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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My special thanks to my daughter Mrs Judith Hurley whose assistance in
typing, retyping including copying as required was invaluable.
Diaries:
Ken Stock, Len Burgess, Jim Ralston, Max Farrell, Geof Pettit, Engineers
Diary (on loan Naval Historical Society, Trevor Weaver), Arthur Cooper,
Nick Melick, Warwick Bracegirdle, Godfrey Nichols, Wally Grant, Frank
Hoolihan.
Photographs, Newspaper Cuttings and Notes etc:
(All taken from old and mellowed copies of 46 years ago) .
Bill Waterman, Ken Lincoln, John 'Tiny' Mooney (J. Livingstone), Norm
McCurry, Peter Simmons, Bob Urry, Ad Waller, Doug Milsom, Trevor Smart,
Joe Barrington, Mac Gregory, George Parks, Arthur McClay, Pat Richards,
Peter Muhlhan, Peter Bollard, Barry Maguire, George Taylor, Wal 'Herkey'
Tooth, Bob Boyd, Jan Whitington, Ron 'Tug' Wilson, Jack Pitman, Ron Ricardo,
Harry Knight, Vin Cesari, Lindsay Dennis, Charlie Walton, Roy Cazaly,
Fred Simpson, Les (Dave) Birrell, George Wellington, Ron Russell, Wally
Hunt, Bing Trenwith, David Nicholls, Bruce Anderson, Frank Sinclair, Jack
Metcalf, John Shearing, Ron Key, Rex Halliday, Bert Pollard, George Jagoe,
Gordon Urquhart, Bob Hart, Bill Macadam, Don Leslie, Frank Rudd, Tim Synnot,
Alf Martin, Alan Davis, Jim Yeomans, John Date, John Hordern, Nancy Nicholls,
Margaret McGuire, Robert Nicholls.
Departmental Assistance:
Australian War Memorial, Michael Piggott; Australian Archives, Helen Creagh,
Steve Corvini, John Trowton, Marion Corrigan, Les Cargill, John Larkin,
Bronwyn Self, Margaret Chambers; Department of Defence, John MacKenzie
(Historian - Navy Office); HMAS Encounter, Philip Landon; RAN Hydrographic
Service, Mark Bolger, John Leech; State Library (SA) permitted me a photographic
facility; Hindmarsh Adelaide Building Society and the Credit Union Association
(SA) gave more than adequate administrative support.
Newspapers:
Advertiser, News, Australasian Post and interstate papers of unknown
origin as a source of general interest.
Paintings, Sketches:
J. Livingstone, R. Russell, P.C. Forster, C. Ashton, J. Allcot, P. Kempson,
I. Hansen.
Painting of HMAS Shropshire on front cover was by the late John
Allcot OBE, FRAS and is reproduced by permission of 'The Allcot Trust'.
Books and Papers - References:
Porthole I and II RAN 1942-45, G.H. Gill, HMAS I II III
IV, British Cruises of WWII were used as a checking source as well as
numerous books on loan from friends. Captain's Monthly Reports, Commodore's
Monthly Reports, Photo- graphic Records. Ordnance and Gunnery Reports,
as well as Admiralty and other charts and the ship's log.
Photographs
All photographs were originally taken during the years of Shropshire's
service, some of which are the property of the National Archives, War
Memorial, Canberra and the others taken by sailors' photographic firms'
aboard the ship.The names of the photographers are unknown.
Newspaper Cuttings
Given to me by ex members with dates and names of the newspaper missing
but I acknowledge the newspapers of Australia as being the source.
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