HMAS Sydney

HMAS SYDNEY
LOST AT SEA 19TH NOVEMBER 1941

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LOST AT SEA 19TH NOVEMBER 1941 
OFFICERS AND CREW
 
    HMAS SYDNEY - THE OFFICERS
    Captain Joseph Burnett RAN

    Commander Edmund Wybergh Thrushton DSC RN
    Commander (E) Lionel Sydney Dalton DSO RAN
    Commander (S) Thomas Francis Maynard RAN
    Surgeon Commander John Reid Hasker RAN

    Chaplain the Rev. George Stubbs RAN
    Schoolmaster Percy Francis Skewes RAN
    Lieutenant Commander Clive Alexandra Craig Montgomery RN
    Lieutenant Commander Michael Morgan Singer DSC RN
    Lieutenant Commander Alexander Mackay Wilkinson RAN
    Lieutenant Commander (0) Jack Cawston Bacon RN
    Lieutenant Commander (E) Richard Daniel Handcock RAN
    Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Francis Harrison Genge RAN

    Lieutenant Thomas Garton Brown RAN
    Lieutenant John Alan Cole RANR(S)
    Lieutenant Thomas Edgar Davis RAN
    Lieutenant Andrew lan Keith RANR(S)
    Lieutenant Eric Elton Mayo RAN
    Lieutenant lan Thomas Roy Treloar RAN
    Lieutenant (E) William Thomson Anderson RANR(S)
    Lieutenant (E) Allan Wallace Wilson RANR(S)
    Lieutenant (S) Robert Ernest Ridout RANR
    Surgeon Lieutenant (D) Mervyn Clive Townsend RAN

    Sub-Lieutenant Albert Edwin Byrne RANR
    Sub-Lieutenant Alexander Vinrace Eagar RANR
    Sub-Lieutenant Edwin Ross Eddy RAN

    Sub-Lieutenant Bruce Alfred Elder RANR
    Flying Officer Raymond Barker Barrey RAAF
    Sub-Lieutenant (E) Allen james King RANVR
    Sub-Lieutenant (E) Frederick Harold Schoch RANVR
    Sub-Lieutenant (S) James Irvine Clifton RANR
    Sub-Lieutenant (S) Charles McGregor Mitchell RANR
    Acting Sub-Lieutenant (S) Donald Wolsey McCabe RAN

    Gunner Frank Leslie Macdonald RN
    Gunner (T) James Edward Peterson RAN

    Acting Gunner John Kerr Houston RAN

    Warrant (E) William George Batchelor RAN
    Warrant (E) Alexander Baillie Biggs RAN
    Warrant (E) Frederick William Reville RAN
    Warrant (H) John Albert Ernest Fuller RAN
    Warrant (L) Robert Wesley Nicholson RAN
    Warrant (S) William Albert Owen RAN

    HMAS SYDNEY - THE CREW
    A
    Abernethy, Roderic Bell - Petty Officer Telegraphist
    Absolem, John Francis - Acting Leading Seaman Stoker
    Addison, Roy Hilton - Acting Leading Seaman
    Agar, Lavington Henry - Chief Mechanician
    Allison, John Albert Curtis - Able Seaman
    Anderson, Cecil John - Ordinary Seaman
    Anderson, Ronald Harry - Able Seaman
    Andrews, Arthur John - Able Seaman
    Archbell, Allen Walter - Acting Leading Seaman
    Armstrong, Harold James - Ordinary Seaman
    Aumann, Cyril - Acting Leading Stoker
    Avery, George William - Able Seaman
    Aylott, William Lewis - Acting Petty Officer
    Ayton, Leslie George - Ordnance Artificer

