Sharon Lees
Home Town: Christchurch
Trade: Mess Steward
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - June 1991
Rank Achieved: LAC
Today: Sharon, who is now Sharon Templeton, says, "I left in June 91 after completing my trade training and City and Guilds certificates as a mess steward. I finally married John in 1997 after being together since 87 and we have a 5yr old daughter. Together we manage the 64'000acre Walter Peak Station on the shores of Lake Wakatipu."
Email wps@queenstown.co.nz
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Catrina McLennan
Nickname:
Home Town: Tokoroa
Trade:
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
Email:
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Karen Miller
(later Karen Middlemiss)
Nickname:
Home Town: Oxford
Trade:
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
Email:
Note: Anton Whittle remembers Karen changed her name to Karen Middlemiss in 1991 or 1992
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Lynley Morris
Nickname:
Home Town: Christchurch
Trade: Senior Clerk Typist
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - 28 April 1992
Rank Achieved: LAC
Today: Lynley is now Lynley Ward, and she says in a 30th of April 2007 email to me, "I have just started my first year as a Midwifery Student at CPIT. I was in Australia from 1992-2006 working in the IT industry before going to Flinders University. I have been married to Rick since 1992 and we have three children, Jennifer (14), Patrick (11) and Michael (8)."
Email: lynley_rick@hotmail.com
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Typing Pool
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DEMU/RPU
Defence HQ
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Auckland
Wigram
Auckland
Wellington
Auckland
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9 Jan 1989
April 1989
July 1989
September 1989
September 1990
November 1990
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23 Mar 1989
July 1989
September 1989
September 1990
November 1990
April 1992
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Marie McNaught
Nickname:
Home Town: Christchurch
Trade:
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
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Today:
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Catherine J. O'Sullivan
Nickname:
Home Town: Christchurch
Trade:
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
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Joelle A. Omundsen
Nickname:
Home Town: Gisborne
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Toni J. Powell
Nickname:
Home Town: Dunedin
Trade:
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
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Al Priest
Nickname: Padre, and Priesty
Home Town: Otane
Trade: Aircraft Technician
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
Email:
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2/89 Basic Engineering
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Greg Rawson
Nickname:
Home Town: Levin
Trade: Aircraft Technician
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
Email:
Note: Anton Whittle remembers that Greg became an officer
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Anthony G. Reynolds
Nickname: Speg, or Tony
Home Town: Hastings
Trade: Avionics Technician (CT)
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved: Sergeant
Today:
Email:
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Karen Rodgers
Nickname:
Home Town: Auckland
Trade:
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
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Dave G. Roe
Nickname: Postie
Home Town: Hamilton
Trade: Aircraft Technician (CT)
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 -
Rank Achieved:
Today:
Email:
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Catherine J. Rowland
Nickname: Rambette
Home Town: Ngarawahia
Trade:
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
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Scottie A. Ryall
Nickname:
Home Town: Christchurch
Trade:
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
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Brent R. Sawyers
Nickname: Tracman, and Swayers
Home Town: Westport
Trade: Aircraft Technician
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
Email:
Note: Anton Whittle remembers Brent was "
known as "Swayers" due to his happy-go-lucky
marching style". I can vouch for this. I remember when he was in my flight at No. 4TTS and was marker when we were marching to lunch one day. Everyone in the flight behind him began to sway with him, and I recall seeing airmen at ARS and ERS watching and laughing. Brent was not aware of our antics.
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Amelia D. Scott
Nickname:
Home Town: Auckland
Trade:
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
Email:
Note: Anton Whittle remembers that Amelia was a twin, her sister was also in the RNZAF and had been on an earlier
course. Kyle Stewart remembers the flight in the Cafe singing to Amelia to the tune of the song "Cecilia"
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Dean A. Shuen
Nickname:
Home Town: Mount Maunganui
Trade:
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
Email:
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Natasha J. Smart
Nickname:
Home Town: Dunedin
Trade:
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
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Robert K. Smith
Nickname: Peewee
Home Town: Martinborough
Trade:
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
Email:
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Paul A. Smith
Nickname: Smutty
Home Town: Otorohanga
Trade: Avionics Technician (CT)
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
Email:
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Reon W. Snellgrove
Nickname: Iceman
Home Town: Paraparaumu
Trade: Aircraft Technician
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
Email:
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Kyle J. Stewart
Nickname: Kylie
Home Town: Christchurch
Trade: Aircraft Technician
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today: Kyle is IT Manager at Electricity Ashburton. He emailed on the 7th of March 2005, and says;
"WOW. Its good to see that people are still remembered after nearly 15 years. Those 3 short months had a lifelong impact on me, and I am sure many others. My memories have just started exploding back after seeing some of the photos on the web page. The days of rifle inspections, bed packs, spit polishing, and singing to Amelia in the café to the tune of Cecilia. I need to go through my garage and find the old photos, I think I must have spent a fortune on developing. I'm now in the world of computers, running the network for Electricity Ashburton. I am married to Alison, with 2 boys Sean 3 ½ and Jamie 14 months. Must go and work now, will catch up later when I have found some photos."
