Its my sad duty to advise of the passing of Alan (Dutchy) Holland, Diesel Tiffy of the 14th MOBI Intake of January '63...

I never got the opportunity to serve with Alan out in the Fleet, but remember 'Dutchy' well from our RANATE days, as he was the term immediately behind Chippy Ned and myself...

His funeral will be “Live Streamed” on Wednesday 9th June at 1.30 pm Western Australian time. Funeral parlour is Amity Rose Albany for further details.

Another MOBI taken way too young, rest on your oars, Dutchy, your journey's done... R.I.P.

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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

From: Bob Mummery <bandi@iinet.net.au>
Sent: Thursday, 3 June 2021 1:23 PM
To: Bob Mummery <bandi@iinet.net.au>
Subject: VALE - ALAN (DUTCHY) HOLLAND - MOBI ENTRY OF JANUARY 1963

Jim Veitch advised:

Sad news, Alan “Dutchy” Holland passed away suddenly this morning in Albany. He has been ill for some time but he suddenly collapsed at home.

Our thoughts and condolences are with his wife Lyn and their families. Funeral details will be forwarded when arrangements have been made.

Alan was a member of the 14th MOBI intake of January 1963. He was a member of the 1st Diesel “tiffs” and spent most of his service on patrol boats serving in Cairns and Manus Island.

RIP Alan

And later advised:

Dutchy’s funeral will be held at Amity Rose Funeral Home in Albany at 1330 (WA time) on Wednesday 9th June 2021.

The service will be streamed and can be logged into via the Amity Rose website which will provide the link.

So it is “Goodbye to another fellow MOBI” and condolences to Lyn and his family.

Bob Mummery

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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

I knew Dutchy from Nirimba and served with him briefly on Moresby.
Sad to see another "brother" taken so early. Condolences to his family.
Vale "Dutchy" . RIP, fair winds and following seas.

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Mike (Pony) Moore
O42860
Ex-LT GLEN(ME)
16th MOBI intake
Jan 64 - Jul 88.
Anzac, Nirimba, Stalwart, Moresby, Creswell, Waterhen, Penguin, Vampire, GMGID (PJP), Coonawarra, Attack, Ardent, Cook, Kuttabull, Cerberus.

May your walls know joy; May every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility.

I remember Dutchy well, he was the charge tiff on Barricade when I joined her in Dec '69, for a 'C' rate I seemed to spend a fair bit of time in the engine room with him and the other's, Barry Moore was the 2nd tiff. I learned a lot from both of them.

RIP, may you have fair winds and smooth seas

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Ray Lawrence (Boris)
R95904
Ex-POETC3
18th JRTE Rhodes
Dec 1966 - Dec 1986
Leeuwin, Diamantina, Cerberusx4, Harmanx4, Waterhen, Barricade, Lae, Tarangau, Melbourne, Buccaneer, Coonawarrax3, Stuart, Swan, Adroit, Perth, Vampire.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. ~Robert Louis Stevenson

Shared a cabin with Dutchy in my 2nd term, quite a character. RIP Dutchy.

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Greg Eade
R43098
Ex-CPOMTH4
19th MOBI Intake
July 65-July 85
Nirimba, Sydney, Perth, Stalwart, Harman(Navy Office), Melbourne, Harman, Torrens, Nirimba, Harman.

Life is so much funnier when you have a dirty mind...

Are you sure you've got the same 'Dutchy', Greg..? This one was 5 Terms before you... For example, we had a Richard 'Dutchy' Holland in our 13th MOBI Intake too...

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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

Yes Dutchy was 7th term. Got in trouble for hiding a sheila in the roof of the hut for a couple of days.

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Greg Eade
R43098
Ex-CPOMTH4
19th MOBI Intake
July 65-July 85
Nirimba, Sydney, Perth, Stalwart, Harman(Navy Office), Melbourne, Harman, Torrens, Nirimba, Harman.

Life is so much funnier when you have a dirty mind...

Ah yes, I remember that little incident. Every Mobi was jealous, well done Dutchy! RIP.

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Chris O'Keefe
R43136
Ex WO Chippy
19th MOBI Intake
July 65 to July 85
HMAS Nirimba X 4 -Penguin-Sydney-Queenborough - Creswell - Moreton - Stalwart - Platypus - Coonawarra Reconstruction Team 76 - Platypus - Hobart - Cerberus - FHQ - Coonawarra.

Anyone can be ordinary. Shipwrights choose to be extraordinary!