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Abbott, John	06.02.1901 Bath, UK - ? [07.1952 still alive]	Cadet Midsh. 31.12.1914 Midsh. 01.01.1919 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1921 S.Lt. 15.02.1921 Lt. 15.01.1923 (retd 29.01.1923) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.01.1931 (emgcy 17.08.1940) (reld 30.06.1942)	31.12.1914 joined RAN 31.12.1914 - 31.12.1918 HMAS Cerberus (for RAN College) 01.01.1919 - 06.05.1919 HMAS Cerberus 07.05.1919 - 02.1920 HMS Monarch 02.1920 - 08.1920 HMS Renown 08.1920 - 19.09.1920 HMAS Australia (battlecruiser) 20.09.1920 - 14.01.1921 HMAS Brisbane (light cruiser) 15.01.1921 - 14.06.1921 HMAS Australia (battlecruiser) 15.06.1921 - 05.10.1921 HMAS Success (torpedo boat destroyer) [based at HMAS Anzac (flotilla leader)] 06.10.1921 - 20.11.1921 HMAS Geranium (sloop) 21.11.1921 - 08.01.1922 HMAS Brisbane (light cruiser) 09.01.1922 - 15.01.1923 HMAS Stalwart (torpedo-boat destroyer) [based at HMAS Marguerite (sloop), from 13.07.1922 HMAS Platypus (destroyer depot ship) (additional)] 16.01.1923 - 29.01.1923 HMAS Penguin (additional; for retirement) 17.08.1940 - 27.10.1940 HMAS Cerberus (additional) 28.10.1940 - 10.01.1941 HMAS Penguin (additional) 11.01.1941 - 13.01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Goolgwai (temporary) [borne at HMAS Penguin] 14.01.1941 - 16.02.1941 HMAS Penguin (additional) 17.02.1941 - 18.12.1941 HMAS Brisbane (additional) 19.12.1941 - 06.1942 Commanding Officer, HMAS Townsville (on commissioning) 06.1942 - 30.06.1942 HMAS Townsville (additional) 30.06.1942 discharged [HMAS Melville]
Abraham *, Sydney Joseph Leon * name change by deed poll 17.02.1948: Abraham-Wilms Army record	14.06.1908 Prahran, Vic. - 1998	Prob. Sg.Lt. (D) 07.02.1938 Sg.Lt. (D) 03.1939, seniority 07.02.1938 Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D) 07.02.1944 (retd 13.08.1945) LDS, BDSc	07.02.1938 joined RAN 07.02.1938 - 23.05.1939 HMAS Cerberus 24.05.1939 - 03.02.1941 HMAS Hobart (cruiser) 04.02.1941 - 27.10.1942 HMAS Cerberus 28.10.1942 - 02.1944 HMAS Leeuwin (Base Staffs, Fremantle, Albany, Geraldton and Port Hedland) 02.1944 - 07.04.1944 HMAS Leeuwin (Base Staffs, Fremantle, Albany, Geraldton and Port Hedland) (additional) 08.04.1944 - 04.1945 HMAS Penguin 04.1945 - 12.08.1945 HMAS Shropshire (cruiser)
Adams, John McLauchlan Married Evelyn ...	03.08.1914 Broken Hill, NSW - 14.10.1986 Surfers Paradise, Qld.	Cadet Midsh. 01.01.1928 Midsh. 01.05.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1934 S.Lt. 16.03.1935 Lt. 16.12.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.05.19145 Lt.Cdr. 16.12.1945 Cdr. 30.06.1949 (emgcy 22.09.1961) A/Capt. 06.09.1954 Hon. Capt. 22.09.1961? OBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46 MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41	01.01.1928 - 31.07.1930 joined RAN, Melbourne, Vic. (college) 01.08.1930 - 20.01.1932 HMAS Cerberus (for RAN College) 21.01.1932 - 11.01.1933 HMAS Australia 12.01.1933 - 08.02.1933 London Depot RAN 09.02.1933 - 07.05.1933 HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 08.05.1933 - 28.08.1933 HMS Antelope 29.08.1933 - 24.03.1934 HMS Sussex (cruiser) 25.03.1934 - 08.08.1934 HMS Durban 09.08.1934 - 22.08.1934 HMS Resolution 23.08.1934 - 26.09.1934 HMS Victory I 27.09.1934 - 31.03.1935 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.04.1935 - 23.08.1935 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Excellent] 24.08.1935 - 08.11.1935 HMS Dryad 09.11.1935 - 29.01.1936 HMAS Cerberus 30.01.1936 - 06.08.1937 HMAS Canberra (cruiser) 07.08.1937 - 01.06.1938 HMAS Vendetta (destroyer) 02.06.1938 - 23.11.1938 HMAS Sydney (cruiser) 24.11.1938 - 07.01.1942 London Depot RAN: 24.11.1938 - 16.11.1939 HMS Osprey 17.11.1939 - 31.03.1940 HMS Conqueror (boys' training ship, Portsmouth) 01.04.1940 - 31.07.1940 HMS Osprey 01.08.1940 - 23.09.1940 HMS Acheron [based at HMS Victory III] 24.09.1940 - 31.12.1940 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) 01.01.1941 - 31.07.1941 HMS Veteran (destroyer) [based at HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] 01.08.1941 - 12.11.1941 HMS Broke [based at HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] 13.11.1941 - 31.12.1941 HMS Western Isles 01.01.1942 - 07.01.1942 London Depot RAN 08.01.1942 - 13.12.1942 HMAS Rushcutter 14.12.1942 - 31.01.1943 HMAS Napier 01.02.1943 - 21.09.1943 HMS Tana [borne on London Depot RAN] 22.09.1943 - 15.01.1944 HMS Highflyer [borne on London Depot RAN] 16.01.1944 - 06.07.1945 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) [borne on London Depot RAN] 07.07.1945 - 28.08.1945 HMAS Penguin 29.08.1945 - 23.05.1948 Commanding Officer, HMAS Murchison (frigate) [borne on HMAS Moreton] 24.05.1948 - 30.07.1948 HMAS Kanimbla (for passage) 31.07.1948 - 15.12.1948 HMS Glory [borne on London Depot RAN] 16.12.1948 - 14.09.1949 HMAS Sydney 15.09.1949 - 31.07.1951 HMAS Cerberus 01.08.1951 - 24.06.1952 HMAS Australia 25.06.1952 - 30.11.1952 HMAS Sydney 01.12.1952 - 25.07.1954 HMAS Australia 26.07.1954 - 02.04.1957 Director of Naval Intelligence, RAN, Navy Office [HMAS Lonsdale] 03.04.1957 - 03.05.1957 HMAS Penguin (for leave) 04.05.1957 - 27.04.1959 HMAS Tarangau 28.04.1959 - 24.07.1959 HMAS Penguin (Naval Officer-in-Charge, New Guinea) 25.07.1959 - (07.1961) Commanding Officer, HMAS Lonsdale (RAN depot, Port Melbourne) & as Naval Officer-in-Charge, Victoria and as Sea Transport Officer 22.09.1961 discharged [HMAS Lonsdale] * indexed, but not listed as such ** (10.1943) - (12.1943) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Ahern, William Roy	08.09.1914 Kilcoy, Qld. - 1984	T/Eng.S.Lt. RANVR (on prob.) 31.07.1940 T/Lt. (E) (on prob.) 06.03.1941 T/Lt. (E) 1944?, seniority 06.03.1941 (reld 22.01.1946)	12.08.1940 - 26.08.1940 joined RAN, Brisbane, Qld. [HMAS Brisbane] 27.08.1940 - 10.1940 HMAS Cerberus (additional) 10.1940 - 03.11.1940 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage in US 6) 04.11.1940 - 02.12.1941 HMAS Canberra (additional) 02.12.1941 - 14.04.1942 HMAS Penguin (for D/G duties) 15.04.1942 - 17.01.1943 HMAS Leeuwin (duty with DG etc.) 18.01.1943 - 11.12.1943 HMAS Magnetic (additional; Assistant to Base Engineering Officer and Degaussing duties) 12.12.1943 - 08.03.1944 HMAS Gympie [based at HMAS Platypus] 09.03.1944 - 27.05.1945 HMAS Vendetta (destroyer) [based at HMAS Ladava, from 01.10.1944 HMAS Madang] 28.05.1945 - 15.07.1945 HMAS Vendetta (additional) 16.07.1945 - 01.1946 HMAS Cerberus (additional) 01.1946 - 22.01.1946 HMAS Lonsdale (additional; for discharge) * indexed, but not listed as such 1973 recipient of the James Harrison Medal of the AIRAH (the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, and Heating).
