1965 Winter Over Personnel of Wilkes Station
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Gordon Albert ALLEN (Gordie)
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Seismologist
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Deceased 29/6/1997.
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Michael W. BAYLEY (Mike)
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Ionosphere Physicist
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Kenneth Lyle BENNETT(KB)
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Radio Operator/Postmaster
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Also wintered at Mawson 1960, Mawson 1967, Davis 1969, Macquarie 1973,
Macquarie 1976, Macquarie
1982, Davis
1986.
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John Stuart BOYD
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Physicist
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Peter James BROWNE-COOPER
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Geophysicist
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Walter DEMECH (Wally)
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Radio Operator
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Mark James FORECAST
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Weather Observer
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Also wintered at Mawson 1967 & Macquarie Island 1969 (died 2 August 2015)
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Peter Ronald GIBSON (Gibbo)
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Plumber/Dog Handler
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Also wintered at Mawson 1969
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Thomas Kevin GLEESON (Torch)
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Weather Observer-
in-Charge
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Deceased 26/6/2007.
Also wintered Wilkes 1963, Macquarie Island 1967.
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Michael Raymond GLENNY (Mick)
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Mechanic-Driver
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Died 8/9/1991. Also wintered Wilkes 1967 and Mawson 1969.
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Manfred Erich HADER (Fred)
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Weather Observer
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Sidney Thomas HARVEY
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Senior Technician
(Electronics)
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Kenneth Edmund HICKS
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Medical Officer
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Died October 2013. Also wintered Wilkes
1963.
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Robert Michael HOLMES (Bob)
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Radio Technician
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John Henry LANYON (Jack)
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Officer in Charge
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Died 24/11/1992.
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John Francis McKENZIE
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Supervising Technician (radio)
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Also wintered Wilkes 1963.
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William Allen McLAREN (Allen)
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Glaciologist
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Brian Paul RYDER (Red)
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Radio Operator
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Died 5/9/2010. Also wintered Mawson 1961, Wilkes 1963, Macquarie
Island 1967,
Davis 1971, Macquarie
Island 1973.
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Kenneth John SHENNAN (Scruffy)
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Senior Diesel
Mechanic
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Also wintered Mawson 1963, Macquarie Island 1967.
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Edward Patrick SIMMONS (Ted)
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Weather Observer
(Radio)
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Died 28/4/2007
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John Walter TARBUCK
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Cook
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Also wintered at Macquarie Island 1963, Wilkes 1967, Davis 1969.
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Anthony WARRINER (Hooby)
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Radio Operator-in-
Charge
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Also wintered at Davis 1961, Mawson 1963, Casey 1971 and Macquarie Island 1973.
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Ronald Royce WIGGINS (Ron)
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Assistant
Diesel Mechanic
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Also wintered at Casey 1969.
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Antarctic Placenames
The following members of the
Wilkes ’65 party have places in Antarctica named in
their honour. The year and station
relating to the naming appears in brackets:
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Ken Bennett
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Mount Bennett, Napier Mountains, Enderby Land (Mawson 1960, 1967 and
Davis 1969)
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John Boyd
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Boyd Nunatak on the Ingrid Christensen Coast (Wilkes 1965)
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Peter Browne-Cooper
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Mount Browne-Cooper on Bennett Escarpment, SW of Mount Crohn, Prince Charles Mountains (Wilkes 1965)
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Mark Forecast
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Mount Forecast, a large
mountain in the Bennett Escarpment,
Prince Charles Mountains (Wilkes 1965)
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Peter Gibson
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Mount Gibson, Prince Charles Mountains (Wilkes 1965, Mawson 1969)
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Kevin (Torch) Gleeson
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Mount Gleeson, Prince Charles Mountains (Wilkes 1965)
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Sid Harvey
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Harvey Ridge, Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains (Wilkes 1965)
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Ken Hicks
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Mount Hicks, Prince Charles Mountains (Wilkes 1963 and 1965)
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John (Jack) Lanyon
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Mount Lanyon, Prince Charles Mountains (Wilkes 1965)
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John McKenzie
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McKenzie Peak, Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains (Wilkes 1963)
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Allen McLaren
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McLaren Ridge in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains (Wilkes 1965)
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Brian (Red) Ryder
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Mount Ryder, Enderby Land
(Mawson 1961)
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Ken (Scruffy) Shennan
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Mount Shennan, Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains (Mawson 1963)
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John Tarbuck
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Tarbuck Crag (141m high feature in the Vestfold Hills (Wilkes 1965, 1967
and Davis 1969)
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Tony Warriner
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Warriner Island, off the Vestfold Hills (Davis 1961)
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Source: Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AAD); John
Stewart, Antarctica An Encyclopedia Vol.2
Polar Medalists
The following
members of the Wilkes ’65 party were awarded a Polar Medal. The year and station relating to the award
appears in the right hand column :
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Ken (KB) Bennett
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Mawson 1967
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Mark Forecast
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Mawson, 1967
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Ken Hicks
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Wilkes 1965
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Allen McLaren
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Wilkes, 1965
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Brian (Red) Ryder
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Davis, 1971
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Ken (Scruffy) Shennan
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Wilkes, 1965
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Tony (Hooby) Warriner
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Wilkes 1965
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Source: N.W. Poulsom &
J.A.L. Myres, British Polar Exploration
and Medallic Record, London, Savannah Publications, 2000 |