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Lloyd George Palmer 1915

Lloyd George Palmer of Williamstown Australia was born in 1915 in Williamstown, VIC to Arthur Robert Palmer and Eunice Ann Evans Palmer. He has siblings David Picton Palmer and Robert Glyn Palmer. Lloyd Palmer married Jean Maud Palmer, and has a child Graeme Palmer.

Lloyd George Palmer

Williamstown Australia

1915

Williamstown, VIC, Australia

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1915

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Williamstown, VIC Australia

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Portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Lloyd G. Palmer Royal Australian Navy Reserve (RANR). Lt Palmer was appointed to the RANR as a Sub-Lieutenant in 1937. After completing the gunnery course at HMAS Cerberus in 1937 he served on HMAS Kanimbla from 1939 to 1941, he then served as the Officer-in-charge of the Gabo Island Watch Station in 1941, until he was transferred to HMAS Canberra and then to HMAS Armidale on 1942-6-11. Lieutenant Palmer was the Gunnery Officer on HMAS Armidale when she was sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Arafura Sea, off the southern coast of Timor, 1942-12-01. Lt Palmer commanded the Armidale's whaler in an epic voyage toward the Australian coast and eventual rescue on 1942-12-09. Lt Palmer later served on HMAS Shepparton and as the First Officer on HMAS Kalgoorlie. Blind in one eye, a fact he concealed from the Navy until 1942, and suffering recurring medical problems associated with the loss of the Armidale, he was eventually classified unfit for sea duty in 1944 and appointed as Senior Naval Officer at the Williamstown Naval Depot, an appointment he held until the end of the war. On 1945-08-22 Lt Palmer was appointed as a Prisoner of War Contact Officer in Singapore to investigate the fate of the sailors from HMAS Perth. He was awarded the Volunteer Reserve Decoration 1948-08-04. Lt Palmer was placed on the Retired Reserve List on 1950-04-15.
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