    B
    Bain, William John - Able Seaman
    Baker, Victor Leslie - Ordinary Seaman
    Baker, William Alfred - Stoker
    Balding, Harold Ross - Able Seaman
    Barclay, Victor Nathaniel - Supply Assistant
    Barham, Eric Ralph - Sick Berth Petty Officer
    Barker, Benjamin joseph Herbert - Able Seaman
    Bartlett, Maxwell Edwin - Able Seaman
    Bath, Walter James - Ordinary Seaman
    Batten, Keith Carrington -Stoker
    Baverstock, Ernest George - Able Seaman
    Beattie, Alexander - Leading Stoker
    Beattie, Eric Peter - Stoker
    Beckett, Richard James - Stoker
    Belcher, Edgar Raymond - Wireman
    Bennie, Graham Russell - Able Seaman
    Berwick, George Ross - Wireman
    Bettany, John Henry - Able Seaman
    Betterman, Donald Richard - Able Seaman
    Bettinson, Walter Edward - Leading Seaman
    Bevan, Hanbury Victor - Able Seaman
    Beverton, John Troy - Stoker
    Bibby, Ivo Ignatius - Engine Room Artificer First Class
    Biram, Bernard Frank - Petty Officer Cook (0)
    Birch, James William - Acting Leading Stoker
    Blackwood, James - Stoker
    Blake, John Shaldis - Acting Leading Stoker
    Blom, Leslie Michael - Stoker
    Bodman, Anthony Arthur - Able Seaman
    Bone, Gordon Frederick - Able Seaman
    Bonham, Henry George - Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class
    Bonner, Reginald - Mechanician First Class
    Bool, James - Ordinary Seaman
    Booth, Ernest Albert - Able Seaman
    Bowden, Laurence - Stoker Second Class
    Bowes, Keith Andrew joseph - Stoker
    Box, Robert Aubrey - Stoker Second Class
    Boyd, David William - Acting Leading Sick Berth Attendant
    Bradley, Ross - Ordinary Seaman
    Brennan, Ernest Norman - Able Seaman
    Brind, Max - Able Seaman
    Brodie, Raymond Roy - Acting Leading Seaman
    Brooks, Donald Leslie - Ordinary Seaman
    Buchanan, Allen Ridley Morton - Stoker Petty Officer
    Buck, Clifton Charles - Able Seaman
    Buckingham, Clarence Frederick Parett - Able Seaman
    Buckley, Daniel Stanley - Ordinary Seaman
    Budden, Keith Eric - Acting Yeoman of Signals
    Bundy, Frederick Philip Keith - Petty Officer
    Bunting, James - Able Seaman
    Burgess, William Robert - Signalman
    Burgoyne, Maxwell Aubrey - Leading Steward
    Burke, Kenneth Thomas - Telegraphist
    Burke, Leslie - Leading Cook (S)
    Burke, William - Chief Engine Room Artificer
    Burns, John Roardon - Acting Stoker Petty Officer
    Burnsyde, William Edmund - Stoker
    Burrowes, Douglas james - Able Seaman
    Burt, Alwyn Stewart - Wireman
    Butler, Kenneth Norman Hilton - Supply Assistant
    Butler, Stanley Wilfred - Able Seaman

    C
    Cabban, Victor Roy - Stoker Second Class
    Cannon, Lionel James - Telegraphist
    Carey, Henry Robert Joseph - Able Seaman
    Carey, Thomas Leslie - Chief Petty Officer Cook
    Carr, John William Aaron - Able Seaman
    Carthy, George Thomas - Able Seaman
    Cartwright, Alexander Mitchell - Able Seaman
    Catley, Raymond Rex - Able Seaman
    Caudle, Douglas William - Ordinary Seaman
    Challenger, Charles William - Chief Stoker
    Chapman, Neville Owen - Ordinary Seaman
    Chapman, William Roy - Stoker
    Charlton, Claude Leyshon - Cook
    Christie, Albert Thomas Norton - Stoker
    Christison, John Maxwell - Ordinary Seaman
    Clark, Daniel Murchie - Acting Leading Stoker
    Clark, Thomas Welsby - Able Seaman
    Clarke, Arthur - Leading Aircraftman
    Clarke, Harry - Acting Leading Stoker
    Clayton, Alfred Stockdale - Stoker
    Clement, William - Ordinary Seaman
    Clive, Alfred Walter - Stoker
    Colbey, Robert Sabey - Ordinary Seaman
    Cole, John Vincent - Ordinary Seaman
    Cole, Sydney Arthur William - Able Seaman
    Coleman, George Edward - Wireman
    Colhoun, Robert Alan - Stoker Second Class
    Collie, Cyril Brian - Stoker Second Class
    Collier, Richard Thomas - Acting Leading Seaman
    Collins, Charles Ernest - Able Seaman
    Collins, William Henry - Able Seaman
    Conquit, William Clarence - Able Seaman
    Cookesley, Clifford William - Stoker
    Coonan, Bevis Royal - Acting Leading Seaman
    Cooper, Alfred Langley - Leading Stoker
    Cooper, Arthur Donald Wilfred - Stoker Second Class
    Cooper, Bertie - Able Seaman
    Cooper, Reginald - Stoker
    Cooper, Rex Albert - Able Seaman
    Coppin, George William - Assistant Steward
    Cork, William James Morris - Ordinary Seaman
    Cormick, Thomas George - Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class
    Courtis, Roy John - Stoker
    Cox, Harold William - Acting Leading Stoker
    Cox, John Lionel - Signalman
    Cragg, George Louis - Stoker
    Craike, Brian Wesley - Able Seaman
    Cranwell, Henry Alfred Geoffrey - Stoker
    Craske, Benjamin Jack - Ordinary Seaman
    Crawford, Thomas Alfred - Acting Able Seaman
    Crocker, Leslie joseph - Petty Officer Cook
    Crowle, Jack Alfred Francis - Stoker Second Class
    Cummings, james - Able Seaman
    Cunnington, Alan Leonard Fyffe - Ordnance Artificer Fourth Class
    Curtis, Clifford Leslie James - Wireman
    Curtis, Richard - Petty Officer
    Curwood, Walter Leslie - Wireman

