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Adams, Russell Byers Eldest son (with two brothers and one sister) of Arthur Jubilee Adams (1900-1975), and Jessie Hepzibeth Byers (?-1951), of New Brighton, Canterbury.	1922 ? - 01.09.1943 (MPK) [age 21] [New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, panel 8]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) ? T/S.Lt. (A) ?	On staff of Para Rubber Company. ? - 01.09.1943 pilot, 824 Squadron FAA [HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire)] (missing, presumed killed in an air crash)
Allan, Peter Drummond	see:	RN officers' section
Allen, Jack Ernest Only son of tje late Mr E. Allen & Mrs M. Allen, of 31 Cowper Street, Devonport. Married (01.03.1945, St Mark's Church, Wellington) Mary Maclea McKirdy, second daughter of the late Mr C. McKirdy, and Mrs M.J. McKirdy, of Wellington; four sons, two daughters.	? - 1991	T/S.Lt. 06.11.1942 T/Lt. 06.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946) MID 01.02.1944 actions Plymouth area 04.43 & 10.43	Education: Auckland Grammar; Teachers' Training College. (12.1942)     no appointment listed 27.12.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Limbourne (Hunt class [Albrighton type] destroyer) (despatches) (12.1943)     no appointment listed 04.01.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Wanderer (modified W class destroyer) (01.1945) - (04.1945) no appointment listed 03.07.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Melbreak (Hunt class [Albrighton type] destroyer) (10.1945) - (04.1946) HMNZS Cook * * indexed, but not listed as such
Andersen, Royce Martin Son of  Mads Jensen Andersen (1886-), and Manuella Lawrence Fraser (1897-1989). Married ...; one child.	23.10.1917 - 03.09.1992	T/S.Lt. (A) 26.09.1942 T/Lt. (A) 26.09.1943	Education: University of New Zealand. Teacher, Porangahau. 02.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Malagas (RN Air Station, Wingfield/Wynberg, nr Capetown, South Africa) (for "pool") (12.1943)     HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) * 01.1944 - (02.)1944 HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) (for duty at Auckland) (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 09.1944 - (10.1945) DFDO [= Direction Finding Directing Officer?], HMS Shah (Ruler class escort carrier) (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook * * indexed, but not listed as such
Arcus, Alan Dougal Son (with three brothers and two sisters) of Thomas Leslie Arcus (1890-1950), and Jessie Waldin (1890-1963). Married (1945) Elsie Mabel Andrew (22.05.1921 - 31.12.1988), daughter of Brig. Leslie Wilton Andrew, VC, DSO (1897-1969), and Bessie M. Ball; two daughters, one son.	10.05.1921 Wellington, New Zealand - 05.04.1993 Levin, New Zealand	T/S.Lt. (A) 22.05.1942 T/Lt. (A) 22.11.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	(08.1942)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * (10.1942)     no appointment listed 23.10.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife) (for ferry pool) 04.01.1943 - (10.1944) pilot, 811 Squadron FAA [04.09.1944 Fairey Swordfish NR890 [C]. Lost bearings in bad weather. Forced landing damaging the landing gear, wings and prop.] (01.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Armstrong, Kingsley Cooper Married June Marara Rogers (03.06.1923 - 21.04.2011), eldest daughter of Whakarongatai Rogers (1886-1955), and Hera Hetet Rukutai (1899-1967), of Mourea; two sons, four daughters.	10.1916 Temuka, Canterbury, New Zealand - 08.01.1997 [Awanui Cemetery, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand]	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 01.04.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	1942? joined RNZNVR (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook * * indexed, but not listed as such
Atkinson, Tudor Egmont Son (with one brother) of Esmond Hurworth Atkinson (1887-1941), and Dorothy Allison Burnett (1892-1986). Married (1951) Jean Hursthouse "Jinny" Stocker; three daughters, one son.	30.11.1919 Levin, North Island, NZ - 06.12.2008 Riverleigh Rest Home, Eastbourne, North Island, NZ	T/S.Lt. 30.10.1941 T/Lt. 30.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 21.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) [investiture 22.06.1945]	Education: Nelson College (1935-1937). (12.1941)     no appointment listed 04.01.1942 - (06.)1943 First Lieutenant, HM ML 193 (motor launch) (11th ML Flotilla) [HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven)] 19.08.1942     Operation Jubilee – raid on Dieppe (Group 10) 15.06.1943 - (10.)1943 Third Officer, HM MTB 508 (motor torpedo boat) (12.1943) - 12.1944 Third Officer, HM MTB 611 (motor torpedo boat) (51st MTB Flotilla) 06.06.1944     Operation Neptune - Normandy invasion (DSC) 12.1944 - (01.)1945 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 611 (motor torpedo boat) 30.01.1945 - (04.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 616 (motor torpedo boat) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed Civil engineer (hydroelectrics). B.E. (Mech) (Canterbury) 1948. Engineer of York Bay, Wellington in the 1950s and later.

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Banks, Donald William Only son of Mr & Mrs W.H. Banks, of Onehunga. Married (1945?) Ailsa Marwood Graham, only daughter of the late Mr L.W. Graham, and Mrs Graham, of Mount Eden.	1920 Auckland, NZ -	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 1944? T/S.Lt. (A) 23.06.1944	Accountant. 01.05.1944 - 24.07.1945 observer, 1772 Squadron FAA [HMS Empress (escort carrier), from 01.01.1945 HMS Ruler (escort carrier), from 03.1945 Schofields Airfield, Australia, from 07.1945 HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier)] Observer in a Fairey Firefly which had escorted a strike on an airfield on Shikoku and which, damaged and out of fuel, crashed about 40 miles from the fleet, off Honshu, Japan on 24.07.1945. The pilot, an Englishman, was lost, but Banks managed to get into the rubber dinghy, from which he was rescued by USS Sterlet on 26.07.1945 at 16:33 hrs. Posit. Lat. 32-58 N, Long. 136-33 E.  He had been in water for two and one half days.  Was slightly bruised and sunburned, but in very good condition. This was an excellent example of effective ASR coordination. Communications were excellent: the position reported was extremely accurate and when we reached the position not one but three planes (two PRIVATEERS and a B-17) were orbiting the downed man. (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Bannister, Trevor James Son (with sisx sisters and three brothers) of George Te Koeti Bannister (1892-1932), and Jane Olive Scott (1893-1973). Married (1949) Judith Anne Cassie (01.06.1929 - 30.11.2017); five daughters, one son.	23.09.1924 Hokitika, Westland, NZ - 21.03.2001 New Plymouth, NZ	T/S.Lt. (A) 14.11.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	He was unable to sign up with the RNZAF due to working in a steel mill in Christchurch as a book keeper, however having completed some flight training with the air training corps in Wigram (where he became a Warrant Officer) he signed on with the RNZNVR as they were looking for pilots for the FAA. (04.1945)     no appointment listed 01.06.1945 - (10.1945) pilot, 891 Squadron FAA (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook III (depot, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Barnsdale, Alan Roy	? - 1987 Rotorua, NZ	T/Midsh. ? T/A/S.Lt. 02.10.1941 T/S.Lt. 02.10.1942	19.06.1941 - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 73 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)] (10.1944) - (04.1946) HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) * Chartered accountant. * indexed, but not listed as such
Batten, Frederick Moncrieff Son of Sidney George and Janette Batten, of Paraparaumu, Wellington, New Zealand.	27.02.1922 - 05.12.1944 (KIA) [age 22] [Arbroath Western Cemetery, compt. D north border, grave 26]	T/S.Lt. (A) 20.03.1943 39|45 St - - BWM 39|45  - - NZWSM - -	06.1940     enlisted with New Zealand Territorial Force 01.1942     HMNZS Philomel (pilot training) 03.1942 - 07.1942 HMS St Vincent (training establishment, Gosport) 07.1942 - 08.1942 HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn) 08.1942 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) 01.11.1943 - (10.)1944 pilot, 852 Squadron FAA 1944 - 05.12.1944 pilot, 728 [or: 731?] Squadron FAA [HMS Peewit] (his Firefly Mk. I [Z1903] was on Aerodrome dummy deck landings and hit the dummy bridge and burnt out.)
