Vale- Robert Nicholson Station Year Season Davis 1971 Winter Robert passed away 16 February 2017. He was a club member of ANARE, attended all dinners. I have his jacket. Thank you. Email received from his daughter, Karen Nicholson 19/02/17
Vale- Brian Brawley Station Year Season Davis 1982 Winter It is with great sadness to inform you that Brian Brawley from South Australia passed away the evening of 12th March 2017, at home. Liz and family would appreciate if you both can pass on the sad news to Anare Club family, and importantly the team […]
Vale- Michael Charles Taylor Station Year Season Macquarie Island 1952 Winter Macquarie Island 1954 Winter Macquarie Island 1960 Winter Just to let you know that Michael Charles Taylor died in his sleep in Darwin aged 92 on the 6th Jan 2017 Email received from Paul Taylor 18/04/17 Correction to previous listing – was referring to […]
Vale- David Weight Station Year Season Macquarie Island 1980 Winter I would like to inform the club that David Weight (Macca ’80 ) has passed away. He was a unique guy with an incredible sense of humour and loved life. He was always telling great stories about the Territory and Darwin. I know all the […]
Vale- Peter Neville “Benno” Bennett Station Year Season Casey 1972 Winter An obituary for Peter (1938-2017) was published in the June/July 2017 edition of Aurora. In relating his life and its sad conclusion, we touched on some salient points. A decent, patriotic Australian who served his country well, with service as a regular in the […]
Vale- Craig Hunter Station Year Season Mawson 1990 Winter Heard last week that Craig Hunter, M90 SRTO, had passed on 7 August 2017. Death notice in the Canberra Times 14/08/17. Craig’s funeral service will be held at Norwood Park Crematorium, Sandford Street, Mitchell on Thursday 17/08/17. Email received from Paul Gigg 14/08/17 and passed on […]
Vale- Peter Martin Station Year Season Mawson 1964 Winter Peter, OIC Mawson 1964, passed away peacefully after a short illness on 3 October 2017, and was farewelled by a large gathering of family and friends at a funeral service on 10 October. An obituary for Peter will appear in an upcoming edition of Aurora. Born […]
Vale- Bruce Hill Long time Antarctic Division employee, Bruce Hill, died peacefully last week at the age of 87. Bruce was one of the staff who transferred from Melbourne to Hobart back in the early 80’s. Bruce worked as a draughtsman in the Engineering Section of the Antarctic Division. He progressed the division through pen […]
Vale- Neville “Nod” Parsons Station Year Season Macquarie Is 1950 Winter Mawson 1955 Winter It is with much sadness that I pass on the news of the death of Neville “Nod” Parsons. He died peacefully this morning, 30 December at the age of 91. “Nod” wintered at Macca in 1950 and Mawson in 1955 as […]
