1965 Winter Over Personnel of Wilkes Station
23 people wintered at Wilkes in 1965.
| Gordon Albert Allen | Seismologist |
| Michael W Bayley | Physicist (ionosphere) |
| Kenneth Lyle Bennett | Radio Operator and postmaster |
| John Stuart Boyd | Physicist |
| Peter James Brown-Cooper | Geophysicist |
| Walter Demech | Radio Operator |
| Mark James Forecast | Weather Observer |
| Peter Ronald Gibson | Plumber |
| Thomas Kevin Gleeson | Weather Observer-in Charge |
| Michael Raymond Glenny | Mechanic-Driver |
| Manfred Erich Hader | Weather Observer |
| Sidney Thomas Harvey | Senior Technician (electronics) |
| Kenneth Edmund Hicks | Medical Officer |
| Robert Michael Holmes | Radio Technician |
| John Henry Lanyon | Officer in charge |
| John Francis McKenzie | Supervising Technician (radio) |
| William Allen McLaren | Glaciologist |
| Brian Paul Ryder | Radio Operator |
| Kenneth John Shennan | Senior Diesel Mechanic |
| Edward Patrick Simmons | Weather Observer (radio) |
| John Walter Tarbuck | Cook |
| Anthony Warriner | Radio Operator-in-Charge |
| Ronald Royce Wiggins | Assistant Diesel Mechanic |
Large version of Wilkes base group photo 1965.
Back Row LtoR: Mark Forecast; John Boyd; Ken Bennett (KB); John McKenzie; Mike Bailey; Bob Holmes; Wally Demech; Ken (Scruffy) Shennan; Mick Glenny; Manfred Hader; John Tarbuck.
Centre Row LtoR: Kevin (Torch) Gleeson; Peter Brown-Cooper (PBC); Ken Hicks; Ted Simmons; Gordon Allen; Peter Gibson; Allen McLaren.
Front Row Lto R: Lakka & Jack Lanyon; Brian(Red) Ryder; Ron Wiggins & Kamik; Tony (Hooby) Warriner and Sid Harvey.
Photo supplied by Allen McLaren and caption by Allen McLaren and Ken Shennan.
From "Antarctic Events Database" data of the Australian Antarctic Data Center
WILKES - Winter 1965 all IN on V3(64-65) Officer in charge: John Henry Lanyon Medical Officer: Kenneth Edmund Hicks Cook: John Walter Tarbuck Senior Diesel Mechanic: Kenneth John Shennan Assistant Diesel Mechanic: Ronald Royce Wiggins Mechanic-Driver: Michael Raymond Glenny Plumber: Peter Ronald Gibson Supervising Technician(radio): John Francis McKenzie Radio Technician:(or Electrical Fitter Mechanic?) Robert Michael Holmes Radio Operator-in-Charge: Anthony Warriner Radio Operator: Kenneth Lyle Bennett Radio Operator: Walter Demech Radio Operator: Brian Paul Ryder Weather Observer-in Charge: Thomas Kevin Gleeson Weather Observer: Mark James Forecast Weather Observer: Manfred Erich Hader Weather Observer(radio): Edward Patrick Simmons Senior Technician(electronics): Sidney Thomas Harvey Physicist: John Stuart Boyd Physicist(ionosphere): Michael W Bayley Geophysicist: Peter James Brown-Cooper Seismologist: Gordon Albert Allen Glaciologist: William Allen McLaren
The wintering party comprised 24 expeditioners. The station's scientific program was maintained while a four-year construction program of Repstat began at a site 2.4 km (or 1.8km) south of the station. The new buildings, to replace Wilkes, were specifically designed to overcome problems of excessive snow drift.