The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 WRITER E.G. PURTELL OF H.M.A.S. "PARRAMATTA" IS MISSING BELIEVED KILLED AND STOKER PETTY OFFICER W.J.H. REECE OF H.M.A.S. "PERTH" IS MISSING. Petty Officer Reece had in fact been killed in action when HMAS Perth was sunk during the battle of the Sunda Straits on 1 March 1942.
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
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 Adm
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
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
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 14299 Stoker Petty Officer Charles Gordon Alford, HMAS Perth, Royal Australian Navy, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Australia, 1
Informal outdoor portrait of Kenneth Turnbull in a Militia uniform. In August 1941, QX22722 Private (Pte) Kenneth Turnbull, of Brisbane, Qld, enlisted in 2/26 Battalion, along with his brother, QX2351
