Sad to hear of Kim's passing, I served with Kim on a few postings including Nirimba, Stalwart and Cerberus. He was a pleasure to work with and I am sure he will be sadly missed by his family.

Taken far to soon. Fair winds and following seas Kim.

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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.

Jesus. I shared a house with Kim in the late 70's when he was a PO Mech on Yarra just before Yarra came out of the half life refit at CoDock.

We often say that members pass too soon.

This guy certainly fits the bill.

He was a hell of a guy and a true white man.

We were messmates when Barry Irons was Pres of the Mess. Barry also crossed the bar recently.

Sad days indeed... Vale Mate, my thoughts are with your family.

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Steve Johns
R110510
Ex POETS
31st MOBI Intake
July 71 to July 81
Nirimba, Kuttabul, WRE, Kuttabul, WRE, Kuttabul, Parramatta, WRE, Yarra, Stalwart, Derwent.
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Vale - POWE James Whitelaw Cullen

Jimmyc, known to most as Blue or just Jim, is listed on the Pussers Greenies web site as having left for the Big Switchboard on the 12 of August 2012, the obituary in the Canberra Times on the 15 of August notes his funeral was held on the 17 of August.

Knew Jim when he was on Mandang and I was on Lae in PNG, had a couple of chats with him recently about that time.

Smooth seas, blue skies and fair winds Jim, my condolences to his family.

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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

I regret to advise that David Ramsay died suddenly on the evening of 4 September while attending the current Ministerial talks in Jakarta as an advisor – he was working with the AusAID program. He is survived by his wife and two sons.

Captain DJ Ramsay RAN (rtd), son of the late Commodore Sir James, served as a junior officer in BRISBANE 1970-1971, including the second gunline deployment, before joining the Fleet Air Arm where he was an A4 pilot.

Later he was commissioning XO of SUCCESS and subsequently CO. In the latter part of his career, he served as Naval Attaché in Jakarta and hence following his retirement from the Service he continued working with Indonesia.

As one of his yearmates, I mourn his loss – a fine man who has left us at too young an age (64).

Graham MacKinnell

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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

David was the XO in Success during the period I served as Cargo Officer.
He was a good bloke. He had ocassion to give me stoppage of leave at one time and was dammed decent about it!!
Such a shame.

Pete, only one officer would say that of another officer, very pukkah.

PS Not the dying part, that is very sad, once again taken too young.

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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

Here is the signal.

SUBJ: PASSING OF CAPT DAVID JOHN RAMSAY, OAM, RANR
1. NAVY IS SADDENED TO HEAR OF THE PASSING OF CAPT DAVID JOHN RAMSAY
ON 4 SEP 12.
2. CAPT RAMSAY JOINED THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL
COLLEGE IN JAN 63. HE WAS IN THE LAST GROUP OF
AUSTRALIANS TO UNDERGO TRAINING AT THE ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, DARTMOUTH
IN ENGLAND BEFORE RETURNING TO COMPLETE HIS BRIDGE WATCHKEEPING
TRAINING IN HMAS BRISBANE DURING HER 1971 TOUR OF DUTY AS THE LAST
RAN SHIP TO OPERATE WITH THE US SEVENTH FLEET IN VIETNAM.
3. CAPT RAMSAY THEN UNDERWENT FLYING TRAINING WITH THE AIR FORCE
THROUGHOUT 1972 COMPLETING CONVERSION ON TO THE SKYHAWK AIRCRAFT IN
DEC 73. IN EARLY 1977 CAPT RAMSAY WAS THE RAN CONTINGENT OFFICER IN
THE ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA DURING THAT YEAR'S ROYAL TOUR.
4. IN DEC 79 CAPTAIN RAMSAY WAS POSTED TO EXCHANGE DUTY WITH
THE ROYAL NAVY, FLYING SEA HARRIERS THAT INCLUDED TRAINING AND TRIALS
DURING AND AFTER THE FALKLANDS CONFLICT.
5. CAPT RAMSAY RETURNED TO AUSTRALIA IN 1983 AND COMPLETED A NUMBER
OF STAFF AND SEA GOING POSTINGS.THESE INCLUDED COMMANDS OF BOTH HMAS
CRESWELL AND SUCCESS.
6. AFTER LEAVING HMAS SUCCESS IN 1993CAPT RAMSAY UNDERTOOK POST
GRADUATE STUDY BEFORE COMPLETING TWO CONSECUTIVE POSTINGS AS THE
NAVAL ATTACHE IN JAKARTA.
7. IN 1997, CAPT RAMSAY WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF THE
ORDER OF AUSTRALIA FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO NAVAL AVIATION LEADING
TO THE FORMATION OF COMMANDER AUSTRALIAN NAVAL AVIATION.
8. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE NAVAL RESERVE IN 2001 BEFORE JOINING THE
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT WHERE HE HAD A NUMBER OF
ROLES IN JAKARTA. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ENHANCING THE STRONG
BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR INDONESIAN
COUNTERPARTS. AS A TESTAMENT TO HIS COMMITMENT AND SKILLS, CAPT
RAMSAY WAS PRESENTED WITH THE SECRETARY’S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN
2011.
9. THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR CAPT RAMSAY WILL TAKE PLACE AT 1030 12
SEP 12 AT ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHURCH, 463 OXFORD STREET
SYDNEY.
10. A WAKE WILL FOLLOW AT THE WARDROOM, HMAS WATSON COMMENCING AT
1300. THOSE ATTENDING THE WAKE ARE ADVISED THAT PARKING IS VERY
LIMITED AT HMAS WATSON.
11. ON BEHALF OF THOSE CURRENTLY SERVING AND THE BROADER NAVY FAMILY
SINCERE CONDOLENCES ARE EXTENDED TO CAPT RAMSAY'S FAMILY AT THIS
DIFFICULT TIME.

