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Atomic Vets Meeting at Spotswood / Kingsville RSL
There will be a meeting of
all atomic survivors at the Spotswood / Kingsville RSL, Victoria, on
Saturday May 12, 2018. The national secretary of the
Australian Ex-Services Atomic Survivors Association Inc., will be
coming to Melbourne to hold a meeting of all / any, Nuclear Vets to
try to create a National body. (Western Australia are the only
National Assoc as far as he knows). Hopefully there is enough
interest in Melbourne to establish a branch here. By having a
larger member base it will gain more credence in speaking with the
Government.
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Mosaic and Hurricane survivors return to
Monte Bello
Steven Bruni (author), LSIS
Lee-Anne Mack (photographer)
Members of the Australian Ex Services Atomic Survivors Association with their partners and the
Commanding Officer HMAS Stirling, Captain Brian Delamont, RAN, during a visit to the HMAS
Stirling Museum at the unveiling of a new Nuclear Testing exhibit in the associations honour.
Members
of the Australian Ex-Services Atomic Survivors Association have
travelled to the Monte Bello Islands marking the 60th Anniversary of
the completion of Operation MOSAIC.
The operation involved British and Australian forces conducting two
atomic tests on the islands off the Western Australian coast.
The Royal Australian Navy along with the Royal Navy were heavily
involved with both Operation HURRICANE in 1952 and Operation MOSAIC
in 1955.
Secretary of the Association, Jim Marlow, said activities involved
members from many parts of Australia, and the group travelled from
Perth to Karratha and then out to the islands unveiling the plaque
along with a small ceremony to mark the occasion.
“We began in Perth with a meet and greet with those that had
travelled from the East and then on the following day it was on the
flight to Karratha," he said.
The group chartered a vessel to the islands after stops in Karratha
and Dampier.
"We enjoyed lunch with the Pilbara Regiment and the local council
put on a barbeque on at the RSL but of course, when many of us were
here 60 years ago when the tests were taking place, these towns
didn’t exist!”
Operation HURRICANE, which involved the detonation of one atomic
device, involved the Australian component of Task Force 4 made up of
the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney and HMA Ships Tobruk (I),
Hawkesbury, Macquarie, Murchison, Shoalhaven, Mildura who carried
out patrol work. Smaller vessels Karangi, Koala, Limicola, Reserve,
Wareen, MRL 252 and MWL 251 performed useful work laying moorings,
marking channels and providing valuable logistic and personnel
support.
Operation MOSAIC, which involved the detonation of two atomic
devices, saw the Australian component of Task Force 308 made up of
HMA Ships Junee, Fremantle, Karangi, MRL 252 and MWL 251.
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