ASSOCIATION BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
Members of WW2 Commandos and Australian Special Forces

They shall grow not old
as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn;
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning
We Will Remember Them.

"LEST WE FORGET"

 

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Peter Thomas MARTIN
126 Sig Sqn 1975 - 1979
passed away Oct 2011

 

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Nicholas (Tom) DOOLEY
DoB 30-04-1948
2 Cdo Coy 1969-1970 CMF, ARA SVN
passed away 3rd Oct 2011

Paul BUTLER
2 Cdo Coy 1970s
passed away 14 Sept 2011
Marseille, France

 

Earnie CONYERS
2 Cdo Coy 1959 - 1964
20 Feb 1941 to 17 Sep 2011

Colin CLARK
2 Cdo Coy 1968 - 1972
passed away Sep 2011

Russ HOLLING
passed away Sep 2011
2 Cdo Coy 1964-1966

SGT Todd Matthew LANGLEY
2nd Cdo Regt
died 04 Jul 2011
during operations in Afghanistan

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Chris WHEELER
126 Sig Sqn 1980 - 1996
died Wednesday 10 Aug 2011 age 61
sucumbing to a long battle with cancer.

Sergeant Brett WOOD
2nd Cdo Regt
May 23 2011 age 32
killed when an improvised explosive device detonated during clearance operations in southern Afghanistan

Warren JANSON
SGT 2 Cdo Coy and 5/6 RVR
died 31 May 2011
Result of car accident 


LT Marcus CASE
May 2011 age 27
5/6 RVR, 1st Cdo Regt
6th Aviation Regt
killed in the crash of a Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan

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Keith Charles TURLAND
passed away 06 June 2011 aged 87 years
'Z' Special Unit.

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Trooper Henry J HINDLE
passed away 13th May 2011
( 3 days short of his 89th birthday).
he served with the 2/10th Commando Squadron at the landing of Wewak

Lyndon GRIFFITHS
passed away 14th June 2011
Joined the 2/4 Commando in Feb 1945 and served in the Tarakan campaign  

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WO1 (ret) Ernest Francis BLOCKSIDGE
28 November 1936 - 3 January 2011

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Edward Allan NICHOLAS MBE
passed away Thursday 28 April 2011
CMF, AATTV, 2 Cdo Coy, PTS

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Alan TWYNAM-PERKINS
passed away Nov 2010
WO2 (SCC) 126 Sig Sqn 1981-82

QX30364
LTCOL (ret) Colin James CATTANACH AM
1922 - Jun 2010
 service in WW2, Borneo, Vietnam
OC 126 Signal Squadron 1964

Armin Edgar DURR
19 Feb 1951 - 29 Jun 2010
after a long battle with liver cancer
126 Sig Sqn 1979 - 1982

Timothy James APLIN
Ben A CHUCK
Scott T PALMER
21 June 2010
2nd Cdo Regt
died when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Kandahar Province in southern Afghanistan

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Bryan PANTING
Feb 2010
126 Sig Sqn - 660 Sig Tp

 

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Neville (Snakey) James DANIELS
126 Sig Sqn 1967 - 1971 & 1980

Mason K EDWARDS
2009 age 30
4 RAR (CDO)
Accidently shot dead at Cultana base in South Australia during live-fire training exercises

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Trooper Evan MACGREGOR
passed away 18th Apr 2010
Enlisted 06/03/1942
Discharged 15/07/1946
Service in WW2 New Guinea and Borneo.
2/5th Australian Commando Squadron.

Royston Stanley (Bill) BILLETT
20 Sep 1937 - 19 Mar 2010
OC 2 Cdo Coy 1972 - 1976

 Brian HINNEBERG
passed away 05 Dec 2009
2 Cdo Coy Mar 1956 - Jan 1959

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Don Alexander William PORTEOUS
11 Nov 1930 - 4 Nov 2009
2 Cdo Coy Feb 1956 - Jan 1959
 

Len HOLMES (Royal Marine)
passed away Sep 2009
ex SBS, 1955 instructor with 1st and 2nd Cdo Companies

 John Ronald RIGBY
passed away 12 Apr 2009
2 Cdo Coy 1967 - 1967

Gregory SHER
2 Cdo Coy

4 Jan 2009 while serving with the Special Operations Task Group in Uruzgan province when he was killed by a rocket attack.

