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Farncomb, Harold Bruce Son of Frank Farncomb and Helen Sampson. Married (31.03.1927) Jean Ross Nott; no children.	28.02.1899 Sydney, NSW - 12.02.1971 Sydney, NSW	Cadet Midsh. 31.12.1912 [6646] Midsh. 01.01.1917 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1918 S.Lt. 01.09.1918 Lt. 01.10.1919 Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1927 Cdr. 30.06.1932 Capt. 30.06.1937 Cdre. 1st cl. 09.12.1944 R.Adm. 08.01.1947 (retd 06.04.1951) CB 01.05.1945 11.05.1945 Operation Mike I (Lingayen Gulf, Philippines 01.45) DSO 09.02.1943 11.02.1943 occupation Guadalcanal & Yulagi 07-08.42 MVO 28.03.1935 visit of HRH the Duke of Gloucester to Australia and New Zealand MID 03.11.1942 - bombed by Japanese aircraft 07.05.42 MID 27.03.1945 19.04.1945 Operation Dragoon (invasion of S France 08.44) MID 14.08.1945 30.08.1945 Aegean operations, relief of Greece LM 15.05.1947 - ? NC - 02.01.1948 Lingayen Gulf, Philippines 01.45 * * The Navy Cross is presented to Harold Bruce Farncomb, Commodore, Royal Australian Navy, for distinguishing himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity in action as Commander, Royal Australian Squadron, during the capture of Lingayen Gulf and the landing on Luzon, Philippine Islands, from 6 January to 9 January, 1945. During this period, in which HMAS Australia was hit four times by enemy planes and HMAS Aruna seriously damaged, Commodore Farncomb displayed a high degree of courage, determination and professional skill.	Education: Gordon Public School; Sydney Boys High School; RAN College (1912-1916) 31.12.1912 - 31.12.1916 RAN College 01.01.1917 - 17.01.1917 HMAS Cerberus 18.01.1917 - 03.04.1917 London Depot RAN 04.04.1917 - 26.10.1918 HMS Royal Sovereign (Grand Fleet) 27.10.1918 - 09.01.1919 HMS Excellent 10.01.1919 - 20.03.1919 HMS Columbine (for HMS Woolsheer) 21.03.1919 - 24.09.1919 HMAS Anzac 25.09.1919 - 02.01.1920 HMAS Cerberus 03.01.1920 - 07.08.1920 RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 08.08.1920 - 09.12.1920 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 10.12.1920 - 22.04.1921 HMAS Cerberus 23.04.1921 - 21.03.1922 Gunnery Officer, HMAS Stalwart (torpedo-boat destroyer) [based at HMAS Anzac] 22.03.1922 - 20.05.1923 for W/S duties, staff RACAF, HMAS Melbourne (light cruiser) (additional) 21.05.1923 - 15.07.1923 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to UK per SS Naldera) 16.07.1923 - 24.09.1923 HMS President (additional; for special duty at Admiralty) 25.09.1923 - 10.07.1924 W/S course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 11.07.1924 - 24.07.1924 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 25.07.1924 - 19.10.1924 HMS President (for 6 months' service with the Director of Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty) 20.10.1924 - 27.01.1925 Staff Officer (Operations and Intelligence) to Rear-Admiral 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Barham (battleship)] (Mediterranean) 28.01.1925 - 12.05.1925 HMAS Adelaide 13.05.1925 - 29.04.1926 Staff Officer (Operations) to Commodore Commanding HM Australian Squadron [HMAS Sydney (cruiser)] 30.04.1926 - 14.10.1927 Staff Officer (Operations and Intelligence) to Commodore Commanding HM Australian Squadron [HMAS Sydney (cruiser)] 15.10.1927 - 23.04.1928 Staff Officer (Operations and Intelligence) to Commodore Commanding HM Australian Squadron [HMAS Melbourne] 24.04.1928 - 13.01.1930 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) (additional) 14.01.1930 - 06.01.1931 imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College, London [HMS President] 07.01.1931 - 02.02.1931 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to Australia per "Port Alma") 03.02.1931 - 18.03.1931 HMAS Penguin (additional; for foreign shore leave) 19.03.1931 - 24.04.1933 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) (additional; for duty at Navy Office) 25.04.1933 - 05.08.1935 Executive Officer, HMAS Australia (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (return of Duke of Gloucester (MVO)) 06.08.1935 - 03.09.1937 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] [one of RAN representatives at the funeral of King George V; attached to the Delegation from the Argentine Republic at the Coronation of King George VI] 04.09.1937 - 24.10.1937 HMAS Cerberus (additional) 25.10.1937 - 08.11.1938 Commanding Officer, HMAS Yarra (minesweeper) 09.11.1938 - 08.01.1939 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to UK per "Orontes") 09.01.1939 - 12.03.1939 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 13.03.1939 - 09.04.1939 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.04.1939 - 28.06.1939 tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 29.06.1939 - 05.06.1940 Commanding Officer, HMAS Perth (cruiser) 06.06.1940 - 26.11.1940 Commanding Officer, HMAS Canberra (cruiser) 27.11.1940 - 23.12.1941 Flag Captain, HMAS Canberra (cruiser) & Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron 24.12.1941 - 08.03.1944 Flag Captain, HMAS Australia (cruiser) & Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron 09.03.1944 - 13.04.1944 HMAS Penguin (additional; for passage to UK from 22.03.1944) 14.04.1944 - 11.05.1944 HMS Victory (for courses) 12.05.1944 - 19.11.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Attacker (escort carrier) 20.11.1944 - 08.12.1944 HMAS Cerberus II 09.12.1944 - 21.01.1945 Commodore Commanding HM Australian Squadron [HMAS Shropshire (cruiser)] (temporarily in command) (wounded) 22.01.1945 - 21.07.1945 Commodore Commanding HM Australian Squadron [HMAS Shropshire (cruiser)] 22.07.1945 - 01.08.1945 HMAS Penguin (additional) 02.08.1945 - 30.09.1945 Flag Officer-in-Charge, New South Wales & Commodore Superintendent Sydney [HMAS Kuttabul] 01.10.1945 - 06.11.1946 Commanding Officer, HMAS Cerberus & Commodore Superintendent of Training 07.11.1946 - 08.11.1946 HMAS Cerberus (additional) 09.11.1946 - 05.10.1949 Commodore [from 08.01.1947: Rear-Admiral] Commanding HM Australian Squadron [HMAS Shropshire, from 04.12.1946 HMAS Hobart, from 19.03.1947 HMAS Shropshire, from 16.06.1947 HMAS Australia, from 18.08.1947 HMAS Hobart, from 12.12.1947 HMAS Australia, from 24.08.1949 HMAS Sydney] 06.10.1949 - 10.01.1950 HMAS Penguin (additional; for passage to USA per "Aoranoi") 11.01.1950 - 19.11.1950 Head of Australian Joint Services Staff, Naval Representative and Naval Attaché (Washington, DC) 20.11.1950 - 08.03.1951 HMAS Cerberus II (additional; for passage to UK per "Pubohia" [08.12.1950], foreign shore leave [17.12.1950], passage to Australia per "Strathnaver" [01.02.1951]) 09.03.1951 - 07.04.1951 HMAS Penguin (additional; for discharge) Called to Bar, Supreme Court of NSW, 1958 (became a Judge's Associate with NSW Supreme Court); transferred to Solicitor, 1963.
