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Volume 56, No. 22, November 21, 2013
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HELPING HAND: A search and
rescue helicopter hovers above HMAS
Diamantina during winching training
off the coast of Solomon Islands
during Operation Render Safe.
Photo: SGT Hamish Paterson
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Operation Render
Safe under way in
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Stage is set ADF Theatre Project helps personnel share their stories PAGE 4

2 NEWS www.defence.gov.au/news/NAVYNEWS November 21, 2013
Ready for
trip of a
lifetime
Lauren Norton
For the first time in 10 years, Navy’s
purpose-built Antarctic Survey Vessel
(ASV) Wyatt Earp will deploy to
Antarctica with five members from the
Deployable Geospatial Support Team
(DGST).
OIC DGST LEUT Peter Waring,
POHSM Graham Campton, POMT
Michael Cameron, LSHSO Cameron
Rea and ABHSO Roek Dyer, based at
HMAS Waterhen, are in Hobart for predeployment
training before embarking
in the Australian icebreaker RSV Aurora
Australis on December 9 for four weeks.
During the deployment, the team
will conduct survey operations in Wyatt
Earp, which will improve the quality
of charting in Australia’s Antarctic
Territory.
“The data collected by Navy surveyors
has direct relevance to a number
of scientific programs undertaken by
the Australian Antarctic Division and
improvements to charting will enable
safer navigation in the vicinity of the
Australian stations,” LEUT Waring said.
“There has been a proliferation of
cruise ship activity in the region, a great
deal of which occurs within Australia’s
area of search and rescue responsibility.
Improved charting therefore has a very
obvious effect on the safety of these
vessels.”
Many cruise ships are navigating
unsurveyed or inadequately charted
waters to avoid ice obstructions. PO
Campton said the team would conduct
surveys around the sheltered bays to the
north and south of Casey Station.
“These will allow alternative anchorages
for vessels in less than favourable
weather and offer some scientific data to
the oceanographic community,” he said.
LEUT Waring said it would be
Navy’s first Antarctic hydrographic survey
using Wyatt Earp since the 2003-04
season.
“Wyatt Earp has recently undergone
a significant upgrade including
the installation of a modern multibeam
echo sounder that will enable a far
greater coverage of the sea floor,” LEUT
Waring said.
PO Cameron said it had been a large
project to get the ASV up and running.
“DGST spent months ensuring
the ASV was ready for its tasking in
Antarctica, as it had spent quite a few
years laid up and not in use,” he said.
Wyatt Earp came out of extensive
refurbishment in April and the deployment
will continue its operational testing
in Antarctic conditions.
“Newcomb Bay and O’Briens Bay
are either unsurveyed or not surveyed by
‘‘
This trip will give me
the opportunity to
display my skills as a
mariner and surveyor
in one of the most
unique environments
on earth.
– POHSM Graham Campton
modern surveying techniques, making
them ideal areas to prove the ASV for
its operational evaluation,” PO Campton
said.
“With the refurbishment of Wyatt
Earp, there now lies a great opportunity
to maintain this commitment as it used to
be an annual deployment, and a massive
reward to some of the hard-working sailors
in our branch who now have a massive
carrot as an incentive to work toward
in their naval career.”
While it is the first visit to Antarctica
for most of the team, PO Campton is
looking forward to returning.
“I was fortunate enough to be selected
for the 2011-2012 season to survey
Commonwealth Bay on the centenary of
Sir Douglas Mawson’s landing there,”
he said.
“This trip will give me the opportunity
to display my skills as a mariner
and surveyor in one of the most unique
environments on earth.”
PO Campton will be in control of the
sonar controller and survey acquisition
suite.
“Once the data has been collected
I will be assisting the officer-in-charge
to process the data and write the report
of survey for charting action by the
Australian Hydrographic Office,” he said.
“I will also be used in a secondary
role as a coxswain for the boat to help
reduce fatigue and give the other team
members some time on the system.”
He is also hoping to see something
special.
“The penguins, they’re unbelievable,”
he said.
“Last time we were down there in the
Aurora Australis we ran into ice early
and the decision was made to stay put
for a few days. Within a couple of hours
of stopping, little dots appeared on the
horizon and within half a day we were
surrounded by a colony of Adelie penguins
who started playing, fishing and
wallowing around the boat giving the
expeditioners no end of entertainment.”
Although it will be LEUT Waring’s
first trip to the region, he is trying not to
get too excited.
“It has been a challenging process
to get the ASV ready to deploy and so I
have tried to avoid daydreaming about
specific highlights,” he said.
“Sailing from Hobart with the ASV
securely in place and all members of
DGST on board is the moment I am
most looking forward to – anything
more will be a bonus.”
PO Cameron is also excited about his
first trip.
“I’m looking forward to being in
Antarctica and seeing and experiencing
everything I can about one of the
world’s most beautiful and unique
places,” he said.
PO Cameron’s job as DGST’s technical
sailor is to start up and monitor the
operation of the ASV’s engines and generator.
He said working in Antarctica posed
some unique challenges to the team.
“The biggest challenge will be ensuring
the machinery is running correctly in
the extreme cold conditions,” he said.
PO Campton agreed the weather
would be the biggest problem.
“After all the meticulous planning
has been conducted, Antarctica has the
knack of throwing you a curve ball by
icing in a bay that was previously open
or becoming the windiest place on earth
in a matter of hours,” he said.
“The environment is very unforgiving
down there so we have had specific
training to enable us to conduct operations
as safely and efficiently as possible.”
WHITE CHRISTMAS: The DGST in Hobart and ready to deploy to
Antarctica next month. (L-R) POHSM Graham Campton, ABHSO
Roek Dyer, POMT Michael Cameron, OIC LEUT Peter Waring and
LSHSO Cameron Rea (kneeling).
Photo: ABIS Richard Cordell
Dreams come true
Eliza Bavin
ABHSO Roek Der and LSH-
SO Cameron Rea are looking
forward to their first Antarctic
adventure.
LS Rea will be the supervisor
and driver of Wyatt Earp
while AB Dyer will help drive
and collect terrestrial data as
they sail around Antarctica
gathering valuable survey
data to use in developing nautical
navigational charts and in
Australian scientific research.
“It’s been something I have
wanted to do since I was a
little kid,” LS Rea said.
“Everything I have done in
the Navy has been to get to
this position, so I could not be
happier.
“I have been very lucky in
my postings and deployments
to get to this moment and I
am happy that I was able to
reach it so quickly.”
AB Dyer said it was great
work to be a part of.
“I’m really looking forward
to completing the work,” AB
Dyer said.
“It’s a really great crew and
a really great ship. The job is
important, as it will give mariners
the confidence to travel
in the region.”
He said it had been exciting
waiting to deploy.
“We have been preparing
for this trip for a long time;
getting the ship ready, and
making sure everything is in
order. So it’s really exciting the
time has finally come to set
out,” he said.
The natural beauty of the
environment is something
LS Rea is looking forward to
experiencing.
“We theoretically have the
opportunity to see the aurora
australis. It’s the right time
of year but it is very weather
dependent; so hopefully we
are lucky enough to catch it,
otherwise I really want to take
a photo of a penguin,” he said.
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SHIPS AHOY: HMAS Diamantina leads
HMA Ships Tarakan and Labuan as they
prepare to berth alongside Honiara for
Operation Render Safe.
Photos: ABIS Nicolas Gonzalez
Explosive task
in Solomons
LEUT Tony White
PERSONNEL from Australia,
Canada, New Zealand, the US and
Solomon Islands are taking part in
Operation Render Safe, which started
on November 8 and will end on
December 7.
Render Safe is an ongoing
Australian-led operation to safely
dispose of large amounts of explosive
remnants of war.
The Australian High
Commissioner to Solomon Islands,
Matt Anderson, welcomed the
task force to Solomon Islands on
November 1.
Combined Joint Task Force 663,
(CJTF 663) is working with some of
the most skilled explosive ordnance
disposal (EOD) technicians in the
region.
Commander CJTF 663 CMDR
Doug Griffiths said the Royal
Solomon Islands Police Force
(RSIPF) was known as the “gold
standard” of EOD across the southwest
Pacific region.
“We will be working with people
who have grown up living with the
threat of explosive remnants of war,
but we will also be giving them an
important boost in their capacity
to make a dent in the huge amount
of unexploded ordnance around the
national capital and in some of the
outlying islands,” CMDR Griffiths
said.
Mr Anderson told members of
the task force that their contribution
was important to the local economy
and community.
“You are going to make a real
difference working with some
extraordinary people,” he said.
“You are returning to the
Solomon Islanders land that they
can use to grow produce, create
businesses, educate their kids and
change their lives.”
Less than 24 hours after the
establishment of the operation
headquarters in Honiara, the team
located and made safe 21 pieces of
unexploded WWII ordnance near
Honiara International Airport.
CMDR Griffiths was pleased
with the seamless cooperation of the
combined teams.
“The ability to partner with elements
of the RSIPF allowed us to
share best practices and learn from
each other,” he said.
“This year, the RSIPF EOD element
has disposed of nearly 11,000
individual pieces of explosive ordnance.”
CMDR Griffiths said HMA
Ships Diamantina, Labuan and
Tarakan, would play roles in the
month-long operations, including
providing opportunities for training
with emergency services.
At sea, Labuan worked with
local communities on Tulagi Island
to identify unexploded ordnance.
The ordnance is a legacy of
Tulagi’s WWII role as a Japanese
naval refuelling, communications
and seaplane reconnaissance base.
The combination of clear water
and large number of artefacts makes
for good diving in the area but the
scale of bombardment during the
war means locals have been living
with many dangerous unexploded
bombs ever since.
Specialists operating from
Labuan worked with high technology
remote sensing devices to map
the items on the sea floor over the
course of the week.
Task force comes to
aid of care centre
LEUT Tony White
AS THE only domestic violence refuge
in Solomon Islands, the Christian Care
Centre near Honiara plays an important
role in the local community.
This role will now be a little easier
thanks to the Navy-led Operation Render
Safe.
The centre was established by the
Sisters of the Anglican Church of
Melanesia 10 years ago as a response to
the increase in violence against women.
