PLYMOUTH  -  DEVON
Naval Memorial
L  -  R





There's no flowers on a sailors grave
No lilies on an ocean wave
The only tribute is a seagull's sweep
And the teardrop on a loved one's cheek
                                                            Anonymous
Photos: Peter Bennett (Great War Forum)
Supplied & Edited for publication by Tony Emptage (Great War Forum
Lieutenant Robert Stewart LAIDLAW 
Royal Australian Navy, H.M.A.S. "Melbourne"
Died 23-4-1919 aged 24years
Son of Col. David & Annie O.S. Laidlaw, Skelmorlie, Ayshire
Born Glasgow, Scotland
Sub-Lieutenant Frank Lockwood LARKINS 
Royal Australian Navy, H.M.A.S. "Platypus" (S/M "J2")
Died 20-6-1919
Son of Walter A. & Margaret Larkins, Melbourne, Victoria
Stoker Frederick William LENTHALL  11026
Royal Australian Navy H.M.A.S. "Geranium"
Died 1-7-1921 aged 21years
Son of Henry & Agnes Lenthall, New South Wales
T F LOWE  8263
Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class 
Royal Australian Navy, H.M.A.  S/M."AE1"
Died 14-9-1914 aged 38years
Son of John T. & Mary E. Lowe, Leicester, England
Husband of Mary Priscilla Lowe, Punchbowl, N.S.W.
Photo: Argus (Melbourne) 23-9-1914
Petty Officer Thomas LYNCH  7902
Royal Australian Navy, H.M.A.S. "Sydney"
Died 9-11-1914 aged 37years
Son of John & Margaret Lynch, Queenstown
Husband of Margaret, Portsmouth, England
Sub-Lieutenant Joseph MACK 
Royal Australian Navy, H.M.S. "Defence"
Died 31-5-1916 aged 19years
Son of Joseph G. & Mayant R. Mack, Geelong, Victoria
Chief Engine Room Artificer John Albert MARSLAND   8274
Royal Australian Navy,  H.M.S.  S/M "AE1"
Died 14-9-1914 aged 33 years
Son of John & Annie Marsland, Leeds
Husband of Nellie Louise G. Marsland, Southampton, England
Boy 2nd Class John Eden McPHERSON  11126
Royal Australian Navy, H.M.A.S. "Tingira"
Died 16-3-1919 aged 14years
Son of Alexander & Mary McPherson, Victoria
Leading Stoker John William MEEK  8290
Royal Australian Navy, H.M.A. S/M. "AE1"
Died 14-9-1914 aged 27years
Husband of Lillian M. Meek, Bow, London
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class John Messenger  7291
Royal Australian Navy, H.M.A.  S/M "AE1"
Died 14-9-1914 aged 25year
Son of Isabella E. Messenger, Ballarat East, Victoria
Photo: Argus (Melbourne) 23-9-1914
Able Seaman Robert David MOFFATT  121
Royal Australian Navy, N.E.F.
Died 11-9-1914 aged 20years
Son of Thomas Moffatt, Cornwall



Portrait of 121 Able Seaman (AB) Robert David Moffatt, a signaller in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve (RANR). Born in England in 1894, he worked as an engineer in Sydney and served on HMAS Australia. On 11 September 1914, whilst serving on HMAS Australia and as a member of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) in the advance from Kabakaul to Bitapaka, in New Britain, he was shot and wounded by a native sniper. AB Moffatt died the next morning from his wounds and was buried at sea. He was 20 years old.
Petty Officer Stoker John Joseph MOLONEY  7299
Royal Australian Navy, H.M.A.  S/M "AE1"
Died 14-9-1914  aged 25years
Son of Joseph & Alice Moloney, Queensland
Husband of Beatrice M. Moloney, N.S.W.
Photo: Argus (Melbourne) 23-9-1914
Lieutenant Charles Lewis MOORE 
Royal Australian Navy, H.M.A.  S/M "AE1"
Died 14-9-1914 aged 26years
Son off Col. Henry & Annie S.R. Moore, Minehead, Somerset, England
Native of Dublin
Ordinary Seaman Leslie Raymond Arthur MOORE  4875
Royal Australian Navy, H.M.A.S. "Torrens"
Died 10-4-1918 aged 17years
Son of James W. & Agnes W. Moore, Victoria
Able Seaman Stanley J V NORRIS  8282
Royal Australian Navy, H.M.S.  "Adamant"
Died 2-8-1915 aged 36years
Son of John V. Elizabeth K. Norris, Devonport
Husband of Margaret Norris, Devonport, Tasmania
Chief Stoker Timothy O'CALLAGHAN  5148
Royal Australian Navy, H.M.A.S. "Melbourne"
Died 25-4-1918 aged 44years
Son of Timothy & Margaret O'Callaghan, Cork
Husband of Elizabeth O'Callaghan, Cork
Sub-Lieutenant George M  PATERSON 
Royal Australian Navy, H.M.S. Defence
Died 31-5-1916 aged 20years
Son of John & Priscilla I. Paterson, Harwich, Essex
Able Seaman John REARDON  7474
Royal Australian Navy, H.M.A.  S/M "AE1"
Died 14-9-1914
Stoker Leslie William ROBERTS  4029
Royal Australian Navy, H.M.A.S.  "Sydney"
Died 9-7-1917
Stoker George ROSS  3757
Royal Australian Navy, H.M.A.S. "Brisbane"
Died 29-4-1917
Son of George L & Maria Eliza Ross
Photo: Tasmania Weekly Courier
Able Seaman Samuel James ROUGET  1367
Royal Australian Navy  H.M.A.S. "Fantome"
Died 17-12-1917 aged 24years
Son of Alfred Rouget, Victoria