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CPO Raymond Edward Parkin's life and service features as part of an exhibition at St. Margaret's Church on the grounds of Westminster Abbey. The exhibition opened on Monday 6th November, 2023. Photo of St. Margaret's Church by Ermell - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,...

Pattie spoke with Julian Morrow on ABC's Sunday Extra programme about a joint Australian-Indonesian plan to open the HMAS Perth shipwreck to marine tourism and diving. Listen here:...

Pattie was interviewed as part of an article by Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies for the Sydney Morning Herald. The article is about the families of sailors lost on the famous World War II cruiser HMAS Perth resisting a proposal to open the wreck off the coast of...

Pattie was guest speaker at the recent Ladies Luncheon for the 8th Div Sigs and the 6th Line Section Battalion annual gathering. She's pictured here with 99-year-old Eric ‘Jonno’ Johnston 8th Division Signals (F Force/Thai Burma Railway) at the West Brighton Club,...

The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial in Ballarat has its 14th Anniversary on 4th February 2018. Pattie and Dennis have been invited to the ceremony. You can find out more about the Memorial at www.powmemorialballarat.com.au

Pattie was asked to give a speech at the 12th Anniversary Service of the opening of the Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, in Ballarat. The text is below. BALLARAT MEMORIAL WALL SPEECH - 7th February 2016 ‘A place of stories’ Thank you, Bruce, for your...

The HMAS Perth, upon which Ray Parkin served and some 468 souls were lost, appears to be the target of salvagers. A 'Save Perth Foundation' has been formed, and a petition put forward to have the Perth listed as an official war grave. You can help preserve the HMAS...

Col Gibson has written a superb overview of "Ray Parkin's Odyssey" for the 85th edition of "All Hands", the Australian National Maritime Museum Volunteers’ quarterly magazine. Here's an edited snippet, followed by a link to a pdf of the full article. Q & A at the...

Entries for the Colin Roderick Award, for the best book of the preceding year published in Australia in any genre and dealing with an aspect of Australian life, have now been shortlisted, and Ray Parkin's Odyssey is on the list. The judges, Professor Donat Gallagher,...

Pattie was a guest on Ian 'Macca' McNamara's ABC Radio show 'Australia All Over'. Ian's a huge Ray Parkin fan, and the two recounted stories of the man and his life: Pattie Wright and Ian McNamara on Australia All Over [audio...