From the facebook group 002: R.A.N. CROSSED THE BAR

CPOETW Ralph Hannaford R104807 passed away on Saturday 12/07/2025 at the age of 74. He was from the 25th intake of HMAS Nirimba apprentices joining on 01 July 1968.

RIP Ralph, you were the best

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Ray Lawrence (Boris)
R95904
Ex-POETC3
18th JRTE Rhodes
Dec 1966 - Dec 1986
Leeuwin, Diamantina, Cerberusx4, Harmanx4, Waterhen, Barricade, Lae, Tarangau, Melbourne, Buccaneer, Coonawarrax3, Stuart, Swan, Adroit, Perth, Vampire.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. ~Robert Louis Stevenson

Ralph has also been listed in the Last Post section of the latest NSW RSL Reveille magazine.

I never served with Ralph, except for Nirimba. My condolences to his family and friends, another MOBI gone too soon.

RIP Ralph, fair winds and following seas.

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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).

Very sad to see another MOBI taken too early, particularly one from my term at Nirimba.

I didn't have that much to do with Ralph at Nirimba. He was a nice guy, very quiet with strong religious beliefs and rarely got out on the piss with the boys, ie more sensible than the rest of us... Had very little contact with him after Nirimba, other than through the MOBI Yacht ‘Nirimba’ where he was a strakeholder and helped Rick Pengilly with some administration stuff.

Wishing you fair winds and smooth seas Ralph...

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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.