main signals office
In days gone by, if you wanted to pick up a good buzz, the MSO was the place to start.
This area will be used for those bits and pieces which may be of interest to serving and ex-serving communicators.
Please feel free to pass on anything you think might be interesting to others, such as old photos, dits, etc.
TO Bob Walker, LRO Ron Slattery, Ted 'Yockie' Shaw, OTO Bob Jocumsen, ORO Bob Way, RO Jack Shave, ORO John Betts, ORO(S) Bob Pola, RO Alan Rodgers, ORO Bill Glinderman, TO Neil Edwards, LTO Les Church, ORO John 'Slip' Withers, RS Ron Lowe, LRO 'Squeegy' Broome and ERA Bill Betham (a friend of LTO Arthur Teape not in the photo). (Provided by Les Church)
A young 'Wakka' Payne
Dallas Graetz 1970
"D Watch Harman 1965" L to R Fred Harper, Jim Carey, Sandy McNab, Alan 'Shags' Hellier
Bob Bell & Ken Appleby Kure 1956
RO Kev Davis, RO Bill Mcgeorge, TO John King, TO Brian Cecil, RO "Hank" Dyer, TO Les Church, and in the front SA(S) Alan Bird
Graeme Cann, Robbie Robinson, Greg Burford, Owen Steggles - 1977
Nullarbor & Co Town Hall pub - 1963
Dad & Dave & Jock Auckland 1963
L to R: Bill Bertham (ERA) Arthur Teape (LTO), Les Church (LTO), Neil Edwards (TO) - HMAS Voyager 1963.
Shags McShane, Jim Kelly, Les White, Ian Timson, HMAS SYDNEY 1970
Shags McShane, Bear Linton, Ian Timson - SYDNEY 1970
Des Vizzard HMAS SYDNEY 1970
Phil Butler's reply to Des. HMAS HOBART 1975 (This is for real!)
Lynddon Poore HMAS LEEUWIN 1962
Lynddon Poore HMAS PERTH 1970
Jim Eagles & bride Anne
Des Byrne, Paul Cass & Norm Duscher
Duchess Comms 1971 Dizzy Byrne, Paul Cass, Norm Duscher, Kev Griffin (in the bottom left corner), Phil Wright, Smokey Dawson, Dave Hutchinson, Des ????? .. well the rest are anyone's guess.
Back row - Geoff Bridger, Rod Steedman, Brian Dobson and Paul Schipanski. Front row - Laurie Jones, Geoff Tye and Barry Stringer
A little bar in Japan somewhere. Peter O'brien, Brian Dobson, Bill Mander and Dave Curbishley.
L to R rear: Martin McGurgan, Kerry (Rocky) Lusk, Brian Lewis, John (JCO) Gray, Don Spencer, Sandy McNab, Frank Benny. L to R front: Kev Ruwoldt, Brian Jones, Bill Low, Laurie Dripps, Tony Adams
Tarangau 1971 John Scarlett, Jeff Jones, Phil Minchin
Paramatta Communicators April 1964
Kenny Harris, Wayne Batchelor & Billy Burford at the 'Bognor'
Bill Linden in the MWO, HMAS BARCOO
Bill Hume, Glenn Butler & Norm Lewis
Toody Muldoon, Sid James, Beatles Neilson, Paul Schipanski, Ollie Lewis, Brigham Young?
Alan Phillips (Front) Reg Heaney, Dave Edwards, John Kirkland, Ollie Lewis.
Norm 'Ollie' Lewis & John 'Bumper' Farrell
Sparkers in the photo: John Weiberlie, Doug Black, Col Dicker, Ollie Lewis & Sid James.
Comms School Instructors - late 70's
B Shift, CTRC, 1972 (CY John Curbishley Shift Supvr)
Norm Duscher, Chokie McGlaughlin & John Neilson
Del, Jane, Jannine Pam & JJ - 1972. (Love the gear girls!)
Ross Arklay at HMAS LEEUWIN, 1970
HMAS HOBART Communicators 1968
HMAS HOBART Communicators 1968
WRANS Class 65/62
Sam Hughes, Len Hulme & Friend, Bognor 1963
Recruit School 1957 (Bob 'Bumper Farrell' is between Keith Sands and Barry Griffiths - not Frenchy LeGrand as shown. Frenchy was in a later class).
Kowloon 1961/62
VENDETTA 1975 Ned Kelly, Danny Quinliven, Greg Walls, Irish Copperland
HMAS VAMPIRE 1960 Ron Robinson, Les Church, Brian Cecil.
HMAS MELBOURNE 1977
HMAS MELBOURNE V/S 1980 CPOSY Curbishley; POSY Bacon, Johnson, Gilford, Hayes; LSSIG Consadine, Copeland, Dempsey, Lindley, Newman, Wilcox, Warden; ABSIG Blythman, Beck, Buttery, Fairburn, Finch, Hewson, Maclead, Howard, Marsh, Mayall, Moogan, Morgan, Rowney, O'riordan, Phillips, Rettallack, Wilson.
HMAS MELBOURNE V/S 1981 WOSY Curbishley, POSY Gilford, Harrod, Higgins, McLaurin. LSSIG Barker, Rose, Lindley, Tingey, May, Wilcox, Bellamy, ABSIG James, Russell, Bailey, Gill, McInnes, Green, Morgan, Lane, Haines, Brown (2), Kirk, Winfield (sorry if you have been left off but my records are incomplete).
Bob Simpson & John King (circa 1960)
Communicators win Curry Cup 1970
Les (ex LRO), Pete (ex-LRO, Deceased), Ray (ex TO, Deceased), Derek (ex ORDCO).
Les (ex LRO), Pete (ex-LRO, Deceased), Derek (ex ORDCO), Ray (ex TO, Deceased).
Bruce Lovett, Fred Goddard, Jack Gardner, Wayne Graham at Fred's wedding 1967.
Wayne Graham & Jack Gardner 1963
Donkey Daniel & Terry Crane 1978.
Norm Greenaway, Don 'Sexy' Jensen, Steve Rush, Peter Shields & Fred Goddard, Bognor 1966.
Fred Goddard, Don Jensen, Greg Palmer & Jack Gardner 1963.
Back row: RO(s) Garry Frost, LRO (s) Eric Mayberry,RO Bas Cleary. TO Bob Simpson, ?,?. Third row: RO Rohan Payne, RO Kev Davis, RO Ken Swain, TO Ken Alker, RO Bill McGeorge, TO Brian Cecil, LTO Ray Owen, LTO Ron Robinson. Second row: LTO Brian Attwood, CY Bob Barker, Captain John Peel, S/Lt. Norman Allcock RN, RS Brian Lynch, LRO Biff O'Neil. Front row: RO Mel Prosser, TO John King, TO Kev Wise, RO Cliff Taylor, TO Les Church.
RO Graham (Wagga) Watson, TO Owen (Off) Campbell, LRO (S) Derick (Choom) Kenyon and RO Don (Mac) McFarlane.
The caption top left reads: "Look not at my face Ray baby; There is no beauty in it; but look at my heart, It is full of love" (Sent by Graham Bence)
