RAN Vietnam Reunion 2007 Health Warning - Beryllium Malaysian Government Medal 2009 Meet& Greets
Added 1 Nov 06
Belconnen Naval Transmitting Station (BNTS)
– social history project
Call for interested participants
BNTS, ACT (‘Bells’), is being decommissioned following the transfer of Navy HF
radio operations to a joint service modernised high frequency communications
system. The historical significance of BNTS has been recognised by the
Commonwealth Government and the National Trust. BNTS is significant also for its
associations with Navy personnel and members of the local community.
The Department of Defence is commencing a study for a social history
interpretive project on the BNTS. The project will record memorabilia, and
capture social and intangible values and stories of life and work at ‘Bells’, by
means of research and oral history.
If you are one of the many Navy, former Navy or contract personnel who
maintained, operated or lived at the ‘Bells’ facility and are able to contribute
to a project to record the social heritage of the BNTS, please contact the
Department of Defence to register your interest.
Interested parties can respond to the address below by email, post or fax
providing contact details and a brief description of your connection with BNTS,
ACT.
Kate Leane
Email: Kathleen.leane@defence.gov.au
A/ Senior Environmental Adviser
Fax: 02 6266 8731
ACT/ SNSW DS
Department of Defence
BP9 – 2 – 29
Brindabella Park
Canberra, ACT 2600
Added 25 July 2006 RAN Vietnam Reunion 2007
The next RAN Vietnam reunion was held, once again in Coffs Harbour, from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 October next year, 2007. The program was as follows:
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Friday 12 |
Meet 'n Greet at Coffs Harbour Ex-Services Club from 1700 |
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Saturday 13 |
Memorial Service at the Coffs Harbour Memorial at 1630 |
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Dinner-Dance at the Coffs Harbour Ex-Services Auditorium at 1800 for 1830 |
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Sunday 14 |
BBQ Brunch at TS VENDETTA commencing at 1000 |
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article. Very interesting.
Before going to your next local Greenies Meet&Greet in May or November, get yourself a genuine "Pussers Greenies" name badge to wear and help all the others to remember who you are (it will also help YOU to remember who you are). First, you need to register by clicking here, then wait a day or so for the registration to be processed and after that, you can order a name badge from us. Payment can be made by direct credit to one of our bank accounts, the details of which are on the order form.
The latest on the meet & greets just gone is on a special page called "Meet & Greets" (either click the title or the button at the left). Some news may also be on the "Feedback" page.
This section has been relocated to our "Health
Issues" page.
Here's one for we "older" Greenies . . . . (those serving somewhat before 1966).
The new Malaysian medal (Pingat Jasa Malaysia) application forms are now available on the DVA website and we have also made all three available here. There is the eligibility criteria, a form for a posthumous claim and a form for a claim from a person still serving, or now discharged.
To complete the application form, a lot of extra information is required, such as ships served on and actual dates served in the particular areas. All of this information is available on the Internet by going to the Veterans Review Board website and hunting around carefully to find your ship and the dates. There is a link at the top right (the Navy anchor) which will take you to a list of RAN ships and their dates of Operational Service.
It may be an idea to print the information available from the website, and send it as a separate attachment together with your completed application.
We have received information that, if you apply for this medal and get a knock back from Pussers saying that you do not have the required length of service in the area, or for almost any other reason, you should appeal or object in writing asking (or telling) them that your calculations allow you to arrive at an entirely different answer. Do this as soon as you receive your notification. In almost all cases, this appeal has resulted in a change of "heart" by Pussers and the eligibility for the medal has then been approved.
The Meet and Greets for Saturday 7 March 2009 will be held at mostly the same venues as used on previous occasions. The venues and 2008 conveners are as follows - these conveners may change for 2009. This is a preliminary list at present, until confirmation by the conveners. Please check the pop-up from the home page closer to March.
ACT - The Southern Cross Club, Woden - Roger Stewart Ph: 02 6288 2798
FNQ - At John Osborne's home - enquire via email - John Osborne Ph: 07 4751 5024
NSW - Granville R&SL Club - Peter McGurk Ph: 0408 384 690
NSW Mid Nth Coast - Sawtell R&SL Club - Pincher Martin Ph: 0411 09 9103
QLD - The Irish Club, Brisbane City - Kim Dower Ph: 0417 736 942
SA - NAA Port Adelaide - Rod Spotswood Ph: 08 8353 4860
VIC - Stella Maris Seafarers Centre, 600 Little Collins Street - Ian Benier Ph: 03 9801 7165 Mob: 0428 581 939
WA - Fremantle RSL, 81 High Street, FREMANTLE - Mel Smales Ph: 0409 709 155