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12 thoughts on “A Question for Otagoites”

  • Dave synnott
    September 25, 2020 at 5:18 am
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    Here is a start:
    Dave Synnott
    Dits Powell
    Dave Wistrand?
    Roc Graham
    Carl Edwards
    Alan Tritt
    Dennis O’ Rourke
    Dennis VIa usa?
    Don Mc Murray
    here is a start, can see the face, but can’t pull the name of a few more.

  • Nick Carter
    September 25, 2020 at 7:27 pm
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    George Cust
    Brian Mitchell
    Nick Carter
    Don (Ralph) Parks
    Hugh French?
    TK Kingi?

    • Don (Ralph) Parkes
      September 28, 2020 at 8:20 pm
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      Hi Nick,
      Hows it going?

      Was Jon Stafford and Evan McGregor on that commission?

      • Jon Stafford
        October 2, 2020 at 7:32 pm
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        Lyndsey Guilford
        Jon Stafford
        also Fred Paton
        Brian Scruton

  • John Bullock
    October 7, 2020 at 5:01 am
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    Noel “Skin” Kinnamont LRO
    John Bullock
    Pat Green (RCI)

    • Jon Stafford
      October 7, 2020 at 7:33 pm
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      Brian Scruton
      Fred Paton

      They took Bollocks on his first dirty run ashore in the Far East

  • John Bullock
    October 9, 2020 at 12:14 am
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    Many thank U’s for that comment Jon …….. fake news of course!

  • Mike Catlow
    October 13, 2020 at 2:28 am
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    I am somewhat confused about Fred Paton. He was a classmate of mine and when we finished boys training I never got drafts with them for the rest of my time. My memory is not so great but sure i would have remembered if Fred was there. I was drafted to Otago 9/3/63 as the EW component. After workup at Pearl on our way back to Singapore we got a signal on 5th June to say i was nominated for a course at HMS Mercury. I briefly left Otago on 21st August after FOTEX exercise and re-joined her at Singapore 21st November. I was drafted off Otago 29th January 1964.

    • Frank Rands
      October 13, 2020 at 3:17 am
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      Mike, a few dates for you to work through. Fred Paton went initially to Otago in Aug 1962 came off in Sep 1963 for a course and went back to Otago in Oct 1963 and stayed until Feb 1964 when he took a holiday to Irirangi. He was posted back to Otago in Nov 1965 and came off in Oct 1966.

      • Mike Catlow
        October 13, 2020 at 8:25 am
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        Many thanks Frank my memory is worse than i thought – will do some hypnosis to see if that helps! I have some recall issues for that draft for some reason.

        • Jon Stafford
          October 13, 2020 at 8:27 pm
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          Fred Paton flew home for his fathers funeral. He was replaced by a Pom sparker while he was back in NZ and then rejoined us up the Far East.

        • skin kininmont
          October 14, 2020 at 2:12 am
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          yep Mike FRED was with us

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