The Gun Plot – RAN.

This website has a great section on HMAS Leewin.  Click here for the link.

HMAS LEEUWIN opened as a Junior Recruit Training Establishment on 13th July 1960.

The aim of the JRTE is to train young men so that :

(a) They will regard the Navy as their vocation

(b) They will develop a high standard of discipline, trustworthiness, initiative, courage and endurance

(c) Their educational standard will be such that they can assimilate their subsequent professional training

(d) In due course they will be and important source of supply of Petty Officers, Chief Petty Officer and Special Duties List Officers.

Dept of Defence

Royal Australian Navy

Military History Society

The Junior Recruits Photographic Museum came about through the interest shown at the Junior Recruits Golden Reunion 2010 held in Perth during the period of 12 – 16 July 2010 hosted by Trevor Cangemi, Ian Dunn and Alan Rodgers.

The success of that reunion re-ignited a fading camaraderie amongst older JR’s and allowed all attendees to share in the special status of belonging to the Junior Recruit community –
a very special bunch of blokes!

Over 13,000 15 & 16 year old boys were drafted into the RAN during the years 1960 to 1984 and this Photo Museum is a record of their life and times at HMAS Leeuwin and HMAS Cerberus.

Come for a wander down memory lane and relive those experiences of joining the Navy as a boy and after 12 months emerging as a fighting fit Sailor – ready to take on the world for Queen and Country.

JRPM is a not for profit enterprise and is staffed by Volunteer Ex JR’s for the benefit of all Junior Recruits, their families and descendants.

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