Feldt, Eric Augustus * * officially Eric Augustas Feldt Eighth child of Swedish-born parents Peter Feldt, cane farmer, and his wife Augusta, née Blixt. Married (10.01.1933, South Brisbane) Nancy Lynette Echlin, a journalist; no children.	03.01.1899 Cardwell, Qld. - 12.03.1968 New Farm, Brisbane, Qld. [ashes scattered at sea near the Coastwatchers' Light, Madang, Papua New Guinea]	Cadet Midsh. 31.12.1912 Midsh. 01.01.1917 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1918 Lt. 01.06.1920 ?, seniority 01.02.1920 (retd 31.10.1922) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 01.02.1928 (emgcy 21.04.1939) (reld 28.09.1945; physically unfit) (retd 03.01.1959) A/Cdr. (retd) 13.07.1942-06.08.1943, 25.05.1945-13.06.1945 OBE 01.01.1944 06.01.1944 New Year 44 [decoration presented]	Education: Brisbane Grammar School 31.12.1912 - 03.04.1917 HMAS Cerberus (for RAN College) 04.04.1917 - 25.10.1918 HMS Canada 26.10.1918 - 20.03.1919 HMS Sybille [based at HMS Dido] 21.03.1919 - 24.09.1919 HMAS Swordsman 25.09.1919 - 01.01.1921 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to UK) & London Depot RAN 01.01.1921 - 22.03.1921 HMAS Penguin 23.03.1921 - 18.10.1922 HMAS Melbourne 19.10.1922 - 30.10.1922 RAN College Public servant, Mandated Territory of New Guinea (Papua New Guinea), 1923-1939 08.09.1939 - 15.09.1939 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for Navy Office) (temp.) 16.09.1939 - 07.05.1941 HMAS Penguin IV (for duty as Staff Officer Intelligence, Base Staff, Port Moresby) 08.05.1941 - (07.1942) HMAS Brisbane (as Supervising Intelligence Officer, Townsville ? - 05.08.1943 HMAS Magnetic, later HMAS Moreton (additional; as Supervising Intelligence Officer, NE Area) 06.08.1943 - 13.02.1945 HMAS Moreton (for special duties) 14.02.1945 - 04.03.1945 HMAS Madang (for duty as Naval Officer-in-Charge North Solomons HQ Torokina) 05.03.1945 - 13.06.1945 HMAS Lusair (in command & as Naval Officer-in-Charge Torokina) 14.06.1945 - 28.09.1945 HMAS Moreton (additional; for medical treatment) Published: The coast watchers (1946; memoirs)
Foley, James Bernard    Son of M.J. Foley, of Limerick, Ireland. Married (11.10.1921) Jean Croker, daughter of Charles Croker; one daughter.	24.06.1896 Ballarat, Victoria - 10.02.1974	Paym.Clerk 01.03.1915 Paym.S.Lt. 01.09.1917 Paym.Lt. 01.09.1919 ?, seniority 01.06.1919 Paym.Lt.Cdr. 01.06.1927 Paym.Cdr. 30.06.1933 T/Paym.Capt. 20.10.1936 Paym.Capt. = Capt. (S) 30.06.1943 (retd 31.01.1957) CBE 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41 OBE 01.01.1936 New Year 36	Education: private school. 1915     joined RAN ... - ... ... 07.10.1931 - 22.08.1944 Secretary to Chief of Naval Staff & First Naval Member, Australian Naval Board, Melbourne [HMAS Sydney, from 11.05.1941 HMAS Cerberus] (CBE) 23.08.1944 - 29.02.1948 Naval Liaison Officer, London [HMAS Cerberus II] 20.08.1948 - 19.07.1951 Administrative Assistant to 2nd Naval Member, Australian Naval Board, Melbourne Literature: J.V.P. Goldrick (editor) Selections from the Memoirs and Correspondence of Captain James Bernard Foley, CBE, RAN (1896-1974) in: N.A.M. Rodger (editor), The Naval Miscellany (Navy Records Society, 1984).

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Garsia, Rupert Clare   Son of Capt. Christopher Garsia, 79th Cameron Highlanders, and Elizabeth Parker (née Watson). Married (28.04.1934, Bong Bong, New South Wales) Dorothea Lloyd, a teacher from Hunters Hill, Sydney; no children.	09.10.1887 Christchurch, New Zealand - 18.02.1954 Red Hill, Canberra, Australia	Midsh. RN 05.1904 S.Lt. RN 09.1907 Lt. RN 19.10.1910 ?, seniority 01.04.1940 Lt.Cdr. RN 01.04.1918 Lt.Cdr. 31.01.1919, seniority 01.04.1918 Cdr. 01.07.1921 (emgcy 17.01.1933) A/Capt. (emgcy) 03.02.1941 Capt. (emgcy) 04.01.1946, seniority 24.09.1945 (retd 09.10.1947)	Education: Christchurch High School; HMS Britannia. 07.1904     HMS Russell (Channel Fleet) 1909 - 1911 HMS Psyche (cruiser) (Australian Station) battlecruisers (Home Fleet) 04.08.1914 - 31.07.1919 HMAS Australia (Sydney) [lent to RAN] (from 12.08.1914-26.08.1914 prize master to the Zambesi, a small vessel carrying material for the German wireless station at Bitapaka, New Britain) 01.08.1919 - 26.04.1920 HMAS Tingira (boys' training ship, Sydney) 27.04.1920 - 29.06.1920 Commanding Officer, HMAS Franklin (tender) 30.06.1920 - 31.03.1921 HMAS Tingira (boys' training ship, Sydney, NSW) 01.04.1921 - 05.07.1921 HMAS Penguin (depot ship, Sydney, NSW) 06.07.1921 - 08.01.1922 HMAS Brisbane 09.01.1922 - 12.03.1922 Commanding Officer, HMAS Tingira (boys' training ship, Sydney) 13.03.1922 - 20.03.1922 HMAS Penguin (for HMAS Adelaide) 21.03.1922 - 06.04.1922 HMAS Melbourne (additional) 07.04.1922 - 03.11.1922 HMAS Melbourne 04.11.1922 - 06.12.1922 HMAS Penguin (depot ship, Sydney, NSW) (additional) 07.12.1922 - 31.12.1922 HMAS Penguin (for torpedo-boat destroyers in reserve) 01.01.1923 - 03.06.1924 Commanding Officer, HMAS Marguerite (sloop) & from 01.01.1923-31.07.1923 & 08.09.1923-03.06.1924 for command of ships in reserve 04.06.1924 - 18.07.1924 Commanding Officer, HMAS Mallow & for command of ships in reserve 19.07.1924 - 29.07.1924 HMAS Penguin (depot ship, Sydney, NSW) (additional) 30.07.1924 - 19.10.1924 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to UK per "Maloja") 20.10.1924 - 06.03.1925 senior officers' technical course, HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 