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South African Naval Forces (Voluntary) (SANF(V)) Officers
1939-1945

Note. In naval circles it is custom to refer to the commander of a vessel as Captain. The Navy List bears the phrase "in command".
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Adams, L L	? -	... ... T/Lt. 01.07.1944	... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Southern Isle
Annand, John Alexander	1900 ? -	Prob. A/S.Lt. 03.04.1928 S.Lt. 1930?, seniority 03.04.1928 Lt. 04.10.1931 T/Lt.Cdr. 04.10.1939	02.10.1937 - (12.)1942 HMS Afrikander II (SA Naval Service HQ, Simonstown) 26.12.1942 - (04.)1944 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown)  (for RN Depot, Simonstown) 16.05.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Assegai (training establishment, nr Durban)
Atkin, Cecil Thomas	06.03.1909 - 1991	T/A/S.Lt. 19.05.1944 T/S.Lt. 19.11.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	(06.1944)     HMS Good Hope (training establishment, Port Elizabeth, South Africa) * 28.07.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Wuchang (auxiliary submarine depot ship, Trincomalee) * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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Barker, Lionel Ernest Verry "John"	see:	RNVR officers' section
Barr, Patrick Charles [Beaumont]	17.03.1919 - 19.12.2007 South Africa	T/A/S.Lt. 26.02.1943 T/S.Lt. 26.08.1943 T/Lt. 26.08.1945 (reld > 04.1946) MID 10.04.1945 attacks on enemy ships etc. Elba 17.06.44	22.03.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria, Egypt) (08.1943)     HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta) * 16.08.1943 - (02.)1944 HM MTB 640 (motor torpedo boat) 22.03.1944 - (10.)1944 HM MTB 655 (motor torpedo boat) (despatches) 22.11.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 667 (motor torpedo boat) (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Bassill, James Horace Son of Horace Bassill, and Annie Cooper. Married (1941, South Africa); two daughters, one son.	17.09.1916 Islington district, London -	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 11.12.1943	12.06.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (04.1946)     HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Bentley, Edmund Clarence "Ted" Married Margaret Ball.	? - 2004 ? Capetown, South Africa	T/A/S.Lt. 09.04.1943 T/S.Lt. 09.10.1943 T/Lt. 09.10.1945	(06.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed 10.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Wishart (Thornycroft modified W class destroyer) 23.05.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Waldegrave (Captain class frigate) (10.1945)     no appointment listed 31.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Test (River class frigate) (10.1946)     HMSAS Bonaventure (SAN establishment, Duncan Dock, Capetown, South Africa) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Bergman, Elox Edwin	? -	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.10.1943	22.02.1945 - (04.1946) Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Department of the Director of Torpedoes and Mining, redesignated 01.02.1946: Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Department of the Director of Underwater Weapons [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
Berry, Johnstone Rayden Son of John George Berry (1898-1935), and Aletta Van Niekirk (1902-1990). Married (at least) five times: firstly in England in 1947, at the grand old age of 21 (marriage dissolved 1953); three times in South Africa (twice to the same woman; marriage dissolved 1954 and 1957, the third marriage dissolved 1959); and once in Western Australia (1965).	04.05.1925 Durban, South Africa - 28.08.1973 [West Park Cemetery, Windsor East, South Africa]	Ord.Sea. 11.06.1943 T/Midsh. 20.10.1944 T/A/S.Lt. 04.11.1944 T/S.Lt. 04.05.1945 (reld 02.01.1946) 39-45 St - - Bur St - - Def M - - WM 39-45 - - ASM - -	Student, Witwatersrand University. 15.06.1943 - 01.08.1943 SANF Capetown Detachment 01.08.1943     seconded to RN 02.08.1943 - 16.08.1943 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) 17.08.1943 - 23.08.1943 HMS Assegai (training establishment, nr Durban, South Africa) 24.08.1943 - ? HMAS Napier (N class destroyer) ? - 19.10.1944 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 11.1944 - (10.)1945 HM LST 410 (landing ship, tank) (2nd LST Flotilla) 29.12.1945 - 02.01.1946 Dispersal Depot at Hector Norris Park in Johannesburg
Brink, Gerrard Edgar Palmer Son of Cyril Gordon Brink.	18.11.1917 -	Prob. El.S.Lt. RNVR 06.10.1940 El.Lt. RNVR 01.03.1942 El.Lt. SANF(V) 01.05.1943, seniority 01.03.1942 [584098] WS/Lt. SAN 25.04.1946, seniority 01.05.1943 (reld from UDF 06.02.1946)	AMIEE, 1940. 06.10.1940 commissioned in the RNVR at Portsmouth 23.10.1940 HMS Caroline (RN base, Ulster) 04.1941 - (02.1942) HMS Cabot (training establishment, Bristol) 20.05.1942 - (04.1944) HMS Mathilde Simonne (auxiliary patrol drifter, de-gaussing vessel) 17.04.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Ocean Gain (auxiliary patrol drifter, de-gaussing vessel) 02.10.1944 - (01.1945) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for de-gaussing duties) 07.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) struck off strength, Royal Navy, and granted permission to return to the Union of South Africa 21.12.1945 - 06.02.1946 taken on strength & service, South African Navy
Broom, John Edwin Ford Married Hilary June Tunaley (1927 - ), daughter of Harold Frederick Tunaley (1891-1968?), and Daisy Watson (1892-1990); two sons, two daughters.	? Benoni, South Africa -	T/A/Paym.S.Lt. 10.03.1944 T/Paym.S.Lt. = T/S.Lt. (S) 10.09.1944	01.04.1941     enlisted SANF(V) 10.03.1944 - (04.)1945 Captain's Secretary, HMS Maraga (RN base/air station, Addu Atoll) (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) * * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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Clark *, Derek Gardiner Brother of Lt. Michael Gardiner Clark, RN. * In Navy List incorrectly showing as: Clarke, Derrick Gardner	? -	T/S.Lt. 10.11.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	(07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Clark, John Alexander Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	09.12.1924 - 09.10.2008	T/Midsh. 01.12.1942 T/A/S.Lt. 09.06.1944 T/S.Lt. 09.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: CBC (Christian Brothers' College?); University of Cape Town (post-war). (10.1943) - (02.1944) HMSAS Blaauwberg 05.03.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 19.12.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Rotherham (destroyer) (04.1946)     no appointment listed His daughter writes: "He was also a junior gunnery officer. He said it was a most wonderful way for a young man to see the world! They were not in battle but on a mission. This was part of the plan for the Normandy landings. These plans must thus have been in preparation for a year or so before they took place. What then happened was in June 1944 the RN Flotilla sailed down from Scotland picking up boats and men on the way to the point where they were to cross the channel. he was on one of the destroyers that was sent in to draw fire from the French coast - hence the collection of old ammo in the Far East. It was decided that these three old destroyers of a particular class I cant remember what it was, were suitable for cannon fodder. He was on the first boat. The order was to fire off a shots and them move away. This they did. The second boat came through fired a couple of shots and narrowly missed being hit then by the time the third one came in it was in the sights of the opposition and was blasted out of the water. Rather terrible actually, but all part of the fire cover for the landings, which were dreadful in themselves, but utterly necessary I suppose given the situation. But he then went on to the far east on the Rotherham on escort duty for merchant ships where he was on the RN Vessel when the Japanese then surrendered to the allies. All very dramatic for a 19 year old. He remembered meeting the king (who had a bad stutter as did he) and Mountbatten, who was universally loved by all the men. He ended up living in Cape Town raising a family and becoming Chief Engineer of the then Cape Province local Government."
Clode, Edward St John Son (with three sisters) of Charles Douglas Clode (1870-), and Annie Barton (1873-). Married 1st ((06?).1920, St Marylebone district, London) Georgina j. Covell (née Cox). Married 2nd ((06?).1932, Amersham district, Buckinghamshire) Doris E. Ebden (née Wilson).	18.08.1895 Caversham, Henley district, Oxfordshire - 28.07.1959	Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) RNVR * 20.09.1940 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) RNVR 20.12.1942 T/Lt. (E) SANF(V) 20.12.1942 (reld > 07.1945, < 10.1945) * Special Branch Officer who has qualified for, and is undertaking general duties of an executive nature on shore	(12.1940)     Unexploded Bombs Department, Admiralty * 18.12.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) 05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt) 29.01.1942 - (04.)1942 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) (for Naval Control Service, Capetown) 30.05.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Skirmisher II (Coastal Forces base, Pembroke Dock) (10.1942)     Combined Operatins HQ * 04.11.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Flora (RN base, Invergordon) (for miscellaneous services) 01.04.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Quebec (combined training centre, Inverary) 07.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay, India) 14.02.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) 18.04.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Hopetoun (landing craft and minesweeper base, Port Edgar) 03.10.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 05.03.1945 - (07.1945) RN Depot, Simonstown [HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Collier, Walter Balfour Married (21.04.1923) Stella Natalie Crowder, daughter of Mr & Mrs S.A. Crowder; three daughters.	28.02.1893 Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire - 30.05.1969 Durban, Natal, South Africa	Capt. 11.01.1936 T/Capt. 22.03.1942 VD ? -	01.09.1934 - (04.)1942 Officer Commanding, South African Division RNVR (Honorary Aide-de-Camp to His Excellency The Governor-General) 22.05.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Kongoni (RN base, Durban) (for Sea Transport duties) (02.1944) - (07.1945) HMSAS Congella (SAN base, Durban) * Partner in Clark & Thistleton. * indexed, but not listed as such
Collingwood, Damian Joseph Paul	26.02.1923 -	T/A/S.Lt. 26.02.1943 T/S.Lt. 26.08.1943 T/Lt. 28.05.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	22.03.1943 - (04.)1945 HMS Kimberley (destroyer) (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Cordiner, Basil McLeod Davidson Married Kathleen Ann Veale (? - 20.08.1991); two sons.	27.10.1906 - 2003? Heathcote, Australia	T/El.S.Lt. 01.06.1942 T/El.Lt. 01.04.1943 T/A/El.Lt.Cdr. 23.07.1945?	Education: BSc. (04.1943) - (02.1944) no appointment listed 13.03.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Fullarton (landing craft base, Irvine, Ayrshire) 23.07.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Orford Ness (maintenance & repair ship) (04.1946)     HMS Bonaventure (submarine depot ship, Loch Striven) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Cousens, Richard Carrington Son of William Robert George Cousens (1880-1921), and Mary "Molly" Mitchell (1880-1959). Married (08.02.1941, Springs, Gauteng, South Africa) Sybil Maud Murray-Smith (20.01.1917 - 22.08.2001); three sons.	23.07.1914 South Africa - 25.09.2007 Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa	T/Lt. 04.12.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	? - (06.)1944 Durban Fortress Detachment SANF (09.)1944 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMSAS Blaauwberg
Cowley, Frank Vincent Married ...; ... children (one son?).	22.10.1916 - 16.06.1988	Able Seaman ? [SA68644] T/S.Lt. 07.05.1942 T/Lt. 07.05.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	05.1941 - 02.1942 HMS Shropshire (London class cruiser) 1942 - 1942 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (06.1942)     no appointment listed 27.07.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) (08.1943) - (02.1944) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) * 01.03.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad) (for Motor Launch Base) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 01.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) (for motor launch duties) (10.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such His son writes: "I know that after his Atlantic and Arctic service (on HMS Shropshire) he was commissioned at HMS King Alfred and transferred to SANF(V) sailing "out East" and commanding ML 484."
Crossley, Alfred Harvey Son of Gerald and Nell Crossley, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.	1920 ? - 07.03.1943 (MIA) [age 23] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 83, column 3]	T/S.Lt. RNVR 30.10.1941 T/S.Lt. 1942/43? [67627]	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 1942/43?     transferred, SANF(V) ? - 07.03.1943 Combined Operations Pilotage Party 2 (Middle East) [HMS Saunders (combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt)] (missing in action on a reconnaissance of Sicily)

