. Walls. and the MK48 shidd by Mr Andrew Johnson. Managing Director of Computer Sciences Australia .

Nineteen ninety·two w~s busy for OVENS. During a four-month South East Asian deplo)·ment. she worked with no less than six different na"ics '" here she aC1ed as -Orange~ force for ASW exercises.

Earlier III the ycar. during Exercisc Cor~J Sea. OVENS oondu"cd two success-

ful attacks on:! bMtle group led by USS IN­DEPENDENCE and celebrated with a visit to Brisbane.

Visits 10 Singapore. Penang. Albany and Adelaide offered much needed light rel ief.

While in Adelaide it was announced tha t OVENS would be presented to the Pon of Adelaide as ~ floati ng muscum on decom­missioning .. t the end of 1995.

OVENS also became a star of television when a documentary aboul life onboard submarines was filmed over sc"crnl w«ks.

The program. " Wear Them With Pri de~. was screened during the submarine squad­ron's 25th :Inniversary celebrations where OVENS .... as the cent re-piece of the weck­long fe5th·lUes.

OVENS looks forw-Jrd to an equally challenging 1993 "'oth work up and severnl mult i-national exercises before returning fo r :I docking period in April .

HAD", U'sU$ pUStnl$ Ihr rffieitlley "Ioitld 10 LCDR Sander.

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Ahu tllfer years of ser­vi« Il!i Commllndin& or· ficer HMAS A.LRA T ROSS Commodore Rob 1'111-lmglon has ~ft Nowra 10 t.te up hill new ,osling Il'i CO Flert Rase West .

Due to poor ..... eather conditions a h3ngar was the vtnue for his farcweil divisions.

Approximattly 320 per· wnnd turned out to bid farewell and the ceremony culminated with him being to .... ed away in a historic uircr~ft .

Commodore Geoff Mor· ton replaced Commodore Partington on January 31.

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HMAS D UR80 Ius bHlI .. ·~U rrfti..-"«I durin, I ' ... o-oy ..-lsil 10 !11lIulullbtly on the GO'"r IN'llinsulv. ,.,bur the nt'w look plri in AIUtnLIi.a Day Icti ..-itiH.

After a close ly COnl C$led go lf match against Ihe loc­als, in which D UBBO's learn fin ishe d !;eC(Ind , the ship's company an ended a buffel dinner that night , courtesy of the RSL Oub.

The following day Ihe Australia Day activities in­cluded a naval recruit ing display in the town square

and Ihe paradmg of;t guard of hooour du ring Ihe flag to...·ering ~remony.

TIle lalle r was carried OUI in conjunc1ion with NQRFO RCE Army Re­ser-'c personnel.

The guard from D U B SO comprised SBL T Ashley M cDonald. LSM1l' Swamp), Marsh , LSMTP Olen Bums. ABCK Troy Fuller . ABMTP Blackie Smith . ABQMG Harry Bu­Iler. ABMTP Spike Jones. A 8 SIG Mac M acEwan and ABM1l' Stoll Donchi .

11Ie guard fired a sho n gun salute. mueh 10 the de­light of the local children.

D UBBO's Commanding Officer (LC DR A .G . Ran­kin) jo ined local d ignitaric:$ for the: presentation of Au­stralia Day awards and made a short speech on the relevance of Australia Day to the RAN.

Overall the successful visit reflected a growing kinship between DUBBO and this small Gove penin­sular communi ty of just over 3500 people.

DUBBO's ,ulud oj 1I0"our prt:Jt"ts ornu duri", tilt ,mtrtll salult.

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Tasty results for cooks IIMAS NIRIMRA. cooks

have fared extremely .. 1.'11 in the Nestle North Queensland Tn·Sen ·ice Salon Culinaire.

Due to the leave period and ship conllmtments HMAS CAIRNS was un· able to field a full team enabling NIRIM8A to fly the flag for the Senior Service.

Cullen. POS Steve Clarke and Greg WOO<J and LSSTD Gary Clarke. won a gold medill in the lightly fought ho t kitchen and cold buffet seclion.

in the IIIdividual section WOMTP5 Rod Collier. (yes you rcad it right), won gold for hiS specialty tone while AB Stan Cutler won ~il\ er in the hot bYffet seelion.

