I have been informed that Ross has passed away after a car accident on Monday 6 Nov.


Nigel

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Nigel Baird-Orr
R42524
Ex WOETP
12th MOBI Intake
12 Jan 62 - 12 Jan 84
Nirimba, Cerberus, Watson, Derwent, Moresby, Stirling, Moresby, Penguin.

Buggar,

Served with him as a Mech and after he went SD. He was one of those rare breeds that still remained a gentleman. I can honestly say I never heard anyone say a bad word about him.

A sad loss to his family and to society.

RIP

Rosco

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Brian Carney
R43371
Ex-WOMTP5
22nd Mobi Intake
Jan 67 - Jan 89
RANATE, Sydney, Swan, Creswell, Stalwart (FMU), Cerberus, Derwent, Nirimba, Parramatta, Nirimba, FHQ (FMMO).

Sad to see Ross has left this life so early. Served with him when he was a Lieutenant at Nirimba and he was a decent bloke.

Vale, Ross.

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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!

Funeral service to be held at 11-00 am Friday 17th November 2006 at the Quakers Hill Anglican Church, Corner of Moorell Cres and Samuel Place followed by a Cremation Ceremony for family and close friends to be held at the Castlebrook Memorial Park, Windsor Rd Rouse Hill.
The services will be followed by a gathering of all to celebrate Ross at the Castle Hill RSL Club, 77 Castle Street, Castle Hill NSW

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Nigel Baird-Orr
R42524
Ex WOETP
12th MOBI Intake
12 Jan 62 - 12 Jan 84
Nirimba, Cerberus, Watson, Derwent, Moresby, Stirling, Moresby, Penguin.

Gonna miss the bugger immensely - my boss in JERVIS BAY - a great bilge rat and a truly loyal mate (unlike pussers these days). Keep smiling Roscoe . . .

I first met good old Ross in 2002 when he visited STUART.

Last saw him in 2005 at Level 4 MHQ when we held a fairwell 'smally eats' for his retirement. He passed away not long after.

Kicks you in the gut when you hear of these things, especially when you know them.

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Leo Van Vliet
O134366
Ex-CMDR WEEO
22nd Muppet Intake
Jan 1983 to Sep 2008
Nirimba, Kuttabul(FIMA), Vampire, Brisbane, Waratah (USA), Hobart (3xtimes), Harman (CDSC), Stuart (FFH153), Australian Defence College, Anzac, Stirling.