SPURGEON, Stanley Herbert King
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 31 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Commander |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Lonsdale (Depot / Base) |
| Born: | Gosport England, 15 May 1902 |
| Home Town: | Hunters Hill, Hunters Hill, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Naval College (Cadetship) |
| Occupation: | Naval Officer |
| Died: | Camden New South Wales Australia , 1982, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 31 Dec 1915: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Commander |
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Non Warlike Service
| 1 Jan 1920: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Midshipman, Attached Royal Navy |
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World War 2 Service
| 3 Apr 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Commander, Attached Royal Navy, Commander HMS Echo | |
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| 5 Jan 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Commander, HMAS Lonsdale (Depot / Base) |
Non Warlike Service
| 27 Oct 1956: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Commander, Appointed Honorary Captain on discharge |
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World War 2 Service
| 27 Oct 1956: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Commander | |
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| Date unknown: | Involvement Commander, Officer, Royal Australian Navy |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graham Padget
Stanley Herbert King Spurgeon (1902-1982), naval officer, was born on 15 May 1902 at Alverstoke (Gosport), Hampshire, England, second son of Charles Herbert Spurgeon, naval writer, and his wife Harriet Rosina, née King. In 1912 Charles Spurgeon accepted an appointment with the Commonwealth Naval Forces and settled with his family in Victoria. On 31 December 1915 Stanley (‘Spuddie’) entered the Royal Australian Naval College, Jervis Bay, Federal Capital Territory, as a cadet midshipman. He won prizes for engineering, physics and chemistry, and was awarded his colours for cricket, rugby and rowing. Graduating as a midshipman on 1 January 1920,
On 19 Nov 1939 The British merchant ship Pensilva was torpedoed and sunk northwest of Cape Ortegal position 46°51'N, 11°36'W by a German U-boat U-49. HMS Echo (Cdr. S.H.K. Spurgeon, RAN) later picked up the survivors.
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