Harold Arthur Litchfield, RANR(S)
| Born | 24 Jun 1901 |
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Warship Commands listed for Harold Arthur Litchfield, RANR(S)
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMAS Kalgoorlie (J 192) | T/Lt. | Minesweeper | 29 Sep 1941 | 17 May 1944 |
| HMAS Bendigo (J 187) | T/Lt.Cdr. | Minesweeper | 7 Jul 1944 | 26 Jul 1944 |
| HMAS Stuart (D 00) | T/Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 1 Nov 1944 | 3 Jun 1945 |
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Destroyer HMAS Stuart (D 00)
3 Apr 1945
HMAS Stuart (T/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Litchfield, RANR(S)) conducted trials off Sydney. (1)
6 Apr 1945
Around 1605K/6, HMAS Stuart (T/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Litchfield, RANR(S)) departed Sydney for Milne Bay. (1)
11 Apr 1945
Around 0850K/11, HMAS Stuart (T/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Litchfield, RANR(S)) arrived at Milne Bay from Sydney. (1)
12 Apr 1945
Around 0550K/12, HMAS Stuart (T/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Litchfield, RANR(S)) departed Milne Bay for Madang. While en-route problems with the boiler feed water tank arose and she had to proceed to Oro Bay for to embark fresh water and to make repairs. She arrived at Oro Bay around 0530K/13. While at Oro Bay condensor trouble was experienced.
HMAS Stuart departed Oro Bay to continue the passage around 0800K/15. She arrived at Madang around 0630K/16. (1)
17 Apr 1945
Shortly after 0500K/17, HMAS Stuart (T/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Litchfield, RANR(S)) departed Madang to return to Milne Bay. (1)
18 Apr 1945
Around 1040K/18, HMAS Stuart (T/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Litchfield, RANR(S)) arrived at Milne Bay from Madang.
She departed again around 1535K/18 for Sydney. (1)
20 Apr 1945
Around 1425K/20, HMAS Stuart (T/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Litchfield, RANR(S)) arrived at Brisbane. Again problems had been experienced with the boiler feed water tank which made it impossible to reach Sydney so it had been decided to divert to Brisbane for repairs. (1)
21 Apr 1945
Around 0705K/21, HMAS Stuart (T/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Litchfield, RANR(S)) departed Brisbane for Sydney. (1)
23 Apr 1945
Around 1340K/23, HMAS Stuart (T/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Litchfield, RANR(S)) arrived at Sydney from Brisbane. (1)
24 Apr 1945
HMAS Stuart (T/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Litchfield, RANR(S)) commenced boiler cleaning at Sydney. Also a survey and test of the main and reserve feed tanks was undertaken by dockyard staff.
[No report of proceedings is available for May 1945 so some details for this month might (and will) be missing.] (1)
8 May 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMAS Stuart (T/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Litchfield, RANR(S)) departed Sydney for Townsville. (2)
11 May 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMAS Stuart (T/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Litchfield, RANR(S)) arrived at Townsville from Sydney. (3)
11 May 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMAS Stuart (T/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Litchfield, RANR(S)) arrived at Townsville from Sydney. She departed for Thursday Island later the same day. (3)
13 May 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMAS Stuart (T/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Litchfield, RANR(S)) arrived at Thursday Island from Townsville. She departed for Milne Bay later the same day. (3)
15 May 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMAS Stuart (T/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Litchfield, RANR(S)) arrived at Milne Bay from Thursday Island. (3)
16 May 1945
HMAS Stuart (T/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Litchfield, RANR(S)) departed Milne Bay for Madang. (3)
18 May 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMAS Stuart (T/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Litchfield, RANR(S)) arrived at Madang from Milne Bay. (3)
19 May 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMAS Stuart (T/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Litchfield, RANR(S)) departed Madang for Morotai. (3)
23 May 1945
HMAS Stuart (T/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Litchfield, RANR(S)) arrived at Morotai from Madang. She departed again to return to Madang later the same day. (3)
27 May 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMAS Stuart (T/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Litchfield, RANR(S)) arrived at Madang from Morotai. (3)
Sources
- Report of proceedings of HMAS Stuart for April 1945
- War diary Naval Officer in Charge, Sydney for May 1945
- ADM 199/2571
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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