In memory of Australian
Submariners on
Eternal Patrol
Lest We Forget
"CPOCOXSM Richard 'Slug' Lewin
LSROSM Alan Johnstone
ABSTDSM Kathleen Holloway c
LSMTPSM Ray Colbert
LSMTPSM Ross 'Sexy' Cameron
LSUWSM Blake 'Bruce' Mitchell
ABROSM (PONPC) Michael Pool
ABMEDSM Dennis Wigg
ABMTSM Jason Matthews
LEUT Fred Lawrence RAN (Rtd)
WOETPSM Rod Baker OAM
LEUTSM Christopher Brooker c
LSMTSM Peter Hagsten c
LCDR David Barnes RAN c
CPOMTP4SM Kevan Marengo
LSRPSM Les Benson
CPOETPSM R 'Bob' Bobilak
LSSTDSM David 'Pony' Moore
CMDR AHE 'Henry' Cook RAN (Rtd)
LSMTSM Peter Hagsten
CPOMTSM Mark (Blu) Lydiard
ABMTPSM CW Watts
POUCSM Leslie Clarkson
ABUCSM Ian McCormack
LSCKSM Michael McCall
CERADSM M 'Jock' Campbell
WOUCSM Bill Hosie
CMDR Tony Hughes AM, RAN
AB Sonar Harry Churchill †
ABCKSM Dick Hawthorn
ABEMSM Daniel O'Brien
LSROSM Kim Allen
CAPT Barry Nobes RAN †
ERAD1SM Bill Harding
PORPSM James Hutchison
LSRPSM Ian Hoff (Hoof)
LSETPSM AJ 'Afro' Phelan
POUWSM Trevor Lewis
CAPT G Hunt DSO* DSC* RN (Rtd)
CPOETSM Brian Birch
CERADSM Eric Armstrong
CPOMTPSM Douglas Elliott
WORSSM Brian Coultas BEM
CPOMTP3SM Ken Warden
POUWSM ER Holland
CPOERA AA 'Jock' Campbell
PORESM John 'Tid' Currie
LEUT Romeo Carinci RAN
WOETCSM Paul Green
LSTDSM BJ 'Brian'Smith
ABUWSM William Needham
CPOEWASM G White
CPOETCSM Robert Hibberd †
CPORSSM Ray Sylvester †
WOMTSM Shaun Haggerty
ABMTPSM HUJ 'Heimo' Rinne
CPOCOXNSM Allan Henry
WOCOXNSM Matt Southall
LCDR SMNSM ME Cordner
POEWRSM Peter Vidler
ABUCSM John Hughes
ABETSM Terry Cain
CMDRSM Peter Earlam RAN
LSMTSM R Ross
POMTSM John Laver
LCDR Harry Dadswell
CPOMTPSM Robert Marsland
POETSM W Eastwell
POUWSM S Addison
WOMTPSM Peter Ollington
LSRPSM DJ Rankin
CPOTMPSM Daryl Whitford
CMDR Phil Hudson RAN
LSETPSM S O'Donohue
WORSSM Reg Foden OAM
WOETSM Robert Ruse OAM
ABMT(SMU) R Lamothe
POCKSM SR Christie
LCDR G Gellie RANVR
LSMTSM G Gulliver
LSETSM CT Pember
CMDR PJS Usher
ABMTPSM MA Bitter
CPOUWSM AG Wooton
CPOCOXN CM Carroll
CPOMTPSM Max Sinclair
LSCKSM R Broughton
LSCKSM JJ Gilchrist
POUWSM PC 'Peter' Smith
EMPSM Dave Luck
WOEWSM WFJ Wells
WOUCSM Charles Cousins
PORSSM SK Booth
WOETPSM TJ Henry
ABMTPSM AC Lohmann
LSMTPSM JW Palmer
WOETCSM RE Barlow
LCDR C Gorey
ABUWSM Chris Passlow
POMTP3*SM Fred Peters
ABETPSM Miles
POCKSM Barry Gilshennen
POMTSM M Howard
CPOMTPSM JG Loermans
POUWSM PG Morris
LCDR S LeFlay RAN
LEMPSM P Stock
CPOETSSM Haggerty
LSRPSM Matherson
POMTDSM Michael Corran
CMDR Peter Foster CSM RAN
LSMTPSM Andrew Johnstone
LSMTPSM Jamie Pearce
CPORSSM Don 'Tich' Parsons
VADM Ian D G MacDougall AC AFSM
LSRP Pt3 John Richard 'Big Ned' Kelly
POETPSM Michael 'Jelly' Barnes
ABCKSM Thomas Liddane
LSROSM Alan Johnstone
ABSTDSM Kathleen Holloway c
LSMTPSM Ray Colbert
LSMTPSM Ross 'Sexy' Cameron
LSUWSM Blake 'Bruce' Mitchell
ABROSM (PONPC) Michael Pool
ABMEDSM Dennis Wigg
ABMTSM Jason Matthews
LEUT Fred Lawrence RAN (Rtd)
WOETPSM Rod Baker OAM
LEUTSM Christopher Brooker c
LSMTSM Peter Hagsten c
LCDR David Barnes RAN c
CPOMTP4SM Kevan Marengo
LSRPSM Les Benson
CPOETPSM R 'Bob' Bobilak
LSSTDSM David 'Pony' Moore
CMDR AHE 'Henry' Cook RAN (Rtd)
LSMTSM Peter Hagsten
CPOMTSM Mark (Blu) Lydiard
ABMTPSM CW Watts
POUCSM Leslie Clarkson
ABUCSM Ian McCormack
LSCKSM Michael McCall
CERADSM M 'Jock' Campbell
WOUCSM Bill Hosie
CMDR Tony Hughes AM, RAN
AB Sonar Harry Churchill †
ABCKSM Dick Hawthorn
ABEMSM Daniel O'Brien
LSROSM Kim Allen
CAPT Barry Nobes RAN †
ERAD1SM Bill Harding
PORPSM James Hutchison
LSRPSM Ian Hoff (Hoof)
LSETPSM AJ 'Afro' Phelan
POUWSM Trevor Lewis
CAPT G Hunt DSO* DSC* RN (Rtd)
CPOETSM Brian Birch
CERADSM Eric Armstrong
CPOMTPSM Douglas Elliott
WORSSM Brian Coultas BEM
CPOMTP3SM Ken Warden
POUWSM ER Holland
CPOERA AA 'Jock' Campbell
PORESM John 'Tid' Currie
LEUT Romeo Carinci RAN
WOETCSM Paul Green
LSTDSM BJ 'Brian'Smith
ABUWSM William Needham
CPOEWASM G White
CPOETCSM Robert Hibberd †
CPORSSM Ray Sylvester †
WOMTSM Shaun Haggerty
ABMTPSM HUJ 'Heimo' Rinne
CPOCOXNSM Allan Henry
WOCOXNSM Matt Southall
LCDR SMNSM ME Cordner
POEWRSM Peter Vidler
ABUCSM John Hughes
ABETSM Terry Cain
CMDRSM Peter Earlam RAN
LSMTSM R Ross
POMTSM John Laver
LCDR Harry Dadswell
CPOMTPSM Robert Marsland
POETSM W Eastwell
POUWSM S Addison
WOMTPSM Peter Ollington
LSRPSM DJ Rankin
CPOTMPSM Daryl Whitford
CMDR Phil Hudson RAN
LSETPSM S O'Donohue
WORSSM Reg Foden OAM
WOETSM Robert Ruse OAM
ABMT(SMU) R Lamothe
POCKSM SR Christie
LCDR G Gellie RANVR
LSMTSM G Gulliver
LSETSM CT Pember
CMDR PJS Usher
ABMTPSM MA Bitter
CPOUWSM AG Wooton
CPOCOXN CM Carroll
CPOMTPSM Max Sinclair
LSCKSM R Broughton
LSCKSM JJ Gilchrist
POUWSM PC 'Peter' Smith
EMPSM Dave Luck
WOEWSM WFJ Wells
WOUCSM Charles Cousins
PORSSM SK Booth
WOETPSM TJ Henry
ABMTPSM AC Lohmann
LSMTPSM JW Palmer
WOETCSM RE Barlow
LCDR C Gorey
ABUWSM Chris Passlow
POMTP3*SM Fred Peters
ABETPSM Miles
POCKSM Barry Gilshennen
POMTSM M Howard
CPOMTPSM JG Loermans
POUWSM PG Morris
LCDR S LeFlay RAN
LEMPSM P Stock
CPOETSSM Haggerty
LSRPSM Matherson
POMTDSM Michael Corran
CMDR Peter Foster CSM RAN
LSMTPSM Andrew Johnstone
LSMTPSM Jamie Pearce
CPORSSM Don 'Tich' Parsons
VADM Ian D G MacDougall AC AFSM
LSRP Pt3 John Richard 'Big Ned' Kelly
POETPSM Michael 'Jelly' Barnes
ABCKSM Thomas Liddane
Navy Chapel, Garden Island NSW
Photo by CPOPHOT Cameron Martin
THE SUBMARINER’S PRAYER
O Father, Hear our prayer to thee
For your humble servants
Beneath the sea
In the depths of oceans, as oft they stray
So far from night, so far from day
We would ask your guiding light to glow
To make their journey safe below
Please oft times grant them patient mind
Then ‘ere the darkness won’t them blind
They seek thy protection from the deep
Please grant them peace when ‘ere they sleep
Of their homes and loved ones far away
We ask you care for them each day
Until they surface once again
To drink the air and feel the rain
We ask your guiding hand to show
A safe progression sure and slow.
