Name : Hijack Location : Gold Coast Comments : Keith, great to have you back on line. Welcome Home. Regards Jacquie URL : rod_jacquie_clarey@bigpond.com Name : Keith Goodwin Location : Geelong Vic. Comments : Great site,just back on air again. Commisioned Hawk, in UK.did first run on Confrontation had great bunch of shipmates. Missed reunion, Regards. URL : Name : Hijack Location : Gold Coast Comments : Terry Oxley from HMAS Waterhen is keen for us to hold our 2006 reunion there. He is keen to provide extras for us eg Navy Band, tour of depot, ships etc. + cheap local accommodation for us. Need feedback if you are interested please. URL : rod_jacquie_clarey@bigpond.com Name : Hijack Location : Gold Coast Comments : Mark & Cheryl have a beautiful baby girl - a sister for daughter number 1. She was born in March and Rod & I were honoured to be with them for the birth. URL : Name : Hijack Location : Gold Coast Comments : Last email continued, sorry about that:- He is Hospital I will let you all know the latest when I find out tomorrow. Love to you all Denise Bardsley URL : Name : Hijack Location : Gold Coast Comments : Today we sadly received the following email: - Im sorry to tell you all but John had some kind of celebral stroke this morning, and he has been diagnosed with a brain tumour. As yet I dont know any more than that, more tests will be done tomorrow. URL : rod_jacquie_clarey@bigpond.com Name : Les Figg Location : Santa Clara, CA. USA ex-Adelaide Comments : Cheryl & Mark, I hope that you and yours are safe after the heinous terrorist attack in London. Best Regards. URL : Name : Les Location : Lockey Comments : Good site, thanks URL : Name : Les Figg Location : Santa Clara, CA. USA ex-Adelaide Comments : Well it has been 6 months since our wonderful reunion in Yamba. Any news on the next reunion? Dates/location/etc.? How is everyone doing? I am fine - business as usual - working for a living, grandkids, wine, golf, etc. I hope this finds you all well. URL : Name : Cheryl and Mark Location : Boston,England Comments : Thank you for all your lovely comments about the website :) We really appriciate them. Have had a few yahoo probs but hope now to have them sorted. Keep checking back we are adding new pages all the time. Thanks :) URL : Name : Les Figg Location : Santa Clara, CA. USA ex-Adelaide Comments : The following is part of a message I received today from Santa Fe, .........the memorial service for my husband is on Monday, February 14 at 2:30 pm at RMC Duntroon Chapel ........ Uncle Ron Clark Ex PO Weapons (particularly GMLS) Served 1975 to 198 URL : Name : Jacqueline Location : Gold Coast Comments : News has reached us that Adrian Cummins Ex Captain of Ibis passed away on Thursday whilst skiing near his home in Santa Fe USA.. He is to be cremated and his ashes brought back to Australia for a service and scattering at sea. URL : rod_jacquie_clarey@bigpond.com Name : Jacquie Location : Mudgeeraba Comments : How does a return visit to places such as Singapore, Kuching, Tawau and Brunei sound. Thinking we might organise such a trip. Please lets have feed back of places to visit and if you would be interested. URL : rod_jacquie_clarey@bigpond.com Name : Les FIgg Location : Santa Clara, CA (ex-Adelaide) Comments : Best wishes to all for a healthy & happy 2005! URL : Name : Tom (Shorty) Edwards Location : Finniss SA Comments : Back home again; Thanks to everybody involved for the best reunion ever!! It was fantastic, and the venue the best possible I am sure, I think Yamba should be nominated as the home-port of the 16th minesweeper squadron !! URL : tomkat1@dodo.com.au Name : Rod Clarey Location : Gold Coast Qld Comments : To Anon. HMAS Ibis was decommissioned as a Minesweeper in 1968 and recommissioned as a mine hunter till 4th May 1984. URL : rod.clarey1@bigpond.com Name : Les Figg Location : Santa Clara, CA. USA ex-Adelaide Comments : All, here is a link to some photos taken at the reunion - mostly HMAS Hawk Crew URL : http://members1.clubphoto.com/les37011/2858869/guest.phtml Name : Anon Location : Comments : If you go to this URL you will find Ibis was decommissioned 1984 not 1968 as mentioned on the site-http://www.awm.gov.au/wartime/8/articles/letters.pdf URL : Name : Les Figg Location : Santa Clara, CA. USA Comments : The reunion in Yamba exceeeded my wildest expectations - what a blast! Thank you so much Jacquie and Rod, and everyone else involved in the planning and execution. A big BZ! I just arrived home today, after catching up with friends, rellies, old opos. URL : Name : Harry Goodall Location : Brisbane Comments : Great reunion i give it a Bravo Zulu great to see the old sweeper crews again URL : Name : John Location : Bardsley Comments : Had a lovely weekend at the reunion URL : esined@acr.net.au Name : Jacqueline Clarey Location : Gold Coast Comments : Thanks everyone for coming to the reunion. Lets not wait to long before we