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 […]
Vale- Dr Mary Gillham Station Year Season Macquarie Island 1959-60 Summer Dr Mary Gillham passed away 23rd March 2013, aged 91. Mary Gillham was part of the first female ANARE expedition to Macquarie Island in December 1959. Her fellow female scientists were Isobel Bennett, Hope MacPherson and Susan Ingham. She travelled with ANARE for 14 […]
Vale- Dr Janet Reynolds Station Year Season Davis 1992 Winter Casey 1997 Winter Mawson 2000 Winter Doctor Janet Reynolds, who wintered at all three Antarctic mainland stations as medical officer (D92, C97, M00) passed away March 31, 2018, aged 76. She served for many years as a GP in St Ives, NSW, as well as […]
Vale- Norman Robert Jew Station Year Season Mawson 1968 Winter My father Norman Robert Jew (5 May 1938 18 June 2018) wintered with ANARE at Mawson in 1968. Dad was a radio technician by trade, and my understanding is that he played a role in communications support for the expedition. Amongst his legacies were […]
