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

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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
A Company of theVickers GroupVICKERSCOCKATOODOCKYARDPty LimitedPage ThirtyBUILDERS OF MANY OFTHE NAVY'S FINESTFIGHTING SHIPSCOCKATOO ISLANDSYDNEYTelegraphic Address:CODOCKTelephone: 82 0661Telex: AA 21833THE NAVYIf you haven'tgot a Passport,you're probablynot goinganywherePassport Scotch WhiskyFrom the oldest distillery in Scotland904.1028February/March/April, 1975On Sunday 26th. Divisions andBand marched past the Naval Officerm-ChargeTasmania. CommanderMorrell. On the Australia Dayholiday, the camp provided twowhalers complete with crews andmarines in period costumes for there-enactment of Governor Phillipslanding at the Sandy Bay regatta.This was watched by the Governor ofTasmania. Sir Stanley Burbury whoalso inspected the 24 man guard ofhonour paraded for him by thecamp. Two unarmed platoons and adrum and bugle band also formedpart of the guardThe following competitions werewon during the camp.Best Division — Maintop: LieutenantAndrews. Runner-up —Foretop: Lieutenant Lee.A, J Williams sailing MemorialTrophy — 1st TS Macquarie, LieutenantTrafford: 2nd TS Derwent,Lieutenant Commander Heath. 3rdTS Emu, Lieutenant Strudwick.The Senior Officers ShootingTrophy — TS Tamar, LieutenantCleaver.Naval Reserve Cadets ofAustralia — Expedition toNew Zealand, 1975By Cadet Leading Seaman Q. M. G.Story of TS MELBOURNEIn early 1974. the New ZealandNavy League approached the NavyLeague of Australia concerning anexchange of Naval Reserve Cadets.The idea was that a number of NewZealand Cadets should spend sometime in Australia in exchange for anumber of Australian Cadets whoshould spend an equal amount oftime in New Zealand. The idea wasaccepted and immediately planswere formulated.The selection of the cadets involvedtwo main sections. It wasdecided to exchange three carets,each unit choosing two cadets bestthought to represent the country.These cadets then went to HMASLonsdale to go before the Board ofselection. The Board consisted ofthree Officers of Divisional Staff.NRC. Vic. The interviews were informalbut probing and after somedeliberation three were selected, thecadets being US QMG Lachlan Story.US Philip Rowbottom and A/S MTFJohn Thurtell.We had never met each otherbefore, except for brief momentsand we were all wondering what theothers were like. By the end of ourthree weeks trip, we were all extremelygood friends. As the day fordeparture drew near we were keptvery busy preparing uniforms etc.acquiring gear from HMAS Lonsdale,and making final arrangementswith LCDR A. H. Burrows.President. Navy League — Victoria.On 2 January, we all arrived atTullamarine Airport where weboarded a Boeing 747B. the triptaking three hours, landing at Christchurch.None of us had been to NewZealand before and were wonderingwhat it would be like.After going through Customs wewere met by Chief Petty OfficerSacell RNZN. who was responsiblefor our travelling arrangements, hetook us to Lyttleton where we weremet by a launch which took us to theCadet Training establishment atRipapa Island.Ripapa Island was an islandfortress built in 1816. as a guardagainst the threat of a Frenchinvasion, the name of the Fortressbeing Fort Jervois. Four big Navalrifles were mounted underground,completely hidden from the seaexcept when raised for the actualfiring.At Ripapa Island we were kept busysailing, shooting, hiking, swimming.diving and various other activities.There were sailing and pullingregattas as well as day sailing andpleasure trips. Inside the actualfortress was a rifle range which weused on occasions for shooting andrifle handling instructions. Weeach, at separate times, took part inhiking and tramping trips and togethertook part in a big search andrescue exercise. Due to these exerciseswe got to know the hillssurrounding Lyttleton quite well. Allin all. we learnt much and had anexcellent time during our stay atRipapa Island.We had a day's leave in Christchurchwith the rest of the Islandscadets. They were only to happy toshow us the sights of the city, suchas the Queen Elizabeth II park wherethe Christchurch games are beingheld.After leaving Ripapa Island wewent by bus south to Dunedin. Fromthis time on till the end of our staywe were in the charge of the NewZealand Navy League, and they certainlylooked after us in.fine style.While we were there Chief PTI Johnstontook us into Central Otago. rightup intc the hills. We stayed inQueenstown for the night and cameback the next day. In Queenstownwe took a ferry trip right into the hillsalong one massive crater lake. Wesaw such things as "The Remarkables". a range of mountains whichare definitely remarkable. They risestraight up from the water to snowcapped peaks. The entire area hadbeen formed by glaciers.Once back at Dunedin. we individuallysaw the city and surroundingareas. We did a little sailing and alot of sight seeing. We saw the bigalbatross colony, the museum, theharbour and the ships. I was takenon a one day drive to see thingstourist don't get to see. Such thingsas a private stud farm and the V8stock cars.From Dunedin we returned northto Christchurch for one night. Thenext morning while John Thurtelland Philip Rowbottom went sailing. Iwent to see the final of the men'sInternational Tennis Singles atQueen Elizabeth II Park.That was some match. Early thatafternoon we went inland to stay at afarm for two days. Despite the smallnessand hilliness of the farms theyare basically the same as Australianfarms. We were shown through along and narrow mountain pass"Four wheel drive only" this wasreally something. We saw muchgame in the mountains includingdeer.From the farm we went back toChristchurch to catch another747B home. While we were in theterminal building there was a firealarm and we were evacuated.All in all it was a fantastic trip forall of us. The New Zealanders couldnot have been better to us. We learnta lot and exchanged many ideaswith the New Zealand Cadet Corps. Itwas the highlight of our Cadetcareer. Due to the success of thisventure I feel it should be repeated.Activities such as this are going onall the time in the Naval ReserveCadets, and it is a very worthwhileorganisation.February/March/April, 1975 THE NAVY Page Thirty-one
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