    D
    Daniel, Kevin Henry - Ordnance Artificer Fourth Class
    Darby, Stanley Maurice - Able Seaman
    Daunt, Arthur Robert - Stoker
    Davey, John Stanley - Petty Officer Cook
    Davies, Sidney John - Electrical Artificer
    Davis, Stanley Roy - Leading Seaman
    Deacon, William Frank - Able Seaman
    Deane, Wallace Bertram - Ordinary Seaman
    Dee, Thomas - Leading Steward
    DeForest, McAdam Carruthers - Stoker
    DeGracie, John Philip - Ordinary Seaman
    Dempster, Herbert James - Stoker
    Devereux, Eric Gordon - Able Seaman
    Dhu, Lionel Edward - Able Seaman
    Diews, Bernard Albert - Able Seaman
    Dimmock, Donald Charles - Able Seaman
    Dix, Gordon Kenneth - Acting Leading Stoker
    Dixon, Thomas Charles - Leading Stoker
    Dobson, Herbert Hartfield - Able Seaman
    Dodds, Richard - Leading Aircraftman
    Doxey, Alexander Harold - Able Seaman
    Doyle, Edward Francis - Able Seaman
    Drake, Albert Reginald - Able Seaman
    Drake, John Richardson - Stoker
    Duncan, Emanuel Robert Thomas - Supply Assistant
    Dundon, Stephen - Able Seaman
    Dunin, Thomas - Steward

    E
    Edenborough, Alan Grosvenor - Ordinary Seaman
    Edgoose, John Franklin - Ordinary Seaman
    Edwards, Ernest John - Able Seaman
    Edwards, Frederick - Acting Stoker Petty Officer
    Evans, Francis Richard - Petty Officer
    Ewens, Robert Underdown - Able Seaman

    F
    Fahey, William Richard - Able Seaman
    Farrand, Leonard Charles - Ordinary Seaman
    Faulkner, Arthur John - Able Seaman
    Ferguson, David Wallace - Able Seaman
    Ferguson, Kenneth Charles - Ordinary Seaman
    Fibbens, William Sidney - Telegraphist
    Findlay, Gordon Lindsay - Acting Ordnance Artificer Fourth Class
    Finlayson, Harry - Mechanician First Class
    Fisher, John William - Leading Cook (S)
    Fitzgerald, Augustine Francis - Blacksmith Fourth Class
    Fitzgerald, Lloyd Gerald - Acting Supply Petty Officer
    Fleming, Wilfred Stafford - Able Seaman
    Foote, Reginald Eric - Cook (S)
    Forbes, Robert Gordon Staunton - Ordinary Seaman
    Forsyth, Glenbervie Edwin - Electrical Artificer Fourth Class
    Forth, Herbert - Able Seaman
    Foster, Norman Douglas - Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class
    Foster, Roy - Leading Aircraftman
    Foulkes, Robert Eugene - Telegraphist
    Franklin, Edward William - Leading Seaman
    Fraser, Noel James - Ordinary Seaman
    Freer, Walter Edward Albert - Able Seaman
    Friar, Jack Allan - Engine Room Artificer Third Class
    Frisch, Ernest Dudley - Able Seaman
    Frith, William Railton Oliver - Petty Officer, RN
    Fry, Robert Aubrey - Stoker
    Fryer, Kenneth James - Ordinary Telegraphist

    G
    Gamble, Frank Harold - Petty Officer Telegraphist
    Gamble, Ronald Frederick - Acting Petty Officer Telegraphist
    Gardiner, Heathcote Diggery - Ordinary Seaman
    Garnett, William Henry - Acting Leading Stoker
    Garrett, Basil Farmer - Able Seaman
    Gale, Raymond - Leading Supply Assistant
    Gentles, Harry Spencer - Chief Stoker
    Gilsenan, Dudley John - Steward
    Glackin, Thomas Nevin - Stoker
    Glasby, Harold - Able Seaman
    Goodwin, Neil Francis - Able Seaman
    Goodwin, Wilfred James - Able Seaman
    Gothard, Edwin - Acting Petty Officer Telegraphist
    Graco, Henry Mathias - Able Seaman
    Graham, George Albert - Ordinary Seaman
    Greaves, Sidney - Able Seaman
    Green, Arthur Eric - Acting Stoker Petty Officer
    Green, John Rex - Ordinary Seaman
    Green, Theo Lawrence - Cook (0)
    Greenwood, James Herbert - Ordinary Seaman
    Gregson, Michael Oswald - Ordinary Seaman
    Grinter, Norman Francis - Acting Leading Stoker
    Gronberg, Ernest Edward - Stoker
    Gwynne, David Andrew - Able Seaman

