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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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Barnsdale, Alan Roy	? - 1987 Rotorua, NZ	T/Midsh. ? T/A/S.Lt. 02.10.1941 T/S.Lt. 02.10.1942	19.06.1941 - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 73 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)] (10.1944) - (04.1946) HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) * Chartered accountant. * indexed, but not listed as such
Bell, Hector Donald	? - 1972	T/A/S.Lt. 13.04.1944 T/S.Lt. 13.10.1944	may have served at some point at HMS Honeysuckle (corvette) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945) HMS Beaconsfield (base, Port Melbourne, Austr.) * (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Black, Donald Palmer Son of James Palmer Black (died 1955), and Constance Olive Newport (1884-1955). Married Valerie Madge Kirk; one son.	? -	T/S.Lt. 30.10.1942 T/A/Lt. < 10.1944	12.01.1943 - (10.1943) HMS Bayntun (frigate) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed
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.
Bridson, Gordon	02.12.1909 Wellington, NZ - 06.12.1972 Horahora, near Cambridge, NZ	Lt.Cdr. 30.04.1940 DSO  01.06.1943 action Japanese submarine Gualdalcanal 29.01.43 DSC 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 NC 29.06.1943 action Japanese submarine Gualdalcanal 29.01.43	23.07.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Walnut (trawler) 20.10.1941 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMNZS Kiwi (minesweeping trawler) * indexed, but not listed as such
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
Coveny, Kenneth "Ken" Married Mabel ... (predeceased him); one daughter, two sons.	08.03.1918 Karori, Wellington, NZ - 13.09.2006 Albany, NZ	Ord.Sea. 09.08.1940 [5814] T/S.Lt. 08.05.1941 T/Lt. 08.03.1943 (reld 24.12.1945?) Lt. RNZNVSR 24.09.1948 [110030]	09.08.1940 - 05.12.1940 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 06.12.1940 - 29.06.1941 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 30.06.1941 - 08.07.1941 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) 09.07.1941 - 31.07.1941 HMS Heliotrope (corvette) 01.08.1941 - 30.06.1942 HMNZS Moa (anti-submarine minesweeper) [from 01.11.1941 at HMNZS Philomel] 01.07.1942 - 15.07.1942 HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) (for Anti-Submarine School) 16.07.1942 - 24.08.1942 HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) (for Naval Electrical School) 25.08.1942 - 07.03.1943 HMNZS Philomel II (RNZN Navy Offices, Wellington) 08.03.1943 - 01.04.1944 HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot & training establishment, Wellington) 02.04.1944 - (05?).1944 HMNZS Tui (anti-submarine minesweeper) (05?).1944 - 07.12.1944 HMNZS Breeze (minesweeper) [from 20.05.1944 at HMNZS Phliomel (RNZN depot, Auckland)] 08.12.194 - 07.01.1945 HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) (additional; for leave) 08.01.1945 - 08.02.1945 HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) 09.02.1945 - 10.02.1945 HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot & training establishment, Wellington) (additional) 11.02.1945 - 06.10.1945 HMNZS Pahau (minesweeper) [based at HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot & training establishment, Wellington)] 06.10.1945 - 24.12.1945 HMNZS Cook (additional; for disposal)
Curd, Victor Selwyn Son of Henry and Clara Elizabeth Curd, of Pukekohe, Auckland, New Zealand.	1917 ? - 04.07.1944 (KIA) [age 27] [Campbeltown (Kilkerran) Cemetery, division 4, grave 593]	T/S.Lt. (A) ? T/Lt. (A) ?	? - 04.07.1944 pilot, 768 Squadron FAA [HMS Ravager (escort carrier)] (killed in an air crash)

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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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Eastgate, Derek Winter Son (with two brothers and one sister) of William Alexander Eastgate, and Violet Hope Robinson, of Takapuna, Auckland.	1918 - 07.10.1942 (MPK) [age 23] [New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, panel 7]	T/S.Lt.  ?	? - 07.10.1942 HM ML 339 (motor launch) (torpedoed & sunk off Cromer by German E-boats of the 4. Schnellbootsflottille)

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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
Fyffe, Alfred Desmond Married; ... children.	? -	T/S.Lt. (A) ? T/Lt. (A) 05.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	flying training, Pensacola, Florida, USA 29.01.1943 - (08.1943) pilot, 771 Squadron FAA [HMS Tern (RN Air Station, Twatt, Orkney)] 06.09.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Flycatcher (RN Air Station, Ludham, Norfolk) 18.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Nabberley (Mobile Naval Air Base II, Ludham, Norfolk, from 29.01.1945 Bankstown, nr Sydney, NSW) (04.1946)     HMNZS Tasman (RNZN base, Lyttelton, Devonport) * * indexed, but not listed as such

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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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Harris, Roger Wilson	23.07.1920 Christchurch - 1991 Te Aroha	T/S.Lt. 30.11.1941 T/Lt. 01.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 06.04.1943 Operation Torch (North Africa landings 08.11.42) [investiture 09.11.43]	Student. (12.1941)     no appointment listed ? - 08.11.1942 HMS Broke (destroyer) [ship damaged by shore batteries at Algiers & foundered in tow; Harris was taken POW, but released after the capture of Algiers] 20.09.1943 - 24.01.1944 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 347 (motor torpedo boat) 24.01.1944 - (01.1945) HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for MGBs, MTBs, etc.) (02.1944?) - (1945?) Third Officer, HM MTB 458 (motor torpedo boat) (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot & training establishment, Wellington) * 1947? - 1951? extended service in RNZN ? Graduated as an engineer and became Chief  Engineer and then Chief Executive Officer of the Hauraki Catchment Board. * indexed, but not listed as such
Hazard, Douglas Lenard Son of R.P. Hazard. Married Mary Hazard (née ...).	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, Wellington) * Clerk. * indexed, but not listed as such ** (12.1941) indexed, but not listed as such
Julian, Geoffrey Court Married (16.06.1955) Mollie Estridge; one son.	28.12.1910 Auckland - 05.10.1970	T/S.Lt. 13.10.1939 T/Lt. 13.10.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 29.09.1943 (reld 04.1946) 39|45 St - - Atl St - & France & Germany clasp Def M - - \ NZWSM - -	13.10.1939 commissioned, RNVR 20.03.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Beaver (RN base, Humber) (02.1941)     no appointment listed (12.1941)     no appointment listed 1942/43?     transferred, RNZNVR 02.03.1942 - 20.03.1944 Commanding Officer, HM ML 486 (motor launch) [based at HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad)] 21.03.1944 - 09.04.1944 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 10.04.1944 - 16.04.1944 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) 17.04.1944 - 23.04.1944 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) 24.04.1944 - 22.05.1944 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 23.05.1944 - 07.07.1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Myngs (destroyer) 08.07.1944 - 16.07.1944 HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) 17.07.1944 - 08.1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Helmsdale (frigate) 01.09.1944 - 26.03.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Dacres (frigate) 27.03.1945 - 15.06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Mounsey (frigate) 26.06.1945 - 15.09.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Starling (sloop)

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

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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. * 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)] 24.01.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for miscellaneous services) 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.	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) - (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, New Zealand) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Merritt, Frederick Ernest Roy	? -	T/Lt. 14.12.1940 (reld > 04.1946)	(02.1941)     no appointment listed (12.1941)     no appointment listed 23.10.1942 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM ML 100 (motor launch) 21.02.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Delhi (cruiser) (07.1945) -  (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Miles, George William	? -	T/S.Lt. (A) 05.07.1943	(07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Miller, Alfred Stapledon Son of Ernest Miller, and Thomzena Stapledon. From Christchurch, New Zealand.	? -	Prob. T/S.Lt. RNVR 31.10.1940 T/Lt. 31.01.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 28.06.1942? DSC 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 [award presented] *	26.01.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Punjabi (destroyer) 28.06.1942 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Puffin (sloop) 23.06.1945 - 09.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Cranstoun (frigate) (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Mitford-Burgess, Ronald Arthur	21.07.1921 Tolaga Bay, New Zealand - ? Sydney, NSW, Australia	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 02.10.1942 T/Lt.  02.04.1945 (reld > 04.1946) MID 19.09.1944 Coastal Forces action Nore 04.07.44	Brewer. 19.04.1943 - 23.01.1944 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 244 (motor torpedo boat) 24.01.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for miscellaneous services) 23.04.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 395 (motor torpedo boat) (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook * * indexed, but not listed as such
Montgomery, Eric Frederick Lloyd	see:	RNVR
Morton, Harold Austin	? -	T/Lt.  02.07.1943	(07.1943) HMS Tetcott (destroyer) (Operation Husky, Sicily) (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) no appointment listed

