Place | Approximate locations: At sea |
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Accession Number | REL32535 |
Collection type | Heraldry |
Object type | Badge |
Physical description | Wool serge; Cotton; Gold bullion lace |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1913-1919 |
Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
Leading seaman's badge : Stoker J Robb, HMAS Sydney I
Leading seaman's badge with anchor and cable embroiderd on blue serge with yellow cotton. A gold lace good conduct chevron is attached below.
This badge is associated with 3541 Stoker John Robb of the Royal Australian Navy. He was born in Ultimo, Sydney in December 1895 and aged 18, joined the Navy on 31 December 1913 as a Stoker, 2nd Class. He joined the crew of HMAS Sydney in February 1914 and was promoted to Stoker in October. While serving in the Sydney during the First World War Robb took part in the capture of German New Guinea in September 1914 and in the successful engagement with the German raider SMS Emden off the Cocos Keeling Islands in November 1914. In January 1918 he joined the crew of HMAS Encounter and, at his request, was discharged from the RAN on 9 June 1919 with the rank of Acting Leading Stoker.
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