07.03.1925 - 12.04.1925 HMS Victory (additional; for passage to Australia per "Orama") 13.04.1925 - 02.06.1925 HMAS Cerberus (additional) 03.06.1925 - 11.07.1925 Commanding Officer, HMAS Tingira (boys' training ship, Sydney) 12.07.1925 - 31.07.1925 HMAS Penguin (depot ship, Sydney, NSW) (additional) 01.08.1925 - 30.04.1927 Commanding Officer, HMAS Tingira (boys' training ship, Sydney) 01.05.1927 - 14.04.1928 Commanding Officer, HMAS Platypus (depot ship) 15.04.1928 - 15.08.1929 Commanding Officer, HMAS Penguin (depot ship, Sydney, NSW) & for command of reserve ships & as Deputy Superintendent, Sydney [from 05.11.1928-18.11.1928 Commanding Officer, HMAS Albatross (temporarily; during trials) [tender to HMAS Penguin]] 01.05.1929 - 21.08.1932 also: Honorary ADC to Governor-General 16.08.1929 - 20.06.1930 Commanding Officer, HMAS Brisbane & as Senior Officer, Reserve Ships & as Deputy Superintendent, Sydney 21.06.1930 - 21.08.1932 Commanding Officer, HMAS Penguin (depot ship, Sydney, NSW) & for command of reserve ships & as Deputy Superintendent, Sydney 22.08.1932 - 14.09.1932 HMAS Penguin (depot ship, Sydney, NSW) (additional) 15.09.1932 - 16.01.1933 HMAS Penguin (depot ship, Sydney, NSW) (additional; for 12 months half-pay) Administrator of Nauru, 16.01.1933-11.1938. 26.03.1940 - 14.04.1940 Commodore of Convoys [HMAS Cerberus (RAN base, Sydney, NSW) (additional)] 15.04.1940 - 18.06.1940 Commodore of Convoys [HMAS Penguin (depot ship, Balmoral, Sydney, NSW) (additional)] 02.09.1940 - 08.03.1943 Commodore of Convoys [HMAS Rushcutter (base staff, Edgecliff, Sydney, NSW) (additional)] 09.03.1943 - 20.09.1943 Commanding Officer, HMAS Penguin (depot ship, Balmoral, Sydney, NSW) 21.09.1943 - 29.10.1943 HMAS Penguin (depot ship, Balmoral, Sydney, NSW) (additional) 30.10.1943 - 22.07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMAS Leeuwin (base staff, West Australia at Fremantle) & as Senior Officer, Coastal Craft 23.07.1945 - 24.09.1945 HMAS Leeuwin (base staff, West Australia at Fremantle) (additional)
Gellatly, Lindsay "Tim"	05.11.1908 Sydney, NSW, Australia - 21.05.1993 NSW, Australia	Cadet Midsh. 01.01.1922 ... ... Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1938 A/Cdr. 15.01.1945 Cdr. 30.06.1945 (retd 05.11.1958) A/Capt. 06.05.1955 Hon. Capt. 05.11.1958 OBE 10.06.1954 HM's birthday 54: Korea [decoration presented] DSC 08.09.1942 Malta convoy & air raids 42 [investiture 06.04.43] MID 11.05.1943 minelaying since 11.42	... - ... ... 24.08.1939 - 25.04.1940 HMS Norfolk (cruiser) 26.04.1940 - 09.05.1940 HMS Dryad (additional) 10.05.1940 - 03.03.1941 HMS Menestheus (minelayer) 04.03.1941 - 25.02.1943 HMS Welshman (Manxman class minelayer) (sunk off Crete) 26.02.1943 - 11.12.1944 HMAS Shropshire (cruiser) 12.12.1944 - 14.01.1945 HMAS Penguin (additional) 15.01.1945 - 08.06.1946 HMAS Cerberus (additional) ... - ... ...

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Handcock, Richard Daniel [Anthony]   Son of Ellot Lanyon Handcock, and Annie Mary Handcock. Husband of Mavis B. Handcock, of Clifton Gardens, New South Wales, Australia.	08.06.1905 Cottesloe, West Australia - 20.11.1941 (KIA) [age 36] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 56, column 2]	Boy 2nd cl. 26.03.1920 Boy 1st cl. 19.11.1920 Cadet Midsh. 21.02.1921 Midsh. (E) 15.05.1924 A/S.Lt. (E) 15.09.1926 S.Lt. (E) 30.03.1927 Lt. (E) 30.03.1929 Lt.Cdr. (E) 30.03.1937	26.03.1920 - 20.02.1921 HMAS Tingira (boys' training ship) 21.02.1921 - 31.12.1923 HMAS Franklin (for RAN College, Jervis Bay) 01.01.1924 - 11.04.1924 HMAS Brisbane (light cruiser) 12.04.1924 - 17.09.1924 HMAS Adelaide (cruiser) 18.09.1924 - 31.07.1928 RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] 01.08.1928 - 19.02.1930 HMAS Canberra (cruiser) (for watchkeeping and general duties, later for engine room duties) 20.02.1930 - 09.01.1933 HMAS Albatross (seaplane carrier) (additional; for watchkeeping and divisional duties) 10.01.1933 - 21.06.1933 Watchkeeping Officer, HMAS Australia (cruiser) (additional) 22.06.1933 - 09.01.1934 HMAS Cerberus (cruiser) (additional; for engineering school) 10.01.1934 - 29.01.1935 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) (as Senior Engineer and Instructional Officer) 30.01.1935 - 13.04.1936 Engineer Officer, HMAS Voyager (destroyer) 14.04.1936 - 22.02.1938 HMAS Penguin (RAN base, Sydney, NSW) (additional; for dockyard duties as Third Assistant to Engineer Manager HMA Dockyard Sydney) 23.02.1938 - 05.06.1939 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) (additional; for duty on staff of Principal Supply Officers' Committee) 06.06.1939 - 20.11.1941 Senior Engineer, HMAS Sydney (light cruiser) (ship sunk by auxiliary cruiser "Kormoran") [notebable event sinking of Italian light cruiser "Bartelomeo Colleoni" 19.07.1940]
Heithersay, Stanley William Glasson	19.10.1906 Pt Germein, South Australia -	Sto. 2 01.09.1925 ... ... Mech. I 05.12.1936 A/Wt.Mech. 21.09.1938 ... ... Lt. (E) 27.06.1940 ... .... Cdr. (E) 30.06.1950 (emgcy 19.10.1958) (retd 19.10.1966) DSC 08.09.1942 Cina & Java seas 01-02.42 [investiture 08.12.42]	... - ... ... 04.07.1939 - 04.04.1942 HMAS Hobart 05.04.1942 - 13.07.1942 ? 14.07.1942 - 15.10.1942 HMAS Penguin II 16.10.1942 - 24.06.1943 HMAS Shropshire [London Depot] 25.06.1943 - 19.10.1943 HMAS Shropshire 20.10.1943 - 31.10.1945 HMAS Cerberus ... - ... ...