Alcorn, Cyril David	16.07.1911 Mutdapilly, Qld. - 15.05.1972	T/Chapl. 08.12.1942 (reld 18.04.1946)	08.12.1942 joined RAN, Brisbane, Qld. (06.1943) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 06.1944 - (07.1945) HMAS Shropshire (cruiser) * 18.04.1946 discharged [HMAS Moreton] * (04.1946) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Alexander, Norman Grahame Son of John and Violet M. Alexander. Married (26.09.1947) Judith Winston Kerr; four children.	05.01.1921 Sydney, NSW - 09.1999 Sydney, NSW	T/S.Lt. (E) 21.01.1943 T/Lt. (E) ? (reld 28.10.1946)	08.02.1943 joined RAN, Sydney, NSW (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 08.1944 - (07.1945) HMAS Napier (04.1946) HMAS Moreton (Base Staff, Brisbane) 28.10.1946 discharged [HMAS Rushcutter]
Alexander, Ross McKnight	07.01.1917 Sydney, NSW - 14.06.1997	T/Lt. (E) 12.11.1942 (retd 21.05.1946)	01.01.1942 joined RAN, Hobart 02.03.1942 - (08.1943) HMAS Adelaide (cruiser) * (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMAS Melville (Base Staff, Darwin) 21.05.1946 discharged [HMAS Huon] * (10.1943) - (06.1944) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Allan, William Evan Crawford	24.07.1899 Bega, NSW - 18.10.2005 Essendon	Boy Seaman 13.03.1914 [3739] Ordinary  Seaman 19.07.1915? Able Seaman 09.10.1917 Leading Seaman 13.11.1919 Petty Officer 16.06.1922 Chief Petty Officer 23.01.1933 Prob. T/A/Boatsw. ? T/Boatsw. ?, seniority 09.07.1942 T/Lt. > 04.1946 (reld 30.10.1947) 1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star; War Medal; Australia Service Medal; 1935 King's Silver Jubilee Medal; 1937 Coronation Medal; Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 1915, 1916 and 1917 Chevrons in recognition of his wartime seagoing service	13.03.1914 joined RAN, Sydney, NSW 13.03.1914 HMAS Tingira 19.07.1915 HMAS Encounter ? HMAS Cerberus 28.11.1918 HMAS Sydney 16.09.1919 HMAS Brisbane 06.08.1922 HMAS Adelaide 18.06.1926 HMAS Tingira 01.07.1927 HMAS Penguin 15.10.1927 HMAS Melbourne 24.05.1928 HMAS Australia 17.06.1929 HMAS Penguin 24.01.1933 HMAS Albatross 25.08.1933 (Pembroke) HMAS Stuart 05.07.1934 HMAS Canberra 1939 HMS Moreton Bay (armed merchant cruiser) 31.01.1937 - 20.08.1941 HMAS Penguin 20.08.1941 - ? HMS Victory ? - 08.07.1942 HMAS Cerberus (RAN base, Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) 27.01.1945 - (05.1945) HMAS Australia (cruiser) 25.05.1945 - (04.1946) HMAS Cerberus (RAN base, Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) 30.10.1947 discharged [HMAS Lonsdale] Member of the Australian contingent that participated in the Coronation of His Majesty King George VI (1937).
Allard, Charles	11.08.1861 Greenwich, UK - ?	Cd.Eng. 01.10.1911 (retd 16.08.1917)	(02.1943) - (04.1946) no appointment listed; doesn't seem to have seen any active service in World War II; his name was finally removed from the Navy List in January 1956
Amos, Oswald Trethewey Son of Walter Gilmour Amos and Mabel (Trethewey) Amos. Married Martha E. ...; children (one son?).	10.12.1909 Fitzroy, Vict. - 08.10.1986	Sg.Lt. (D) (prob) 25.01.1937 Sg.Lt. (D) 24.02.1938, seniority 25.01.1937 22.06.1939, seniority 25.07.1936 Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D) 25.07.1942 (retd 13.04.1949)	Education: LDS, BDSc Melbourne Dental Hospital, half-time 09.1934-07.1936, full-time 08.1936-12.1936. 25.01.1937 joined RAN,  Melbourne, Vict. 25.01.1937 - 13.02.1938 HMAS Cerberus (RAN base, Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) (additional) 14.02.1938 - 12.04.1938 HMAS Penguin (RAN depot ship, Sydney, NSW) 13.04.1938 - 29.05.1939 HMAS Canberra (cruiser) [from 13-14.04.1938 & 26-29.05.1939 additional] 30.05.1939 - 05.09.1939 HMAS Cerberus (RAN base, Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) (additional) 06.09.1939 - 16.02.1940 HMAS Australia (cruiser) [from 14-16.02.1940 additional] 17.02.1940 - 10.01.1943 HMAS Cerberus (RAN base, Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) 11.01.1943 - 28.04.1944 HMAS Assault (RAN combined operations training establishment, Ports Stephens, NSW) 29.04.1944 - 04.10.1944 HMAS Cerberus (RAN base, Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) 05.10.1944 - 24.12.1945 HMAS Leeuwin (RAN base, Fremantle) & as Port Dental Officer 25.12.1945 - 13.04.1949 HMAS Lonsdale (RAN Depot, Port Melbourne) [from 03.1949 additional for discharge]
Amott, Oswald Thomas	23.02.1909 Karachi, India - 08.1973 still alive	Midsh. (E) 01.05.1928 A/S.Lt. (E) 01.09.1930 S.Lt. (E) 01.03.1931 Lt. (E) 01.12.1932 (emgcy > 02.1936, < 02.1937) Lt.Cdr. (E) (emgcy) 01.12.1940	04.02.1925 joined RAN 03.05.1928 - (07.1932) engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham 21.07.1932 - (01.1934) HMAS Canberra (cruiser) 19.04.1935 - (02.1936) HMAS Penguin (depot ship, NSW) (02.1943) - (06.1944) HMAS Lonsdale (Base Staff, Port Melbourne and Williamstown) (07.1945) HMAS Kurunda (Base Staff, Cairns) 23.01.1946 discharged [HMAS Moreton]
Anderson, Peter Corsar Son of Mr & Mrs Peter Corsar Anderson, of Western Australia.	06.07.1900 Geelong, Vic. - 07.1959 still alive	Midsh. 01.01.1918 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1920 S.Lt. 01.04.1920 Lt. 15.05.1921 Lt.Cdr. 15.05.1929 (emgcy > 08.1929, < 02.1931)	01.07.1928 - (08.1929) Gunnery Officer, HMAS Anzac (flotilla leader) (and for Flotilla duties) 01.08.1940 - (07.1945) Gunnery Instructional Centre, HMAS Rushcutter (04.1946) no appointment listed
Anderson, Robert Andrew	20.08.1928 Clifton, Qld. - 03?.2014	Midsh. 01.01.1942 (reld? 20.09.1945)	28.01.1942 joined RAN, Sydney, NSW (07.1945) no appointment listed 20.09.1945 discharged [HMAS Cerberus] Reverend & Professor.