Belgrave, Claude	19.11.1916 Hamilton -	Ord.Sea. ? T/S.Lt. 30.10.1941 T/Lt. 23.11.1942	School teacher. 03.11.1940 - 20.02.1941 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 22.02.1941 - 12.06.1941 HMS Versatile (destroyer) 06.1941 - 29.10.1941 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (12.1941)     no appointment listed (10.1944)     no appointment listed 06.10.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Boston (Bangor class minesweeper) (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook * * indexed, but not listed as such
Bell, Hector Donald	? - 1972	T/A/S.Lt. 13.04.1944 T/S.Lt. 13.10.1944	may have served at some point at HMS Honeysuckle (corvette) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945) HMS Beaconsfield (base, Port Melbourne, Australia) * (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Black, Donald Palmer Son of James Palmer Black (died 1955), and Constance Olive Newport (1884-1955). Married Valerie Madge Kirk; one son.	? -	T/S.Lt. 30.10.1942 T/A/Lt. < 10.1944	12.01.1943 - (10.1943) HMS Bayntun (frigate) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Blake, Nelson Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Charles Minden Blake (1879-1942), and Emma Bertha Witton (1878-1946). Married (26.08.1944, St. Aidan's Church, Remuera, Auckland) Alice Jean Henson (25.07.1918 -23.10.2009), daughter of Howe Henson (1881-1950), and Alice Jane Tilly; one son, one daughter.	22.07.1915 Cross Creek, nr Wellington - 15.03.1990 Howick, Auckland	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.05.1942 [2132] (reld > 04.1946) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Arct St - - Afr St - - Pac St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - NZWSM - -	Education: Christchurch Training College.       HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) & HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (06.1942) - (10.1942) no appointment listed 20.11.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Bull (RN base, Massawa, Eritrea) 12.02.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services) 08.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden) (10.1944)     HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden) * (01.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed School teacher, Served for 9 years on the Howick Borough Council. Published: Howick (1970; with Dorothy Beavis, and Due Collings); Understanding the treaty : from early New Zealand foundations (1996) * indexed, but not listed as such
Bowman, Colin Sutherland Son of William James and Sarah Ann Bowman (nee Judson), of Riccarton, Canterbury.	1916 ? - 23.04.1944 (KIA) [age 28] [New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, panel 8]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) ? T/S.Lt. (A) ?	? - 23.04.1944 836 Flight FAA at MV Empire Macdermott (merchant aircraft carrier) [HMS Shrike (RN Air Station, Maydown, Northern Ireland)] (killed in an air crash)
Braithwaite, Stanley Norman Married Margaret... (died 29.05.1972).	? - 08.05.1971	Ord.Sea. 07.1941 T/S.Lt. 09.10.1942 T/Lt. 09.10.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Graduated from Auckland University, and Victoria University, Wellington, N.Z. receiving a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics, and A Master of Commerce with First Class Honours in 1939 Prior to entering the Navy, held positions in the Department of Industries and Commerce, Wellington, N.Z. 07.1941 joined RNZNVR 07.1941? - 02.05.1942 HMS Edinburgh (cruiser) [ship sunk] (05?).1942 - 08.1943 served on Motor Launches (East Coast of England) 08.1943 - 1945 served on Motor Launches (Mediterranean) (07.1945) no appointment listed (returned to UK for passage to New Zealand on Foreign Service Leave) (04.1946) no appointment listed Later became a senior official of the U.N. in Santiago, Chile.
Bridson, Gordon	02.12.1909 Wellington - 06.12.1972 Horahora, near Cambridge, NZ	Lt.Cdr. 30.04.1940 DSO  01.06.1943 action Japanese submarine Gualdalcanal 29.01.43 DSC 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 NC 29.06.1943 action Japanese submarine Gualdalcanal 29.01.43	23.07.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Walnut (trawler) 20.10.1941 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMNZS Kiwi (minesweeping trawler) * indexed, but not listed as such
Broad, George Minnerd Son of John and Eliza Broad, of Roslyn, Dunedin, Otago. Brother of Lt. John Norman Broad, RNZNVR.	02.05.1916 Dunedin - ?	Able Seaman (1941) T/S.Lt. 12.03.1942 T/Lt. 12.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Otago University (B.Com., 1949). (01?).1941 - 05.1941 HMS Freesia (corvette) [wounded]       HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)       navigation course 22.06.1942 - (04.1944) HMS Earl Kitchener (minesweeping trawler) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed 25.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Dungeness (repair ship) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Broad, John Norman Son of John and Eliza Broad, of Roslyn, Dunedin, Otago. Brother of Lt. George Minnerd Broad, RNZNVR.	22.12.1919 Dunedin - 09.03.1944 (KIA) [age 24] [New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, North Shore City, New Zealand, panel 7]	Ord.Sea. 1940 T/S.Lt. 02.10.1941 T/Lt. 01.11.1943 MID 06.07.1943 attack on enemy convoy Cap Zebib, Tunesia 01.04.43 MID 04.04.1944 Aegean operations 09-11.43	Draughtsman. 31.10.1940     left New Zealand on Scheme B draft for overseas service attached RN 10.12.1940     HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley, Ipswich, Suffolk) [briefly attached to HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) for training)] 01.04.1941     HMS Agamemnon 01.08.1941     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) [02.10.1941 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) for training] (12.1941)     no appointment listed 22.12.1941     HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (as additional officer) 01.03.1942     HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) [passage via South Africa] 30.05.1942 - 08.04.1943 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 266 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria, Egypt)] 09.04.1943 - 09.03.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 266 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria, Egypt)]
Brown, David Alexander Only son (with one sister) of Capt. David Brown, The Highland Light Infantry (1882-1915), and Beatrice George Paxton (1878-1939), of Auckland, New Zealand. Married Second Officer Rina Patricia Westwater Robertson, WRNS, elder daughter of Robert Robertson, and Kate Skingsley, of Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire; one daughter, two sons.	08.02.1916 3 Eton Gardens, North Kelvinside, Glasgow, Scotland - 03.11.2009 Sydney, Australia	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 02.01.1943 T/S.Lt. (A) 02.07.1943 T/Lt. (A) 02.01.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	15.05.1943 - (10.)1944 observer, 830 Squadron FAA 19.10.1944 - (01.)1945 observer, 711 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)] (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Buchan, Alan William Married (1944, Scotland) Evelyn Gordon Findlay from Motherwell, Scotland.	c. 1915 Dunedin ? -	T/Lt. 29.01.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	(07.1945) HMS Willow (trawler) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Burgham, Allen Russell Son of A.J. (Jack) Burgham, and Ellen Wood, of Auckland, New Zealand. Married Barbara Jean Wallace; two sons.	30.10.1920 Onehunga, New Zealand - 10.11.2011 Kingston, Ontario, Canada	T/S.Lt. (A) 24.04.1942 T/Lt. (A) 01.07.1944 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 20.03.1945 attacking enemy aircraft Home Fleet 12.12.1944 [decoration presented] * MID 17.10.1944 stopping air attack Western Approaches 25.05.1944 ** * For gallant services in the escort of a convoy to North Russia. Lieutenant Burgham took off from HMS Nairana at dusk on 12th December, 1944, to intercept an unknown number of enemy aircraft. He was fully aware of the hazards he was undertaking. Owing to the failing light he was unable to intercept the enemy, and he was eventually landed on in complete darkness. This officer's gallantry and skill are worthy of the highest praise. ** For good service, courage and skill in the air defence of a convoy on the 26th May 1944. When an enemy aircraft approached the convoy, Lieutenant Burgham intercepted it, and although the enemy dived low over the sea, this officer succeeded in shooting it down in flames . On the previous day Lieutenant Burgham's section had engaged and driven off an enemy aircraft.	1940     enlisted, Royal New Zealand Air Force 03.1941     transferred, Fleet Air Arm 01.05.1941     embarked for passage to UK for training at Elementary Flying Training School, Luton       Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Canada 1942     advanced training Operational Training Unit RAF (Yeovilton, Somerset) (08.1942) - (10.1942) no appointment listed 16.11.1942 - (12.)1942 pilot, 748 Squadron FAA [HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, Padstow, Cornwall)] 18.12.1942 - (04.)1943 pilot, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife)] 28.06.1943 - (06.)1944 Senior Pilot & Flight Commander of the Fighter Flight, 835 Squadron FAA [HMS Battler  (Archer class escort carrier), a number of shore stations in Scotland & Noerthern Ireland , some time at HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (09.1943), then from late 09.1943 HMS Ravager (Archer class escort carrier), then from 06.11.1943 HMS Chaser (Archer class escort carrier), then from 30.12.1943 HMS Nairana (escort carrier)] (10.1944) - (04.1945) 835 Squadron FAA (DSC, despatches) * # (07.1945)     no appointment listed (10.1945) - (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot & training establishment, Wellington) * Emigrated to Canada, where he became a land surveyor and served as Lt.Cdr. RCNR Commanding Officer of 921 Squadron (RCAF). * indexed, but not listed as such # according to decorations serving at HMS Nairana (escort carrier) for at least period 05.1944-12.1944

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Campbell, Lawrence Maurice	? -	T/S.Lt. 14.12.1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 16.03.1943 * Special Branch officer employed on scientific duties	(04.1942)     no appointment listed 18.04.1942 - 27.06.1942 HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland) (06.1942)     no appointment listed 27.07.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) 22.03.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta) (10.1944) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Carter, Mervyn Rewi Son of Mrs A. Carter, of Auckland.	19.02.1915 Auckland -	T/Lt. 12.03.1943 DSC 27.03.1945 Operation Dragoon (invasion of South of France 08.44) [decoration posted] * 39|45 St - - Atl St - & clasp France & Germany It St - - WM 39|45 - - NZWSM - - * For good work in clearing shallow minefields in the Gulf of Frejus during the landings in Southern France in August 1944. When one launch stranded in a minefield, he towed her to safety and carried medical aid to others lost in his area.	Education: Auckland University (BA, 1938). Clerk. 12.04.1943 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM ML 569 (motor launch) (DSC) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Chambers, Russell Mason Son of Selwyn Chambers (1887-1915), and Violet Amelia Hall. Married (1939, Dannevirke, New Zealand) ...; five sons.	22.02.1913 - 28.06.2000	T/S.Lt. 07.08.1942 T/A/Lt. 22.02.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(10.1942) - (06.1943) no appointment listed 30.06.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Hamilcar (Combined Operations base, Messina) (10.1945)     HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) * (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook (depot, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such His son writes: "Coastal Forces, English Channel, North Sea training until passed Officers exams; then LC (L) #114 Italian Campaign, & Burma operated (from Chittagong). First Lieutenant and Commanding Officer of several landing craft."
