Muchea, Western Australia

 

Staff photo – 20 February 1962.

Muchea staff photo 1962

The Staff of Muchea Tracking Station for the flight of John Glenn – 20 February 1962.

This photo was taken on the day of John Glenn’s Mercury MA-6 /Friendship 7 orbital flight (which launched in the evening, Perth time). Muchea was the only command station outside the US.

See below for names.

And here is a sharpened and enhanced version.

With thanks to Jack Duperouzel.

 

Muchea staff photo 1962

The Staff of Muchea Tracking Station for the flight of John Glenn – 20 February 1962.

1. Gerry O’Connor
2. Colin MacAtee
3. Bill Hindle
4. Bob Norton
5. ?
6. Don Blackman
7. ?
8. Gordon McDonald
9. Kevyn Westbrook
10. Norm Hurrell
11. Ken Lee
12. Jack Moir
13. Antonius Van Overbeek
14. ?
15. Jack Duperouzel
16. Bill Sheehan
17. Cyril Ramsbottom

 18. ?
19. Leo Hanley
20. Colin Macnish
21. Len Moyle
22. Bunker Barras
23. Dr. Ed Beckman (NASA Flight Surgeon)
24. Freda Ash
25. Glenis Wilkerson
26. US visitor
27. Lewis Wainwright (Station Director)
28. Gordon Cooper (Astronaut Capcom)
29. Gus Pugh
30. US visitor
31. Solon Mathews
32. Dr Warren Bishop (RAAF surgeon)
33. ? (Power house operator?)

With thanks to Jack Duperouzel and Hamish Lindsay for help with the names.
Thanks to Jim Shaw for Antonius Van Overbeek’s name.

(Any more info would be appreciated.)

See the 1961 Staff photo.

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