The Men – HMQS Gayundah

Muster

These men (and they are, so far, all men) are those known to have been associated with the Queensland Maritime Defence Force.

Data is updated periodically as information comes to hand.

Surname	Given Names	Born	Died	Rank / Role	Location
Wright	Henry Townley			Captain, Commandant	Brisbane
Wilson	James
Williams	Robert Bryce Russell			Lieutenant
Williams	Frederick George			Chaplain	Townsville
Widdup	Ernest
Weatherill	William John			Commander
Ward	John Whittaker			Sub-Lieutenant	Brisbane
Wade	Newton			Medical Officer
Tickell	Frederick	7/3/1857	19/9/1919	Commandant	Brisbane
Taylor	Francis Pringle			Lieutenant	Brisbane
Swallow	Thomas Fulton			Lieutenant
Sturt	Robert			Sub-Lieutenant
Stone	George			W/O	Townsville ?
Stewart	John Marcus			Sub-Lieutenant
Stephens	Charles Thomas			Sub-Lieutenant	Cairns
South	James Hodder			Lieutenant	Brisbane
Smith	Sydney Mercer	late 1850's		Navigating Lieutenant
Smith	Sidney Hugh Holland			Sub-Lieutenant
Smith	A P			Chief Steward
Shale	John Frederick			Engineer
Savage	George			Lieutenant
Rutledge	Harold Moreton			Sub-Lieutenant	Brisbane
Rogers	John			?	Brisbane
Rocks	Patrick			Lieutenant
Pollock	Edward Vincent			Paymaster	Brisbane
Phillips	William
Pethebridge	Samuel Augustus			Commander
Penny	John Alexander Cairns			Lieutenant	Maryborough
Pennefather	Charles Edward de Fonblanque			Captain
Pember	Edward			Warrant Officer	Townsville
Nisbot	Thomas			Sub-Lieutenant	Townsville
Nicolson	Robert Bruce	31/05/1838	19/03/1893	First Engineer
Nell	W			Leading Stoker	Brisbane
Neilson	Trevor Cottier			Sub-Lieutenant	Brisbane
Mudford	William			Chief Gunner
Morry	H J			Leading Stoker	Brisbane
Morley	E			Torpedo coxswain	Brisbane
Moreton	Algernon Howard			Sub-Lieutenant	Maryborough
Miles	Harry Benda			Storekeeper	Brisbane
Meek	Robert Augustus			Surgeon	Brisbane
McLay	Charles			Lieutenant	Brisbane
May	H J			?	Brisbane
Marshall	?
Malcolm	W			Leading Stoker	Brisbane
Malcolm	A			Chief Petty Officer	Brisbane
Macqueen	W S			Chaplain	Brisbane
Mackenzie	Colin Campbell			Lieutenant
Macartney	George William			Surgeon
Lewis	W			Quartermaster	Brisbane
Lee Bryce	William Miller			Lieutenant
Lee	Francis George		`	Lieutenant
Kortun	Helmuth Axel Frederick Bernhard			Medical Officer
Knowles	Alfred Richard			Warrant Officer	Maryborough
Knowles	George			Surgeon	Cairns
Kilner	Harold			Sub-Lieutenant
Keen	Robert			Lieutenant
Kebbell	Walton			Staff Surgeon	Brisbane
Kearne (or Keane?)	Patrick			Warrant Officer	Mackay
Junner	Alexander			Lieutenant	Brisbane
Joy	John Dempsey			Lieutenant
Joss	George			Warrant Officer
Jones	George John			Warrant Officer	Rockhampton
Johnston	Thomas Law			Lieutenant
John	Thompson			Surgeon, Sergeant Major
Hurford	William			Lieutenant
Hume	Walter Cunningham	1840	1921	Lieutenant
Howitt	James Parker			Engineer
Hession	Charles Thomas
Hesketh	Spenser Bold	23/04/1853	5/12/1903	Lieutenant	Brisbane
Hayes	Edward			W/O	Townsville?
Hawkes	Claude Somerville			Surgeon	Brisbane
Harris	William			Sub-Lieutenant	Brisbane