Hills, George Manwaring   Son of Charles and Matilda Hills of Sittingbourne, Kent. Married Elizabeth Florence Hanley (1880?-1949); ... children (son Lt. George Mawaring Hills, RINVR, died on active service).	03.09.1882 Kent - 26.07.1943 [age 60] [Sydney War Cemetery, M.C.2]	Cd.Eng. 01.10.1918 (retd 27.05.1920) Lt. (E) (retd) 01.10.1942, seniority 23.01.1941	Education: Borden Grammar School. 1917? - 02.9.1942 RAN Emergency List [attained age limit] 18.09.1939     temporary service on the Active List 18.09.1939 - 02.02.1943 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) 05.02.1943 - 26.07.1943 HMAS Penguin (RAN depot, Balmoral, Sydney, NSW)

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Kennedy, Vincent Edward Son of ... and May Catherine Kennedy, Oakleigh, Vict. Married (15.03.1903, Norwood, South Africa) Eulalie Montrose Browne; at least one son (Lt. P.G.N. Kennedy, RAN), two daughters.	03.02.1901 Melbourne, Vict. - 25.03.1981	Cadet Midsh. 31.12.1914 [O630] Midsh. 01.01.1919 A/S.Lt. 15.01.1921 S.Lt. 15.07.1921 Lt. 15.04.1922 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1930 (emgcy 03.02.1946) A/Cdr. 05.02.1941 Cdr. (emgcy) 15.04.1946, seniority 03.02.1946 (retd 03.02.1961) OBE 01.01.1957 17.01.1957 New Year 57 OON 19.01.1943 23.11.1944 awarded 12.42 for services to Dutch Navy as Liaison Officer at Batavia	Education: RAN College 31.12.1914 - 31.12.1918 RAN College 01.01.1919 - 06.05.1919 HMAS Cerberus 07.05.1919 - 28.07.1921 HMAS Tiger 29.07.1921 - 27.09.1921 HMAS Undine 28.09.1921 - 23.04.1922 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 24.04.1922 - 31.07.1922 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Excellent] 01.08.1922 - 18.10.1922 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passge to Australia & from 14.09.1922 foreign shore leave) 19.10.1922 - 03.04.1923 HMAS Sydney 04.04.1923 - 09.06.1923 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for short observers' course at Point Cook) 10.06.1923 - 28.09.1923 Intelligence Officer, HMAS Anzac [based at HMAS Platypus (additional)] 29.09.1923 - 04.11.1923 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for short observers' course at Point Cook) 05.11.1923 - 26.03.1924 Navigating Officer, HMAS Anzac [based at HMAS Platypus (additional)] 27.03.1924 - 04.05.1924 HMAS Brisbane (cruiser) 05.05.1924 - 26.01.1925 HMAS Geranium (sloop) & for surveying duties & from 04.08.1924 as Observer Specialist 27.01.1925 - 19.02.1928 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for long air course) 20.02.1928 - 15.06.1928 HMAS Cerberus (additional) 16.06.1928 - 15.07.1928 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passge to Hong Kong per SS Arafura) 16.07.1928 - 13.02.1929 HMS Hermes & as Acting Observer [borne on London Depot RAN] 14.02.1929 - 07.03.1929 HMAS Penguin (additional; for passge to Australia per SS Changle) 08.03.1929 - 04.03.1930 Observer, HMAS Albatross 05.03.1930 - 02.05.1930 HMAS Cerberus & London Depot RAN (additional; for passge to UK) 03.05.1930 - 04.06.1932 observer, HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) [borne on London Depot RAN] 05.06.1932 - 07.08.1932 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to Australia & foreign shore leave) 08.08.1932 - 26.04.1933 HMAS Albatross 27.04.1933 - 16.01.1934 Observer, HMAS Australia 17.01.1934 - 07.10.1934 HMAS Cerberus (as Observer) 08.10.1934 - 25.11.1934 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for Navy Office) 26.11.1934 - 06.01.1937 Observer, HMAS Australia 07.01.1937 - 11.07.1937 HMAS Australia 12.07.1937 - 03.07.1938 HMAS Penguin (for Observer duties at RAAF Station Richmond) 04.07.1938 - 27.05.1940 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for Observer duties at RAAF Station Laverton, later also as Naval Cooperation Staff Officer) 28.05.1940 - 15.01.1942 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for Navy Office) 16.01.1942 - 08.03.1942 HMS Sultan (for HMS [Arking ??]; for duty on staff of Cdre. Commanding BFF ..... & for ... duties) 09.03.1942 - 01.02.1944 HMAS Leeuwin (as Staff Officer (Operations) & as ACM) 02.02.1944 - 25.02.1944 HMAS Leeuwin (additonal) 26.02.1944 - 30.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMAS Ladava (RAN depot, Milne Bay, New Guinea) 01.10.1944 - 03.02.1945 HMAS Madang (as Chief Staff Officer to Naval Officer-in-Charge, New Guinea) 04.02.1945 - 05.02.1945 HMAS Penguin (additional) 06.02.1945 - 31.08.1945 HMS Golden Hind (for air staff duties on staff of Flag Officer Naval Air Stations (A)) 01.09.1945 - 17.09.1945 Deputy Naval Officer-in-Charge & Chief Staff Officer, New Guinea [HMAS Madang (RAN base, Madang, New Guinea)] (temporarily) 18.09.1945 - 21.03.1950 Commanding Officer, HMAS Leeuwin (from 14.11.1947 also Recruiting Officer, Fremantle) 22.03.1950 - 09.05.1950 HMAS Leeuwin (additional; for passage to New Guinea) 10.05.1950 - 30.11.1950 Commanding Officer, HMAS Tarangau (RAN base, Manus, Admiralty Islands) & as Deputy Naval Officer-in-Charge, New Guinea 01.12.1950 - 30.09.1951 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for Navy Office) 01.10.1951 - 12.09.1957 HMAS Lonsdale (additional; for Navy Office) (23.04.1953 on staff of DRRF, 12.02.1955 Deputy Director Naval Reserves & Staff Officer National Service) 13.09.1957 - 30.09.1957 HMAS Lonsdale (additional; for discharge)

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Long, Rupert Basil Michel	19.09.1899 North Carlton, Melbourne, Vict. - 08.01.1960 Manley, Sydney, NSW	... ... Lt.Cdr. 15.01.1928 A/Cdr. 06.04.1940 Cdr. (emgcy) 04.01.1946, seniority 19.09.1944 (retd 14.12.1945) OBE 06.1944 HM's birthday 44	... - ... ... 20.04.1936 - 24.08.1939 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for duty at Navy Office) 25.08.1939 - 12.1945 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for duty as Director of Naval Intelligence at the Navy Office)

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Maynard, Thomas Francis   Son of Hugh and Mary Maynard, of Lethbridge, Victoria, Australia.	31.10.1899 Lethbridge, Vict. - 20.11.1941 (MPK) [age 42] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 56, column 2]	Paym.Clerk (prob) 01.03.1917 Paym.Clerk 1918?, seniority 01.03.1917 Paym.S.Lt. 01.03.1920, seniority 01.12.1919 Paym.Lt. 01.12.1921 Paym.Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1929 Paym.Cdr. 31.12.1936	.. - ... ... 27.04.1933 - 06.02.1935 HMAS Penguin 07.02.1935 - 29.06.1936 HMAS Cerberus 30.06.1936 - 17.08.1936 London Depot RAN 18.08.1936 - 18.12.1936 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 19.12.1936 - 01.01.1937 London Depot RAN 02.01.1937 - 06.08.1937 HMAS Cerberus 07.08.1937 - 20.11.1941 HMAS Sydney (light cruiser) (ship sunk by auxiliary cruiser "Kormoran") [notebable event sinking of Italian light cruiser "Bartelomeo Colleoni" 19.07.1940]
Moore, George Dunbar	10.10.1893 - 27.07.1979	... ... Capt. 31.12.1935 (retd 10.10.1953) A/R.Adm. 13.09.1944	1939 - 1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Dauntless 1939-41, HMAS Australia 1941, HMAS Canberra 1941-42; Second Naval Member ANB 1942-44; Flag Officer-in-Charge NSW 1944-50 [← for details see buttons on the left]

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Pechey, Maxwell Gilbert "Max"	16.01.1922 Nyngan, NSW - 15.10.2012 late of St Andrew's Village, Hughes	... ... Lt. ? DSC 27.03.1945 Leyte Operations & Battle of Surigoa Straits [decoration posted]	... - ... ... (1945)     HMAS Arunta (DSC) ... - ... ...

