RAN Vietnam Reunion 2007 New Air Warfare Destroyer builder announced Health Warning - Beryllium New Malaysian Government Medal 2008 Meet& Greets
The first Pussers Greenies Reunion went off as smooth as the proverbial baby's bum. The slight showers on Sunday caused the group to stay inside but was no real dampener on the spirit of the day.
At the moment it is in the planning stage to have the next PussersGreenies reunion over the weekend 17/18/19 October 2008 at MILDURA. Pencil these dates in. Cost would most probably be in the vicinity of $80 per head give or take. For those who may wish to stay a little longer there is a Country Music Festival from 3 to 12 October before our reunion, and a Jazz Festival commencing 2 November afterwards.
The Mildura show is on at that same time, but checks show that there should be no problems with accomodation. Just to make sure, your accomodation should be booked well ahead.
We've received the costs involved and are now taking registrations. Registrations will only be taken online through a link in the Members page, so if you're not a registered PussersGreenie and want to come along to our reunion, please register NOW!! All correspondence to/from the reunion administration will be by email so please ensure that your email address is current and correct. You can change it yourself through the link on the Members page. Payments may be made by cheque, Money Order, direct deposit or PayPal - details will be advised in your registration email. If you don't have email, it would be advisable to get one, maybe one of the free ones (Hotmail, Gmail or Yahoo).
PLEASE NOTE THAT PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED
Mildura has been the location of very successful reunions for the HOBART Association (October/November 2007) and a reportedly great Stokers reunion held earlier.
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 |
The link here will take you to the website of "New Scientist" and an article
on zapping incoming torpedoes with a super sonar sound blast. Click
here to see the
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.
The Minister for Defence today announced that the Australian Submarine Corporation has been chosen as the preferred builder of the Air Warfare Destroyers. The first ship is due to be delivered in 2013.
Noting the builder, we hope the ships will float ON TOP of the water.
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 17 May 2008 will be held at mostly the same venues as used previously. The venues and 2008 conveners are as follows. This is a preliminary list at present, until confirmation by the conveners. Please check the pop-up from the home page.
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 - Rosie O'Grady's pub, Fremantle - Mel Smales Ph: 0409 709 155