THE CREW

Lest We Forget
The following people lost their lives while serving with HMAS Yarra during the Second World War.

Personnel who lost their lives due to Yarra’s sinking

ADAMS, John A, Engine Room Artificer 4c, F3050 (RANR)
ANDERSON, Noel M, Lieutenant, (RANVR)
BAKER, William M, Ordinary Seaman, 24908 (RAN)
BANKS, Keith J, Able Seaman, 24470 (RAN)
BARBER, Rex C, Able Seaman, 24376 (RAN)
BASEY, Gerald C M, Supply Assistant, PA2052 (RANR)
BOUCHER, Harold L, Able Seaman, H1538 (RANR)
BRIGGS, Alfred W B, Leading Cook, 19676 (RAN)
BROOK, Rupert H, Able Seaman, 18771 (RAN)
BROOKER, Henry C, Able Seaman, 18008 (RAN)
BROWN, William H, Leading Seaman, 19720 (RAN)
BULL, Ralph W D, Gunner, 14796 (RAN)
BURKE-CLOSE, Richard, Canteen Manager, NAAFI
CAMPLING, Wilfrid, Leading Stoker, 12828
CARLEY, Kenneth, Ordinary Telegraphist, C/JX 194724, (RN)
CAVE, Sydney J, Petty Officer Stoker, 20624 (RAN)
CHATLAND, Vernon W, Petty Officer Stoker, 18314 (RAN)
CHISHOLM, Donald F, Leading Telegraphist, 22040 (RAN)
CLARK, Clifford G, Stoker, S4714 (RANR)
CLARK, John W, Stoker 3c, H1690 (RANR)
CLARKE, Alwyn L, Stoker, S4759 (RANR)
COOKE, Oliver, Steward, S3609 (RANR)
COVENTRY, Peter J, Able Seaman, PA1835 (RANR)
CRESSWELL, Harry L, Petty Officer Telegraphist, 20843 (RAN)
CROSBY, Walter, Able Seaman, W1758 (RANR)
CROSS, Max L, Able Seaman, S5050 (RANR)
CURTIS, Harry F, Able Seaman, W1760 (RANR)

CUSACK, Leonard D, Stoker, 22871 (RAN)
DALTON, Stanley, Chief Stoker, 11648 (RAN)
DARLING, John G, Leading Stoker, S3047 (RANR)
DARWIN, Ronald G, Writer, PA1518 (RANR)
DAWSON, Kenneth L, Ty/Lieutenant, (RANR)
DEWHIRST, Thomas J, Wireman, 24693 (RAN)
DONHARDT, Glen H, Leading Steward, 22492 (RAN)
DOYLE, Arthur W, Petty Officer, 5954 (RAN)
DUNN, Claude L, Able Seaman, H1515 (RANR)
EDWARDS, Eric, Leading Steward, 21102 (RAN)
EDWARDS, Francis X, Stoker, 22400 (RAN)
ENSTONE, Ronald E, Ordinary Telegraphist, D/JX 282142 (RN)
FRASER, Norman, Petty Officer Cook (S), 13615 (RAN)
FULSTON, Gordon R, Able Seaman, PA1806 (RANR)
GARTSIDE, Cyril V, Petty Officer Steward, 17750 (RAN)
GILLIES, William E, Able Seaman, 23560 (RAN)
GOFF, Robert J, Leading Stoker, 22937 (RAN)
GORDON, Cedric J, Able Seaman, B2138 (RANR)
GRAY, Dudley J, Electrical Artificer 3c, 22136 (RAN)
HABERFIELD, Victor H, Coder, 24917 (RAN)
HARDING, Ernest F, Leading Stoker, PM2382 (RANR)
HARDY, Robert L, Able Seaman, PA1816 (RANR)
HARINGTON, Kelston R, Able Seaman, H1513 (RANR)
HOBBINS, John H, Petty Officer Stoker, 17333 (RAN)
HODGES, Alexander W, Leading Stoker, 23053 (RAN)
HOLMES, William T, Chief Petty Officer, S749 (RAN)
HOPLEY, Edgar W D, Able Seaman, B2283 (RANR)
HORWOOD, Robert J, Able Seaman, PM 2593 (RANR)
HOSKINS, Robert J, Petty Officer Steward, 14060 (RAN)
HUDSON, Charles D, Cook (S), 22559 (RAN)
HUGHES, Harold H, Able Seaman, PM2912 (RANR)
HUTTON, Robert J, Stoker, W1683 (RANR)
JAMES, Norman H, Sick Berth Petty Officer, 19593 (RAN)

