The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
DSMs presented at Rushcutters Bay Naval Depot. Twelve year old Maxwell Reece, son of Stoker Petty Officer W. J. H. Reece, of HMAS Perth receives his father's Distinguished Service Medal from Rear Admiral G. C. Muirhead-Gould. The DSM was awarded for work in the evacuation of Crete. PO Reece was posted missing at the time but had in fact been killed in action when HMAS Perth was sunk on the 1st of March 1942 during the battle of the Sunda Straits.
D.S.M.'S PRESENTED AT RUSHCUTTERS BAY NAVAL DEPOT. JENNIFER PURTELL (7 YEARS) AND MAXWELL REECE, (12 YEARS) BOTH RECEIVED THEIR FATHERS' DSM'S FROM REAR ADMIRAL G.C.MUIRHEAD-GOULD. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER
D.S.M.'S PRESENTED AT RUSHCUTTERS BAY NAVAL DEPOT. SEVEN YEAR OLD JENNIFER PURTELL, ACCOMPANIED BY HER MOTHER RECEIVES FROM REAR ADMIRAL MUIRHEAD GOULD, THE D.S.M. AWARDED TO HER FATHER CHIEF PETTY OF
Studio portrait of 14299 Stoker Petty Officer (Sto PO) Charles Gordon Alford, HMAS Perth of West Melbourne, Vic. Sto PO enlisted in the RAN on 7 April 1924. He served on various ships and shore establ
Informal portrait of Rear Admiral Gerard Charles Muirhead-Gould DSC, RN, Naval Officer in Command of Sydney Harbour, presenting a Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to 20221 Petty Officer (PO) Harry Ph
Two letters written to Bruce Chalker during the Second World War. The first letter is from Bruce's uncle, 17867 Stoker Petty Officer William Reece, DSM, HMAS Perth written in 1940 and the second lette
Wedding portrait of 5925 Stoker Petty Officer (SPO) Robert Naismith, HMAS Sydney, and his bride Eileen Gallagher. SPO Naismith enlisted in the RAN on 2 January 1917 as a stoker, and served on many shi
