{"id":9308,"date":"2025-06-10T17:08:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T06:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.otva.com\/blog\/?p=9308"},"modified":"2025-06-10T20:25:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T09:25:58","slug":"paddy-phipps-ellis-passed-away-saturday-7-june-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otva.com\/blog\/paddy-phipps-ellis-passed-away-saturday-7-june-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddy Phipps-Ellis Passed Away – Saturday 7 June 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>John Taylor has passed on news that another Radio Operator who had worked with Gareth Evans and lots of other Radio Operators around the country passed away at Carina, a suburb of Brisbane.<\/p>\n

He was Paddy Phipps-Ellis and passed away about an hour after Gareth Evans passed away on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Paddy worked at a number of Radio Stations and was also in the Radio Club.<\/p>\n

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Paddy\u2019s funeral is in Brisbane on Thursday 12th<\/sup> June 2025 if anyone wants details they can contact Martin Folks on 0406 177 656.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

May He Rest In Peace<\/p>\n

From Transit September 1992:<\/p>\n

BRISBANE MCS lost two of its best known characters recently following the departure of Maritime Communications Officers Paddy Phipps-Ellis and Martin Folks.
\nBoth men were given an emotional farewell at the Mayfaircrest International Hotel in Brisbane, where friends and colleagues recounted stories of ‘the dynamic duo’ .
\nAccording to Steve Fraser, who was the Acting Manager of Brisbane Radio at the time of Paddy’s and Martin’s departure, both men have given many years of loyal service to OTC.
\n‘Since joining OTC in the 1970s, Paddy and Martin have been staunch supporters of their colleagues, both in the workplace and through their activities with the PREI (Professional Radio and Electronics Institute)’, Steve said.
\nFollowing their departure, Paddy and Martin have decided to take well-earned overseas holidays, before returning home to consider their future options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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