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It's sad to see the passing of such a fine gent. I got to know him quite well when he was an Illustrator in the printing room at Nirimba. Most of the illustrations in the Technical Books issued at Nirimba would have been his work.

G'day Judy, I served with your dad in HMAS SYDNEY, HMAS MELBOURNE and at NIRIMBA. I enjoyed many a quiet beer or three with him during that time. Cripes, doesnt time fly. I can remember you and a little kid in those days.

regards

Rocky Rankin

It is with great sadness that I advise the passing of Tony Zimmerman. He turned 100 years of age last December. He had the honour of being the oldest Veteran in the Anzac Day Parade, in Brisbane, this year. In WW2, he served in HMAS HOBART. Fairwell Tony, may the wind be at your back as you take you...

Funeral arrangements for Tank

Tanks funeral service will be held, on Friday 27th October at 1200, at Great Southern Gardens of Rememberance Mt Cotton Road Mt Cotton. UBD Ref 245 C 12.

Agis received a hell of a good send off. Wall to wall stokers plus one gunnery officer. It was a fine tribute to a great stoker.

farewell Shipmate

I received news this morning that former PTI Rocky Grimsey passed away on Tuesday 5th September,2006. Rocky attended the inaugural PTI Anzac Day March in Brisbane this year; knowing that every day was a bonus and the Anzac Day occasion attended by 61 PTI's was a very happy and memorable day for him....

Blue, known to us stokers on MELBOURNE in the 60s as the Moon, passed away on 17th July this year. He joined in 1940 and paid off in 1971. He saw service in WW2, Malayan Emergency, Indonesian Confrontation and Vietnam. One of the few times he got upset was when he had his medals mounted and was then...