Vale- Bernard Phillips – Mawson 1969 For information of all who may remember him, Bernard (Mandelkern ) Phillips who served with the Americam Pageos team at Mawson 1969 passed away this month after a short battle with cancer at his home in Aspen. Sadly missed by all. Email from Chris Bain Mawson 69 -22 June 2016 […]
Vale- David Graham – RAN – Voy 5 1980 .. David was taken ill recently as has passed away… Email from D.Wills 19/7/16
Vale- Bob Dingle Station Year Season Job Heard Island 1951 Winter MET / OIC Mawson 1954 Winter Macquarie Island 1956 Winter Davis 1957 Winter Wilkes 1959 Winter We received information today on the passing of an ANARE pioneer, Bob Dingle aged 95, at his nursing home in Swansea. Tasmania. Bob was a pioneer weather man […]
Vale- Gordon Watson Station Year Season Job Davis 1979 Winter MET Another of our Antarctic Family passed away last Monday week the 21st Nov. Gordon Watson wintered at Davis in 1979 as part of the 3 man Met team. He worked all over Australia during his Met life and spent his last years at the […]
Vale- Alan McGregor Johnstone Station Year Season Job Davis 1974 Winter MET It is with much regret that I pass on the news of the death of Alan McGregor Johnstone (R65132). Alan, an ex LSROSM served on submarines HMAS Ovens, HMAS Oxley and HMS Tiptoe. AJ would have been 67 in January. http://www.upperiscope.net.au/eternal-patrol.html I think […]
Vale- Phil Incoll Station Year Season Job Round Trip 1977 Summer Architect Phil played a huge part in the development of the Antarctic Rebuilding program from the late 1970s though to the end of the 1990s and maintained a keen interest ever since including the ongoing ANARE dinners. He was both the conceptual architect and […]
Vale- Frits van Hulssen Station Year Season Job Mawson 1955 Winter RD S/R.PHY Mawson 1959 Winter Have just noticed in today’s Age Newspaper death of Fritz van Hulssen. Mawson 55 and 59. So one of our early members. I remember going past the van Hulssen nunatak during the 65 Frammes Mountains survey. Email from P. […]
Vale- Dr Val Lishman Station Year Season Job Mawson 1987 Winter Doctor Casey 1985/86 Doctor I recently learnt that Dr Val Lishman – Casey 85/86 has died. I have compiled some of his life achievements and would like to send this to the appropriate person at the ANARE Club for inclusion in the obituaries pages. […]
Vale- Donald Dowie Station Year Season Job Mawson 1956 Winter MO I would like to report the death of Donald Alexander (Don) Dowie in Adelaide a few days ago in Adelaide. Don was MO at Mawson Base in 1956. Don and I entered the Adelaide University Medical School in 1948, me straight from school, he […]
Vale- Bob Bergin Station Year Season Job Mawson 1961 Winter Radio Operator Macquarie Island 1963 Winter After sending out our MWD invitations I received a call from Joan Bergin advising the passing of Bob Bergin on the 5th April. Bob was a financial member of The Anare Club from 1962 to 1996 & was 88. […]