 

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Dalgleish, James SANF (Permanent Forces)	1891 ? - ?	Cdr. 01.04.1938 Capt. 29.03.1941 Cdre. 01.08.1946 (retd 07.1951) CBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46 OBE 01.01.1944 New Year 44	01.05.1933 - (08.1939) Officer Commanding Hydrographic Survey Section [HMS Afrikander II] 1940? - 12.1946 Director of South African Naval Forces
Deal, George Graham	1915 ? - ?	T/S.Lt. 20.03.1941 T/Lt. 20.03.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	(06.1941)     no appointment listed 01.07.1941 - 03.09.1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Olive (Tree class minesweeping trawler) (10.1943) - (06.1944) no appointment listed 07.08.1944 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Bay (Tree class minesweeping trawler) 10.01.1945 - 10.09.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Bressay (Isles class minesweeping trawler) (10.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed A director of M&S South Africa.
Dean, Frederick John SANF (Permanent Forces)	1891 ? - ?	Lt.Cdr. 17.09.1936 Cdr. 01.07.1941 Capt. 01.04.1944 OBE 08.02.1944 mine clearing Agulhas Bk 40-41	01.05.1933 - (08.1939) Hydrographic Survey Section [HMS Afrikander II] (1940) - (1941) Commanding Officer, HMSAS Southern Barrier (08.1942) - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, Cape Town Detachment, Seaward Defence Force (07.1945) - (04.1946) Commander Seaward Defences, South African Naval Forces
de Kock, Victor Pieter de Chatillon Son of Mr. and Mrs. V. de Kock, of Onrust River, Cape Province, South Africa.	? - 07.03.1943 (MIA) [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 83, column 2]	T/S.Lt. RNVR 01.11.1940 T/Lt. RNVR 10.1942, seniority 01.07.1942 T/Lt. 1942/43? [66564] MBE 16.06.1942 rescue torpedoed merchant ship [decoration presented] DSC 17.03.1942 passage to Tobruk [decoration presented] MID 08.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete	12.12.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Glenearn (landing ship, infantry) (1941)     HMS Glengyle (landing ship, infantry) (despatches) (1942)     "A" Lighters (MBE, DSC) 1942?     transferred, SANF(V) ? - 07.03.1943 Combined Operations Pilotage Party 2 (Middle East) [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] (missing in action on a reconnaissance of Sicily)
Dickie, Gordon Johnston Of Scottish descent.	11.01.1904 -	ERA IV 19.08.1940 T/S.Lt. (E) ? T/Lt. (E) 01.04.1944 (reld 20.09.1944) 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal; Africa Service Medal	Engineer, Durban. 19.08.1940 joined the Seaward Defence Force of the SANF 01.12.1940 - 30.06.1941 HMSAS Southern Sea (Mediterranean) [injured 04.1941 and returned to South Africa] 1941 - 1944 served with the Durban & Cape Town Detachments: (12.1943) HMSAS Odberg (06.1944) Cape Fortress Detachment, SANF
Dickinson, John Homer Lambert	? ? - ? ?	T/S.Lt. 17.12.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	1943? - (06.)1944 HMSAS HDML 1201 (09.)1944 - (10.1945) HMSAS Blaauwberg
Downing, Leslie John Son (with one sister and four half-siblings) of Alfred Downing (1874-1952), and Wilhelmina Eleanor Maclean (1876-1960). Married 1st ...; one daughter, one son. Married 2nd (1947, Durban, Natal, South Africa) Jacqueline Marie Hersilie Antelme (20.09.1925 - 12.11.1996), daughter (with three sisters and two brothers) of Gaston Pierre Joseph Antelme (1895-1965) ,and Marie Laure Cécile Labat (1897-); two sons.	19.06.1914 Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa - 21.04.1991 Hurley, Windsor and Maidenhead district, Berkshire	T/S.Lt. 17.03.1941 (reld > 04.1946, < 07.1946))	(04.1943) - (08.1943) no appointment listed (10.1943) - (04.1944) HMSAS Smalvlei (06.1944) - (10.1944) Durban Fortress Detachment SANF (01.1945) - (04.1946) Cape Fortress Detachment SANF
Dowse, George Harvey	? -	T/S.Lt. 09.10.1943	19.10.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Bann (frigate)
Duffy, Bernard Andrew Addingbrook "Brooke"	17.11.1905 East London, South Africa - 16.03.1958 Port Elizabeth, South Africa	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 30.10.1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 30.01.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	14.11.1941 14.11.1941 ? - - - (08.1942) (12.1941) (08.1942) HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) Controlled Mining Department Mining Department (03.1943)     British Naval Liaison Officer, Hr.Ms. K XV (Dutch submarine) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed [seconded to RN] Played rugby for South Africa, 1928.

