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Armstrong, Kingsley Cooper Married; at least one daughter.	? -	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 01.04.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	1942? joined RNZNVR (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.01945)     no appointment listed (04.1946) HMNZS Cook * * indexed, but not listed as such

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BLack, Donald Palmer Son of James Palmer Black (died 1955), and Constance Olive Newport (1884-1955). Married Valerie Madge Kirk; one son.	? -	T/S.Lt. 30.10.1942 T/A/Lt. < 10.1944	12.01.1943 - (10.1943) HMS Bayntun (frigate) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Braithwaite, Stanley Norman Married Margaret... (died 29.05.1972).	? - 08.05.1971	Ord.Sea. 07.1941 T/S.Lt. 09.10.1942 T/Lt. 09.10.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Graduated from Auckland University, and Victoria University, Wellington, N.Z. receiving a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics, and A Master of Commerce with First Class Honors in 1939 Prior to entering the Navy, held positions in the Department of Industries and Commerce, Wellington, N.Z. 07.1941 joined RNZNVR 07.1941? - 02.05.1942 HMS Edinburgh (cruiser) [ship sunk] (05?).1942 - 08.1943 served on Motor Launches (East Coast of England) 08.1943 - 1945 served on Motor Launches (Mediterranean) (07.1945) no appointment listed (returned to UK for passage to New Zealnd on Foreign Service Leave) (04.1946) no appointment listed Later became a senior official of the U.N. in Santiago, Chile.
Buchan, Alan William Married (1944, Scotland) Evelyn Gordon Findlay from Motherwell, Scotland.	c. 1915 Dunedin ? -	T/Lt. 29.01.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	(07.1945) HMS Willow (trawler) * * indexed, but not listed as such

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Cheyne, Robert Alexander Charles	09.12.1916 Wellington, NZ - 1994 Wellington, NZ	T/A/Lt. 11.12.1942 Lt.Cdr. RNZN 24.10.1946 (retd < 01.1956)	Chemist. 1941 - 1942 RN Coastal Forces 03.1945 - ? Director of Naval Intelligence, Navy Office, Wellington, NZ (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed 24.10.1946 transferred to RNZN 24.10.1946 - (05.1953) Navy Office, Wellington [HMNZS Philomel, from c. 1949 HMNZS Philomel II] (04.1955) Navy Office, Wellington [HMNZS Wakefield] *  * indexed, but not listed as such [also indicated as ADC]
Clark, Kenneth Inman Carr	? -	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 05.11.1944 (reld > 04.1946) MID 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45	04.06.1944 - (04.1946) HM LST 214 (landing ship, tank) (Normandy)
Close, Devon Ormond	? -	T/S.Lt. 19.11.1944	17.04.1945 - (07.1945) HM ML 182 (motor launch) (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such

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Drake, Walter Charles Only son of five children of Walter Francis Drake (1884-1947), and Olive Elizabeth Beard (1884-1971). Married (11.08.1943, Epwich, Suffolk) Irene E. Glatwell (born 16.03.1919); one daughter, two sons.	04.03.1919 Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ -	T/S.Lt. 14.08.1941 T/Lt. 14.02.1944 (reld 28.10.1945) DSC 01.08.1944 34 minelaying operations Nore Command [investiture 07.11.44]	09.08.1940 enlisted under Scheme B 06.09.1941 - 27.09.1941 MTB training, HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces base, Fort William) 28.09.1941 - 07.1942 HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) (for motor launches) 07.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for motor launch duties) 15.03.1943 - 10.1943 Commanding Officer, HM ML 106 (motor launch) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] 29.10.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM ML 110 (motor launch) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] 18.03.1944 - 31.05.1944 Commanding Officer, HM ML 110 (motor launch) 01.06.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM ML 106 (motor launch) 03.03.1945 Senior Officer, 51st ML Flotilla 09.04.1945 passage to NZ Bank officer.
Duthie, Henry Edward "Red"	? - 2002 Dorset	? ? [FX81941] T/A/S.Lt. (A) 02.07.1941 T/S.Lt. (A) 22.10.1941 T/Lt. (A) 02.01.1944 A/Lt. 22.05.1953, seniority 21.07.1950 Lt. 09.09.1955, seniority 21.07.1950 (retd 22.10.1962) VRD 23.01.1963 -	late 08.1940 boarded liner "Akaroa" at Lyttelton for passage to UK 08.10.1941 - (08.1942) pilot, 801 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset), from 01.07.1942 HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)] 30.05.1944 - (10.1944) pilot, HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn) 15.04.1945 - (07.1945) pilot, 759 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook * 22.05.1953 joined Permanent RNVR (later amalgamated into RNR) * indexed, but not listed as such

