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Person: Laurie-Rhodes, Ian Desmond
Name Laurie-Rhodes, Ian Desmond
Description A Royal Australian Navy seaman who was the only Australian naval rating to receive the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal during WW2. He was later commissioned in 1942 and joined the cruiser HMS Sheffield serving in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
Lived Born 19 Aug 1912, Died 3 Jan 1967
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Name The Mediterranean Fleet, Greece to Tripoli. The Admiralty Account of Naval Operations: April 1941 to January 1943
Category Action at Sea
Issued By Ministry Of Information
Issued For Admiralty
Published Sep/1944
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