Category: Royal Australian Naval Reserve

Categories: Royal Australian Navy

A brief history

The Royal Australian Naval Reserves (RANR) can trace its origins back to at least 1863 and the formation of the New South Wales Naval Brigade. By 1884 most of the Australian colonies had established volunteer citizen reserve Naval Brigades, their fortunes waxing and waning in accordance with the financial and political interest displayed by colonial administrators.

The Commonwealth assumed overall responsibility for these forces at Federation, at which time their strength numbered 1684. However, with federal policy primarily relying on the Royal Navy to provide for naval defence needs, the State-based forces languished with few resources and declining numbers. As part of the 1903 Naval Agreement, the Royal Navy was at least required to establish training facilities for a Royal Naval Reserve (Australasian Branch) numbering some 33 officers and 700 ratings.

See also RAN Volunteer Reserve, World War II

A

Edwin Andrewartha 16 Dec 1904 Hobart, Tasmania - 02 Apr 1987

Dickson Antill 04 Apr 1906 Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia - 12 Jun 1981

B

Hilton Bates 03 Jan 1910 - 29 Jun 1944

C

Thomas Cox 15 Jun 1908 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Feb 1971

D

John Davis 19 Feb 1884 Kew, Richmond, London, England, United Kingdom - 08 May 1967

F

Henry Featherston 1917 Panmure, Victoria, Australia - 10 May 2007

H

Stanley Heal 30 Jul 1920 West Leederville, Western Australia, Australia - 15 Dec 2010

John Henty 21 Oct 1918 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia

H cont.

William Hotham 05 Jan 1921 Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia - bef 29 Apr 1974

J

Asher Joel 04 May 1912 Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Nov 1998

K

Harold Knight 13 Aug 1919 South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 19 Jun 2005

L

Stephen Lamont 18 Oct 1898 Coleraine, County Coleraine, Ireland - 01 Jul 1942

M

Donald Mitton 23 Jan 1927 Brighton, South Australia, Australia - 16 Oct 1993

N

John Nelson 02 Oct 1921 Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia - 05 Jan 1980

P

Lyal Phillips 29 Sep 1925 Saddleworth, South Australia, Australia - 08 Mar 1999

S

Stanley Shaw abt 07 Jul 1924 South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - 24 Jan 2001

Harold (Smith) Molesworth 1910s - 1980s

Leonard Smith 13 Mar 1910 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 04 Dec 1983

W

Leslie Wolter 21 Jun 1922 Queenstown, South Australia, Australia - abt 01 Feb 1985

Roy Woodroffe 11 Jan 1910 Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia - 08 Oct 1942

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