Vale- Fred Elliott Fred Elliott – HI 1953 Station Year Season Heard Island 1953 Winter Mawson 1955 Winter Mawson 1958 Winter It is with a great degree of sadness that I advise you of the death of our esteemed Antarctic colleague and friend, Fred Elliott. After a period of time in hospital he returned to […]
Vale- Dr Peter Guy Station Year Season Macquairie Is 1974 Winter Mawson 1975 Winter Trevor Luff has advised of the passing of Dr Peter Guy. His funeral was on 23rd January on the Sunshine Coast. Peter was very well known to Qld ANARE and has spent the past few years in Caloundra on the Sunshine […]
Vale- Chris Stucki Station Year Season Casey 1988 Winter Chris Stucki, chef at Casey in 1988, died on the 10th March. Chris had Stucki’s Restaurant in Hobart which some of may remember. Chris’ family are having a private funeral. Email received from Jan Adolph 15/03/18
Vale- Alfons (Alf) Bolza Station Year Season Macquarie Island 1955 Winter Mawson 1958 Winter I regret to advise you that Alfons (Alf) Bolza died on 28th March 2018, aged 100. He was a weather observer at Macquarie Island and later at Mawson in the 50s. Email received from Joe Bolza 5/04/18
Vale- Pat Quilty AM Chief Scientist at the AAD 1980-1999 It is with sorrow that I heard that Pat Quilty passed away this afternoon. Pat, as I am sure most of you know, was a Phillip Law Medalist, a Member of the Order of Australia and a very distinguished geologist and geomorphologist with a long […]
Vale- Gordon Jones Station Year Season Casey 1974 Winter Sad news in via George Peake – Gordon Jones had a massive stroke last night passed away. Like so many others Gordon came from “the bush” – Woomelang to be precise and went to school at Maryborough Technical College. He was a member of the Telegraphist’s […]
Vale- Bruce Graydon Cook Station Year Season Macquarie Island 1956 Winter Mawson 1958 Winter We regret the club was informed of the passing of Bruce Cook on 17 November 2019 Bruce attended the Macquarie Island 70th & Mawson 65th Anniversary celebrations Bruce Cook – Geophysicist Bruce graduated BSc. from the University of Sydney in 1953. He […]
Vale- Fred White Station Year Season Casey 1973 Winter Macquarie Island 1975 Winter We regret the club was informed of the passing of Fred White during the year Email received from Membership Officer, 19/07/19
Vale- Dr John Jackson Station Year Season Davis 1972 Winter Prince Charles Mountains 1973 Doctor We regret the club was informed of the passing of Dr John Jackson during the year Email received from Membership Officer, 19/07/19
Vale- Major General Neville Smethurst Station Year Season Wilkes 1961 Winter OIC I am very sad to report the death of Nev Smethurst on Tuesday July 2nd. Nev, was the Officer – in – Charge (the ‘OIC’) of the 14th ANARE team at Wilkes 1961. His funeral is to be held at Duntroon Military College […]