Cheyne, Robert Alexander Charles	09.12.1916 Wellington - 1994 Wellington	T/A/Lt. 11.12.1942 Lt.Cdr. RNZN 24.10.1946 (retd < 01.1956)	Chemist. 1941 - 1942 RN Coastal Forces 03.1945 - ? Director of Naval Intelligence, Navy Office, Wellington, NZ (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed 24.10.1946 transferred to RNZN 24.10.1946 - (05.1953) Navy Office, Wellington [HMNZS Philomel, from c. 1949 HMNZS Philomel II] (04.1955) Navy Office, Wellington [HMNZS Wakefield] *  * indexed, but not listed as such [also indicated as ADC]
Christie, Allan Bruce	1920? - ?	T/S.Lt. (A) 02.10.1942 T/Lt. (A) 08.06.1944	... - ... ... 26.09.1943 - (04.1944) pilot, 896 Squadron FAA [HMS Pursuer (Archer class escort carrier)] ... - ... ...
Clark, Kenneth Inman Carr	? -	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 05.11.1944 (reld > 04.1946) MID 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45	04.06.1944 - (04.1946) HM LST 214 (landing ship, tank) (Normandy)
Close, Devon Ormond	? -	T/S.Lt. 19.11.1944	17.04.1945 - (07.1945) HM ML 182 (motor launch) (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Cocklin, Rolph Eugene	? -	T/S.Lt. (A) 11.09.1942 T/Lt. (A) 10.11.1944	01.08.1944 - (01.)1945 pilot, 836 Squadron FAA (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * Biologist/geneticist. Master, Marlborough College (also Officer Commanding Cadet Battalion). * indexed, but not listed as such
Cossill, Royce Ivan Son of Andrew Cossill and of Euphemia Cossill (née McGill), of Pipiwai, Auckland, New Zealand.	1922 ? - 10.02.1943 RN Auxiliary Hospital, Sherborne, Dorset (DOW) [age 21] [Yeovilton Churchyard RNAS Extension, C.1]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) ? T/S.Lt. (A) ?	? - 10.02.1943 pilot, 759 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] (died of injuries after an air crash)
Coveny, Kenneth "Ken" Married Mabel ... (predeceased him); one daughter, two sons.	08.03.1918 Karori, Wellington - 13.09.2006 Albany	Ord.Sea. 09.08.1940 [5814] T/S.Lt. 08.05.1941 T/Lt. 08.03.1943 (reld 24.12.1945?) Lt. RNZNVSR 24.09.1948 [110030]	09.08.1940 - 05.12.1940 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 06.12.1940 - 29.06.1941 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 30.06.1941 - 08.07.1941 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) 09.07.1941 - 31.07.1941 HMS Heliotrope (corvette) 01.08.1941 - 30.06.1942 HMNZS Moa (anti-submarine minesweeper) [from 01.11.1941 at HMNZS Philomel] 01.07.1942 - 15.07.1942 HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) (for Anti-Submarine School) 16.07.1942 - 24.08.1942 HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) (for Naval Electrical School) 25.08.1942 - 07.03.1943 HMNZS Philomel II (RNZN Navy Offices, Wellington) 08.03.1943 - 01.04.1944 HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot & training establishment, Wellington) 02.04.1944 - (05?).1944 HMNZS Tui (anti-submarine minesweeper) (05?).1944 - 07.12.1944 HMNZS Breeze (minesweeper) [from 20.05.1944 at HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland)] 08.12.194 - 07.01.1945 HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) (additional; for leave) 08.01.1945 - 08.02.1945 HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) 09.02.1945 - 10.02.1945 HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot & training establishment, Wellington) (additional) 11.02.1945 - 06.10.1945 HMNZS Pahau (minesweeper) [based at HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot & training establishment, Wellington)] 06.10.1945 - 24.12.1945 HMNZS Cook (additional; for disposal)
Crisp, Gordon Hamilton	? - ?	Prob. S.Lt. 15.07.1940 Lt. 24.10.1941	02.08.1940 - (06.)1941 HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) (for service at South Sea) 04.07.1941 - (12.1942) HMNZS Matai (minesweeper) (02.1943) - (06.1943) HMNZS Matai (minesweeper) * (08.1943) - (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Cumming, Allan Gordon	1911 ? Dunedin - 04.05.2005	T/Sg.Lt. RNVR 17.07.1940 T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. > 04.1944, < 06.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: MB, ChB (NZ, 1933), MRCOG 1939, FRCOG 1958. 14.08.1940 - (02.)1942 HMS Badger (minesweeper base, Harwich) 11.02.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Campbell (destroyer) 01.05.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus) 01.1944?     transferred RNZNVR 17.01.1944 - (04.1946) HMNZS Gambia (cruiser) Gynaecologist. Consultant obstetrics, Palmerston North Public Hospitals.
Curd, Victor Selwyn Son of Henry and Clara Elizabeth Curd, of Pukekohe, Auckland, New Zealand.	1917 ? - 04.07.1944 (KIA) [age 27] [Campbeltown (Kilkerran) Cemetery, division 4, grave 593]	T/S.Lt. (A) ? T/Lt. (A) ?	? - 04.07.1944 pilot, 768 Squadron FAA [HMS Ravager (escort carrier)] (killed in an air crash)

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Densem *, Peter Alexander Youngest son of Peter Sharpham Densem (1877-1957), and Mary Riley (1878-1974). * Shown in Navy Lists with last name Densen.	05.1917 Tauranga - Tauranga	T/S.Lt. (A) 06.06.1942 T/Lt. (A) 06.06.1943	Education: Auckland Training College; University College. Teacher in a small country school at Hawke's Bay near Gisborne. (08.1942) - (12.1943) HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad) * 01.12.1943 - 10.1944 observer, 826 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent, from 06.1944 HMS Indefatigable (Implacable class aircraft carrier)] (01.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Derbidge, Edgar Neil Son of Herbert Samuel Derbridge (1880-1959), and Ethel Emily Fletcher (1881-1929). Married Joan Fey Cantrell (25.12.1907 - 29.12.2001), of Fendalton, Christchurch, Canterbury.	27.07.1910 Christchurch - 03.03.1942 Banka Island, nr Sumatra [New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, panel 7]	Prob. T/S.Lt. 29.04.1941 T/Lt. ? 39|45 St - - Pac St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - MID 17.12.1946 HMS Li Wo sunk [posthumously] NZWSM - -	Clerk. 07.07.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Stronghold (destroyer) ? - 02.1942 HMS Li Wo (auxiliary patrol vessel) [after struggling ashore he was later shot in the stomach by a looting gang on the island after HMS Li Wo was sunk; sadly he died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp soon after arriving]
Dillon, Donald Frederick Son of Henry Charles Julian and Frances Elizabeth Dillon (née Cooper), of Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand.	1921 ? - 30.03.1943 Boxrah, Norwich, Conn., USA (KIA) [age 22] [Newport (Island) Cemetery, Rhode Island, NY, USA, Navy Sec. Plots 172-177. Grave 12]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) ? T/S.Lt. (A) ?	07.03.1943 - 30.03.1943 pilot, 738 Squadron FAA [HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, NJ, USA)] (killed in an air crash)
Dorman, Neville James Married ...; ... children (one son?).	26.11.1918 - 14.05.1988	T/S.Lt. (A) RNVR 22.03.1942 T/S.Lt. (A) > 02.1943, < 04.1943, seniority 22.03.1942 T/Lt. (A) 24.10.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(06.1942)     no appointment listed (08.1942)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * (10.1942)     HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) * 02.10.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services) (02.1943) - (04.1943) no appointment listed (06.1943)     HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) * 01.06.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Shrike (RN Air Station, Maydown, Northern Ireland) (01.1944)     HMS Godwit (RN Air Station, Hinstock, Salop) * 17.01.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Shrike (RN Air Station, Maydown, Northern Ireland) 10.11.1944 - (10.1945) Senior Fighter Direction Officer, HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire) (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Drake, Walter Charles Only son of five children of Walter Francis Drake (1884-1947), and Olive Elizabeth Beard (1884-1971). Married (11.08.1943, Epwich, Suffolk) Irene E. Glatwell (born 16.03.1919); one daughter, two sons.	04.03.1919 Christchurch, Canterbury -	T/S.Lt. 14.08.1941 T/Lt. 14.02.1944 (reld 28.10.1945) DSC 01.08.1944 34 minelaying operations Nore Command [investiture 07.11.44]	09.08.1940 enlisted under Scheme B 06.09.1941 - 27.09.1941 MTB training, HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces base, Fort William) 28.09.1941 - 07.1942 HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) (for motor launches) 07.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for motor launch duties) 15.03.1943 - 10.1943 Commanding Officer, HM ML 106 (motor launch) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] 29.10.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM ML 110 (motor launch) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] 18.03.1944 - 31.05.1944 Commanding Officer, HM ML 110 (motor launch) 01.06.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM ML 106 (motor launch) 03.03.1945 Senior Officer, 51st ML Flotilla 09.04.1945 passage to NZ Bank officer.
