Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Active1921–1973
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
TypeNavy
Part of Royal Australian Navy

Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RANVR) was a reserve force of the Royal Australian Navy.

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Formation

Recruiting advertisement of the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RANVR) 1941 AU Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve recruiting advertisement 1941.jpg
Recruiting advertisement of the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RANVR) 1941

In late 1920, the Navy Board proposed the creation of an Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve scheme, with approaches made to yachting and rowing clubs, starting in New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania. [1] [2] [3] [4] Men who were undergoing or liable to compulsory training under the Defence Act (Cwlth) were ineligible for enrolment. [5] For the volunteers, a period of five years of service was proposed with parading twice a month, training occur outside of business hours, entry as an able seaman rating, and officer appointments not based on social or other positions. [6] [7] Requirements later included fourteen days training every alternate year, and 'seven days out of this period should be spent afloat'. [8]

By 1925, following mufti attire on parades, the uniform was determined to be the same as the regular forces, with 'RANVR' replacing 'RANR' on the cap band, and the uniform to be supplied by the government instead of the individual as had been the case in the past. [9] Members, unless former ratings of the Royal Navy or Royal Australian Navy, had to be more than 21 years-of-age. [4]

World War II actions

HMS Lady Shirley (ASW trawler) HMS Lady Shirley.jpg
HMS Lady Shirley (ASW trawler)

During World War II, most Australian coastwatchers were commissioned as officers in the RANVR. Some RANVR officers also served in the Royal Navy, and with the Royal Canadian Navy. [10] [11] One officer also served as the Royal Navy liaison officer to the Soviet Navy. [12]

HMS Lady Shirley was a fishing trawler requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1940 and converted for anti-submarine warfare. [13] It went into service in January 1941 and served with the 31st Anti-Submarine Group based at Gibraltar under the command of Lieutenant Commander Arthur Henry Callaway DSO RANVR, sinking the German submarine U-111. [14] [15]

HMS Alisma, 1942 HMS ALISMA, BRITISH FLOWER CLASS CORVETTE. 22 APRIL 1942, LIVERPOOL. A8492.jpg
HMS Alisma, 1942

HMS Alisma was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She was commanded by Acting Lieutenant Commander Maurice George Rose, RANVR from 2 May 1941 to 1 May 1943, succeeded by Lieutenant George Lanning, RANVR until 11 June 1945. She was part of Escort Group B7, one of seven such British naval groups which served with the Mid-Ocean Escort Force (MOEF). It provided convoy protection in the most dangerous midsection of the North Atlantic route. [16]

In June 1945, the starting contingent of 12 RAAF pilots were transferred to the RANVR, to undergo training and service with the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy. [17]

It was confirmed members could receive promotion in exceptional circumstances if they had the special qualifications. [18] Members demobilising at the end of the war were entitled to a discharge certificate. [19]

1946–1973

In August 1948, with just 948 members on Royal Australian Navy's reserve list, the RANVR was reestablished, seeking 30000 former reservists with wartime service rejoin for a four-year term. [20] [21] By December, 1300 former navy members had applied. [22] Youth and men with no naval experience would be sought later. The Women's Royal Australian Naval Reserve was also created. RANVR personnel were different to the Royal Australian Naval Reserve. The former could be called up for hostilities, whereas the latter group could be mobilised at any time. [23] The minimum recruiting age was seventeen years. [24]

With the onset of the Korean War in 1950, those persons unable to join the Royal Australian Naval Reserve due to an inability to perform training or distance were able to be accepted into the RANVR. [25] A submission was also made at this time to have all service payments to members tax-free. [26] Reservists continued to be used in various capacities such as additional staffing for the 1962 Exercise Seascape, part of a South-East Asia Treaty Organisation operation. [27]

The current Royal Australian Naval Reserve was formed in June 1973, from a merger of the RANVR and the RANR (Seagoing), formed in 1921 and 1913 respectively. [28]

Individual honours

Various members of the RANVR received acknowledgement for their service. By May 1944, fifty-six RANVR personnel had received 71 decorations or awards; [29] and by August 1944, RANVR personnel had been included two George Crosses, two DSOs, two OBEs, two MBEs, sixteen DSCs, one Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, two DSMs, and ten George Medals. [30] [31] Due to wartime security, the reasons for the awards were not always released at the time of awarding.