Andrews, Arthur Alfred	06.08.1902 Southgate, UK - 08.06.1991 Camden ?	A/Gnr. 01.04.1934 Gnr. ?, seniority 01.04.1934 Cd.Gnr. 01.04.1943 Lt. 01.07.1949 Lt.Cdr. (Special Duties List) 01.01.1957 (retd 06.08.1959) MBE 09.06.1955 HM's birthday 55	01.04.1934 joined RAN, Sydney, NSW 13.11.1934 - (02.1936) HMAS Cerberus (RAN base, Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) 10.08.1936 - (06.1938) HMAS Canberra (cruiser) (for DF duties) * 28.09.1938 - (02.1941) HMAS Hobart (cruiser) (08.1942) HMAS Hobart (cruiser) ** 21.09.1942 - (08.1943) Officers Training School, HMAS Cerberus (RAN base, Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) 08.1943 - (12.1943) HMAS Hobart (cruiser) 03.1944 - (06.1944) HMAS Rushcutter (Base Staff, Sydney) 01.08.1944 - (04.1946) HMAS Hobart (cruiser) 27.06.1949 - (05.1950) HMAS Hobart (cruiser) 12.1952 - (06.1955) HMAS Penguin 06.08.1959 discharged [HMAS Penguin] * (08.1938) still indexed, but no longer listed as such ** indexed, but not listed as such
Arkins, Walter Robertson	22.12.1869 - 10.1955	Eng.Cdr. 01.07.1913 (retd) Eng.Capt. (retd) 05.10.1922	(02.1943) - (04.1946) no appointment listed; doesn't seem to have seen any active service in World War II; his name was finally removed from the Navy List in January 1956
Armitage, George William Thomas	23.07.1899 Houghton, SA - 1969 Newtown, NSW	Cadet Midsh. 31.12.1912 Midsh. 01.01.1917 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1918 S.Lt. 01.12.1918, seniority 15.11.1918 Lt. 15.10.1920 ?, seniority 15.06.1920 ?, seniority 15.06.1921 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1929 (emgcy 01.07.1931) (retd 09.04.1943)	31.12.1912     joined RAN, Sydney, NSW 09.05.1928 - (02.1931) HMAS Penguin (cruiser) 14.07.1941 - 28.07.1941 HMAS Torrens (additional) 29.07.1941 - 21.09.1941 HMAS Cerberus (additional; temporarily) 22.09.1941 - 05.10.1941 HMAS Lonsdale (additional) 06.10.1941 - 09.08.1942 HMAS Lonsdale (EDO & Chief Examining Officer) 10.08.1942 - 12.08.1942 HMAS Lonsdale (additional) 13.08.1942 - 13.09.1942 HMAS Brisbane 14.09.1942 - 18.01.1943 Commanding Officer, HMAS Koopa (Fairmile mother ship) 19.01.1943 - 03.03.1943 HMAS Moreton (additional) 04.03.1943 - 08.04.1943 HMAS Torrens (discharged) (02.1943) - (06.1944) HMAS Lonsdale (Base Staff, Port Melbourne and Williamstown) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Armitage, Walter Joshua Murray	20.02.1903 Sydney, NSW - died between 08.1989 and 12.1998	Lt. (E) 15.12.1925 Lt.Cdr. (E) 15.12.1933 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1938 Capt. (E) 31.12.1949 (retd 21.04.1958) MID 27.03.1945 Leyte operations & battle of Surigao Straits	01.01.1917 joined RAN, Sydney, NSW 09.07.1928 - (02.1931) HMAS Canberra (cruiser) 25.11.1931 - (09.1932) HMAS Penguin (depot ship) 11.12.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 15.01.1935 - (07.1935) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) (02.1936) no appointment listed 07.12.1936 - (04.1939) Armament Assistant to Engineer Manager, HMA Naval Depot and Dockyard, Garden Island [Naval Establishments, Sydney [HMAS Penguin]] 20.06.1939 - (08.1939) HMAS Adelaide (cruiser) (reserve) 20.11.1939 - (08.1942) HMAS Cerberus (for duty at Navy Office) * 11.01.1943 - (04.1946) HMAS Shropshire (cruiser) 31.12.1949 - (05.1950) HMAS Sydney 07.1952 - (01.1956) HMAS Kuttabul 21.04.1958 discharged [HMAS Kuttabul] * (02.1943) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Armstrong, John Malet	05.01.1900 Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, NSW - 30.12.1988 Jersey, Channel Islands	Cadet 31.12.1913 Midsh. 01.01.1918 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1919 S.Lt. 15.10.1919 Lt. 15.03.1921 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1929 Cdr. 30.06.1935 Capt. 31.12.1942 (retd 04.01.1960) Cdre. 2nd cl. ? CBE 07.06.1951 HM's birthday 51 DSO 01.05.1945 Operation Mike 1 MID 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41   NC 1946 Lingayen Gulf operations 01.45	31.12.1913     joined RAN, Sydney, NSW 22.06.1928 - (08.1929) Gunnery Officer, HMS Castor (cruiser) 21.07.1930 - (01.1932) Gunnery Officer, HMAS Australia (cruiser) 17.03.1932 - (01.1934) HMAS Cerberus (for charge of Gunnery School) 25.02.1935 - (02.1936) Navy Office, Sydney [HMAS Cerberus] 15.01.1937 - (07.1937) Executive Officer, HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (02.1938)     no appointment listed 17.03.1938 - (08.1939) Royal Australian Naval College [HMAS Cerberus] 28.08.1939 - 03.1942 staff, Rear-Admiral Commanding Australian Squadron [HMAS Australia (cruiser)] 30.04.1942 - 26.10.1942 Commanding Officer, HMAS Manoora (armed merchant cruiser) 30.10.1942 - 17.12.1942 Commanding Officer, HMAS Westralia (armed merchant cruiser) 18.12.1942 - 18.10.1943 Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer-in-Charge, Sydney & Principal Sea Transport Officer NSW [HMAS Kuttabul (Base Depot, Garden Island)] 11.1943 - ? Naval Officer-in-Charge, New Guinea (04.1944) - (06.1944) HMAS Ladava (Base Depot, Milne Bay) 29.10.1944 - 06.08.1945 Commanding Officer, HMAS Australia (cruiser) & Flag Captain, Australian Squadron (04.1946)     no appointment listed (1951)     Staff Australian Defence Representative, London 26.02.1955 - (01.1956) HMAS Cerberus II (London depot) 14.08.1958     discharged [HMAS Lonsdale]
Armstrong, Kenneth Charles	27.12.1910 -	Sg.Lt. 02.06.1939 06.03.1940, seniority 02.12.1938	15.06.1939 - (04.1940) HMAS Yarra 12.1940 - (02.1941) HMAS Penguin 01.10.1941 - (08.1942) HMAS Cerberus
Arnold, Frank Stephen	05.07.1907 Portsmouth, UK -	Wt.Shipwr.Offr. 13.08.1934 [13406] Cd. Stores Offr. = Sen.Cd. Stores Offr. 01.04.1943	16.02.1922     joined RAN, Melbourne, Vict. (04.1940) -   HMAS Penguin 19.08.1944 - (07.1945) HMAS Penguin 27.04.1948     discharged [HMAS Lonsdale]
Arnold, George William	? -	Lt.Cdr. (S) (retd) ?	(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Ashley-Brown, Guy James Alexander	06.02.1914 Coffs Harbour, NSW -	Lt. 16.03.1938	01.01.1928     joined RAN, Melbourne, Vict. 29.08.1939 - (02.1941) HMAS Australia (07.1945)     HMAS Rockhampton * 06.06.1961     discharged [HMAS Lonsdale]
Atwill, Milton Spencer "Mick"	30.11.1887 Sydney, NSW - 24.11.1965 Sydney, NSW	S.Lt. (D) 08.04.1918 (retd)	(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Austin, Donald McLellan Army service record	05.01.1883 St Kilda, Melbourne, Vic. - 27.07.1957 Sydney, NSW	Sg.Cdr. (D) 31.12.1929 (retd)	(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Austin, John Sydney	22.09.1923 Sydney, NSW -	Lt. 01.03.1944 Lt.Cdr. ? DSC 27.03.1945 Leyte operations & battle for Surigao Straits	28.01.1937     joined RAN, Sydney, NSW (1945)     HMAS Shropshire 14.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMAS Bataan 26.02.1960     discharged [HMAS Kuttabul]