Since 2004, the centre has been run
by the diminutive but formidable Sister
Doreen. While she has a reputation for
bending the ear of the rich and powerful
in support of victims, there is one task
that is beyond her – the clearing of unexploded
ordnance around the centre.
The centre overlooks Red Beach,
immortalised in US Marine history and
the scene of intense fighting during the
Guadalcanal campaign in WWII.
Sister Doreen said it was not unusual
for women living at the centre to find
unexploded bombs while working in the
garden or even for children to bring her
a decaying but potentially dangerous grenade.
Members of the taskforce are also
working to refurbish parts of the centre
as part of their support to Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade activities and
as part of their commitments to White
Ribbon Day.
Sister Doreen explained that living
with the presence of unexploded ordnance
was made more risky by some of the
necessities of the Melanesian lifestyle.
The fertile soils and tropical climate
mean that a part of daily village life is taken
up with the hand clearing of resilient undergrowth
around houses and food gardens.
This has traditionally been assisted
by the use of fire and as Sister Doreen
puts it, “It is perfectly normal for a six or
seven year old to light fires as part of the
Melanesian way of life.”
CO Operation Render Safe CMDR
Doug Griffiths said the use of fire presented
an additional risk to local community
members.
“This was brought home to us the
day before we first visited Sister Doreen,
when an old US shell exploded during a
burn off not far from Sister Doreen’s centre,”
CMDR Griffiths said.
“We were able to go in and clear a significant
number of other shells from that
area to reduce risk in future burn offs.
“We are working on many sites across
the country clearing unexploded ordnance,
but the opportunity to combine our
normal work with the good work of Sister
Doreen, supporting the victims of domestic
violence, is one that we hope will create
a lasting legacy of our presence here.”
HELPING HAND: ABCSO Michael Burgess digs a trench for a water pipeline
at the Christian Care Centre in Honiara.
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ON THE JOB: Special sea dutymen heave on aft lines of HMAS Diamantina as she berths alongside
Honiara (above left) and some of the explosive ordnance found is ready for disposal (above right).
Tobruk ready for relief work if needed
HMAS Tobruk has been diverted
from her current goodwill tasking
in Solomon Islands to Townsville
to be available to support relief and
recovery efforts if requested by the
Philippines Government.
Tobruk is ideally suited to assist
given her amphibious heavy lift
capability, onboard accommodation
and ability to support helicopter and
landing craft operations.
The Australian Government
will provide a further $20 million
and deploy additional ADF logistic
support to help the Philippines to
respond to Typhoon Haiyan, bringing
total Australian assistance to
more than $30 million.
The additional funds will be
used to address serious nutrition,
child health and protection needs,
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logistic support and non-food
items.
Two Air Force aircraft,
a C-17A Globemaster and a
C-130J Hercules, deployed to the
Philippines on November 13 to
assist the relief effort. Both transported
Australian doctors, nurses,
paramedics, other medical specialists
and ADF logistic support staff.
The C-130J transferred the medical
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and power is now critical. The ADF
has moved to provide water purification
systems and power generators
to Tacloban.
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Theatre project hits home
Shelley Daws
A new Australian play called The
Long Way Home will explore what
it’s like to serve in the ADF and how
the lives of servicemen and women
change forever as a result of being
wounded, injured or becoming ill in
service.
The ADF is presenting The Long
Way Home in partnership with Sydney
Theatre Company, providing an opportunity
for Australians to consider the
past decade of ADF operations and
pay tribute to the sacrifices made by so
many in service to our country.
During August and September,
15 servicemen and women, together
with ADF support staff, spent five
weeks working with Sydney Theatre
Company.
As part of a unique rehabilitation
and recovery program, the ADF
personnel shared their experiences
on operations and the events that
changed their lives
Award-winning playwright Daniel
Keene has translated their stories into
a compelling Australian production.
The participants in the program are
a mixture of ranks and have served in
Afghanistan, Iraq and East Timor.
Their military service ranges from
two to 30 years and they each carry
some scars from their experiences,
including various physical and psychological
wounds.
CDF GEN David Hurley said The
Long Way Home presented an exciting
opportunity to tell the story of ADF
members’ experiences on deployment
and on returning home.
“Their stories will resonate with all
service personnel and provide families
and the Australian community with
a unique insight into our war experiences,”
GEN Hurley said.
“The production will also support
the rehabilitation and recovery of ADF
members who have been wounded,
injured or become ill in service.
“I strongly encourage all ADF
members to support their comrades
TOUR DATES
The first performance of The Long Way Home will
be in Sydney on February 7, with opening night on
February 8.
The Sydney season will be followed by a national
tour to Darwin, Brisbane, Wollongong, Townsville,
Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
For more information, visit www.sydneytheatre.com.au/
longwayhometour
who are bravely sharing their personal
experiences.”
According to Director General
ADF Theatre Project BRIG Alison
Creagh, all servicemen and women
and their families will be able relate in
some way to the experiences and challenges
depicted in the play.
“Everyone returns from operations
as a different version of themselves –
some are faced with significant changes
and challenges as a result of being
STORY TO TELL: CDF GEN David Hurley talks with ADF Theatre Project participants PTE
Patrick Hayes and CPL Tim Loch at the Sydney Theatre Company while they are getting ready
for a workshop.
Photo: ABIS Richard Cordell
wounded or injured,” BRIG Creagh
said.
As the ADF draws down troops in
Afghanistan, the casualties of this war
may not be as obvious as they were in
the past.
“Many of our wounded, injured
and ill ADF personnel have invisible
injuries, both physical and psychological,”
BRIG Creagh said.
“A passer-by on the street may
notice someone with a scar or a limp,
but they’re unlikely to think that
person may have been wounded in
Afghanistan – even less likely when
the injury is invisible.”
BRIG Creagh hopes the play will
raise awareness within Defence about
the importance of ADF personnel talking
about their injuries and illnesses and
seeking medical attention.
“I hope their bravery and honesty
will encourage others who are injured
or ill to seek medical assistance,” she
said. “I urge all ADF members to buy
a ticket to the play and pay tribute to
the sacrifice made by so many.”
Project patron and Victoria Cross
recipient CPL Ben Roberts-Smith said
by sharing their powerful and moving
accounts of war “these courageous servicemen
and women will help create
and perform a compelling theatre production
telling the story of more than a
decade of Defence operations”.
Rising to the challenge
LEUT Andrew Ragless
LIFE SAVERS: (L-R) LCPL Kylie Pezdirc, WOFF Andrew McCabe,
LSCIS Michelle Lakin, Sam of the Red Cross Blood Service, and
AIRCDRE Ken Watson participate in the Defence Blood Challenge.
Personnel engaged in a bloody
battle at Joint Task Force HQ
NORCOM in Darwin to see who
could achieve the largest donation in
the Defence Blood Challenge.
In mid-October, five members
representing each service ‘took up
arms’ and went head-to-head in filling
the first 470ml bag of life-saving
blood.
LSCIS Michelle Lakin was the
first to complete the donation and
said the process was easy.
“I first donated blood a few years
ago,” she said.
“In total I have donated about six
times. The first donation is always
a bit daunting, but to know that
you will be saving three lives – it’s
worth it.”
She encourages anyone who
is able to donate to roll up their
sleeves.
“It’s important to donate as there
is always a need for blood donations,”
LS Lakin said.
“It’s healthy for you to donate
blood and it’s good for your body to
reproduce blood cells. However, it is
not always easy as a lot of Defence
personnel have been in zones which
won’t let you donate, for example
Bali and Peru.”
Then COMNORCOM
AIRCDRE Ken Watson also donated
and said dedication, commitment
and compassion were displayed during
the challenge. “And courage,”
he said.
“I don’t think any of us enjoy
getting a needle in the arm and
bleeding out, but the need is great,
and we can all be certain that when
we give blood we are really making
a difference to somebody else’s life,
perhaps even saving one.”
Darwin’s Red Cross Blood
Service spokesperson, Ernie
Rondot, said it was encouraging
to witness the enthusiasm and
generosity by Top End Defence
personnel.
“One in three Australians will
need blood in their lifetime and yet
only one in 30 Australians donate
blood,” Mr Rondot said.
“With that in mind, people can
donate every 12 weeks, or for plasma
as often as every two weeks.
“That’s all we ask for – just four
hours a year.
“I think most of us would make
that time for a cocktail on a Friday
or a round of golf on the weekend.
So why not put that time into saving
somebody’s life?”
The Defence Blood Challenge runs until
November 30. To make your donation
count, visit www.donateblood.com.au/
defence and call 13 14 95 to make an
appointment.

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SOLOMON ISLANDS: CMDR Doug
Griffiths lays a wreath in Honiara.
Photo: ABIS Nicolas Gonzalez
NOWRA: CO HMAS Albatross
CAPT Gordon Andrew reads the
address during a service at the
Fleet Air Museum.
Photo: LSIS Yuri Ramsey
SYDNEY: (L-R) ABET Matthew Hayman, ABET Trent Micallef, CPO
Graeme Cruickshank, LSCIS Glen Gante and ABET Nathan Bakes
sell poppies in Pitt Street Mall.
Photo: ABIS Bonny Gassner
We pause to remember
PERTH: ABCSO Brent Harris
presents arms during the Last Post at
King’s Park. Photo: LSIS Brad Darvill
ROCKINGHAM: ABMUSN Emelia
Blake sounds the Last Post.
Photo: ABIS Chris Beerens
Navy personnel around the country and
on deployment paused on November 11
to remember those lost in WWI and all
conflicts since.
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of
the 11th month, students and instructors
from the Surface Combatant Navigation
Course took a short break on the flight
deck of HMAS Parramatta as they
contemplated the tragedy of war and the
need to keep the peace.
SBLT Matthew White led the service
and a member from each of the ship’s
departments gave a short reading.
CO Parramatta CMDR Simon Cannell
and SWO Sharon Campbell laid a wreath
in Parramatta’s wake that was quickly
swallowed by the sea.
In Melbourne, ADF personnel joined
Prime Minister Tony Abbott, TPR Mark
Donaldson VC, veterans and schoolchildren
at the Shrine of Remembrance.