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Fenwick, John	? -	T/Lt. (A) 21.12.1943	(07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Fisher, Ronald John Married Elaine ... (died 1980); three sons.	15.06.1917 Te Karaka, Gisborne, New Zealand - 08.08.2006 White Rock, BC, Canada	T/S.Lt. (A) ? T/Lt. (A) 27.03.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 01.02.1944 DSC 30.11.1943 successful sorties esp. against E-boats since 10.42	07.12.1942 - 01.02.1944 pilot, 841 Squadron FAA 01.02.1944 - 30.05.1944 Commanding Officer, 841 Squadron FAA (Lee-on-Solent, then Arbroath) (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot, Wellington) * Emigrated to British Columbia, Canada, in 1952 where he became a school teacher. * indexed, but not listed as such

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Goodwin, Ralph Burton	? -	T/S.Lt. 19.04.1940 T/Lt. 28.12.1940 (retd 1945/46) OBE 13.03.1945 escaped when a Japanese POW	25.06.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Harrow (minesweeper) ? - 21.12.1941 MTB 10 (2nd MTB Flotilla, Hong Kong) [HMS Tamar] (wounded; POW) 17.07.1944 escaped from Japanese Shamshuipo POW camp 05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) (for disposal) Published: Hongkong escape (1953; on escape from POW camp); Passport to eternity (1956; on life in POW camp)
Gray, George David Son of David George Gray. Married 1st; two children. Married 2nd; thee children.	? Invercagill, NZ - c. 1974/75 Whangarei, NZ	S.Lt. 21.07.1933 Lt. 15.05.1938 ?, seniority 01.05.1938	(04.1940)     no appointment listed 12.04.1940 - (02.1941) HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) (for reserve mineswepers) 09.1941 - (12.1941) HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) ? - (08.1942) HMNZS Leander (cruiser) [indicated as from 01.08.1941] (02.1943) - (10.1944) HMNZS Manuka (minesweeper) [indicated as from 30.03.1942] (07.1945) HMS Ayrshire (anti-submarine warfare trawler) * ? - (04.1946) HMNZS Pahau (minesweeper) [indicated as from 10.01.1944] * indexed, but the ship is not listed anymore; Gray is not listed under HMS Ayrshire in Dec 43, Apr 44, Jun 44 or Oct 44 Insurance assessor.