Duthie, Henry Edward "Red"	? - 2002 Dorset	? ? [FX81941] T/A/S.Lt. (A) 02.07.1941 T/S.Lt. (A) 22.10.1941 T/Lt. (A) 02.01.1944 A/Lt. 22.05.1953, seniority 21.07.1950 Lt. 09.09.1955, seniority 21.07.1950 (retd 22.10.1962) VRD 23.01.1963 -	late 08.1940 boarded liner "Akaroa" at Lyttelton for passage to UK 08.10.1941 - (08.1942) pilot, 801 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset), from 01.07.1942 HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)] 30.05.1944 - (10.1944) pilot, HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn) 15.04.1945 - (07.1945) pilot, 759 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook * 22.05.1953 joined Permanent RNVR (later amalgamated into RNR) * indexed, but not listed as such

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Eastgate, Derek Winter Son (with two brothers and one sister) of William Alexander Eastgate, and Violet Hope Robinson, of Takapuna, Auckland.	1918 - 07.10.1942 (MPK) [age 23] [New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, panel 7]	T/S.Lt.  ?	? - 07.10.1942 HM ML 339 (motor launch) (torpedoed & sunk off Cromer by German E-boats of the 4. Schnellbootsflottille)
Eggers, John Frederick "Fred" Son of ... Eggers, and Catherine I. ..., of Wellington. Married ...; ... children (one son?).	05.08.1910 - 02.2001	Ord.Sea. 18.12.1940 T/S.Lt. 11.11.1941 T/Lt. 11.03.1942 (reld > 04.1947) 39|45 St - - Pac St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - NZWSM - -	Accountant. 18.12.1940     entered RNZNVR under scheme "B" 18.12.1940 - 03.04.1941 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley Gate, Ipswich, Suffolk) 04.04.1941 - 1941 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 1941 - 1941 HMS Verdun (V class destroyer) 1941 - 22.09.1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 23.09.1941 - 01.02.1942 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 02.02.1942 - 20.02.1942 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) (for anti-sumarine course) 21.02.1942 - 13.05.1943 HMS Solvra (anti-submarine warfare whaler) [tender to HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa)] [11.02.1943 Watchkeeping Certificate] 14.05.1943 - 31.07.1943 HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya) 01.08.1943 - 04.11.1943 HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) (for passage home & foreign service leave) 05.11.1943 - 30.07.1944 First Lieutenant, HMNZS Waipu (minesweeping trawler) [02.1944 anti-submarine tactical course; 04.04.1944 qualified higher navigation] 31.07.1944 - 16.09.1944 HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) (for course) [08.1944 qualified for command of an auxiliary vessel] 17.09.1944 - (04.1947) First Lieutenant, HMNZS Kiwi (Bird class minesweeper)

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Fenwick, John	? -	T/Lt. (A) 21.12.1943	(07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Finch, Bernard Laurence	1921 ? - 18.12.1979 New Plymouth Base Hospital	Seaman ? ? [N245421] T/A/S.Lt. (A) 05.05.1944 T/S.Lt. (A) 05.11.1944	(10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed 03.1945 - (07.1945) pilot, 757 Squadron FAA [HMS Rajaliya (RN Air Station, Puttalam, Ceylon)] (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Fisher, Ronald John Married Elaine ... (died 1980); three sons.	15.06.1917 Te Karaka, Gisborne - 08.08.2006 White Rock, BC, Canada	T/S.Lt. (A) ? T/Lt. (A) 27.03.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 01.02.1944 DSC 30.11.1943 successful sorties esp. against E-boats since 10.42	07.12.1942 - 01.02.1944 pilot, 841 Squadron FAA 01.02.1944 - 30.05.1944 Commanding Officer, 841 Squadron FAA (Lee-on-Solent, then Arbroath) (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot, Wellington) * Emigrated to British Columbia, Canada, in 1952 where he became a school teacher. * indexed, but not listed as such
Fraser, Ian Macrae	08.10.1921 - 1983	T/S.Lt. (A) 09.10.1942 T/Lt. (A) 11.03.1945	(12.1942) - (04.1943) HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) * (08.01.1943)     pilot, 759 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovil, Somerset)] 08.01.1943     Hurricane I V6541: internal coolant leak; forced landing 19.04.1943 - (08.)1943 pilot, 779 Squadron FAA [HMS Cormorant II (RN Air Station, Gibraltar)] 10.06.1943     Swordfish HS410:undercarriage collapsed on landing; damaged port main plane 26.08.1943 - (01.)1945 pilot, 880 Squadron FAA [HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier), from 02.1944 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier), from 11.1944 HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier)] 11.02.1944     Seafire IIc LR684: part of undercarriage collapsed after deck landing with port drift (04.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed (10.1945) - (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such
French, Allan James	? -	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 13.01.1943 T/S.Lt. (A) 13.07.1943 T/Lt. (A) 13.07.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	(04.1943) - (08.1943) HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) * 01.08.1943 - (10.)1943 pilot, 1836 Squadron FAA 23.11.1943 - (07.1945) pilot, 1836 Squadron FAA (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot, Wellington) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Fyffe, Alfred Desmond Married; ... children.	? -	T/S.Lt. (A) ? T/Lt. (A) 05.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	flying training, Pensacola, Florida, USA 15.07.1942 - 11.1942 pilot, 894 Squadron FAA [HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire)] 29.01.1943 - (08.1943) pilot, 771 Squadron FAA [HMS Tern (RN Air Station, Twatt, Orkney)] 06.09.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Flycatcher (RN Air Station, Ludham, Norfolk) 18.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Nabberley (Mobile Naval Air Base II, Ludham, Norfolk, from 29.01.1945 Bankstown, nr Sydney, NSW) (04.1946)     HMNZS Tasman (RNZN base, Lyttelton, Devonport) * * indexed, but not listed as such

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Gillon, Arthur John	? -	T/Lt. 01.08.1943 Lt. 1952?, seniority 22.08.1948 A/Lt.Cdr. ? Lt.Cdr. 22.08.1956 (retd)	04.03.1944 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM HDML 1349 (harbour defence motor launch) [HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland)]
Glover, Denis James Matthews	09.12.1912 - 09.08.1980	T/Lt. 29.10.1943 DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [decoration presented]	... - ... .... (06.1944)     HM LCI(S) 516 (landing craft, infantry (small)) (DSC) ... - ... ...