In WA, personnel from HMAS Stirling
attended a ceremony at the Rockingham
War Memorial where CMDR Matthew
Blenkin gave an address, while CO
Stirling CAPT Angela Bond laid a wreath
at a service at King’s Park in Perth.
A service to remember submariners
was also held alongside ex-HMAS Ovens
at the Western Australian Maritime
Museum in Fremantle where CMDR
Gavin Reeves addressed the gathering.
In Darwin, Navy personnel showed
their support for Legacy by selling
poppy merchandise at the Smith Street
mall.
HMAS Albatross marked the day
with a ceremony at the Fleet Air Arm
Museum in Nowra where CHAP
Andrew Watters conducted the ceremony.
Personnel from HMAS Kuttabul
and the Sydney area supported
Remembrance Day throughout the
Sydney CBD, with a special wreath laying
ceremony at Martin Place.
In Canberra, CDF GEN David
Hurley and the three Service Chiefs
attended the Remembrance Day ceremony
at the Australian War Memorial
where former prime minister Paul
Keating delivered the
commemorative address.
Before the ceremony,
two names were unveiled
on the Afghanistan Roll
of Honour. CPLs Scott
Smith and Cameron
Baird were both killed
in Afghanistan in the
past 13 months.
On Operation
Render Safe in
Solomon Islands,
LEUT Ronald Daniels
gave a reading as
CMDR Doug Griffiths
laid a wreath at the
Solomon Scouts
and Coastwatcher
Memorial in Honiara during a commemoration
service.
In the MEAO, Deputy Commander
Joint Task Force 633 CDRE Phillip
Spedding laid a wreath during a ceremony
at Al Minhad Air Base as personnel
took time out to remember the fallen.
DARWIN: LEUT Patrick
Scott shows his support
for Legacy by selling
poppies at the Smith
Street mall.
Photo: LSIS Jo Dilorenzo
AT SEA: CO Parramatta CMDR Simon Cannell
and SWO Sharon Campbell lay a wreath in
Parramatta’s wake. Photo: POEW Martin Anderson
MIDDLE EAST: LSCIS Kaitlin Clohesy
salutes as the Last Post is played at Al
Minhad Air Base. Photo: POIS Phil Cullinan
FREMANTLE: Officers and sailors from HMAS
Stirling in front of ex-HMAS Ovens at the Western
Australian Maritime Museum. Photo: CPOIS David Connolly
MELBOURNE: The Guard of Honour from HMAS Cerberus
on the forecourt of the Shrine of Remembrance.
Photo: LSIS Paul McCallum
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6 NEWS www.defence.gov.au/news/NAVYNEWS November 21, 2013
LHD trial first of its kind
LEUT Emily Kennedy
NUSHIP Canberra passed Australia’s
first LHD harbour acceptance trial on
October 9.
The ship moved from its location at
BAE Williamstown in Victoria across
the bay to Webb Dock to undertake
a vehicle load trial of several Army
vehicles that will be used on the LHDs
including a tank, armoured personnel
carrier and light vehicles.
After the “cold move” – where
the ship was moved with tugs and
not under her own propulsion – the
vehicles were driven onto the ship and
manoeuvred within the vehicle decks.
They gained access to Canberra via
the side ramps, drove around the internal
heavy cargo deck, down the “beach”
and through the well dock of the ship.
Vehicles that required access to the
light vehicle deck used the internal
ramp and elevator to move up decks to
conduct trials there.
The trials were conducted on
schedule.
DMO project trial director LTCOL
Christopher West said extensive preparation
was the key to success.
“Planning for and execution on this
trial event was meticulous and the successful
outcome was a product of the
exceptional coordination between ship
staff, DMO, Army, BAE Systems and
the platform designer Navantia,” he
said.
“The coming months will see the
conduct of critical harbour and sea
trials in preparation for the delivery of
the ship to Defence.”
Canberra’s engineering officer,
CMDR David Walter, said the activity
was a good learning opportunity.
“A range of Canberra personnel
including personnel from
the Amphibious, Executive and
Engineering Departments observed
both the cold move and the vehicle
load trial, which was excellent training
value in terms of becoming familiar
with the platform in a real-time activity,”
CMDR Walter said.
“There was significant training
value in Canberra personnel being
involved in terms of gaining confidence
and seeing how parts of the ship
work including the operation of the
ships auxiliary and electrical systems,
operation of side ramp doors, movement
of lines to get the ship off and
GETTING READY: Personnel load an Army
Mack Heavy Recovery Vehicle through the
forward side ramp door of NUSHIP Canberra.
Photo: Mary-Anne Lane, BAE Systems
alongside the wharf, and the movement
of vehicles inside the ship.”
The ship will to be taken to sea
later this year as scheduled for sea
acceptance tests.
CO Canberra CAPT Jonathan
Sadleir said tempo was increasing as the
project moved closer to the time when
Canberra would be brought into service.
“More than 300 ship’s company
have now joined the ship and
are undertaking a variety of training
and preparedness activities ready
to embark and operate the ship next
year,” CAPT Sadleir said.
“As these milestones are achieved,
it certainly becomes more exciting
for our personnel as we step closer to
bringing this new capability into the
Fleet.”
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PROUD MOMENT: CDRE Brenton
Smyth and AIRCDRE Ken Watson
observe the transfer of flags
ceremony during the handover
parade at Headquarters Northern
Command in Darwin.
CDRE takes the
reins up north
SBLT Bianca Wise
COMNORCOM AIRCDRE Ken
Watson handed over command to
CDRE Brenton Smyth in an official
ceremony at Larrakeyah Barracks in
Darwin on November 5.
The event included a flag ceremony
and an AP-3C Orion flypast.
It was a fitting farewell for
AIRCDRE Watson, who has served
30 years in the Air Force, many as a
navigator on board the AP-3C Orion
maritime patrol aircraft.
CDRE Smyth acknowledged
AIRCDRE Watson’s achievements
over the past three years, highlighting
the former COMNORCOM for
his exemplary command efforts.
“It is an enormous privilege
and honour to be chosen as
COMNORCOM and it is with great
pride and humility that I accept the
roles and responsibilities from Ken,”
CDRE Smyth said.
“I know he will be sorely missed
by Defence members and the Darwin
community alike.
“At NORCOM we will continue
to face many challenges that we must
overcome, but reflecting on what has
been achieved over the years and the
exceptional things that continue to
be achieved on a daily basis by this
headquarters and all Defence assets
in the NORCOM area of responsibility,
I know that together we will successfully
meet these challenges.”
AIRCDRE Watson will soon be
promoted to take up a position within
the US Central Command in Tampa,
Florida. He will be accompanied on
his posting by wife WGCDR Desiree
Watson and their four children.
“We are off on a new adventure
soon, but Darwin will loom large
NEW FACE: (L-R) Newly-appointed
COMNORCOM CDRE Brenton
Smyth, AIRCDRE Ken Watson and
NT Administrator Sally Thomas after
the handover.
Photos: LSIS Jo Dilorenzo
and happily in our life experience,”
AIRCDRE Watson said.
“For my family, the time in the
Territory has been a unique experience.
We have enjoyed all Darwin
has to offer and are very appreciative
of the warmness of the locals and the
commitment of the ADF members
who have served with us.
“The performance of the
Headquarters, patrol boat and air surveillance
crews throughout my threeyear
tenure has been magnificent.”
On track for Success
LEUT Joseph McKay
HMAS Success successfully completed
her first replenishment at sea
as part of sea qualification trials just
days after returning to sea.
In flat seas and heavy rain, Success
held a steady course in preparation
for HMAS Darwin to approach
and hook up for the liquid replenishment
in the East Australian Exercise
Area (EAXA) on October 28.
As Darwin appeared in the damp
weather, Success was well prepared
to provide her with a quick drink and
prove her replenishment rigs.
CO Success CAPT Allison Norris
said the first replenishment evolution
was a fundamental step in re-establishing
Success’ core capability.
“It’s exciting for us to be back at
sea progressing so rapidly towards
full operational capability,” she said.
“The energy around the ship is
palpable, and there’s no doubt in my
mind that we’re ready for the challenges
of unit readiness work-ups
and our 2014 program.”
It is not only command that is
energised by the return to sea.
“It’s great to be back at sea,”
ABML-SC Anthony Say said.
“We all put in a lot of effort to ensure
we were ready to sail and now
that we are out here we’re really
keen to get the job done.”
Navy’s battle tanker sailed from
ON TRIAL: HMAS Success
conducts a replenishment at sea with
HMAS Darwin. It was Success’ first
replenishment at sea since returning
to sea in October (below).
Main photo: ABIS Richard Cordell
Fleet Base East on October 25
after an extended refit and achieved
mariner skills evaluation the next day
in the EAXA.
Success has since started her
work-ups in preparation for a busy
operational program next year.

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Stories from ship to shore
LSIS Helen Frank
FROM able seaman to captain, women
have shared their stories of life in the
Navy in a new book celebrating a journey
spanning more than three decades.
Governor-General Quentin
Bryce launched the book Winning
at Sea at Bradley’s Head during the
International Fleet Review. She said
the event was an ideal time to mark the
service of women in the Navy.
“As we mark the centenary of the
RAN’s fleet arrival in Sydney Harbour,
we should register with pride, and if
not a little excitement, the advancement
of women in this significant
aspect of our national life,” she said.
CN VADM Ray Griggs commissioned
the book. He believes the
steady integration of women into the
Navy over the past three decades has
brought with it significant challenges,
however, some of these have left a
skewed public perception of what life is
actually like for a woman in the Navy.
In the book, Navy women describe
their experiences of life at sea in their
own words.
“I think in their accounts there is a
more balanced and comprehensive picture
of women’s careers in the Navy,”
VADM Griggs said.
“While Navy must always have
the integrity to acknowledge and learn
from mistakes, we must not shy away
from describing the Navy’s now longstanding
and positive approach to
women.”
IN CELEBRATION: Governor-General Quentin Bryce flicks through the pages of the book Winning at Sea with Navy women after the launch at
Bradley’s Head during the International Fleet Review.
Photo: LSIS Jo Dilorenzo
The book details the history of
women in the service since 1985 when
changes to the law removed discrimination
against women that prevented
them from serving at sea.
