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Personnel

1965 Winter Over Personnel of Wilkes Station

Gordon Albert ALLEN (Gordie)

Seismologist

Deceased 29/6/1997.

Michael W. BAYLEY (Mike)

Ionosphere Physicist

 

Kenneth Lyle BENNETT(KB)

Radio Operator/Postmaster

Also wintered at Mawson 1960, Mawson 1967, Davis 1969, Macquarie 1973,

Macquarie 1976, Macquarie 1982, Davis

1986.

John Stuart BOYD

Physicist

 

Peter James BROWNE-COOPER

Geophysicist

 

Walter DEMECH (Wally)

Radio Operator

 

Mark James FORECAST

Weather Observer

Also wintered at Mawson 1967 & Macquarie Island 1969 (died 2 August 2015)

Peter Ronald GIBSON (Gibbo)

Plumber/Dog Handler

Also wintered at Mawson 1969

Thomas Kevin GLEESON (Torch)

Weather Observer- in-Charge

Deceased 26/6/2007.

Also wintered Wilkes 1963, Macquarie Island 1967.

Michael Raymond GLENNY (Mick)

Mechanic-Driver

Died 8/9/1991. Also wintered Wilkes 1967 and Mawson 1969.

Manfred Erich HADER (Fred)

Weather Observer

 

Sidney Thomas HARVEY

Senior Technician (Electronics)

 

Kenneth Edmund HICKS

Medical Officer

Died October 2013. Also wintered Wilkes 1963.

Robert Michael HOLMES (Bob)

Radio Technician

 

John Henry LANYON (Jack)

Officer in Charge

Died 24/11/1992.

John Francis McKENZIE

Supervising Technician (radio)

Also wintered Wilkes 1963.

William Allen McLAREN (Allen)

Glaciologist

 

Brian Paul RYDER (Red)

Radio Operator

Died 5/9/2010. Also wintered Mawson 1961, Wilkes 1963, Macquarie Island 1967,

Davis 1971, Macquarie Island 1973.

Kenneth John SHENNAN (Scruffy)

Senior Diesel Mechanic

Also wintered Mawson 1963, Macquarie Island 1967.

Edward Patrick SIMMONS (Ted)

Weather Observer (Radio)

Died 28/4/2007

John Walter TARBUCK

Cook

Also wintered at Macquarie Island 1963, Wilkes 1967, Davis 1969.

Anthony WARRINER (Hooby)

Radio Operator-in- Charge

Also wintered at Davis 1961, Mawson 1963, Casey 1971 and Macquarie Island 1973.

Ronald Royce WIGGINS (Ron)

Assistant Diesel Mechanic

Also wintered at Casey 1969.


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: 

Ken Bennett

Mount Bennett, Napier Mountains, Enderby Land (Mawson 1960, 1967 and Davis 1969)

John Boyd

Boyd Nunatak on the Ingrid Christensen Coast (Wilkes 1965)

Peter Browne-Cooper

Mount Browne-Cooper on Bennett Escarpment, SW of Mount Crohn, Prince Charles Mountains (Wilkes 1965)

Mark Forecast

Mount Forecast, a large mountain in the Bennett Escarpment, Prince Charles Mountains (Wilkes 1965)

Peter Gibson

Mount Gibson, Prince Charles Mountains (Wilkes 1965, Mawson 1969)

Kevin (Torch) Gleeson

Mount Gleeson, Prince Charles Mountains (Wilkes 1965)

Sid Harvey

Harvey Ridge, Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains (Wilkes 1965)

Ken Hicks

Mount Hicks, Prince Charles Mountains (Wilkes 1963 and 1965)

John (Jack) Lanyon

Mount Lanyon, Prince Charles Mountains (Wilkes 1965)

John McKenzie

McKenzie Peak, Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains (Wilkes 1963)

Allen McLaren

McLaren Ridge in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains (Wilkes 1965)

Brian (Red) Ryder

Mount Ryder, Enderby Land (Mawson 1961)

Ken (Scruffy) Shennan

Mount Shennan, Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains (Mawson 1963)

John Tarbuck

Tarbuck Crag (141m high feature in the Vestfold Hills (Wilkes 1965, 1967 and Davis 1969)

Tony Warriner

Warriner Island, off the Vestfold Hills (Davis 1961)

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 : 

Ken (KB) Bennett

Mawson 1967

Mark Forecast

Mawson, 1967

Ken Hicks

Wilkes 1965

Allen McLaren

Wilkes, 1965

Brian (Red) Ryder

Davis, 1971

Ken (Scruffy) Shennan

Wilkes, 1965

Tony (Hooby) Warriner

Wilkes 1965

Source: N.W. Poulsom & J.A.L. Myres, British Polar Exploration and Medallic Record, London, Savannah Publications, 2000