Godwin, James Gowing "Jim" Son of James Gowing Godwin, a wool buyer, and Violet Eva Jackson. Married (25.05.1962, Kuala Lumpur) Sally Tan Oon Neo; no children.	12.03.1923 Blenheim - 02.05.1995 Sydney, NSW, Australia	T/S.Lt. (A) 01.05.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Blenheim Borough School; Marlborough College. Worked as a clerk in the local Social Security office, Blenheim. 1942     joined RNZAF, trained at Woodburne & Wigram, with advanced training in Canada, transferred to Fleet Air  Arm       flew Corsairs from HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) (Indian Ocean) 02.1944     returned to New Zealand on leave 09.03.1944     when returning to duty aboard the troop ship s.s. Behar the vessel was sunk by the Japanese and he was captured (10.1944) - (07.1945) no appointment listed (while in Japanese captivity) (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * Joined New Zealand Army (investigated Japanese war crimes) and was later a civil administrator. * indexed, but not listed as such
Good, Alan Hardie	? -	T/Lt. 11.12.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	(10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed 02.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)
Goodwin, Ralph Burton	15.07.1902 - 1994	T/S.Lt. 19.04.1940 T/Lt. 28.12.1940 (reld < 04.1946) OBE 13.03.1945 escaped when a Japanese POW	25.06.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Harrow (minesweeper) ? - 21.12.1941 HM MTB 10 (motor torpedo boat) (2nd MTB Flotilla) [HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong] (wounded & captured) 21.12.1941 - 17.07.1944 POW in Japanese captivity (escaped from Japanese Shamshuipo POW camp) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed 05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) (for disposal) Inspector of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) (Relief Mission in China), 1946-1948. Worked for UNICEF, 1948-1950. Emigrated to Australia, 1958. Published: Hongkong escape (1953; on escape from POW camp); Passport to eternity (1956; on life in POW camp)
Graham, David Hamilton "Dave"	25.06.1919 Feilding -	Ord.Sea. ? T/S.Lt. 30.10.1941 T/Lt. 31.12.1943 MID 01.06.1943 action Japanese submarine Guadalcanal 29.01.43	Law student. 03.11.1940 - 20.02.1941 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 22.02.1941 - 12.06.1941 HMS Versatile (destroyer) 06.1941 - 29.10.1941 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (12.1941)     no appointment listed 08.06.1942 - (06.)1944 Asdic Officer, HMNZS Kiwi (minesweeper) (despatches) 02.08.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Coventry City (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 14.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Stella Polaris (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Graham, Edward Harold Craigie Son of John Penny Graham, and Isabella Craigie (1879-1921). Married (29.05.1953, Dunedin, NZ) Patricia Maureen Millar (23.01.1934 - 25.12.1993); five daughters, three sons.	09.12.1913 Gore, Southland - 31.05.1978 Oamaru, Otago	T/S.Lt. (A) 06.11.1942 T/Lt. (A) 06.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	08.02.1943 - (04.)1943 HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) 15.05.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad) (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot & training establishment, Wellington) * 23.02.1945 - (10.1945) pilot, 733 Squadron FAA [HMS Bambara (RN Air Station, Trincomalee, Ceylon)] (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot & training establishment, Wellington) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Gray, George David Son of David George Gray. Married 1st; two children. Married 2nd; thee children.	? Invercagill - c. 1974/75 Whangarei	S.Lt. 21.07.1933 Lt. 15.05.1938 ?, seniority 01.05.1938	(04.1940)     no appointment listed 12.04.1940 - (02.1941) HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) (for reserve minesweepers) 09.1941 - (12.1941) HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) ? - (08.1942) HMNZS Leander (cruiser) [indicated as from 01.08.1941] (02.1943) - (10.1944) HMNZS Manuka (minesweeper) [indicated as from 30.03.1942] (07.1945) HMS Ayrshire (anti-submarine warfare trawler) * ? - (04.1946) HMNZS Pahau (minesweeper) [indicated as from 10.01.1944] * indexed, but the ship is not listed anymore; Gray is not listed under HMS Ayrshire in Dec 43, Apr 44, Jun 44 or Oct 44 Insurance assessor.

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Harding, Denis Philip Bret Son (with one brother) of Roy Lindsay Harding (1885-1973), and Adeline Shere (1883-1957). Married Lorna Dilks (1923 - ); one son, one daughter.	14.03.1922 Feilding - 28.06.1998 Tauranga	T/A/S.Lt. 15.10.1943 T/S.Lt. 15.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	(12.1943)     no appointment listed 04.01.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Loch Killin (frigate) (10.1945)     HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) * (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot & training establishment, Wellington) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Hargrave, Frederick Barry "Pat"	? -	Ord.Sea. ? T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 01.11.1943	03.11.1940 - 20.02.1941 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 22.02.1941 - 12.06.1941 HMS Versatile (destroyer) 06.1941 - 29.10.1941 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (10.1944) - (04.1946) HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Harris, Roger Wilson	23.07.1920 Christchurch - 1991 Te Aroha	T/S.Lt. 30.11.1941 T/Lt. 01.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 06.04.1943 Operation Torch (North Africa landings 08.11.42) [investiture 09.11.43]	Student. (12.1941)     no appointment listed ? - 08.11.1942 HMS Broke (destroyer) [ship damaged by shore batteries at Algiers & foundered in tow; Harris was taken POW, but released after the capture of Algiers] 20.09.1943 - 24.01.1944 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 347 (motor torpedo boat) 24.01.1944 - (01.1945) HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for MGBs, MTBs, etc.) (02.1944?) - (1945?) Third Officer, HM MTB 458 (motor torpedo boat) (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot & training establishment, Wellington) * 1947? - 1951? extended service in RNZN ? Graduated as an engineer and became Chief  Engineer and then Chief Executive Officer of the Hauraki Catchment Board. * indexed, but not listed as such
Hazard, Douglas Lenard "Doug" Son of Reginald Percy and May Hazard. Married May Marsh.	16.01.1920 Frankton, Hamilton - 22.01.1999 Auckland	Ord.Sea. 13.09.1940 [CJ/X 247112] T/S.Lt. 30.10.1941 T/Lt. 01.05.1943 (reld 02.1946) MID 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 MID 21.08.1945 destroyed 3 U-boats Kola Inlet 04.45	Education: Auckland Uiniversity College (BCom 1947). Accountant. 13.09.1940     entered RNZNVR at Wellington (Scheme B) 14.09.1940     embarked vessel Tamaroa at Wellington for passage to the UK       served North Sea, Atlantic, South Atlantic, Mediterranean, Russian Operation, and Iceland: 03.11.1940     HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley, Ispwich, Suffolk) (for training) 22.02.1941     HMS Versatile (destroyer) (for East Coast convoys) 13.07.1941     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for Admiralty Selection Board) 11.08.1941     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Lancing) (for training) 15.11.1941     HMS Lincoln (destroyer) (while under training) 08.01.1942     HMS Pathfinder (destroyer) (under training while ship was building) 01.02.1942     HMS Hastings (sloop) (convoy escort to Freetown / Halifax / Iceland) 06.12.1943     HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) (for navigation training) 02.04.1944 - 01.1945 Navigating Officer, HMS Hesperus (destroyer) (Atlantic hunter/killer group) 24.01.1945 - (07.1945) Staff Navigating Officer, HMS Loch Shin (frigate) (Russian convoy) 21.07.1945 - 02.1946 HMS Victory (not to join) / HMNZS Cook (for release) Post-war a civil servant (accountant & director). Literature: Gerry Wright, A Kiwi sailor at war : the story of Lieutenant Douglas L. Hazard, RNZNVR (2012). * indexed, but not listed as such
