The Commissioning Crew were selected from all over Australia, it was a great privilege to be posted to the United States to Commission the new Guided Missile Frigates being built in the US, to conduct the US Navy Training, work the ship up and bring her back to Australia.
Commanding Officer
Commander Bryan Wilson RAN
Executive Officer
LCDR Tony Christie RAN
Seaman
WOCOX Dean Parks +
CPOQMG Chris J. Sargent
POMEDX Michael C. Fishborne
LSCOX L.K. Jones
LSPT P.R. Clarke
LSSE C.D. Whittington
ABMED B.G. Devery
Action Information
LEUT Mark L. Proctor RAN
CPORP R. Lindsay Scullin
PORP Neil E. Haines
LSRP Gordon G. Batty
LSRP M.A. Graham
LSRPAC Ray J. Graham
LSRP Sean J. Cox
LSRP John W. Findlay
LSRP John C. Gabriel
LSRP Richard N. Phillips
LSRP Steve .F. Burrows
ABRP Tim R. Douglas +
ABRP Adrian P. Grimwade
ABRP Ian L. Thomas
ABRP Lee J. Webster
ABRP Tim.M. Winterton
ABRP Ken G.R. Carroll
ABRP Michael C. Frawley
ABRP Roy J. Holmes
ABRP Mark R. Quigley
Navigation
LEUT Richard J. Sherwood RAN
LSMET A.E. Thomson
Gunnery
LCDR Brian D. Hunt RAN SBLT Ernie A. Power RAN
CPOFC Danny Hardy LSFC Andrew J Fitzgerald
LSFC R.D. MacLean ABFC Peter J. Stanton
POQMG Allan M. Stark + LSQMG A. J. Bensted
LSQMG Andy Siggs ABQMG Paul G. Blaik
ABQMG R.J. Owens ABQMG Nigel T. Edwards
ABQMG S.W. Goulden ABQMG T.E. Harding
ABQMG P.M. Robertson ABQMG T.L. Smith +
ABQMG M.A. Thomas ABQMG S.Van Heythuyson
ABQMG Stephen Woods
Diving
LEUT M.A. Rutherford RAN POCD Eric P. McKenzie
ABCD Gary A. Williamson+
ASW
LCDR D.S. Pert RAN POUC David H. Shine
LSUC Doug M. Burdon LSUC Gavin J. Dawe
LSUC Michael J. Martin LSUC E.R. Sutton
ABUC Phil J. McDonald ABUC A.G. Robinson
ABUC Alan J. Webb
Communications
LCDR T.J.D. Breukel RAN POSY G.G. Holmes
LSSIG W.E. Blair LSSIG P.G. Galvin
LSSIG M.J. Smith ABSIG M.J. Burton
ABSIG R.S. Hall ABSIG T.J. O'Conner
PORS W.D. Roots LSRO G.R. Johnson
LSRO G.J. McIntyre LSRO H.H. O'Hare
ABRO G.R. Le Cerf ABRO I.D. Pitkethly
ABRO T.R. Smart
PORSEW W. Burnett LSROEW J.R. Collinson
LSROEW K.L. Parry ABROEW D. Lowes
ABROEW P.W. Robertson
Engineering
LCDR N.F. Helyer MBE RAN WOMTP4 M. Berger
CPOMTP4 D.J. Stacy CPOMTP3 R. Finlay
CPOMTP3 F.S. Ockwell POMTP3 S.C. Bedford
LSMTP3 D.D. Brown LSMTP3 P.E. Johnson
LSMTP2 J.D. Karaban LSMTP2 G.M. Topp
ABMTP1 C.M. Campbell ABMTP1 A.M. Cocks
ABMTP1 D.A. Horton ABMTP1 L.J. Manning
ABMTP2 A.A. Pederson
Electrical
CPOETP4 R. Reeves + POETP3 D.L. Fancourt
POETP3 A.S. Ferrari LSETP3 M.J. Dilizi
LSETP3 S.R. Gurton LSETP3 G.A. Kellond
LSETP2 G.J. Morrissey LSETP R.A. Wilkins
ABETP3 S. Ashby ABETP1 D.P. Chilton
ABETP1 R.G. Dixon ABETP2 P.L. Farmer
ABETP1 J.C. Gaunt
Shipwrights
POMTH3 C.J. Dando LSMTH3 R.C. Hanigan
ABMTH1 M.K. Heckley ABMTH1 B.W. Grant
ABMTH1 G.R. Purtill ABMTH J.A. Scarfe
Supply
LCDR R.S. Pritchard RAN CPOSN R.C. Callaghan
POSN J.C. Williams POSV G.R. Jackson
ABSN G.F. Coulthard ABSN G.D. Mason
LSSV M.R. Hore ABSV B.J. Kitson
POWTR G.K. Russell LSWTR G.A. Rankin
ABWTR K.A. McEwan POCK G.D. Hobden
LSCK P.L. Ferguson LSCK B.J. McNally
LSCK W.R. Wood LSCK A.L. Windley
ABCK P.L. Colenso ABCK D.P. Eden
POSTD D.W. Penny LSSTD P.B. Brooke
LSSTD W.J.S. Broughton LSSTD M.F. Buckley +
ABSTD A.J. Cliff ABSTD C.W. Daniels
ABSTD G.L. Dunbar ABSTD R.P. Lombardini
Weapons Electrical
LCDR J.R. Cook RAN LEUT R.L. Gibson RAN
CPOETS P.K. Aldenhoven POETS3 R.G. Stenhouse
LSETS2 E.J. Bird LSETS3 N.R. Garvin
LSETS3 M.A. Sheldrick LSETS2 C.A.M. Siecker
ABETS1 S.M. Lord+ ABETS1 D.L. Simpson
ABETS3 C.J. Staddon CPOETS3 K.L. Crampton+
CPOETS4 R.C. Pine LSETS3 M. Luebker
LSETS3 D.R.C. Gunn LSETS3 R.A. Stuart
LSETS2 P. F. Stride ABETS3 M.J. Dibden
LSETS3 M.J. Tyghe POETW3 M.F. Martin
ABETS3 Edwards LSETW P.J. Kossatz
CPOETW4 A. Hall ABETW J.P. Agar
LSETW S.A. Holm POETC3 R.S. Mays
LSETW3 C.J. Wakefield LSETC3 D.J. Willsher
ABETW1 S.C. O'Donoughue LSETC2 N.J. Knight
CPOETC4 B.E. Macdonald
NB: This List was adapted from the HMAS CANBERRA Commissioning Crew Book.
LSPT Taffy Evans , ABMT Mark Lewis, SMNETS Tony Ashlin joined the ship in the USA shortly after the ships Commissioning.
SMN ET Glenn (Tex) Exton and SMN ET Garth Davis joined the ship in August 1981 in Longbeach California, USA.
+ Indicates the passing of a Commissioning Crew Member
