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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 1881
Died 1914
Royal Navy 196497
Royal Navy 8260 Petty Officer Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about Henry Hodge -
Born 1882
Died 1914
Royal Navy 208916 Able Seaman HM Submarine AE1
More about Frederick William Woodland -
Born 1891
Died 1914
Other Empire Force 1604 Stoker Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about John James Bray -
Born 1883
Died 1914
Royal Navy 302880 Stoker 1st Class HM Submarine AE1
More about James Guild -
Born 1888
Died 1914
Other Empire Force Petty Officer Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about Robert Smail -
Born 1877
Died 1914
Royal Navy 278358
Royal Navy 8265 Chief Stoker Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about Harry Stretch -
Born 1887
Died 1914
Royal Navy 226508 Able Seaman HM Submarine AE1
More about George Hodgkin -
Born 1885
Died 1914
Royal Navy 220438 Able Seaman
Royal Navy 8281 Able Seaman Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about Frederick George Dennis -
Born 1885
Died 1914
Royal Navy 309518 Stoker 1st Class Portsmouth Submarine Flotilla paid via HMS Thames, depot ship
Other Empire Force 8288 Leading Stoker Royal Australian Navy, H.M. Australian Submarine AE1
Other Empire Force 8288 and 309518 Leading Stoker Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about Sidney Charles Barton -
Born 1887
Died 1914
Other Empire Force 7291 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about John Messenger -
Born 1875
Died 1914
Royal Navy 271421 Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HM Submarine AE1
More about Thomas Frederick Lowe -
Born 1884
Died 1914
Other Empire Force 7290 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about James Alexander Fettes -
Born 1885
Died 1914
Other Empire Force 7300 Stoker Petty Officer Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about William Alfred Waddilove -
Born 1887
Died 1914
Royal Navy 230063 Signalman HM Submarine AE1
More about George Dance -
Born 1892
Died 1914
Other Empire Force 7876 Stoker Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1
More about Ernest Blake