BILL
Born in Brisbane in 1950, Bill spent most of his youth living in Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne and finally back to Brisbane in 1965. After a few years working various jobs (Clothing Cutter, Book Keeper, Labourer and Front End Loader Operator) he joined the Royal Australia Navy in 1970. His first ship was HMAS Perth which sailed for a Vietnam deployment shortly after he joined it in June 1970. After completing his Electrical training at HMAS Cerberus in Victoria in 1973 he was posted to HMAS Brisbane and married his first wife Sheridan. In 1975 they had a daughter, Jennifer. He spent three years on HMAS Brisbane before volunteering for Submarine Service. He was posted to England for three months to conduct his initial training before joining HMAS Onslow in Sydney in September 1976. In 1980, Sheridan and Bill divorced but have kept a friendly relationship ever since Sheridan has now remarried to a wonderful bloke, Steve and Jennifer went on to marry all fathers dream of a husband for their daughter, Will. They now have 3 children, Amelia, Marnie and the newest addition, Quinton . I am the proud Grandfather of 3 wonderful kids.
In 1981, Bill married Debbie and we have been soul mates ever since. Our daughters, Naomi was born in 1984 and Marday was born in 1987. We celebrated our 30th Wedding Anniversary in 2011 in Halong Bay, Vietnam with close friends.
After 14 years in the submarine service and a total of 20 years in the Royal Australian Navy, Bill was approached by a representative from the Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC) in Adelaide to join the company in the Test and Trials department. Starting as a Trials Officer in the Inspection, Test and Trials Department, Bill retired from ASC in May 2009 as the Test and Trials Manager after 20 years service. After 43 years association with submarines, serving in the older submarines and then testing and trialing the new generation of submarines, he thought it was time to give it all away and do what he enjoys the most, travelling with his wife Debbie to interesting and unusual destinations.
In 1981, Bill married Debbie and we have been soul mates ever since. Our daughters, Naomi was born in 1984 and Marday was born in 1987. We celebrated our 30th Wedding Anniversary in 2011 in Halong Bay, Vietnam with close friends.
After 14 years in the submarine service and a total of 20 years in the Royal Australian Navy, Bill was approached by a representative from the Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC) in Adelaide to join the company in the Test and Trials department. Starting as a Trials Officer in the Inspection, Test and Trials Department, Bill retired from ASC in May 2009 as the Test and Trials Manager after 20 years service. After 43 years association with submarines, serving in the older submarines and then testing and trialing the new generation of submarines, he thought it was time to give it all away and do what he enjoys the most, travelling with his wife Debbie to interesting and unusual destinations.
DEBBIE
Born in Sydney in 1956, Debbie spent her earlier years in Sydney, Melbourne and then Canberra where she started her training for a nursing career. She completed her training at a Ryde Hospital before moving on to Royal North Shore Hospital. She married Bill in 1981 and gave birth to our daughter, Naomi in 1984 and then our second daughter, Marday in 1987. In 1989 the family moved to Adelaide where Debbie continued on with her nursing career. The last 16 years she spent as the nurse for a Cardiologist Clinic in Adelaide. She retired in August 2009.
ABOUT US
We moved from Adelaide to Sydney in 2010. We sold our large house in the outskirts of Adelaide and brought a smaller house closer to the city which our youngest daughter occupied for us.. Debbie and I decided to move to our holiday shack in Sydney as we have so many friends up here. It was only a one room building but we built a bedroom on the side and expanded It suited us to a tee as we are only there for short periods as we spend at least 3-4 months a year overseas on holidays. In 2019 we sold our place in Sydney and moved back to Adelaide. We spent 6 months doing up our house there and then put it on the market. Took a while to sell but eventually it sold and we brought a 3 year old house on a new estate in Freeling, South Australia about 60kms from Adelaide. That's our life so far and we love it
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