Didn't know John but it is always sad to read of anyones passing. Tends to cause you contemplate your own mortality.

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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.

I just saw the sad news on FB that exWOMTP* Keith (Gus) Chandler has crossed the bar last Sunday. Gus was the chief stoker on Stuart in 1977 and my WO at Cerberus in 1987/88. A great guy and a bit of a larrikin as well
Farewell Gus smooth seas

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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

I was on Melbourne with Gus when he was an AB - good bloke.

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Gary Fradd
S115224
Ex-LSMTH3
1973 - 1985
Cerberus, Melbourne, Creswell x 2, Nirimba, Perth x 2, Kuttabul FIMA

Time has wearied my memory of when I had dealings with Gus. Can't remember where or when, but his name is sure ringing a bell.

Sorry to hear of his crossing of the bar.

RIP Keith

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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).

I have just noticed that another First Intake MOBI has crossed the bar. H.T. Leathen R42015 was listed in the last post in Reveille.

It is always sad when an ex MOBI passes away, but it is even more sad when it is a First Termer.

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John Kelly (WEBMASTER)
R42620
Ex-WOMTH
13th MOBI Intake
July'62 to July'83
Nirimba x3 - Rushcutter - Sydney x2 (Carrier) - Melbourne (Carrier) - Penguin - Kuttabul - Creswell x3 - Stalwart x2 - Brisbane.

Served with Gus at Cerberus when he was a WO in the ME school. He was a great guy and could me a bit of a stirrer at times.
RIP Gus, fair finds 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.

Tom was my neighbour in the early 80's. He had already paid-off and was working as a private investigator at that time. One thing I remember was he never went far without his trusty pipe!

If I remember correctly, I think they moved down somewhere around Canberra way.

Harold Thomas Leathan R42015, joined Nirimba 29/6/56 (1st Intake) and passed out as an ERA.

He did 2 x Vietnam Trips in the "Ferry" in 1965.

According to his service records, after Nirimba he posted to Quickmatch and Sydney and in the late 60's, he went to Plats where became a submariner.

Always sad to loose one of our pioneers. My condolences go to Carol and their families.

RIP Tom.

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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).

Thanks Brian, nice post.

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John Kelly (WEBMASTER)
R42620
Ex-WOMTH
13th MOBI Intake
July'62 to July'83
Nirimba x3 - Rushcutter - Sydney x2 (Carrier) - Melbourne (Carrier) - Penguin - Kuttabul - Creswell x3 - Stalwart x2 - Brisbane.

The Vendetta association just posted on FB that WOCoxn Tim Collins passed away this morning at approx 0515. He passed in his sleep.
Tim was feared Coxn. He was 90 yo
RIP Sir

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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

Very sad to hear of the passing of WO Coxn Tim Collins, he was a straight shooter, hard but fair and a softly spoken man, with no need to raise his voice to invoke fear if you were in the wrong.
Vale Tim.

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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