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Hazard, Douglas Lenard Son of R.P. Hazard. Married Mary Hazard (née ...). Cenotaph record	16.01.1920 Frankton, Hamilton, NZ - 22.01.1999 Auckland, NZ	Ord.Sea. 13.09.1940 [CJ/X 247112] T/S.Lt. 30.10.1941 T/Lt. 01.05.1943 (reld > 04.1946) MID 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 MID 21.08.1945 destroyed 3 U-boats Kola Inlet 04.45	Accountant. 14.09.1940     embarked vessel Tamaroa at Wellington for passage to the UK (served North Sea, Atlantic, South Atlantic, Mediterranean, Russian Operation, and Iceland) (12.1941) no appointment listed 02.04.1944 - 01.1945 HMS Hesperus (destroyer) 24.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Loch Shin (frigate) (04.1946) HMNZS Cook * Post-war a civil servant (accountant & director). * indexed, but not listed as such
Hilliard, John George [Nicholson] "Jack"	15.01.1908 Auckland -	S.Lt. 1928 Lt. 19.06.1932 Lt.Cdr. 19.06.1940 Cdr. 30.06.1945 Capt. 31.12.1951 (retd late 1950s?) CBE 31.05.1956 HM's birthday 56 [award presented] DSC 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 [award presented] VRD ? ? MID 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41	1926 joined the Auckland Division of the Naval Reserve 23.07.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Blackthorn (minesweeping trawler) (Channel convoys) 26.11.1941 - 1944 Commanding Officer, HMNZS Tui (corvette) * 1944 - 1945 Executive Officer, HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) 1946 Commanding Officer, Auckland Division RNZNVR Company director. * (04.1946) still listed as such
Hocking, Walter Raymond	? -	T/S.Lt. 28.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	(12.1943) HMS Sheffield (cruiser) 03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon) (for miscellaneous duties) (04.1946) no appointment listed
Holmes, Cecil William	? -	T/S.Lt. 02.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	26.01.1943 - (10.1943) HMS Wensleydale (destroyer) (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMNZS Cook * * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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Jervis, Stanley Godfrey Married; at least one son.	23.02.1912 Auckland -	T/S.Lt. * 19.04.1940 T/Lt. * 19.04.1941 DSC 14.09.1943 destruction U-boat Western Approaches 05.43 &tc. [investiture 23.05.44] * initially RNVR, from 1942?/1943? RNZNVR	(02.1941) HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) * ? - 27.05.1941 HMS Syvern (anti-submarine escort vessel; ex-Norwegian whale catcher) [ship sunk off Suda Bay; made his was across the island of Crete to Sfakia; evacuated on HMAS Perth 30.05.1941] (06?).1941 - (06?).1942 HMS Valiant (battleship) (for 12 months) ** 03.1943 - 04.1944 anti-submarine control officer, HMS Oribi (destroyer) (North Russian convoy escort) 05.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Scarborough (sloop) (Normandy) 20.09.1944 - (11.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Brissenden (destroyer) 02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) (1945) - (1946?) First Lieutenant, HMS Redpole (sloop) (British Pacific Fleet) (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot & training establishment) * Clerk. * indexed, but not listed as such ** (12.1941) indexed, but not listed as such

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Kelly, James "Jim"	? - 03.2006 still alive	T/A/S.Lt. 10.1944 T/S.Lt. 13.04.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	10.1944 commissioned, RNZNVR (B8*) 13.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Oceanway (landing ship, dock) ? - (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) ** * Kelly writes: "During the war several Kiwis with blue water sailing experience were drafted into the navy under a scheme A. They were considered capable of being commissioned and as such, were "loaned" to the Royal Navy for a war time commission. Scheme B was second of such schemes and educational plus psychological tests were applied to suitably qualified ex-secondary school successes, and others, and they were shipped over to the UK for training and screening for a temporary commission in the RN. Of our group B8 24 were selected and 15 or 16 "passed"." ** indexed, but not listed as such
Kennedy, John Roderick * * also used as Kennedy, Roderick John	? - 17.10.2002 Cheltenham	Prob. T/S/Lt. < 08.1942 T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 28.07.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	30.03.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Philante (yacht; training ship) 27.03.1945 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HM ML 194 (motor launch) ? - (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * also served at some point at: HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth), HMS H 43 (submarine), HMS H 34 (submarine) and HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) Real estate agent. * indexed, but not listed as such
King, Lewis biographical sketch	17.10.1914 Glasgow, Scotland -	S.Lt. 23.03.1935 Lt. 09.06.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 17.12.1943? DSC 25.03.1943 North Russian convoy JW51B 31.12.42 [investiture 29.06.43]	1931 joined RNZNVR (04.1940) no appointment listed (05.1940?) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) HMS Weston (sloop) (Atlantic and coastal convoy escort duties) 09.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Berkeley (destroyer) (escort to the Channel convoys) 19.08.1941 - (02.)1943 Gunnery Officer, then First Lieutenant, HMS Onslow (destroyer) (Scapa Flow & Iceland) 17.12.1943 - (04.1946) Gunnery Officer, HMNZS Achilles (cruiser) (attached to the East Indies Fleet, the British Pacific Fleet and the Japanese Occupation Forces) Executive Officer, HMNZS Olphert Company manager.

