I could not help but notice how extensive the list is becoming of those who have moved on.

When seeing Class photos, and knowing that age and illness are the determining factors:
I have a photo of my fathers WWII Empire Air Training class of navigators - I believe that Dad was the only one in the class who survived the war.

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Brian Mackenzie
ex-Shipwright Instructor
Oct '88 to Dec '93 (NIRIMBA) before and beyond

I must confess that when we lose someone close to us, both in age
and circumstance, the mind does tend to wander to one's own mortality...

Yet I must say, that to have only lost a total of five (out of 73) from the
13th MOBI Intake has been fairly amazing... (2 through health/ age
related illnesses, 1 by his own hand, 2 at the hands of third parties...! )


.......... 13th MOBI Intake of Naval Artificer Apprentices - July 1962

The 14th MOBI Intake following ours has not been nearly as fortunate...

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Rick Pengilly
WEBMASTER
Ex-CPOMTH3
R42630
13th MOBI Intake
July'62 to July'74
HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane

For the 15th intake, July63, we have lost 11 that we know of (from 85). There are some that have lost contact.

Those that have put down their oars and are at rest:

AMOS William John
AUSTIN Roy William
BRENNAN Phillip Edmund
CARPENTER Robert John
COOK David John
GILLIS Keith Robert
JENSEN Russell John
LARSEN Ian Gregory
MEIKLEJOHN Paul Alexander
RIDLER John David
SCHINDLER Peter Detlef

RIP, mates.

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Gordon Robertson
ex-CPOETC
R42793
15th MOBI Intake
July63 to March74
Nirimba, Sydney III, Collingwood(UK), WSTG(UK), Lonsdale, Swan, Cerberus, Kuttabul, Harman, Kuttabul(RANTAU)

The one thing that didn't change - the photo of fresh faced youngsters away from home for the first time....

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Brian Mackenzie
ex-Shipwright Instructor
Oct '88 to Dec '93 (NIRIMBA) before and beyond

Gawd, Gordo, had no idea those guys had passed away, I knew the ones in bold very well...!

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Rick Pengilly
WEBMASTER
Ex-CPOMTH3
R42630
13th MOBI Intake
July'62 to July'74
HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane