Another long serving ex Junior Recruit Roger Dalby...intake? words written by: Norm Williams, Submarine Australia Talk about being a Roster blocker! It was the winter of 1968 and Leading Seaman Roger Dalby, CSM joined the navy as a Junior recruit. In his 45 years of continuous service in the Royal Australian Navy, the communications and information Systems sailor has deployed on operations to Vietnam, Timor Leste, Solomon Islands and the Persian Gulf. He is unable to quantify the number of times he has deployed to Asia and has participated in sixRIMPACS and countless other multinational exercises. Leading Seaman Dalby was awarded his 6th clasp (45 years) of the Defence Force Service Medal by Commander Border Protection Command, Rear Admiral Michael Noonan, onboard Sydney during a recent visit to Singapore. Read more: news.navy.gov.au/en/Jun2014/People/1134/%27Old-Salt%27-clocks-up-45-years-of-continuous-service.htm#.U6Zqu_mSzTq
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 01:54:23 +0000
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