“The book also highlights the range
of operational roles our women have
contributed to over the last 23 or so
years. Women in combat roles is not
a new issue for Navy,” VADM Griggs
said.
He said there had been quite a few
men and women who had inspired him
through his career. Some older and
more senior, some peers and many
younger and junior to him.
“The best PWO I have ever worked
with at sea was a woman, totally capable
and professional, who had my total
trust in a very challenging operational
deployment,” he said.
The book will be circulated widely
within Navy and will be sent to
recruiting offices and schools.
VADM Griggs said by having some
of Navy’s women tell their own stories,
he hoped everyone in the Navy
would be able to have a sense of pride
in that achievement.
“I also hope it will provide an
objective, unvarnished view of life
in the Navy for young women who
are considering joining – I believe
we have a good story to tell and that
our people are the best ones to tell
it,” he said.
WORKING CLOSELY: PO Khan Kershaw, LEUT Adrian Cooper, RNZN CN
RADM Jack Steer, PO Nathan Harris and LS Matthew Tymrackiewicz on
board HMNZS Wellington.
Visit with friends
comes to an end
Eliza Bavin
NEW Zealand CN RADM Jack Steer
thanked RAN personnel for their contribution
to the Royal New Zealand Navy
(RNZN) in various operations while on
board HMNZS Wellington in the past
year.
RADM Steer spoke to the
Australians before they left for Exercise
Southern Katipo in Wellington in late
October.
PO Khan Kershaw, LEUT Adrian
Cooper, PO Nathan Harris and LS
Matthew Tymrackiewicz have been
serving in Wellington for the past
two months and will return home in
December.
A fifth sailor, LS Bradley Cochrane,
who recently returned to Australia, has
spent the most amount of time working
with the RNZN – a total of eight months
over two separate deployments.
He said all RAN personnel held real,
core billet positions on board the ship.
“We are taking the lead in many
areas in our respective departments,” LS
Cochrane said.
“We worked very closely with our
New Zealand counterparts on numerous
RNZN operations including Operations
Zodiac, Kauwae, Multus and Southern
Katipo.”
The first activity the group did was
with Australia, the US and New Zealand,
working with dive teams conducting
explosive ordnance disposal in Solomon
Islands.
“After that, we conducted a number
of fishery patrols,” LS Cochrane said.
“It was an interesting and rewarding
experience; we were really happy to
assist our RNZN friends and to have the
opportunity to learn from each other.
“Everyone got along really well. We
were fully embedded in the ship’s company
and it was a really great experience.”
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10 NEWS www.defence.gov.au/news/NAVYNEWS November 21, 2013
Network to help ease pain
Sharon Palmer
ABCTL Ruth Scouller might be about
to leave the Navy, but she has a message
for all ADF personnel struggling
with gender issues.
You are not alone.
AB Scouller said the introduction
of an anonymous online support
network for transgender, intersex and
gender-questioning members was a
huge step towards ensuring people
knew there was support available.
“Being aware of others in the same
situation, and connected to those people,
helps the transgender community
in Defence immeasurably,” she said.
“It’s always important to reiterate
that transgender members are not
alone, that there are others, and that
currently we have a growing and very
compassionate support network across
all ranks, ages and services.”
AB Scouller joined the Navy in
2007 and is a cryptologic linguist
based in Canberra. She started to transition
outside of work in mid-2010 and
started hormone replacement therapy
three years ago.
“I have completed my transition,
had my surgery and am moving on
with the rest of my life,” she said.
“Being transgender is more a part
of my history now than anything else.
“I kind of find the topic a bit boring
now, but I still contribute to the support
network as I think it is important
and plan to continue with this post-
Defence.”
She said her experience was positive.
“I went full-time in mid-2012
including name change and presenting
at work as female,” she said.
“I was in control of my transition
the entire way through, there were no
leaks about my situation and I could
trust the people who knew.
“The last couple of years of my life
have by far been the happiest.
“My entire world has opened up.
I know I made the right choice, I no
longer have to wear a mask and I am
comfortable in my own skin.”
She did not experience any discrimination
or hear any derogatory
remarks from her colleagues who she
said she had always been open with.
“In the entire time I have been presenting
as female in Defence, I have
not once experienced any rudeness to
my face, which I think is quite commendable,”
she said.
Having support from family and
friends also helped AB Scouller deal
with her transition. She said coming
out as transgender was the hardest part
of the process.
“The first ‘coming out’ conversation
is always the hardest and that
‘‘ a mask and I am
I know I made the
right choice, I no
longer have to wear
comfortable in my
own skin.
– ABCTL Ruth Scouller
Photo: LSIS Helen Frank
was with my mum,” she said. “I ran
my first marathon a fortnight before
coming out to her. The marathon was
very difficult, but it was nothing in
comparison to the angst of revealing
myself for the first time to a family
member.
“She has been my greatest supporter
and an angel in my life since the
day I told her.”
She said being in the right place at
the right time also helped.
“Old policies on transgender personnel
in Defence were being removed
at the time of my transition so I feel
incredibly lucky,” she said.
“If I started transitioning a year or
two earlier, it would have been a different
story.”
She said growing up as a young
boy was difficult because she realised
something was not quite right but
puberty was the most traumatic time.
“By the time I entered my teens
the burden of keeping such a massive
part of my identity in the closet was
becoming traumatic.
“My self-esteem was crushed by
the time I was 17. It is a terrible secret
to have to carry around.
“It slowly eats away at any pride or
respect you have for yourself.”
While she said it was an internal
battle through her teens in learning to
accept her gender identity, she had no
qualms in regards to her sexuality.
“Sexuality is about choosing who
you want to go to bed with, gender
identity is more about choosing who
you want to go to bed as.”
Her parting message to people having
gender identity issues is to talk to
someone who understands.
“Transitioning in Defence has
worked, so don’t keep it in the closet
and bring more harm to yourself.
Defence is ready to accept you.
“I will continue my involvement with
the transgender group, and am happy to
help where I can even after my service.”
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All in the name of fun
Michael Brooke
Photo: ABIS Chantell Bianchi
ersonnel
peak out
WO2 Andrew Hetherington
NOVEMBER 25 marks the 11th anniversary
of White Ribbon Day in Australia.
WO Gary Wight, of Navy People
Career Management, is volunteering
to raise funds and awareness on White
Ribbon Day and believes it is a cause
every man should support.
“The women in our lives – our mothers,
sisters, wives and daughters – deserve
to live a life free of violence,” he said.
“It is incredibly important to me for
the men in our society to demonstrate our
commitment to never excuse or remain
silent about violence against women.
“I have sworn to do everything that
I can to raise the awareness of this issue
and hope that in a small way I can help
contribute to a society that is free of violence
against women. Isn’t this what all
men should want and strive to achieve?”
White Ribbon Day began in Canada
after the killing of 14 women at a
Montreal university in December 1989,
by a male classmate.
In 1999, the United Nations General
Assembly declared November 25 as the
international day for the elimination of
violence against women.
The day is held in more than 50 countries
each year to bring an awareness to
stop violence against women by men.
To start Navy’s campaign, ADF personnel
participated in a Golf Day in
Canberra on November 1, which raised
$18,000 toward the cause.
Navy has more than 80 White Ribbon
Ambassadors who promote White
Ribbon throughout the year.
Navy Ships and Establishments also
conduct fundraisers throughout the year
as well as selling White Ribbon pins.
This year, there will be a number of
events held to raise funds and awareness
on the campaign throughout Navy.
Navy members will also participate
in the White Ribbon Bridge
to Bridge Run/Walk in Canberra on
November 29.
For more information on when and where
events will be held contact your unit equity
adviser, orderly room or visit www.whiteribbon.org.au/events
It may be the race that stops a
nation but not even the Melbourne
Cup could stop HMAS Melbourne
from achieving its operational
objectives.
While Fiorente galloped to
the finish line to win the 2013
Melbourne Cup on November 5,
Melbourne’s ship’s company were
once again called to duty.
Cup Day celebrations were temporarily
postponed for those on duty in
order to carry out vital maritime security
operations in the Gulf of Aden.
CO Melbourne CMDR Brian
Schlegel said personnel were keen
to celebrate the occasion but operations
with the Yemeni, French and
Canadian navies took priority.
“The ship’s company of
Melbourne is proud to bear the
city’s namesake and the Melbourne
Cup is especially significant for the
crew,” CMDR Schlegel said.
“But the men and women who
serve in Melbourne are dedicated
and professional and they are proud
to carry out their duty to the nation
in the Middle East.”
Meanwhile, Navy officers and
sailors celebrated Cup Day in grand
style at bases around the country
and in ships at sea around the globe.
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In finest tradition
TOGETHER: RAN Band members stand at attention in front of an MRH-90 and other personnel during
HMAS Albatross’ Ceremonial Divisions.
Photo: ABIS Sarah Williams
Highlighting a
lasting legacy
SGT Dave Morley
AVIATION trainees at RAAF Base
Wagga honoured HMA Ships Perth with
a Colours Ceremony on October 18.
In 2009, the RAAF Wagga Senior
ADF Officer (SADFO) along with the
Navy Wagga staff and trainees became
custodians of the Jack Staff from the
guided missile destroyer Perth II.
An agreement between CN and CAF
gave permission to Navy members posted
to RAAF Base Wagga to raise the
White Ensign on three occasions each
year.
WOML-SC Greg Hetzel, Navy
administration warrant officer at RAAF
School of Technical Training, said each
of those occasions marked a significant
date in the history of Navy’s three
Perths.
“The first, in March each year, coincides
with the loss of the first Perth and
459 of her crew during a battle with
the Japanese fleet in the Sunda Strait in
1942,” he said.
WOML-SC Hetzel said the second
event, mid-year, acknowledged the commissioning
of Perth III, the eighth and
final Anzac-class frigate.
“A ship which some of the aviation
sailors here today will serve in with
future ship’s flights,” he said.
“The third event, remembers the
war service of Perth II, particularly
October 18, 1967, off Chau Khe in North
Vietnam when she was struck by Viet
Cong rockets while serving on the gun
line during the Vietnam War.”
The Jack Staff was dedicated by a
survivor of Perth I, John Wood, 91, who
was the guest of honour for the Colours
Ceremony.
