Harold Bruce Farncomb

Farncomb, Harold Bruce (1899-1971), RADM, CB 1945 DSO 1942 MVO 1935; b. 28 Feb. 1899 N. Sydney; educ. Gordon Public Sch and Sydney Boys High Sch; entered RAN Coll. 1913; Midshipman 1917; served in HMS Royal Sovereign; Gunnery Officer in Stalwart 1921-22; on flagship staff in Melbourne 1922-23; grad. RN Staff Coll. Greenwich 1924; Imperial Def. Coll. 1930; Exec. Officer Australia 1933-35; attached to Naval Int. Div., Admiralty, 1935-37; CO Yarra 1937-38; 1939-45 War (CO Perth 1939-40, Canberra 1940-41, Australia 1941-44 (incl. at Coral Sea (MID) and Guadalcanal), HMS Attacker 1944 (twice MID), Cmdre Comdg. Aust Sqdn 1945 (wounded Lingayen Gulf, awarded US Navy Cross 1945, US Legion of Merit 1946); Flag Officer-in-charge NSW 1945; Cmdre Supt. Training at Flinders Naval Depot 1945-46; Flag Officer Comdg. Aust. Fleet 1946-49 (Rear-Adm 1947); Head Aust. Joint Service Staff and Naval Attache Washington 1950; retd. 1951; qual. as barrister and solicitor, became a Judge's Associate with NSW Supreme Court; d. 12 Feb. 1971 Darlinghurst, Sydney.