Herbert, William Allenby	06.04.1919 -	Ordinary Seaman ? [FX84885] T/S.Lt. 07.05.1942 T/Lt. 06.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Auckland University (BA 1949, MA 1950). (06.1942) - (07.1945) no appointment listed (10.1945) - (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot & training establishment, Wellington) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Hilliard, John George [Nicholson] "Jack"	15.01.1908 Auckland -	S.Lt. 1928 Lt. 19.06.1932 Lt.Cdr. 19.06.1940 Cdr. 30.06.1945 Capt. 31.12.1951 (retd late 1950s?) CBE 31.05.1956 HM's birthday 56 [award presented] DSC 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 [award presented] VRD ? ? MID 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41	1926 joined the Auckland Division of the Naval Reserve 23.07.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Blackthorn (minesweeping trawler) (Channel convoys) 26.11.1941 - 1944 Commanding Officer, HMNZS Tui (corvette) * 1944 - 1945 Executive Officer, HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) 1946 Commanding Officer, Auckland Division RNZNVR Company director. * (04.1946) still listed as such
Hocking, Walter Raymond "Ray" Son of Samuel Hocking (1889-1955), and Myrtle Alice Tully (1890-1970). Married ... Shelley; two sons, one daughter.	01.11.1923 Christchurch, Canterbury - 14.07.1987 Pauanui, Coromandel	Cpl. ? [617947] T/A/S.Lt. 28.04.1944 T/S.Lt. 28.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	18.03.1942 - 01.04.1943 enlisted service, New Zealand Army (Territorial Forces) 21.07.1943 - 02.09.1943 transferred RNZNVR [7703 RNZNVR] & home service (HMNZS Tamaki & HMNZS Cook) 03.09.1943 - 19.11.1945 service overseas: 05.09.1943 - 27.04.1944 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 28.04.1944 - 28.05.1944 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 29.05.1944 - 24.09.1944 HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) (for training as Fighter Directing Officer) 25.09.1944 - 28.10.1944 HMS Begum (escort carrier) 10.1944? - 03.1945? HMS Newcastle (cruiser) 03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon) (for miscellaneous duties)       HMS Kale (frigate) 20.11.1945 - 15.01.1946 home service:       HMNZS Cook       HMS Bambara (RN Air Station, Trincomalee, Ceylon)       HMNZS Cook
Holmes, Cecil William	? -	T/S.Lt. 02.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	26.01.1943 - (10.1943) HMS Wensleydale (destroyer) (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMNZS Cook * * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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Isherwood, Rentoul Ramsbottom Son (with two sisters and two brothers) of Arthur Cecil Ramsbottom Isherwood (1877-1961), and Louisa Ruth Gifford (1880-1962). Married ...; four sons, one daughter.	29.03.1920 Matamata - 05.2004 Aberconwy district, Gwynedd, Wales	T/S.Lt. (A) 19.04.1942 T/Lt. (A) 19.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	(06.1942) - (08.1942) no appointment listed (10.1942) - (12.1943) HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) * (02.1943) - (04.1943) HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) * 28.04.1943 - (02.)1944 pilot, 777 Squadron FAA [HMS Spurwing (RN Air Station, Hastings, Sierra Leone)] (04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 14.08.1944 - (01.)1945 pilot, 771 Squadron FAA [HMS Tern (RN Air Station, Twatt, Orkney)] (07.1945)     no appointment listed 01.02.1946 - (04.1946) pilot, 762 Squadron FAA [HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex)] * indexed, but not listed as such

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Jervis, Stanley Godfrey Married Margaret ...; one son, two daughters.	23.02.1912 Auckland -	T/S.Lt. * 19.04.1940 T/Lt. * 19.04.1941 DSC 14.09.1943 destruction U-boat Western Approaches 05.43 &tc. [investiture 23.05.44] * initially RNVR, from 1942?/1943? RNZNVR	(02.1941)     HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) * ? - 27.05.1941 HMS Syvern (anti-submarine escort vessel; ex-Norwegian whale catcher) [ship sunk off Suda Bay; made his was across the island of Crete to Sfakia; evacuated on HMAS Perth 30.05.1941] (06?).1941 - (06?).1942 HMS Valiant (battleship) (for 12 months) ** 03.1943 - 04.1944 anti-submarine control officer, HMS Oribi (destroyer) (North Russian convoy escort) 05.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Scarborough (sloop) (Normandy) 20.09.1944 - (01.)1945 First Lieutenant, HMS Brissenden (destroyer) 02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) (1945) - (1946?) First Lieutenant, HMS Redpole (sloop) (British Pacific Fleet) (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot & training establishment, Wellington) * Clerk. * indexed, but not listed as such ** (12.1941) indexed, but not listed as such
Julian, Geoffrey Court Married (16.06.1955) Mollie Estridge; one son.	28.12.1910 Auckland - 05.10.1970	T/S.Lt. 13.10.1939 T/Lt. 13.10.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 29.09.1943 (reld 04.1946) 39|45 St - - Atl St - & France & Germany clasp Def M - - NZWSM - -	13.10.1939 commissioned, RNVR 20.03.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Beaver (RN base, Humber) (02.1941)     no appointment listed (12.1941)     no appointment listed 1942/43?     transferred, RNZNVR 02.03.1942 - 20.03.1944 Commanding Officer, HM ML 486 (motor launch) [based at HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad)] 21.03.1944 - 09.04.1944 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 10.04.1944 - 16.04.1944 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) 17.04.1944 - 23.04.1944 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) 24.04.1944 - 22.05.1944 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 23.05.1944 - 07.07.1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Myngs (destroyer) 08.07.1944 - 16.07.1944 HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) 17.07.1944 - 08.1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Helmsdale (frigate) 01.09.1944 - 26.03.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Dacres (frigate) 27.03.1945 - 15.06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Mounsey (frigate) 26.06.1945 - 15.09.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Starling (sloop)

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Kelly, James "Jim"	? - 03.2006 still alive	T/A/S.Lt. 10.1944 T/S.Lt. 13.04.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	10.1944 commissioned, RNZNVR (B8*) 13.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Oceanway (landing ship, dock) ? - (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) ** * Kelly writes: "During the war several Kiwis with blue water sailing experience were drafted into the navy under a scheme A. They were considered capable of being commissioned and as such, were "loaned" to the Royal Navy for a war time commission. Scheme B was second of such schemes and educational plus psychological tests were applied to suitably qualified ex-secondary school successes, and others, and they were shipped over to the UK for training and screening for a temporary commission in the RN. Of our group B8 24 were selected and 15 or 16 "passed"." ** indexed, but not listed as such
Kennedy, John Roderick * * also used as Kennedy, Roderick John	? - 17.10.2002 Cheltenham	Prob. T/S/Lt. < 08.1942 T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 28.07.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	30.03.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Philante (yacht; training ship) 27.03.1945 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HM ML 194 (motor launch) ? - (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * also served at some point at: HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth), HMS H 43 (submarine), HMS H 34 (submarine) and HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) Real estate agent. * indexed, but not listed as such
King, Lewis	17.10.1914 Glasgow, Scotland -	S.Lt. 23.03.1935 Lt. 09.06.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 17.12.1943? DSC 25.03.1943 North Russian convoy JW51B 31.12.42 [investiture 29.06.43]	1931 joined RNZNVR (04.1940) no appointment listed (05.1940?) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) HMS Weston (sloop) (Atlantic and coastal convoy escort duties) 09.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Berkeley (destroyer) (escort to the Channel convoys) 19.08.1941 - (02.)1943 Gunnery Officer, then First Lieutenant, HMS Onslow (destroyer) (Scapa Flow & Iceland) 17.12.1943 - (04.1946) Gunnery Officer, HMNZS Achilles (cruiser) (attached to the East Indies Fleet, the British Pacific Fleet and the Japanese Occupation Forces) Executive Officer, HMNZS Olphert Company manager.