Navy personnel have been serving
at RAAF Base Wagga since 1992, when
a handful of officers and senior sailors
posted in to establish the Fleet Air Arm
within the RAAF School of Technical
training.
Twenty-one years later, more than
3000 technical sailors have graduated
and joined the fleet.
Dallas McMaugh
IN A long-standing tradition,
the ship’s company of HMAS
Albatross paraded for inspection
during Ceremonial Divisions on
November 1.
Personnel were reviewed by
reviewing officer RADM Anthony
Dalton and CO Albatross CAPT
Gordon Andrew. Lady Nannette
Smith, widow of the man considered
the founding father of the Fleet
Air Arm, ADM Sir Victor Smith,
was a special guest.
When the then CAPT Smith
assumed command of Albatross
in 1957 he insisted on the regular
parading of Divisions. With its
emphasis on immaculate dress,
bearing and discipline, CAPT
Smith considered the parading of
Divisions an excellent way of building
morale.
Lady Smith said a lot had
changed since her husband’s tenure,
but she remembered him for
his insistence on keeping everything
“ship-shape and in Bristol fashion”
and said he would be pleased to see
the way Albatross had developed
over the years.
Addressing the 700 personnel
and guests, CAPT Andrew said the
process of improving and building
the capability of Albatross remained
a priority.
“The opening of the 170 new
accommodation units last month, the
upcoming commencement of the new
Romeo helicopter facility, the work of
the Albatross redevelopment and the
helicopter training system projects,
and the future development of the
Fleet Air Arm Museum in conjunction
with the Historic Air Restoration
Society are all testament to the ongoing
place of Albatross as one of the
most important Defence establishments
of the Commonwealth,” CAPT
Andrew said.
He said another vital development
over the years had been the
strengthening of Albatross’ role in
the local community.
“Through the efforts of many
people, our links across the broad
spectrum of life in the Shoalhaven
– political, cultural, sporting and
economic – have been forged and
strengthened,” he said.
“These bonds show in many different
ways, but given the events of
the past few weeks I would particularly
like to emphasise the very important
relationship between the regional
emergency services and Albatross.
“There is nothing more important
than the preservation of lives and
property, and supporting the agencies,
such as the Rural Fire Service,
that are charged with that responsibility
is a vital role that underscores
our place in the community.”
Ceremonial Divisions is also a
valuable opportunity for recognising
the service of those on parade.
RADM Dalton commended the
assembled personnel for their role
in supporting the Fleet Air Arm to
provide capability to the ADF and
also made a number of individual
presentations.
These included the Shark 02
awards, which he presented to LSA
Cory Wright for best performance
in operational flying training, SBLT
Brody Marris for best performance
in the pilot rotary course, LEUT
Mark Packer for best performance
in the aviation warfare officer rotary
course and LSA Richard Clark for
best performance in the aircrewman
rotary course.
WO Andrew Parker received a
commendation for 40 years’ service
and LCDR Roger Brook was awarded
the Army Commendation Medal
for meritorious service on Operation
Enduring Freedom.
ON PARADE: Personnel from RAAF Base Wagga march in formation during
a Colours Ceremony.
Photo: SGT Dave Morley
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MISSION
COMPLETE
HI DAD: PO Rhod Hunter is reunited with his wife Jess and two daughters
on board HMAS Choules.
Photo: LSIS Brenton Freind
WARM WELCOME: ABML-C Toby Miell is welcomed
home by his mum, Shelly, on board HMAS Choules.
Photo: LSIS Brenton Freind
COME ABOARD: Friends and families board HMAS
Choules to greet their loved ones inside.
Photo: LSIS Brenton Freind
WELCOME HOME: HMAS
Choules comes alongside
at Garden Island, as
friends and family wait
patiently on the wharf.
Photo: LSIS Brenton Freind
HMAS Choules has returned home
after providing support during
Operation Landscape.
After almost six months at sea,
HMAS Choules returned to her
home port of Garden Island in
Sydney on November 10.
COMAUSFLT RADM Tim Barrett
and COMSURFOR CDRE Jonathan
Mead were on the wharf with family and
friends to welcome the ship.
RADM Barrett congratulated the
ship’s company on their commitment
to Operation Landscape, during which
Choules deployed to Manus Island in
Papua New Guinea.
“The crew, under the leadership of
CMDR Ashley Papp, have done an outstanding
job supporting other government
departments as part of the operation,”
RADM Barrett said.
“Choules has demonstrated her reliability
as a platform and remains a modern,
powerful and effective asset for the ADF.”
Choules ended her three-month deployment
to Operation Landscape in style on
October 21, hosting an official reception
and traditional ceremonial sunset.
Papua New Guinea High
Commissioner Deborah Stokes and
CMDR Papp hosted about 80 Australian
and PNG Government officials in the
ship’s temporary air shelter.
CMDR Papp said the reception recognised
the strength of relationships built
during the deployment.
“During our time in Papua New
Guinea, Choules forged relationships
with local officials and other Australian
Government agencies,” CMDR Papp said.
“The reception recognised the importance
of these relationships and was a
chance for the crew to return some of the
hospitality afforded to the ship’s crew
while on operation.
“No one on board Choules will forget
the experiences we have had while on Op
Landscape. It has been a great adventure.”
Choules was anchored off Manus
Island and provided maritime support to
Department of Immigration and Border
Protection efforts to increase the capacity
of the facilities on Manus Island.
CN VADM Ray Griggs said the ship
had provided a home for about 230
Australian Government personnel and
service providers.
“Additionally, Choules’ crew conducted
a number of community engagement
activities to assist with maintenance of
community buildings,” he said.
These community engagements
included training of PNG personnel in
visual morse code before they travelled to
the International Fleet Review in Sydney,
training of staff at the medical centre in
Tarangau, parading at Manus Provincial
Government Day and PNG Independence
Day, maintenance work around the island
including repainting and repairs to the
HMPNGS Tarangau chapel, running a
Faith under Fire three-day course for PNG
Defence Force personnel and hosting a
sports day with PNG Defence Force.
VADM Griggs visited the ship during
the deployment and said Choules’ support
to the operation proved the value of the
platform’s capabilities.
“Navy has demonstrated that it has a
responsive and deployable amphibious
capability that will be further enhanced
with the introduction of the LHDs next
year,” he said.
“The crew of Choules has done an
outstanding job in supporting other government
departments involved in this
operation.”
On her way home from Landscape,
Choules stopped in Townsville on
November 5 and used the newly commissioned
Berth 10 to clear customs and
quarantine before leaving for Sydney later
the same day.
This was the first operational use of
the new berth and enabled the ship to
pick up stores and offload the Townsvillebased
cargo, watercraft and vehicles
that were essential to the success of Op
Landscape .
During her brief stopover, Choules
attracted a lot of media with CMDR Papp
conducting radio, press and television
interviews while berthed in Townsville.
The ship’s company will now go on
leave while Choules enters a short period
of scheduled assisted maintenance.
FRIENDLY WAVE: Sue Hart and Maddie and Elanor Harley welcome
home LEUT Stephanie Foulkes.
Photo: LSIS Brenton Freind
WITH THANKS: CO HMAS Choules CMDR Ashley Papp presents CO
Tarangau Naval Base CMDR Peter Tupma with a photograph collage of
Choules’ time in Manus.
Photo: LSCSO Matthew Limb
IN MEMORY: LEUT Stephanie Foulkes and POB Mark Woodhouse tidy
grave sites at the Manus Island cemetery ahead of a memorial service for
fallen WWI personnel.
Photo: LEUT Sarah Mills
Crew pays tribute
LEUT Sarah Mills
Before leaving Manus Island,
personnel from HMAS Choules
conducted a memorial service to
remember Australians who died
there during WWII.
The service was held on October
24 at the cemetery, which was
the former site of a military headquarters
and is now part of Manus
Secondary School grounds.
Before the ceremony, Choules’
company and the staff of Manus
Secondary School conducted maintenance
of the area and tidied grave
sites under the watchful eye of
CHAP Sarah Gibson.
ABBM Callum Cherry said he
was happy to take part in the activity.
“It was good to be able to help
out and take care of the graves of
those who gave their lives during
WWII,” AB Cherry said.
CHAP Gibson and PNG Defence
Force CHAP David Ndramen conducted
the ceremony as sailors and
soldiers laid floral arrangements on
the graves and paid tribute to the
fallen.
“It was important for us, as
serving ADF personnel, to pay our
respects to those who served on
Manus Island in the past and to
think of their families so far away
from where their loved ones are
buried,” CHAP Gibson said.
FLEET FEET: LS Morgan Kovo, of PNG Defence Force, and SBLT NEW TRICKS: AB Matthew Brooke gives
Samuel Fraser, of HMAS Choules, during a game of soccer at kicking tips to a boy during a morning of sports
Tarangau Naval Base.
Photo: LAC Oliver Carter with locals.
Photo: LAC Oliver Carter
AT WORK: Above, ABCIS Sarah Akil delivers
a lesson on international visual morse code
to members of the PNG Defence Force at
Tarangau Naval Base, Manus Island. Above
right, LS Jane Clough sits with a child while
(right) senior nursing officer LCDR Victoria
Caton helps a mother and her newborn baby
at the HMPNGS Tarangau Medical Centre.
Photos: LAC Oliver Carter
NOT TO BE MISSED:
Personnel recreate the
International Fleet Review
fleet entry in their own unique
way while anchored off
Manus Island.

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FUN TIME: LS Glen Renshaw shows Mickey Mouse his Team Navy Renshaw
Racing Holden VE SSV ute at the HMAS Stirling Family Fun Day.
Photo: CPOIS David Connolly
MAKING FRIENDS: ABCIS Stephanie Shipman,
of HMAS Wollongong, meets a Girl Guide from
Kupang in Indonesia after Wollongong arrived for
Operation Corpat.
Photo: LSIS Jo Dilorenzo
ON THE JOB: AB Jacob Machen on the forecastle of
HMAS Wollongong during Operation Corpat.
Photo: LSIS Jo Dilorenzo
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the tactical voice circuit during Operation Corpat. Photo: ABIS Kathy Tuddenham
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HISTORY
17
Gone but not forgotten
The crew of Navy’s first ship lost in WWII met
a sad fate, SGT Dave Morley reports.
