The Navy Vol_37_Part1 (Feb-Mar-Apr, May-June-July 1975)

RADIO PARTSGROUPTV and Radio Components — Semi Conductors — Hi-FiStereo Equipment — Test Equipment — PA Equipment— General Electronic Components — ElectricalAppliances and Parts — Office Dictation Machines562 SPENCER STREETWEST MELBOURNE, VICTelephone: 329 78881103 DANDENONG ROAD, EAST MALVERNVICTelephone: 2118122157 ELIZABETH STREET, MELBOURNE, VICTelephone: 67 2699Page Twenty-eight THE NAVY February/March/April, 1975AROUND THETASMANIANDIVISIONCompiled by A. J. LeeA new Commanding Officer hasbeen appointed for TS Macquarie.He is Mr Charles E. Trafford. an exsubmarinerand now a PoliceOfficer at Strahan Mr Trafford wasappointed as a Lieutenant in theNaval Reserve Cadets to date. 5 May.1974Mr Ray Davis and Mr Rex Wellshave been appointed Sub-Lieutenantsto assist himOne of Lieutenant Tratford's firstacts was the sale of the Unit s 54ftketch Reginald M to Victorianbuyers. The money will be used tobuy smaller class sailing dinghiesThe unit has also purchased a 35seater bus for use as transport tobring their cadets Irom Queenstownto Strahan. a distance of 26 milesand provide a considerable budgetsaving in hired transportThe bus will be overhauled by theMt Lyell CompanyTS Macquarie expect to hold thefull ceremonial commissioning ofthe Unit on Saturday. 22 February.1975In December 1974. the retirementwas announced of Lieutenant CommanderG. T Boxball from theCorps. He was Deputy Senior Officerand Training Officer for the TasmanianDivision. He commenced asCO of TS Leven in the early 1960s,and served in that capacity until hispresent posting in 1972. A successorhas not yet been appointed.During the year the followingpromotions were posted.The Commanding Officer of TSDerwent, Lieutenant D. J. Heath wasadvanced to Lieutenant-CommanderHe is the first ex Sea Cadetin Tasmania to achieve this rank. Hejoined Derwent as a cadet at its inauguralparade in 1951 He has beenwith the Unit except for a briefperiod for National Service and atime with the Tasmanian DivisionHeadquarters.Senior Instructors. Max Webb ofDerwent and Andrew Forsyth ofTamar were promoted to Sub-Lieutenantto date. 1 March. 1974Ten cadets under Lieutenant Colemanspent five days afloat onboardHMAS Stalwart working out of theport of Hobart A further ten underLieutenant Lee were aboard HMASHobart for three days and voyagedfrom Devonport to Hobart.Four Tasmanian cadets underSenior Instructor MacKenzie attendeda ten day cooking course onboard HMAS Melbourne alongsideat Sydney This was part of thepreparation for galley staff for theTasmanian Division.Cadet L/S Jones oj TS EMU operater VK 7DZW under thewatchjul eye of Instructor I). Wilson.A series of races were held duringthe year between Emu, Leven,Mersey and York (more commonlyknown as "Yukk") in which no crewcould compete twice. The series waswon by TS EMU. Emu also roundedoff the events by winning a rifle competitionbetween themselves.Mersey and Leven.The Navalmen's Association ofUlverstone-Devonport havedonated to Leven (600 worth ofequipment including a 14ft boattrailer, three walkie-talkie typeradios and radiators. The Associationhas also undertaken to pay forthe repairs to Mersey's 16ft 6inmotor skiff which needs rebuilding.Leven has also just purchased anEnterprise yacht and trailer for$400Ulverstone LIONS will pay $300towards this and the yacht will berenamed SEALION in their honor.Each Unit in the Division is atpresent attempting to set up a radiolink with each other using crystalcontrolled army type 62 transmitterson 1.725 MKz. Final permissionfrom the PMG is expectedsoon.On 20 January, eighty cadetsand thirty-eight Officers and Instructorsof the Division entered camp atFort Direction for ten days AnnualContinuous Training. A total of fiveskiffs, two whalers and two motorboats were assembled from theDerwent, Emu, Leven and MerseyUnits.The camp was commanded by theDivisional Senior Officer. LieutenantCommander A. E. Gates.Fewer cadets than normal attendedbecause of the tendency to obtainemployment during the very longschool holiday.The accent of training was on boatwork..22 rangework. drill and radiocommunications. The radio workwas done by Instructor D. Wilson ofTS EMU who set up his amateurstation at the camp. His callsign wasVK7DZW operating on 144 MKz atFort Direction. Local communicationwas by walkie-talkie on 27-24MKz and Army 25 sets on 59 MKzA survival trek across Bruny Islandhad to be called off owing to thework boats being committed towork on the Tasman Bridge Disaster.This also effected the camp asa short trip to the camp became a100 mile round trip from HMASHuon to Fort Direction.February/March/April. 1975 THE NAVY Page Twenty-nine