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Ramsay, [Sir] James Maxwell Son of William Ramsay and Mary Ramsay. Married (1945) Janet Grace Burley; one son, three daughters.	27.08.1916 Hobart, Tasmania - 01.05.1986 Gold Coast	Cadet Midsh. 01.01.1930 [O952] Midsh. 01.05.1934 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1936 S.Lt. 30.10.1937, seniority 01.01.1937 Lt. 24.07.1938, seniority 01.07.1938 1939, seniority 01.05.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1946 A/Cdr. 24.11.1950 Cdr. 31.12.1950 A/Capt. 12.12.1956 Capt. 31.12.1956 Cdre. 02.01.1964-01.02.1966, 12.01.1968 (retd 26.02.1972) KCMG 10.03.1978 Governor of Qld. KCVO 08.10.1982 ? Kt 01.01.1976 [actual knighting 28.07.76] CBE 11.06.1966 23.06.1966 HM's brithday 66 DSC 23.12.1952 23.12.1952 Korea (5th list) [investiture 24.07.53] LM 26.04.1955 05.05.1955 Korea 02-05.52 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star;  War Medal; UN Medal; Korea Star	Education: Hutchins School, Hobart; RAN College, Jervis Bay 01.01.1930 - 31.07.1930 RAN College 01.08.1930 - 24.01.1934 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for RAN College) 25.01.1934 - 30.11.1934 HMAS Canberra 01.12.1934 - 13.07.1936 HMAS Australia 14.07.1936 - 05.11.1937 London Depot RAN (on loan to RN): 14.07.1936 - 26.08.1936 HMS Devonshire (cruiser) 27.08.1936 - 23.09.1936 HMS Victory I (RN base, Portsmouth) 24.09.1936 - 31.12.1936 HMS President (Admiralty) (for courses) 01.01.1937 - 10.09.1937 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for courses) 11.09.1937 - 05.11.1937 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) (for courses) 06.11.1937 - 23.01.1938 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to Australia per SS Orford 06.11.1937-13.12.1937) 24.01.1938 - 18.04.1938 HMAS Australia (additional) 19.04.1938 - 28.09.1938 HMAS Albatross 29.09.1938 - 21.12.1938 HMAS Hobart 22.12.1938 - 31.08.1939 HMAS Swan 01.09.1939 - 02.09.1939 HMAS Adelaide 03.09.1939 - 22.10.1940 HMAS Hobart 23.10.1940 - 05.01.1941 London Depot RAN 06.01.1941 - 14.04.1941 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 15.04.1941 - 29.08.1941 HMS King George V (battleship) 30.08.1941 - 05.10.1941 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 06.10.1941 - 01.08.1942 HMS Danae (cruiser) 02.08.1942 - 31.08.1942 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 01.09.1942 - 11.09.1942 London Depot RAN 12.09.1942 - 04.12.1942 HMAS Cerberus 05.12.1942 - 02.02.1944 First Lieutenant & Navigating Officer, HMAS Bungeree 03.02.1944 - 31.03.1944 HMAS Platypus (for HMAS Warramunga) 01.04.1944 - 04.04.1944 HMAS Ladaya (for HMAS Warramunga) 05.04.1944 - 01.09.1944 HMAS Cerberus 02.09.1944 - 21.03.1945 HMAS Napier 22.03.1945 - 04.08.1945 Navigating Officer, HMAS Australia 05.08.1945 - 29.11.1945 HMAS Greenwich 30.11.1945 - 11.06.1946 HMAS Australia 12.06.1946 - 29.08.1946 HMAS Hobart 30.08.1946 - 03.12.1946 HMAS Shropshire 04.12.1946 - 18.03.1947 HMAS Hobart 19.03.1947 - 15.06.1947 HMAS Shropshire 16.06.1947 - 17.08.1947 HMAS Australia 18.08.1947 - 11.12.1947 HMAS Hobart 12.12.1947 - 18.01.1948 HMAS Australia 19.01.1948 - 09.03.1948 HMAS Penguin 10.03.1948 - 18.04.1948 London Depot RAN 19.04.1948 - 01.10.1948 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 02.10.1948 - 13.12.1948 HMS Glory 14.12.1948 - 05.01.1950 HMAS Sydney 06.01.1950 - 30.09.1951 HMAS Cerberus (Navy Office) 01.10.1951 - 24.10.1951 HMAS Lonsdale (Navy Office) 25.10.1951 - 11.11.1952 Commanding Officer, HMAS Warramunga 12.11.1952 - 15.05.1953 HMAS Arunta 16.05.1953 - 11.06.1953 HMAS Penguin 12.06.1953 - 19.07.1952 London Depot RAN 20.07.1953 - 03.07.1955 HMS President (Admiralty) 04.07.1955 - 21.07.1955 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 22.07.1955 - 03.08.1955 London Depot RAN 04.08.1955 - 04.03.1956 HMAS Cerberus II 05.03.1956 - 15.08.1956 HMAS Penguin 16.08.1956 - 04.01.1959 HMAS Lonsdale (Navy Office) 05.01.1959 - 19.10.1959 Commanding Officer, HMAS Creswell  20.10.1959 - 19.06.1960 unknown 21.06.1960 - 05.01.1961 Commanding Officer, HMAS Creswell & as Naval Officer-in-Charge, Jervis Bay 06.01.1961 - 04.10.1962 Commanding Officer, HMAS Vendetta & as Captain (D) 10th Destroyer Squadron 05.10.1962 - 13.11.1962 Commanding Officer, HMAS Watson 14.11.1962 - 25.11.1962 HMAS Penguin (additional; for leave) 26.09.1963 - 18.12.1965 Australian Naval Representative in the United Kingdom (London) [HMAS Cerberus II (additional)] 18.01.1966 - 02.02.1966 HMAS Penguin 03.02.1966 - 11.01.1968 Director-General of Fighting Equipment, Navy Office Harman 12.01.1968 - 26.02.1972 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Western Australia [HMAS Leeuwin] Honorary ADC to His Excellency the Governor-General, 01.07.1957-01.07.1959. Naval ADC to the Queen, 27.10.1964. Lieutenant­Governor of Western Australia, 30.07.1974-1977. Governor of Queensland, 22.04.1977-1985. Governor-General of Australia (Administrator), 27.06-30.06.1982, 24.09-08.10.1984, 08.04-14.04.1985 & 10.06.-18.06.1985 KStJ 26.04.1977.