N AUXILIARY minesweeper
achieved several ‘firsts’ in
1940, but for all the wrong
reasons.
HMAS Goorangai, a former 223-
tonne Castle-type steam trawler, was
Navy’s first ship lost in WWII, Navy’s
first surface ship lost in wartime and
Navy’s first surface ship lost with all
hands.
She was struck forward of the funnel
on the port side and cut in two
after a collision with HMA Troopship
Duntroon in Port Phillip Bay on the
night of November 20, 1940.
She sank in less than a minute taking
all crew down with her.
The much bigger and more powerful
10,400-tonne Duntroon was moving
at just over 17 knots under brownout
conditions on her way to Sydney.
Goorangai was crossing the
entrance to Port Phillip Bay from
Queenscliff at 8.45pm when the two
ships collided.
Her crew were members of the
RANR, some of them including the
master, Commissioned WO David
McGregor, were former crewmen from
her days as a trawler.
The remainder of the RANR crew
were mainly from Williamstown.
Despite rescue attempts by the
unharmed crew of Duntroon and later
by Army and Air Force personnel,
none could be saved and the bodies of
only six of the 24 sailors killed were
recovered during salvage operations in
the two months after the sinking.
Five of the bodies were identified
as that of Ordinary Seaman Austin
Carter, 31, Chief Engine Room
Artificer Charles Green, 37, AB
Norman Farquharson, 21, Stoker 2nd
Class Leslie Mainsbridge, 20, and
Leading Stoker John Moxey, 38.
Stoker 2nd Class Mainsbridge had
only been in the Navy five months to
the day he was killed.
Leading Stoker Moxey’s brother
AB Alfred Moxey was later killed in
HMAS Yarra.
The last body to be recovered could
not be identified and he was buried
within 24 hours of discovery.
Four bodies, including the unidentified
remains, were buried at
Williamstown. The fifth was buried at
Springvale and the sixth at Cheltenham
at the request of their next of kin.
Because the wreck was inside the
shipping transit zone, a quick method
of clearance and salvage was determined
as essential.
Navy decided explosives were the
quickest method but the job wasn’t
completed until March 1941.
A Court of Marine Inquiry initially
found both ships to be at fault.
The person navigating Goorangai
was not found to be in default of the
Navigation Act at the time whereas the
FIRST TO GO: The auxiliary
minesweeper HMAS Goorangai
comes in to dock c.1940.
Photo: Seapower Centre
captain of Duntroon was found to be in
default in the following ways:
➤ Not keeping proper lookout.
➤ Failing to watch compass bearing of
the other vessel.
➤ Not reducing speed of his ship earlier
when approaching a situation
which was obviously dangerous.
However, the captain of Duntroon
was later exonerated as a supposed
poor positioning of side navigation
lights aboard Goorangai was identified
as the main cause of the accident.
Despite this finding, a Navy assessment
considered the obscuration so
unlikely that no modifications were
recommended for sister ships.
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PERSONNEL
19
Safety always a winner
Michael Brooke
TWO sailors shared the top prize at
the 2013 Chief of Navy Awards for
Safety Excellence.
LSBM Peter Ramage, of Assail
Three, and ABET Samuel Paton, of
HMAS Choules, each won $1000 and
shared the CMDR Dave Allen Award
for developing solutions to reduce the
risk of hazards in the workplace.
CN VADM Ray Griggs presented
the awards at the RAN Heritage
Centre in Sydney on October 31.
The annual awards recognise units,
ships, establishments and individuals
that have made a positive contribution
to Navy safety.
“The Navy Safety Awards, as has
been the case over many years, are an
opportunity to showcase the exemplary
commitment and efforts across Navy
to eliminate and manage hazards and
risks,” VADM Griggs said.
“Safety is a collective responsibility
that is important to us as individuals,
for our families and as an essential
input to capability. We need to have a
strong, robust safety culture to be able
to fight and win at sea.”
LS Ramage developed a pro forma
for his shipmates to use after he identified
a gap in chemical hazard accounting
in the Workplace Health and Safety
Act 2011.
“I’m delighted I was able to assist
the Patrol Boat Group through my
prior training and experience as the
command safety adviser at HMA Ships
Penguin and Coonawarra,” he said.
VADM Griggs said the award recognised
LS Ramage’s superior professionalism
and unwavering enthusiasm
in maintaining safety standards, which
included mentoring hazard chemical
management skills to crews within the
Patrol Boat Group during off-watch
periods to help identify deficiencies.
“Your mentoring also resulted in
improvements across the patrol boat
community and contributed to standardisation
with current policy and
guidance,” he said.
Choules’ SWO Brian Collins
accepted the award on behalf of joint
winner AB Paton, who could not
attend the ceremony because he was
deployed in Choules.
VADM Griggs said the award recognised
AB Paton’s proactive contribution
towards adapting and implementing
the Navy’s working at heights
policies and procedures into a workable
solution on Choules.
“Showing initiative and professionalism
you adopted a centralised
approach and devised a single ship
register,” he said.
AB Paton created a data bank of
identified risk assessments available to
all departments.
His streamlined approach led to a
reduction in the preparation time of
working at height permits and risk
assessments.
Other category winners included
HMA Ships Stuart and Cerberus.
The Engineering Faculty Electrical
Training facility at Cerberus received
the CN award for the best solution
to an identified workplace health and
safety issue.
WINNING ENTRANTS: Navy Safety Award winners with CN VADM Ray Griggs. (L-R) CMDR Ashley Shanks,
LSBM Peter Ramage, LSMT Benjamin Wright, CN, LSMT Joel Heit, Choules’ SWO Brian Collins and CO Stuart
CMDR Jason Hunter.
Photo: ABIS Jesse Rhynard
“A significant safety issue was discovered
and then rectified by LSMT
Benjamin Wright and LSMT Joel Heit,
who are the instructors of the Ship’s
Electrical Maintainer Course,” VADM
Griggs said.
“The identified fault had the potential
to cause significant injury had
anybody been exposed to an electric
shock, as the protection in the system
was not adequate to preserve life.”
Stuart’s command team was presented
with the CN Leadership Award
for injury or disease prevention and
management in recognition of the
team’s commitment to the continuous
improvement of work health and
safety over the past 18 months.
“This has been achieved through
the fostering of leadership at all levels
within the unit and an associated
development of best practice in terms
of education, reporting and management,”
VADM Griggs said.
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be nominated for next year’s Defence
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The Workplace Remuneration
Arrangement (WRA) has delivered
a 2.5 per cent pay increase
to ADF members effective from
November 7.
This increase is the final instalment
under the current WRA and
will appear in members’ bank
accounts and pay slips from pay
day November 21.
The rise applies to all regular
and reserve salary rates for members
up to captain (equivalent).
The increase will also apply to
salary-related allowances such as
service, flying, seagoing and field
allowances.
Director Military
Remuneration COL Warwick
Austin said Defence remained
committed to delivering a competitive
employment offer for
ADF members “so we continue to
attract and retain the right people”.
“The WRA represents one key
component of that offer,” he said.
With the current WRA expiring
on November 3 next year, work
has already begun on developing
the next arrangement.
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TRAINING
21
Height of training
proves popular
LEUT Sarah Mills
SAILORS and soldiers of HMAS
Choules undertook height safety training
during Operation Landscape.
David Thomas, of Fire & Safety
Australia, joined the ship on October 8
for four days to instruct in two working
at heights courses as well as a two-day
tower rescue training course.
The courses gave personnel the
knowledge and skills to work safely at
heights and to rescue a fallen worker
using one-on-one techniques.
Not letting the height deter them,
personnel bravely took the leap from
the aft end of Choules’ superstructure to
practise their rescues.
POMT Brett Duncan said his initial
apprehension quickly disappeared.
“It was great to get out of the office
and break up the day,” he said.
“And even better to be able to rappel
from the back of the ship.”
SGT Geoff Coady, of the Ship’s
Army Detachment, also benefited from
the training. “The training was great, it
was a really enjoyable course and I loved
the practical side of it,” he said.
He said he was confident he could
rescue fellow shipmates and would trust
others on the course to rescue him if the
situation arose.
IN PRACTICE: LSCIS Jackson Wolfe and LSBM Peter Bates practise a
rescue on HMAS Choules during safety and heights training.
Photo: LEUT Sarah Mills
Learning to communicate
Eliza Bavin
OVER the past 18 months, New
Generation Navy’s Embed Signature
Behaviours (ESB) Team has delivered
courses across Australia to help people
communicate more effectively.
The Crucial Performance
Conversations Course (CPCC) is aimed
at line supervisors of leading seaman,
petty officer and lieutenant ranks. So far,
more than 60 per cent of all leading seamen
and lieutenants, and more than 75
per cent of petty officers have completed
the course.
More than 200 local leaders of mixed
ranks have also undertaken CPCC facilitator
training.
The courses are now travelling
to Navy personnel around the world
and five CPCC facilitators have been
posted to the US Naval Air Station in
Jacksonville, Florida, where 725SQN is
located.
WO Darren Murray, of 725SQN, said
such opportunities were hard to come by.
“We obviously can’t go to Fleet
Headquarters to take part in the courses,
so it is important to have some trained
trainers here to pass on the information,”
he said.
WO Gary Fuss, of ESB, said the team
was always on the lookout for potential
leaders.
“We are looking at those people who
are keen and eager to instruct others
within their units, and believe their influence
– leading by example – can make a
positive difference to their workplaces,”
WO Fuss said.
“If you demonstrate effective communication
and interpersonal skills, you
will naturally inspire others to do the
same even without trying. Good communication
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End of an era
LSIS Helen Frank
THE last seven photographers to
study at the School of Air Warfare
Photographic Training Flight (PTF)
at RAAF Base East Sale graduated
on October 25.
A parade was held for the six
Navy and one Army graduate of the
1/2013 Basic Photographic Course,
marking both the end of their training
and the closure of the training flight.
Formal photographic training
started during WWII when the Air
Force created a photographic flight
in Canberra. It moved to East Sale in
1946 and the School of Photography
was formed in April 1952.
