Class Photos

The 1st RAN CD's  course in the workshop aboard Porpoise - 1955.

left to right: Len Freeman, Col Carr, Jake Linton, Bob Short, Carl Errey, Col Thompson, Norm Jeffress,

Charlie Wendt.

CD Course - Dec. 1960. HMAS Rushcutter

rear: John Kershler, POCD Alan Jones, Denis Appel.

seated: John Pugsley, Lt Bill Wilcox, Bill Caton.

CD3's course.1962???

HMAS Rushcutter.

ABCD's course 4/66.

rear: Dempsey (DNQ), Garrett, Hales*, Darling (Qual 1/67),  Henry, Creedon** (DNQ), T. Ey, Cocks.

front: Mitchell (DNQ), Bates (DNQ), Filmer (DNQ), Fogo (DNQ), Gough (DNQ).

absent: Branch, Howarth.

(DNQ - did not qualify.)

*Jeff Hales (and Blue Hislop) died tragically of oxygen poisoning during a Jervis Bay ship attack in Aug 1967.

** B. Creedon changed rate but qualified a few years later.

ABCD class 4/'66 at CDT3 reunion. April 2007.

L/R: Tony Ey, Ray Cocks, Cowby Garrett, Jim Henry, John Branch.

All 5 classmates served with CDT3 in Vietnam .

Col Darling & Gavin Dark on their AB's course 1/67

Patt. 5562a Oxygen Rebreather.

ABCD's course 1/67.

Rear: ORDCD Gavin Dark, Lt David Lees, POCD Joe Valenta, ORDCD Vic Justice.

Front: ORDCD's Noel Baker & Col Darling.

Class 1/67.

Col Darling, POCD Joe Valenta (Instructor) & Noel Baker - 1/67.

Advanced course of '67.

Advanced CD's course 1973.

 L-R. LSCDs Tony Ey, Bill Creedon, Occa Howarth & RMN.

O2 swim.

Shoalwater Bay

19??

ABCD class 2/68.

Back: Mick Manning, Kevin Rowe, Peter Riley, Stan Lazoryzak, ABCD John Branch, Dixie Foord.

Front: Eric McKenzie, John Shearer, Jock Kingston, Norm Rees,  ABUM Peter Millen.

CD3's course, HMAS Rushcutter 1961.

Rear: Peter Boettcher, Harry Brankstone, Rod Richardson, Ken Richards, Ken Chinnery.

Front: Stan Beckingham, Bill Fitzgerald, Mick Shotter, Dr. Rex Gray (UM - also qual. as CD3), Jim Riddle.

POCD's course, HMAS Penguin 1971.

Rear: Dingo (RMN), Tex Bullock, Johnno Johnson, Jim Henry, Col Mitchell, George Graham, Harry Brankstone.

Sitting: Badger Dall, Norm Burt, Rod King.

AB's course, SME Holdsworthy 1966.

L-R: Bristles Lassau, John Pocklington, Mumbles Aldenhoven, P.J. Smith, Harry Brankstone, Skull Boden,

Pete Magnuson, Tawab  and Lim, RMN.

Foreign Advanced Course. Nov 1979.

POCD Bascombe,  ABCD Darcy and class.

MCDO's course 1/69.

Rear: Mick Lynch, Dave Shaw, DNQ, Ian McConnochie, DNQ.

Front: Alan Ingham, Jake Linton, Pincher Martin.

*DNQ - did not qualify.

POCD's course 1970

Rear: Steve Ambler, Pete Magnuson, Dave Bailey, Debbie Reynolds, John Shearer, Noel Stewart.

Front: Lenny Graham, Ted O'Rourke, Roy Rasmussen, Mark Every, ? Selwood (RN MCDO).

MCDO's course 1/77 (2011)

Sitting: Vice Admiral Russ Crane (Rtd) & Ian McConnochie (course officer).

Standing: Lt. Paul Darcy (2nd dicky), Garry Kennedy, John McAree, Al Irving.

CDO's course 1/66, HMAS Rushcutter

Rear (instructors): Paddy Turley, Alec Donald, Blue Cox.

Front (class): Ken Heynatz, Ken Green.