A person's presence in the below list does not suggest their award was more notable than any other award; ranks and existing citations are as of the time of the awarding; and the list is incomplete. Person may be listed for more than one entry. List ranked by 'order of wear'.

NameRankAgeAwardAction/citationYear
awarded
Leonard Verdi Goldsworthy GM Lieutenant35 GC For naval mine clearance. Only one of eight individuals who were awarded both the George Cross and the George Medal. (Also holds DSC.) [32] (Resident of East Perth, WA.)
George Gosse Lieutenant33 GC For naval mine clearance, clearing the port of Bremen, rendering safe a new type of enemy mine. [33] (Resident of North Adelaide, SA.)
John Stuart Mould GM Lieutenant32 GC For naval mine clearance, stripping live enemy mines. (Also holds GM.) [34]
Hugh Randall Syme GM Lieutenant40 GC For naval mine clearance. One of two persons to be awarded a GC, GM and bar. (Also holds GM and bar.) [35] (Resident of Melbourne, Victoria.)
Sidney Arthur Anderson Temporary Lieutenant OBE For special services, related to bomb disposal work, for an act 'of surpassing coolness and courage', dismantling a land mine in Britain. [36] [37] (Resident of London.)
Geoffrey John Cliff MBE Lieutenant OBE Replacing an MBE awarded in October 1943. [38] (Resident of Collaroy, NSW.)
John Charles Rookwood Proud Commander OBE For meritorious service in organising, directing, and planning propaganda work for the Far Eastern Liaison Office from 1942 to the end of the war against Japan. Later made a CBE in the 1958 New Year Honours unrelated to the RANVR. [39] (Resident of Victoria.)
Geoffrey John Cliff GM Lieutenant MBE For bravery and steadfast devotion to duty. [40] (Resident of Collaroy, NSW.)
Charles George Croft Lieutenant MBE For bravery and steadfast devotion to duty. Rendered mines safe from Darwin. Died 18 May 1953. [40] (Resident of Hobart, Tasmania.)
Ronald Alexander Denovan Lieutenant Commander39 MBE For almost twenty years RANVR service, with meritorious service in the Coral Sea and New Guinea waters. Previously mentioned in dispatches. [41] [42] (Resident of Sydney, NSW.)
Francis Bernard Kingston Drake Lieutenant (Sp) MBE For initiative and devotion to duty under hazardous and arduous conditions. [43] (Resident of Somerset, England.)
George Hermon Gill Lieutenant Commander MBE Appointed in the King's Birthday Honours 1943. Gill also wrote the two volumes on the Royal Australian Navy in the official history series Australia in the War of 1939–1945. [44] (Resident of Melbourne, Victoria.)
Edward Leslie Nichols VRD Lieutenant Commander MBE (Melbourne 19 September 1922 – Adelaide 14 January 2017). [45] (Resident of North Adelaide, SA.)
John Lorimer Nicoll Temporary Lieutenant MBE For bravery in saving life after HMS Bredon was sunk. [46] (Resident of WA.)
Lachlan De Salis Nicolson Lieutenant (Sp) MBE For initiative and devotion to duty under hazardous and arduous conditions. (1915–1980) [43] [47] (Resident of Bowen, Queensland.)
Ernest Edward Ruttle Lieutenant MBE For distinguished service during the European war. Later involved in mine clearance. [48] [49] (Resident of Perth, WA.)
Cecil Lesley Morris Shepperd DSM Engineer Lieutenant (ME)58 MBE Shepperd had previously earned a DSM in 1943 as a chief engine room artificer (but at that time was not with the RANVR). [50] [51] (Resident of Sydney, NSW.)
Charles Victor Wood Lieutenant Commander MBE Outstanding zeal and devotion throughout long service. [52] [53] (Resident of NSW.)
Maxwell Henry Shean DSO Lieutenant DSO 1st bar (Also holds a Bronze Star.) [54]
Arthur Henry 'Bill' Callaway Lieutenant Commander35 DSO For conspicuous gallantry and bravery in a daring and brilliant action with HMS Lady Shirley against a German U-boat twice her size and more heavily armed. Callaway was believed to be killed in action in December 1941 against another U-boat. [55] [56]
Ernest Thomas Lees Sub-Lieutenant DSO For daring, resource and devotion to duty while serving in HMT Arab at Namsos, Norway. [57]