Harrington	Hubert Ernest			Sub-Lieutenant	Maryborough
Hamilton	John Reid			Sub-Lieutenant
Greer	George Samuel			Warrant Officer	Brisbane
Greaves	W			Gunnery Instructor	Brisbane
Gready	J			Chief Boatswain	Brisbane
Gray	Charles George			Lieutenant
Grant	William George		14/12/1895		Townsville
Grahl	James			Lieutenant
Grady	J			Warrant Officer	Brisbane
Francis	Thomas William			Lieutenant	Bundaberg
Foster	W			Quartermaster	Brisbane
Fisher	Walter			Surgeon
Fearnley	John Gillett			Lieutenant	Cairns
Fawcett	John Jacob			Lieutenant
Eyre	Henry Cornwall			Lieutenant
Eyre	Walter Morris			Lieutenant
Elston	Henry George	1862	1923	Mate
Eastaughfee	Frederick			Lieutenant
Drake	Walton			Captain	Brisbane
Douglas	Alexander D			Commander
Dole	Joseph			Warrant Officer	Brisbane
Dill	Albert Lucius			Chief Engineer
Curtis	George Arthur Hamilton			Lieutenant	Brisbane
Creswell	William Rooke	1852	1933	Captain, Commandant	Brisbane
Cowie	Alfred			Lieutenant
Conway	John
Clarke	Frederick James	1865	1920	Petty Officer
Blake	William Henry	pre 1867	1901-1906	Chief Gunner	Townsville, Brisbane
Chester	Henry Marjoribanks			Lieutenant
Campbell	Robert			Sub-Lieutenant
Campbell	Arthur			Warrant Officer	Brisbane
Cameron	Waverley Flether			Commander
Cameron	Stuart William			Sub-Lieutenant	Brisbane
Butcher	Joseph Edward			Lieutenant
Brockway	Archibald Birt			Staff Surgeon	Brisbane
Brennan	M			W/O Boatswain	Brisbane
Boyd	William Alexander Jenyns			Lieutenant
Bowen	Rowland Griffith			Sub-Lieutenant	Brisbane
Boult	Edward James			Lieutenant
Bond	Thomas Arthur			Sub-Lieutenant	Brisbane
Bloomfield	Danuel George			Warrant Officer	Brisbane
Blackboro	Edwin Adolphus			Sub-Lieutenant	Brisbane
Beresford	Joseph Arthur Hamilton			Lieutenant	Brisbane
Benwell	Hugh P H			Lieutenant
Bennett	William Sellars			Sub-Lieutenant	Rockhampton
Bennet	Thomas	1826	1915	Commander, Engineer	Brisbane
Bartlett	Stephen			Warrant Officer	Brisbane
Barrow	Jack
Barnett	George Benjamin			Lieutenant	Brisbane
Barnes	Alfred Allen			Chief Engineer	Brisbane
Barclay	John			Chief Engineer	Brisbane
Augustesen	Jens Neilsen	1864	17/02/1940	Petty Officer	Brisbane / Thursday Island
Ackers	William Archer			Lieutenant
Pirie	?			Captain
Keane	P			Acting Gunner and Instructor

Genealogy

It’s become a very popular, and fascinating, hobby to investigate our family histories. In the course of doing so, many people have come across links with Gayundah (or Paluma) which they’d like to share, and also seeking further information on relatives who did, or may have, served aboard these ships.

While I simply don’t have the time to investigate people’s family histories (and I’m sure no-one expects me to) I am very happy to read, and publish, your stories.

If you know from your research that you have a relative who served (or may have served) aboard these ships, I am very happy to include these details in the hope that some other site visitor may be able to shed some light !

Naturally this information also helps me in my own research on the ship and her crew.