Email kstewart@electash.co.nz
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Julian C. Thacker
Nickname:
Home Town: Tauranga
Trade:
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today: Julian lives in Wainoni, Christchurch.
Email: fyremon@clear.net.nz
Note: Julian's older brother Ron Thacker was a pilot in the RNZAF
Julian sent this email of the 17th of Feb 2005
"Hey Dave!
Good to hear from you. (but sorry, I dont recall anyone outside of 'C
Flilght').
I havent heard from anyone from R1/89 in years!
Good on you for having the nonce to put this site together, I have just
finished looking at it and think it's great!!!
I have a good number of photo's of my own, and a bunch from the photo flight
that I scored for a couple packs of choccy bikkies!
I have an album with quite a few from Dip Flat, and passing out parade pics
from photo flight. Plus the assorted dodgy pics that were taken in barracks! You know the ones! lol.
If you want any of these to add to the site, then please feel free to drop
me a line and we can sort something out.
Julian Thacker"
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Rodney W. Thomas
Nickname: Ralph
Home Town: Paraparaumu
Trade: Avionics Technician
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - today
Rank Achieved: Corporal
Today: Apparently still in RNZAF at Base Ohakea
Email
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Angela M. Thompson
Nicknames: Alf
Home Town: Tauranga
Trade: Teleop (the last ever to join in this trade), then remustered to Typist
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - 1994
Rank Achieved: LAC
Today: Now known as Angela McDowall Thompson
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Robert G. Thomson
Nickname: Ocky
Home Town: Dunedin
Trade:
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
Email:
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Steven L. Van Asperen
Nickname: Deke
Home Town: Balclutha
Trade:
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
Email:
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Johannes (Hans) Van Leeuwen
Nickname: Horse, or Curly's nickname for him was 'Yo Hanas Von Tulipmuncher'
Home Town: Havelock North
Trade Aircraft: Technician (CT), then Engineering Officer
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
Email:
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Mark Waters
Nickname: Curly
Home Town: Garston
Trade: Avionics Technician (CT)
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - Nov 2001
Rank Achieved: Flight Lieutenant
Today Curly says,
"After leaving the RNZAF I moved to Australia (Nowra) to take up an Electrical Engineers position with Kaman Aerospace who manufacture the SH-2G(A) Super Seasprite. I was part of their In-service Support Contract with the Australian Navy for the ongoing support of the aircraft. I spent two years in that position before taking up my current Logistics Managers position in the same facility where I am responsible for the technical support, materials management, configuration management and warehousing activities for the aircraft. I'm married (nearly 11 years) with two daughters (6 & 3) and happily soaking up the Aussie lifestyle in the land of the long white beaches."
Email waters-sma@kaman.com or marklee1@tpg.com.au
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GSTS
No. 4TTS
No. 2TTS
No. 2TTS
E&I Section
CTS
Avionics
AvMS
75 Sqn
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RMIT
LEU
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Woodbourne
Woodbourne
Wigram
Wigram
Woodbourne
Wigram
Ohakea
Ohakea
Ohakea
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Melbourne
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R1/89 Recruit Course
2/89 Basic Engineering
Avionics Mechanics Course
Avionics Technicians Course
various positions and bays
Officer Training
Avionics Project Officer
Flight Commander
Short stint as Dep MFC during
Vanguard to Singapore
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F/C Logistics Evaluation Unit
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9 Jan 1989
3 Apr 1989
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Mar 1997
Jun 1997
Nov 1997
1998
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Jan 1999
Dec 1999
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23 Mar 1989
28 July 1989
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Jun 1997
Nov 1997
Dec 1998
1998
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Nov 1999
Oct 2001
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Chris J. Waugh
Nickname: Wowo, or
Woah, Whoa (War, what is it good
for...)