 

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Everingham, Augustus George	03.01.1917 - 24.09.1991 [Walmer Cemetery, East London, South Africa]	T/S.Lt. 20.11.1942 T/Lt. 20.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	01.01.1943 - (08.)1943 HM LST 42 (landing ship, tank) 08.1943 - (04.)1944 HM LST 418 (landing ship, tank) (06.1944)     no appointment listed 08.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Coverley (trawler) 01.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (04.1946)     HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) * * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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Gardner, Douglas Robertson [Hector] Married (20.12.1941, Birmingham, Warwickshire) Hazel Dorothy May McCracken ((06?).1923 - ), daughter of ... McCracken, and ... Hodson; two daughters, one son.	29.07.1918 East London, South Africa - 28.04.1977 Durban, South Africa	T/S.Lt. (A) ? T/Lt. (A) 29.07.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) > 01.1945, < 07.1945 DSC 30.05.1944 attack on the Tirpitz 03.04.44 [decoration posted]	25.08.1943 - (06.)1944 pilot, 881 Squadron FAA [HMS Pursuer (escort carrier)] 01.08.1944 - (01.)1945 pilot, 715 Squadron FAA [HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn)] (07.1945)     HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) * (04.1946)     HMS Bonaventure (submarine depot ship) * Moved back to South Africa and lived in Marbel Hall near Johannesburg. * indexed, but not listed as such
Garner, Robert Brandon	(03?).1902 West Derby district, Lancashire - 1965 South Africa	T/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	(10.1944) - (04.1946) HMSAS Bonaventure (HQ Staff SANF) * Stayed in South Africa working for ISCOR until he died in 1965. * indexed, but not listed as such
Gaunt, Robert George [Armstrong] "Bob" Married ((09?).1970, Westminster district, London) Panoecia E. Foster.	28.06.1922 - 20.04.2005 Colchester, Essex	T/S.Lt. 28.12.1942 T/Lt. ? Lt. RN 21.02.1947, seniority 01.01.1945 Lt.Cdr. RN 01.01.1953 Cdr. RN 30.06.1957 (retd 20.04.1968) DSC 11.12.1945 Wind up (Europe) 45 [decoration posted] Ministry of Mercantile Marine Silver Medal 2nd Class (Greece) [rescue Argo Dilos 22.10.60]	Childhood in South Africa - RNVRSA - Seaman gunner Winchester Castle - UK Officer training - MTB36 then 222, 223 (ferry crew) - MTB237 (Guy Fison) - night action with 232, 241 against 11 German ships (SO Peter Dickens) - MTB 237 sunk - MTB231 (9th MTBF) Dartmouth - actions off Channel Isles - brief period as XO MTB640 (Stuart Gould) - India, CO MTB283 (17th MTBF) (SO David Shaw) - temporary CO MTB254 - convoy action off Le Havre - XO Grey Fox - sweeping Oyster mines off French Coast - SOO to Capt M/s, Portsmouth - subsequent RN career, culminating as CO HMS Leopard (1960) 22.11.1944 - (07.1945) Executive Officer, HMS Grey Fox (steam gun boat) 21.02.1947     extended service commission RN 09.05.1950     permanent commission RN
Goldfinch, George Anthony "Tony" Brother of S.Lt. J.T. Goldfinch, SANF(V). Married Myra Agnes Patricia ...	15.06.1921 - 2003 Pinelands, Cape Town, South Africa	T/Lt. 01.07.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	01.07.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt)
Goldfinch, John Theodore Brother of Lt. G.A. Goldfinch, SANF(V). Married (14.12.1946) Lynette Willard-Sparks (born 18.09.1920); two daughters.	16.01.1919 East London, Cape, South Africa - 19.06.1988 general hospital, Johannesburg	T/A/S.Lt. 21.12.1944 T/S.Lt. 21.06.1945 (reld 14.011946)	23.09.1939 - 26.09.1939 HMS Afrikander II (accounting base, Simonstown) 27.09.1939 - 08.12.1939 HMS Afrikander I (RN base, Simonstown) 09.12.1939 - 07.03.1942 HMS Bulolo (armed merchant cruiser) 08.03.1942 - 15.03.1942 HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) 16.03.1942 - 27.08.1942 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown) 28.08.1942 - 21.12.1942 HMS Petard (destroyer) 22.12.1942 - 10.05.1943 HMS Assegai (training establishment, nr Durban) 11.05.1943 - 31.01.1944 HMS .... (RN base) 01.02.1944 - 30.06.1944 HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) 01.07.1944 - 21.12.1944 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (01.1945) no appointment listed (05.1945)     HMS Gardiner (frigate) (?) 26.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Zambesi (destroyer) ? - 14.01.1946 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa)  Remained involved with the South African Navy until 1974.
Green, Elkan Maurice	see:	RNVR officers' section

 