Maxwell Henry Shean Lieutenant26 DSO After crewing a midget submarine HMS X24 and sinking two ships and a floating dock in Bergen, Norway in April 1944. [58] [59]
Stanley Darling DSC Lieutenant Commander38 DSC 2nd bar For courage, outstanding efficiency and devotion to duty whilst serving in HMS Loch Killin (K391), in a successful engagement with an enemy submarine U-1063 off Start Point, Devon, on 16 April 1945. He received an OBE in June 1960, and retired from the RAN Reserve in 1961. Born on 17 August 1907, Darling died on 18 November 2002 in Sydney. [60] [61] (Resident of Tasmania.)
Kenneth Robert Hudspeth DSC Lieutenant27 DSC 2nd bar Second bar to the DSC, penetrating D-Day Normandy minefields in pitch darkness, in a midget submarine. He was the first Australian volunteer reservist to win two decorations for submarine service, which arose from Atlantic convoying. [62] [63] [31] (Resident of Hobart, Tasmania.)
Stanley Darling DSC Lieutenant Commander37 DSC 1st bar For courage, resolution and skill with U-boat operations, sinking U-736. [64] (Resident of Tasmania.)
Kenneth Robert Hudspeth DSC Lieutenant26 DSC 1st bar Involved with XE-class submarines. [65] (Resident of Hobart, Tasmania.)
Ronald John Major DSC Lieutenant Commander DSC 1st bar For gallantry, skill and devotion to duty while serving in His Majesty's Australian ships in successful assault operations in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon Island. [66] (Resident of Cottesloe, WA.)
Frederick Meares Osborne DSC Sub-Lieutenant36 DSC 1st bar For sinking of a German U-boat on 10 April 1945. [67] [68]
Harry Frederick Wadds DSC Provisional lieutenant DSC 1st bar For bravery and skill in the Mediterranean, damaging an Italian cruiser in the Straits of Messina. [69] [70] (Resident of Sydney, NSW.)
Frank Sydney Burnet Appleton Temporary Acting Lieutenant Commander DSC For work during Allied invasion of Europe, commanding a division of tank landing craft at Normandy. [71] [72] (Resident of Sydney, NSW.)
Alan Vincent Atkins Temporary Sub-Lieutenant23 DSC For submarine hunting when on North Atlantic convey operations. [73]
Charles Throgmorton Ball Temporary Lieutenant DSC For gallantry in the face of the enemy, and for setting an exampleof wholehearted devotion to duty which upheld the high traditions of the Royal Navy. [74] [75] (Resident of Sarina, Queensland.)
Harold Leon 'Bill' Billman Lieutenant (Sp) DSC 'Lieutenant Billman landed on Panaon Island on 20th October, 1944 with the assault forces. He displayed bravery, devotion to duty and exceptional skill over a period of four months in dealing with Japanese mines and unexploded bombs in the clearance operations in the Philippines.' Received a Commander 7th Fleet Commendation in June 1945. [76] [77] (Resident of Shepparton, Victoria.)
Ian Penn Boucaut Lieutenant DSC For his part in the sinking of a U-boat in October 1940 by HMS Lady Shirley. [78] [79] [56] (Resident of Leederville, WA.)
Kenneth Melville Brennan Lieutenant DSC For gallantry and distinguished service during the assault on and capture of Termoli, Italy, in the face of heavy opposition from the enemy. [80] [81]
Kenneth William Tweeddale Bridge Sub-Lieutenant DSC For bravery and enterprise in reconnaissance operations. [82] [83] (Resident of Bellerine, Victoria.)
Peter Salmon Colclough Sub-lieutenant21 DSC For saving a Malta convey when on HMAS Nestor (G02). [84] [85]
Thomas Scott Cree Sub-Lieutenant26 DSC For conduct in naval anti-submarine operations in the Mediterranean Sea. [86] [87]
Stanley Darling Lieutenant Commander37 DSC For his part in anti-U-boat operations in HMS Loch Killin (K391) resulting in the destruction of a U-boat U-333. [88] [89] (Resident of Tasmania.)
George Manley Dixon Acting Lieutenant Commander DSC Commanding a tank landing ship. [90] [31]
Richard Edelsten-Pope Temporary Lieutenant DSC For distinguished service and gallantry during the invasion of the South of France. [91]
