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Bergman,
Elox Edwin
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T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
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01.10.1943
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(04.1946)
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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)
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Brink,
Gerrard Edgar Palmer
Son of Cyril Gordon Brink.
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18.11.1917
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Prob. El.S.Lt. RNVR
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06.10.1940
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El.Lt. RNVR
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01.03.1942
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El.Lt. SANF(V)
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01.05.1943, seniority 01.03.1942 [584098]
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WS/Lt. SAN
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25.04.1946,
seniority 01.05.1943 (reld from UDF 06.02.1946)
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AMIEE, 1940.
06.10.1940
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commissioned
in the RNVR at Portsmouth
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23.10.1940
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HMS
Caroline (RN base, Ulster)
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04.1941
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-
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(02.1942)
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HMS Cabot
(training establishment, Bristol)
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20.05.1942
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-
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(04.1944)
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HMS
Mathilde Simonne (auxiliary patrol drifter, de-gaussing vessel)
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17.04.1944
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-
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(10.1944)
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HMS Ocean
Gain (auxiliary patrol drifter, de-gaussing vessel)
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02.10.1944
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-
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(01.1945)
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HMS
Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for
de-gaussing duties)
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07.04.1945
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-
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(07.1945)
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HMS
Ferret (RN base, Londonderry)
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struck
off strength, Royal Navy, and granted permission to return to the Union of
South Africa
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21.12.1945
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-
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06.02.1946
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taken
on strength & service, South African Navy
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Dalgleish,
James
SANF (Permanent Forces)
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1891 ?
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Cdr.
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01.04.1938
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Capt.
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29.03.1941
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Cdre.
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01.08.1946 (retd 07.1951)
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CBE
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01.01.1946
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New
Year 46
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OBE
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01.01.1944
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New
Year 44
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01.05.1933
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(08.1939)
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Officer
Commanding Hydrographic Survey Section [HMS Afrikander II]
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1940?
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12.1946
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Director of
South African Naval Forces
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Dean,
Frederick John
SANF (Permanent Forces)
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1891 ?
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Lt.Cdr.
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17.09.1936
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Cdr.
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01.07.1941
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Capt.
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01.04.1944
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OBE
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08.02.1944
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mine
clearing Agulhas Bk 40-41
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01.05.1933
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-
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(08.1939)
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Hydrographic
Survey Section [HMS Afrikander II]
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(1940)
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(1941)
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CO HMSAS
Southern Barrier
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(08.1942)
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-
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(02.1943)
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CO Cape
Town Detachment, Seaward Defence Force
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(07.1945)
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(04.1946)
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Commander
Seaward Defences, South African Naval Forces
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Dickie,
Gordon Johnston
Of Scottish descent.
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11.01.1904
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ERA IV
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19.08.1940
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T/S.Lt. (E)
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?
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T/Lt. (E)
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01.04.1944 (reld 20.09.1944)
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1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal; Africa Service Medal
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Engineer, Durban.
19.08.1940
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joined the Seaward Defence Force of the SANF
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01.12.1940
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-
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30.06.1941
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HMSAS
Southern Sea (Mediterranean) [injured 04.1941 and returned to South Africa]
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1941
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-
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1944
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served
with the Durban & Cape Town Detachments:
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(12.1943)
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HMSAS
Odberg
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(06.1944)
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Cape
Fortress Detachment, SANF
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Duffy,
Bernard Andrew Addingbrook
"Brooke"
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17.11.1905
East London, South Africa
-
16.03.1958
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
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30.10.1941
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T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
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30.01.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
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14.11.1941
14.11.1941
?
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-
-
-
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(08.1942)
(12.1941)
(08.1942)
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HMS
Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth)
Controlled Mining Department
Mining Department
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(03.1943)
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British Navy Liaison
Officer, Hr.Ms. K XV (Dutch submarine)
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(07.1945)
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no appointment listed
[seconded to RN]
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Played rugby for South Africa, 1928.
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Harris,
Cecil John
Brother of Lt.
Reginald Norman Harris, SANF(V).
biographical
sketch at General Botha website
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20.06.1917
Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa
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07.09.1993
Fish Hoek, Cape Town, South Africa
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T/S.Lt.
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09.08.1940
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T/Lt.
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01.10.1942 (reld
> 04.1946)
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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.
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served in the SANF during
the war, mainly on coastal minesweepers but also saw service in the Mediterranean:
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09.08.1940
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commissioned,
Seaward Defence Force Temporary Forces (Union of South Africa)
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04.1941
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-
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(12.1941)
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Commanding
Officer, HMSAS Kommetje (minesweeper)
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1942
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1943
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special
duty (USA)
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1943
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-
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(12.1943)
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Cape
Fortress Detachment, SANF
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(06.1944)
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-
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(07.1945)
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Commanding
Officer, HMSAS Kommetje (minesweeper)
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?
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(04.1946)
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HMS Swale
(frigate) *
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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
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Harris,
Reginald Norman
"Reg"
Brother of Lt. Cecil
John Harris SANF(V).
