March 19 1935 Applied for entry to the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy as a Stoker at 6 Regimental District Palmerston North.
May 18 1935 at HMS Philomel Naval Depot Devonport volunteered for 12 years service commencing 15 May 1935 age 22 years 3 months.
Official Number NZD 1308
Height 5ft 7in, Chest 37.5, Hair Fair, Eyes Blue, Complexion Fresh, Scar on right thumb.
Service Record Dates Rating
Philomel Shore Base Auckland 15 May 1935 - 30 Sept 1935 Stoker 2
Diomede 1 Oct 1935 - 31 March 1936 Stoker 2
Achilles 1 April 1936 - 14 May 1936 Stoker 2
Achilles 15 May 1936 - 1 Nov 1938 Stoker 1
Leander 2 Nov 1938 - 20 April 1939 Stoker 1
Leander 21 April 1939 - 10 Oct 1939 Acting Leader Stoker
Philomel 11 Oct 1939 - 10 Nov 1939 Acting Leader Stoker
HMAS Cerberus Australia 11 Nov 1939 - 13 Mar 1940 Acting Leader Stoker
Achilles 14 Mar 1940 - 17 April 1940 Acting Leader Stoker
Leander 18 April 1940 - 20 April 1940 Acting Leader Stoker
Leander 21 April 1940 - 20 Sept 1941 Leading Stoker
Leander 21 Sept 1941 - 5 Dec 1941 Acting Stoker Petty Officer
Philomel 6 Dec 1941 - 17 Dec 1941 Acting Stoker Petty Officer
Land Base Singapore RN Sultan 18 Dec 1941 -28 Feb 1942 Acting Stoker Petty Officer
land Base Ceylon Lanka 1 Mar 1942-30 April 1942 Acting Stoker Petty Officer
Land Base Kenya Tana 1 May 1942 - 16 Oct 1942 Acting Stoker Petty Officer
Land Base Kenya Tana 17 Oct 1942 - 22 Oct 1942 Acting Stoker Petty Officer
Land Base Kenya Tana 23 Oct 1942 - 1 Nov 1942 D - 'Dead'
On transfer from HMS Tanya to HMS Assegai Durban South Africa, then passage home to New Zealand.
Declared 'lost at sea' November 1 1942
Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Cemetery New Zealand Naval Memorial Devonport Auckland
Grave/Memorial Reference Panel 4
and Mangaweka War Memorial location Mangaweka School
