Tidbinbilla Staff Photos

Photos from 1967 or 1968 (possibly July 1968)

Unless otherwise noted, the photos were preserved by Mike Dinn,
and scanned / restored by Colin Mackellar.

Much larger versions of most of these are available on request.

Photo 1: DSS-42 Senior Staff July 1968 (?).

They are back row from left –

John Heath – Senior RF Engineer
Jim Wells – Senior Computer and Telemetry Engineer
Keith Brockelsby – Chief Electronics Engineer
Bert Forsyth – Deputy Station Director
Bob Cudmore – Maintenance and Operations Manager
Don Gray – Station Director
Allan Bailey – Antenna and Servo Engineer
Eric Donnelly – Support Services Manager.

Front row from left –

Jeff Newnham – Senior Instrumentation Engineer
Clive Jones – Mechanical Engineer
Guy Sherman – Administrative Officer.

Apart from Bert Forsyth, Don Gray and Guy Sherman, who were Department of Supply, we were all Spacetrack employees.

With thanks to John Heath for the notes.

Large, Larger.

Photo 2: The photo before the photo.

Large, Larger.

Photo 3: Tidbinbilla Operations Supervisors and Senior Management

From left:

Bruce Window – MSFN Operations
Henry Brown
Tony Keiller – MSFN Operations
Don Gray – Station Director
Bob Cudmore – Manager of SpaceTrack
Ron Hargreaves
Neil McVicar – DSN Operations Section Leader
Peter Topley

Large, Larger.

With thanks to Allan Bailey for help with names.

Photo 4: See above.

Large, Larger.

Photo 5: Engineering Sub-Section Field Engineers (?)

From left:

Dave Botha – ANT (Antenna Mechanical)
Vern Koenig– HUGHES AIRCRAFT CORP, SURVEYOR Mission Dependent Equipment (RF)
Dave Arman – ANT (Antenna Electronics)
John Weatherley – AIS (Analog Instrumentation)
Bob Cudmore – Chief Engineer
Jim Klason – RCV (Receivers)
Don Gray– Station Director
Allen Blake – TXR (Transmitters)
Harry Westwood – Recorders or Training
Garth Pilkington – TDH (Tracking Data and Timing)

Large, Larger. Notes by Bruce Window.

Photo 6: Field Engineering Staff (?)

From left:

Roy Stewart – Digital Systems Engineer;
Jim Wells – Senior Instrumentation Engineer;
Pat O’Connor – Frequency and Timing Technician;
Nigel Barkham – Receiver Engineer;
Clive Jones – Facilities Engineer;
Allan Bailey – Antenna/Servo Engineer;
Jeff Newnham – Analogue Systems Engineer;
Don Gray – Station Director;
Harry Vonthethoff – Senior Comms Technician;
Bob Cudmore – Company Manager;
Peter Barcock – Instrumentation Engineer;
Geoff Rose – Senior Microwave Technician;
Keith Brockelsby – Chief Engineer and
John Heath – Senior RF Engineer.

Thanks to Mike Dinn, Bruce Window and John Heath for the names.

From the Tidbinbilla archives. Scanned by Glen Nagle.