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Originally Posted by JohnG
Joined the RAN Reserve in 1968, my number was called out and I elected to go full time in the RAN in 1969, served on Attack Class Patrol Boats out of Cairns as a Bofors gunner, volunteered to do Helicopter Door Gunner training, was enroute to Vietnam when the ship was turned around and we were discharged, stayed on in the RAN Reserve until 1982.
Service number was A100545, won't ever forget that, lol.
Cheers
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Hi John
I did NST back in 1955 with RAAF at Amberly A214061 I was later in the CMF 2/84032 RAASC
From 1970 to 1985 I did all the Cairns Communications Refits on the Attack class patrol boats working out of the PBF. I later set up the electronics workshop at HMAS Cairns and then did the fit-outs on all the Fremantles. We probably saw each other from time to time. I must go near to the record for a chunder, From the bridge over the stern without a drop on the ship! It was a pretty rough day!
Barry
