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Portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Lloyd G. Palmer Royal Australian Navy Reserve (RANR). Lt Palmer was appointed to the RANR as a Sub-Lieutenant in 1937. After completing the gunnery course at HMAS Cerberus in 1937 he served on HMAS Kanimbla from 1939 to 1941, he then served as the Officer-in-charge of the Gabo Island Watch Station in 1941, until he was transferred to HMAS Canberra and then to HMAS Armidale on 1942-6-11. Lieutenant Palmer was the Gunnery Officer on HMAS Armidale when she was sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Arafura Sea, off the southern coast of Timor, 1942-12-01. Lt Palmer commanded the Armidale's whaler in an epic voyage toward the Australian coast and eventual rescue on 1942-12-09. Lt Palmer later served on HMAS Shepparton and as the First Officer on HMAS Kalgoorlie. Blind in one eye, a fact he concealed from the Navy until 1942, and suffering recurring medical problems associated with the loss of the Armidale, he was eventually classified unfit for sea duty in 1944 and appointed as Senior Naval Officer at the Williamstown Naval Depot, an appointment he held until the end of the war. On 1945-08-22 Lt Palmer was appointed as a Prisoner of War Contact Officer in Singapore to investigate the fate of the sailors from HMAS Perth. He was awarded the Volunteer Reserve Decoration 1948-08-04. Lt Palmer was placed on the Retired Reserve List on 1950-04-15.
Lieutenant Commander (Lt Cdr) Donald Ross Macaulay Cameron (Surgeon) RANR from Essendon, Victoria in charge of the auxiliary operating theatre aboard HMAS Kanimbla. Lt Cdr Cameron was appointed an of
Piece of shrapnel. Shrapnel collected by Lieutenant Lloyd George Palmer following an attack by Japanese aircraft on HMAS Armidale during Operation Hamburger in 1942. In an attack on the afternoon of
Piece of shrapnel. Shrapnel collected by Lieutenant Lloyd George Palmer following an attack by Japanese aircraft on HMAS Armidale during Operation Hamburger in 1942. In an attack on the afternoon of
Lieutenant Commander (Lt Cdr) Colin George Hill MBE, Royal Australian Naval Reserve (RANR) from Bellevue Hill, NSW, Commanding Officer HMAS Barcoo. He was appointed a Lieutenant in the RANR on 1 Febru
Informal portrait of Lieutenant Commander (Lt Cdr) Sidney Arnold Sewell, RANR, Senior Medical Officer from Melbourne, Victoria preparing for an operation in the Sick Bay aboard the troopship HMAS Kani
Informal portrait of Lieutenant Commander (Lt Cdr) Colin George Hill MBE, Royal Australian Naval Reserve (RANR) from Bellevue Hill, NSW, Commanding Officer HMAS Barcoo. He was appointed a Lieutenant i