 

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Nankervis, William Keith	? -	T/A/S.Lt. (A) ? T/S.Lt. (A) 15.11.1943 T/Lt. (A) 15.11.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	1943 qualified as an observer at Blake 54th Naval Observers' Course, Class 6 (07.1945) no appointment listed 07.1945 - (04.1946) observer, 756 Squadron FAA [HMS Ukussa (RN Air Station, Katukurunda, Ceylon)]
Natusch, Guy Kingdon	07.02.1921 Hastings -	T/S.Lt. 25.12.1942 (reld 06.1945) DSC 25.07.1944 action light forces Channel 11.05.44 [award presented] - MNZM 31.12.2002 New Year 03 [Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit]	1942 joined RNZNVR (Scheme B) (passage to UK aboard "Rimutaka") 1942 training, HMS Ganges 1942 HMS Tartar (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 22.05.1942 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 31.10.1942     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 01.02.1943     HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) 19.04.1943     HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (as spare MTB crew) Third Officer, HM MTB 234 (motor torpedo boat) 10.06.1943 - 11.1943   First Lieutenant, HM MTB 355 (motor torpedo boat) 24.01.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for miscellaneous services) 11.1943 - (12?).1944 First Lieutenant, later Commanding Officer, HM MTB 454 (motor torpedo boat) 18.12.1944 HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) Architect.
Newman, Maurice Leigh	14.11.1915 Christchurch - Christchurch	T/S.Lt. 14.08.1942? T/Lt. 14.08.1943 (reld 05.1945) OBE 11.06.1994 HM's birthday 94: for services to the fishing industry and the community DSC 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 (personally directing a long range fighter aircraft to intercept German planes in the Bay of Biscay)	Entered (as an accountant) the family firm of Ferons, a fish marketing and processing company in Christchurch, in 1933, working his way up to become General Manager after the war. 1941 joined RNZNVR (Scheme B) (sailed to UK aboard "Dominion Monarch" (troop carrier) training, HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) HMS Lookout (destroyer) HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (specialisation in flight deck management) 03.12.1942 - (06.)1944 Fighter Direction Officer, HMS Bermuda (cruiser) [Worked up a most efficient fighter direction organisation. 10.1943 he directed from his ship fighters of 19 Group, Coastal Command, which shot down two German bombers and damaged another in the Bay of Biscay.] 1944 - 1944 HMS Potentilla (corvette) (10.1944) - (04.1946) HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton) * Served on three trade missions opening markets for fisheries products in Australia and the Far East. After Ferons merged with the Timaru Fishing Company, Maurice opened the first salmon farm in the southern hemisphere at Pupu springs near Takaka, and also farmed Bluff oysters. He proposed to the Chambers of Commerce that New Zealand should convert to decimals and the Decimal Currency Board was established in 1967. Maurice’s past directorships include Ajax Fishing Ltd., Awarua Oyster Company, P Feron and Son Ltd., HL Young Ltd., Southern Cross Engineering Co.Ltd., Bubbling Springs Salmon Farm Ltd and he was President of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce. * indexed, but not listed as such; in fact arrived back in New Zealand on Christmas Eve 1944 (aboard "Waiwera")

