Crash Kennedy contacted me to say he had found something on FB , stating that Roger had crossed the bar.

With a bit of searching, I found a death notice and service details via the Canberra Times and Tocan Dinn Funerals.



As soon as I saw the photo, I remembered him from our Nirimba time, but I never came across him again in the fleet.

My condolences to his family and friends. Another MOBI taken too soon.

RIP Roger your watch is done

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Brian Carney
R43371
Ex-WOMTP5
22nd Mobi Intake
Jan 67 - Jan 89
RANATE, Sydney, Swan, Creswell, Stalwart (FMU), Cerberus, Derwent, Nirimba, Parramatta, Nirimba, FHQ (FMMO).

This morning I have been informed that Roger had been suffering dementia for quite some time. Apparently he was always a very nice bloke and a great rugby player. I have also received a few photos as well.

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Brian Carney
R43371
Ex-WOMTP5
22nd Mobi Intake
Jan 67 - Jan 89
RANATE, Sydney, Swan, Creswell, Stalwart (FMU), Cerberus, Derwent, Nirimba, Parramatta, Nirimba, FHQ (FMMO).

Like BC, I remember Roger from our time at Nirimba.
Vale Roger.

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Graeme 'Smiley' Rhodes
R94714
Ex-CPOMTP(D)5
Jan'65 Leeuwin Intake (10th) - Jan'66 Nirimba Intake (20th)
Jan'65 to Mar '88
Leeuwin, Nirimba, Stalwart, Samarai, Lae, Penguin, Curlew, Buccaneer, Navy Office, Barbette, Cairns, RANTTU (based in Port Moresby), Stirling, Bunbury.

So sad, a top fella was Roger, didn't know him at Nirimba but we served together in the fleet, a very good rugby player and a great jokester.
Fair winds and a following sea, old mate.

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Bob Moult
R42629
Ex-CPOMTH
13th MOBI Intake
1962 to 1982
Nirimba, Sydney, Melbourne, Tarangau, Penguin, Albatross Kuttabul, Harman, Hobart, Platypus, Duchess, Brisbane, Moreton

Roger joined RANATE a month after I graduated, and I don't recall encountering him out in the Fleet, but nonetheless, it's always sad to lose another MOBI,
so rest on your oars, Roger, your journey's done... VALE - May you rest in peace...

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Rick Pengilly
WEBMASTER
Ex-CPOMTH3
R42630
13th MOBI Intake
July'62 to July'74
HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane