Australian Naval Heroes

Navy Heroes

This page is a salute to Australia's Brave Sailors.
The biography of one brave sailor will be added each month.

April	Vice Admiral Sir Henry Mackay BURRELL KBE CB MiD
March 2024	Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey John CLIFF, OBE MBE GC & Bar
February 2024	Lieutenant Commander John Morrell BAND, US Navy Cross
January 2024	Rear Admiral Sir David James MARTIN KCMG AO
December 2023	Vice Admiral John Augustine COLLINS KBE CB
November 2023	Florence Violet McKENZIE OBE (Mrs Mac)
October 2023	Lieutenant Commander Henry Albert Longdon HALL MBE OAM MiD
September 2023	Vice Admiral Robert Andrew Kevin WALLS AO
August 2023	Paymaster Captain Alfred Martin TREACY OBE
July 2023	Read Admiral Guy Richmond GRIFFITHS AO DSO DSC
June 2023	Able Seaman Francis Joseph McGOVERN OAM
May 2023	Lieutenant Ian Desmond RHODES CGM
April 2023	Lieutenant Commander James Collier BUCHANAN DFC
March 2023	Commodore John Malet ARMSTRONG CBE DSO US Navy Cross
February 2023	Captain Theodore Eric NAVE (Eric) OBE RAN (RN)
January 2023	Lieutenant Hugh Randall SYME GC GM and Bar RANVR
December 2022	CODER Ronald George 'Dixie' LEE
November 2022	Midshipman Robert Ian DAVIES MiD
October 2022	Admiral Sir Victor Alfred Trumper SMITH AC KBE CB DSC RAN
September 2022	Chief Petty Officer Cook Robert Havelock BLAND BEM MID
August 2022	Commander Rowland Griffiths BOWEN OBE MID K St J RAN
July 2022	Able Seaman Reuben Joseph Edwin MITCHELL DSM
June 2022	Leading Seaman Dalmorton Joseph Owendale RUDD DSM
May 2022	Lieutenant Commander Kenneth Robert HUDSPETH, DSC and 2 Bars, RANVR
April 2022	Chief Petty Officer William Terence FITZGERALD OAM
March 2022	Third Officer Frances Betty PROVAN
February 2022	Captain David John HAMER AM DSC
January 2022	Rear Admiral Frederick TICKELL CMG MID
December 2021	Commander Ian Maxwell 'Max' SPEEDY DSC
November 2021	Leading Cook(O) Francis Bassett ‘Dick’ EMMS MID
October 2021	Commander Edward Wilfred 'Jake' LINTON BEM MCD
September 2021	Chief Officer Sheila Mary McCLEMANS CMG OBE SJM
August 2021	Commodore Alvord Sydney ROSENTHAL OBE DSO and Bar
July 2021	Rear Admiral Sir Leighton Seymour BRACEGIRDLE, KCVO CMG DSO
June 2021	Chief Petty Officer Stoker Alfred James WRENCH BEM MID
May 2021	Rear Admiral John Saumarez DUMARESQ CB CVO
April 2021	Captain John Philip STEVENSON AM
March 2021	Action Leading Seaman Ronald 'Buck' TAYLOR 20863
February 2021	Commodore Dacre Henry Deudraeth SMYTH AO
January 2021	Chief Petty Officer Coxswain Jonathan ROGERS GC DSM
December 2020	Chief Petty Officer Erle Alwin Greglach BOYD BEM
November 2020	Lieutenant Commander Leonard 'Leon' Verdi GOLDSWORTHY GC DSC GM RANVR
October 2020	Able Seaman Mosstyn BERRYMAN MID PM2717
September 2020	Leading Wran Writer Edith Jessie FLANDERS (nee Edgar) WR/1528
August 2020	Ordinary Seaman Edward 'Teddy' SHEEAN VC H1617
July 2020	Rear Admiral Andrew John ROBERTSON AO DSC
June 2020	Lieutenant Commander Kenneth James BROWN RAN 21913
May 2020	Captain (Surgeon) Leonard DARBY, CBE, MB, Ch.B,
April 2020	Warrant Officer Agnes Lenore "Lennie" MAIDEN
March 2020	Third Officer Ruby BOYE
February 2020	Captain Hector Macdonald Laws WALLER DSO and Bar
January 2020	Stoker 2nd Class Charles Alexander PETHEBRIDGE
December 2019	Lieutenant William Evan Crawford ALLAN