I have just received a copy of the latest NSW RSL Reveille magazine. In the "Lest We Forget" section was a listing for:

Hale PJ R43579

Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any other details regarding any obituaries etc.

My only memory of Peter was at Nirimba and that he was a short bloke in Dampier division, I think. I can't remember coming across him in the fleet.

Condolences to his family and friends.

Vale Peter

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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).

Served with Peter at Platypus from memory, mid 70's. He was a POMTP and replaced me as the depot welder as he'd just completed the Pressure welding course. That released me back to the Chippy Shop with fellow reprobates.

Vale Peter, may you have soft, warm breezes amd a following sea.

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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!

Whilst I never met Peter, it's always sad to lose another MOBI, particularly one so much young than oneself...

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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

What Rick said.
Vale Peter.

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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.