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Auckland from 1946 with the rank of acting commander (which was made substantive the next year). He went to England in 1950 for training in staff duties and also served a spell with the Royal Navy on an exchange programme, which
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which had just been commissioned into the New
Zealand Division of the Royal Navy. He received a further promotion to acting leading seaman in 1927 and the next year, he sailed with the ship to Samoa where he helped suppress a non-violent uprising by the
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Zealand. He was promoted to captain, the first New Zealander in the RNZN to enlist as a seaman and proceed to attain this rank. He also received a
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in case it was required to take offensive operations against Italy. During this period, Davis-Goff became dissatisfied with his career but his attempts to resign from the Royal Navy were rebuffed. When
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was damaged. She went to the United States for a prolonged period to undergo repairs and refit, and Davis-Goff went with her. He was promoted to
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Australia in the early years of his retirement before moving back to New Zealand and settling in the Auckland suburb of
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Zealand's contributions to the United Nations commitments to the
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Zealand on 24 September 1905, Davis-Goff was the son of a labourer, William Francis Davis-Goff, and his wife, Emily
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the following year, he was sent to the United
Kingdom for further training on torpedoes. Based at the shore establishment
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conducted coastal patrols and provided naval gunfire support to land operations. When
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540:Commander of the Order of the British Empire
122:Commander of the Order of the British Empire
193:in the Pacific. He later commanded a RNZN
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867:People from the Marlborough District
794:Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand
628:Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
521:Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
381:A brief period of service with the
321:King George V Silver Jubilee Medal
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633:Ministry for Culture and Heritage
532:Naval Officer in Charge, Auckland
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404:(RNZN), which was part of the
238:Masterton District High School
171:in 1921. By 1941, he had been
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623:"George Raymond Davis-Goff"
464:Distinguished Service Cross
435:Davis-Goff served on HMNZS
177:Distinguished Service Cross
126:Distinguished Service Cross
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420:. During this engagement
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361:Battle of the River Plate
145:George Raymond Davis-Goff
102:Battle of the River Plate
20:George Raymond Davis-Goff
271:. He was then posted to
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369:mentioned in despatches
340:was transferred to the
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811:Waters, S. D. (1956).
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331:was diverted to the
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484:HMNZS
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333:Middle East
280:able seaman
219:Renwicktown
197:during the
181:HMNZS
66:New Zealand
49:30 May 1987
39:Renwicktown
841:Categories
756:References
546:Later life
501:Korean War
383:Royal Navy
254:boy seaman
213:Early life
199:Korean War
169:boy seaman
112:Korean War
63:Allegiance
32:1905-09-24
827:800613100
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563:Footnotes
536:commodore
528:Melbourne
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258:HMS
234:Masterton
203:commodore
186:and then
142:Commodore
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552:Onehunga
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365:Achilles
348:Achilles
269:Auckland
260:Philomel
217:Born in
207:Auckland
160:(RNZN).
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56:Auckland
479:Bellona
466:(DSC).
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422:Leander
410:Pacific
400:of the
398:cruiser
393:Leander
338:Diomede
329:Diomede
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275:Chatham
221:in the
195:frigate
183:Leander
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452:Gambia
447:Gambia
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286:Vernon
190:Gambia
188:HMNZS
118:Awards
73:branch
558:Notes
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