Rawson, Geoffrey Son of Charles Rawson, tea planter, and Katherine Henbury. Married (c. 1917, Colombo, Ceylon) Helen Mary Anderson (died 1976); one daughter.	07.06.1886 West Ham, London, Essex - 16.05.1969 Mitcham, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Lt. 08.11.1918 Lt.Cdr. 05.02.1920 (retd 29.10.1923 *) Lt.Cdr. (emgcy) 1943? (reld 14.07.1947) OBE 03.03.1919 Mesopotamia * London Gazette states transferred to retired list dated 02.10.1934, while the Navy List gives him as retired Lt.Cdr. dated 29.10.1923 with liability to be recalled in case of an emergency	Education: Christ's Hospital began his seafaring life with more than three years in sail before joining the Royal Indian Marine (later Royal Indian Navy); he first went to Australia during the 1914-1918 War, and after returning to England for a tour of duty as Naval Liaison Officer he returned to Australia to make his home near Melbourne 11.11.1940 joined RAN (02.1943) - (10.1943) HMAS Rushcutter (base staff, Sydney) (12.1943) - (06.1944) HMAS Kuttabul (RAN depot, Garden Island, Sydney, NSW) 28.07.1944 - 14.07.1947 HMAS Cerberus II (RAN depot, London) Published: Life of Admiral Sir Harry Rawson (1914); Bligh of the 'Bounty' (1930); Earl Beatty, Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Borodale and Baron Beatty of the North Sea and of Brooksby (1930); Ships & seamen (1934); Sea gold (1936); The strange case of Mary Bryant (1939); Matthew Flinders’ narrative of his voyage in the schooner Francis, 1798 (1946); Arctic adventures (1947); Desert journeys; an account of the arduous exploration of the interior of the continent of Australia by rival expeditions in 1873-4 (1948); Australia (1948); Count (1953); Nelson’s letters from the Leeward Islands and other original documents in the Public Record Office and the British Museum (ed.; 1953); The Count : a life of Sir Paul Edmund Strzelecki, K.C.M.G., explorer and scientist, etc. (1954); Sea prelude (1958; autobiography); Pandora's last voygae (1963); Road to Mandalay (1967)
Rhoades, Rodney   Son (with three brothers and one sister) of Walter James Rhoades (1867-1930), and Edith Laidley Doddemeade (1873-1952). Married (05.12.1932, Sydney, NSW) Valerie Myra Florence Williams (15.09.1912 - 20.02.1994), daughter of James Leslie Williams, and Aimee Florence Bennett (1881-1973); two daughters.	08.04.1909 Double Bay, Sydney. NSW - 22.11.1991	Cadet Midsh. 01.01.1923 Midsh. 01.05.1927 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1929 S.Lt. 01.05.1930 Lt. 01.07.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1940 Cdr. 30.06.1944 Capt. 30.06.1951 Cdre. ? (retd 03.07.1963) DSC 02.12.1941 operations Western Desert [investiture 30.06.42] MID 29.07.1941 Inshore Squadron with Army Egypt & Cyrenaica Chevalier, Order of Dannebrog (Denmark): state visit King & Queen of Denmark 1951	... - ... ... 13.03.1939 - 29.03.1940 Executive Officer, HMAS Vampire 30.03.1940 - 31.08.1941 Commanding Officer, HMAS Vendetta (destroyer) [from 01.01.1941 tender to HMAS Stuart] (DSC, despatches) 01.09.1941 - 19.03.1942 HMAS Penguin 20.03.1942 - 12.05.1942 London Depot RAN 13.05.1942 - 13.09.1942 HMS Victory V (for HMAS Quickmatch) 14.09.1942 - 13.03.1944 Commanding Officer, HMAS Quickmatch (destroyer) [from 01.11.1942 tender to HMAS Napier] 14.03.1944 - 13.04.1944 HMAS Quickmatch (destroyer) (additional) 14.04.1944 - 31.08.1944 HMAS Penguin (additional; 28 days foreign service leave, 21 days isolation ashore, Combined Operations Course, Dunoon 07.08.1944-28.08.1944) 01.09.1944 - 21.01.1945 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for Navy Office as Director of Training and Staff Requirements Division (DTSR)) 22.01.1945 - 12.1945 HMAS Cerberus (additional; in charge of New Entry School) ... - ... ...

 

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Showers, Henry Arthur	24.05.1899 Carlton, Vic. -	Midsh. 1917 S.Lt. 1918 Lt. 1920 Cdr. 30.06.1933 Capt. 31.12.1939 (retd 08.02.1955) Cdre. 2nd cl. > 06.1944, < 07.1945 A/R.Adm. ? ? CBE 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45	31.12.1912 joined RAN, Melbourne, Vic. Midshipman, HMS Glorious submarine training HMAS J 3 26.01.1939 - (08.1939) Commanding Officer, HMAS Swan (escort vessel) 01.09.1939 - (06.1942) Commanding Officer, HMAS Adelaide (frigate) 08.06.1942 - (10.1943?) Commanding Officer, HMAS Hobart (cruiser) (12.1943) - (04.1944) HMAS Cerberus 06.05.1944 - 25.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMAS Shropshire 1944? - 1946 Second Naval Member of the Commonwealth Naval Board 04.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMAS Shropshire Commanding Officer, Cadet College 08.02.1955 retired [HMAS Penguin]
Smith, [Sir] Victor Alfred [Trumper]	09.05.1913 Chatswood, NSW - 10.07.1998	Cadet Midsh. 01.01.1927 ... ... Lt. 16.03.1936 Lt.Cdr. 16.03.1944 ... ... Cdr. 30.06.1947 (emgcy 15.02.1957) ... ... V.Adm. 03.04.1968 (retd 1975) ? AC 1975 ? KBE 14.06.1969 HM's birthday 69 CB 08.06.1968 HM's birthday 68 CBE 08.06.1963 HM's birthday 63 [decoration presented] DSC 01.01.1942 New Year 42 [investiture 07.11.44] MID 25.10.1940 torpedo attack Scharnhorst 21.06.40	... - ... ... 20.08.1939 - 01.07.1940 observer, 821 Squadron FAA [HMS Ark Royal] 02.07.1940 - 15.08.1940 HMS Sparrowhawk 16.08.1940 - 14.09.1940 observer, 760 Squadron FAA [HMS Raven] 15.09.1940 - 31.12.1940 HMS Kestrel 01.01.1941 - 03.02.1941 observer, 807 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron] 04.02.1941 - 04.04.1941 observer, 807 Squadron FAA [HMS Furious] 05.04.1941 - 14.11.1941 HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) 15.11.1941 - 24.12.1941 London Depot RAN 25.12.1941 - 09.02.1942 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to Australia) 10.02.1942 - 07.03.1942 HMAS Penguin (additional) 08.03.1942 - 30.04.1942 HMAS Australia (additional; for liaison duties with USN) 01.05.1942 - 09.08.1942 HMAS Canberra & as observer 10.08.1942 - 13.09.1942 HMAS Penguin II (additional) 14.09.1942 - 24.11.1942 HMAS Assault 25.11.192 - 11.12.1942 HMAS Penguin II (additional; for leave) 12.12.1942 - 06.07.1943 HMAS Shropshire (cruiser) 07.07.1943 - 20.07.1943 London Depot 21.07.1943 - 22.04.1944 HMS Tracker 23.04.1944 - 23.04.1944 HMS Daedalus 24.04.1944 - 30.09.1944 HMS Odyssey 01.10.1944 - 04.10.1944 HMS Daedalus 05.10.1944 - 26.10.1944 HMS Flycatcher 27.10.1944 - 26.11.1944 HMS President 27.11.1944 - 31.03.1945 HMS Golden Hind 01.04.1945 - 19.10.1945 HMS Beaconsfield ... - ... ... Published: "Gentlemen cordite" : the gunnery stories of Commander Warwick Bracegidrle, DSC ** RAN and Chief Petty Officer Arthur Cooper, DSM RAN