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Harris, Cecil John Brother of Lt. Reginald Norman Harris, SANF(V). biographical sketch at General Botha website	20.06.1917 Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa - 07.09.1993 Fish Hoek, Cape Town, South Africa	T/S.Lt. 09.08.1940 T/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Grey High School Trained on the General Botha, 1933/34. Apprentice Clan Line, Clan Macdougall - Commodore ship, 1935. Junior Officer on the SS Umgeni, one of the very last ships to leave Hamburg before hostilities broke out. served in the SANF during the war, mainly on coastal minesweepers but also saw service in the Mediterranean: 09.08.1940 commissioned, Seaward Defence Force Temporary Forces (Union of South Africa) 04.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMSAS Kommetje (minesweeper) 1942 - 1943 special duty (USA) 1943 - (12.1943) Cape Fortress Detachment, SANF (06.1944) - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMSAS Kommetje (minesweeper) ? - (04.1946) HMS Swale (frigate) * Returned to the Merchant Navy post-war. Captain C J Harris had a life-long association with the sea. As a master mariner he commanded scientific research ships and, after his retirement, diamond recovery vessels off the Namibian coast. Shipping journalist. Published: War at sea : South African maritime operations during World War II (1991); (with Brian D. Ingpen) Mailships of the Union-Castle Line (1994) * indexed, but not listed as such
Harris, Reginald Norman "Reg" Brother of Lt. Cecil John Harris SANF(V).	18.05.1919 Walmer, Port Elizabeth, South Africa - 20.03.1973 Plumstead, Cape Town. South Africa	Seaman ? [66689] T/S.Lt. 10.01.1941 T/Lt. 01.07.1942 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 10.07.1945 operations Arakan coast 11.44-03.45 39-45 St ? ? Atl St ? ? Bur St ? ? Afr SM ? ? BWM 39-45 ? ? Def M ? ?	01.07.1938 enlisted in the ranks, RNVR (South African Division), at Port Elizabeth 11.10.1938 - 02.11.1938 HMS Londonderry (escort vessel) (Africa) 06.10.1939 - 14.01.1940 HMS Afrikander VI (base, Simonstown, South Africa) 15.01.1940 - 12.02.1940 basic training, HMS Afrikander I (base, Simonstown, South Africa) 14.02.1940 - 07.09.1940 HMS Cornwall (cruiser) 08.09.1940 - 15.11.1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 15.11.1940 - 09.01.1941 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) 10.01.1941 commissioned, RNVR (02.1941) no appointment listed 04.03.1941 - 21.03.1941 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) 22.03.1941 - (02.1943) borne on the books of HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) (for minelayers *): [during this period transferred from RNVR to SANF(V), circa 05.1942] 01.09.1941 - 05.03.1943 Commanding Officer, HM ML 1019 (motor launch) [based at HMS Astraea (base, Lagos, Nigeria)] 04.1943 - 08.1943 Commanding Officer, HM ML 1198 (motor launch) [based at HMS Kongoni (base, Durban, South Africa)] 08.08.1943 - 05.02.1944 Commanding Officer, HM ML 854 (motor launch) [based at HMS Afrikander (base, Simonstown, South Africa) (for Motor Launch duties)] 06.02.1944 - 05.04.1944 Commanding Officer, HM ML 854 (motor launch) [based at ...] 06.04.1944 - 13.05.1945 Commanding Officer, HM ML 854 (motor launch) [based at HMS Lanka (base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 13.05.1945 - 06.1945 HMAS Whang Pu (repair ship, Madang, New Guinea) 01.07.1945 - 15.07.1945 HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) (Fremantle, Australia) 07.1945? - 1945/46? HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) * might be a mistake in the Navy List; possibly it read in shorthand "for ML" which was written out as "for minelayers", while "for motor launches" was intended...
Harris, Thomas Frank Wyndham "Sandy"	04.08.1916 -	T/S.Lt. RNVR 28.06.1940 T/Lt. RNVR 04.08.1941 T/Lt. 1943/44?, seniority 04.08.1941 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Cambridge (BA 1940, BSc (SA; Rhodes), PhD (Natal), MA 1951). 28.08.1940 - (04.)1943 Department of Miscellaneous Weapon Development, Admiralty [HMS President] 1943/44?     transferred, SANF(V) 01.05.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) (for RN Depot, Simonstown) 28.07.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Assegai (training establishment, nr Durban, South Africa) 02.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (04.1946)     HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) * Assoc. Prof, in Oceanography, Univ. of C.T.; Retd. 1977; now Visiting Prof. Univ. of Auckland, New Zealand; formerly Chief Research Officer National Instit. for Water Research CSIR. * indexed, but not listed as such
Harris, Walter Raymond	? South Africa -	Lt. 17.12.1932 Lt.Cdr. 17.12.1940 DSC 15.06.1943 withdrawal from Tobruk	at some time during the WWII minesweeping (04.1940) no appointment listed (02.1941) no appointment listed (12.1941) HMS Gos VII (unknown establishment) * in charge of the naval establishment at Tobruk and badly burnt when blowing up the ammunition dumps there; he wandered into the desert and was captured by the Germans; transferred to a hospital at Bremerhaven (Germany), then sent to a prison camp (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMS Afrikander (base, Simonstown, South Africa) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Hughes, Ernest Cecil Eardley	? - 1959 road between Barberton and Sabie	Petty Officer ? T/Lt. (E) 10.01.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) > 07.1945, < 10.1945 (reld 30.09.1945)	Serverd Merchant Navy as a mechanic. 01.11.1939 - 04.05.1940 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown) (undergoing training) 05.05.1940 - 07.11.1940 HMSAS Springbok (patrol duty; South Atlantic, Falkland Islands, Monte Video, Freetown) 08.11.1940 - 02.09.1945 seconded to RN: 08.11.1940 - 13.10.1943 HMS Southern Sea (armed whaler) (Mediterranean Atlantic-Algiers [North African landings], Bizerta, Salerno [Italian landings], Gibraltar, Portsmouth) 14.10.1943 - 30.04.1944 HMS Mudlark (?) (shore base, Portsmouth) (for gunnery course) * 01.05.1944 - 02.09.1945 HMS Birmingham (cruiser) (Russian convoy, then Bay of Bengal, assisted Akyab landings, bombarded Palembang) * 03.09.1945 - 30.09.1945 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown) (for dispersal & release) * indexed & listed as HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services) from 10.1943-(10.1944), at the same time listed as HMS Walker from 18.03.1944-(01.1945)
Hughes, John Edwin Son (with three brothers and two sisters) of George Hughes (1871-1927), and Christina Priscilla Antoinette Godfrey (1873-1965). Married Marjorie Annie Haigh (22.08.1918 - 09.08.1994), daughter (with one sister and two brothers) of Arthur Lord Haigh (1878-1952), and Winifred Annie Aldridge (1888-1973); three daughters..	18.06.1914 Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 29.11.1991 Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	T/S.Lt. 04.08.1941	(02.1943) - (04.1944) no appointment listed (06.1944) - (10.1944) HMSAS Southern Isle (Southern class anti-submarine whaler) (Mediterranean) (01.1945) - (04.1946) HMSAS Gribb (Hektor Class minesweeping whaler) (Mediterranean)
Hume, Arthur Charles	? - ?	T/Paym.S.Lt. 02.01.1944 T/A/Paym.Lt. = T/A/Lt. (S) < 01.1945	... - ... ... 25.04.1944 - (01.1945) Secretary to Naval Officer-in-Charge Taranto on staff of Flag Officer Taranto and Adriatic [HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy)] ... - ... ...
Hurst, Leonard [Wilfred] Married ...; ... children (one son?).	22.07.1914 - ? South Africa	T/S.Lt.  (Sp.Br.) 08.12.1942	(10.1943) - (04.)1944 Cape Fortress Detachment, SANF (06.)1944 - (07.1946) Durban Fortress Detachment, SANF

