Vale- Arthur Giese Station Year Season Heard Island 1951 Winter Mawson 1983 Winter Macquarie Island 1985 Winter Just letting you know that Arthur Giese, member 358, died in Wagga Wagga on 9th February 2017, aged 90 yrs 8 mths. Arthur hadn’t been going to Midwinter Dinners over the period since his Heard Island trip. So […]
Vale- Eddie Davern Station Year Season Wilkes 1963 Winter Wilkes 1967 Winter Was informed this morning 29/3/17 by Sue Davern that husband Eddie Davern W63 W67 had gone on ahead. The funeral is in the hands of Gregson and Weight at Nambour 07 5476 2866 email nambour@gregsonweight.com.au. Address for Sue is PO Box 217 Mapleton, […]
Vale- John Shaw Station Year Season Mawson 1957 Winter I just received a phone call from Margaret Shaw reporting that her husband John passed away on Wednesday 14 June, after a short illness. He wintered at Mawson in 1957; the SHAW Islands were named after him. The death was reported in last Saturday’s Herald. http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?n=john-shaw&pid=185822667 […]
Vale- Neil Brandie Station Year Season Mawson 1978 Winter I have just been informed that former President, Neil Brandi, passed away last evening. A funeral has been tentatively planned for next Tuesday – particulars to follow to enable Council and Club members to attend. Will arrange flowers, Flag, etc once further wishes are known. Email […]
Vale- Trevor John Lloyd Station Year Season Casey 1984 Winter Davis 1987 Winter Mawson 1989 Winter Macquarie Is 1991 Winter Passing of Trevor Lloyd – Radio Tech at four bases. SA Branch Secretary, Mark Spooner alerted me to this & until now we have not been able to confirm any details. Please go to the […]
Vale- Peter Foran aka “Yakka” Station Year Season Casey 1982 Winter Macquarie Is 1984 Winter I found out this afternoon that Peter Foran, C82 and M84, passed away peacefully on Bruny Island last week. Peter’s funeral will be held on 20 September at Turnbul Funeral Chapel, Letitia Street, North Hobart at 3pm. Email received from […]
Vale- Harrison George “Harry” Eastoe Station Year Season Mawson 1970 Winter I like to regretfully advise that my father, and member of your organisation ‘Harrison George Eastoe’ (Mawson 1970) has passed away on Sunday 15th October in Mackay. For anybody interested in attending, a funeral service will be held on Friday 27th October at ‘Newhaven […]
Vale- Neville Collins Station Year Season Mawson 1957 Winter Mawson 1960 Winter Wilkes 1962 Winter Amery Ice Shelf 1968 Winter Neville Collins, ANARE Club Member #6 (M57; M60; W62; Amery Ice Shelf 68) of Jacobs Well, Queensland, died at Labrador, Gold Coast, Queensland, on the evening of 2 November 2017. Neville was the well known […]
Vale- Bob Tingey Station Year Season Prince Charles Mountains 1969-70 Summer Prince Charles Mountains 1970-71 Summer Prince Charles Mountains 1971-72 Summer Prince Charles Mountains 1972-73 Summer Enderby Land 1976-77 Summer Bunger Hills 1985-86 Summer Bob Tingey died on 17 November after a 30 year battle with Parkinson’s disease. Bob first went to Antarctica in 1970 […]
Vale- Rick Schmitter Station Year Season Job Davis 1964 Winter Cook Macquarie Island 1966 Winter Cook Mawson 1978 Winter Cook Casey 1980 Winter Cook One week ago I visited Rick at his home in Rye- Victoria, he had been suffering from a cancer that had wracked his body for quite some time, last night the […]