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18.05.1919
Walmer, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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20.03.1973
Plumstead, Cape Town. South Africa
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Seaman
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? [66689]
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T/S.Lt.
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10.01.1941
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T/Lt.
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01.07.1942 (reld
< 04.1946)
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DSC
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10.07.1945
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operations
Arakan coast 11.44-03.45
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39-45
St
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?
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Atl
St
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?
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?
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Bur
St
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Afr
SM
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?
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BWM
39-45
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?
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Def
M
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01.07.1938
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enlisted in
the ranks, RNVR (South African Division), at Port Elizabeth
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11.10.1938
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-
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02.11.1938
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HMS
Londonderry (escort vessel) (Africa)
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06.10.1939
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-
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14.01.1940
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HMS
Afrikander VI (base, Simonstown, South Africa)
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15.01.1940
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-
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12.02.1940
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basic
training, HMS Afrikander I (base, Simonstown, South Africa)
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14.02.1940
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-
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07.09.1940
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HMS
Cornwall (cruiser)
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08.09.1940
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-
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15.11.1940
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HMS Victory
(RN base, Portsmouth)
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15.11.1940
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-
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09.01.1941
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HMS King
Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
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10.01.1941
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commissioned,
RNVR
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(02.1941)
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no
appointment listed
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04.03.1941
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-
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21.03.1941
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HMS St
Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)
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22.03.1941
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-
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(02.1943)
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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]
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01.09.1941
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-
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05.03.1943
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Commanding
Officer, HM ML 1019 (motor launch) [based
at HMS Astraea (base, Lagos, Nigeria)]
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04.1943
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-
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08.1943
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Commanding
Officer, HM ML 1198 (motor launch) [based at HMS Kongoni (base, Durban, South
Africa)]
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08.08.1943
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-
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05.02.1944
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Commanding
Officer, HM ML 854 (motor launch) [based at HMS Afrikander (base, Simonstown,
South Africa) (for Motor Launch duties)]
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06.02.1944
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-
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05.04.1944
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Commanding
Officer, HM ML 854 (motor launch) [based at
...]
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06.04.1944
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-
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13.05.1945
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Commanding
Officer, HM ML 854 (motor launch) [based at HMS Lanka (base, Colombo, Ceylon)]
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13.05.1945
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06.1945
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HMAS Whang
Pu (repair ship, Madang, New Guinea)
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01.07.1945
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-
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15.07.1945
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HMS Adamant
(submarine depot ship) (Fremantle, Australia)
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07.1945?
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-
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1945/46?
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HMS Golden
Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia)
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* 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...
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Harris,
Walter Raymond
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?
South Africa
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Lt.
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17.12.1932
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Lt.Cdr.
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17.12.1940
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DSC
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15.06.1943
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withdrawal
from Tobruk
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at some time during the WWII
minesweeping
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(04.1940)
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no appointment listed
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(02.1941)
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no appointment listed
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(12.1941)
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HMS Gos VII
(unknown establishment) *
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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
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(07.1945)
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no appointment listed
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(04.1946)
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HMS Afrikander (base, Simonstown, South
Africa) *
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* indexed, but not listed as such
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Hughes,
Ernest Cecil Eardley
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?
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T/Lt. (E)
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10.01.1941
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T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E)
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> 07.1945,
< 04.1946
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18.03.1944
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-
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(10.1944)
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HMS Walker
(destroyer) *
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(07.1945)
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no
appointment listed
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(04.1946)
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HMS
Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown) **
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* 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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Peck,
Francis Henry
"Frank"
Residences: Middlesborough, Yorkshire;
Busetta, Tripoli, Libya
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27.07.1911
Ormesby, Middlesbrough
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25.09.1963
Busetta, Tripoli, Libya
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T/Lt. (E)
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18.06.1941
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T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E)
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> 07.1945, < 04.1946
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MBE
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08.06.1943
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inshore
squadron 8th Army advance
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(1943)
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-
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(06.1944)
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HMSAS Gamtoos
(salvage ship) *
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21.08.1945
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-
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(04.1946)
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HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for
miscellaneous duties at Malta)
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* (07.1945) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Marine engineer.
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Rhodes,
Cecil Vernon
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c. 1920
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1990 ??
West Sussex
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T/S.Lt.
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13.04.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
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Trained on the General Botha, 1938/39.
(1944/45?)
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HMS Rushen
Castle (corvette)
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(07.1945)
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no
appointment listed
|
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Ricketts,
Claude Stanley
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(09?.)1894
Stoke Damerel, Devon
-
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Paym.Lt.Cdr. =
T/Lt.Cdr. (S)
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06.10.1939
|
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OBE
|
01.01.1934
|
New
Year 34 (as Asst Secr to the Agent of the Gov. of India in S Afr)
|
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MBE
|
?
|
?
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Assistant Secretary to the Agent to the Government
of India in South Africa (1930s).
(07.1945)
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-
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(04.1946)
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HMS Bonaventure
(HQ SAN Forces & Reserves, Captetown, South Africa) *
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* indexed, bur not listed as such
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