Sad news, we have lost another member of our MOBI family.

Wayne William Black R43361, 22nd Intake (Jan 67) ERAD.

Dick Roebuck spotted some traffic via FaceBook, and found messages from Sooty’s family, that he had passed away.

Dick confirmed with Wayne's son Stephen, that he died sometime in the past week, whilst in Cairns on holiday.

We know Sooty had some underlying health issues, but it appears his passing was sudden.

Funeral details will be passed on as soon as they become available.

RIP Sooty, your watch is done.

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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).

RIP Sooty, gone but not forgotten.

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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.

Fair winds and smooth seas Sooty.
One of our best gone too soon.

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John Carter
JRTE 15th Intake April 1966
22nd MOBI Intake Jan 1967
Leeuwin, Nirimba, Stalwart, Waterhen, Ladava, Tarangau, Buccaneer, Waterhen, Advance, Stalwart.

I have just been knocked for six when I heard that 'Sooty'has passed,everlasting memories of our time in Paluma.RIP Wayne,we will have a beer together,your shout if I remember

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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)

A safe passage over the bar, Sooty. 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!

RIP Sooty. Glad I had the chance for a few long talks at our reunions. Mr 110% for Trade Practical. Famous among his mates and a legend to those who saw his work and marks in the display case at Nirimba. Rest on your lathe mate.

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Barry Davis
R43379
Ex-LCDR SDENME-Submarines
22nd MOBI intake
Jan 67 to Nov 88
RANATE, Sydney, Melbourne, Waterhen, Watson, Carpentaria (UK), Melbourne,Orion, Otama, Onslow, Platypus, Kuttabul(CODOCK)

Fair winds and following seas, Sooty, your watch is done. RIP!

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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.

Information has been received that Wayne was cremated at Cairns Crematorium yesterday.

Here are the latest details for Sooty's Memorial Service.



I will be taking a moment and having a beer this afternoon in Sooty’s memory.

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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).

For those who wish to watch Sootie's Memorial Service, it will be live-streamed at noon Tuesday 10th November 2020.

To watch the service, log on to the Muswellbrook and Scone Funeral Services Facebook page just before noon.

When you go to the Facebook page, just scroll down to see Sooty’s listing.

After speaking to Sooty’s daughter-in-law yesterday, Sooty had been feeling pretty good when he went to Cairns to celebrate his 70th with his son.

Sadly he had a brain aneurysm, which took him pretty quickly, just a few days prior to his 70th.

On the 10th, Chook Howell, Eddie Thomson, Mick Lynch & myself, will be joining Muswellbrook RSL Sub-branch as part of their Poppy Service.

I will be passing on sympathies and condolences from all our MOBI family and that they are in our thoughts.

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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 BC

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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.