From the e-mail that Ned and Ellen Kelly sent out to our 13th MOBI Intake this morning...


"Hello everybody, I thought I would give you all a report on our friend and fellow shipmate, Sharky’s funeral.

We had quite a good turnout of guys and girls from the 13th MOBI Intake, as well as a couple of other MOBI’s.
L to R 12th MOBI Intake's Geoff O’Callaghan, 16th MOBI Intake's Ron Hourigan, 13th MOBI Intake's Rick Pengilly, Tim Baker, Ned Kelly, Les Handicott,
Tony Blakelock, Bruce Chalmers, Brian Clough and Alex Williams.

The funeral service was really professional and tasteful with a montage of pictures from Sharky’s life, and his lovely daughters Alana and Jenna told us
a few stories about their dad.

We then headed off to Kay and Sharky’s house in Kambah for refreshments and a chance to share more memories of our old mate.

Kay and Sharky’s daughters asked their girlfriends, to help out with the refreshments and they produced a wonderful spread, liberally washed down with
beer and wine of our choice.

Lots of stories were recalled and everyone was relaxed. It was a very special and sad day and along with Kay, Alana and Jenna, we will miss Sharky greatly.

John Kelly" (Photo - Ellen Kelly)

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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