Extract from Daily Telegraph Obituaries
NX433176 TAYLOR, Stewart Edmund 29 August 2011 Late of Caringbah Dearly beloved husband of the late Marie. Loved father of Ann, Lyn, Jenny and father-in- law of Murray and Paul. Adored Granddad of Scott, Stuart, Kylie, Rebecca, Craig, Henry and Great Granddad of Lily, Archer, Jayden, Ryan and wee Leila. Aged 87 years Lest We Forget STEWART’S family and friends are invited to attend a celebration of his life to be held at Olsens Chapel, 172 Willarong Road, Caringbah on Monday, 5 September 2011 commencing at 11am.

Stew served with the RAF in the UK during the war with Bomber Command returned to Sydney after the war and resumed employment with AWA prior to AWA & C&W merging into OTCA. He worked in the SOR in Spring Street when Les Ayers first met him in 1959. Intlx was starting up and he transferred over to Paddo as a Traffic Controller where Les thinks he remained also at Broadway for the duration of his OTC service.
If you can add some more detail on Stew’s employment history with OTC please add a comment to this BLOG.

Message from Vernon Yen

I spoke Kim today and he is in poor health suffering from Parkinsons. He has a slight problem with his speech for which he is undergoing therapy. Kim has asked that I pass on his fond regards to all his ex OTC colleagues.

As he is a bit low at the moment, I am sure he would greatly appreciate a call from a few of his friends and colleagues.

Kim’s contact details are as follows:
Home Address- 128 Castleton Crs., Gowrie, ACT 2904
Telephone 02 6291 6099.

Message from Kerry Adams

Brian Woods kindly sent me some info on Thursday Island but I have some more questions which our members may be able to answer:

1. When did Telstra close the remaining stations?
2. How the New Zealand (TVNZ?) contract came into being? I only heard rumours of happenings after I closed Doonside and Bringelly and retired.
3. Are there only the following 2 stations left? – Charleville (QLD) and Wiluna (WA).
4. I’m interested to know about them technically and are they remotely controlled from somewhere else (AMSA Canberra??).
   What frequencies do they cover? Satellite services? etc.
5. What is the general setup now for GMDSS and coastal operations?

Please post your comments to answer Kerry’s questions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ben McGee (partially obscured), Graham Stephens (back to camera), Visitor, John Scott (looking at camera)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jim Hulme Wind Surfing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ben McGee Wind Surfing

Family Gathering In ITMC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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