Arthur Reginald Evans Lieutenant DSC For bravery and enterprise in reconnaissance operations. [82] [83] (Resident of Medindie, SA.)
Phillip G. Evatt Temporary Lieutenant DSC For exceptional skill, audacity and judgment whilst serving in one of H.M. Submarines. [52] [72] (Resident of Sydney, NSW.)
John Ferguson Lieutenant DSC Distinguished service in light coastal craft particularly in safeguarding the passage of troops during the invasion assaults of Normandy. [92] [93] [94] (Resident of Wynnum, Queensland.)
William L. Fesq Temporary Lieutenant DSC For gallant and distinguished service in light coastal craft in a successful engagement of the enemy. This involved superior forces of enemy trawlers and E-boats around the United Kingdom. [95] [96] [29] (Resident of Strathfield, NSW.)
Francis George Fielder Lieutenant DSC On board HMAS Arunta (I30). [97]
Leonard Verdi Goldsworthy GC GM Lieutenant35 DSC Naval mine clearance. (Also holds GC and GM.) [98]
Robert William Sarson Goodman Temporary Lieutenant DSC For courage, skill and devotion to duty whilst serving in H.M.S.A.S. Natal, H.M.C.S. St. Thomas, H.M. Ships Torrington, Wivern and Retalick and Light Coastal Forces, in the destruction of enemy submarines and midget submarines. [99]
Edwin Joseph Gregg Lieutenant DSC For service in Greece and the Dalmatian Islands. [89] (Resident of Tasmania.)
James Benison Griffin Sub-Lieutenant DSC HMAS Stuart (D00). He was awarded a CBE on 1 January 1970 for services to the community in New South Wales (and earlier awarded a VRD). [86] [100]
Ian Antrobus Harris Temporary Lieutenant DSC Dived from his small craft into oil-smeared waters to rescue survivors from a sunk destroyer. [101] [31] (Resident of SA.)
Dick Crofton Horton Lieutenant29 DSC For great daring and enterprise. Presented by His Majesty, The King, at Buckingham Palace. (Also holds the Silver Star.) [102] [103] [104] (Resident of England.)
Kenneth Robert Hudspeth Lieutenant DSC For outstanding courage and devotion. Involved with XE-class submarines. [105] (Resident of Hobart, Tasmania.)
Henry Arthur Josselyn Acting Lieutenant31 DSC For great daring and enterprise. Coastwatcher. Presented by His Majesty, The King, at Buckingham Palace. (Also holds the Silver Star.) [102] [103] (Resident of England.)
John Robert Keenan Acting Lieutenant29 DSC For great daring and enterprise. [102] [103] (Resident of Victoria.)
William Euan Ironside Littlejohn Lieutenant23 DSC For bravery and skill in successful patrol in one of His Majesty's submarines. He was given to be the first Australian to command a submarine. Having served on HMS Thrasher (N37), he then temporarily commanded HMS Vox (P73). [106] Lt Geoffrey J. Gellie was the first RANVR member given permanent command of a submarine in April 1944. [107] Littlejohn's DSC was the 47th DSC to RAN personnel. [108] [109] [110]
Ronald John Major Lieutenant23 DSC For his part in the dramatic attempt to seize Oran against Vichy France in November 1942. Awarded prior to March 1945. [111] [112] (Resident of Cottesloe, WA.)
William Miles Marley Temporary Lieutenant DSC Serving with the light coastal forces in Britain. [74] (Resident of Queensland.)
Hugh David McDonald Temporary Lieutenant32 DSC For bravery, skill, and devotion to duty in HMS Eskimo (F75) during anti-U-boat operations. [113] [114]
Ronald McKauge Acting Temporary Lieutenant Commander35 DSC For gallantry in the landing at El Agala. [115] McKauge was later made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for service to veterans. [116] [74]
Frederick Meares Osborne Sub-Lieutenant31 DSC For "bravery and devotion to duty" while assisting the evacuation of forces from Norway on the armed trawler St Loman, as a member of the 15th Anti-Submarine Striking Force. [57]
George Archibald Ramsay Temporary Lieutenant DSC For gallantry, skill, determination and undaunted devotion to duty during the landing of Allied Forces on the coast of Normandy. [117]