These lIere excellent re-

sullS considermg the time restrallllS.

Special mention should go to SBLT Kellie Robson, DSO HMAS CA IRNS. and the transport depart ­ment for theIr constant help and assistancc.

Personal thanks also to HMAS NIRIMBA shlp 's wdfare fund for its gener· ous donation and continued support.

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COUT$C graduated at HMAS WATSON with presenta­tions made by the lkpuly Chief of Naval Staff. Rear Admiral R.G . Taylor.

Prize fo r dux of the course went to ,",';;~iT;';;;'; - the fiTlit Kiwi to lake

the coveted prize.

graduatc:$ included pictured (I-r) ; Rear: LElJT' C . Galloway, LElJT' C. Vandepeer. LEUT 1. Crighton

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numerous flight tancclla­tions and a fhe·hour bus journey. the team .... as left with only 48 hours m II hich to prepare for Ihe final judging.

Harry bows out after 44 years The NIRIM8A leam .

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Lieulenanl Com mander Harry Watson has relired lift er more Ihan 4-1 yean service in the RAN and R ANK.

Promotion through Ihe ranks to LOG SIG . YEO MAN of SIG NALS and finally Signalllllg Instructor saw Harry go to the UK in 1951 to undertake the new SUB LlEUT(SO) (C) course.

Afte r returning from three and a hal f yeaTli in the UK Harry joined HMAS KUlTAB UL as Ihe Assistant COmtnS o(fieer.

Subsequent postings included programming in Navy EOI' from J uly 1966 to 1910 and Command EOI' Officer in G arden Island unlil 1916. when Harry resigned from the Navy but transfe rred to the RANR in HMAS EN· CO U NTER . where he was the RAN R Cade t Officers' Training O (ficer. was XO of H MAS 8ANKS and had com­mand of HMAS A WARE.

Afte r retiring at 55 from his position of Compuler Oper. ations Manager al the SA TAB . Harry was offe red a period of full time service in the RAN, firstly in Personal Services, then in DNTE.

When COMTRA IN was brought into exiSlence H arry joined HMAS CERBERUS (COMTRA IN) as the Sea­man Officers' Desk OfrlCC r. from lI'he re he .... ould nor­mally have re tired at 60, but he was extended a funher IWO years 10 join the lkpartment of Defence. inle rnalional Policy d iyision. where he: has carried out DC I' dutic:$.

Harry is looking forward to his ~ real " re tirement and will remain in Canberra where his wife Leigh is employed.

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( RNZN). LEUT 8 . Delamont ; Middle: LEUT Ward, LEUTT. Muder. LEUT M. Taylo r. LEUT CUrl in; fronl: LEUT M. Hiding. RADM ~;~; Taylo r. LEUT P. Taylor (RNZN), CA PT 1. .10 (CO) and LEUT G. Holthouse .

The award was made eyen more special fo r LEUT Holthousc who had of a break from tradition 10 ."~~. the prcscntation of his PWO badge 10 be made by father . RADM D.G. Holthouse (R id).

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Commander A . W , Aint lIM berome the 23rd commanding officer of guided missile destroyer HMAS BRISBANE .

He succeeds Captain 0 .1. Shackle ton who has taken t lK: reins as C hief Siaff Officer ( Inte ll igence) at Maritime Headquan ers.

CA PT Shackleton led the Steel Cat Ihrough an exhauslive 14 months of OJK'TlI tions. culminat ing in 3 1'-week deployment to South E~t Asia.

C MOR Fl int has served in all three RAN DOGs and has served twice with the USN; on the last occa­sion as a Battle Watch Sur­face Warfare Officer \0 COMUSNAVCENf onboaJd USS Blue Ridge during the Gulf War.

Wi th FCP 93-1 and T AS­MANEX the "Steel Cat" will be ~alming for even higher thlllgs" during the shlp's ~ilver anniversary year.

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CANBERRA : On Wed· nesday. February 10 the AGM was held, As a result of the AGM, many new changes arc being Im­plemenled during the course o f this yea r,

The self-propelled waler fu el lighler WALLABY has clinched the major

The mmt signirlC3nt is the renaming of the Associ­ation to The Association of RAN Families (Canberra) and to become Incorpo­rated.