JOHNSTON, Gregory J, Able Seaman, B2320 (RANR)
JOSH, Frank, Petty Officer, C/JX 130626 (RN)
KELL, John J, Stoker, S4628 (RANR)
KERNAGHAN, James McA, Able Seaman, S5344 (RANR)
LAKE, Loren J, Stoker 2c, S5695 (RANR)
LANE, George E, Master at Arms, 14378 (RAN)
LINDSAY, Ernest G, Ordnance Artificer 1c, 13764 (RAN)
LLOYD, George J, Able Seaman, 18037 (RAN)
LOSEBY, Godfrey L, Able Seaman, B2960 (RANR)
LYE, James E, Able Seaman, 23637 (RAN)
LYNCH, Gordon T, Stoker, S4273 (RANR)
LYNCH, Henry C, Steward, 23048 (RAN)
MALLARD, Henry, Stoker, W1703 (RANR)
MCCARTHY, Daniel W, Able Seaman, B1831 (RANR)
MCILROY, John J, Able Seaman, B2162 (RANR)
MCLAREN-ROBINSON, William J, Surgeon Lieutenant (RAN)
MEHEUX, Francis R, Ordinary Telegraphist, C/JX 194726 (RN)
MEIKLE, Ronald G, Sick Berth Attendant, B2436 (RANR)
MEYERS, Joseph E, Able Seaman, PM2569 (RANR)
MILLING, James, Leading Seaman, 15263 (RAN)
MOFFITT, Ernest G, Able Seaman, 23881 (RAN)
MOXEY, Alfred, Able Seaman, W1335 (RANR)
MUNDAY, William S, Able Seaman, PM2553 (RANR)
MURRAY, Rex C E, Signalman, 23559 (RAN)
NEAL, Donald O, Petty Officer Stoker, 21054 (RAN)
OAKES, James H, Able Seaman, PA1820 (RANR)
OLIVER, John R, Able Seaman, B2284 (RANR)
O’NEILL, Arthur, Stoker, S4695 (RANR)
O’REILLY, Stephen F, Steward, S3597 (RANR)
PAGE, Leonard J, Ordinary Seaman, H1506 (RANR)
PARISH, Charles H, Ordinary Seaman, H1469 (RANR)
PARSONS, Raymond G, Petty Officer, 20299 (RAN)
PEDERSEN, Charles F, Able Seaman, 23624 (RAN)

PERRIN, Sidney D, Petty Officer Stoker, 19389 (RAN)
PETERSON, Reginald T, Able Seaman, 13896 (RAN)
PIPER, Cecil A M, Signalman, W1009 (RANR)
POWELL, Frederick C, Able Seaman, F3112 (RANR)
PRATER, Cyril F, Petty Officer Stoker, 17447 (RAN)
QUICK, Arthur H, Yeoman of Signals, 13499 (RAN)
RANKIN, Robert W, Lieutenant Commander (RAN)
RAYNE, Henry J, Cook (S), 21520 (RAN)
RIDGWAY, Nelson F, Chief Engine Room Artificer, 20209 (RAN)
ROBERTSON, John A, Engine Room Artificer 4c, PM2901 (RANR)
ROSS, Donald I, Able Seaman, 23873 (RAN)
ROWE, Frederick A, Steward, H1005 (RANR)
RUSHTON, William H, Able Seaman, W1393 (RANR)
RYAN, John J, Chief Stoker, 13738 (RAN)
SALISBURY, Francis N, Leading Stoker, 23228 (RAN)
SANDERSON, Stanley, Stoker, 23003 (RAN)
SHEPPARD, George E, Able Seaman, 17765 (RAN)
SIMPSON, Cecil J C, Telegraphist, B2335 (RANR)
SMART, Gilbert W, Petty Officer, D/JX 126361 (RN)
SMEDLEY, Leslie W, Stoker, S4718 (RANR)
SMITH, Aidan H, Able Seaman, F2949 (RANR)
SMITH, Francis E, Lieutenant Commander, (RANR)
SMITH, Noel L, Leading Stoker, 22019 (RAN)
SMITH, William E, Petty Officer, 19586 (RAN)
SMYTH, Frederick T, Petty Officer Supply, 17394 (RAN)
SOMERVILLE, David, Stoker, S4463 (RANR)
STANSFIELD, William H, Joiner 2c, B978 (RANR)
STEELE, Harold, Stoker, S4345 (RANR)
STRANG, Jack A, Engine Room Artificer 4c, F3008 (RANR)
SYME, Leslie, Stoker, W1729 (RANR)
TANSELL, Cyril F, Stoker 2c, PA2231 (RANR)
TAYLOR, Frederick J, Leading Stoker, 18670 (RAN)
TAYLOR, Ronald, Leading Seaman, 20863 (RAN)

THOMPSON, Robert S, Stoker, W1877 (RANR)
TOLE, Mark O, Able Seaman, S4366 (RANR)
TURNER, Lindsay R, Able Seaman, 23630 (RAN)
TURVEY, Charlie, Petty Officer Stoker, 12985 (RAN)
WAINWRIGHT, Stanley G, Able Seaman, 16252 (RAN)
WHEAR, Leonard J, Chief Petty Officer Writer, 19769 (RAN)
WHEELER, Eric, Stoker, 23729 (RAN)
WIDDOWSON, William G, Able Seaman, H1517 (RANR)
WILKS, Colin J, Engineer Lieutenant, (RANR)
WITZERMAN, Charles A F, Able Seaman, H1221 (RANR)
WOOLSTENCROFT, David J, Supply Assistant, 22991 (RAN)
WRIGHT, George L, Lieutenant, (RANVR)

Australians who lost their lives while assigned to Yarra,
prior to Yarra’s loss

FARROW, George S, Engine Room Artificer 4c, 23415 (RAN), 28 December 1940
MASON, Robert M, Able Seaman, 23577 (RAN), 15 February 1942
SLOAN, Kenneth W P, Chief Petty Officer (RAN), 17 January 1940

The names of those who survived the sinking on 4th March 1942 are given below:

Jack Rea Archibald (Ordinary Seaman)
Victor Brazier (Stoker Petty Officer)
Geoffrey Granville Bromilow (Leading Seaman)
Keith Patrick Buckley (Ordinary Seaman)
Bruce Francis James Cairncross (Leading Stoker)
William Geoffrey Clark (Ordinary Seaman)
Edwin Alexander Latham (Leading Supply Assistant)
Reginald Leslie Manthey (Ordinary Seaman)
Alfred George Orton (Able Seaman)
Ernest Leigh Ramsden (Engine Room Artificer)
Duncan Love Stevenson (Leading Stoker)
Howard George Wagland (Leading Cook)

William Denis Witheriff (Ordinary Seaman)