Bruce Aubrey Reeves Acting Lieutenant DSC For courage, determination and great devotion to duty in valuable and hazardous survey operations in the Far East. [99]
Thomas John Scott Lieutenant DSC Served abroad in light coastal craft of the Royal Navy, receiving the DSC for the courage, resolution and skill he displayed in a number of successful engagements with enemy forces. [31] [94] (Resident of Burwood, Victoria.)
Andrew Kirkwall Smith Lieutenant DSC For bravery and enterprise in reconnaissance operations. [82] [83] (Resident of Carlton, Victoria.)
Alexander Nicol Anton Waddell Acting Lieutenant30 DSC For great daring and enterprise. [102] [103] (Resident of Scotland.)
Harry Frederick Wadds Provisional lieutenant DSC For bravery during a daring attack on Tripoli harbour while serving in the light coastal craft, sinking a submarine. [118] (Resident of Sydney, NSW.)
Malcolm Hugh Wright Lieutenant31 DSC For great daring and enterprise. [102] [103] (Resident of Bendigo, Victoria.)
Ian Rhodes Ordinary seaman CGM After HMS Kashmir (F12) was attacked and cut in half, he shot down an enemy plane that was machine-gunning survivors in the water. [119]
Geoffrey John Cliff GM Lieutenant GM 1st bar Naval mine clearance. [38] (Resident of Collaroy, NSW.)
Howard Dudley Reid GM Lieutenant GM 1st bar Naval mine clearance. [120] (Resident of Sydney, NSW.)
Hugh Randall Syme GM Lieutenant39 GM 1st bar Naval mine clearance. (Also holds GC.) [120] (Resident of Melbourne, Victoria.)
Geoffrey John Cliff Lieutenant GM Naval mine clearance. [120] (Resident of Collaroy, NSW.)
Leonard Verdi Goldsworthy Lieutenant35 GM Naval mine clearance. (Also holds GC and DSC. Only one of eight individuals who were awarded both the GC and GM.) [121]
James Henry 'Jim' Kessack Lieutenant GM Naval mine clearance. Posthumous award (d. April 1941). [122] (Resident of Sydney, NSW.)
John Stuart Mould Lieutenant32 GM Naval mine clearance, including multiple unexploded mines, deep in mud. (Also holds GC.) [36] [123] (Resident of NSW.)
Howard Dudley Reid Lieutenant GM Naval mine clearance. [122] (Resident of Sydney, NSW.)
Hugh Randall Syme Lieutenant38 GM Naval mine clearance. Volunteer member of a naval 'suicide squad' 'delousing' unexploded bombs and mines within London. (Also holds GC.) [35] (Resident of Melbourne, Victoria.)
Keith Swan Upton Lieutenant GM Naval mine clearance. [120] (Resident of Essendon, Victoria.)
Patrick Joseph Brady Ordinary seaman DSM For his work during the raid on Saint Nazaire. [124]
Hugh Somerville Cassidy Ordinary seaman DSM [125] [126] (Resident of Brisbane, Queensland.)
Julius Bell MacNicol Able seaman37 DSM For great daring and enterprise. [102] [127] (Resident of Rabaul, New Guinea.)
Albert Malkin Anderson Sub-Lieutenant MiD For bravery and enterprise in reconnaissance operations. [82] [83] (Resident of Sydney, NSW.)
Alan Charles Baume VD Acting Lieutenant Commander MiD HMAS Platypus (1917). [128] [129]
Harold Leon 'Bill' Billman Lieutenant (Sp) MiD For courage, skill and undaunted devotion to duty in exceptionally hazardous operations, in the Nassau Bay area in August 1944 for diligent clearing unexploded ordnance from the Leyte and Manila Bay areas. [77] (Resident of Shepparton, Victoria.)
John Francis Britton Lieutenant MiD Light coastal craft during the invasion of Normandy. [92] [94] (Resident of Penshurst, NSW.)
Norman Frederick Brooker Lieutenant MiD For outstanding courage, skill and initiative while serving in H. M. Australian Ships Hobart, Shropshire, Swan, Dubbo, Colac, and Deloraine, and Light Coastal Forces, over a period of seven months, in operations in the Far East which covered the bombardments of Tarakan, Wewak, Lubuan and Balikpapan and the attack on the Lingayen Gulf, Aitape and Wewak. [76]
Douglas John Browne Lieutenant MiD For gallant leadership and devotion to duty under heavy and continual fire from the enemy during the landing on the Italian mainland of Sicily. [80] [81]