Dear Lord, please hear our prayer to thee,
For your humble servants
Beneath the sea.
Amen
O Father, Hear our prayer to thee
For your humble servants
Beneath the sea
In the depths of oceans, as oft they stray
So far from night, so far from day
We would ask your guiding light to glow
To make their journey safe below
Please oft times grant them patient mind
Then ‘ere the darkness won’t them blind
They seek thy protection from the deep
Please grant them peace when ‘ere they sleep
Of their homes and loved ones far away
We ask you care for them each day
Until they surface once again
To drink the air and feel the rain
We ask your guiding hand to show
A safe progression sure and slow.
Dear Lord, please hear our prayer to thee,
For your humble servants
Beneath the sea.
Amen
Graphic by Mario Cicivelli - Defence Publishing Services
The Naval Ode
They have no grave but the cruel sea,
No flowers lay at their head.
A rusting hulk is their tombstone,
Afast on the ocean bed.
They shall grow not old, as we who are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning.......
We shall remember them.
" Lest we Forget "
Eternal Father – The "Navy Hymn"
Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!
O Christ! Whose voice the waters heard
And hushed their raging at Thy word,
Who walked'st on the foaming deep,
And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!
Most Holy Spirit! Who didst brood
Upon the chaos dark and rude,
And bid its angry tumult cease,
And give, for wild confusion, peace;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!
O Trinity of love and power!
Our brethren shield in danger's hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect them wheresoe'er they go;
Thus evermore shall rise to Thee
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.
And grant eternal life on high!
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The Naval Ode
They have no grave but the cruel sea,
No flowers lay at their head.
A rusting hulk is their tombstone,
Afast on the ocean bed.
They shall grow not old, as we who are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning.......
We shall remember them.
" Lest we Forget "
Eternal Father – The "Navy Hymn"
Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!
O Christ! Whose voice the waters heard
And hushed their raging at Thy word,
Who walked'st on the foaming deep,
And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!
Most Holy Spirit! Who didst brood
Upon the chaos dark and rude,
And bid its angry tumult cease,
And give, for wild confusion, peace;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!
O Trinity of love and power!
Our brethren shield in danger's hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect them wheresoe'er they go;
Thus evermore shall rise to Thee
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.
And grant eternal life on high!
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The "Navy Hymn" is Eternal Father, Strong to Save. The original words were written as a poem in 1860 by William Whiting of Winchester, England, for a student who was about to sail for the United States. The melody, published in 1861, was composed by fellow Englishman, Rev. John Bacchus Dykes, an Episcopalian clergyman. The hymn, found in most hymnals, is known as the "Navy hymn".
Eternal Father was the favorite hymn of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and was sung at his funeral in Hyde Park, New York, in April 1945. It was also played by the Navy Band in 1963 as President John F. Kennedy's body was carried up the steps of the U.S. Capitol to lie in state. Roosevelt had served as Secretary of the Navy and Kennedy was a PT boat commander in World War II.
Footprints in the sand
One night I had a dream. I was walking along the beach with the lord, and across the sky flashed scenes from my life. In each scene I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, one was mine and one was the Lord's.
When the last scene of my life appeared before me I looked back at the footprints in the sand. To my surprise I noticed that many times along the path of my life there were only one set of footprints. I noticed that it was at my lowest and saddest times in my life.
I asked the Lord about it: "Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you, you would walk with me all the way, and yet I notice that during the most troublesome times in my life there is only one set of footprints. I do not understand why you left my side when I needed you most".
The Lord replied "My precious child, I never left you during your times of need. Where you see only one set of footprints I was carrying you."
Eternal Father was the favorite hymn of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and was sung at his funeral in Hyde Park, New York, in April 1945. It was also played by the Navy Band in 1963 as President John F. Kennedy's body was carried up the steps of the U.S. Capitol to lie in state. Roosevelt had served as Secretary of the Navy and Kennedy was a PT boat commander in World War II.
Footprints in the sand
One night I had a dream. I was walking along the beach with the lord, and across the sky flashed scenes from my life. In each scene I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, one was mine and one was the Lord's.
When the last scene of my life appeared before me I looked back at the footprints in the sand. To my surprise I noticed that many times along the path of my life there were only one set of footprints. I noticed that it was at my lowest and saddest times in my life.
I asked the Lord about it: "Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you, you would walk with me all the way, and yet I notice that during the most troublesome times in my life there is only one set of footprints. I do not understand why you left my side when I needed you most".
The Lord replied "My precious child, I never left you during your times of need. Where you see only one set of footprints I was carrying you."
† link to obituary
c denotes Collins Class
c denotes Collins Class
"We have lost a lot of brothers of late. Being a little bit of a muso, I put together this little video as a tribute for our fallen brothers."
Jay Rouse
Jay Rouse