CRACE, John Gregory

  1. Service Details
  2. Personal Details
  3. Unit and Rank Details
  4. Commemoration
  5. Notes
  6. Sources

Service Details

Branch of Service
Navy
Conflict
World War I (1914-1918)
Date of Enlistment
26/01/1913

Personal Details

Gender
Male
Other Name(s)
Known as 'Jack'
Date of Birth
06/02/1887
Place of Birth
Gungahleen (Gungahlin)
Address (at enlistment)
Hawdley, England (previously Gungahleen (Gungahlin) ACT)
School(s) Attended
The King's School, Parramatta
Occupation
Naval officer
Next of Kin
Carola Crace (wife), Hawdley, England

Unit and Rank Details

Final Rank
Lieutenant Commander
Final Unit
HMAS Australia

Commemoration

Belconnen Area Enlistments WW1, Ellen Clark Park, Smith Street, Weetangera

Notes

Crace joined the Royal Navy's training ship H.M.S. Britannia in May 1902 on a colonial cadetship and served with the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy (on HMAS Australia and HMS Hood) during World War 1 specialising as a torpedo officer. During World War 2 Crace commanded the Australian squadron during the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 and superintended the Chatham naval dockyard until 1946, by which time he had been promoted to the rank of admiral. Crace was appointed a K.B.E. in 1947. He died at Liss, Hampshire on 11 May 1968. He was the younger brother of Everard Crace.

Sources

ABD online entry - http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/adbonline.htm
A.W. Bazley, 'Australia's Official History of World War 1', in 'Stand-to' (February 1959), CDHS 1959 (see note p.27)
Chris Coulthard-Clark, 'Action Stations Coral Sea: The Australian Commander's Story', 1991

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Belconnen Area Enlistments WW1, Ellen Clark Park, Weetangera

Belconnen Area Enlistments WW1, Ellen Clark Park, Weetangera

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