Allied Warship Commanders

Charles Rupert Reid, RAN

Born  3 Sep 1904


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Ranks

1 Jan 1918 Cadet
15 May 1922 Mid.
15 Sep 1924 A/S.Lt.
20 May 1925 S.Lt.
30 May 1927 Lt.
30 May 1935 Lt.Cdr.
4 Feb 1941 A/Cdr.
29 Sep 1953 Cdr.(Retd.)

Retired: 29 Sep 1953


Decorations

11 Nov 1941 Mentioned in Despatches (MID)

Warship Commands listed for Charles Rupert Reid, RAN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMAS Perth (D 29)A/Cdr.Light cruiser1 Sep 194124 Oct 1941

Career information

Transferred to the Emergency List on 3 September 1949

Events related to this officer

Light cruiser HMAS Perth (D 29)


14 Sep 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
During her refit at Sydney, HMAS Perth (A/Cdr. C.R. Reid, RAN) is fumigated. (1)

24 Sep 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
During her refit at Sydney, HMAS Perth (A/Cdr. C.R. Reid, RAN) is undocked. (1)

19 Oct 1941
During her refit at Sydney, HMAS Perth (A/Cdr. C.R. Reid, RAN) suffers a fire in the bridge superstructure. Considerable damage was done to electric leads. (2)

Sources

  1. Report of proceedings of HMAS Perth for September 1941
  2. Report of proceedings of HMAS Perth for October 1941


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