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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". Strictly out of practical considerations CO (Commanding Officer) is used here on this site.

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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
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)
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

 

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Clark, John Alexander	1924 - 08.2009 still alive	T/Midsh. 1943 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). (10.1944)     no appointment listed 19.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Rotherham (destroyer) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
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
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
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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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 "Bob"	-	T/S.Lt. 28.12.1942 T/Lt. ? Cdr. ? DSC 11.12.1945 Wind up (Europe) 45 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
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, 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	? -	T/Lt. (E) 10.01.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) > 07.1945, < 04.1946	18.03.1944 - (01.1945) HMS Walker (destroyer) * (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946) HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown) ** * 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 ** indexed, but not listed as such

 

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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)

 

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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
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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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 lsited 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)]

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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
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)

 

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