 

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Keeble, Leslie Arthur James "Peter"	(12?).1904 West Ham, Greater London -	T/Lt. RNR 07.01.1941 T/Lt. 1942/43?, seniority 07.01.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 21.07.1943? (reld > 04.1946) OBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46 [award presented]	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 1942/43? transferred from RNR to SANFV 21.07.1943 - (04.1946) Senior Salvage Officer, Levant [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)] Published: Ordeal by water (1957)
King, Lendon Forbes Married Shelagh Rita Derrington (died 07.05.1994); ... children.	? - 25.07.2001	T/S.Lt. 04.08.1941	(1942/43?)     according to relatives he the was sent to US, where he stayed at HMS Asbury, to pick up a vessel, with which he later saw service in the Mediterranean (04.1943) - (08.)1943 HMSAS Florida * (12.)1943 - (04.)1944 Cape Fortress Detachment, SANF (06.)1944 - (04.1946) HMSAS Florida * * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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Le Roux, Vincent Raubenheimer Son of Piet Le Roux (1885-1954), and Violet Picard-Perkins (1887-1950).	19.09.1923 Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa - 24.11.1948 [Maitland Cemetery]	T/A/S.Lt. 18.02.1944 T/S.Lt. 18.08.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Diocesan College, Rondebosch, Cape Town. After the war, he attended the University of Cape Town Medical School. Died in an accident in his fourth year there, after passing all his examinations with first class honours. (04.1944)     HMS Good Hope (training establishment, Port Elizabeth, South Africa) * (06.1944)     HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) * 15.06.1944 - (10.1945) First Lieutenant, HM ML 840 (motor launch) (04.1946)     HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Little, Arthur William	31.07.1920 - 14.12.1944 (MPK) [age 24] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 91, column 3]	T/A/S.Lt. 09.04.1943 [69321] T/S.Lt. 09.10.1943 DSC 04.04.1944 Aegean operations, actions 16.10.43	Education: St Andrew's College, Grahamstown; Rhodes University College (BA). (08.1943)     no appointment listed 09.10.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Hursley (destroyer) (DSC) (12.1943)     Britih Naval Liaison Officer, Greek escort destroyer "Kriti" ? - (02.)1944 HMS Saker (British Admiralty delegation, Washington, DC, USA) (06.1944)     no appointment listed 07.1944 - 14.12.1944 HMS Aldenham (destroyer) (ship mined in north-east Adriatic) * indexed, but not listed as such
Lochhead, Ian William	18.09.1918 -	Midsh. 28.07.1939 [66970] S.Lt. 04.05.1940 Lt. 04.11.1942	19.09.1939 - 11.12.1939 HMS Afrikander VI (accounting base?, Simostown?, South Africa) 12.12.1939 - 04.04.1941 HMS Comorin (armed merchant cruiser) 05.04.1941 - 31.05.1941 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) 01.06.1941 - 22.10.1941 2nd Motor Launch Flotilla [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)] 23.10.1941 - 30.09.1942 HM ML 1086 (motor launch) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William), then from 04.01.1942 HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden), then HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 01.10.1942 - 30.06.1943 49th Motor Launch Flotilla [HMS Afrikander VI, then from 01.07.1943 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa), then HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India), then HMS HighflyerHMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee)]       Commanding Officer, HM ML 831 (motor launch) 02.1945 - 05.1945 HMS Redoubt (R class destroyer) [tender to HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee)] 05.1945 - 09.1945 HMS Relentless (R class destroyer) [tender to HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee)] 09.1945 - 12.1945 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa)
Louw, Peter	31.10.1922 -	Midsh. RNR 12.09.1939 T/A/S.Lt. RNR 31.10.1942 T/S.Lt. RNR 01.07.1943 T/S.Lt. 01.05.1943?, seniority 01.07.1943 T/Lt. 30.04.1945 (reld 12.09.1946)	12.09.1939 - 01.07.1942 HMS Carnarvon Castle (armed merchant cruiser) 02.07.1942 - 20.09.1943 HMS Boreas (B class destroyer) 02.11.1943 - 18.11.1944 HMS Chesterfield (Town class destroyer) 02.01.1945 - 07.08.1945 HMS Coventry City (anti-submarine warfare trawler) [according to Navy List from 04.1945; before that at HMS Afrikander] Hotel manager, Valhalla, Transvaal. Squadron Leader, Royal Rhodesian Air Force.
Lusted, George Henry Abbott	? -	T/S.Lt. (E) 1943? T/Lt. (E) 01.11.1944	1939? - 1943? HMS Hawkins (cruiser) 04.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) * * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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Mallett, Paul Delville	11.09.1916 - 07.07.2005	T/S.Lt. 30.10.1943	... - ... ... 08.1943 - 29.04.1945 Gunnery Officer, HMS Goodall (frigate) [ship torpedoed by U-boat bound for Russia] 06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Coventry City (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
McBain, Eric John Son (with one brother) of John McBain (?-1919), and Matilda Maud "Tilly" Redmab (?-1951). Married (24.07.1943, Frien Barnet, Hendon district, Middlesex) Shelagh Hazel Frankcombe (27.01.1923 - 29.08.2012); two daughters, two sons.	20.11.1908 Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - (06?).1972 Leamington Spa, Warwick district, Warwickshire	T/S.Lt. 05.06.1942 T/Lt. 05.09.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	12.07.1942 - (07.)1945 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for LCTs (landing craft, tank)) (10.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
McCarter, John Hazlett Loughead Son of R.H. McCarter, of Cape Town. Married (09.12.1945, All Saints' Church, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire) Third Officer Diana Mary Scott Jackson, WRNS (09.12.1922 - 1984), daughter (with one brother) of Lt.Cdr. Thomas Henry S. Jackson (1888-), and Lily Marel Nicholson (1888-), of Ryde, Isle of Wight; ... children (two daughters, one son?).	21.10.1917 - 1967 South Africa	T/S.Lt. 24.01.1941 T/Lt. 23.10.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(04.1941)     HMS Tormentor (Combined Operations base, Hamble, Southampton) * 03.04.1941 - (06.)1942 HMS President III (HQ for personnel allocated for service in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships) 12.06.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (12.1943)     HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship) * 01.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Pt Bannatyne) 15.07.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Wolfe (submarine depot ship, Trincomalee) 04.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Wuchang (submarine depot ship, Trincomalee) (10.1945)     HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown) * (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
McQuoid-Mason, John Theunis "Jan" Married Myra Gwynne Joan McGrath, daughter of Captain Donal Scott McGrath, RN; five sons, one daughter. Residences: Pinetown, Bulawayo, Pietermaritzburg and Umtentweni.	28.10.1915 Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa - 17.03.1979 Port Shepstone, Natal	T/S.Lt. 28.08.1941 T/Lt. 28.08.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 DSC 15.08.1944 special operations at sea 15th MGB Flotilla * [investiture 11.05.45]	27.10.1941 - (12.)1941 HMS Minos II (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) 05.1942 - (10.1944) 15th MGB Flotilla 15.12.1941 - 27.07.1942 First Lieutenant, HM MGB 501 (lost due to explosion off Land's End) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)] 24.09.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Dartmouth II (Coastal Forces base, Dartmouth) (additional; for coastal craft) [e.g. Commanding Officer, HM MA/SB 36 (motor anti-submarine boat) in the second quarter of 1943] 22.07.1943 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 318 (motor gun boat) (01.1945) HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown) * 06.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 2003 (motor gun boat) & Senior Officer, 71st MTB Flotilla (04.1946) HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown) * Chartered Secretary, General Manager of various Building Societies, Town Clerk of Umtentweni, MPC for Natal South Coast. * indexed, but not listed as such
* Lieutenant McQouid-Mason is another particularly outstanding officer of the flotilla, whose experience since his appointment in May 1942 have covered a wide range of duties including, during the course of 19 operations, First Lieutenant and Commanding Officer of individual craft and latterly as Commanding Officer of the Expedition. This officer's qualities as a seaman and a leader early came into prominence, and on one occasion when the ship in which he was serving as First Lieutenant (MGB 501) was destroyed at sea by an internal explosion, DDOD(I) was was onboard at the time was impressed with his cool ability. He accompanied the latter below decks in search of survivors and subsequently tended the injured and made preparations for abandoning ship. After a short detachment in command of a specially constructed fast fishing vessel attached to DDOD(I)'s Bay of Biscay flotilla, Lieut Mason played a leading role in a series of trials to determine the best of several types of small surf-boats constructed by DDOD(I) for carriage onboard  MGBs. Here his natural gift for seamanship was evident. Subsequently he returned to the 15th MGB Flotilla where his judgement, ability and reliability in command of operations have brought him into special prominence.
McWilliams, Herbert Hastings	11.06.1907 Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa - 1995	Ord.Sea. 1940 T/S.Lt. 1942? T/Lt. 19.05.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	1940 - 1941? HMS Shropshire (heavy cruiser) 1941? - 1942? HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 1942? - 1942 Executive Officer, 13th Motor Launch Flotilla [HMS Minos II (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft)] 1942 - 12.11.1942 HMS Hecla (destroyer depot ship) (ship torpedoed & sunk by U-515 off Morocco) 1943? - 1943? HMS Saunders (Combined Training Centre, Kabrit) 10.09.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for press duties in Cairo) Architect. South Africa's only representative in the Olympic Yachting events at Torquay Entry in the Firefly class, 03.08.1948. Published: The diabolical : an account of the adventures of five people who set out in a converted Ford lorry to make a journey from Palestine to England across Asia Minor and the Balkans (1934); A retrospective exhibition of naval drawings and water colours from World War II, 1939-1945 (1973); The loneliness of the long-distance swimmer. In: Sea Breezes (Jan, 1992, p11-9; on the sinking of HMS Hecla)
Milne, Alexander George Married Joan Clarke-Baker; two sons.	17.10.1911 East London, South Africa - 16.03.1973 Kimberley, South Africa	T/S.Lt. RNVR 1941? T/Lt. RNVR 17.10.1941 T/Lt. ?, seniority 17.10.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 17.03.1945? (reld < 04.1946) DSC 10.07.1945 operations Arakan coast 11.44-03.45 [decoration presented]	26.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces base, Fort William) (for motor launches) ? transferred, SANF(V) 05.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM ML 380 (motor launch) & as Senior Officer, 49th ML Flotilla (DSC) (01.1945)     HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) 17.03.1945 - (07.1945) Staff Officer (Operations) on staff of Naval Officer-in-Charge Akyab [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)]
Monson, Robert Frank Son of Hugh Monson (1875-1954), and Margaret Esther Incoll (1877-1921). Married (15.01.1938, Dutch Reformed Church, Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa) Bertha Alwyna Zoutendyk (15.01.1912 - 05.10.2007); one son, two daughters.	25.04.1909 Transvaal, South Africa - 16.07.1965 Vishoek, Simon Town, Cape Province, South Africa	T/S.Lt. 04.12.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	(09.)1944 - (10.1945) HMSAS Blaauwberg