Congratulations to Kerry Leus and Barbara Dunne as they were re-elecled at presiden t and vK:e-p!'esi ­dent respectively.

The fi rst function will be a Bush Dance to be held on Saturday, Mareh 6 at the Yarralumla Wool Shed at 7.00pm. For rurther infor­mat ion contact KelT)' o n 282 5160 o r Carolyn on 292 5] 45 (AH), Please come along and meet new people and make new friends.

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category in the Hollhouse Shield, Befiningly. befo re his retirement. the

Naval Support Commander. Rear Admiral David Holthouse. presented lhe shield dur­ing a visit to the Maste r Anendant's

we re being maintained at a very high standard,

11Ie award crite ria induded mainte·

Branch in Sydney,

11Ie shield was crealed to recognise the best major and minor support craft in the b ranch.

nance. proressionalism and crew anen, dance and with Vie quietly al the helm his vessel was always going to be difficult to beat ,

Stiff oompetition existed in the leadup to the awarding of tile shie ld with WAL, LABY (Vic: Merryweather and crew) win­ning the major category and A WB 4010 (Mervin ~Slinger- Wood) winning the minoreategory.

The shield winners will display a small gold star on the wheelhouse as do the win­ners of some '"OI ller- well known award.

MA Branch assets remain on ca ll at short notice for material and personnel move­menl5 around the harbour.

Admiral Holthouse noted that all craft Just call Vince Travers on 359 2261,

Battle of Milne Bay tu back Japanese

II is now 50 years since Australia was under Ihrell rro .. the Japanese and as 1.9012 prof:rosud. the All­stralia. pttblic WIl$ hrarin, 1t01";n& bul bad n>r" ',

With the ran of Singa­porc in February and the bombing of Darwin a few days late r, it seemed that the Japanese we re unstopp­able as lhey rolled south to­wards us,

1bc BailIe of the Coral Sea in May was a hearten­ing naval victory and the banle o r Midway Island h~ldly injured the Japanese Navy but sl ill the threat of invasion remained.

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illlt'r·Sen i« stene. Firstly. the dates ha"e

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for selection trials have forced derennent of the ~ annOUDcement of the Australian Services cricke( squad for the U K tour till mid· March ,

The NSW inter-Ser\'ice will be played at Randwick_ over the period May JO. , June 2. ~

NAVY had four - reps- in the squad for matches in Sydney and Canberra following last week's na tional in ter-Service carniva l in Sydney.

1bey were Neale Coulch and Paul Harris (both AL­BATROSS) and Barry Moyle and Rod Thiel (bolh CER­BERUS).

All will figure in final reckoning for the UK squad which leaves Australia in early July for matches against the th ree British Services sidcs, Combined Services and a number of county teams.

The 1993 nalional I·S series at Manly proved a bitler disappointment for NA VY which was looking to regain the Defence Force Credi t Union trophy losl for the fi rst time 10 RAAF in 1992.

Ilowever. ils SlOeks were deple ted wi th Ihe wi lhdrawal of skipper and eJ;perienced left·hand batsman Mark Campbell (flying dUlies) and all-rounder Mark Harling (Staff College course).

On day O De_ NAVY had ARMY (who wenl on 10 win ils fi rst ti tlc) al 7-1().t .

Former NSW Sheffield Shield squad member Trevor Bennetts, who turns 40 on Apri l I , played a kcy skipper's knock _ an unbeaten 32 - 10 steer his side to 171.

Barry Moyle (21 15). Sland-in skipper Mark Huggard (2/46), Neale Coulch V22 and Paul Harris 2/35 had done well to contain the earlier ba tsman .

The natlonul Na~, M/uad, ou/filled by sponsor Gilbert and Culdwd l R t ul Estult of Nowro: Buckrow (I-r): R od Thitl/ AndfYM' Huffun, Cruig Grima, R oss Russo, Mal Humt (umpirt) . CentfY: Keith Miller, Marty K UNJIt', Ma rk lIuggard, Nick Knight, Barry Moylt. Franr: Brian Warner, Paul Harris, Neale Caulch, Tony Railey, S,n'e Fulfer

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Nowra-born Rod Young - the dashing left-hand bat who had slipped Ihrough the NA VY recruiters- net - had contributed 32 of a 4I). run opening stand. Nick Knigh t (17) and Huggard (15) were the only 128 to take the ~man of the series~ award.