Spurgeon, Stanley Herbert King	15.05.1902 Gosport, UK - died between 08.1973 and 08.1989	Lt. 01.02.1924 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1932 Cdr. 31.12.1937 (emgcy < 05.1953) (retd 27.10.1956) A/Capt. < 05.1953, still 01.1956 Capt. (Hon.) ? DSO 23.12.1939 succesful actions againat enemy submarines OBE 10.06.1954 HM's birthday 54 Cmdn 16.12.1941 sunk by enemy raider 25.03.41	31.12.1915 enlisted RAN, Melbourne, Victoria 09.07.1928 - (08.1929) Anti-Submarine Officer, HMAS Canberra (cruiser) 25.08.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) 02.10.1931 - (01.1932) First Lieutenant, HMS Torrid (destroyer) 01.01.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland) 11.10.1933 - (07.1935) HMAS Stuart (destroyer) (and as Squadron Anti-Submarine Officer) 06.08.1935 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HMAS Voyager (destroyer) 14.04.1936 - (02.1937) Commanding Officer, HMAS Waterhen (destroyer) 18.06.1937 - (02.1938) HMAS Canberra (cruiser) (and as Squadron Anti-Submarine Officer) 09.06.1938 - (10.1938) HMAS Penguin (depot ship) 03.04.1939 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Echo (destroyer) (03.1941) SS Britannia 05.01.1942 - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, HMAS Stuart (destroyer) (06.1943) - (06.1944) RAN Establishments, Sydney 10.1944 - (04.1946) Naval Attaché, Washington, USA [HMS Cerberus II] 11.1948 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMAS Rushcutter 15.04.1952 - (05.1953) HMAS Lonsdale (Naval Deport, Port Melbourne) (for miscellaneous service) 20.11.1954 - 29.07.1956 Commanding Officer, HMAS Melville (Naval Depot, Darwin) & as Naval Officer-in-Charge NW Australian Area (since 18.09.1954) & as Recruiting Officer
Stephenson, Charles John Married Beryl Maud Simpson.	14.03.1910 Norfolk Island - 25.10.1973 Sydney, NSW	Cadet Midsh. 01.01.1924 Midsh. 01.05.1928 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1930 S.Lt. 16.03.1931 Lt. 16.05.1933 Lt.Cdr. 16.05.1941 Cdr. 31.12.1948 (retd 13.06.1960) OBE 05.06.1952 19.06.1952 HM's birthday 52: Korea MID 11.06.1946 27.06.1946 wind up Far East	01.01.1924 - 23.01.1928 RAN College [HMAS Franklin] (King's Medal, 1927) 24.01.1928 - 09.03.1928 HMAS Cerberus (RAN base, Williamstown, Vic.) (additional; for passage to UK) 10.03.1928 - 29.05.1928 HMS Tiger (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 30.05.1928 - 31.08.1928 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean) 01.09.1928 - 23.09.1930 HMS Barham (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 24.09.1930 - 26.03.1931 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 27.03.1931 - 09.10.1931 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 10.10.1931 - 12.11.1931 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 13.11.1931 - 23.12.1931 HMAS Cerberus (RAN base, Williamstown, Vic.) (additional; for passage to Australia) 24.12.1931 - 15.10.1933 HMAS Australia (cruiser) (Australia) 16.10.1933 - 21.12.1933 HMAS Penguin (RAN depot, Sydney) (additional) 22.12.1933 - 08.07.1934 HMAS Waterhen (destroyer) (Australia) 09.07.1934 - 08.03.1936 HMAS Australia (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 09.03.1936 - 10.06.1936 HMS Torrid (destroyer) 11.06.1936 - 24.03.1937 First Lieutenant, HMS Vanquisher (destroyer) (First Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland) 25.03.1937 - 19.04.1938 First Lieutenant, HMS Electra (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 20.04.1938 - 25.05.1938 HMS President (Admiralty) (additional) 26.05.1938 - 24.08.1938 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional) (for HMS Scimitar (destroyer)) 25.08.1938 - 20.09.1938 HMS Apollo (cruiser) 21.09.1938 - 27.09.1938 HMAS Albatross (seaplane carrier) (on HMS Apollo paying off) 28.09.1938 - 02.09.1939 HMAS Hobart (cruiser) (Australia) 03.09.1939 - 31.01.1940 HMAS Yarra (minesweeper) (15.11 - 06.12.1939 temporarily in command) 01.02.1940 - 06.09.1940 Commanding Officer, HMAS Orara (auxiliary minesweeper) 07.09.1940 - 03.11.1940 HMAS Cerberus (RAN base, Williamstown, Vic.) (additional; for passage to UK) 04.11.1940 - 27.11.1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional) 28.11.1940 - 31.08.1941 HMAS Napier (destroyer)  (02.07-21.08.1941 temporarily in command) 01.09.1941 - 28.11.1941 Commanding Officer, HMAS Vendetta (destroyer) 29.11.1941 - 03.12.1941 HMAS Vendetta (destroyer) (additional) 04.12.1941 - 12.07.1942 HMAS Cerberus (RAN base, Williamstown, Vic.) (additional) 12.07.1942 - 31.08.1942 HMAS Brisbane (RANVR depot, Brisbane) (additional; for special duty) 01.09.1942 - 30.03.1943 Commanding Officer, HMAS Vendetta (destroyer) 31.03.1943 - 26.06.1943 HMAS Penguin (RAN depot, Sydney) (additional) (temporary) 27.06.1943 27.06.1943 ? - - - 14.09.1944 ? 14.09.1944 HMAS Kuttabul (RAN base, Sydney, NSW) for duty on staff of Naval Officer-in-Charge Sydney Staff Officer (Operations) 15.09.1944 - 07.10.1944 Commanding Officer, HMAS Napier (destroyer) 08.10.1944 - 02.12.1945 Commanding Officer, HMAS Nepal (destroyer) (from ... 1945 borne on HMAS Penguin (additional)) 03.12.1945 - 13.03.1946 Commanding Officer, HMAS Queensborough (destroyer) 14.03.1946 - 26.09.1946 HMAS Kuttabul (RAN base, Sydney, NSW) (as Staff Officer Maintenance) 27.09.1946 - 08.02.1947 HMAS Penguin (RAN depot, Sydney) 09.02.1947 - 06.04.1947 Commanding Officer, HMAS Warrnambool (minesweeping corvette) 07.04.1947 - 29.07.1948 Commanding Officer, HMAS Quickmatch (destroyer) 30.07.1948 - 26.04.1949 HMAS Penguin (RAN depot, Sydney) 30.04.1949 - 25.09.1949 Commanding Officer, HMAS Watson (RAN radar training school, Sydney) (temporarily) 26.09.1949 - 30.09.1949 HMAS Watson (RAN radar training school, Sydney) (additional) 01.10.1949 - 25.08.1952 Commanding Officer, HMAS Commonwealth (naval base, Kure, Japan) & as Naval Officer-in-Charge Kure, Commanding Officer, Naval Component Commander British Commonwealth Occupation Force & Port Director Kure 26.08.1952 - 02.11.1952 HMAS Penguin (RAN depot, Sydney) (additional; for leave) 03.11.1952 - 03.10.1954 Commanding Officer, HMAS Leeuwin (RAN base, Fremantle) 10.06.1954 - 03.10.1954 HMAS Leeuwin (RAN base, Fremantle) (additional) 04.10.1954 - 06.10.1954 HMAS Nirimba (RAN Air Station, Schofields, near Sydney) (additional) 07.10.1954 - 11.04.1955 Commanding Officer, HMAS Nirimba (RAN Air Station, Schofields, near Sydney) 12.04.1955 - 29.04.1956 Commanding Officer, HMAS Rushcutter (RAN depot, Edgecliff, Sydney) & as Naval Recruiting Officer 30.04.1956 - 10.10.1956 HMAS Kuttabul (RAN base, Sydney, NSW) (additional; as Staff Officer Reserve Training, HMAS Rushcutter) 11.10.1956 - 21.01.1958 HMAS Watson (RAN radar training school, Sydney) (as Senior Officer Reserves to Flag Officer Eastern Australia & as Officer-in-Charge Reserve Training Establishment Rushcutter) (from 01.07.1957 additional) (later also as Command Welfare Officer) 22.01.1958 - 04.02.1960 Commanding Officer, HMAS Leeuwin (RAN base, Fremantle) (and as Recruiting Officer & Deputy Naval Officer-in-Charge Western Australia) 05.02.1960 - 13.03.1960 HMAS Leeuwin (RAN base, Fremantle) (for discharge)