In 1999 the school was disbanded
and became the Photographic
Training Flight.
Since then, more than 450 Navy,
Army and Air Force photographers
have received their training at the
school. AB Julianne Cropley said she
was proud to be one of the last.
“It’s a sad moment but I’m excited
about the life ahead of me,” she
said.
“I feel honoured to have met the
instructors and to have worked with
them.”
The reviewing officer for the
parade and OC Air Training Wing,
GPCAPT Glen Coy, said training had
come a long way over the years from
teaching and using wooden cameras
to using the latest digital technology.
“The Photographic Training
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LAST CLASS: Graduates of the final Basic Photographic course
at PTF. (L-R) AB Thomas Gibson, AB Kayla Hayes, AB Christopher
Beerens, AB Julianne Cropley, LCPL Kyle Genner, LS Bonny
Gassner and AB Jake Badior.
Photo: Celestee Roylance
Flight closes its doors but retains its
proud history,” he said.
“The graduates of 1/2013 basic
photographic course will be its final
legacy.”
The way ahead for imagery specialists
is being reviewed as part of
the wider intelligence branch review
under Project Metis.
Category sponsor WOIS Shane
Cameron said a decision about the
training of future imagery specialists
would not be made until the review
was complete.
“Along with Project Metis, the
closure of the school has created a
perfect time for Navy to re-evaluate
the capability that is required and to
develop the training to achieve that
capability,” WO Cameron said.
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Organisations are dynamic entities that need to respond to changes in their industry,
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career aspirations.
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applications close 1 November 2013)
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There are exciting times ahead for
imagery specialists as new classes of
ship come online.
The two imagery specialists joining
NUSHIP Canberra in January
will fill the first full-time sea positions
for photographers since the
decommissioning of HMA Ships
Cook and Morseby in the early 1990s.
“It’s exactly where Navy imagery
specialists should be,” WO Cameron
said.
“In the future I see us having
deployable teams at sea providing
a diverse and professional output to
enhance Navy’s capability.
“Imagery specialists will be
expected to shoot and produce both
stills and video imagery as well as
write articles and stories.”
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programs please contact:
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Email: seit.studentmailbox@adfa.edu.au
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November 21, 2013
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JUSTICE
23
Not always final
CAPT Scott Ritchie
Director Military Discipline Law
One of the most important safeguards
in the military discipline system is the
command-based review regime, which
reviews all service tribunal proceedings
resulting in a conviction.
As soon as practicable after a person
is convicted, an automatic review
of the proceedings is done by an
authorised and competent reviewing
authority not involved with the charge
or proceedings.
They usually have 30 days to complete
the review.
Before starting, the reviewing
authority is required to obtain a report
on the proceedings from a legal
officer.
After the results of the automatic
review have been provided, the convicted
person has 30 days in which to
lodge a petition for a further review of
the proceedings.
An application for further review
may also be made to the CDF or a
Service Chief if it appears there are sufficient
grounds for a further review. The
reviewing authority can:
• confirm the conviction and/or punishment;
• quash the conviction and/or punishment;
or
• substitute the conviction with a conviction
of a different service offence.
AFTER THE TRIAL: Command-based
review is an important safeguard to the
military discipline system.
Photo: CPL Aaron Curran
If the reviewing authority quashes
a conviction and does not order a new
trial, then the person is acquitted of the
offence.
Where a punishment is quashed,
the reviewing authority can substitute
another punishment, as long as the new
punishment is not more severe than the
one originally imposed.
In the case of a court martial or ADF
magistrate conviction and punishment
being confirmed on review, the convicted
person can seek a further review of the
matter by the ADF Discipline Appeal
Tribunal.
Regardless of the review option, a
reviewing authority must give written
notice of the review to the convicted
person and to the relevant summary
authority.
OCTOBER TRIAL RESULTS
Note: All court martial and Defence Force magistrate trial results are subject
to command review and appeal. The results published are of trials across
the ADF.
Officer
Defence Force Magistrate
One charge of act of
indecency without consent
– DFDA s 61(3) and Crimes Act
1900(ACT) s 60(1)
One charge of prejudicial
conduct – DFDA s 60(1)
(alternative)
The member was accused of
indecently touching another
member without that member’s
consent. The member pleaded
not guilty to both charges and
was found guilty of committing
an act of indecency. The
member was fined $2200 with
$800 to be paid immediately
and the remainder in fortnightly
instalments.
Other Rank
Restricted Court Martial
Four charges of act of
indecency without consent
– DFDA s 61(3) and Crimes Act
1900(ACT) s 60(1)
The member was accused of
indecently touching individuals
without their consent. The
member pleaded guilty to all
charges and was found guilty.
The member was severely
reprimanded and fined $3753.40,
of which $2953.40 was
suspended and the remainder to
be paid in fortnightly instalments.
NCO
Restricted Court Martial
One charge of theft – DFDA s
47C
One charge of failing to
comply with a general order –
DFDA s 29(1)
Once charge of prejudicial
conduct – DFDA s 60(1)
The member was accused of
taking a DVD belonging to the
Commonwealth and storing
its contents on a personal
computer. The member pleaded
not guilty to all charges and
was found guilty of theft and
prejudicial conduct. The member
was reprimanded and fined
$4530.02, of which $2265.01
was suspended.
NCO
Defence Force Magistrate
One charge of dishonestly
obtaining a gain – DFDA s 61(3)
and Criminal Code Act 1995 s 135(1)
The member was accused
of making a dishonest travel
statement and retaining
associated funds that the
member was not entitled to. The
member pleaded guilty and was
found guilty. The member was
reduced in rank, required to pay
reparation to the Commonwealth
totalling $1070.50 and sentenced
to 45 days’ detention.
THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN
AN ABLE seaman acting as a guide in Sydney during
the International Fleet Review was harassed by members
of the public who made disparaging comments
about the member and the Navy uniform. Coins were
also thrown at the sailor.
At all times the AB displayed maturity, self-discipline
and professionalism in dealing with the antagonistic
behaviour and many positive comments from Navy
personnel and the community were given to the member’s
chain of command. The member was personally
thanked by the Command Warrant Officer – Fleet
Command.
A LEADING seaman electronics technician was found
to have used synthetic drugs after returning a positive
test result for synthetic cannabis.
The member’s service was terminated.
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How long does it take for Toll to confirm the actual uplift date?
Once you have submitted a completed AFR, and your removal has been approved, in
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24 FINANCE www.defence.gov.au/news/NAVYNEWS November 21, 2013
Ensure
your
insurance
NSW’s bushfires are a stark reminder of the benefits of home insurance, says
Australian Securities and Investment Commission chairman Greg Medcraft.
HOOSING the right insurance
for your home and contents
will give you an added
sense of security and lessen
the pain and cost of repairing your
home or replacing stolen or damaged
goods.
Here are some tips on getting the
right cover.
Shop around
Get a few quotes and go through
the policies and all their inclusions and
exclusions with a fine-tooth comb.
If you have an existing policy you
are happy with, see if other insurers
can offer the same protection for less.
But do not just think about the cost.
Make sure you have the right level
of insurance first. Think about the cost
second.
If you do need to make a claim, it
will be what your policy covers that
matters most.
Check your existing policy
Take time to re-evaluate whether
your existing policy is still the right fit.
Consider getting a home valuation
or revaluation.
Consider and value your contents
carefully and do not forget any expensive
items.
Make sure you are covered for
enough. Many people find out too late
that something was not covered.
A cheap policy that does not cover
what you need is a waste of time and
money.
Take preventative action
If you are contemplating taking a
holiday this summer, think about how
you will help keep your home secure.
A home security system might
help to lower the cost of your home
insurance or at least help protect your
home.
But be careful that your policy still
covers you.
Many insurers will not cover events
that occur if your home is unoccupied
for more than 60 days. Check your
policy.
Also start thinking about the wild
weather summer may bring.
If you live in an area prone to
natural disasters home and contents
insurance is essential. My advice is to
check your policy carefully.
The level of cover varies for natural
disasters and you might not even be
covered.
Reduce your risk by seeing how
you can help bushfire or flood-proof
your home.
Check the State Emergency Service
website in your area for tips on preventing
flooding and your local fire
service website for bushfire prevention
information.
Pay less for the policy
If you have multiple items you
insure such as cars, motorcycles or
boats, consider bundling the policies
with one insurer.
You can also reduce your insurance
premium by agreeing to pay a higher
excess if you make a claim.
Other discounts might be available
and may apply to your particular circumstances.
It doesn’t hurt to ask.
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November 21, 2013
www.defence.gov.au/news/NAVYNEWS
HEALTH
25
Quitting for a better life
A chief petty officer tells LSIS Helen
Frank how he quit smoking for his family,
fitness and bank balance.
HERE is nothing like a hit
to the hip pocket to make a
sailor think twice about his
actions.
Four years ago it was this
and the birth of his son which
made CPOML-SC Chris Harmer,
of HMAS Stirling, give up his
15-year, half-a-pack-a-day smoking
habit.
“I decided to quit smoking
when my son was born as I felt
guilty holding him with smoker’s
breath,” CPO Harmer said.
“I also felt I was getting behind
in my fitness and needed to kick
the habit to help improve my overall
health.
“It was also becoming a ridiculously
expensive habit. The money
saved from not smoking could be
better used for other things.”
CPO Harmer spoke to his doctor
about how best to go about
quitting and discussed things like
the use of gum and patches.
“In the end I just read a book
on quitting smoking by Allen Carr
and went cold turkey,” he said.
CPO Harmer said his health got
a little worse before it got better,
mainly due to weight gain.
“My appetite was good before
I quit but afterwards I became an
eating machine, putting on around
10kg in five months, even though I
was exercising regularly,” he said.
“Through the exercise it
became noticeable my lungs were
clearing up and feeling better and
my endurance with running and
other sports was on the increase.”
His smelly, yellow stained
fingers and the terrible taste in his
mouth after a night out also started
to disappear.
After a few weeks he really
started to notice the smell of cigarettes
on others.
“Still to this day it really stands
out but this also is a great deterrent
to not take it up again as I never
realised how bad I must have smelt
until I quit,” CPO Harmer said.