    H
    Haag, Francis Vincent - Stoker
    Hagan, Allan - Steward
    Hammond, Lawson - Able Seaman
    Hare, Richard William - Able Seaman
    Harricks, Sydney William - Able Seaman
    Hass, Mervan Loui Wallace - Able Seaman
    Harrington, Albert Frederick - Acting Leading Seaman
    Harris, Ronald Charles - Able Seaman
    Harrison, Leslie Alexander - Petty Officer Steward
    Hartmann, Frederick Holland Reg - Petty Officer
    Haslam, Aubrey Cecil - Acting Leading Seaman
    Hattersley, jack Osberg - Able Seaman
    Hawker, George Clarence - Steward
    Hawkes, Sydney William - Able Seaman
    Haynes, Frank James - Stoker
    Haywood, George James - Ordinary Seaman Second Class
    Heaton, Edmund - Acting Electrical Artificer Fourth Class
    Henderson, William Laurence Douglas - Stoker
    Henrickson, John Olaf - Stoker
    Herington, Henry Foster - Stoker Second Class
    Heritage, Roy George - Able Seaman
    Herrod, Herbert Frederick - Acting Leading Stoker
    Hewett, Edmund Herbert - Able Seaman
    Hickey, Robert Arthur - Able Seaman
    Hill, Douglas Hugh - Stoker
    Hill, Peter - Able Seaman
    Hill, Robert Henry - Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class
    Hobbs, George james - Able Seaman
    Hogan, Michael Henry - Ordinary Telegraphist
    Holder, Edward Harrison - Telegraphist
    Holm, Clarence Kenneth Asby - Able Seaman
    Homer, Arthur Wilfred - Chief Stoker
    Honor, Charles Leslie - Telegraphist
    Hooper, Edgar Norman - Ordinary Seaman
    Hopcraft, Robert Beauchamp - Shipwright Third Class
    Hore, Keith Beresford - Able Seaman
    Horrigan, Cornelius - Able Seaman
    Howard, Keith - Aireraftman First Class
    Howard, Leonard John - Able Seaman
    Hudson, james Lloyd - Signalman
    Hutchinson, Richard - Able Seaman
    Hutchinson, Roy Harold - Able Seaman
    Hutchison, James Robertson - Stoker Second Class

    I
    Ingham, John Wakelin - Acting Leading Stoker

    J
    James, Martin Curtis - Able Seaman
    Jarvis, William John - Stoker Second Class
    Jeffs, Francis William - Ordinary Seaman
    Jennings, David Mathias - Able Seaman
    Jesnoewski, Leslie Albert - Ordinary Seaman
    Johnson, Percy Albert - Stoker Second Class
    Johnston, Donald Erskine - Able Seaman
    Johnston, George - Writer
    Johnston, Edgar William - Able Seaman
    Johnstone, Trevor James Armistice - Able Seaman
    Jones, David James - Acting Stoker Petty Officer
    Jones, Donald Edgar - Able Seaman
    Jones, Ivan David - Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class
    Jones, John Banks - Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class
    Jones, Philip Trevor - Chief Petty Officer
    Jones, Wilfred George - Chief Shipwright
    Jordan, Ernest John - Able Seaman
    Jordan, Horace David - Able Seaman
    Joyce, William Robert John - Able Seaman

    K
    Keane, Walter John DSM - Chief Ordnance Artificer
    Kearnon, Rex Allan - Ordinary Seaman
    Keenan, Francis Bernard - Stoker
    Kelly, james Vincent - Able Seaman
    Kelly, Neville Andrew - Stoker Second Class
    Kennedy, Robert John - Stoker Second Class
    Kenney, Arthur Henry Lawrence - Chief Petty Officer
    Kent, Lloyd Shackleton - Signalman
    Kettle, Edward james - Able Seaman
    Kettyle, James Thomas - Leading Stoker
    Keys, Rodger Francis - Able Seaman
    Kirkham, Eric James - Able Seaman
    Kitchin, Clayton Peter - Stoker
    Kleinig, Arthur Albert - Telegraphist
    Knapman, Wesley Bowden - Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class
    Knapp, Douglas John - Stoker Second Class
    Knight, Neil Kenneth - Steward
    Kreig, Archibald Douglas - Assistant Steward

