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OBITUARIES
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By
Kathryn Fitch
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ceremonial memorial at Sibolga Airport, West Sumatra, on
April 4 with the Indonesian military. A C-130J Hercules
flew the personnel back to Sydney International Airport
where another ceremony was held.
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Photo
by AB Phillip Cullinan
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SGT
Wendy Jones.
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FLTLT
Lynne Rowbottom.
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SQNLDR
Paul McCarthy
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SERGEANT
Wendy Jones was a 40-yearold medical assistant from RAAF Base
Amberley.
She enlisted in 1990, entering into the medical assistant mustering.
Following initial training at No. 1 Recruit Training Unit at RAAF
Base Edinburgh and the Training Flight 6 Hospital at RAAF Base
Williams, she was posted to No. 6 RAAF Base Hospital at the Victorian
base.
SGT Jones had qualifications and skills in operational health
support, life support skills and critical incident stress management
- peer support. In 1993 she posted to Base Squadron Pearce in
WA and then to No. 306 Health Services Flight at RAAF Base Pearce.
In 1999, SGT Jones was posted to Defence Corporate Support Office
at RAAF Base Darwin for nursing duties at Area Health Service
– NT. She deployed to East Timor for Operation Warden and received
the Australian Active Service Medal – East Timor Clasp and International
Force East Timor Medal.
While on deployment, SGT Jones was posted to No. 321 Combat Support
Squadron at RAAF Base Darwin. Last year she was promoted to the
rank of sergeant and posted to No. 1 Air Transportable Health
Services at RAAF Base Amberley. SGT Jones deployed to Iraq and
Afghanistan and was awarded the Australian Active Service Medal
with clasps Iraq 2003 and International Coalition Against Terrorism.
SGT Jones has a defacto spouse, Sergeant Jason Hastie. FLIGHT
Lieutenant Lynne Rowbottom joined the Air Force as a nursing officer
in 1996 at the age of 34, with many years of nursing experience.
She began her career at the rank of flying officer and was posted
to many bases. Following initial training at the RAAF College
and Training Flight 6 Hospital in Victoria, FLTLT Rowbottom was
posted in 1997 to RAAF Hospital at RAAF Williams, Laverton.
Two years later she was promoted to flight lieutenant. She gained
many considerable skills and qualifications in the Air Force.
These skills and qualifications included rotary-wing aeromedical
evacuation, suicide first aid, helicopter underwater escape, nursing
officer trauma training, operational health support and field
nursing courses.
In 2001 FLTLT Rowbottom was posted to No. 323 Combat Support Squadron
at RAAF Base Townsville. During this time she participated in
Operation Citadel in East Timor.
For her service she was awarded the Australian Active Service
Medal – East Timor Clasp. FLTLT Rowbottom deployed to Indonesia
for Operation Sumatra Assist II on March 31. She was married to
Terry and has a son, Rhys.
SQUADRON Leader Paul McCarthy, a 30-year-old medical officer,
joined the Air Force in 1995 as an officer cadet medical undergraduate.
The University of Queensland awarded him a Bachelor of Medicine
and Bachelor of Surgery in late 1997. He was promoted to the rank
of flight lieutenant in 1998 and started a RAAF undergraduate
residency training at Nambour General Hospital in Queensland.
From January to June 2000 he took leave to train and participate
in the Australian championships for surf boat rowing, resulting
in an A-grade surf boat title. On his return he was posted to
No. 3 RAAF Hospital at RAAF Base Richmond.
He spent most of his service at RAAF Base Williamtown at Health
Services Flight/No. 2 Air Transportable Health Services. During
this time he participated in exercises Kakadu and Arnhem Thunder
and deployed to Operations Slipper, Citadel and Falconer.
He was awarded the Australian Active Service Medal with clasps
International Coalition Against Terrorism, East Timor and Iraq
2003. In late 2003 he was promoted to squadron leader and posted
to Health Services Flight at RAAF Base Pearce.
SQNLDR McCarthy’s experience with the Air Force gave him skills
in aeromedical evacuation, rotary-wing aeromedical evacuation
and he held an early management of severe trauma license.
SQNLDR McCarthy was single.
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