Stewart Linton Browne Acting Temporary Lieutenant Commander38 MiD For gallantry, skill, determination and undaunted devotion to duty during the landing of Allied forces on the coast of Normandy. [117] [130] (Resident of Queensland.)
Alan Richard Callaway Lieutenant MiD On board HMS Shropshire. [97]
Peter Salmon Colclough DSC Sub-Lieutenant MiD For skill and enterprise in action against enemy submarines, with HMAS Nestor (G02). [131] [132]
Malcolm Gilbert Cowie Lieutenant MiD Courage and skill during anti-U-boat operations while serving in HMS Cooke (K471). [133] [94] (Resident of Sale, Victoria.)
Thomas Scott Cree Probationary Sub-Lieutenant MiD HMAS Stuart (D00). [134]
Ronald Alexander Denovan MBE VD Lieutenant Commander MiD [128] [135] (Resident of Sydney, NSW.)
Clive Barker Dillon Lieutenant MiD [71] [72] (Resident of Sydney, NSW.)
William Fairlie Fergusson Lieutenant MiD Good service in fire-fighting when a Sherman tank caught fire. On loan service with the Royal Navy since early 1941. [93] [94] (Resident of Bellerive, Tasmania.)
Leonard Verdi Goldsworthy GM Lieutenant35 MiD [136]
Edwin Joseph Gregg Temporary Lieutenant MiD Part of a beachhead landing at Anzio, Italy. [88] [137] (Resident of Tasmania.)
Robert Kenley Hart Acting Temporary Lieutenant Commander MiD For gallantry, skill, determination and undaunted devotion to duty during the landing of Allied forces on the coast of Normandy. Commanded a fleet mine sweeper. [117] [138] (Resident of Adelaide, SA.)
Frederick Sutton Holt Lieutenant MiD For skill, determination and bravery in anti-U-boat operations whilst serving with H.M. Ships Troubridge, Terpsichore and Vetch. [139]
Eric Mervyn Howitt Lieutenant MiD For outstanding courage, skill and initiative while serving in H. M. Australian Ships Hobart, Shropshire, Swan, Dubbo, Colac, and Deloraine, and Light Coastal Forces, over a period of seven months, in operations in the Far East which covered the bombardments of Tarakan, Wewak, Lubuan and Balikpapan and the attack on the Lingayen Gulf, Aitape and Wewak. [76]
Reginald McKenzie Jeffrey Lieutenant MiD On HMS Asphodel. [140] [141]
Trevor Owen Kolts Lieutenant MiD For zeal, patience and cheerfulness in dangerous waters and setting an example of that wholehearted devotion to duty without which the high tradition of the Royal Navy could not have been upheld. HMS Folkestone (L22). [142] (Resident of Potts Point, NSW.)
Robert Evans Lang Sub-Lieutenant MiD For gallantry, skill, and leadership in engagement with enemy E-boats while serving with light coastal forces in England. [143]
Ronald John Major DSC Lieutenant MiD Already with a DSC. [144] (Resident of Cottesloe, WA.)
Ralph Gerald Murrell Temporary Lieutenant MiD For work during Allied invasion of Europe, commanding a division of tank landing craft at Normandy. [71]
Kenneth Baillieu Myer Temporary lieutenant MiD [88]
James Bedford Jeffries Osborne Lieutenant MiD On board HMS Shropshire. [97]
Henry Somerville Paterson Temporary Lieutenant MiD For gallantry, skill, determination and undaunted devotion to duty during the landing of Allied Forces on the coast of Normandy. [117] [81]
Warwick Harper Pennington Lieutenant MiD For outstanding courage, skill and initiative while serving in H. M. Australian Ships Hobart, Shropshire, Swan, Dubbo, Colac, and Deloraine, and Light Coastal Forces, over a period of seven months, in operations in the Far East which covered the bombardments of Tarakan, Wewak, Lubuan and Balikpapan and the attack on the Lingayen Gulf, Aitape and Wewak. [76]
Maurice George Rose Lieutenant Commander MiD For zeal, patience and cheerfulness in dangerous waters and setting an example of that wholehearted devotion to duty without which the high tradition of the Royal Navy could not have been upheld. HMS Alisma (K185). [142] (Resident of Longueville, NSW.)
Walter Longdon Sadgrove Lieutenant MiD Outstanding zeal, patience and cheerfulness. [145] [146] (Resident of Brisbane, Queensland.)
