Studio portrait, possibly of Acting Commander (A/Cdr) Thomas Wyburn Biddlecombe, HMS Q27. ...

Studio portrait, possibly of Acting Commander (A/Cdr) Thomas Wyburn Biddlecombe, HMS Q27. Formerly of South Yarra, Victoria, he joined the Royal Australian Navy as a Sub Lieutenant in July 1906 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander (Lt Cdr) in July 1913. At the outbreak of the First World War he was the captain of HMAS Pioneer in East Africa. Acting Commander Biddlecombe was attached to the Royal Navy in England in 1916 in command of a special service ship (HMS Q27). He was killed on 13 March 1917 during action against a German submarine off the west coast of Ireland and was the first RAN officer killed in action in command of his ship. He was aged, 36 years.

• C.1914. SHIPS COMPANY ON THE DECK OF THE RAN CRUISER HMAS PIONEER. (DONOR M. SNELL)
• MAFIA ISLAND, EAST AFRICA. 1915. SHORE PARTY FROM THE RAN CRUISER HMAS PIONEER ON MAFIA ISLAND. ...
• SIMONSTOWN, SOUTH AFRICA. C.1915. VIEW LOOKING AFT FROM THE TOP OF THE MAIN MAST OF THE LIGHT ...
• CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA. 1915? STUDIO PORTRAIT OF TWO CREW MEMBERS FROM THE RAN CRUISER HMAS ...
• C.1915. COALING PARTY FROM THE CREW OF THE RAN CRUISER HMAS PIONEER ON THE DECK OF THE SHIP. ...
• SYMONSTOWN, SOUTH AFRICA. THE RAN CRUISER HMAS PIONEER IN DRY DOCK FOR CLEANING AND PAINTING. THE ...
• ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. 1936-04-25. PORTRAIT OF COMMISSIONED TELEGRAPHIST ARCHIBALD DUNCAN MCLACHLAN ...
• East Africa, May 1916. Royal Australian Navy light cruiser Pioneer which had been built in the ...
• ROTORUA, NEW ZEALAND. 1926-03-20. THE COMMODORE AND OFFICERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S AUSTRALIA SQUADRON ...
• PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND. 1913-07-10. STARBOARD VIEW OF THE NEWLY COMMISSIONED HMAS SYDNEY PREPARING ...