Biography
The Royal Australian Navy Band
Effective period / Period of releases: 1977 - 1982
Members: Gary Honor, Cameron McAllister, Louis Burdett, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Robert Flynn (4), Robin Murray (2), Andrew Crago, George Hooker (2), G. R. McNally, Gordon D. C. Coxon, W. W. Farrell, J.D.McDonough, Ashley W. Greedy, Nicholas Pearce, Lucas Kennedy, David Coit, Steven Stanke, Wayne Preusker, Dominic Parsons, Stephanie McCorkelle, Joseph Wherrett, Gregory Smith (10), Tom Duck, Matthew Tubman, Chris Palamountain, Tracy Kennedy (2), Dan McMahon (3), Vladimir Shvetsov, Grant Metcalfe, Laura Nichols (2), Phillip Anderson (2), Marcus Salone, Eddy Chen, Dale Granger, Matthew Klohs, Bryony Dwyer, Paul Parnell (2), Andrew Stokes (5), Doug Antonoff, Jeff Cause, Bill Bekendam, Kara Williams (2), Rod Coughran-Lane, Andrew Stapleton (2), Mike Vaughan (9), Joelle Guignard, Ken Lincoln, Matt Jessop
Some months prior to the commissioning of HMAS Australia at Portsmouth on 21 June 1913, six musicians (recruited in Melbourne) were sent to England to join up with a number of ex-Royal Marine and British Army bandsmen. The musicians who formed the first band established under the title 'Royal Australian Navy' arrived in Sydney in HMAS Australia on 4 October 1913.Music Directors:
1970 to 1975 : Gordon D. C. Coxon
1975 to 1976 : Norm Gullick
1976 to 1980 : J.D.McDonough
1980 to 1987 : W. W. Farrell
1987 to 1993 : Vic Knowles
1993 to 2002 : Ashley W. Greedy
2002 to 2012 : Phillip Anderson (2)
2012 to 2015 : Paul Cottier
2015 to ???? : Steven Stanke