RANCDT Foord, Raymond Campbell (Dixie)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Foord​

• FORENAME

Raymond Campbell (Dixie)​

• UNIT

HMAS Vengeance (RAN)​

• RANK

Petty Officer Clearance Diver​

• NUMBER

R28204​

• AWARD

British Empire Medal,Naval Board Commendation​

• PLACE

Queens Birthday 1954 (NBC) Queens Birthday 1955 (BEM)​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

enlisted RAN 8.11.1945​

HMAS Bataan June 1946 - 1948​

qualified as Standard Diver October 1948​

HMAS Vengeance​

awarded B.E.M. for boat salvage and personnel rescue in Port Phillip Bay,Victoria​

HMS Vernon (R.N. Diving School) 1955​

HMS Victory​

HMAS Melbourne​

HMAS Rushcutter (Senior Instructional Petty Officer in Clearance Diving)​

retired November 1965 as Chief Petty Officer Clearance Diver​

RANR until 1974​

died date ?​

ashes scattered by CDT 4 in Careening Bay,Garden Island,Western Australia​

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