Axford, John Richard	16.06.1909 Camperdown, Vict. -	A/Wt.Electr. 01.08.1939 El.Cdr. ? MID 01.05.1945 Operation Mike 1	01.08.1939     joined RAN, Melbourne, Vict. ? - (04.1940) HMAS Hobart 07.1944 - (07.1945) HMAS Australia 15.08.1961     discharged [HMAS Melbourne]

 

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Becher, Otto Humphrey Son of Francis Joseph Becher, orchardist, and his wife Antonia Amalie, née Vetter, both native-born. Married (07.01.1935, Vaucluse, Sydney) Valerie Chisholm Baird; three sons.	13.09.1908 Harvey, Western Australia - 15.06.1977 Sydney, NSW, Australia [cremated]	Cadet Midsh. 01.01.1922 Midsh. 15.05.1926 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1928 S.Lt. 16.03.1929 Lt. 16.06.1930 Lt.Cdr. 16.06.1938 Cdr. 31.12.1944 Capt. 31.12.1950 A/R.Adm. 01.1959? R.Adm. 07.01.1960 (retd 06.03.1966) CBE 10.06.1961 22.06.1961 HM's birthday 61 DSO 18.09.1951 27.09.1951 Korea 50 DSC 19.07.1940 withdrawal of troops from the Namsos area DSC 31.10.1944 09.11.1944 Operation Crimson (air strike & bombardment of Sabang 25.07.44) MID 11.06.1946 27.06.1946 wind up Far East LM 15.02.1955 17.02.1955 Korea 50	Education: Harvey State School; RAN College, Jervis Bay (01.01.1922-15.01.1926); Imperial Defence College (1956; idc) 15.01.1926 - (05.)1926 HMAS Adelaide (cruiser) 1926 - 1926 HMAS Brisbane (cruiser) 15.09.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 04.1929 - (08.1929) promotion course, Portsmouth 17.01.1930 - (04.)1930 HMAS Australia (cruiser) 09.10.1930 - (01.)1932 HMAS Canberra (cruiser) 1932 - 1933 long gunnery course [HMS Excellent] 28.10.1933 - (01.1934) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) 26.06.1935 - (02.)1937 Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMAS Canberra (cruiser) 27.03.1937 - (06.)1938 Gunnery Officer, Flotilla Staff, HMAS Stuart (flotilla leader) 08.07.1938 - (10.1938) HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) (and for Gunnery School) (02.1939) no appointment listed 02.03.1939 - (04.)1939 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 1939 - 1945 war service (DSC and Bar): in Norwegian waters, Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indian and Pacific Oceans: 04.07.1939 - (04.1940) Gunnery Officer, HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (and as Squadron Gunnery Officer, 1st Cruiser Squadron) 28.11.1940 - (02.1941) Gunnery Officer, HMAS Napier (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 17.05.1942 - (12.1943) Gunnery Officer, HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) & for charge Gunnery School 03.03.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMAS Quickmatch (destroyer) 1945 - 1948 staff duties, Navy Office (Melbourne) 03.1948 - (07.1948) HMAS Cerberus II (London Depot RAN ) 1948 Commanding Officer, HMAS Sydney (aircraft carrier) (05.1950) - 28.07.1950 Commanding Officer, HMAS Watson (RAN base, Sydney) 28.07.1950 - 1951 Commanding Officer, HMAS Warramunga (destroyer) (Korea) 24.10.1952 - 1954 Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Navy Office, Melbourne [HMAS Lonsdale] 25.08.1954 - (04.)1955 Commanding Officer, HMAS Vengeance (aircraft carrier) 1957 - 1958 Commanding Officer, HMAS Melbourne (aircraft carrier) 03.01.1959 - (07.)1961 Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Navy Office, Melbourne [HMAS Lonsdale] 08.03.1962 - (02.)1963 Head of Australian Joint Services Staff, London & Australian Naval Representative, UK [HMAS Cerberus II] 01.1964 Flag Officer Commanding Australian Fleet 1965 - 1966 Flag Officer-in-Charge, East Australian Area Director-General of Recruiting for the armed forces, 1966-1969. chairman of the Council of the Institute of Marine Sciences, University of New South Wales.
Bracegirdle, Warwick Seymour "Braces" Married Polly Caspar (died 23.10.2008).	22.12.1911 Newcastle, NSW - 14.03.1993 Gipping & Hartismere district, Suffolk, UK	Cadet Midsh. 01.01.1925 ... ... Lt.Cdr. 16.12.1942 Cdr. 30.06.1947 (emgcy 15.02.1957) DSC 01.01.1942 New Year 42 [investiture 08.12.42] DSC 27.03.1945 Leyte operations & Battle of Surigao Strait [decoration presented] DSC 23.12.1952 Korea (5th list) [investiture 04.03.54] MID 01.01.1945 New Year 45 MID 01.05.1945 Operation Mike I LM 26.04.1955 Korea 52	... - ... ... 29.06.1939 - 31.10.1941 Gunnery Officer, HMAS Perth (light cruiser) 01.11.1941 - 22.11.1941 HMAS Perth (light cruiser) (additional) 23.11.1941 - 04.1942 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Williamstown, Vict.) (for gunnery school) 08.1942 - 18.12.1942 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Williamstown, Vict.) (to await passage & actual passage to UK) 16.12.1942 - 29.04.1945 Gunnery Officer, HMAS Shropshire (cruiser) 30.04.1945 - 20.05.1945 HMAS Shropshire (cruiser) (additional) 21.05.1945 - 29.06.1947 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Williamstown, Vict.) (for gunnery school) ... - ... ... Published: "Gentlemen cordite" : the gunnery stories of Commander Warwick Bracegidrle, DSC ** RAN and Chief Petty Officer Arthur Cooper, DSM RAN
Bridge, Clarence Walter Married Florence Bridge.	18.01.1890 North Sydney, NSW - 23.01.1976 Kensington, London, UK	Eng.Cdr.  31.12.1925 (emgcy 17.01.1942) A/Eng.Capt. (emgcy) < 07.1945 Eng.Capt. (emgcy) < 07.1948 OBE 08.06.1939 HM's birthday	Education: ... (BE) 16.04.1912 enlisted in the RAN (Sydney, NSW) (1914) HMAS Australia (battlecruiser) 10.01.1933 - (01.1934) HMAS Australia (cruiser) 14.07.1934 - 03.05.1938 Squadron Engineer Officer, HM Australian Squadron [HMAS Canberra (cruiser)] (08.1938) - (04.1939) Naval Establishments, Sydney * 19.04.1939 - (08.1942) HMAS Cerberus (for duty at Navy Office, Melbourne) (08.1939) for duty on Staff PSO Committee (04.1940) for duty on Staff of Works Directorate (02.1941) - (08.1942) indexed, but not listed as such (02.1943) - (06.1944) no appointment listed (07.1944) - (07.1948) Navy Office, Melbourne * (05.1950) - (05.1953) Director of Naval Works (Works Branch, Navy Office, Melbourne) * indexed, but not listed as such