    L
    Laffer, Peter Morton - Ordinary Seaman
    Lang, John - Able Seaman
    Lang, William Hugh - Stoker Second Class
    Lawler, Neil Charles - Ordinary Seaman
    Lawson, James Neil - Supply Assistant
    Laxton, Stewart Thomas - Sick Berth Attendant Second Class
    Laycock, Royce Stanley - Stoker
    Lewis, Ambrose Henry - Stoker Petty Officer
    Lewis, Desmond Henry - Bandsman
    Lewis, Leslie Raymond - Acting Leading Seaman
    Lillywhite, Harry Edgar - Shipwright First Class
    Lockard, Terence Godfrey - Acting Signalman
    Love, Snowden Edward - Stoker
    Lowenstein, William - Stoker
    Lowry, Frederick William - Able Seaman
    Lynch, Stephen Maxwell - Able Seaman
    Lyne, Raymond Vivian - Ordinary Seaman

    M
    Mackinnon, Murdo - Petty Officer
    Males, Trevor - Shipwright Fourth Class
    Mann, Keith Arthur - Ordinary Seaman
    Manninp,, Maurice - Leading Cook (S)
    Marley, Sidney - Sergeant
    Marson, Albert Richard - Mechanician Second Class
    Martin, Alan Douglas - Ordinary Seaman
    Martin, james Hearle - Able Seaman
    Martin, Leslie Frank - Steward
    Martin, Leslie James Frederick - Ordinary Seaman
    Matheson, Edward Austin John - Ordinary Seaman
    Mathews, John William - Able Seaman
    Maxwell, lan Maxwell - Ordinary Seaman
    Medlen, Lindsay James - Sick Berth Attendant
    Melandri, Perty Ernest Vincent - Bandsman
    Menzies, William - Able Seaman
    Miller, George James - Cook (S)
    Miller, james Douglas Haig - Able Seaman
    Miller, Kenneth Roscoe - Ordinary Seaman
    Miller, Martin Patrick - Steward
    Miller, Robert Alfred - Stoker
    Milverton, Peter Frederick - Able Seaman
    Minns, Leslie Charles - Sick Berth Attendant
    Mitchell, Francis joseph - Supply Assistant
    Mogler, Richard Charles - Stoker
    Mordaunt, Francis Xavier - Petty Officer Writer
    Morisey, Ronald - Able Seaman
    Morphett, Merton James - Cook (S)
    Morris, Edgar Percy - Petty Officer
    Morris, Raymond Keith - Able Seaman
    Moule, Albert - Stoker
    Mudford, Leslie Francis - Able Seaman
    Mulhall, John Dillon - Bandsman
    Murdoch, Raymond Charles - Able Seaman
    Murray, Malcom - Able Seaman
    Mutch, Hector MacDonald - Able Seaman
    Myers, Henry William - Stoker
    McAulay, Angus Campbell - Bandsman
    McAuslan, Arthur Robert - Chief Engine Room Artificer
    McBain, joseph Henry - Chief Engine Room Artificer
    McCabe, Ernest Victor - Able Seaman
    McCallem, Duncan - Canteen Assistant
    McClaren, Alfred Allan - Petty Officer
    McConnell, Robert Nicol - Stoker
    McCulloch, Sydney - Able Seaman
    McCullough, Samuel James - Wireman
    McDonald, John Denis - Able Seaman
    McDougall, Wallace - Able Seaman
    McGregor, Donald Alexander - Cook (S)
    McGowan, Thomas Henry - Able Seaman
    McHaffle, Edward Hunter - Painter First Class
    McKay, Allan Murdoch - Leading Supply Assistant
    McKechnie, Glen Morton - Ordinary Seaman
    McKenzie, Donald james - Able Seaman
    McKeown, Malachi James - Able Seaman
    McLean, William Ernest - Stoker Petty Officer
    McLeod, Herbert Charles - Acting Leading Stoker
    McLeod-Smith, Albert Fraser - Petty Officer

    N
    Nesbitt, jackson - Able Seaman
    Newman, Charles Albert - Able Seaman
    Nicholls, Malcom Godfrey - Able Seaman
    Nichols, Francis Roy - Ordinary Seaman Second Class
    Nichol, Thomas Enright - Wireman
    Noble, Charles Taylor Reg - Petty Officer
    Noell, Alfred John - Stoker
    Norbery, Stephen William - Able Seaman
    Norman, Charles George james - Able Seaman
    Norman, Frederick William - Leading Seaman
    Norton, John Thomas Henry - Leading Stoker
    Norton, Montague Alfred Huxley - Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class
    Norton, William Frederick Cecil - Able Seaman
    Nugent, Cyril james - Stoker
    Nyal, Leslie John - Stoker Second Class