Walter Longdon Sadgrove Lieutenant MiD Good services in action against submarines. Died 11 March 1942 near Iceland on HMS Stella Capella when the trawler was sunk by German submarine U-701. [140] [141] (Resident of Brisbane, Queensland.)
Thomas Oliver Sexton Lieutenant MiD For bravery and enterprise in reconnaissance operations. [82] [83] (Resident of Sydney, NSW.)
Frederick Theophilus Sherbourne Sub-Lieutenant (A) MiD For distinguished service and gallantry during the invasion of the South of France. [91]
Douglas Alfred Peter Smith Lieutenant MiD For outstanding courage, skill and initiative while serving in H. M. Australian Ships Hobart, Shropshire, Swan, Dubbo, Colac, and Deloraine, and Light Coastal Forces, over a period of seven months, in operations in the Far East which covered the bombardments of Tarakan, Wewak, Lubuan and Balikpapan and the attack on the Lingayen Gulf, Aitape and Wewak. [76]
Clive Ernest Tayler Temporary Lieutenant MiD For gallantry, tenacity and undaunted devotion to duty in patrols in the Aegean area throughout one of the most dangerous periods of war in the Mediterranean. [52] [147] (Resident of Caulfield, Victoria.)
Henry William Traynor Temporary Acting Lieutenant Commander (S) MiD For good services whilst attached to the Phillipine[ sic ] Sea Frontier in the repatriation of British Prisoners of War from the Far East. [148]
Aldred Ernest Weston Lieutenant MiD Gallantry, skill, determination and devotion. Relating to duty during the landing of Allied forces on the coast of Normandy. [117] [81]
Roy Forrest Williams Sub-Lieutenant MiD [149] (Resident of Queensland.)
William Alexander Wood Lieutenant MiD For work during Allied invasion of Europe, commanding a division of tank landing craft at Normandy. [71] [72] (Resident of Sydney, NSW.)
George Raymond Worledge Lieutenant MiD Outstanding zeal, patience and cheerfulness. [140] [141]
Frank Sydney Burnet Appleton Lieutenant Commander VRD [150] (Resident of Sydney, NSW.)
A. J. Bush Lieutenant Commander (SP) VRD [151]
Charles George Croft Lieutenant Commander VRD [152] (Resident of Hobart, Tasmania.)
D. Drake Lieutenant Commander VRD [151]
Ronald McKauge DSC Lieutenant Commander52 VRD [151]
O. M. Moriarty Lieutenant Commander VRD [151]
Stanley George Vincent Bell Sub-Lieutenant Legion of Merit (USA) For exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States of America, while serving as liaison officer on the staff of the Commanding General of an island in the Pacific war area. Presented the Legion of Merit, Degree of Legionnaire in November 1945. [153]
Dick Crofton Horton Lieutenant Silver Star (USA) For service with the US First Marine Raider Battalion in the landings at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, in August 1942. [103] [154] (Resident of England.)
Henry Arthur Josselyn Lieutenant Silver Star (USA) For service with the US First Marine Raider Battalion in the landings at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, in August 1942. [103] [155] (Resident of England.)
Allan Campbell Lieutenant Bronze Star (USA) [156] (Resident of Sydney, NSW.)
Maxwell Henry Shean Lieutenant Bronze Star (USA) For meritorious achievement as the commanding officer of the midget submarine HMS XE4 Exciter as part of Operation Sabre severing underwater telecommunication cables. Presented in March 1947. [157] [158]
Lionel Arthur Walker Lieutenant Bronze Star (USA) For meritorious achievement in the south-west Pacific area from May 1943 to September 1944 as a coastwatcher. Presented in October 1948. [159] (Resident of Sydney, NSW.)
David Llewellyn Davis Lieutenant Cross of Merit (Ned) For outstanding work for Netherlands forces and civilians in very trying circumstances. Lieutenant Davis, as deputy Naval Officer in charge of Broome, Port Hedland district during an enemy attack on Netherlands navy planes at Broome on March 3, 1942, showed conspicuous organising ability, handled transport in a masterly manner and rendered great assistance to those aboard this plane. [160] [161]

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