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 […]
Vale- Kent Keith Station Year Season Macquarie Island 1956 Winter Ian McLeod (M58) has just informed me that Kent Keith, zoologist at Macquarie Island in 1956, passed away in Canberra on 3 January. Another sad loss of one of our early expeditioners. Email received from Jan Adolph, 5/02/19
Vale- David Johns Station Year Season Macq Island 1954 Winter Mawson 1957 Winter It’s not been a good start to the New Year! Sadly, David Johns passed away peacefully on Monday, 7 January aged 89. David wintered at Macquarie Island in 1954 and Mawson in 1957 as a Cosray Physicist. He was a long time […]
Vale- Brian Turnbull Station Year Season Mawson 1984 Winter Sad news to start the New Year I’m afraid. Brian Turnbull passed away on 2 January. Brian was OIC at Mawson in 1984 and a long time employee of the Antarctic Division. Brian was the Ant Div Project Manager, working with Dept Housing and Construction (later […]
Vale- Charlie Weir Station Year Season Wilkes 1967 Winter Casey 1969 Winter Davis 1985 Winter Mawson 1987 Winter Macq Island 1989 Winter Mawson 1991 Winter Macq Island 1993 Winter I received the sad news this evening that Charlie Weir has died. Many of us will have spent time down south and in Australia with Charlie […]
Vale- Peter Baggott Station Year Season Mawson 1965 Winter Wilkes 1967 Winter We’ve received notification of the passing of Peter Baggott, Radio Operator at Mawson in 1965 and Wilkes in 1967. Peter died on the Gold Coast on 6th June 2019 aged 82. The funeral will be held on the Gold Coast on Tuesday 11th […]
Vale- Robert Tracy (Bob) Jones Station Year Season Macquarie Island 1992 Winter OIC Mawson 1994 Winter OIC Mawson 1997 Winter OIC Davis 2000 Winter OIC Davis 2004 Winter OIC Casey 2008 Winter OIC Mawson 2012 Winter OIC It is with a great deal of sadness that I must inform you of the death of Robert […]
Vale- Donald (Don) F. Creighton Station Year Season Mawson 1963 Winter It is with a deep sadness I have to tell you that Don Creighton died yesterday 9th of October. Some of you may not have known Don, but he was my Electronics Engineer at Mawson Station in 1963. After his time down south, Don […]
Vale- Dr Malcolm Evans We regret the club was recently informed of the passing of Dr Malcolm Evans Email received from Richard Evans (son), 16/10/19
Vale- Reg Hopley Station Year Season Wilkes 1967 Winter Macquarie Island 1971 Winter Mawson 1978 Winter We regret the club was recently informed of the passing of Reg Hopley Email received from Trevor Olrog on behalf of Reg’s wife, 19/11/19