Kinghan, Eric James	? Thames, North Island, New Zealand -	T/A/S.Lt. 03.11.1944 T/S.Lt. 03.05.1945	03.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) (1944/45?)     First Lieutenant, HM LCT 2130 (landing craft, tank) (10.1945) - (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Knight, Ronald Newbrook Son of Arthur Edgar Knight, and Alice Jennings (1889-1985).	1918 - 08.12.1966 Auckland, New Zealand	Prob. T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 10.06.1943 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 10.12.1943 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 10.12.1945 (reld > 04.1946) * Special Branch officer who is employed on scientific duties	19.07.1943 - 08.1944 HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) (for radar duties) 08.1944 - 01.1945 M.M. Radar Course [at Radar School, HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, nr Portsmouth, Hampshire)] 13.02.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Mercury II (experimental signal establishment, Haslemere) (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook (depot, Wellington, NZ) * Electrical engineer. * indexed, but not listed as such

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Lawrence, James Hugh McKinnon	? -	T/S.Lt. (A) 24.01.1943 T/Lt. (A) 24.07.1945	served Merchant Aircraft Carrier ships (10.1944) - (01.1945) 837 Squadron FAA * (07.1945)     HMS Glory (aircraft carrier) * (04.1946)     HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Logan, Robert Alexander "Bob" From Auckland.	23.08.1912 Auckland -	Prob. T/S.Lt. RNVR ? T/S.Lt. RNVR ?, seniority 31.10.1940 T/Lt. 31.10.1941 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 [award presented] * * Awarded the DSC after making eleven trips to Crete, where he landed some sixty agents and evacuated about one hundred persons, besides unloading an average of one ton of supplies each time.	(02.1941) no appointment listed (12.1941) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * transferred to RNZNVR 01.03.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM ML 355 (motor launch) [took part in the evacuation of the abduction party of German General Kreipe from Crete] (07.1945) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * (04.1946)   HMNZS Cook (depot, Wellington, NZ) * Printer. * indexed, but not listed as such
Luke, Edward Hugh Noonan	? -	T/A/S.Lt. 01.01.1943 T/S.Lt. 1943?, seniority 01.01.1943 T/A/Lt. 16.05.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	(02.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inverary) * 01.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for disposal) (04.1946)     HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Lyon, George Campbell Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	04.03.1921 -	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 04.03.1942 T/S.Lt. (A) 1944? T/Lt. (A) 27.06.1944	(04.1942) - (10.1942) no appointment listed 20.12.1942 - (10.)1943 pilot, 796 Squadron FAA [HMS Kilele (RN Air Station, Tanga, Tanganyika)] 09.11.1943 - (04.)1945 pilot, 836 Squadron FAA [HMS Shrike (RN Air Station, Maydown, Northern Ireland)] (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington) * * indexed, but not listed as such

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Macdonald *, George James "Jim" / "Mac" Married (23.06.1945, Aberdeen) Third Officer Evelyn Margaret Helen Mathieson, WRNS; four daughters, one son. * both Navy List & London Gazette persist in using his last name as: MacDonald	30.09.1921 Wellington - 22.01.1982 Wellington	Ord.Sea. 1938 T/Midsh. 08.05.1941 T/A/S.Lt. 30.09.1941 T/S.Lt. 30.09.1942 T/A/Lt. 14.09.1943 T/Lt. 01.10.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 09.02.1945 (reld 1946) DSO  19.09.1944 Coastal Forces action Nore 04.07.44 * [investiture 10.07.45] DSC 21.04.1942 attack convoy Channel 03.04.42 ** [investiture 14.07.42] DSC 13.07.1943 attack shipping Nore 13.05.43 [investiture 28.09.43] DSC 04.07.1944 two actions Nore 03.44 [investiture 10.07.45] MID 17.10.1944 Coastal Forces action Nore 20.07.44 MID 02.01.1945 attacks Nore 14.09 & 08.10.44 39|45 St - - Atl St - - BWM 39|45 - - NZWSM - - * As senior officer of the 21st MTB Flotilla, temporary Sub-Lieutenant G.J. MacDonald handled Motor Torpedo Boats 225, 234 and 244 with great courage and skill on the night of 4-5 July 1944 in three gallant attempts to attack a heavily escorted enemy transport until it took refuge in port. On turning homeward the MTBs met a convoy of six ships and, though day had broken, in face of intense sank two by torpedoes and damaged two others by gunfire. ** MTB 31 had made a solo attack on a German convoy, sinking one ship, but the boat was then surrounded by enemy craft and set on fire. Macdonald supervised the placing of the wounded, including his CO, in a Carley float as they abandoned the vessel ... After a time the fire in the MTB abated and Macdonald swam back to board the MTB and fight the fire, enabling the boat to be saved.	1938     joined Wellington Division, RNZNVR 09.1939 - ? gunner, Defence Equipped Merchant Ship (DEMS) Trienze ? - 02.1941 gunner, Defence Equipped Merchant Ship (DEMS) Fordsdale       officers' course, HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) & Coastal Forces training, HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) 28.07.1941 - (02.)1942 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 14 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] (03.1942)     First Lieutenant, HM MTB 31 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] 23.03.1942 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 241 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] 24.01.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for miscellaneous services) 14.09.1943 - 02.12.1944 Senior Officer, 21st MTB Flotilla 03.12.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 393 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 31st MTB Flotilla (10.1945) - (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * City Engineer, Wellington, 1978. Literature: Gerry Wright, North Sea warrior : the story of Lieutenant Commander G.J. Macdonald, DSO DSC** MiD(2) RNZNVR, the most highly decorated New Zealand naval officer of World War II (2010) * indexed, but not listed as such
MacPherson, Cedric Alex	? - 11.02.1953 (MPK)	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 14.03.1945 T/S.Lt. (A) 14.09.1945 Lt. RN 15.10.1951	(04.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * Worked for Education Department, New Zealand. 15.10.1951     short service commission, Executive Branch RN ? - 11.02.1953 observer, 801 Squadron FAA [HMS Glory (aircraft carrier)] (Korean War, air crash) * indexed, but not listed as such
Maffey, Leslie Walden Ellyett Son of Harold George Maffey, and Jessie Renfrew Allen. Married (19.01.1945, Lorne Street Church of Scotland, Campbeltown) Edith Agnes Olive Creaye, of Silverstream, Otago.	1921 ? - 22.02.1945 (KIA off Norway) [age 23] [New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, panel 8]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 24.04.1942 T/S.Lt. (A) 17.10.1942 T/Lt. (A) 24.10.1944	13.07.1942 - 30.08.1942 Naval Air Torpedo School, HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) (under training) (10.1942)     no appointment listed 12.10.1942 - 25.12.1943 HMS Malagas (RN Air Station, Wingfield/Wynberg, nr Capetown, South Africa) (for "pool") (02.1944) - (04.1944) no appointment listed 03.05.1944 - 22.02.1945 pilot, 821 Squadron FAA [from 11.1944 at HMS Puncher (Archer class escort carrier)]
Mallitte, John Frederick Son (with one brother) of Leo Augustus Mallitte (1879-1956), and Clara Catherine Nash (?-1935). Married (08.12.1945) Joan Patricia ...	21.11.1916 Christchurch -	T/S.Lt. 16.10.1941 T/Lt. 16.10.1942 (reld 05.04.1946)	Student teacher. 16.10.1941 - 16.11.1941 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 17.11.1941 - 21.12.1941 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) (for motor boat course & lent to HME Excellent for gunnery course) 22.12.1941 - 14.08.1942 HM MGB 74 [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William), from ... HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] 15.08.1942 - 07.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 80 (motor gun boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe), from ... HMS Dartmouth II (Coastal Forces base, Dartmouth)] (took part in Dieppe raid) 07.1943 - ? Commanding Officer, HM MGB 81 (motor gun boat) [HMS Dartmouth II (Coastal Forces base, Dartmouth)] ? - 23.01.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 80 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Cicala (Coastal Forces base, Dartmouth)] 24.01.1944 - 24.04.1944 HMS Cicala (Coastal Forces base, Dartmouth) (additional; for command of an MTB [MTB 416?]) 25.04.1944 - 08.08.1944 HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington) (additional; for passage & from 23.06.1944 for foreign service leave) 09.08.1944   03.10.1944 HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington) (for Naval Electrical School, cover name for anti-submarine training school) 04.10.1944 - 13.10.1944 Commanding Officer, HMNZ HDML 1193 (harbour defence motor launch) [HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland)] 14.10.1944 - 27.11.1944 HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) (in hospital for 14 days) 28.11.1944 - ? HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) ? - 04.07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMNZ HDML 1349 (harbour defence motor launch) [HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland)] 05.07.1945 - 15.08.1945 Commanding Officer, HMNZ HDML 1193 (harbour defence motor launch) [HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington)] 16.08.1945 - 05.04.1946 HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington) (for hospitalization & sick leave) Editor of "Sea Spray".
