Vale Raymond David “BIG FELLA” Ash (1927 to 2014) Ray was born on 30 June at Parramatta and educated at Parramatta State School and Granville Technical College before entering his apprenticeship as an electrician. Ray has an early fascination with aircraft and spent many years building and flying powered aircraft and gliders. parachuting for pleasure. […]
Vale Bruce Allport (1940 to 2014) Bruce was a Radio Officer at Mawson in 1964 and died on 13 November 2014 in Pattaya, Thailand, aged 74, after suffering a series of brain tumours and cancer. He is survived by his daughter Tanya, son-in-law John, grand-daughters Zarah and Ana Lucia, sister Pat and brother Peter. A […]
Vale Danny “Finster” Foster (1937 – 2014) Danny passed away peacefully at his home on October 14, 2014 in Sarasota, Florida, following a long and hard fought battle with cancer. Danny wintered at the original Wilkes Station in 1962, and was one of a group of four United States Meteorological personnel which shared duties with […]
Vale Doug Cameron Station Year Season Casey 1980 Winter Davis 1987 Winter Mawson 1989 Winter Macquarie Island 1991 Winter The Club regrets to advise the passing of Doug Cameron, Dieso Casey 1980, Davis 1987, Mawson 1989, Macquarie Island 1991. Died peacefully at home 2 August 2020. An asset to any expedition. Sadly missed. Facebook notification […]
Vale John “Windy” Windolf Station Year Season Mawson 1971 Winter Eulogy John ‘Windy’ Windolf, Mawson 1971 Wednesday 5th August 2020 Dear Frances, ANARE, Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions. I trust I can give you comfort and assurance that John ‘Windy’ Windolf was held in the highest regard by all members of the ANARE fraternity. […]
Vale Kenneth “Frosty” McDonald – (1926 – 2014) Of the four radio operators with the Mawson 1962 expedition, Ken McDonald was sadly the last of them to leave us. He started his working life as a telegraph messenger with the PMG in Paddington, Brisbane in 1941, not quite 15 years old, and spent some time […]
Vale Ken Hicks – Wilkes 1963, Wilkes 1965 Kenneth Edward Hicks was born on 26 November 1921. He graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Sydney in 1946. Ken served two years with ANARE, going twice to Wilkes station. In 1963 he was both Medical Officer and second-in-charge, […]
Vale Charles Swithinbank Described as one of the last true explorers and one of the world’s foremost glaciologists, British polar pioneer Charles Swithinbank died on 16 June aged 87 after a short illness. Swithinbank was a world expert on polar regions, carrying out groundbreaking research. He spent prolonged periods of time in both polar regions, […]
