Troops of the Stockton Bight Disaster
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DUKWs
DUKW — 89288Vehicle allocation: 15 NRL6 entries
- LT COL John Allemby ‘Jack’ James (Commanding Officer; Crew Commander)
Service No. 2/134798
- TPR W.S. Richardson (Driver)
Service No. 2/709798
- Peter James (Child of LT COL James)
- LT S.J. Bryan (Adjutant)
Service No. 3/35032
- WO1 Alfred Stephen Finney
Later awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 1981 for service to the welfare of ex-service personnel.
1981 Commonwealth Gazette (page 4)
- SGT Terry Holmes (Band)
DUKW — 149304Vehicle allocation: 15 NRL2 entries
- MAJ Roderic Kevin Mullumby (A Squadron Commander; Crew Commander)
Service No. 2/133859
- CPL A.J. Bartimate (Driver)
Service No. 2/133885
DUKW — 89312Vehicle allocation: 15 NRL1 entry
- CPL William Edward Wyborn (Crew Commander; Driver)
Service No. 2/134063
DUKW 144955 / 1449564 entries
- CAPT Vivian J.T. Sharpe (Crew Commander)
Administrative commander
- CPL Allan King (Driver)
Service No. 2/714351
- TPR Glanmor Willcox
- Lewis Boyd
DUKW — 89309Vehicle allocation: 16 RAASC3 entries
- CAPT Clifford Graeme McDonald (Second-in-Command; Crew Commander)
Service No. 2/134809
- TPR L. Ford (Driver)
- SGT E.I. Ashford
DUKW — 149210Vehicle allocation: 15 NRL2 entries
- WO2 Edward James Dadd (Crew Commander; Driver)
Service No. 2/45392
- William Charles Bradshaw (Band) Unconfirmed
DUKW — 89276Vehicle allocation: 15 NRL3 entries
- MAJ Thomas Edward Beirne (Second-in-Command; Crew Commander)
Service No. 2/50393
Officer in Charge of Recovery Operations, coordinating the DUKW and Army workboat.
- TPR N.H.J. Goodridge (Driver)
Service No. 2/706895
- TPR Les Ford (Co Driver)
LVT4s
LVT4 — 149445Vehicle allocation: 15 NRL2 entries
- 2LT Peter C. Langwill (Crew Commander)
Service No. 2/134111
- SGT J. Burgess (Mechanic)
LVT4 — 149420Vehicle allocation: 16 RAASC2 entries
- SGT J.G. Jones (Crew Commander; Driver)
Service No. 2/134821
- SGT Harvey (Crew Commander) Unconfirmed
LVT4 — 149421Vehicle allocation: 16 RAASC8 entries
- SGT William T. Grazier (Crew Commander)
Service No. 2/134852
- SGT E.J. Hancock (Driver)
Service No. 2/134883
- TPR Robert Allan Blackie
Service No. 2/709787
Missing, presumed drowned
Rank recorded as Private in the Australian Senate record of 10 February 2005; other accounts identify him as a Trooper.
- CPL R.W. Neave
Service No. 2/712595
- TPR Ken S. Dixon
- TPR D.J. Bailee
- TPR K.G. Archibald
- TPR D.R. Addison
LVT4 — 149414Vehicle allocation: 16 RAASC3 entries
- SGT Henry Hamilton James (Crew Commander; Driver)
Service No. 2/134806
LVT4 commander
- Harry Stewart (Co Driver)
- TPR John Donald Morrow
LVT(A)4s
LVT(A)4 — 159842Vehicle allocation: 15 NRL6 entries
- LT Jack P. Walters (Troop Leader)
Service No. 2/133915
No. 1 Troop, A Squadron
- LCPL D.L. Jones (Driver)
Service No. 2/134088
- CPL B.C. Osmond (Crew Commander)
Service No. 2/134137
- TPR Kevin Newman Unconfirmed
- Trevor Coles (Driver)
- Kenneth Ward (Gunner)
LVT(A)4 — 159870Vehicle allocation: 15 NRL5 entries
- CPL Gilbert R. Hole (Crew Commander)
Service No. 2/134143
- LCPL K.C. Lee (Driver)
Service No. 2/710893
- TPR Warren Diemar
- LCPL Robert Hoardly
- TPR Dickson
LVT(A)4 — 159863Vehicle allocation: 15 NRL3 entries
- SGT Donald Gordon McHattie (Crew Commander)
Service No. 2/134100
Awarded the George Medal for bravery during the rescue of soldiers in the Stockton Bight disaster on 8 March 1954.
