ISSUE 24 : Sep/Oct - 1980 - Australian Defence Force Journal

"^ \Editors Comment[ DEFENCE)FORCE JOURNALOTHE Royal Australian Air Force hasprovided two Iroquois helicopters toassist with a census being conducted by thePapua New Guinea Government. Thehelicopters are from No. 9 Squadron, RoyalAustralian Air Force Base Amberley,Queensland. They will operate from Mendi andTari in the southern highlands. Their task willbe to transport members of the Papua NewGuinea Defence Force engaged in carrying outthe census in remote areas. During their stay inPapua New Guinea the helicopters will also beengaged in a training programme.The following four senior Armyappointments have been announced. BrigadierH.J. Coates has been appointed Deputy Chiefof Operations, replacing Brigadier D. A.Drabsch, who has been promoted to the rank ofMajor-General and appointed Chief ofOperations. Brigadier Coates was previouslyDirector General of Operations and Plans.Colonel J. A. Sheldrick has been promoted tothe rank of Brigadier and appointed DirectorGeneral of Operations and Plans. Brigadier A.D. Powell, formerly Director General ofElectrical and Mechanical Engineering, hasbeen appointed Deputy Chief of Logistics.Colonel J. E. Faulks has been promoted to therank of Brigadier and appointed DirectorGeneral of Electrical and MechanicalEngineering. He was previously the DeputyDirector.I would like to extend my personal thanksand best wishes to Mrs Gwen Lawless, who,after fifteen years as a Public Servant, hasretired. Mrs Lawless was the Supervisor incharge of the Typing Pool in Building C atRussell. She has been extremely helpful duringthis, my first year as Editor of the DefenceForce Journal. Gwen and her husband will beliving in Molymook on the South Coast of NewSouth Wales. On behalf of the ladies of theTyping Pool 1 wish them both a long and happyretirement.I would also like to take this opportunity towelcome Betty Martin who replaces Gwen asSupervising Typist. Betty was previouslySupervisor in charge of the Typing Pool inBuilding F Russell.On the subject of typing, I have received anumber of hand-written, and a few almostunreadable, photocopies of manuscripts. Itwould be greatly appreciated if all manuscriptscould be typed, double space, leaving a 3 cmmargin on each side of the page. Pages shouldbe numbered. I do not have my own typist andthe ladies of the typing pool are much too busyto undertake tasks such as retypingmanuscripts.The keel has been laid for the RoyalAustralian Navy's new underwayreplenishment ship at the Vickers CockatooIsland Dockyard in Sydney Harbour. The shipwill replace the present Fleet oiler, HMASSupply and is scheduled for delivery in 1983.The Minister for Defence, Mr Killen announcedthat the new ship would be named HMASSuccess.W