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Treloar, Ian Thomas Roy Son of Harry Roy & Gladys Rita Treloar, of Surrey Hills, Vict. Brother of Lt. Rupert B. Treloar, RAN.	10.04.1919 Echuca, Vict. - 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. 02.09.1939, seniority 16.07.1939 Lt. 01.11.1940	31.01.1933 - 21.01.1937 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) (additional; for RAN College) 22.01.1937 - 31.05.1937 HMAS Canberra (cruiser) 01.06.1937 - 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 - 01.11.1939 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) (additional; for leave) 02.11.1939 - 04.1940 HMAS Australia (cruiser) 04.1940 - 20.11.1941 HMAS Sydney (light cruiser) (ship sunk by auxiliary cruiser "Kormoran") [notebable event sinking of Italian light cruiser "Bartelomeo Colleoni" 19.07.1940]
Treloar, Rupert Basil   Son of Harry Roy & Gladys Rita Treloar, of Surrey Hills, Vict. Brother of Lt. Ian T.R. Treloar, RAN.	21.02.1922 Williamstown, Vict. - 05.05.1943 (MPK) [age 21] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 83, column 2]	Cadet Midsh. 01.01.1936 Midsh. 01.09.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1941 S.Lt. 16.06.1941 Lt. 16.04.1943	29.01.1936 - 29.08.1939 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) (additional; for RAN College) 30.08.1939 - 04.09.1940 HMAS Canberra (cruiser) 05.09.1940 - 28.01.1941 HMAS Waterhen (destroyer) 29.01.1941 - 24.05.1941 London Depot RAN (additional; for passage, etc.) 25.05.1941 - 06.07.1941 course, HMS Vernon (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) 07.07.1941 - 26.07.1941 course, HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 27.07.1941 - 19.09.1941 course, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 20.09.1941 - 13.10.1941 London Depot RAN 14.10.1941 - 26.12.1941 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) (additional; for passage, etc.) 27.12.1941 - 02.11.1942 HMAS Hobart (light cruiser) 03.11.1942 - 20.12.1942 HMAS Lonsdale (RAN depot, Melbourne) (additional; for passage from elbourne in "Nestor") 21.12.1942 - 05.05.1943 HMAS Napier (destroyer) (missing, presumed drowned, South Atlantic)

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Urquhart, Kenneth McKenzie	28.02.1905 - 24.02.1974	... ... Cdr. (E) 30.06.1941 ... ... R.Adm. 22.08.1959 (retd) CBE ? ?	... - ... ... 20.09.1944 - (07.1945) HMAS Napier & as Flotilla Engineer Officer, 7th Destroyer Flotilla ... - ... ...

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Walker, Jefferson Hirst	16.07.1901 - 27.11.1941	... ... Lt.Cdr. 15.11.1930 A/Cdr. 01.09.1941	... - ... ... 06.08.1938 - 08.01.1940 auxiliary services 09.01.1940 - 07.04.1940 HMAS Penguin 08.04.1940 - 27.11.1941 HMAS Parramatta
Waller, Hector Macdonald Laws	04.04.1900 Benalla, Vict. - 01.03.1942 (KIA) [age 42] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 72, column 2]	Midsh. 1918 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. ? Lt. 01.03.1921 Lt.Cdr. 01.03.1929 Cdr. 30.06.1934 Capt. 30.06.1940 DSO 11.09.1940 courage in recent engagements DSO 03.02.1942 Battle of Cape Matapan MID 29.07.1941 inshore squadron with Army Egypt & Cyrenaica MID 11.11.1941 Greek withdrawal 04.41 MID 19.03.1946 sunk in action 01.03.42	Education: RAN College (1914-1917; King's Medal) 1918 HMS Agincourt 1923 "Year" Officer at the RAN College (08.1923) short course of instruction 01.10.1924 - (01.1925) qualifying for signal duties, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 15.05.1926 - (07.1927) Signals Officer, HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) (and for charge of Signal and W/T School)) 15.08.1928 - (04.1930) Flotilla Signals and Wireless Telegraphy Officer, 4th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Broke (flotilla leader)] (Mediterranean) 14.07.1930 - (02.)1931 Squadron Signals and Wireless Telegraphy Officer (temporary), HM Australian Squadron [HMAS Australia (cruiser)] 29.05.1931 - (01.)1932 Squadron Signals and Wireless-Telegraphy Officer, HM Australian Squadron [HMAS Canberra (cruiser)] 18.04.1932 - (09.1932) HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) (for duty at Navy Office; for signal duties) 20.08.1933 - (01.)1934 Squadron Signals and Wireless-Telegraphy Officer, HM Australian Squadron [HMAS Canberra (cruiser)] 21.07.1934 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, RAN College 27.08.1936 - (02.)1937 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 21.03.1937 - (07.)1937 Executive Officer, HMS Resource (repair ship) (Mediterranean) 23.11.1937 - (02.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Brazen (destroyer) (Home Fleet)) (04.1939) no appointment listed 19.06.1939 - (08.)1939 HMAS Cerberus (Flinders Naval Depot, Vict.) (for duty at Navy Office) 01.09.1939 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMAS Stuart (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) Australian Destroyer Flotilla (Mediterranean) 1941? Commanding Officer, HMAS Vampire (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 10th Destroyer Flotilla (Mediterranean) 24.10.1941 - 01.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HMAS Perth (cruiser) (Pacific) (sunk)
Wheeler, William Garrard Son of Harold and Thelma Edith Wheeler.	23.09.1915 Kiama, NSW - 23.10.1941 (KIA at sea) [age 26] [Memorial panel 9A]	Midsh. 01.05.1933 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1935 S.Lt. 01.03.1936 Lt. 01.09.1937 DSC 14.10.1941 German battleship Bismarck sunk 05.41 MID 19.07.1940 aboard HMS Afridi (destroyer) for withdrawal of troops from Namsos	01.01.1929 enlisted RAN 24.01.1933 - (01.)1934 HMAS Australia (cruiser) 01.12.1934 - (07.)1935 HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) 26.09.1935 - (02.1936) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] (02.1937) no appointment listed 14.02.1937 - (02.)1938 HMAS Canberra (cruiser) 19.04.1938 - 01.06.1938 HMAS Albatross (seaplane carrier) 01.06.1938 - (02.)1939 First Lieutenant, HMAS Vampire (destroyer) (04.1939) - (09.1939) no appointment listed 22.12.1939 - 23.10.1941 HMS Cossack (destroyer) (for flotilla torpedo duties, 4th Destroyer Flotilla) [torpedoed by U-563 in North Atlantic]
White, Alexander John	04.09.1897 Boonah, Vic. -	Paym.Cdr. = Cdr. (S) 31.12.1934 (retd 22.08.1946) CBE ? ?	01.12.1915 joined RAN, Melbourne, Vic. 19.04.1938 - (04.1946) HMAS Cerberus 22.08.1946 retired [HMAS Cerberus]

 

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