Buchanan, Herbert James Son of H.J. Buchanan, Melbourne. Married (1932) Florence Knarhöi, daughter of Florence Ellis, Melbourne, and late Godfrey William Ellis; two sons.	10.03.1902 North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Vict. - 15.03.1965 Point Piper, Sydney, NSW	Cadet Midsh. 31.12.1915 Midsh. 01.01.1920 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1922 S.Lt. 15.11.1922 Lt. 30.06.1924, seniority 15.02.1924 Lt.Cdr. 15.02.1932 Cdr. 30.06.1938 A/Capt. 02.11.1944-30.12.1944 Capt. 31.12.1944 (retd 09.03.1957; age) Cdre. 2nd cl. 21.03.1950-28.04.1952 Cdre. 1st cl. 12.10.1953-02.02.1955 A/R.Adm. 03.02.1955 Hon. R.Adm. 10.03.1957 CBE 01.06.1953 Coronation List 53 DSO 27.08.1940 Dutch, Belgian & French coasts MID 16.08.1940 Dunkirk MID 01.01.1946 New Year 46	Education: Scotch College, Melbourne; Royal Australian Naval College, Jervis Bay [HMAS Franklin] (31.12.1915-31.12.1919). 31.12.1915     joined RAN, Sydney, NSW 01.01.1920 - 08.08.1920 HMAS Australia 09.08.1920 - 24.10.1920 HMS Renown (battleship) [lent to RN] 25.10.1920 - 03.02.1921 HMS Thunderer [lent to RN] 04.02.1921 - 31.12.1921 HMS Winchelsea [lent to RN] 01.01.1922 - 14.08.1922 HMS Ramillies [lent to RN] 15.08.1922 - 02.01.1923 HMS Venomous (torpedo-boat destroyer) [lent to RN] 03.01.1923 - 02.07.1923 Admiralty [HMS President] [lent to RN] 03.07.1923 - 26.03.1924 HMS Excellent [lent to RN] 27.03.1924 - 07.05.1924 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to Australia) 08.05.1924 - 07.10.1925 HMAS Brisbane 08.10.1925 - 18.06.1926 HMAS Melbourne 19.06.1926 - 11.12.1926 HMS Royal Oak (additional) [lent to RN] 12.12.1926 - 21.12.1926 HMS Vimiera [based at HMS Pembroke] [lent to RN] 22.12.1926 - 03.06.1928 long gunnery course [HMS Excellent] (additional) [lent to RN] 04.06.1928 - 26.09.1928 HMS Excellent (additional) (temporary) [lent to RN] 27.09.1928 - 29.03.1929 advanced gunnery course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] (additional) [lent to RN] 30.03.1929 - 09.07.1929 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to Australia & leave) 10.07.1929 - 13.10.1929 HMAS Australia (additional) 14.10.1929 - 06.10.1930 HMAS Australia 07.10.1930 - 17.11.1931 for Gunnery School [HMAS Cerberus] (additional) 18.11.1931 - 16.03.1932 for charge of Gunnery School [HMAS Cerberus] 17.03.1932 - 27.04.1932 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to UK) 28.04.1932 - 06.06.1932 Gunnery Officer, HMS Kempenfelt [based at HMS Vivid] [lent to RN] 07.06.1932 - 20.08.1934 Flotilla Gunnery Officer, 2nd Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Kempenfelt (flotilla leader)] (Home Fleet) [lent to RN] 21.08.1934 - 22.11.1934 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to Australia & leave) 23.11.1934 - 16.06.1937 Gunnery Officer, HMAS Australia (cruiser) 17.06.1937 - 09.07.1937 Gunnery Officer, HMAS Canberra (cruiser) 10.07.1937 - 03.08.1938 Gunnery Officer, HMAS Canberra (cruiser) & as Squadron Gunnery Officer, HM Australia Squadron 04.08.1938 - 09.09.1938 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for duty at Navy Office) 10.09.1938 - 16.10.1938 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to UK per "Brisbane Star") 17.10.1938 - 09.01.1939 Senior Officers' Technical Course [HMS Victory] (additional) [lent to RN] 10.01.1939 - 03.08.1939 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] (additional) [lent to RN] 04.08.1939 - 31.01.1940 Executive Officer, HMS Diomede (cruiser) [lent to RN] 01.02.1940 - 15.05.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Valentine (destroyer) (lost by enemy action 15.05.1940 during operations off Terneuzen, Western Scheldt, The Netherlands) [lent to RN] 16.05.1940 - 29.05.1940 spare destroyer Commanding Officer [HMS Drake] (additional) [lent to RN] 30.05.1940 - 17.06.1940 HMS Lynx (additional) [lent to RN] (evacuation of Dunkirk) 18.06.1940 - 24.02.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Vanity (destroyer) [lent to RN] 25.02.1941 - 14.04.1941 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to Australia per "Canadian Star") 15.04.1941 - 22.06.1943 Assistant Director of Plans, Naval Staff, Navy Office, Melbourne [HMAS Cerberus] (additional) 23.06.1943 - 01.11.1944 Commanding Officer, HMAS Norman (destroyer) (passage in HMAS Nepal) 02.11.1944 - 20.09.1945 Commanding Officer, HMAS Napier (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 7th Destroyer Flotilla (British Pacific Fleet off Japan; in charge of landing detachment at Yokusuka) 21.09.1945 - 09.10.1945 HMAS Cerberus (additional) 10.10.1945 - 10.1946 Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Navy Office, Melbourne [HMAS Cerberus] (additional) 10.04.1946 - 09.04.1949 also: Honorary ADC to HRH the Governor-General 10.1946 - 01.11.1946 Navy Office, Melbourne [HMAS Cerberus] (additional) 02.11.1946 - 03.12.1946 Commanding Officer, HMAS Shropshire (cruiser) & Chief Staff Officer to Commodore Commanding HM Australian Squadron 04.12.1946 - 18.03.1947 Commanding Officer, HMAS Shropshire (cruiser) 19.03.1947 - 29.05.1947 Commanding Officer, HMAS Shropshire (cruiser) & Chief Staff Officer to R.Adm. Commanding HM Australian Squadron 30.05.1947 - 17.08.1947 Commanding Officer, HMAS Australia (cruiser) & Chief Staff Officer to R.Adm. Commanding HM Australian Squadron 18.08.1947 - 11.12.1947 Commanding Officer, HMAS Australia (cruiser) 12.12.1947 - 15.10.1948 Commanding Officer, HMAS Australia (cruiser) & Chief Staff Officer to R.Adm. Commanding HM Australian Squadron 16.10.1948 - 01.12.1948 HMAS Australia (cruiser) (additional) (temporary) 02.12.1948 - 10.01.1949 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to UK per "Orion") 11.01.1949 - 11.01.1950 Imperial Defence Course, Imperial Defence College, London [HMS President] (additional) [lent to RN] 12.01.1950 - 09.02.1950 passage UK to Melbourne per "Himalaya" 02.1950     HMAS Lonsdale (additional; for 16 days FSL) 02.03.1950 - 20.03.1950 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for duty at Navy Office) (temporary) 21.03.1950 - 1952 Commodore Superintendent of Training & Commanding Officer, HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Victoria, Australia) 1952 - 27.04.1952 Commodore Superintendent of Training & Commanding Officer, HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Victoria, Australia) & Commanding Officer, RAN College 14.09.1951 - 13.09.1954 also: ADC to the King (from 1952 Queen) 28.04.1952 - 24.06.1952 Commanding Officer, HMAS Sydney (aircraft carrier) 25.06.1952 - 10.03.1953 Commanding Officer, HMAS Sydney (aircraft carrier) & Chief Staff Officer to R.Adm. Commanding HM Australian Fleet 11.03.1953 - 09.1953 Commanding Officer, HMAS Sydney (aircraft carrier) 09.1953 - 20.09.1953 HMAS Lonsdale (additional) 21.09.1953 - 11.10.1953 HMAS Lonsdale (additional; for special duty at Navy Office) 12.10.1953 - 25.01.1955 Second Naval Member of the Naval Board & Chief of Naval Personnel (Cdre 1st class) [HMAS Lonsdale] 26.01.1955 - 02.02.1955 HMAS Lonsdale (additional) 03.03.1955 - 09.03.1957 Flag Officer-in-Charge, East Australian Area & STO, Sydney [HMAS Kuttabul] Managing Director of Bell's Asbestos and Engineering (Australia) Ltd; Director: Trustees, Executors & Agency Co. Ltd; Northern & Employers Assurance Co. Ltd. Trustee & Chairman of Trustees RAN Relief Fund, 12.10.1953-25.01.1955.

