HMAS Canberra


This site is dedicated to all the Royal Australian Navy personnel who served in HMAS Canberra FFG-02 when the Ship Commissioned in Seattle, Washington, USA on the 21st of March 1981 until its Decommissioning at Fleet Base West, Rockingham Western Australia on the 12th of November 2005.

 

HMAS Canberra - Operational Crew

1983

LSRPAC Michael Henderson as Quartermaster on the wheel of HMAS Canberra - 1983

 

Command

Commanding Officer

Executive Officer       
LCDR Les Libberson RAN

Seaman Officers

LEUT A. Kops RAN
LEUT J. Peade RAN
LEUT G. KEBE         
SBLT Andrew Belton
SBLT D.P. Harell     
SBLT J. O'Hagan
Medical Officer
LEUT H. Prochazka RAN

 

Seaman

CPOCOX Peter Brown  
CPOQMG Rose
POMEDX P. Laidler          
LSCOX Lance McDermott
LSPT Clarke            
LSSE C.D. Whittington
ABMED Webster
ABPHOT Keith Cole

Action Information

LEUT Les Pataky RAN  
CPORP J.W Meredith
PORP James O'Conner         
LSRPAC Mike Henderson
LSRP Adrian P. Grimwade      
LSRPAC Paul Cross
LSRP Sean J. Cox              
LSRP John W. Findlay
LSRP Steve .F. Burrows         
ABRP Ian L. Thomas              
ABRP Dale Stubberfield
ABRP Tim.M. Winterton          
SMNRP Craig Britain
SMNRP M. Crawford          
SMNRP Allister Parish
SMNRP Paul Haines
SMNRP Pollard
SMNRP Trevor Rowe             
SMNRP Adrian Haigh

Navigation

LEUT C. White RAN  
LSMET Reynolds

Gunnery

LEUT Ely Kincaid USN    LEUT J. Peade RAN
CPOFC Harmsworth      LSFC Andrew J Fitzgerald
LSFC R.D. MacLean           ABFC Kevin Purkiss
POQMG McKay      ABQMG Bent
LSQMG Andy Siggs        SMNQMG Max Evans
SMNQMG Edward Pavy SMNQMG MichaelGrange
SMNQMG Tim Richardson SMNQMG Mark Retford
SMNQMG B. Anderson    SMNQMG Jerry Croxon
SMNQMG Beau Hardy SMNQMG Warren Mirtschin
ABAVN C. Arthur  

Diving

POCD S. Lazdryzac ABCD C.W Martin
 

ASW

LCDR D.S. Pert RAN         POUC Alan Hughes
LSUC Alan J. Webb         LSUC Gavin J. Dawe
LSUC Michael J. Martin        ABUC David. Kerwin
ABUC Phil J. McDonald      ABUC Griffiths
ABUC G. Hynds  

Communications

LCDR G. Walpole RAN POSY J. McConnell
LSSIG A. Finch       LSSIG P. Dopson
LSSIG J. Phillips    ABSIG Pilgrim
ABSIG David Reid      ABSIG D. Maus
SMNSIG Lane    SMNSIG M. Stevenson
PORS D. Boongy        LSRO T.R. Smart
LSRO Wilson      LSRO H.H. O'Hare
ABRO Pickering   ABRO Tubb
ABRO G. Webber  
PORSEW W. Burnett   LSROEW K.L. Parry 
ABROEW P.W. Robertson     ABROEW D. Lowes
ABROEW Hill  

Engineering

LCDR P. Gregory RAN  WOMTP4 M. Berger
CPOMTP4 D. Guy CPOMTP4 Norm Worrall
CPOMTP3 F.S. Ockwell    POMTP3 S.C. Bedford
POMTP3 Haase    POMTP3 P.E. Johnson
LSMTP Baulch LSMTP David Illingworth
ABMTP Bennett   ABMTP Jarvis
ABMTP1 D.A. Horton         ABMTP1 L.J. Manning
ABMTP Pevitt ABMTP Schultz
ABMTP Owens  

Electrical

CPOETP4 A.S. Ferrari      CPOETP4 D.L. Fancourt
CPOETP4 J. White     LSETP3 M.J. Dilizi
LSETP S. Ashby  LSETP3 G.A. Kellond
LSETP2 Gurton LSETP R.A. Wilkins
ABETP S. Greer   ABETP1 D.P. Chilton
ABETP1 R.G. Dixon        ABETP S. Vasey
SMNETP Farmer SMNETP M. Nolan
SMNETP Keown SMNETP Brown

Shipwrights

CPOMTH4 G. Schluter POMTH3 R.C. Hanigan
LSMTH1 M.K. Heckley        ABMTH Richards
ABMTH Norman ABMTH Roach

Supply

LCDR R.S. Pritchard RAN      CPOSN R.C. Callaghan
LSSN M. Gurr POSV Brookes
ABSN G.F. Coulthard ABSN B.J. Dan
LSSV M.R. Hore               ABSV B.J. Kitson
POWTR T. Smith Warren LSWTR M. Chee
ABWTR D. Haley   POCK G.D. Hobden
POCK Hartigan LSCK Ferguson
ABCK N. Pandpoulos ABCK Shepard
ABCK Wright ABCK Williams     
POSTD Woods  LSSTD P.B. Brooke
LSSTD T. Bissell ABSTD C. Deal
ABSTD A.J. Cliff     ABSTD G. Earle
ABSTD G.L. Dunbar        ABSTD Piper
ABSN James SMNWTR M. Cross

Weapons Electrical

LCDR I. Croser RAN    LEUT M. Davis RAN
CPOETS P.K. Aldenhoven       CPOETS4 R.G. Stenhouse
POETS3 E.J. Bird              POETS3 N.R. Garvin
LSETS3 M.A. Sheldrick   LSETS3 Edwards
ABETS   G. Everton        ABETS Gavlik
ABETS Huggard CPOETS3 K.L. Crampton
POETS3 R. Wyness     LSETS A. Ashlin
LSETS G.T. Roy    ABETS G. Krause
LSETS S. Griggs       LSETS3 M.J. Dibden
LSETS Zache POETW3 S.A. Holm   
SMNETW Hill POETW P.J. Kossatz
CPOETW4 A. Hall          SMNETW Bendsten          
LSETW Robertson     CPOETC3 R.S. Mays
LSETW3 C.J. Wakefield POETC3 D.J. Willsher
SMNETW Brown LSETC2 N.J. Knight       
CPOETC4 D. Williams  ABETS B. Young
ABETS C. Speed        SMNETS M. Grigg

NB: This List was adapted from the HMAS CANBERRA 1983 North West Indian Ocean Deployment Book. 

The Cruise book is not very accurate, please let me know if the names etc are incorrect webmaster@hmascanberra.com

 

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