The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Portrait of Vice Admiral Sir Guy Charles Cecil Royle KCB, CMG, first member of the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board and Chief of the Naval Staff. Between 1924 and 1934, after service in the First World War, Royle held the post of naval attaché in the British Embassy, Tokyo and became a specialist in the field of naval aviation. In 1933 he commanded the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious for a year, followed by two years as Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, London. He took the appointment of Vice-Admiral Commanding Aircraft Carriers from 1937 to 1939, and returned to sea duty commanding the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, between 1939 and 1940. He then took a position in the Admiralty again, as Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Service between 1940 and 1941. He was knighted in 1941 and in June 1941, he was appointed to the position of Chief of the Naval Air Service of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) until 1945. He retired from the RAN in 1946 and was appointed Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod and from 1948 was Secretary to the Lord Great Chamberlain. He died on 4 January 1954, aged 69.
Portrait of Vice Admiral Sir Guy Charles Cecil Royle KCB, CMG, first member of the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board and Chief of the Naval Staff. Between 1924 and 1934, after service in the First W
ADMIRAL SIR GUY CHARLES CECIL ROYLE, K.C.B., C.M.G. FIRST NAVAL MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH NAVAL BOARD AND CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF. AWARDED THE C.M.G. IN 1919 FOR HIS SERVICES IN THE LAST
Portrait of Acting Paymaster Captain Patrick Perry, RAN, born 14 February 1903, standing at an opened safe. He entered RAN as Paymaster Cadet in 1921, and attained rank of Paymaster Commander in 1939.
MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN NAVAL BOARD, 1941. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: MR. R. ANTHONY, FINANCE MEMBER; ENGINEER REAR-ADMIRAL P. E. MCNEIL, 3RD NAVAL MEMBER; ADMIRAL SIR RAGNAR COLVIN, RETIRING 1ST NAVAL MEM
Bronze portrait of Admiral Sir Guy Royle, KCB, CMG. Royle was the first naval member of the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board and was also Chief of the Naval Staff from 1941 to 1945. This bronze ed
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-09. VICE-ADMIRAL SIR GUY ROYLE KCB CMG, FIRST NAVAL MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH NAVAL BOARD, AND CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF.
