.................................... Announcing the Hippy Chippy's "UNDER TWO ENSIGNS" Lapel Pin Project...

This should be of interest to many of our Members, (particularly those who joined the RAN prior to March 1st 1967,) which, judging by the average age would include of most of our Members....



On the morning of the 1 March 1967 the Australian National Line cargo ship Boonaroo was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy for war service. This event in itself is not unusual as merchant ships
have been requisitioned by navies for centuries. What made this particular commissioning noteworthy is that Boonaroo was the first vessel to be commissioned under a distinctly Australian White Ensign.


...................................................HMAS Boonaroo, the first 'naval' vessel to hoist the Australian White Ensign on the 1st March 1967...


.................................... HMAS Vampire in Singapore on the 1st March 1967, down with the old, hoist up the new... and not a dry eye in the house...!

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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

.................... And so, on to the Hippy Chippy's "UNDER TWO ENSIGNS" Lapel Pin Project...


...................................... Actual size; 26mm wide x 22 mm high...

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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

Rick, put me down for four badges, please.

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Bob Moult
R42629
Ex-CPOMTH
13th MOBI Intake
1962 to 1982
Nirimba, Sydney, Melbourne, Tarangau, Penguin, Albatross Kuttabul, Harman, Hobart, Platypus, Duchess, Brisbane, Moreton

Two for me please Rick

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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...

Another two here thanks.

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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!

2 for me as well please Rick.

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Graeme 'Smiley' Rhodes
R94714
Ex-CPOMTP(D)5
Jan'65 Leeuwin Intake (10th) - Jan'66 Nirimba Intake (20th)
Jan'65 to Mar '88
Leeuwin, Nirimba, Stalwart, Samarai, Lae, Penguin, Curlew, Buccaneer, Navy Office, Barbette, Cairns, RANTTU (based in Port Moresby), Stirling, Bunbury.

Rick
check out stokers website I bought two last year from Stary Voin I think was his name and they were Under two ensigns

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Charlie (Chuckles) Britt JP TPI
Welfare Pensions Officer
R95712
Ex-LME(D) LSMTP2
17th Intake JR's, 23rd MOBI Intake .
Oct 66 - Nov 74
Leeuwin, Nirimba, Cerberus, Stalwart, Cerberus, Waterhen, Penguin, Carpentaria, Dolphin, Penguin, Sydney, Albatross, Leeuwin, Acute, Leeuwin, Cerberus, Stalwart, Waterhen, Attack, Leeuwin, DEE.

Two for me please Rick,thanks

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Peter Ferris
R65102
Ex-WOMTP5
Direct Entry
Mar 1966 to July 1987
Cerberus X 3,Waterhen x 4,Supply, Gull,Ibis, Paluma, Lonsdale, Flinders x 2,Curlew, Snipe, Carpentaria, Nirimba, Adelaide, FHQ (DEE)

I'll have two as well please Rick.

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Steve Shepherd
R43062
Ex-CPOMTH3
18th MOBI Intake
Jan 65 to Jan 78
Nirimba,Sydney,Vampire,Tarangau,Albatross, Stalwart,Creswell.

Thanks for your prompt response, Guys, I'll keep a running list here (below),
which, after just 24 hours is already at 30-plus (not counting me,) justifying and
thus prompting me to begin formal enquiries/ quotes from a few manufacturers...

Those expressing an interest so far... (E.O.I.)

Bob 'Geordie' Moult x 4
Greg Eade x 2
Chris 'SeeJay' O'Keefe x 2
Graeme 'Smiley' Rhodes x 2
Peter Ferris x 2
Brian 'BC' Carney x 10-plus
Steve 'Shep' Shepard x 2
Tim Baker x 2
John 'Chippy Ned' Kelly x 2
Mike 'Pony' Moore x 2


I'll follow up on Chuckles' post above, and provide info to his source if it
matches what I'm after. (BTW, I'm not seeking to be in competition with anyone,
however I feel my points about ranking the two ensigns in order, i.e., RN-WE on
the left, AWE on the right, and substituting 'ENSIGNS' for 'FLAGS' justifies my
suggestions for a new design...)

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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