 

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Chesterman, Henry Swinfield Married 1st Charlotte (née ...). Married 2nd (03.02.1940) Eleanor (née ...).	15.02.1901 Williamstown, Vic. - 20.02.1985 Brisbane, Qld.	Cadet Midsh. 31.12.1914 Midsh. 01.01.1919 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1921 S.Lt. 15.07.1921 ?, seniority 15.01.1921 Lt. 15.04.1922 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1930 (emgcy 15.02.1946) A/Cdr. 19.09.1940 Cdr. (emgcy) 15.04.1946 (reld 09.10.1957) (retd 15.02.1961) OBE 02.01.1956 02.01.1956 New Year 56 LM - 13.09.1945 ?	... - ... ... 21.11.1935 - 29.03.1936 HMAS Penguin (and for destroyers in reserve) 30.03.1936 - ? HMAS Penguin (as Staff Officer (T) to Captain-in-Charge, New South Wales) ? - 05.11.1939 HMAS Penguin (as Staff Officer (Operations) and (Intelligence) to Captain-in-Charge, New South Wales 06.11.1939 - 15.08.1940 HMAS [Penguin?] (as Staff Officer (Operations) to Captain-in-Charge, Sydney) 16.08.1940 - 18.09.1940 HMAS Penguin (additional) 19.09.1940 - ? HMAS Melville (base staff, Darwin) (as Staff Officer (Operations) & DEMS Staff Officer) ? - 26.09.1942 HMAS Melville (base staff, Darwin) (as Senior Staff Officer for duty on Operational Staff of Comsowespac) 27.09.1942 - 30.09.1944 HMAS Moreton (base staff, Brisbane) (additional) 01.10.1944 - 03.09.1945 HMAS Madang (base staffs, Madang &tc.) (additional; for Hollandia, staff of Comsowespac) 04.09.1945 - 07.11.1945 HMAS Moreton (additional) 08.11.1945 - 09.09.1947 HMAS Moreton (as Chief Staff Officer to Naval Officer-in-Charge, Brisbane) ... - ... ...
Collins, [Sir] John Augustine Son of Michael John Collins, MD. Married (1930) Phyllis Laishley McLachlan, daughter of A.J. McLachlan; one daughter.	07.01.1899 Doleraine, Tasmania - 03.09.1989 Rose Bay, Sydney, NSW	Cadet Midsh. 31.12.1912 Midsh. 01.01.1917 A/S.L. 01.09.1918 S.Lt. 01.12.1918, seniority 01.09.1918 Lt. 01.12.1919 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1927 Cdr. 30.06.1932 Capt. 31.12.1937 Cdre. 2st cl. 16.01.1942-07.10.1942 Cdre. 1st cl. 01.06.1944 R.Adm. 08.01.1947 V.Adm. 10.05.1950 (retd 16.03.1955) KBE 01.01.1951 New Year 51 [decoration presented] CB 26.07.1940 for distinguished service in the gallant and successful action against two Italian cruisers in which "Bartolomeo Colleone" was destroyed [investiture 02.02.43] MID 15.12.1942 for gallantry and devotion to duty at the fall of Singapore 02.42 OON 19.01.1943 services to the Dutch navy in the UK and Far East LM 1946 * [Commonwealth Gazette 85/1947] Testimonial of Royal Humane Society on parchment (08.1934) in recognition of his action in rescuing a lady who was in danger of drowning in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall on 30.08.1934. * For the performance of duties of great responsibility as Flag Officer of the Allied Naval Forces S.W. Pacific Area. Serving as C.O. HMAS Shropshire from September 1943 to May 1944, and later as Commander Task Force 74 from June 1944 to December 1944, Commodore Collins commanded cruisers and destroyers of the RAN which, working in close co-ordination with units of the USN aided accurate Allied landings in the SW Pacific Area.	Education: Royal Australian Naval College (31.12.1912-31.12.1916); Imperial Defence College (1947, idc). 01.01.1917 - 17.01.1917 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Williamstown, Vict.) (additional; for leave, passage, etc.) 18.01.1917 - 04.04.1917 London Depot RAN (additional; for leave, passage, etc.) 05.04.1917 - 23.10.1918 HMS Canada (battleship) 24.10.1918 - 18.11.1918 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 19.11.1918 - 20.03.1919 HMS Spenser (torpedo-boat destroyer) [tender to HMS Dido] 21.03.1919 - 02.01.1920 HMS Stalwart (torpedo-boat destroyer) 03.01.1920 - 30.06.1920 RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.07.1920 - 27.11.1920 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 28.11.1920 - 31.03.1921 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Williamstown, Vict.) 01.04.1921 - 22.04.1921 HMAS Cerberus III (RANVR Depot, Flinders Naval Depot, Williamstown, Vict.) 23.04.1921 - 23.10.1921 HMAS Melbourne (cruiser) 24.10.1921 - 28.07.1922 HMAS Brisbane (cruiser) 29.07.1922 - 27.09.1922 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Williamstown, Vict.) (additional; for passage) 28.09.1922 - 19.08.1923 long gunnery course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 20.08.1923 - 09.05.1924 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 10.05.1924 - 24.09.1924 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (additional; for school staff) 25.09.1924 - 19.06.1925 advanced gunnery course 20.06.1925 - 06.08.1925 HMAS Moresby (sloop) 07.08.1925 - 06.10.1925 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Williamstown, Vict.) (additional; for passage, leave, etc.) 07.10.1925 - 07.10.1925 HMAS Brisbane (cruiser) 08.10.1925 - 25.09.1926 Gunnery Officer, HMAS Melbourne (cruiser) 26.09.1926 - 25.03.1927 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Williamstown, Vict.) (additional) 26.03.1927 - 11.05.1927 Flag Lieutenant to Commonwealth Naval Board [HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Williamstown, Vict.) (additional)] 12.05.1927 - 11.07.1927 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) 12.07.1927 - 25.08.1927 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (additional; for re-qualifying course) 26.08.1927 - 23.04.1928 HMS Victory (additional; for HMAS Australia (cruiser) & for duty with Commander Superintendent of Contract-built Ships) 24.04.1928 - 23.07.1930 Gunnery Officer, HMAS Australia (cruiser) (from 01.05.1928 also as Squadron Gunnery Officer, from 21.07.1930 additional) 24.07.1930 - 05.01.1931 Commanding Officer, HMAS Anzac (destroyer) 06.01.1931 - 17.11.1931 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Williamstown, Vict.) & for charge of Gunnery School 18.11.1931 - 11.01.1932 passage to UK 12.01.1932 - 23.12.1932 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 24.12.1932 - 08.01.1933 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for leave whilst awaiting appointment) 09.01.1933 - 08.01.1935 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 09.01.1935 - 25.09.1935 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for HMAS Sydney (light cruiser) & for duty with Commander Superintendent of Contract-built Ships) 24.09.1935 - 06.08.1937 Executive Officer, HMAS Sydney (light cruiser) 07.08.1937 - 06.02.1938 HMAS Penguin (additional; for duty on staff of Captain-in-Charge, New South Wales as Naval Liaison Officer for Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations) 07.02.1938 - 24.08.1939 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Williamstown, Vict.) (additional; for duty at Navy Office as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff and Director of Naval Intelligence) 25.08.1939 - 05.11.1939 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Williamstown, Vict.) (additional; for duty at Navy Office as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff) 