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HM Australian Submarine AE1
HM Australian Submarine AE1
AE1 was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 28 Feb 1914 and left UK in company with HMAS AE2 reaching Australia on 24 May 1914. At the start of WW1, HMAS AE1 was engaged, along with AE2, in the capture of German New Guinea. On 14 Sep 1914 she departed Rabaul, New Guinea for a patrol but failed to return that evening. After many years of searching, the wreck was finally discovered in December 2017 off the Duke of York islands, Papua New Guinea. HMAS AE1 is commemorated at http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-ae1 This community includes all 35 members of the mixed RN and RAN crew lost in AE1. To share or request information, please email: gerrycostellofww[at]gmail.com
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Born 1880
Died 1914
Royal Navy 290601
Royal Navy 8291 Leading Stoker Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about William Elliott Guy -
Born 1887
Died 1914
Other Empire Force 7297 Leading Seaman Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about Gordon Clarence Corbould -
Born 1880
Died 1914
Royal Navy 191329
Royal Navy 8261 Petty Officer Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about William Tribe -
Born 1883
Died 1914
Royal Navy 207516 Able Seaman HM Submarine AE1
More about James Benjamin Thomas -
Born 1883
Died 1914
Royal Navy 208663 Petty Officer HM Submarine AE1
More about Thomas Martin Guilbert -
Born 1879
Died 1914
Royal Navy 270296 Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HM Submarine AE1
More about Joseph William Wilson -
Born 1889
Died 1914
Other Empire Force 7182 Stoker Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about Percy Lawrence Wilson -
Born 1883
Died 1914
Royal Navy 204767
Other Empire Force 8292 Stoker Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about Henry Joseph Gough -
Born 1888
Died 1914
Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about Charles Lewis Moore -
Born 1889
Died 1914
Other Empire Force 7395 Stoker Petty Officer Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about Charles Frederick Wright -
Born 1889
Died 1914
Other Empire Force 7299 Stoker Petty Officer Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about John Joseph Moloney -
Born 1881
Died 1914
Royal Navy 300667
Royal Navy 8266 Stoker Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about Richard Baines Holt -
Born 1886
Died 1914
Royal Navy 218676 Acting Leading Stoker HM Submarine AE1
More about John Meek -
Born 1889
Died 1914
Royal Navy Lieutenant HM Submarine AE1
Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS "Mercury"
Other Empire Force Lieutenant HMAS "AE1" Royal Australian Navy
More about Leopold Florence Scarlett -
Born 1892
Died 1914
Other Empire Force 1268 Telegraphist Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about Cyril Lefroy Baker -
Born 1883
Died 1914
Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander
Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander HM Submarine AE1
More about Thomas Fleming Besant -
Born 1893
Died 1914
Other Empire Force Able Seaman Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about Jack Jarman -
Born 1883
Died 1914
Royal Navy 208546
Other Empire Force 8191 Able Seaman Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about Arthur Henry Fisher -
Born 1891
Died 1914
Royal Navy ANF7474 Australian Squadron Naval Forces
Other Empire Force 7474 Able Seaman Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about John Reardon -
Born 1880
Died 1914
Royal Navy 270573 Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HM Submarine AE1
More about John Albert Marsland