I served with Ron in Hobart in 1985 during the Canadian 75th deployment.

A true gentleman, Ron seen service in Vietnam whilst in the Army, before changing to the RAN

RIP old mate.


The following was posted on HMAS Hobart DDG 39 FB page by Doug Stewart.

I'm sad to advise that "Uncle" Ron Clark, one of our Hobart shipmates from the 1980s has passed away after a brief battle with cancer. Like many, I have so many wonderful memories of Ron, going back nearly 40 years when we were young sailors. Ron was one of the true gentlemen.
Rest in Peace Shipmate.

The funeral for Ron will be held on Friday the 27th May at the VMR in Cannonvale at 11am. If you wish to attend, please arrive around 10.30am.

The Volunteer Marine Rescue Whitsunday
2 Altmann Ave,
Cannonvale QLD

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Bruce Francis
R112774
JRTE 40TH Intake
July 72-June73
Ex WM,QMG,Bosun,Paid off Sept 93
Leeuwin,Cerberus x3, Lonsdale, Watson, Coonawarra(DNB), Harman.
Supply, Melbourne, Vampire, Attack, Ardent, Brisbane x2, Fremantle(Commissioning Crew), Sydney-FFG 03(Commissioning Crew), Hobart, Cessnock. Go the Mighty Magpies

13 of 'Uncle Ron's posts (many of which were great jokes in the Risqué Forum,) still stand on RAN Skilled Hands which you can access via his Profile under Memberlist...

Ron's signature block reads:

'Uncle Ron' Clark
S117744
Ex-POETW (Mk 13 GMLS)
Jan 75 to Sept 86
Cerberus, Kuttabul, Perth, Waratah, Nirimba, Hobart,

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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

Never served with or met Ron other than through his posts on SH. A sad loss and again someone taken far to early in life.

RIP Ron. Rest your oars, and may you have 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.

Finally safe behind the wire. Vale Ron, may you have fair skies, following seas, and lost mates beside you. 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!

One of the Tartar System's fine gentlemen taken far too early. Rest in Peace Ron, and get the hydraulics sorted out on the cloud system will you...

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Robin (Bob) King
R105234
Ex-WOETS4
25th MOBI Intake
July 68 - June 88
Nirimba, Waratah (Dam Neck), Brisbane, Waratah (Mare Is & LBNSY), Harman (CDSC), Waratah (Mare Is), Brisbane, Harman (Navy Office & CDSC), Waratah (Dam Neck & Mare Is), Harman (CDSC)

Wisdom comes with age, sometimes age comes alone.

It must hve been a brief battle with the odds stacked against him. RIP Ron.
Fair winds and a following sea and a bright star to navigate by.

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Peter Sneddon
R95971
Ex CPOMTH4
18th JR Intake
23rd MOBI Intake
Jan 67 to July 91
Leeuwin, Nirimba, Sydney, Perth, FMP-W, Stuart, Penguin/Ships Divers course, Stuart, Lonsdale, Melbourne, Kuttabul, Cerberus, Stuart, Swan, Nirimba/ Q course, Cerberus, CPSO-M

Sad news.... Gary Jackson has passed away. A fine Mechanician, a bloody good bloke, and a hard football coach.
Message below from Peter Croser.

Sadly, Gary Jackson passed away yesterday in Mornington. I visited him last weekend and we discussed at length our times on Vendetta and at Cerberus and his trips on Melbourne and Sydney. The amount of detail he gave on work he did to fix VD after refit at WND including conducting full power trials using a stuck main steam throttle valve and used the bulkhead isolator to control flow and speed. Innovation on the fly. His professionalism was legendary taking the Anzac class through there builders trials as chief engineer. We talked about how I tried to entice him away to other programs a number of times including AWD but alas he stayed on the peninsula and his advice was always a shaping moment for us junior engineers.

He was well known by the shipbuilding community and RAN.

Arrangements not yet known.

I was lucky enough to have a good chat with Gary recently. Still really sad news, but at least we spoke about good times and said our farewells.

A truly genuine bloke and will be sadly missed by us all.

My sincere condolences to his family.

RIP Jacko

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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).

He will be sadly missed.
RIP Jacko

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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.

As advised by Peter Croser, I understand that Gary Jackson’s funeral will be:

On Tuesday 31 May
At 1400
In the Bunurong Memorial Park
790 Frankston Dandenong Road
Bangholme, VIC 3175

Medals are encouraged to be worn

Yours aye

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