06.11.1939 - 15.11.1939 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Williamstown, Vict.) (additional; for Navy Office) 16.11.1939 - 15.05.1941 Commanding Officer, HMAS Sydney (light cruiser) [notable event sinking of Italian light cruiser "Bartelomeo Colleoni" 19.07.1940] 16.05.1941 - 09.06.1941 HMAS Penguin (RAN depot, Sydney, NSW) (additional) 10.06.1941 - 15.01.1942 Assistant Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, China [HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) (additional)] 16.01.1942 - 02.1942 Commodore Commanding China Force [Commodore Commanding Far Eastern Squadron] [HMS Sultan III (accounting base, Penang) for HMS Anking (base and accommodation ship, Netherlands East Indies)] 02.1942 - 03.1942 British Naval Officer, Batavia 09.03.1942 - 07.10.1942 Commander-in-Charge, Fremantle & as Senior Naval Officer and Principal Sea Transport Officer, Western Australia [HMAS Leeuwin (RAN base, Fremantle)] 08.10.1942 - 22.11.1942 HMAS Leeuwin (RAN base, Fremantle) (additional) 23.11.1942 - 18.12.1942 HMAS Leeuwin (RAN base, Fremantle) (additional; for passage to UK) 19.12.1942 - 16.04.1943 HMAS Cerberus II (RAN depot, London) (additional) 17.04.1943 - 05.05.1944 Commanding Officer, HMAS Shropshire (cruiser) 06.05.1944 - 12.06.1944 HMAS Penguin (RAN depot, Sydney, NSW) (additional) 13.06.1944 - 27.10.1944 Commodore Commanding HM Australian Squadron [HMAS Australia (heavy cruiser) (additional)] & as Commander Task Force 74 [wounded 21.10.1944] 28.10.1944 - 05.01.1945 HMAS Penguin (RAN depot, Sydney, NSW) (additional) 06.01.1945 - 15.04.1945 HMAS Leeuwin (RAN base, Fremantle) (additional) 16.04.1945 - 28.06.1945 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Fremantle [HMAS Leeuwin (RAN base, Fremantle)] 29.06.1945 - 21.07.1945 HMAS Leeuwin (RAN base, Fremantle) (additional) 22.07.1945 - 09.11.1946 Commodore Commanding HM Australian Squadron [HMAS Shropshire (cruiser) (additional), from 18.11.1945 HMAS Hobart (light cruiser) (additional), from 30.08.1946 HMAS Shropshire (cruiser) (additional)] 10.11.1946 - 14.11.1946 HMAS Penguin (RAN depot, Sydney, NSW) (additional) 15.11.1946 - ? passage to UK 1947 - 1947 imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College [HMS President] 16.01.1948 - 02.1948 passage to Australia per "New Zealand Star" 24.02.1948 - 23.02.1955 Chief of Naval Staff and First Naval Member, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board, Melbourne 24.02.1955 - 15.03.1955 HMAS Lonsdale (RAN depot, Melbourne) (additional; for leave prior to retirement) Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand, 1956-62. Royal Humane Society's Certificate for Saving Life at Sea. Published: As luck would have it (1965)

 

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Dalton, Lionel Sydney     Son of Edward Lyle Dalton and Nancie Dalton. Married Margaret Mary Dalton Anderson, of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia; one son	26.10.1902 Middle Park, Vict. - 20.11.1941 (MPK) [age 39] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 56, column 2]	Cadet Midsh. 31.12.1915 Midsh. 01.01.1920 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1922 S.Lt. (E) 01.12.1922 Lt. (E) 01.12.1924 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.12.1932 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1937 DSO 27.12.1940 sinking Italian cruiser "Bartelomeo Colleoni" 19.07.40 [presented to next-of-kin]	31.12.1915 - 31.12.1919 HMAS Franklin (for RAN College) 01.01.1920 - 06.1920 HMAS Australia (battlecruiser) 06.1920 - 18.07.1920 HMAS Swordsman (torpedo-boat destroyer) 19.07.1920 - 19.09.1920 HMAS Stalwart (destroyer) 20.09.1920 - 14.01.1921 HMAS Brisbane (light cruiser) 15.01.1921 - 03.03.1921 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot) (additional; for passage to UK) 04.03.1921 - 18.04.1921 HMS Conqueror (battleship) 19.04.1921 - 04.07.1921 HMS Violent (torpedo-boat destroyer) 05.07.1921 - 26.09.1923 HMS Resolution (battleship) 27.09.1923 - 31.03.1924 HMS President (for RN College) 01.04.1924 - 07.05.1924 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth (additional) 08.05.1924 - 09?.1925 HMS Vivid (for RN Engineering College, Keyham) 09?.1925 - 07.11.1925 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage & foreign service leave) 08.11.1925 - 04.08.1926 HMAS Anzac (flotilla leader) (additional) 05.08.1926 - 16.08.1927 HMAS Adelaide (cruiser) (additional) 17.08.1927 - 26.09.1927 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot) (additional) 27.09.1927 - 07.11.1927 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot) (additional; for passage to UK) 08.11.1927 - 23.04.1928 HMS Victory (additional; for HMAS Australia & staff of Commander Superintendent of Contract-built Ships) 24.04.1928 - 12.04.1931 HMAS Australia (cruiser) (for general duties & as Senior Watchkeeping Engineer Officer) 13.04.1931 - 27.06.1932 Senior Engineer, HMAS Albatross (seaplane carrier) (from 23.06.1932 additional) 28.06.1932 - 23.07.1934 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot) (for general duties & as Senior Engineer) 24.07.1934 - 30.08.1934 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot) (additional; for passage to UK) 31.08.1934 - 23.09.1935 HMS Victory (additional; as Senior Engineer for HMAS Sydney (light cruiser) & for duty with Commander Superintendent of Contract-built Ships) 24.09.1935 - 09.11.1937 Senior Engineer, HMAS Sydney (light cruiser) 10.11.1937 - 19.06.1939 Engineer Officer, HMAS Adelaide (cruiser) (in reserve [HMAS Penguin], 13.03.1939 commissioned, 18.05.1939 in reserve [HMAS Penguin])) 20.06.1939 - 26.06.1939 HMAS Penguin (additional) 27.06.1939 - 20.11.1941 Engineer Officer, HMAS Sydney (light cruiser) (missing, presumed killed when ship was sunk by auxiliary cruiser "Kormoran") [notable event sinking of Italian light cruiser "Bartelomeo Colleoni" 19.07.1940]
Davis, Thomas Edgar   One of seven children to Charles Thomas Davis, electrician & councillor, and Maude Blanche Davis. Married (21.02.1941) Sheila Isabel Mitchell.	06.01.1919 Geraldton, West Australia - 20.11.1941 (MPK) [age 22] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 56, column 2]	Cadet Midsh. 01.01.1933 Midsh. 01.01.1937 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1939 S.Lt. 16.09.1939 Lt. 01.11.1940	31.01.1933 - 21.01.1937 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) (additional; for RAN College) 22.01.1937 - 06.06.1937 HMAS Canberra (cruiser) 07.06.1937 - 06.07.1937 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) (additional; for passage to Port Said per "Mooltan") 07.07.1937 - 01.01.1939 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Mediterranean) 02.01.1939 - 05.09.1939 gunnery course, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 06.09.1939 - 17.10.1939 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) (additional; for passage to Australia per "Brisbane Star") 18.10.1939 - 03.11.1939 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) (additional; for leave) 04.11.1939 - 20.11.1941 HMAS Sydney (light cruiser) (missing, presumed killed when ship was sunk by auxiliary cruiser "Kormoran") [notable event sinking of Italian light cruiser "Bartelomeo Colleoni" 19.07.1940]
