Vale – Kevin ‘Mumbles’ Walker Station Year Season Job Mawson 1962 Winter Assistant Cook Repstat (1968) 1966 Summer Prince Charles Mts 1970 Summer Field WALKER, Mumbles (Kevin) George Of Sunshine Beach, formerly of Geelong Victoria. Passed away peacefully on Sunday, 9th August. Aged 88 years. Loving Son of George (dec) and Beryl (dec) Walker. Loved […]
Vale – Mike Heap Station Year Season Job Casey 1972 Winter Cook Mawson 1974 Winter I wish to advise that @ approx. 3.00pm today 19 October our very dear friend & fellow expeditioner Mike Heap quietly passed away. He will be sadly missed. Email from T.Luff 20/10/15 For many years Mike contributed to the ANARE […]
Vale – John Phillips Station Year Season Job Mawson 1962 Winter Cosray Physicist Macquarie Island 1964 Summer Physicist Macquarie Island 1966 Summer Physicist Macquarie Island 1968 Summer Physicist John Phillips (M62, Q63/64, 65/66, 68/69) passed away on Monday. John had just had his 80th birthday in October. Many of you would have met John recently […]
Vale Peter Bryan Turner -Davis 58 Letter received from Mrs Bryan Turner re death of Peter Bryan Turner 24/7/27-6/10/14. Peter was one of the four who manned Davis during 1958 as a met/radio tech. Secretary advised 2 Jan 15.
Vale Aristide Michael Bonnici -Wilkes 64 With the saddest of heart, I would like to inform you of the passing of my father Aristide Michael Bonnici , Wilkes 1964. He has always remembered his time at Wilkes base with the fondest of memories. – Email from Michael Bonnici 6 Feb 2015 Exploits of his adventures at […]
Vale- Peter Gallagher – Mawson 1971 Peter passed away last year – Personal communication by email to R. Fletcher 25 May 2015
Vale- Rex McCarthy – Casey 1981-Plant Inspector Rex McCarthy died suddenly on 10th September 2013 at the age of 67. He is survived by his wife of nearly forty years, Loretta. Regrettably, none of his fellow expeditioners knew of his death until now. A large man, known to all his fellow expeditioners as the “Bionic Bubble” […]
Vale- Dr Louise Crossley – Station Leader Station Year Season Job Mawson 1991 Winter SL Prince Charles Mts 1992 Summer Field Macquarie Island 2000 Winter Macquarie Island 2003 Winter Dr Louise Crossley passed away on 30 July 2015. As well as being a truly remarkable woman, Dr Crossley was also the 2nd woman Station leader […]
Vale – Mark Forecast Station Year Season Job Wilkes 1965 Winter Met Observer Mawson 1967 Winter Met Observer Macquarie Island 1969 Winter Met Observer in charge & Station 2IC Round Trip 2003 Summer ANARE Club Rep Mark Forecast died on Sunday 2nd August at the Murray Bridge Hospital (SA), after a long battle with leukaemia. […]
Vale – Hilary (Larry) James Harrington – NZ Larry Harrington passed away in Canberra on 1st August, aged 91. Larry was the leader of the 1958-9 New Zealand Geological and Survey Program and made the first ascent of Mount Discovery at the mouth of McMurdo Sound in December 1959. Larry subsequently worked in the Australian Bureau […]