The once·lively but now m('dium-paee Bennetts de· olhers of note. In the fi rst of the Austra lian Services matches, siroyed the backbone of the NAVY order with four wie- The day Iwo RAA F·NAVY washout saw A RM Y NAVY 's Barry Moyle capwred three wickets in the kets for just ninc runs from seven OIl(' TS . cl inch the Irophy by six runs from the airmen on day SYDNEY Xl'~ score of 218.

From 5137, tailcnders Coulch (20 not out) and Paul three. SERVICES managed just 120 against a ski lful spin al-Harris (16) took the NAVY 100ai 10 a more respectable Afte r a slow start and a break for rain , ARMY totalled tack Neale Couleh topsroring with 16 (all

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Classic win for husband and wife crew The husba nd a nd ,,-ife crew of LSPT

Ann-Maree (HMAS C R ESWELL) and David Schofi eld hal'e ,,'on their s«tio n of the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic,

The classic saw II Navy p;lddlers Iry thei r hand In Ihe nighl race o~cr Illkm from Windsor to Brooklyn ncar Sydney.

Unfortunatcly , because of inclement weather and dangerous waters , the race was diverted to fimsh at the 96km checkpoin t, (I disappointment to those on la rge t to beat past records.

Ann-Maree ,Hid David, completed the race in 9.07.56 (0 win their class - mixed open TK2 - from Ihei r nearest opposition by 37.37 minutes.

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the race and came third outright in the T K2 class.

Commander Martin Linsley from 11M AS PENGUIN managed a respectable seventh for the veterans sea kayaks class tn a SIngle boat.

A crew of fou r NI RIMBA apprentices also fimshed Ihe r.tce in a mixed open tour­ing canoe in a lime of 15.29.47 In that class_

Other crews who entered the r:lce en­Joyed themseJves ano gained valu:lble u­pcrienee in paddling in Ihe night.

Unfort unate ly some did not fi nish Ihe race but will be back next year.

'Illanks goes to a ll handlers who he lped their paddlers in such a prestigious race and also to all the people who brought raf­ne tickets in aid of Multiple Sderosis.

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Remember, the Father Mac camival will be al·. HMAS NIRIMBA April 7.

It is an important se lee~ lion trial for nol only the: sta te inter-Service bul also the nationals.

The nationals will be­played from June 21 -25 a1;. Kapooka near Wagga in southe rn NSW. ,

Several la rge sponsor­ships arc in the offering and' much interest has been gen· era ted around the NSW Victoria border.

A most import ani pieCCi of ne Wli is the fact Iha t the Services Australian Fool­ball Association has ae: qu ired a p;ltron.

The Australian Forces Commander. Major' General Blake , has hon~ oured us with his patronage and has indica ted his dcs ir~.

to attend as many of the. carnivals as possible.

Be warned though_ he is a Coll ingwood supporter.

With the season so close and liltle lime le ft to pre­pare for Ihe various carni · vals, I. and aU the adminis-': trutors of our code, would like to give every sailor a chance to participate.

Just send me a resumt of your experience and qU(I~ ificat ions and we w.1I give

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Likewise. any member of the Service team, be .t coach or baggage m:lnager; I need to hear from you ,~

Again send me a resuml! of your experience. My new poslal address .s c/­CNHC, Spectacle Island, Locked Bag No. Pyrmont NSW 2004. Please get in e3r1y w we will have time to give everyone a fair chance .

I had the pleasure of spending some time in Sin­gapore r~ntly and cn­joyed the oomp;lny of sev­eral .... ell known Auslralian football personalities -from all three Services.

From a purely Navy point of view the best known IS POSN Robert '"Squiuy- Taylor.

Robert is a pictu re of health , taking full advan· tage of the US Forces gym· nasium al Scmbawang Shipyard,

But I COUldn't hide my shock when I saw ~1be

Legend- tum out to play for an ex'p;lt riots team called The Bucks.

The trouble is it .s a (shudder) Rugby team and to make matters worse Robert secmed to enjoy the game and scored a couple of tries.

Yours in Sport , Graham Thurslans.

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