Marshall, Neil Anderson Son of Sydney Marshall, and Clara Victoria Alexandrina Anderson (1900-1981). Married Ngaia Nicoll; one son, one daughter.	1921 - 1988 Australia	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 1941? T/S.Lt. (A) 21.08.1942 [N.Z.D.2823] (reld > 04.1946)	Pay Book Number: 221 issued on 4th September 1941 stamped "Air Branch Officer - H.M.S. St Vincent". References to: HMS Stalker; HMS Activity, HMS Hunter, Thorny Island, 833 Squadron (10.1944) - (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot, Wellington) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Martin, Alastair Edgar "Al" Son of Robert Jarves and Mary Georgina Martin, of Ashburton, Canterbury.	1924 ? - 05.05.1944 (DOW) [age 20] [New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, panel 9]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) ?	18.08.1943 - 05.05.1944 pilot, 825 Squadron FAA [from 18.12.1943 HMS Vindex (escort carrier)] (died of injuries after an air crash)
May, Arthur Stanley Married Heather ...; two daughters.	04.10.1920 Oamaru - 17.11.2007 Porirua	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 23.06.1943 [N.Z.D. 3295] T/S.Lt. (A) 23.06.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	02.09.1941 - 16.10.1941 15th Scheme F Draft RNZN on passage from HMNZS Philomel (Auckland, NZ) to Liverpool,  UK per MV Capetown Castle 17.10.1941 - 22.02.1942 34th pilot's course, HMS St Vincent (RN air branch training establishment, Forton Barracks, Gosport, Hampshire) 23.02.1942 - 04.04.1942 HMS Medina (FAA Camp, Puckpool, nr Ryde, Isle of Wight) 05.04.1942 - 11.06.1942 No. 14 Elementary Flying Training School (Elmden, Birmingham) [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] (as pilot under training & for passage to Canada) 12.06.1942 - 1943 pilot's course, No. 31 Service Flying Training School (Kingston, Ont., Canada) (dropped out, and changed to observer duties) (as pilot under training & for passage to UK) 1943 - 03.03.1943 HMS St Vincent (RN air branch training establishment, Forton Barracks, Gosport, Hampshire) 03.03.1943 - 1943 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 1943 - 10.07.1943 HMS Raven (RN Air Station, Eastleigh, Southampton) 11.07.1943 - 26.12.1943 HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) (for observers pool and course) [from 23.12.1943 TA SCH] 27.12.1943 - 22.01.1944 HMS Nightjar (RN Air Station, Inskip, Lancashire) 23.01.1944 - 20.03.1944 RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 21.03.1944 - 22.06.1944 HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) 23.06.1944 - 09.07.1944 observer, 770 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)] 10.07.1944 - 28.07.1944 HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) (for "D" course in astro navigation) 29.07.1944 - 06.08.1944 HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife) 09.08.1944 - 16.08.1944 observer, 777 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] 17.08.1944 - 31.12.1944 observer, 763 Squadron FAA [HMS Nightjar (RN Air Station, Inskip, Lancashire)] 01.01.1945 - 12.03.1945 observer, 756 Squadron FAA [HMS Ukussa (RN Air Station, Katukurunda, Ceylon)] 13.03.1945 - 1945 HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) (for ADO) * 1945 - 1945 HMS Nabthorpe (Mobile Naval Air Base III, Schofield, NSW) 20.05.1945 - 20.07.1945 HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot, Wellington) 1945 - 16.08.1945 observer, 706 Squadron FAA [HMS Nabthorpe (Mobile Naval Air Base III, Schofield, NSW)] 17.08.1945 - 15.10.1945 observer, 721 Squadron FAA [HMS Nabstock (Mobile Naval Air Base III, Maryborough, Queensland)] 16.10.1945 - 23.12.1945 HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) 24.12.1945 - 15.01.1946 HMS Tasman (RNZN anti-submarine training establishment, Lyttelton) (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot, Wellington) * * indexed, but not listed as such
McGregor, John Wylie "Jack" Son (with three sisters and two brothers) of Frederick James McGregor (1891-1926), and Jean Turner (1893-1978). Married ((06?).1943, Ampthill, Bedfordshire) Lucy Dorothy Newbury (13.06.1923 - 30.03.2003); two daughters, two sons.	18.05.1922 Auckland, New Zealand - 01.12.1988 Colnbrook, Slough, Buckinghamshire	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 23.10.1942 T/S.Lt. (A) 23.04.1943 T/Lt. (A) 23.04.1945 (reld 26.05.1951) Lt. RN 12.06.1951, seniority 07.11.1950 (Emgcy 1955) (reld 03.03.1960)	(01.1943)     no appointment listed 25.01.1943 - (04.)1943 HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) (06.1943)     HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, Padstow, Cornwall) * 07.1943 - (02.)1944 pilot, 792 Squadron FAA [HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, Padstow, Cornwall)] 14.02.1944 - (01.)1945 pilot, 777 Squadron FAA [HMS Spurwing (RN Air Station, Hastings, Sierra Leone)] (04.1945)     HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, New Zealand) * (07.1945) - (10.1946) HMNZS Cook III (depot, Wellington) * 1951 - 1955 short service commission RN * indexed, but not listed as such
McKinnon, Harry	1921 - 2009	T/S.Lt. 30.10.1942 T/Lt. 30.10.1944	(12.1942) - (04.1945) no appointment listed (07.1945) - (10.1945) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, New Zealand) * * indexed, but not listed as such His grandson writes: "He joined the RNZVR in 1941 and served as an Able Seaman on HMS Garth for 6 months in 1942. He then undergoes officer training to become a Temporary Sub-Lieutenant in mid-1942. This is where the service record ends. We've also got a copy of his orders assigning him as Commanding Officer of LCT 2269 in mid-1943."
McLennan, Andrew Colin	? -	T/A/S.Lt. (A) ? T/S.Lt. (A) 27.12.1941 T/A/Lt. (A) < 07.1945 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 04.1946 (reld > 04.1946)	27.10.1942 - (02.1943) pilot, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Dasher (escort carrier)] (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, New Zealand) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Merritt, Frederick Ernest Roy	? -	T/Lt. 14.12.1940 (reld > 04.1946)	(02.1941)     no appointment listed (12.1941)     no appointment listed 23.10.1942 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM ML 100 (motor launch) 21.02.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Delhi (cruiser) (07.1945) -  (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Miles, George William	? -	T/S.Lt. (A) 05.07.1943	(07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Millar, Jack Allingham	15.07.1916 -	Seaman ? [F/X84608] T/S.Lt. 18.03.1942 T/Lt. 07.05.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	? - 18.03.1942 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) 15.11.1943 - (12.1943) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 713 (motor torpedo boat) (10.1944) HM MTB 713 (motor torpedo boat) * (01.1945) - (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Miller, Alfred Stapledon Son of Ernest Miller, and Thomzena Stapledon. From Christchurch, New Zealand.	? -	Prob. T/S.Lt. RNVR 31.10.1940 T/Lt. 31.01.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 28.06.1942? DSC 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 [award presented] *	26.01.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Punjabi (destroyer) 28.06.1942 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Puffin (sloop) 23.06.1945 - 09.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Cranstoun (frigate) (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Mills, Adrian James	29.10.1915 Auckland - 03.08.1979	T/S.Lt. 06.11.1941 T/Lt.  06.11.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	(12.1941) - (02.1942) no appointment listed 05.02.1942 - (06.)1942 HMS British (minesweeping trawler) (08.1942)     HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) * 10.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship, Loch Erisort (Hebrides) & Oban) (12.1943)     HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship, Malta) * 06.12.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Pt Bannatyne) (06.1944)     HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Pt Bannatyne) * 27.07.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia) (for miscellaneous services) (04.1946)     HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Mitchell, Ivan Albany Married (17.01.1946) Margaret Alice Crampton; ... children (one daughter?).	05.12.1909 - 08.12.1980	Ord.Sea. 1941? T/S.Lt. 07.05.1942 T/Lt.  07.08.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	04.1941     sailed to UK on "Tamatea" (under Scheme B) 05.1941     HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley, Ipswich) (06.1942)     no appointment listed 30.06.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Tiercel (armed yacht) 09.1942 -   Second Officer, HMS Skye (trawler) (10.1942) - (06.1943) HMS Skye (trawler) * (08.1943) - (04.1946) HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Mitford-Burgess, Ronald Arthur	21.07.1921 Tolaga Bay - ? Sydney, NSW, Australia	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 02.10.1942 T/Lt.  02.04.1945 (reld > 04.1946) MID 19.09.1944 Coastal Forces action Nore 04.07.44	Brewer. 19.04.1943 - 23.01.1944 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 244 (motor torpedo boat) 24.01.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for miscellaneous services) 23.04.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 395 (motor torpedo boat) (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook * * indexed, but not listed as such
Montgomery, Eric Frederick Lloyd	see:	RNVR
Morgan, John Falconer	? -	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 12.03.1945 T/S.Lt. (A) 12.09.1945	(07.1945)     no appointment listed 12.09.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier)
Morten, Derek	? -	T/S.Lt. (A) 08.01.1944 DSC 16.01.1945 4 attacks on the Tirpitz 08.44 [decoration presented] MID 20.11.1945 operations Far East 07-08.45	01.03.1944 - (07.1945) pilot, 1841 Squadron FAA [HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier)] [10.08.1945 shot down; rescued by the submarine USS Billfish]
Morton, Harold Austin	? -	T/Lt.  02.07.1943	(07.1943) HMS Tetcott (destroyer) (Operation Husky, Sicily) (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) no appointment listed
Muir, David Arthur Son of David Aaron Muir. and Lillie Muir. Married Patricia Maude Short (1924? - 22.07.1996); three children.	14.06.1920 Wairoa - 08.02.2002 [The Avenue Road Cemetery Levin, R.S.A., Block Ashes Plot 299]	T/S.Lt. 22.12.1942	22.12.1942 - (10.1944) HMS Helder (Combined Operations base, Brightlingsea) (01.1945) - (07.1945) [HMS?] Borle * (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such