Peter SEDDON
30 Nov 1923 - 02 Dec 2008
2 Cdo Coy 1955

Karel HULSBERGEN
passed away 13 Sep 2008
2 Cdo Coy

Noel ANDERSON
passed away 12 Jul 2008
126 Sig Sqn 1968 - 1970

Neil CHASEMORE
passed away Jun 2008
2 Cdo Coy

Marty BREED
30 Apr 1957 - 06 Jun 2008
126 Sig Sqn 1978 - 1984

David MAUGHAN
passed away 12 Jun 2008
2 Cdo Coy

Trevor WATSON
06 Oct 1955 - 07 Dec 2007
2 Cdo Coy

Col TITMARSH
passed away 2007
2 Cdo Coy 1962 - 1965

John (Jack) FLETCHER
02 Dec 1933 - 05 Nov 2007
2 Cdo Coy 1959-1960

Michael WILLIAMSON
06 Jan 1941 - 27 Apr 2007
1 Cdo Coy

David O'NEIL
passed away 09 Apr 2007
2 Cdo Coy 1993 - 1995

John Street
126 Sig Sqn 1979 - 1986
passed away - date unknown

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Ronald IRELAND
May 22, 1999
126 Sig Sqn 1981 - 1987

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WO1 / Capt Roy FROST
126 Sig Sqn 1973 - 1992
passed away - date unknown

Anthony (Tony) RAFFAELE
passed away 2007
1 Cdo Coy 1961 - 1967

Peter PEART (Lowe)
13 Apr 1947 - 27 Oct 2006
2 Cdo Coy 1964 - 1971

Michael (Macca) McAVOY
passed away 09 Apr 2007
2 Cdo Coy
 

Paul TAYLOR
murdered on 21 August 1993 by John Lascano who also killed Pauls daughter and a friend at a gunshop in the Melbourne suburb of Springvale.
126 Sig Sqn  1969 - 1973

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Edward (Ted) Blacker
passed away - 1992

Kenneth Richard LUCAS
20-03-1950 to 12-09-2004
126 Sig Sqn 1972 - 1983

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Maurice Maxwell (Blue) KEANE
DoB 16 Dec 1927
Occupation forces in Japan
Service in Korean - 1953
126 Sig Sqn 1973 - 1981

Vivian (Viv) KEIN
25 Jun 1928 to 10 Jan 1981
born Villipuram, India

1945-46 British Army in India.
1947 Indian Army
1960-62 19th Infantry Division Signal Regiment, Himilayan Border
1962-64 3rd Himalayan Infantry Division Signal Regiment, Indo-Tibet border
1964-66 Head Quarters Southern Command Signal Regiment, Bombay
1967-68 8th Mountain Division Signal Regiment, Nagra Hills
1968-69 Military College of Telecommunications Engineering, Mhow
1969 11 Sep Discharged from Indian Army (Held a Queen's Viceroy Commission, rank of Subahdar Major)
1970 16 Feb enlisted in Australian Military Forces - CMF.
1970-75 Served with 3 Signal Regiment
1974-81 126 Sig Sqn as WO2

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Kenneth James (Ken) GRANTHAM
died Apr 1989 as a
result of a motor cycle accident
126 Sig Sqn SSM 1979-1981

  Basil LEES
126 Sig Sqn 67-68 69-70 72-79
Service in 3 RAR Korea

 Phil NOONAN
126 Sig Sqn 1966-1972

died Mar 1972 a result of car accident

 

When the security of our land is threatened,
We call on our soldier's might,
To go wherever they're needed,
To defend us day and night.

They leave their loves ones behind,
A great price our soldiers must pay.
Let us salute their courage and bravery,
May we remember them each time we pray.