 

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O'Brien, Thomas Francis Son of Charles Francis O'Brien. Married 1st (1936) Mamie (died young). Married 2nd Clara. Residence (1949): Claremont, Cape Town.	1903 Cape Town -	T/Lt. 10.03.1941 T/Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	Educated in Liverpool (12.1941) - (12.1943) Durban Fortress Detachment SANF (1944?)     HMSAS Gamtoos (salvage ship) [possibly] (10.1944)     no appointment listed (12.1944)     in Egypt (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed 1947 spent about 3 months in New York for the commissioning & passage of South African ships
Owen, Derwent Holford "Taffy" Son of Maurice Handel Owen (1876-1948) and Margaret Ellen Mills (1878-1926). Married 1st (08.08.1936, St George Anglican Church, Parktown, Johannesburg) Molly Harris; one son, one daughter. Married 2nd (1947?) Edna Marguerite Robertson Grant (02.03.1910 - 08.07.1988); two daughters.	07.11.1903 Wynberg, Cape Province, South Africa - 15.12.1970 Somerset West, Cape Province, South Africa	T/S.Lt. RNVR 13.11.1941 T/Lt. RNVR 13.02.1942 T/Lt. (12.1942?), seniority 13.02.1942 T/Lt.Cdr. SANR 28.10.1946	Solicitor, Johannesburg, 1930. 16.12.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Chitral (armed merchant cruiser) (10.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed 22.02.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) 07.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Assegai (training establishment, nr Durban, South Africa) 11.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Emerald (E class cruiser) (10.1944) - (04.1946) HMS Emerald (E class cruiser) * * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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Pare, Peter Irvine Son (with three sisters and one brother) of Maurice Pare (1883-1946), and Agnes Ninita Smith (1888-1971). Married 1st Stella Brooke-Smith; three daughters. Married 2nd Patricia ... (?-2014).	11.01.1916 Mahé, Seychelles - 05.12.12013 near Cape Town, South Africa	T/A/S.Lt. 19.11.1943 T/S.Lt. 19.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	As a young boy, he grew up on Nederburg in Paarl. When his father sold the farm in 1923 the family moved to Kalk Bay. Peter loved farm life, the sea and the mountains. He spent most of his youth exploring the sea and the Kalk Bay Mountains. He also loved sailing and joined the Royal Cape Yacht Club in 1936, where he remained a member for the rest of his life. He matriculated from Bishops in 1933. At the outbreak of WWII he joined the 6th Mounted Regiment but his love of the sea and desire for adventure led him to change course and he joined the Royal Navy. ? - 05.04.1942 HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (ship sunk by Japanese aircraft near Ceylon) 12.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (for Levant Schooner Flotilla) 22.04.1944 - (01.)1945 First Lieutenant, HM HDML 1373 (harbour defence motor launch) 20.03.1945 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HM ML 836 (motor launch) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Peter had travelled to so many different places during the war that a career in travel was inevitable. After working for Thomas Cook in Cape Town his desire for adventure changed the course of his life again when he left to manage a large travel agency in Zambia. He lived there for about thirteen years. At the end of 1969 he returned to South Africa and started Pare’s Travel in Newlands, the first travel agency in the Southern Suburbs. A second branch later opened in Somerset West. He loved his work as he enjoyed exploring new places and meeting the people who lived there. Peter had a great wealth of knowledge about many parts of the world. A holiday recommended by him would always be a success. When Peter retired he returned to country life, first in rural Ireland and then on a farm near Stellenbosch. He was a very active person and strongly believed in keeping fit both physically and mentally. He loved his garden, grew his own vegetables and spent many hours in his workshop making toys for his grandchildren and pieces of furniture for his cottage. Peter’s second wife Patricia passed away two months after his death. He is survived by his daughters Penny, Daphne, Alison and his five grandchildren.
Partridge, Edwin Francis "Ted" Son (with two brothers) of Francis Edwin Partridge (1865-1922), and Ethel Mary Bailey (1880-1960). Married ((06?).1927, Southampton, Hampshire) Doris Adeline Russell (14.02.1903 - 16.11.1959); three daughters.	06.12.1902 Torquay, Newton Abbot district, Devon - 16.11.1959 Cape Town, South Africa	T/Lt. (E) RNR 19.08.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) RNR > 10.1941, < 12.1941 T/Lt. (E) 10.1942?, seniority 19.08.1940 T/A/Cdr. (E) 01.02.1943? T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) 04.05.1944? T/A/Cdr. (E) 25.05.1945? (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Country Secondary School, Newport, Isle of Wight (1915-1918); Cowes Technical Schools (1918-1921); University College, Southampton (1921-1924; Mechanical Engineers' course; O.N. Certificate). Apprenticeships with J. Samuel White amd Co., Ltd., Cowes (1918-1921) & J.I. Thronycroft and Co., Ltd., Woolston, Southampton (1921-1923). Marine Engineer Officer, Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service (1924-1927; in fleet oilers on Mediterranean and East Indies Stations). Marine Engineer, Inion Castle S.S. Co., Southampton (1927-...). The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Graduate 20.11.1931; Associate Member 18.03.1932; Member 17.12.1954). 05.12.1940 - (10.)1942 HMS Newmarket (Town class destroyer) (12.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed 01.02.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS Albatross (repair ship) 06.12.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Hawkins (Hawkins class cruiser) 04.05.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Kongoni (RN base, Durban, South Africa) (04.1945)     HMS Kongoni (RN base, Durban, South Africa) * 25.05.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Trouncer (Archer class escort carrier) (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Patrick, Roy Edwin Married ...; ... children (one son?). Moved to Cape Town when he was about 5 (Mouille Point), moved back to Johannesburg as an adult, then back to Cape Town to join up when the war broke out.	28.03.1911 Johannesburg - 14.10.1989 Florida, Johannesburg	T/S.Lt. 08.05.1941 T/Lt. 01.01.1945 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)	(12.1941) - (02.1943) HMSAS Florida (minesweeping whaler) (04.1943) - (10.1944) HMSAS Seksern (minesweeping whaler) (Mediterranean) (01.1945) - (10.1945) HMSAS Gribb (minesweeping whaler) (Mediterranean)
