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Hello I am Nford24, FRSA, you have successfully found my user page. To talk with me click Here.

My quotes of Wikiwisdom:

"If you delete it from the articles your involved with, then it's obviously not going to be the standard to have it in the articles your involved with."
“Wikipedia is an encyclopedia not a pop culture magazine.” – Keivan.f
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"Some editors prefer to be economical with facts for their own agendas."
Everyone should read the Devil's Dictionary of Wikipedia Policy.
"Utter fucking bullshit." --User:Jimbo Wales|Jimbo Wales (User talk:Jimbo Wales#top|talk) 22:06, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

My crowning achievement on Wikipedia has been the article Yurol railway station, which was featured in the Cooroy Rag on page 3 on 8 February 2023.^[1]

About me[edit]

If you feel I have a conflict of interest on a subject, please don't hesitate to let me know.

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) since July 2020
Member of the Royal Society of Queensland
Member of the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland
Member of the Cooroora Historical Society
Member, Cooroy Rag Community News Paper committee
Honorary Member, Cooroy-Pomona RSL Sub-Branch
Former Noosa Councillor candidate (2020 local government election)
Director, Pomona and District Weather Warnings
2011, Sunshine Coast Young Citizen of the Year – Australia Day honours
2019, Noosa Electorate Medallion, for "Service to our local community" – Queensland Day Awards

Royal Australian Navy vessels and Bases[edit]

This is the list of vessels and bases I've either visited, stayed at or been to sea on for varies lengths of time.

Ships

HMAS Arunta, Anzac-class Frigate
HMAS Diamantina, River-class Frigate
HMAS Leeuwin, Leeuwin-class Hydrographic Survey Vessel
HMAS Melbourne, Adelaide-class Frigate
HMAS Mermaid, Paluma-class Survey Motor Launch
HMAS Newcastle, Adelaide-class Frigate
HMAS Onslow, Oberon-class Submarine
HMAS Sydney, Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyer
HMAS Vampire, Daring-class Destroyer
HMAS Wewak, Balikpapan-class Heavy Landing Craft
STS Young Endeavour I, brigantine

Bases

HMAS Cairns
HMAS Cerberus
HMAS Creswell
HMAS Kuttabul
HMAS Leeuwin (Stayed there after transfer to the army)
HMAS Moreton
HMAS Stirling

Wrecks

HMVS Cerberus, Breastwork Monitor
HMAS Otama, Oberon-class Submarine

My quick links[edit]

>High pending changes backlog: 13 pages according to DatBot as of 17:45, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Very high unreviewed pages backlog: 15001 articles, as of 16:00, 27 April 2024 (UTC), according to DatBot

Pages[edit]

Pages Created[edit]

List of articles I've created

Under development[edit]

Pomona

Possible future projects[edit]

Rear Admiral The Hon. Jack Rush, RFD, KC, RAN
Rear Admiral Matthew Paul Buckley, AM, CSC, RAN
Rear Admiral Stephen John Hughes, AM, CSC, RAN
Major General David Peter Coghlan, AO
Major General Jason Kyle Walk, AM^[2]
Major General Michael Cowen, AM, KC
Air Vice-Marshal Carl Newman, AM

Quick links[edit]

Australia[edit]

Chief of the Defence Force – General Angus Campbell, AO, DSC
Vice Chief of the Defence Force – Vice Admiral David Johnston, AC, RAN
Chief of Joint Operations – Lieutenant General Greg Bilton, AO, CSC
Chief of Joint Capabilities – Lieutenant General John Frewen, AO, DSC
Chief of Defence Intelligence – Lieutenant General Gavan Reynolds, AO
Chief of Personnel – Lieutenant General Natasha Fox, AO, CSC
Director-General of the Australian Submarine Agency – Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead, AO, RAN
Commander Defence COVID-19 Taskforce – Rear Admiral Robert Plath, AM, RAN
Commander Maritime Border Command – Rear Admiral Mark Hill, AM, CSC, RAN
Chief of Navy – Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, AO, RAN
Deputy Chief of Navy – Rear Admiral Jonathan Earley, CSC, RAN
Commander Australian Fleet – Rear Admiral Christopher Smith, AM, CSM, RAN
Chief of Army – Lieutenant General Simon Stuart, AO, DSC
Deputy Chief of Army – Major General Cheryl Pearce, AM, CSC
Commander Forces Command – Major General Susan Coyle, AM, CSC, DSM
Commander Special Operations Command – Major General Paul Kenny, DSC, DSM
Commander 1st Division – Major General Scott Winter, AM
Commander 2nd Division – Major General David Thomae, AM
Chief of Air Force – Air Marshal Robert Chipman, AM, CSC
Deputy Chief of Air Force – Air Vice Marshal Glen Braz, AM, CSC, DSM
Air Commander Australia – Air Vice Marshal Darren Goldie, AM, CSC

United Kingdom[edit]

Chief of the Defence Staff – Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, KCB
Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff – General Gwyn Jenkins, CB, OBE, ADC
First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff – Admiral Sir Ben Key, KCB, CBE
Chief of the General Staff – General Sir Patrick Sanders, KCB, CBE, DSO
Chief of the Air Staff – Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, KCB
Commander Strategic Command – General Sir James Hockenhull, KBE
Constable of the Tower – General Sir Gordon Messenger, KCB, DSO and Bar, OBE
Lieutenant of the Tower of London – Lieutenant General Sir George Norton, KCVO, CBE
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports – Vacant
Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle – Lieutenant General Philip Jones, CB, CBE
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom – King Charles III
Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom – Vacant
Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom – General Sir Gordon Messenger, KCB, DSO and Bar, OBE

Awards
Preceded by Bianca Bond	Sunshine Coast Young Citizen of the Year Award 2011	Succeeded by Ashley Ogilvie & Ailish Bolt (Joint Winners – Siblings)

This user is an Australian.
G'day, mate!

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This user has visited 5 of the states and territories of Australia.

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This user has been on Wikipedia for 16 years, 10 months and 6 days.

^ "Old railway station uncovered". cooroyrag.com.au.
^ "Head of Corps, Royal Australian Corps of Transport". RACT Association. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[1] "Old railway station uncovered". cooroyrag.com.au.

[2] "Head of Corps, Royal Australian Corps of Transport". RACT Association. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

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