Vale Geoff Butterworth
| Station | Year | Season |
| Wilkes | 1963 | Winter |
| Mawson | 1966 | Winter |
With much sadness, the ANARE Club advises that Geoff Butterworth passed away in October 2024.
Geoff was a wintering Radio Operator at Wilkes 1963 and Senior Radio Operator at Mawson 1966.
(Notified by email from Ralph “Noddy” Fletcher, and Allan Moore, 28 May 2025)
Geoff at the Receiving Console, Wilkes Radio 1963. (Photo by M. Kirton)
Geoff Butterworth contributed articles on Radio Communications to Aurora Journal
ANARE Club Members will remember Geoff and his Wife Fay (she was heavily involved with ANARE Wives for many years). Geoff lived out at Toolern Vale and loved old motor bikes. He wintered Wilkes ’63 and Mawson 66.
Ralph “Noddy” Fletcher.
Another old timer has gone – Geoff Butterworth was a radio officer at Wilkes in 1963 and radio officer in charge at Mawson in 1966. A former Melbourne PMG telegraphist and supervisor, Geoff turned 97 one day before he passed in October 2024. A thorough gentleman and friend for nearly 70 years.
Allan Moore
Geoff Butterworth joined the ANARE Club in 1964
