Edwin Max Andrewartha VRD (1904 - 1987)

Biography

Edwin Max Andrewartha ^[1]
Event Type Birth | Event Date 16 Dec 1904 | Event Place Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Event Place (Original) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | Gender Male
Father's Name Edwin Percy Andrewartha
Mother's Name Ada Margaret Barlow Andrewartha

January 1918 : No section of the regatta ^[2] attracts more attention or is more closely followed, both by the juveniles and the older generation, than the swimming races and the amusements attached hereto; . . . Amongst these should be first mentioned the aquaplaning, which was so successful a novelty last year, and which promises to develop into one of the features of the regatta. . Miss Emmie Pilkington (11), and Master Max Andrewartha (13), behind the Gretna and under the guidance of Mr. G. Murray Williams, also performed most creditably, the young lady's courage and carriage in steering through the waves caused by the aquaplane being alike commendable.

Commander Jan 1946

Navy : RANR ^[3] Andrewartha Edwin Max |
Date of birth - 16 Dec 1904 | Place of birth - Hobart Tas |
Place of enlistment - Unknown | Next of Kin - Ivy
Max joined as a Reservist Midshipman, Hobart, 1st Nov 1922; he would be demobilized on 2nd Jan 1946, having served for about 23 years and over 6 years during WW2, in Minesweepers and Corvettes, around the Australian coast, and as NOIC Milne Bay, PNG, 1942, and in the Pacific

Japanese submarine attack 1942, in Sydney Harbour. ^[4]
| Burial service being held. awm Photos ^[5]

(Japanese) Midget Submarine Attack on Sydney Harbour,
May 31st June 1st 1942. © Copyright National Archives of Australia 2020

0o0 - abcmedia Radio Mon 9 Nov 2020, 11:00am - 50 mins Talk on Midget Subs

Cover image for Photograph - Construction of the Floating Pontoon Bridge across the Derwent 16. (HMAS Coombar: "CM" - Dad's ship) Details below.
Photograph - Construction of the Floating Pontoon Bridge across the Derwent Series Miscellaneous Collection of Photographs. 1860 - 1992 (PH30) Format

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Oct 1939 - Aug 1940 : HMAS Korowa awm Wikipedia®  : Details : ^[6] Crew Fremantle
Aug 1940 - July 1942 : HMAS Goonambee  : Details : ^[7] Jap subs Sydney Harbour
Aug 1942 - Jan 1943 : NOIC Milne Bay  : Details : ^[8] Grass hut photo
Jun 1943 - Nov 1944 : HMAS Coombar  : Details : ^[9] Pontoon Bridge Hobart
Dec 1944 - Oct 1945 : HMAS Burnie : navy.gov ^[10] HMAS Burnie W®
Jan 1946 - May 1946 : Return to Melbourne and re-join J.Gadsden Pty. Ltd. : Canmakers and Tinplate Printers. Max and his family move to Adelaide.
He retired in Dec 1969, 42 years after joining Gadsden, Melbourne, in 1927.

Photo p20 : ^[11] ANZAC day 1947 The Governor takes the salute, with the chiefs of the fighting services on the dais, ^[12] during the march in Adelaide, South Australia, and Crowds Flock To City For Anzac Anniversary (1947, April 26). The Advertiser
Service Leaders Passing Saluting Base in March (1947, April 26). ^[13]

Legacy Australia and Legatees Wikipedia®

• All Souls Church, St Peters, South Australia
• Plaque: Garden of Remembrance dva.gov
• Visit : Victor Harbor Cemetery

People - LifeTree

Norman Keith Calder RAN | Neven Robinson Read RAN | Arthur Blackburn VC CMG RSL | Raymond Lionel Leane CB CMG DSO (1878 - 1962) | Lewis Ernest Stephen Barker MC (1895 - 1981) | Moxon Simpson CBE | Cecil F B Wyborn Friend | William Beresford Moffitt Marks CBE DSC RAN | | | |
Encounter Bay Family History Group | AWM - Photos Midget Subs 31 May 1942

https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/S/Scouting.htm Scouting first appeared in Tasmania in 1909, . . . ]

Military in the Tree

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