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Oram, David Charles Married A.J. Oram; one (?) son.	22.08.1919 - 05.06.2005	Prob. T/S.Lt. 14.01.1943 T/Lt. 22.08.1944	served at HMNZS Leander at some point (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such

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Palmer, Charles George "Bunty"	30.04.1910 Auckland - 1992 ?	Prob. S.Lt. 19.06.1931 S.Lt. 1934, seniority 19.06.1931 Lt. 19.06.1934 Lt.Cdr. 19.12.1941 (reld 1946) DSC 01.01.1942 New Year 42 [investiture 03.02.42] DSC 09.05.1944 minesweeping Western Desert sweep [decoration presented] MID 25.08.1942 Operation Ironclad MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky VRD ? ?	09.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) Commanding Officer, HMNZS Wirihana (patrol launch) (06?).1940 - 22.07.1940 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 23.07.1940 - 11.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Pine (Tree class trawler) 02.11.1941 - 23.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Cromarty (Bangor class minesweeper) (seriously injured) [ship mined in Strait of Bonifacio; survived the sinking, spent a year in hospital] (10.1944) no appointment listed (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot & training establishment) * Company manager. * indexed, but not listed as such
Paterson, Gray Duncan Son of Charles and Euphemia Paterson, of Napier, Hawkes Bay.	1918 ? Napier - 30.06.1944 Atlantic Ocean (KIA) [age 26] [New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, panel 9]	T/S.Lt. (A) ?	? - 30.06.1944 831 Squadron FAA [HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier)] (killed in an air crash)
Patience, Maurice Balfour	? -	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 25.08.1944	27.03.1944 - (06.1944) Department of Unexploded Bomb Disposal [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Plank, Geoffrey James Married Barbara (predeceased him); two sons, one daughter.	11.12.1915 Christchurch, NZ - 26.12.2006 Takapuna, NZ [aged 91]	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 21.08.1943 MID 17.10.1944 Coastal Forces action Nore 20.07.44 [HM MTB 244]	Store manager. 24.12.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 48 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William] 24.05.1943 - (12.1943) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 349 (motor torpedo boat) 24.01.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for miscellaneous services) (01.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) * * indexed, but not listed as such

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Reid, Frank Victor Married Geraldine Trelease (born 1920), daughter of Thomas Vivian Trelease and Caroline Elizabeth Hayfield; two sons.	1914 Wellington, NZ - 1964 Nelson, NZ	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 16.07.1943	20.01.1943 - 05.1943 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) 05.1943 - (12.1943) First Lieutenant, HM ML 120 (motor launch) 06.03.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM ML 590 (motor launch) (07.1945) HM ML 590 (motor launch) * (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Ritchie, Michael Ian	? -	T/Lt. (A) 14.08.1944	03.1944 - (07.1945) pilot, 1833 Squadron, FAA (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Rivett, Murray Son of Reginald Rivett, and Marion Herington. Married; ... children.	24.10.1919 St Albans district, Hertfordshire - 07.2008 still alive	T/S.Lt. (A) 19.02.1943 T/Lt. (A) 24.10.1944 MID 05.09.1944 Operation Lombard (operations off Norway 44) flying from HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier)	13.07.1944 - (10.1944) pilot, 831 Squadron FAA 24.04.1945 - (07.1945) pilot, 767 Squadron FAA [HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus)] (for instructional duties) (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot, Wellington) * Shepherd. * indexed, but not listed as such
Robjohns, Henry Charles	? -	T/S.Lt. 02.10.1941 T/Lt. 02.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	(12.1941) no appointment listed (1942) British Naval Liaison Officer, Hr.Ms. O 19 (Dutsch submarine) (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Una (submarine) * * indexed, but not listed as such

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Shaw, Alastair Calwell	? -	T/S.Lt. 22.04.1944	01.06.1944 - (10.1944) First Lieutenant, HM ML 106 (motor launch) (07.1945)     HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot, Wellington) * (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Stewart, James Frederick "Jim"	17.10.1923 Wellington, NZ -	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 06.07.1945	went to the UK to train as a Fleet Air Arm pilot, but had to break that off due to eye problems; possibly went on North Atlantic convoys after that (04.1946)     HMNZS Cook (RNZN depot, Wellington) * * indexed, but not listed as such