    O
    Oakford, Phillip james - Ordinary Seaman
    O'Brien, Edward Bedford - Shipwright First Class
    Ogilvie, Laurence - Able Seaman
    Oliver, Alan Henry - Ordinary Seaman
    Opas, Maurice - Canteen Manager
    Owens, Edward Harold - Able Seaman

    P
    Paling, Dennis Ross - Able Seaman
    Parkes, Douglas Leon - Able Seaman
    Parr, George Frederick - Chief Electrical Artificer
    Partington, Leslie Warburton - Bandsman
    Pascoe, Percival Holman - Stoker
    Pastoors, William Cecil - Stoker Second Class
    Patrick, Charles William - Ordinary Seaman Second Class
    Paul, Stanley Robert - Stoker
    Payne, John Robert - Sick Berth Attendant
    Peak, John McGhie - Stoker
    Pearce, Eric Victor - Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class
    Pelham, Frederick Charles - Bandsman
    Perger, Frederick James - Able Seaman
    Perryman, Richard Severn - Able Seaman
    Peters, Maxwell Wesley - Telegraphist
    Peterson, Peter William - Stoker
    Phillips, Frederick Ernest - Able Seaman
    Pike, John William - Able Seaman
    Pitt, William Harold - Able Seaman
    Platt, Robert - Stoker Second Class
    Pople, Alfred - Band Corporal
    Potter, Alfred William - Ordinary Seaman
    Potter, Clyde Ashby - Acting Supply Petty Officer
    Powell, Lyal Llewellyn - Able Seaman
    Prike, joseph John - Able Seaman
    Primmer, John Foster Roy - Able Seaman
    Pritchard, Herbert Lloyd - Ordnance Artificer Fourth Class
    Psaila, Samuel - Canteen Assistant
    Pulham, Edward George Montague - Acting Leading Stoker
    Purdon, Eric Thomas - Leading Seaman
    Purkiss, Cecil Edward - Wireman
    Putman, Albert Edward - Ordinary Seaman

    Q
    Quilty, John Edward - Acting Leading Seaman
    Quinn, George Frederick - Petty Officer Cook (S)

    R
    Ramsay, Ernest Wilson - Able Seaman
    Ranford, John Irvine - Ordinary Telegraphist
    Ray, Harold George - Able Seaman
    Redfearne, Charles Hugh - Stoker
    Redmond, Eric Neville - Ordinary Signalman
    Reed, George Percival - Writer
    Rees, Robert John - Ordinary Seaman
    Reeves, Ellis Leslie - Able Seaman
    Reeves, Raymond Henry - Ordinary Seaman
    Reid, Graham Roy - Signalman
    Reilly, James Brian - Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class
    Remfry, Ernest John - Able Seaman
    Ricardo, John Layton - Chief Petty Officer Butcher
    Rice, Desmond Maxwell - Stoker Third Class
    Richards, Harold Nelson - Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class
    Richter, Arthur John - Acting Supply Petty Officer
    Riley, Edwin Martin - Ordinary Seaman
    Rippen, Adolph Heinrich Gerhard - Telegraphist
    Riters, Edward - Able Seaman
    Roberts, Lyndon Irvine - Stoker
    Roberts, Ronald Charles - Assistant Cook (0)
    Robertson, Michael John - Leading Seaman
    Robertson, Thomas Noel - Acting Stoker Petty Officer
    Robertson, William James - Leading Cook
    Rogers, Charles Allan - Able Seaman
    Rogers, Ralph Carey - Signalman
    Rolfe, Edmund Sturgeon - Able Seaman
    Rolley, Ernest David - Steward
    Rosevear, Geoffrey - Able Seaman
    Rosevear, Lance - Able Seaman
    Ross, Donald - Petty Officer Steward
    Ross, James Thompson - Supply Petty Officer
    Rothbaum, Lionel - Assistant Steward
    Rowe, Allan Lawrence - Able Seaman
    Rowe, James Ronald - Telegraphist
    Rowe, Lindsay Thomas - Stoker Second Class
    Rowlands, Harold Edward - Supply Chief Petty Officer
    Rudwall, Peter Sutherland - Ordinary Seaman