MCDO's course 1981

Advanced CD Course 1/80-81

Rear: Jeff Whenan, Glen Spilstead (Staff), Spud Murphy, Pete Tedman, John Rose, Steve Clegg (Staff),

Tug Wilson RNZN

Front: Tom Dye USN, Harry Moonen, Graham Samway, Dave Passmore, Mark Hanson and Jim Henry (Instructor)

Advanced CD course 1984.

Rear: Rod Allchurch, Eugene Maxwell, Pommy Paffett, Eric Johansen, Frank Kocsis, Brian Peers.

Front: Eric McKenzie CI, Lt. Uren CIO, John Voorham.

Advanced CD course 1969.

L/R: RMN, Kember, Luck, Narramore (rear), Mitchell (front), RMN, Bartholamai, Dunbar (EOD staff), Sporer, King.

Advanced CD course 1986.

Advanced CD course 1992/93.

Advanced CD course 1995/96.

They called themselves 'the last of the hard bastards'.

Advanced CD course

ABCD's class.1/'68.

ABCD 2/'80

L/R: Bruce Day, Paul Wheeldon, Lt. Chris Tarmey RN (CDTO), Steve Bliss, Frank Kocsis and John Harrison.

Advanced course - Port Stephens 1981.

ABCD's course -1983.

Two x ABCD Course 1983 combined for the EOD phase.

L-R Peter Evans, Correy Van Den Broek, Warburton (DNQ) Graham Meek, Ross Gallop, Timothy Hayes, Max Gillies, Allan McKeown, David Triggs, Darren Lacey.

L/R: Palmer, Pepper, Butler, Hunt, Pearsall, Smeltzer, Hurley, Sid Ramsey (Defence), Baxter

ADVCD  Course. Feb 1995. Shoalwater Bay.

Basic CD course 1986.

rear: AB's Greig DNQ, Jones DNQ, Russell, Daniels, Banevicius.

front: AB Canazi,  ABCD Bacon, WOCD Digney, POCD Monen, AB Orkney.

Graduation 1987.

4/77 completing EOD phase.

l-r: Papp, Maxwell, Rutterman, Hughes & Rowland.

MCDO'scourse 1/74.

Basic CD 1986.

Basic CD '86.

At the 'lighthouse'.

Triangular Island - '87.

November 1980.

Back row: Baron Von Cerva, Bill Denholm, Peter Farrel, Malcolm McEwen, Glenn Bowen, Russ Rylance.

Front row: Frog Daniels, Ollie Renang, Wayne Curtin (2nd dickie), Steve Cruttenden (Instructor), ???, Doug Ritchie, David Creaser.

BCD 68 & 69 celebrate their Graduation day - 26th Sept '08.

Advanced course '07/'08

CD 17 - 1988.

standing: SMNCD* Robert James, SMNCD* Richard Nelson, ABFC Bob Gruin, ABSE Trevor Sellors, ABUC 'Doc' Barrett, SMNCD* Sean Moran

seated: SMNCD* Robert Goodwin, POCD Steve Clegg, LEUT Robertson, LSCD Jimmy Mason, ABUC Robert Schwartz.

CD18 -

back row: SMNCD 'Sharkey' Chambers (passed CD-19), SMNCD Robert James (passed CD-19), ABEW Mick Oaklands, SMNCD Andy Giles

middle row: ABUC 'Doc' Barrett (DNQ), ABFC Bob Gruin, ABSE Trevor Sellors (DNQ), SMNCD Stuart MacArthur,

SMNCD Michael Bending, AB Petersen (DNQ)

front row: ABUC Robert Schwartz (DNQ), SMNCD Sean Moran, POCD Steve Bliss, LEUT Rogerson, LSCD 'Red' Skelton,

SMNCD Jones (DNQ), SMNCD Robert Goodwin.

MCDO QC 1/86

  LEUT Glen "Ralph" Ker, LEUT Mick Gough, SBLT Rod Newbold (pulled the pin), LEUT Andy Lea, SBLT Ken Holbert and SBLT Brenton "Smiley" Smyth.

Instructor - CPOCD R. Cronin.