Vale- Pat Quilty AM Chief Scientist at the AAD 1980-1999 It is with sorrow that I heard that Pat Quilty passed away this afternoon. Pat, as I am sure most of you know, was a Phillip Law Medalist, a Member of the Order of Australia and a very distinguished geologist and geomorphologist with a long […]
Vale- Gordon Jones Station Year Season Casey 1974 Winter Sad news in via George Peake – Gordon Jones had a massive stroke last night passed away. Like so many others Gordon came from “the bush” – Woomelang to be precise and went to school at Maryborough Technical College. He was a member of the Telegraphist’s […]
Vale- Bruce Graydon Cook Station Year Season Macquarie Island 1956 Winter Mawson 1958 Winter We regret the club was informed of the passing of Bruce Cook on 17 November 2019 Bruce attended the Macquarie Island 70th & Mawson 65th Anniversary celebrations Bruce Cook – Geophysicist Bruce graduated BSc. from the University of Sydney in 1953. He […]
Vale- Fred White Station Year Season Casey 1973 Winter Macquarie Island 1975 Winter We regret the club was informed of the passing of Fred White during the year Email received from Membership Officer, 19/07/19
Vale- Dr John Jackson Station Year Season Davis 1972 Winter Prince Charles Mountains 1973 Doctor We regret the club was informed of the passing of Dr John Jackson during the year Email received from Membership Officer, 19/07/19
Vale- Major General Neville Smethurst Station Year Season Wilkes 1961 Winter OIC I am very sad to report the death of Nev Smethurst on Tuesday July 2nd. Nev, was the Officer – in – Charge (the ‘OIC’) of the 14th ANARE team at Wilkes 1961. His funeral is to be held at Duntroon Military College […]
Vale- Peter Clemence Station Year Season RAAF Antarctic Flight 1955/56 Resupply Pilot Mawson 1957 OIC RAAF Flight Polar Medal 1960 PCM and Lambert Glacier 1969/70 Pilot PCM and Lambert Glacier 1971/72 Pilot Enderby Land 1974/75 Pilot Peter Clemence passed away last Tuesday and his daughter has asked to advise ANARE Club members of this. He […]
Vale- Robert “Bob” Clough Station Year Season Macquarie Island 1978 Winter Am sorry to advise the sad passing of Robert “Bob” Clough. Bob was a valuable member of the Macquarie Island ’78 team, an excellent Met Man and a great contributor to our year. Thoughts are with his wife Linda, family and friends. I last […]
Vale- John Charles McNally Station Year Season Macquarie Island 1961 Winter My uncle was a radio officer and captain of Army Dukw on Macquarie island 1961 expedition. He passed away peacefully on the 4th March, 2019 aged 82 years, leaving his wife Virginia McNally. He has resided in the Sutherland Shire in Sydney since 1980. […]
Vale- Alan Elcheikh Station Year Season Amery Ice Shelf Alan Elcheikh passed away yesterday (Monday) morning. He had been ill for some months with leukaemia. He is survived by his wife Fiona and 2 young children. I’m pretty sure he wasn’t an ANARE club member, but he’s been going south since the early 90’s and […]