    S
    Salmon, John - Able Seaman
    Sampson, Louis Nicholas - Supply Chief Petty Officer
    Sands, William Archibald Martin - Chief Petty Officer
    Savage, Leonard Roydon - Stoker
    Sawbridge, George William - Bandsman
    Schache, Walter Herbert - Chief Petty Officer Cook
    Schmidt, Alan Hartley - Ordinary Seaman
    Schulz, Raymond Arthur - Stoker
    Scott, George Gillick - Acting Petty Officer
    Shadlow, Eric Henry - Stoker Second Class
    Shepherd, Alfred Horwood - Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class
    Shepherd, David John - Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist
    Shiers, Arthur Ernest - Able Seaman
    Shipstone, Henry Buccleuch - Petty Officer
    Short, Harry Kenneth - Able Seaman
    Sievey, Richard Thomas - Ordinary Seaman
    Silk, Stanley George - Chief Petty Officer
    Simpson, Beniamin - Petty Officer Telegraphist
    Simpson, Charles Henry - Able Seaman
    Simpson, Reginald Austin - Ordinary Telegraphist
    Slater, Alec George Hamilton - Assistant Cook
    Smith, Allen Leslie - Chief Electrical Artificer
    Smith, Alfred james - Stoker Second Class
    Smith, Cornelius Francis - Able Seaman
    Smith, Douglas William Charles - Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class
    Smith, Ernest Edward Frederick - Able Seaman
    Smith, George William - Stoker Second Class
    Smith, Ronald George Singleton - Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class
    Smith, Roy Clarence - Supply Assistant
    Smith, Roy Somerville - Stoker
    Smith, William Ftederick Albert - Able Seaman
    Smith, William Harrison Randall - Engine Room Artificer Third Class
    Smith, William Reginald Devine - Acting Petty Officer
    Soutar, William Nicoll - Supply Assistant
    Spiller, Harold James - Able Seaman
    Staff, Robert Frank - Steward
    Stammers, Robert - Cook
    Standish, George Frederick - Able Seaman
    Stear, Ernest Victor Lloyd - Bandmaster
    Steed, Philip William - Ordinary Seaman
    Steele, Roy McLellan Morgan - Able Seaman
    Stenton, Stanley Peter William - Stoker
    Stephens, George - Acting Yeoman of Signals
    Stephenson, Walter Thomas William - Stoker
    Sterling, Leslie - Able Seaman
    Stevens, Horace John - Bandsman
    Stevenson, Robert - Stoker Third Class
    Stride, Cecil Meadus - Stoker Second Class
    Striethorst, Raymond Conrad - Able Seaman
    Stripe, Alexander Edward - Able Seaman
    Strugnell, John William - Petty Officer
    Stuart, james Richard Keith - Stoker
    Stuart, William Fancourt - Writer
    Stubbs, Kimberley - Stoker Second Class
    Sturla, james Robert - Chief Stoker
    Sutton, Denis O'Reilly - Able Seaman
    Sutton, Kingsley - Acting Stoker Petty Officer

    T
    Tabor, Frederick Arthur - Acting Leading Seaman
    Tassel, Harry Woodrow - Petty Officer
    Tatters, George Nelson - Able Seaman
    Taylor, John - Telegraphist
    Taylor, John Ernest - Able Seaman
    Taylor, John McLean - Able Seaman
    Taylor, Keith - Ordinary Seaman
    Taylor, Kenneth George - Able Seaman
    Taylor, Rupert Allenby - Leading Stoker
    Tennant, Ronald George - Engine Room Artificer Third Class
    Thompson, Harry Edward - Wireman
    Thompson, William Raymond - Stoker
    Thomson, Archibald jarnes - Stoker
    Trenbath, jack Stephen - Stoker Third Class
    Trenwith, Harry George - Stoker Petty Officer
    Triggs, Robert - Master-at-Arms
    Tuffin, Edwin Daniel - Able Seaman
    Turk, Herbert - Able Seaman
    Turner, George Alfred - Ordinary Seaman Second Class
    Turner, Harold - Signalman
    Turner, Kenneth james - Ordinary Seaman
    Turner, William Ross - Able Seaman
    Tyldsley, james - Chief Yeoman of Signals
    Tyler, Charles Desmond - Bandsman

    U
    Unwin, John Edward - Able Seaman
    Uren, Thomas William james - Leading Steward

    V
    Vassett, Alexander William - Electrical Artificer First Class
    Vogt, Ronald Matthew - Able Seaman

