Crew
It is difficult to categorise all the members of the crew, as some had moved to Australia to live, and others had moved to England.
We are constantly searching for additional information and photos of the crew and their families.
If you can help please contact us.
Officers
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER Thomas Fleming BESANT
Appointed to RAN for 3 years from 4 September 1913
Seniority to date from 31 December 1913
Born: Liverpool, 22 December 1883
Next of Kin: Father – Mr Edgar & Mary Besant, 2 St John’s Gardens, Lodbrooke Avenue, London W.
He was only thirty years of age when he died on 14 September 1914.
LIEUTENANT Charles Lewis MOORE
Appointed to RAN for 3 years from 14 October 1913
Born: Dublin, Ireland, 23 August 1888
Next of Kin: Son of Col. Henry and Annie Sophy Ruthven Moore, Higher Woodcombe, Minehead, Somerset
Native of Dublin. Educated Sherbourne and Wellington.
LIEUTENANT Leopold Florence SCARLETT (The Honorable)
Appointed to RAN for 3 years from 10 August 1914
Born: Not known
Next of Kin: Major Scarlett, Lord Abinger, Rowham House, Hants, England
(Son of Lt Col [Scots Guards] Leopold James Yorke Campbell Scarlett and Bessie Florence Scarlett, of Peneden House, Maidstone, England)
Read more about Lt Leopold Florence Scarlett in our media release dated 11 September 2014.
Australian & New Zealand Sailors
James Alexander FETTES
ERA 3rd Class
Ernest Fleming BLAKE
Stoker
Gordon CORBOULD
Leading Seaman
Cyril Lefroy BAKER
Telegraphist
Arthur Henry Fisher
Able Seaman
Richard Baines Holt
Stoker
Robert Smail
Petty Officer
John Joseph Moloney
Petty Officer Stoker
John Messenger
ERA3
Percy Lawrence Wilson
Stoker
Jack Jarman
Able Seaman
James Benjamin THOMAS
Able Seaman
Robert Smail
Petty Officer
Robert Smail
Petty Officer
Robert Smail
Petty Officer
UK Sailors
James Alexander FETTES
ERA 3rd Class
James Alexander FETTES
ERA 3rd Class
James Alexander FETTES
ERA 3rd Class
James Alexander FETTES
ERA 3rd Class
James Alexander FETTES
ERA 3rd Class
James Alexander FETTES
ERA 3rd Class
Robert Smail
Petty Officer
Robert Smail
Petty Officer
Robert Smail
Petty Officer
Robert Smail
Petty Officer
Robert Smail
Petty Officer
Robert Smail
Petty Officer
Robert Smail
Petty Officer
Robert Smail
Petty Officer
Robert Smail
Petty Officer