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Logan, Robert Alexander "Bob" From Auckland.	23.08.1912 Auckland, NZ -	Prob. T/S.Lt. RNVR ? T/S.Lt. RNVR ?, seniority 31.10.1940 T/Lt. 31.10.1941 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 [award presented] * * Awarded the DSC after making eleven trips to Crete, where he landed some sixty agents and evacuated about one hundred persons, besides unloading an average of one ton of supplies each time.	(02.1941) no appointment listed (12.1941) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * transferred to RNZNVR 01.03.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM ML 355 (motor launch) [took part in the evacuation of the abduction party of German General Kreipe from Crete] (07.1945) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot, Wellington, NZ) * Printer. * indexed, but not listed as such

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Macdonald *, George James "Jim" / "Mac" Married (23.06.1945, Aberdeen) Third Officer Evelyn Margaret Helen Mathieson, WRNS; one son, five daughters. Cenotaph record Dictionary of New Zealand Biography article Navy Today * both Navy List & London Gazette persist in using his last name as: MacDonald	30.09.1921 Wellington, NZ - 22.01.1982 Wellington, NZ	Ord.Sea. 1938 T/Midsh. 05.1941 T/A/S.Lt. 30.09.1941 T/S.Lt. 30.09.1942? T/A/Lt. ? T/Lt. 01.10.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld 1946) DSO  19.09.1944 Coastal Forces action Nore 04.07.44 * DSC 21.04.1942 attack convoy Channel 03.04.42 ** DSC 13.07.1943 attack shipping Nore 13.05.43 DSC 04.07.1944 two actions Nore 03.44 MID 17.10.1944 Coastal Forces action Nore 20.07.44 MID 02.01.1945 attacks Nore 14.09 & 08.10.44 39|45 St - - Atl St - - BWM 39|45 - - NZWSM - - * As senior officer of the 21st MTB Flotilla, temporary Sub-Lieutenant G.J. MacDonald handled Motor Torpedo Boats 225, 234 and 244 with great courage and skill on the night of 4-5 July 1944 in three gallant attempts to attack a heavily escorted enemy transport until it took refuge in port. On turning homeward the MTBs met a convoy of six ships and, though day had broken, in face of intense sank two by torpedoes and damaged two thers by gunfire. ** MTB 31 had made a solo attack on a German convoy, sinking one ship, but the boat was then surrounded by enemy craft and set on fire. Macdonald supervised the placing of the wounded, including his CO, in a Carley float as they abandoned the vessel ... After a time the fire in the MTB abated and Macdonald swam back to board the MTB and fight the fire, enabling the boat to be saved.	1938     joined Wellington Division, RNZNVR 09.1939 - ? gunner, Defence Equipped Merchant Ship (DEMS) Trienze ? - 02.1941 gunner, Defence Equipped Merchant Ship (DEMS) Fordsdale       officers' course, HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) & Coastal Forces training, HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) 28.07.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 14 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] (03.1942) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 31 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] 23.03.1942 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 241 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] 09.1943 - (1944) Senior Officer, 21st MTB Flotilla 03.12.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 393 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 31st MTB Flotilla (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * City Engineer, Wellington, 1978. * indexed, but not listed as such
Martin, Alastair Edgar "Al"   Son of Robert Jarves and Mary Georgina Martin, of Ashburton, Canterbury. Cenotaph record	1924 ? - 05.05.1944 (KIA) [age 20] [New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, panel 9]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) ?	18.08.1943 - 05.05.1944 pilot, 825 Squadron FAA [since 18.12.1943 HMS Vindex (escort carrier)]
McLennan, Andrew Colin	? -	T/A/S.Lt. (A) ? T/S.Lt. (A) 27.12.1941 T/A/Lt. (A) < 07.1945 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 04.1946 (reld > 04.1946)	27.10.1942 - (02.1943) pilot, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Dasher (escort carrier)] (07.1945)