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    Quote Originally Posted by crowie View Post
    WOW, I remember some of those names.
    I added a few more from around that era Crowie!

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    Quote Originally Posted by OldRustyToolie View Post
    Azzrock, do any of these names ring a bell from your Navy days at Nirimba?

    Ron Payne, Roy Forsythe, Stan Glass, Fred Hadley, Ron Sell, Col Smith, Brian Barlow, "Jan"Leach (Marking room), Ernie Cracknell, Bob Spencer, Eric Hallam, Max Johnston, Bob Galvin, Bob Rodger, Phil Atkins and from memory Lew Farrugia. Lew sadly passed away in 1976 at only 47 years.

    There were a few more F & M Instructors but can't remember at the moment.
    good on yah rusty . these names dont mean nothing to me. compared to you im an OD joined in the 80's .
    I think our first instructor was Mr pierce. He was getting on. He would spin a few waries. have the time after lunch he was funny
    Maybe he had a couple too many at the instructors bar. im not knocking that because any time i got a chance once i left nirimba
    I was sinking stubbies to.

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    Quote Originally Posted by azzrock View Post
    good on yah rusty . these names dont mean nothing to me. compared to you im an OD joined in the 80's .
    I think our first instructor was Mr pierce. He was getting on. He would spin a few waries. have the time after lunch he was funny
    Maybe he had a couple too many at the instructors bar. im not knocking that because any time i got a chance once i left nirimba
    I was sinking stubbies to.
    Azzrock, Yes, many of these could have retired when you were there in the 1980s. Were you MTP or MTH in those days? What a great training establishment it was.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OldRustyToolie View Post
    Azzrock, Yes, many of these could have retired when you were there in the 1980s. Were you MTP or MTH in those days? What a great training establishment it was.

    g'day again.
    I was an mtp. there were two mtp classes in my intake. we did have a lot of fun. it was a strange big game in a way. We got a pretty good start to our trade. We were all into it. wanted to learn as much as we could and get to the fleet. besides the trade they made us all pretty well fearless.
    you know all we feared was shore time and kryptonite.

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