Dowling, [Sir] Roy Russell Sixth child of native-born parents Russell Dowling, sugar-cane inspector, and his wife Lily Jane, née Ingram. Married (1930) Jess Spencer Blanch; two sons, three daughters.	28.05.1901 Condong, NSW - 15.04.1969 Canberra hospital, Canberra, ACT (coronoary occlusion)	Cadet Midsh. 31.12.1914 Midsh. 01.01.1919 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1921 S.Lt. 15.04.1921 Lt. 15.03.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1931 Cdr. 31.12.1936 A/Capt. 20.03.1943 Capt. 30.06.1944 Cdre. 2nd cl. 19.06.1950-29.06.1950 Cdre. 1st. cl. 30.06.1950-23.11.1952 R.Adm. 08.07.1953 V.Adm. 07.06.1955 (retd 27.05.1961) KCVO 27.03.1963 ? KBE 01.01.1957 17.01.1957 New Year 57 [award presented] CB 09.06.1955 23.06.1955 HM's birthday 55 [award presented] CBE 01.01.1953 08.01.1953 New Year 53 [investiture 24.02.53] DSO 06.11.1945 22.11.1945 * [award presented by the Governor-General at Melbourne House 13.11.46] Kings Medal * For outstanding courage, skill and initiative whilst serving in HMS Ships and Light Coastal Forces over a period of seven months, in operations in the Far East which covered the bombardments of Tarakan, Wewak, Labuan and Balik Papan and the attack on the Lingayan Gulf, Aitapa and Wewak.	31.12.1914 - 31.12.1918 RAN College, Jervis Bay [HMAS Cerberus] 01.01.1919 - 06.05.1919 HMAS Cerberus 07.05.1919 - 28.04.1921 HMS Ramillies (battleship) 29.04.1921 - 27.09.1921 HMS Venturous (torpedo-boat destroyer) 28.09.1921 - 15.08.1922 RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 16.08.1922 - 29.09.1922 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to Australia) 30.09.1922 - 10.01.1923 HMAS Penguin (additional for foreign shore leave) 11.01.1923 - 24.09.1924 HMAS Adelaide 25.09.1924 - 16.05.1926 qualifying for gunnery duties, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Excellent] 17.05.1926 - 12.11.1926 gunnery course, HMS Excellent 13.11.1926 - 23.12.1926 London Depot RAN (additional; for passage to Australia) 24.12.1926 - 25.01.1927 HMAS Penguin (additional for foreign shore leave) 26.01.1927 - 09.01.1928 HMAS Platypus (and for flotilla duties) 10.01.1928 - 30.06.1928 HMAS Anzac (and for flotilla duties) 01.07.1928 - 27.07.1928 HMAS Anzac (additional) 28.07.1928 - 02.06.1930 Gunnery School [HMAS Cerberus] 03.06.1930 - 12.12.1930 Commanding Officer, Gunnery School [HMAS Cerberus] 13.12.1930 - 27.01.1931 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to UK) 28.01.1931 - 27.05.1931 staff, HMS Excellent 28.05.1931 - 09.12.1932 Gunnery Officer, HMS Colombo & from 24.06.1932 as Squadron Gunnery Officer (Mediterranean) 10.12.1932 - 16.01.1933 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to Australia) 17.01.1933 - 26.03.1933 HMAS Cerberus (additional) 27.03.1933 - 05.04.1933 HMAS Canberra (additional) 06.04.1933 - 03.07.1935 HMAS Canberra & as Squadron Gunnery Officer 04.07.1935 - 09.07.1935 HMAS Cenberra (additional) 10.07.1935 - 14.01.1937 Commanding Officer, Gunnery School [HMAS Cerberus] 15.01.1937 - 20.01.1937 HMAS Swan [HMAS Penguin (additional)] 21.01.1937 - 25.01.1939 Commanding Officer, HMAS Swan (sloop) 26.01.1939 - 30.01.1939 HMAS Penguin (additional) 31.01.1939 - 10.02.1939 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for duty at Navy Office) 11.02.1939 - 19.03.1939 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to UK) 20.03.1939 - 24.04.1940 in charge while under construction, HMS Naiad (cruiser) 25.04.1940 - 11.03.1942 Executive Officer, HMS Naiad (cruiser) (Home Fleet & Mediterranean) (torpedoed & sunk by U-565 in Mediterranean) 12.03.1942 - 01.05.1942 HMS Pembroke (additional) 02.05.1942 - 05.06.1942 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to Australia aboard "Themistictes") 07.06.1942 - 05.07.1942 HMAS Cerberus (additional) 06.07.1942 - 19.09.1943 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for Navy Office as Director of Plans) 20.09.1943 - 26.08.1944 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for Navy Office as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff) 27.08.1944 - 07.11.1944 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for Navy Office) 08.11.1944 - 02.1946 Commanding Officer, HMAS Hobart (cruiser) & from 18.11.1945-02.1946 also as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Commodore (Vice Admiral Sir) John Collins 02.1946 - 06.05.1946 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for leave) 07.05.1946 - 11.02.1948 Director of Ordnance, Torpedoes and Mines [HMAS Cerberus; additional for Navy Office] 12.02.1948 - 03.05.1948 HMAS Cerberus II (additional; for passage to UK per SS Orion) 04.05.1948 - 1948 Senior Officers' Technical Course [HMS Vernon] 1948 - 1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Terrible [HMS Drake (additional)] (for trials & service) 27.07?.1948 - 15.12.1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Glory 16.12.1948 - 22.04.1950 Commanding Officer, HMAS Sydney & from 05.10.1949 as Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet 04.1950 - 18.06.1950 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for Navy Office as  Director of Underwater Warfare) 19.06.1950 - 23.11.1952 Second Naval Member, Navy Office, Melbourne & from 01.10.1951 CoP [Chief of Plans?] [HMAS Lonsdale] 24.11.1952 - 12.1952 HMAS Lonsdale (additional; for passage to UK per SS Strathmore) 12.1952 -  11.12.1953 HMAS Cerberus II (additional; for imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College, starting 06.01.1953) 12.12.1953 - 16.12.1953 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to Australia by air) 17.12.1953 - 1954 Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet [HMAS Australia, from 14.03.1954 HMAS Vengeance, from 19.08.1954 HMAS Sydney] 24.02.1955 - 23.02.1959 First Naval Member, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board, and Chief of Staff of the RAN [HMAS Harman (additional)] 24.02.1959 - 22.03.1959 HMAS Harman (additional) 23.03.1959 - 27.05.1961 Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee, Department of Defence, Australia Australian Sectratary to the Queen since 01.11.1963.
Doyle, Alec Broughton	05.10.1888 Invermien, Scone, NSW - 30.06.1984 [Malgarai, Boggabilla, NSW ?]	... ... Eng.Capt. 31.12.1934 Eng.R.Adm. 25.09.1943 (retd 05.10.1948) CBE 1937 ?	Education: Scone Grammar School, NSW; The King's School, Parramatta, NSW; Sydney University, NSW 1911 Bachelor of Engineering 23.03.1912 joined Royal Australian Navy, Sydney, NSW 1914 - 1918 sea service 1929 - 1932 Squadron Engineer Officer 20.11.1933 - 1942 Engineer Manager, Royal Australian Naval Dockyard, Garden Island, and General Overseer, Naval Shipbuilding and Repair, Sydney 1942 - 1943 Director of Engineering (Naval) 1943 - 1948 Third Naval Member Australian Commonwealth Naval Board, Navy Office, Melbourne, and Chief of Construction 05.10.1948 retired [HMAS Penguin]

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