He said after a month or so he
seemed to be breathing easier and
not wheezy at all.
“My smoker’s cough was starting
to die off after about six to
eight weeks, which was great.”
With the money he saved from
not buying cigarettes CPO Harmer
was able to buy a new home entertainment
system.
“Now it just makes paying the
bills easier,” he said.
To gain assistance to quit smoking, visit
a doctor or call the Quit help line, 137
848 or visit www.quitnow.gov.au
BREAKING THE HABIT: CPO Chris Harmer is a lot happier after quitting his 15-year smoking habit.
Photo: LSIS Bradley Darvill

26 SPORT www.defence.gov.au/news/NAVYNEWS November 21, 2013
Here’s your chance
to give it a tri
CANBERRA’S Females in Training (FIT) invites
novices and experienced female triathletes to
participate in the Women’s and Girls Canberra
Centenary Triathlon on December 1 at Black
Mountain Peninsula in Canberra.
The WAG-Tri is about fun, challenge and participation
and features a lake swim, bike ride and run,
with challenges to suit both novice and experienced
triathletes.
Personnel who don’t want to do the whole event,
are encouraged to get together with friends and
enter as a team of two or three and share the swimming,
cycling and running legs.
Race 1 is a short 200m swim, 7.5km cycle and
2km run or walk, while Race 2 will be a 400m swim,
15km cycle and 4km run or walk.
There’ll also be barrel draw prizes including a
new bike.
More information and entry details are at www.fitact.org.au
UPLIFTING RESULT: LSPT Luke Martin does pull-ups at the Australian Hero Games held at Holsworthy Army Barracks in Sydney.
Photo: ABIS Kayla Hayes
Workout for a hero
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CPL Cameron Baird died how he lived – at
the front, giving his all without any indecision
– so the workout designed in his honour
for this year’s Australian Hero Games started
with a 600m sprint.
The Hero Games is a CrossFit competition
which has been hosted each year by 2
Cdo Regt, Holsworthy, since 2011. Each year
the workout is dedicated to a fallen soldier
and raises money for the Commando Welfare
Trust.
CPL Baird was killed in action in
Afghanistan in June.
His fellow commandos remember him as
an outstanding Special Forces soldier, exemplifying
what it meant to be a commando,
living by the attributes of uncompromising
spirit and honour.
CPL Baird was a dedicated and disciplined
soldier, always striving for excellence
in everything he did.
More than 140 people worked out in memory
of CPL Baird on November 6 and more
than $11,000 was raised on the day.
Navy, Army and Air Force were represented
along with AFP and civilians from local
CrossFit gyms.
LSPT Luke Martin, of FBE Gym, took
out second place behind Khan Porter, of
CrossFit Play.
He said he discovered CrossFit while on
his PT course and has loved it ever since.
“This was my second competition but the
first one that I have done well in,” he said.
“Competing for CPL Baird was inspiring,
especially at the beginning when we had a
minute’s silence and heard about who he was
and what he did.”
The Commando Welfare Trust supports
initial emergency funding and the long-term
financial requirements of families of fallen
soldiers in times of hardship where existing
funding or grants or entitlements no longer
provide support.
Hero Games coordinator MAJ F said he
hoped to raise more funds than in previous
years.
“We raised a total of $50,000 last year and
we are hoping to double it this year,” he said.
In addition to the competition day held at
Holsworthy, the Hero Games is run internationally
through CrossFit boxes around the world.
Contact Cyril Mitchell Phone: 02 62659620
www.rmcg.com.au
RESULTS
Male open winner:
Khan Porter, of CrossFit Play,
206 reps
Second place:
LSPT Luke Martin, of FBE Gym,
184 reps
Female open winner:
Alethea Boon, of CrossFit Active,
172 reps
Second place:
Sara Gavin, of PH CrossFit,
143 reps
The workout:
Baird ‘leading from the front’
600m run (men 2min time cap, women
3min time cap)
3 Rounds – as many reps as possible
1min pull-ups
1min deadlifts (men 90kg, women 70kg)
1min lateral burpees
1min rest
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HAVING A BALL: AB Jasmin Butler competes in
the beach volleyball.
Close finish for
volleyballers
NAVY volleyballers were runners-up at the Australian
Defence Volleyball Association (ADVA) annual
national tournament in Townsville from October 25 to
November 3.
A visiting team from the RAF contested the statebased
combined services indoor competition and beat
ACT 3-1 in the men’s final.
North Queensland beat a combined NSW/ACT/
South Australia 3-0 in the women’s combined service
competition.
PO Brad Imberger was named best passer for the
tournament.
The ADVA committee is now planning for the 2014
competition with early indications the Royal Navy
might participate.
For more information on Defence volleyball, go to www.adva.
net.au
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YOUR
STORY
Contact the Editor
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November 21, 2013
www.defence.gov.au/news/NAVYNEWS
SPORT
27
Rookies
fill gap at
nationals
Michael Brooke
A TEAM of keen rookies helped
Navy to an impressive performance
in the 2013 ADF Football Association
Championships in Sydney.
Navy came within a whisker of winning
the men’s open title but lost their
last match against Air Force 3-0.
Owing to the high operational tempo
of the Fleet at present, several key players
were unable to be released.
The Navy men’s open team played
well beyond their experience level in beating
Army 4-0, Defence APS 3-1 and the
New Zealand Defence Force 2-0.
Vice President Navy Football
Association LEUT Jim Ford said Navy
did a great job with the players that were
available.
“Navy fielded a team minus six key
players, including two national team representatives,”
he said.
Navy’s best player was team captain
AB Jason Kingdon, of HMAS Stirling,
who was voted most valuable player.
AB Kingdon, 29, played at centreback
where he was superb in attack and
defence, despite playing with a torn
groin tendon.
“This is only my third year playing
for Navy, but the second time I have won
this award,” he said.
“Hopefully we can do better next
year, but I’m delighted that so many of
us gained selection in the ADFF team.”
ABATA Gary Niemeier, of 723SQN,
was voted coach’s player and LS Adam
Paloff, of RAAF Base Amberley, was
voted players’ player for the second
year in a row.
SMNATA Kaine Good, of HMAS
Albatross, received the rising star award
for his creative play throughout the
tournament.
Navy had five players selected for the
ADF national team. They are: ABCIS
Jason Kingdon, ABCIS Ryan Jewitt,
SMNATA Kaine Good, LEUT Rodney
Weeks and ABML-C Matthew Jacques.
Navy also came close to winning the
men’s over-35s tournament after posting
three wins and a draw from four
matches.
Navy played extremely well throughout
the tournament by beating Air Force
3-1, Defence APS 4-3 and the New
Zealand Defence Force 2-0.
Unfortunately, a 1-1 draw with Army
meant their archrivals carried off the trophy
on goal differential.
Navy’s best players were CPO Steven
Smith, who was selected as coach’s player,
and PO Martin Ball, who was voted
most valuable player by his peers.
Navy had six players selected for
the ADF men’s over-35s team. They are
CPO Cotgrove, ABCD Robbie Panetta,
POCSSMW Jason Lockard, LSMT
Brian Compagnoni, CPO Andrew Sims
and LCDR Anthony Green.
The Navy women also fielded a
team of rookies but were good enough
to crush Defence APS 5-0 and pip Air
Force 3-2.
However, the rookies were outgunned,
3-0 by Army and 1-0 by the
New Zealand Defence Force.
Two sailors from Albatross picked up
the top awards with ABCSO(A) Rebecca
Stanley receiving the coach’s award and
ABATA Anna Cernaz the players’ player
award.
Navy FFA Secretary LEUT Kellie
Brown said it was a memorable week,
especially for the women who celebrated
20 years of women in ADF Football.
Navy’s representatives in the ADF
national team are POPT Tricia Muller,
LSML-SC Danielle Williams and
LSML-SC Sarah Hickling.
ON TARGET: SMN Mitchell Waters puts one away in the ADF’s tour of the UK.
Brits take out hockey tests
SMN Mitchell Waters, of HMAS
Stirling, was named coach’s player
after the ADF hockey tour of Britain.
He was one of 12 Navy personnel
in the Defence Hockey
Association squad of 46 ADF men
and women that travelled to the UK.
The men lost to British
Combined Services 2-1 in a threetest
series after wins against four
single-service teams in mid-October.
The understrength women’s team
lost all three tests against British
Combined Services after winning
two of its three single-service leadup
games.
K10
Rugby
Union
Between the lead-up games and
the tests, the squad also embarked
on a three-day battlefield tour of
the Western Front in France and
Belgium.
Team manager CPO William
McConnell said that was inspiring.
“It is something the men’s ADF
hockey team did on its tour there in
2005,” he said.
“Three of us from that tour were
also on this tour, and felt that with
the breadth of experience and age
of the group that visiting the place
where our predecessors fell would
help bond the squad.
“This it did, with other members
K7
Netball
being affected by their individual
experiences.”
ADF hockey’s next major commitment
is the combined service
championships in Sydney from May
17-23.
If you are interested in playing
for your service, contact the following
state representatives.
SGT Rick Crowe (Queensland),
SQNLDR Zalie Duffy (NSW),
FLTLT James Norman (ACT), LT
Lyn Adamson (Vic/Tas), WOFF
Lara McAuliffe (South Australia),
LCDR Brian Froome (Western
Australia) or PO Troy Juillerat
(Northern Territory).
K12
Australian
Rules
Football
be aforce to be
reckoned with at
k-series
armed forces team challenge
Rugby Union K10s – 8 march 2014
Aussie Rules K12s & Netball K7s – 15 march 2014
Take charge and register your unit team today
Email: ARTC.Events@defence.gov.au
More information at www.army.gov.au/artc
FOOTWORK: LS Sarah Hickling, left, attempts to manoeuvre past CPL
Michelle Drennon in the women’s ADF football match against the RAAF at
Cromer Park in Manly.
Photo: ABIS Tom Gibson
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Kingdon, left, and LAC
Liam Mercer contest the
ball on the final day of the
Australian Defence Football
Federation Carnival held at
Cromer Park, Manly, NSW.
Photo: ABIS Tom Gibson
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TIGHT
SQUEEZE
Navy narrowly misses
taking out titles at
the ADF football
championships