Peck, Francis Henry "Frank" Residences: Middlesborough, Yorkshire; Busetta, Tripoli, Libya	27.07.1911 Ormesby, Middlesbrough - 25.09.1963 Busetta, Tripoli, Libya	T/Lt. (E) 18.06.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) > 07.1945, < 04.1946 MBE 08.06.1943 inshore squadron 8th Army advance	(1943) - (06.1944) HMSAS Gamtoos (salvage ship) * 21.08.1945 - (04.1946) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for miscellaneous duties at Malta) * (07.1945) still indexed, but no longer listed as such Marine engineer.
Penny, Denzel John Son of Lt. Magnus H. Penny, SANF(V).	? -	T/S.Lt. 10.11.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	(07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Penny, Magnus Herbert Father of S.Lt. Denzel J. Penny, SANF(V).	? -	Lt. 08.12.1922	1939 - 1946 no appointment listed
Preston-Whyte, Phillip Charles Son of Robert Preston Preston-Whyte (1882-1971), and Inez Jane Preston-Whyte (1885-1967). Married (25.01.1936, George, Western Cape, South Africa) Margaret Morrison Harrower (13.04.1909 -05.05.1995); one son.	02.07.1910 Meeth, South Molton, Devonshire - 22.05.1985 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa	T/Eng.S.Lt. 30.08.1944	(09.)1944 - (10.1945) HMSAS Blaauwberg
Purkiss, Victor Sydney Son of Arthur and Florence Clara Purkiss.	23.02.1900 Brentford district, Middlesex - ?	T/S.Lt. RNVR 24.07.1942 T/S.Lt. 12.1942, seniority 24.07.1942 T/Lt. 24.10.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 21.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	12.1942     transferred from RNVR to SANF(V) (10.1942) - (06.1943) HMS Brontosaurus (Combined Operations base, Castle Toward, Dunoon, Argyll) * 06.1943 - 05.1944 HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt) 21.05.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for Party "Royal") (10.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) * * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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Rhodes, Cecil Vernon	c. 1920 - 1990 ?? West Sussex	T/S.Lt. 13.04.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	Trained on the General Botha, 1938/39. (1944/45?) HMS Rushen Castle (corvette) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Richards, Spencer Joseph Newton	? - 1987 Pretoria	T/Lt. 01.10.1943 DSC 24.07.1945 sinking U-714 North Sea (off East coast of Scotland) 14.03.45	seconded to the RN earlier in the War, and served on the North Sea escorts to Russia ? - (12.1943) HMSAS Rondevlei (06.1944) - (10.1944) HMSAS Odberg (01.1945) -  (04.1946)  HMS Bonaventure (submarine depot ship, Loch Striven) * (03.1945) Asdic Officer, HMSAS Natal * indexed, but not listed as such
Ricketts, Claude Stanley	(09?.)1894 Stoke Damerel, Devon -	Paym.Lt.Cdr. = T/Lt.Cdr. (S) 06.10.1939 OBE 01.01.1934 New Year 34 (as Asst Secr to the Agent of the Gov. of India in S Afr) MBE ? ?	Assistant Secretary to the Agent to the Government of India in South Africa (1930s). (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Bonaventure (HQ SAN Forces & Reserves, Captetown, South Africa) * * indexed, bur not listed as such
Robertson, John Whyte	? -	T/Lt. 24.10.1942	19.10.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Bann (frigate)
Robinson, Bernard Harry Daly Son of Dr F.H. Robinson, of Johannesberg, South Africa. Married ((06?).1945, St Marylebone district, London) Sybil E. Weekes; two sons, one daughter.	17.02.1915 South Africa - 16.11.1986 Canterbury district, Kent	Prob. T/Sg.Lt. RNVR 01.10.1943 T/Sg.Lt. RNVR 24.03.1944, seniority 01.10.1943 T/Sg.Lt. 01.05.1945, seniority 01.10.1943	Education: Sherborne School (1928.3-1934); St Catharine's College, Cambridge University (Cambridge & London Hospitals); MRCS Lond, LRCP Lond 16.10.1942. 24.11.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS President III (accounting base for personnel serving at Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS)) (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Shrike (RN Air Station, Maydown, Northern Ireland) * 31.03.1945 - (04.)1945 HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire) 01.05.1945     transferred, SANF(V) (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMSAS Transvaal General practitioner, Canterbury, 1948-1980. * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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Shenfield, Thomas Fletcher Son of John Potter Shenfield, and Jessie Taylor. Married (15.09.1945, Durban, Natal, South Africa) Hendrika Mentzina Myburgh (28.06.1922 - 22.03.1974); two sons.	23.04.1918 Johannesburg, South Africa - 08.02.1988 Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	T/S.Lt. 27.11.1942 T/Lt. 01.10.1944	? - (06.)1944 HMSAS Pretoria (09.)1944 - (10.1945) HMSAS Blaauwberg
Smith, Harold Ernest Married ...; ... children (one son?).	01.06.1915 - 11.1993	T/S.Lt. RNVR 27.02.1941 T/A/Lt. RNVR 27.02.1942 T/Lt. 1942?, seniority 27.02.1942 Lt. RNVR 1956?, seniority 24.01.1950 Lt.Cdr. RNR 24.01.1958 Cdr. RNR 30.06.1961 Capt. RNR 30.06.1965 (retd 01.06.1970) VRD ? -	Education: BA, LLB. (04.1941)     no appointment listed 16.05.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Pegasus (catapult trials and maintenance ship) (10.1942)     HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) * 22.10.1942 - (12.)1942 HMS Antrim (RN trawler base, Belfast) 22.12.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Gavotte (Cance class trawler) (04.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Man o'War (auxiliary anti-submarine trawler) * 24.01.1944 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Longa (Isles class trawler) (04.1945)     HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) * (07.1945) - (10.1946) HMSAS Turffontein * Chairman, Belfast Education and Library Board (1978). Chairman of Enterprise Ulster, 1983-1986. * indexed, bur not listed as such
Stirrat,  Robert Craig Son (with one sibling and three half-siblings) of Alexander Stirrat (1841-), and Rosina Marion McFarlane (1873-). Married Jessie Enid Alice Baldwin (01.06.1909 - 30.08.1993); one son.	25.06.1908 Glasgow Anderston, Lanarkshire, Scotland - 09.07.1993 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa	T/A/Paym.S.Lt. 08.01.1943 T/Paym.S.Lt. = T/S.Lt. (S) 08.07.1943 T/Lt. (S) 08.07.1945	08.01.1943 - (04.)1943 HMS Good Hope (training establishment, Port Elizabeth, South Africa) 04.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (for duty in admiral's office of Rear-Admiral Alexandria) (06.1944)     no appointment listed 01.09.1944 - (07.1945) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy)] (10.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) * * indexed, bur not listed as such

