Entry #: 27 |
Entry Date: 2009-06-19 16:03:48
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| Name: |
andy wright |
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10 |
| Visitor Comments: i was a cadet at t.s.mashonafrom1959-1963 i remember lt.hignei c.p.o.collins leading seaman kruger ian stenson ,rickson,we used to do the queens birthday parade and i remember the camps at lake mac. |
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Entry #: 26 |
Entry Date: 2009-05-29 17:50:10
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| Name: |
LYNNE STEWART |
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10 |
| Visitor Comments: Hi Keith, my Dad, Sid Dobing is one of the earliest entries on your website. As he stated, he survived the sinking of the Mashona. His memory is amazing and has many stories of his time serving in both the British and Candian navies. He is 87 years old, still enjoys good health and lives in Victoria BC Canada. Do you have knowledge of any other living survivor? By the way, how's the book coming along?- Lynne Stewart |
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Entry #: 25 |
Entry Date: 2009-01-16 09:51:07
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| Name: |
Betty Venning |
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10 |
| Visitor Comments: My Mother Betty Venning was the sister of Ordinary Seaman John Venning. John according to Mother's memory was with the HMS Mashona when it was torpedoed and sank during the Bismark operation. He survived the sinking spending 5 hours in the water before being rescued. Mum was born in June 20, 1922; and John was October 19, 1919. John Venning died May 19th 1945 in Hamburg while with a friend who found a gun and was accidentaly shot and killed by his friend. He was 24.
Thank you for this great resource of infromation about the history of my Uncle's time on HMS Mashona.
Regards,
Jackie |
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Entry #: 24 |
Entry Date: 2008-10-08 01:20:33
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| Name: |
John Jones |
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10 |
| Visitor Comments: I did my National Service in Rhodesia, as a CPO instructor to the Rhodesia Sea Cadet Corps (RSCC).
The training site was at the Drill Hall in Salisbury and known as TS Mashona, named after HMS Mashona.
In about 196o Rear Admiral Selby, the captain of HMS Nashona when she sank, visited TS Mashona and presented the unit with the White Ensign flown at the time of sinking. That flag is now laid up in the Anglican Cathedral, Salisbury (now Harare, Zimbabwe).
The last CO of TS Mashona was Lt Ray Hignell, now resident in Sydney, Australia. He received the ensign from Rear Admiral Selby.
I had a crest for HMS Mashona, with the motto "Chisarayi", meaning "go in peace". |
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Entry #: 23 |
Entry Date: 2008-08-25 08:42:36
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| Name: |
James Ray |
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10 |
| Visitor Comments: As my brothers entry (No22), our dad (who lived in Ilkley) survived the sinking and was mentioned in dispatches. I have the certificate which reads.... By the Kings Order the name of A/Petty Officer Arthur Henry Ray, HMS Mashona was published in the London Gazette on 23rd September 1941 as mentioned in a dispatch for distinguished service. I am charged to record His Majesty's high appreciation. The certificate is signed A V Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty. Dad would be well pleased with the Mashona web site. |
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Entry #: 22 |
Entry Date: 2008-06-11 02:25:08
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| Name: |
Gerard Ray |
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10 |
| Visitor Comments: My Father ,Arthur Henry Ray , Served on the Mashona survived the sinking and ,to the best of my knowledge was a Petty Officer And was Mentioned In Despatches . He completed six more years and served on HMS Triumph.I also Believe he had the Title Captain of Guns. |
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Entry #: 21 |
Entry Date: 2007-07-31 04:13:38
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| Name: |
Tim Wordsworth |
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10 |
| Visitor Comments: I believe that my Grandfather, William Burgess, was a member of the crew when Mashona was bombed. He survivied but neve spoke of it in any detail. Other than to say that they had a limited opportunity to be rescued and he was pulled up by his hair on his last go! |
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Entry #: 20 |
Entry Date: 2007-05-03 12:59:49
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| Name: |
MARK WILLIAMS |
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10 |
Visitor Comments: Thursday 3 May 2007
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Sadly,my grandfather,Stan Williams,passed away last night, after a brave fight against cancer.He will be greatly missed by all of us and i'm just grateful that we were able to find this website and show it to him,before he died.He would often talk about his time on the Mashona and kept those memories till his passing.
Rest in peace Gransha,
Mark |
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Entry #: 19 |
Entry Date: 2007-04-03 14:10:38
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Andrew Fraser |
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10 |
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Entry #: 17 |
Entry Date: 2006-11-06 04:34:15
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| Name: |
Diana Bellamy |
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10 |
| Visitor Comments: My Father Robert Edward Sandell served on the Mashona from 28.3.39 to 28.2.40. He was a leading seaman and a leading torpedo operater on "high power and generals".
He attend the Royal Naval School Greenwich when he was 11 as a border. He was dicharged from the Navy on heath grounds in early 1942
Diana Bellamy |
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