    W
    Wait, Howard Thomas Charles - Acting Supply Petty Officer
    Waldron, Thomas Arthur - Stoker Second Class
    Walker, Arthur Joseph - Cook
    Walker, Edward John - Yeoman of Signals
    Walker, Kenneth james - Able Seaman
    Walker, William Albert Gordon - Leading Signalman
    Wallace, William Raymond - Stoker
    Walsh, Gordon Stuart - Supply Assistant
    Walsh, Michael Henry Joseph - Able Seaman
    Ward, Frederick Ernest Charles - Able Seaman
    Ward, James Joseph Richard - Leading Stoker
    Ware, Leonard Frank - Joiner Third Class
    Warren, Vincent - Bandsman
    Waye, Leonard William - Acting Leading Stoker
    Webb, Arthur Charles - Able Seaman
    Webb, Oliver Ernest Raymond - Acting Petty Officer
    Weller, Royce Henry - Acting Shipwright Fourth Class
    White, Hans James Leo - Signalman
    White, Robert George - Able Seaman
    Whitfield, Leonard William - Chief Petty Officer Writer
    Whithear, Alan George - Stoker
    Williams, Alfred David - Able Seaman
    Williams, David Leslie - Acting Petty Officer
    Williams, John Bruce - Stoker Second Class
    Williams, John Harris - Stoker Second Class
    Williamson, Maurice Douglas - Leading Stoker
    Williamson, Sydney Thomas Lawrence - Acting Petty Officer
    Willis, George Boyd - Able Seaman
    Willis, Percy John Christian - Plumber First Class
    Willis, Lloyd Martin - Cook (0)
    Willis, Ronald Verdun - Steward
    Wilson, Clifford - Telegraphist
    Wilson, Jack Stanley - Able Seaman
    Wilson, Roderick Richard - Sick Berth Attendant
    Wilson, Roy Weddon Dawes - Ordinary Seaman
    Windham, Russell Bertram - Ordinary Telegraphist
    Witton, Bertram Linsay - Acting Leading Telegraphist
    Wixted, Ronald james - Stoker Second Class
    Wood, Arthur Thomas - Able Seaman
    Woodcroft, William George - Leading Steward
    Woodhams, Reginald Bernard Craig - Stoker Second Class
    Woods, William Raymond - Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class
    Woodsford, Alfred Charles - Acting Leading Seaman
    Woolmore, Laurence Thomas - Ordnance Artificer Second Class
    Worsley, William Cornelius - Acting Electrical Artificer Fourth Class
    Wright, Charles Alan - Able Seaman
    Wright, Charles Patrick - Signalman
    Wright, Harold Douglas - Assistant Steward
    Wyatt, Eric William - Telegraphist

    Y
    Yeoman, Walter Clifford - Stoker
    York, Leonard Denis - Able Seaman
    Young, John Robinson - Able Seaman

    Z
    Zammitt, Salvatore - Canteen Manager
     


    HSK Kormoran

    GERMAN OFFICERS AND MEN THAT DIED
    Heinz Aron
    Alex Barthel
    Josef Bednareck
    Werner Berges
    Alfred Bez
    August Bilges
    Willi Bolt
    Paul Brachvogel
    August Breer
    Franz Breitenstein
    Erich Bruchig
    Ludwig Bussjager
    Reinhard Czech
    Bruno Demandt
    Hein Dein
    Willi Dobileit
    Johann Duismann
    Eduard Eberhard
    Hermann Ebert
    Heinz Feldmann
    Willi Fischer
    Gerhard Gause
    Egbert van Gaza
    Ernst Georg
    Theo Glander
    Fritz Grabow
    Gerhard Haarnagel
    Erich Haase
    Hans Haase
    Johann Hahn
    Willi Havekost
    Franz Heinze
    elmut Heinzemann
    Fritz Hemmerich
    Otto Herstel
    Eugen Heumann
    Albert Hille
    Wilhelm Hinkel
    Fritz Holzel
    Fritz Hoffmann
    K.arl Hudasch
    K.urt Hufer
    Josef Hurter
    Heinrich Knupper
    Willi Kreutzer
    Robert Kummel
    Hermann Lange
    Erich Langenbach
    Franz Leger
    Otto Lenz
    Rudolf Losche
    Dietrich Lohmann
    Fritz Martin
    Paul Meyer
    Heinz Muller
    Freidrich Nagel
    Oskar Pakosch
    Franz Pastuschka
    Hubert Pregler
    Herbert Prystuppa
    Kurt Quednau
    Alfred Rennig
    Herbert Rickert
    Alfons Ross
    Hans Salinsky
    Georg Salzgeber
    Ernst Schonberg
    Horst Schuster
    Karl Seiler
    Hermann Stehr
    Alfons Storney
    Fritz Tiemann
    Leonhard Trentler
    Josef Tschznter
    Bernhard van der Tweer
    Rudolf Ulbricht
    Kurt Wachter
    Robert Wulf
    Karl Zeitler
     
    Died during Kormoran's cruise
    Erich Dembnicki
    Kurt Hofmann
     
    Died as prisoner of war
    Erich Meyer

    HMAS Sydney - Loss or Controversy. Tom Frame. Hodder and Stoughton 1993