 

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Thompson, Harry Kitan	? -	T/S.Lt. RNVR 13.03.1941 T/Lt. 13.03.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	(04.1941) - (06.1941) no appointment listed 01.07.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Broke (destroyer) 14.03.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Hursley (destroyer) (12.)1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) * (12.1943)     British Naval Liaison Officer, Greek escort destroyer "Pindos" 03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Orion (cruiser) * indexed, bur not listed as such
Tiley, Gerald Lewis	? -	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 11.02.1942 1943?, seniority 29.12.1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 11.08.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: University of Witwatersrand. 24.07.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Tynwald (anti-aircraft ship) (12.1942)     no appointment listed 29.12.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Archer (escort carrier) 14.09.1943 - 09.1943 HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield, Hampshire) 30.09.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Berwick (cruiser) (for radar duties) (10.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) * * indexed, bur not listed as such
Trew, Antony Francis "Tony" Son of Col. Harry Trew, formerly Deputy Commissioner South African Police. Married (10.07.1930) Nora Houthakker; three sons.	05.06.1906 Pretoria, South Africa - 12.01.1996 Chertsey, UK	T/Lt.Cdr. 03.12.1940 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946) DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 [investiture 31.03.47]	Education: Diocesan College, Rondebosch. Went to sea at the age of 16 and served as a deck officer with the Union Castle Line and in the Royal Naval Reserve. Joined Automobile Association of South Africa (A.A.) Staff, 1932. 12.1940 - 12?.1941 Lt.Cdr. in 22nd Anti-Submarine Group (Mediterranean) (04.1943) - (02.1944) Deputy Director Technical, Headquarters Staff, South African Naval Forces [HMSAS Bonaventure] (overseeing the repair of naval vessels in Cape Town) (04.1944) - (06.1944) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) *       Senior Officers' Staff Course at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich 1944 - 1944 HMS Versatile (destroyer) 29.09.1944 - 05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Walker (destroyer) (DSC) 05.1945 - 30.06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Cygnet (sloop) Director-General of the Automobile Assocation (AA) of South Africa. Writer. Published: Two Hours to Darkness (1963), Smoke Island (1964), The Sea Break (1966), The White Schooner (1969), Towards the Tamarind Trees (1970), The Moonraker Mutiny (1972), Kleber's Convoy (1974), The Zhukov Briefing (1975), Ultimatum (1976), The Soukour Deadline (1977), Death of a Supertanker (1978), The Antonov Project (1979), Sea Fever (1980), Running Wild (1982), Bannister's Chart (1984), Yashimoto's Last Dive (1986), The Chalk Circle (1989), The Road to the River and Other Stories (1992). * indexed, bur not listed as such
Turpin, Eric William	? -	SANF(V), seconded to RN: T/Lt. (21.06.1942); retd (1945); T/Lt.Cdr. (1950s?) Watch Keeping Certificate	Trained on the General Botha, 1927/28.       Klava, Simonstown, S. Africa (12.1940)     HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (08.1942)     no posting listed       Italian hospital ships 04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Phoebe (cruiser) [ (04.1946)     HMS Afrikander (base, Simonstown, S. Africa) ?] 1950s     ran a Naval Cadet Base, Springs, Transvaal

 

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Van Eyssen, Hugh Ferdinand	? -	T/S.Lt. 13.06.1940 T/Lt. 20.04.1942 (reld > 04.1946) MBE 01.01.1944 New Year 44	(07.1941)     HMS Arum (trawler) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed

 

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Wileman, Walter Leslie	(12?).1886 West Ham, Greater London -	Chief Petty Officer (1918) [ON 3] T/Lt.Cdr. 30.10.1933 (reld > 04.1946) DSM 17.05.1918 ? VRD ? ?	(04.1940) no appointment listed (02.1941) no appointment listed 28.04.1941 - (04.1946) RN Depot, Simonstown [HMS Afrikander (base, Simonstown, S. Africa)]
Wilson, Alfred Woodrow Married (14.10.1946, Cape Town, South Africa) Julie Elizabeth Vera Harland ((06?).1923 - ), daughter of Arthur S.C. Harland, and Edith E. Baylis, of Scarborough, UK; two sons, one daughter.	15.07.1918 Durban, Natal, South Africa - 17.04.1995	T/A/S.Lt. 09.07.1943 [67074 (V)] T/S.Lt. 09.01.1944 (reld 18.01.1946)	24.09.1939     enlisted, SANF(V) ? - 06.04.1941 HMS Cormorin (armed merchant cruiser) (survived sinking) 12.08.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed ? - 18.01.1946 SA Naval Base, Durban (released by SANF Dispersal Team, Durban)
Wilson, Gordon Patrick Francis	? -	T/Lt. 07.08.1940 (reld > 04.1946)	(12.1941) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Wilson, Henry Rex Beamish	see:	RM officers' section

 

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