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Bruce Francis
R112774
JRTE 40TH Intake
July 72-June73
Ex WM,QMG,Bosun,Paid off Sept 93
Leeuwin,Cerberus x3, Lonsdale, Watson, Coonawarra(DNB), Harman.
Supply, Melbourne, Vampire, Attack, Ardent, Brisbane x2, Fremantle(Commissioning Crew), Sydney-FFG 03(Commissioning Crew), Hobart, Cessnock. Go the Mighty Magpies

Some more details.

SUBJ: PASSING OF CAPT DAVID JOHN RAMSAY, OAM, RANR
A. AUSNAVSTRATCOM WAA/WAU 070527Z SEP 12
1. AT REF A, FUNERAL DETAILS FOR CAPT DAVID RAMSAY WERE ADVISED.
2. IN ADDITION TO THAT ADVICE, CAPT RAMSAY'S FAMILY HAVE ASKED THAT
DONATIONS TO THE HEART FOUNDATION ARE REQUESTED IN LIEU OF FLOWERS.
DONATIONS CAN BE MADE VIA THE FOUNDATIONS WEBSITE (HTTP://WWW
.HEARTFOUNDATION.ORG.AU) OR ENVELOPES WHICH WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE
FUNERAL.
3. DRESS FOR NAVY ATTENDEES IS W2 WITH MOURNING BRASSARD.

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Bruce Francis
R112774
JRTE 40TH Intake
July 72-June73
Ex WM,QMG,Bosun,Paid off Sept 93
Leeuwin,Cerberus x3, Lonsdale, Watson, Coonawarra(DNB), Harman.
Supply, Melbourne, Vampire, Attack, Ardent, Brisbane x2, Fremantle(Commissioning Crew), Sydney-FFG 03(Commissioning Crew), Hobart, Cessnock. Go the Mighty Magpies

SADLY, CAPT BARRY NOBES (RTD) PASSED AWAY ON THE EVENING OF
SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER 2012.
CAPT NOBES JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY COLLEGE DARTMOUTH IN 1951 AND
TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY AS A LIEUTENANT COMMANDER AT
THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE ~PERISHER~ COURSE IN 1966.
CAPT NOBES CAREER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED SERVICE IN HMS EXCALIBUR,
HMS ASTUTE, HMS TAPIR, HMS WALRUS, HMS OLYMPUS, HMS ARTFUL, HMS
ALLIANCE, COMMISSIONING CO OF HMAS OVENS, XO HMAS SWAN, CO HMAS
PLATYPUS AND CO HMAS SUPPLY. HE ALSO SERVED AS THE SUBMARINE SQUADRON
COMMANDER AND AS DIRECTOR SUBMARINE POLICY.
FOLLOWING RETIREMENT FROM ACTIVE NAVY SERVICE IN 1989, CAPT
NOBES BECAME NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE SUBMARINES ASSOCIATION
AUSTRALIA IN 1994, AND WAS AWARDED LIFE MEMBERSHIP OF THE ASSOCIATION
IN RECOGNITION OF HIS DEDICATION TO SUBMARINERS.
THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR CAPT NOBES WILL TAKE PLACE AT 1200 TUESDAY
30 OCTOBER AT ANN WILSON FUNERALS, CORNER OF BARRENJOEY ROAD AND
DARLEY STREET, MONA VALE AND AFTERWARDS AT THE AVALON RSL.
ON BEHALF OF THOSE CURRENTLY SERVING AND THE BROADER NAVY
COMMUNITY SINCERE CONDOLENCES ARE EXTENDED TO THE FAMILY OF CAPT
NOBES AT THIS DIFFICULT TIME.

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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

A good mate of mine Reg Coldwell passed away sometime over the weekend. Exact details are a bit scratchy. The police broke into his house and discovered him.

Reg was a great kellick stoker served on Parramatta, Duchess and Jervis Bay to name a few. I have known Reg for 40 years since we were at Lonsdale together in 1972.
Reg, Mark Collins, Geoff Stirling, Kim Hickey, James Dodd and myself used to go to every car race meeting for the next 4 -5 years when ever we were around in the same place.

Reg pit crewed for me at Calder and Sandown quite often after we left the Navy and was inspired when I got to race at 2 AGP support events. He raced a Datsun 1600 sports sedan in club events here in Victoria.

The best thing I can say about him is that he was an ARRGG and my mate. He was round my place two weeks ago and I spoke to him last week to give him the good news on my cancer. He was very happy for me in my war with "C" and looking forward to going to his next race meeting in two weeks to compete in his club championships.

ARRGG= All round general good guy

RIP. LME. Coldwell. RT.
Smooth seas finished with main engines

Cheers

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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