- Philip Fogarty (Driver)
- Allan England Unconfirmed
LVT(A)4 — 159841Vehicle allocation: 15 NRL2 entries
- SGT J.R. Robinson (Crew Commander)
Service No. 2/131461
- CPL J.B. Thompson (Driver)
Service No. 2/134116
LVT(A)4 — 159852Vehicle allocation: 15 NRL5 entries
- SGT John Sharpe (Crew Commander; Driver)
- TPR Bruce Lesley Power
Service No. 2/714416
- TPR R. Anderson
Service No. 2/714491
- TPR B.F. McNeil
Service No. 2/726365
- TPR Kevin Sands Unconfirmed
Service No. 2/714562
LVT(A)4 — 159845Vehicle allocation: 15 NRL1 entry
- CPL Sharpe (Crew Commander; Driver)
LVT(A)4 — 159853Vehicle allocation: 15 NRL6 entries
- CPL Noel D. Gibson (Crew Commander)
Service No. 2/714501
- TPR H.R. Moran (Driver)
Service No. 2/134037
- TPR Michael Mornement
Service No. 2/714134
Drowned
A Squadron
- SGT Merv F. Abrams
- TPR Colin Whitford
Service No. 2/714426
- TPR Ron Gibbs
LVT(A)4 — 159857Vehicle allocation: 15 NRL5 entries
- CPL Noel Lawrence Moran (Crew Commander)
Service No. 2/133909
Drowned
A Squadron
- LT W.J. Pye (Troop Leader)
Service No. 2/133922
No. 3 Troop
- TPR S.C. McNought (Driver)
Service No. 2/700459
- TPR Terry L. Sargent
- Stanley Wilmott (Comms) Unconfirmed
RAEME Workboat AM641
RAEME Workboat AM6411 entry
Recovery operations coordinated by MAJ Thomas Edward Beirne aboard DUKW 89276.
- S/SGT D. Iffla (Crew Commander; Coxswain)
Service No. 2/4274
Civilians Who Assisted in the Rescue
Rescue volunteers and civilians6 entries
- Harold Rowlatt
- Bill Arthur
- Frank Littlewood
- Barry Jones
- Colin Whyte
- Pat Conway
Vehicles Unknown / Unassigned Personnel
Vehicles Unknown / Unassigned Personnel87 entries
Vehicle associations for these names are not established. Names are listed as individual entries, with original spelling and uncertain annotations retained.
- Kenneth George Anstey
- H. Bartimonte
- Bruce Berry
- TPR Roy J. Bertram
Service No. 2/708398
- TPR E. Blanche
- CPL Ronald Jack Bowditch
Service No. 2/134183
- Frank Brighton
- Barry Brown
- TPR Trever Brown
- TPR Desmond Herbert Burns
Service No. 2/706885
- Keven Burns
- TPR Ron Cairney
- Snapper Campbell
- WO Jock Charles
- Robert 'Bobby' Clifford
- Arthur Collins
- Maxwell Craig (LVT(A)4)
- Reginald Croose
- Mick Cryton
- Jack Curtis
- John Curtis
- Bill Davis
- TPR Harry Davis
Service No. 2/726181
- TPR Alec Douglas
- Jim Evans
- P. Evans
- Tim Farragher
- TPR B.W. Galloway
Service No. 2/717590
- Sid Greedy
- Colin Charles Hain
- Peter Hancock
- Reg Harragon
- Joe Heathcote
- Robert Hoadley
- G. James
- Mal James
- TPR C. Jones
- TPR G. Jones
Service No. 2/726213
- Maurice Lynley Jones
- Norm Julian
- Claude Kaiser
- Bill Keddy
- CPL T. Lee
- John Lowe
- TPR F.A. Luxford
Service No. 2/134145
- Dick Lynch
- Victor Man
- Jack Mash
- Ray Maynard
- TPR J. Mcdonald
- George McLagan
- Ollie Mission
- Cyril Morris
- Ray Morris
- Warren Moxey
- Desmond Neilson
- Ray Nummery
- SGT Blue Nunn
- David Parker
- Cecil Parsons
- Barry Pascoe
- William James Pearl
- Laurie Adrian Phillips (DUKW)
- Vince Pike
- John Porter
- Bob Raine
- Reginald John Rich (LVT(A)4)
- Herbert Roberts
- Keith Robertson
- Jeff Rosemond
- Taryl Ross
- Ian Russel
- Les Sager
- George Skipp
- LT P. Smedley
- R. Steel
- Gordon Strachan
- Clarence Taylor
- Wesley Ting
- CPL Tresslder
- Cyrus Vesper
- Sid Vile
- Bob Wellman
- Kevin West
- Ron Williams
- TPR R. Wilson
Service No. 2/134188
- TPR C. Yariah
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