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February 1998 Volume 1, Article 2.
Article 2 from our Past newsletters that carried great short stories and anecdotes. Past newsletters will be part of the website in due course and you can then read to your hearts content all the issues or the ones that you might have missed.
MASSED BABIES OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY BAND. Photo courtesy Miri Henry, Text from the "Navy News 60's"
A "Concert" was performed by the "Massed Babies of the Royal Australian Navy Band' in the HMAS Cerberus Chapel recently.
No less than nine children of musicians serving at Cerberus were christened by Father McDonald and Chaplain Wheeldon.
It is believed to be a record number of christenings at the one time in the RAN from one branch. It was also the first time that the bell of the original HMAS Australia (dated 1924) has been used in front of the altar instead of the normal place in the Baptistry. It has been reliably reputed that all sopranos, altos, tenors and basses were perfectly in time for the entire performance, with very few exceptions.
Pictured (from left) are: Musn and Mrs Handfield with Craig and Wayne; PO Musn and Mrs Widdicombe,
PO Musn and Mrs Hopkins with Brett, PO Musn and Mrs Brown (partly obscured) with Lisa and Angela,
Chaplain Wheeldon holding Jodie Widdicombe, Musn Hassall with Dean, PO Musn and Mrs Henry with
Dale, PO Musn and Mrs Colliinson with Matthew.
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