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Tattersfield, John Watson Brother of F.M. Tattersfield, RNZNR.	? -	T/A/Lt. 18.09.1943 (reld 1945/46) MID 18.01.1944 dsltn [= dissolution?] Force H 11.43	qualified Fighter Directing Officer 19.04.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Valiant (battleship) 05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Ocean (aircraft carrier) (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ)

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Wallace, Sydney George	1903 London, UK - 1964	T/Lt. 19.07.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	served War of 1939-1945, mainly involved in convoy escort duties in the Atlantic, Gibraltar, Tobruk plus some Russian runs: 25.02.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Harrow (Hunt class minesweeper) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 22.09.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Chance (Catherine class minesweeper) (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Flying Fish (Algerine class minesweeper) * 02.11.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Mystic (Algerine class minesweeper) * indexed, but not listed as such
Watson, J C [perhaps: J.G. ??]	? -	Lt. ?	? - (1945?) First Lieutenant, HMS Puffin (sloop)
Watson, John Geddes	? - 22.08.2003 ?? Northbridge ??	T/S.Lt. 27.02.1941 T/Lt. 11.11.1941 MID 13.03.1945 assault Normandy 06-09.44	(12.1941) HMS Britannia II * (08.1942)     HMS Retriever * 17.05.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Locust (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMNZS Cook * * indexed, but not listed as such
Watson, Neil	? -	Lt. ? (reld 1945/46) MID ? ?	(1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 453 (motor torpedo boat)
Waylen, Malcolm Campbell Son of Lt.Cdr. Donald Campbell Waylen, MBE, RNVR (1893-1967), and Lucille Maude Turpin (1895-1978). Married (03.06.1939, Wellington, New Zealand) Florence Ruth Cameron (20.12.1915-07.06.1994); one daughter.	19.12.1913 St Heliers, Jersey - 05.01.1962 (accidently drowned)	Prob. T/S.Lt. 31.10.1940 T/S.Lt. 1941, seniority 31.10.1940 T/Lt. 31.10.1941 (reld 19.05.1945) DSC 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 [award presented] (24 minelaying operations) MID 01.01.1942 New Year 42 (minelaying operations English Channel)	Mariner & meteorological officer. (02.1941)     no appointment listed 04.03.1941 - 08.02.1942 Commanding Officer, HM ML 103 (motor launch) (& as Senior Officer, 50th ML Flotilla) [HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover)] (08.1942)     HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland) * 19.08.1942 - 11.11.1942 passage form UK to Auckland, NZ aboard "Empire Grace" 20.11.1942 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMNZ ML 400 (& as Senior Officer, 81st ML Flotilla) [HMNZS Cook] (flotilla left NZ for Guadalcanal 07.02.1944, then to Renard Sound & Russell Island) (10.1944)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Webb, Douglas Son of George Albert Webb, and Gertrude Webb (née Barber) (1894-1991), of Sumner, Christchurch, Canterbury.	1920 - 11.05.1944 (KIA) [age 25?] [New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, panel 9]	T/S.Lt. (A) 07.03.1942	01.01.1943 - 11.05.1944 pilot, 825 Squadron FAA [HMS Vindex (escort carrier)] [his Swordfisch aircraft, taking part in air search operations in continued support of surface anti-submarine operations, crashed on landing and went overboard due to erratic ship movement; despite rescue attempt by HMCS Goodson there were no survivors.]
Webb, Kenneth Howden	? -	Lt. 09.11.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 (reld 1946?) MID 14.06.1945 HM's birthday Qualified Officer; Watch Keeping Certificate	30.06.1942 - (02.1943) First Lieutenant, HMS Fury (destroyer) 30.08.1943 - (1945) First Lieutenant, HMS Verity (destroyer) (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ)

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