Most will have heard of the light aircraft crash at Darwin airport a few days ago. None of us would have realised that the crash took one of our own.
I received the following a short time ago. Vale, Shane. Another of our Chippy brothers taken far too soon. May you have fair skies and a following sea in your journey.............
It is with sadness that I inform you that my brother Shane Whitbread was killed in a plane crash at Darwin Airport on Monday 22 March 2010 at approx 1030 hrs (NT time).
Shane completed 21 years in the navy as a Shipwright (Chief Chippy). later in his career he became a Patrol Boat Charge in Darwin. He loved the Territory and made it his home after the Navy.
He then became a Pilot and was working for Air North.
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We will all miss him
Yours sincerely
Greg Whitbread
Property Manager
Sydney Grammar School
Ph. 02-93325831
Mob. 0417285904
Fax. 02-93315164
Shane was part of the January 1974 Intake at Nirimba.
Funeral details will be posted as they come to hand.
Vale Chief MTH Shane Whitbread
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VALE Shane, rest on your oars, may you rest in peace... 
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Shane Whitbread (who would have turned 50 yesterday) and wife Cherie
As if God doesn't have enough Chippies up there already...
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Shane Whitbread (who would have turned 50 yesterday) and wife Cherie
As if God doesn't have enough Chippies up there already...
Rick Pengilly
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Good grief, this is terrible news. I worked with both Shane and his brother Greg.
I am not sure which of the brothers it was but one of them was serving in HMAS Wollongong when it ran aground of Gabo Island in 1985 and was instrumental in saving the ship.
A sad day.
Steve
I am not sure which of the brothers it was but one of them was serving in HMAS Wollongong when it ran aground of Gabo Island in 1985 and was instrumental in saving the ship.
A sad day.
Steve
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Perth, Tobruk, Launceston, Bendigo, Sydney, Melbourne. Nirimba, Penguin, Navy Office, MHQ, Naval Support Command, Somalia.
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My National News channel only reported that two military personnel had been killed in an incident near Darwin Airport.
Footage only showed an aileron or tail section that really didn't identify anything to the average person.
At face value, I assumed they were current RAAF personnel.
Sad to hear that it was one of own.
RIP Shane
Footage only showed an aileron or tail section that really didn't identify anything to the average person.
At face value, I assumed they were current RAAF personnel.
Sad to hear that it was one of own.
RIP Shane
Brian Carney
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RANATE, Sydney, Swan, Creswell, Stalwart (FMU), Cerberus, Derwent, Nirimba, Parramatta, Nirimba, FHQ (FMMO).
R43371
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22nd Mobi Intake
Jan 67 - Jan 89
RANATE, Sydney, Swan, Creswell, Stalwart (FMU), Cerberus, Derwent, Nirimba, Parramatta, Nirimba, FHQ (FMMO).