Sad indeed to hear of Nigel's passing, he was one of those 'stand-out' characters of the term ahead of us
who had a ‘larger than life’ impact on us bunch of raw 'Sproggs'. Nigel was a knowledgeable contributor to
RAN Skilled Hands, an all-round 'nice bloke' and will be sadly missed...

Rest on your oars Nigel, your jouney's done...


P.S. This came in from Bob 'Kip' Dunlop via Facebook...

In case you havn't heard Nigel Baird-Orr passed away a few days ago. His funeral is at the Bunbury
Crematorium at 10:30am on 10/10/2012. Cheers....

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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

Very sad news share a house in StKilda with Nigel way back when . He was a real white man.

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Henry Schubert
R42972
Ex WOMTH
17th MOBI Intake
July 64 - July 85
Nirimba x 2, Sydney, Lonsdale x 3, Tarangau, Melbourne, Coonawarra, Kuttabul, Stalwart, Jervis Bay, Penguin, Tonga Defence Cooperation, Cerberus Hobart, Harman.

RIP Nigel

Another good one taken way before his time

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Charlie (Chuckles) Britt JP TPI
Welfare Pensions Officer
R95712
Ex-LME(D) LSMTP2
17th Intake JR's, 23rd MOBI Intake .
Oct 66 - Nov 74
Leeuwin, Nirimba, Cerberus, Stalwart, Cerberus, Waterhen, Penguin, Carpentaria, Dolphin, Penguin, Sydney, Albatross, Leeuwin, Acute, Leeuwin, Cerberus, Stalwart, Waterhen, Attack, Leeuwin, DEE.

Sad news indeed. Rest in peace Nigel.
We had some good times together when at Stirling.

Ted

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Ted Cooke
R67098
Ex-CPOMTP4
Rankin Division Cerberus Feb 68
Feb 1968 to Aug 1986
Gull, Waterhen,Ibis x2, Advance, Cerberus,Stirling, Jervis Bay, Leeuwin, Geraldton, Moresby

Rest you oars Nigel, we have the watch

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Wayne Johnson
(B149415)
OSC(SW) RET (RADARMAN)
Joined the Navy Jan 6, 1970, retired Jan 31, 1994
USS Trenton LPD-14, Hermitage LSD-34, Shreveport LPD-12, Saipan LHA-2, COMPHRIBRON-4 staff embarked in the Guam LPH 2, Saipan LHA-2, Nashville LPD-13, and Wasp LHD-1