Service Number: V93422
Home Town:Masterton
Trade: Avionics Mechanic
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - 21st of August 1993
Rank Achieved: LAC
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Woodbourne
Woodbourne
Wigram
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R1/89 Recruit Course
2/89 Basic Engineering
Avionics Mechanics Course,
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Christopher James Waugh was sadly in a car accident on the Greenhythe Bridge near RNZAF Base Hobsonville, and he died from his injuries at the hospital on RNZAF Base Auckland on the 23rd of August 1993. He was just 22 years old.
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Rachel Wells
Nickname:
Home Town: Auckland
Trade:
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
Email:
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Anton Whittle
Nickname:
Home Town: Rotorua
Trade: Aircraft Technician (?)
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - 10 Jan 1997
Rank Achieved:
Today: Working for Singapore Airlines in Singapore
Email: anton@truant.net
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GSTS
No. 4TTS
No. 4TTS
1RD & 104
4TTS
14 Sqn
CIT
1RD
CIT
1RD
4TTS
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Woodbourne
Woodbourne
Wigram
Woodbourne
Woodbourne
Ohakea
Trentham Army
Woodbourne
Trentham Army
Woodbourne
Woodbourne
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R1/89 Recruit Course
2/89 Basic Engineering
A4/89 Aircraft Mechs Course
Structures Bay & 104 Flight
1/91 Aircraft Technicians
NZCE Aeronautical Stage 4
A4 Maintenance
NZCE Aeronautical Stage 5
A4 Maintenance
2/96 Instructor techniques
Info systems Sgt Instructor
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9 Jan 1989
3 Apr 1989
July 1989
March 1990
Feb 1991
July 1991
Feb 1992
Apr 1992
Aug 1992
Dec 1992
Jan 1996
Feb 1996
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23 Mar 1989
28 July 1989
March 1990
February 1991
July 1991
Feb 1992
Apr 1992
Aug 1992
Dec 1992
Jan 1996
Feb 1996
10 Jan 1997
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After the RNZAF....
Jan 97 - Mar 99 Safe Air, Blenheim as Aircraft Engineer then Maintenance
Planner
Mar 99 - Jun 2001, Air New Zealand, Christchurch, Maintenance
Co-ordination, Info system implementation
Jun 2001- Sep 2001, Traveling
Sep 2001 -Dec 2001, A4 refurb project, Israel
Dec 2001 - June 2002, Traveling
June 2002 - present Singapore Airlines, Singapore, Fleet Maintenance
Planner/Infosystems implementation.
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Steve Wilson
Nickname: Iggy
Home Town: Tauranga
Trade: Avionics Mechanic
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - 26 Nov 1995
Rank Achieved: Leading Aircraftsman
Today:
Email: steveweevil@yahoo.co.nz
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GSTS
No. 2TTS
No. 2TTS
Museum
Tech Sqn
PTS
No. 4TTS
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No. 3 Sqn
PTS
Tech Sqn
Rotary Wing
AMS Team 1
No. 4TTS
No. 14 Sqn
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Woodbourne
Wigram
Wigram
Wigram
Wigram
Wigram
Woodbourne
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Auckland
Wigram
Wigram
Wigram
Ohakea
Woodbourne
Ohakea
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R1/89 Recruit Course
1/89 Basic Engineering
Av Mech Cse - Remustered
Aircraft Mech U/T
Aircraft Mech U/T
Aircraft Mech U/T
4/90 Aircraft Mechs Course
rephased to 7/90
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4/93 Aircraft Techs Course
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9 Jan 1989
3 Apr 1989
July 1989
Feb 1990
Apr 1990
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Feb 1991
July 1991
June 1992
Sep 1992
Jan 1993
July 1993
Dec 1993
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23 Mar 1989
28 July 1989
Sep 1989
Apr 1990
June 1990
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May 1991
June 1992
Sep 1992
Jan 1993
July 1993
Dec 1993
Nov 1995
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Louise M. Wouters
Nickname:
Home Town: Kaiapoi
Trade: Mess Steward (?)
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
Email:
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Mark B. Wrathall
Nickname:
Home Town: Taupo
Trade: Aircraft Technician (CT)
Service Duration: 9 Jan 1989 - ?
Rank Achieved:
Today:
Email:
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