all get together again.Jacquie URL : rod_jacquie_clarey@bigpond.com Name : George BLUEY DUCKER B Location : Bateau Bay Comments : Just visted the web site and you and everyone else who contributed are to be congradulated URL : Name : Terry Feltham Location : Blue Mountains NSW Comments : Cheryl and Mark - fantastic job. Scouring my records for info that might be included. URL : mexican@pnc.com.au Name : Geoff. Williams Location : Seaview Downs.S. Aust Comments : Congratulations Cheryl and Mark - a great web site.I served as the ERA in Curlew 64/65.As I recall we did a short stint on Malacca/Singapore Straits patrols, one session out of Kuching and the rest all in the Tawau region.Looking forward to the reunion. URL : Name : Les Figg Location : Santa Clara, CA. USA ex-Adelaide Comments : Served in HMAS Hawk 1965-67. I am really looking forward to catching up with old crew mates in Yamba. See you all there. Les. URL : Name : Tom (Shorty) Edwards Location : Finniss SA Comments : Thanks for a great site folks,served HMAS Gull 6667,looking forward to catching up with the rest of the troops at Yamba URL : tomkat1@dodo.com.au Name : Julian Hart Location : St Ives, NSW Comments : I served in GULL in 1965 - Singapore Strait, Malacca Strait, West Borneo (Kuching area) and East Borneo (Tawau area). This was President Soerkarnos Year of Living Dangerously. I have a journal with many details from those interesting time. URL : Name : Dusty Miller Location : Ex RN Comments : Really nice site. Its coming on very well. Keep up the good work. Theres nothing more satisfying than getting old oppos together again after so many years. URL : www.hms-yarmouth.com Name : Tony Ey Location : Brisbane Comments : Found your site from the Gunplot. Great to see sites appearing of the old Navy. Never served on a sweeper/hunter but lots of Bubblies did and being based at Waterhen I had a lot to do with them. URL : Name : John Norris Location : Cairns Comments : Great Stuff Great Fred URL : Name : Bill Willcox Location : Sydney Comments : Congratulations to all the Clareys for a terrific site and for all the work in pulling the reunion together. I really hope to meet a lot of the Curlews at Yamba. URL : willreport@bigpond.com Name : Harry Location : QLD Comments : Excellent Site you will have to put a link on the Gunplot site and all other Navy sites URL : Name : Brian Whacka Payne Location : Eagle Heights Qld Comments : Great site - very well done, looking forward to meeting up with old mates from the Hawk at Yamba URL : Name : Rod Clarey Location : Kilkivan QLD AUST. Comments : Cheryl & Mark I cannot thank you enough for this magnificent website. At long last recognition for those long days & nights spent at sea. This site makes it all worthwhile URL : rod.clarey1@bigpond.com Name : Jacqueline Clarey Location : MUDGEERABA QLD Comments : To my son Mark & his wife Cheryl, I cannot thank you enough for the work you have done on this web site. Love Mum URL : rod_jacquie_clareybigpond.com Name : John (Jacko) Bardsley Location : Kianga N.S.W. Comments : Great site, well done to all concerned. Looking forward to seeing the crew of Ibis 1964 at Yamba, and all the best to those not attending. URL : Name : Harry Goodall Location : Brisbane Comments : Graet site served on H M A S Gull Nov1965 April 1967 a great ship with a good crew two good skipper big Jim Dickson and Jerry Carridine. URL : Name : Cliff Jamieson Location : Newborough Vic Comments : Great site guys ex stoker Hawk Yamba will be great URL : Name : Arthur (Sandy) Saunders R57904 Location : Bunbury W.A. Comments : Iron men from the wooden ships.... antimagnetic of course Served on Curlew during the Bouganville sweep and Snipe (2 trips) during confrontation URL : Name : Bob Gould Location : Eaton WA Comments : served Curlew during confrontation, great Site URL : Name : Stoker Steve R67100 Location : Central Coast Comments : Looking good! Ships of wood! URL : Name : Tom Hamilton Location : Brisbane Comments : For some years now I have been interested in and trying to find info on the new methods of MineSweeping and thanks to you and Les Figg in the FESR site advising us about you, I now have the info at my fingertips. I will be back. Tom Hamilton X 20th MSF URL : Name : Les Figg Location : Santa Clara, CA. USA ex-Adelaide Comments : Ooops. Mistakenly gave credit to Rod. Thank you Cheryl & Mark for a great job! URL : Name : Les Figg Location : Santa Clara, CA. USA ex-Adelaide Comments : Great Idea well done, Rod. I look forward to seeing articles and photos of the reunion. URL : Name : Rod Clarey Location : Kilkivan QLD AUST. Comments : This is just incredible, I LOVE this Site URL : Name : Tom K. Parker Location : San Diego USA Comments : What a great site. Best wishes to all the crew of Ibis during Confrontation in 64. Hope to see you all in Yamba. URL : SVKUCHING@nethere.com |
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