Dear members, It is with great sadness that I advise the passing on 17 April of NOA member Commander Adrian Needham RAN Rtd. There will be a private cremation. Regards Simon Simon Cullen Rear Admiral RAN (Ret’d) President, Naval Officers Association of Australia Mobile: +61 401 641 312 Email: president@navalofficer.com.au
Dear members, It is with much regret that I advise the passing of RADM Bill Crossley on 9 May aged 95. The following Biography is obtained from the Navy Sea Power Centre website: William James Crossley was born in Brisbane on 10 April 1930 and educated at Brisbane Grammar School. He completed a five-year electrical fitter […]
Dear members, It is my sad duty to advise that Naval Officers Association member John Jeremy passed away on Good Friday, 18 April after a short battle with cancer. John spent his working life at Cockatoo Island, beginning in 1960 as an apprentice ship draughtsman and then qualifying as a naval architect at the University […]
Dear members, It is with great sadness that I advise the passing of NOA member Commander Peter Poland OAM RN Retd. Peter was a Seaman Officer in the RN who held four commands during his career, three Executive Officer postings and two training positions for Junior Officers and Petty Officers. His last Command was HMS […]
Dear members It is with great sadness that I advise the passing of NOA member Rear Admiral Tony Hunt AO RAN Retd. Our sincere condolences go to his wife Cecile and to his extended family. From the Navy Sea Power website: Anthony “Tony” Hunt was born in Melbourne on 14 July 1938 but spent his […]
VALE – LCDR Geoff Dove RAN Rtd Dear members, It is with great sadness that I advise the passing on 8 January of long-term NOA member LCDR Geoff Dove RAN Rtd. Geoff passed away in Goondiwindi, Queensland. Geoff was a resident of Mudgee in NSW. Regards Simon Simon Cullen Rear Admiral RAN (Ret’d) President, Naval […]
Dear members, I regret to advise the death on 20 November 2024 in Perth, WA of NOA member Commander John C Lindsay RAN (Retired). John entered the RANC, then at Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS CERBERUS), as a 13-year-old Cadet Midshipman in the 1954 Normal Entry. He specialised as a Direction Officer and resigned from the navy in […]
Dear members, It is my sad duty to inform you of the passing of a Victorian member with a service history in the Royal Canadian Navy, rather than our own. Roger Buxton, who died suddenly last Thursday joined the RCN in 1957, via the Royal Military College of Canada. He was a seaman officer who […]
Remembering Vice Admiral Robert Walls AO RAN (Retired) September 3, 2023 By John Mortimer and John Perryman On 28 August 2023 Vice Admiral Robert Andrew Kevin Walls passed away after a long illness. He was an officer who developed into an insightful strategic thinker and made a significant contribution to the post-carrier RAN. Robert Walls […]
Captain Robert Ray MBE RAN Retd passed away on 25 March 2023. This obituary was compiled by his former FAA colleage, Max Speedy. Bob joined the Navy in 1956 as an Apprentice (Aircraft Artificer) in the very first intake at HMAS NIRIMBA and in 1959 when the Government of the day announced the demise of […]
