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Memorial for AE1 on Cook Road HMAS Cerberus.
Crib point Honour Roll
HMAS Cerberus Protestant Chapel of St Mark,
Nelson Road, Crib Point.
On the 24th November 1926 the RAN unveiled their WW1 memorial at Flinders Naval Base aka HMAS Cerberus.
The officers and men of the Royal Australian Navy resolved some time ago to place their memorial to those of the service who were killed or died on service during the war of 1914-18 at the Flinders Naval Depot.
It is the only memorial in Australia dedicated to the officers and men of the fleet, and the depot was chosen because it is the one place which all ranks visit at some period of their service careers.”
Unveiled by His Excellency the Governor General, Lord Stonehaven, P.C., G.C.M.G., D.S.O.
Dedicated by His Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne, The Most Reverend Harrington C. Lees, D.D.
The chapel/memorial was originally part of the old drill hall (no longer in existence).
It appears this was only ever a temporary solution as “the whole memorial has been so erected that when the navy has a chapel it will be easy to move the windows and tablets into the new building.” Little did they realise at the time a chapel would only come to fruition after another world war.
The windows and tablets were eventually re-homed in the HMAS Cerberus, St Mark Anglican Chapel in 1954.
RN sailors who were generally speaking on three+ year agreements/loan to the RAN prior or during WW1, were issued RAN service numbers and service cards.
Those who served and died on Australian ships, were recorded by the CWGC as RAN and those with headstones lie under the RAN crest.
More often than not the RAN paid both their prize money and war gratuity and most importantly without them there would have been no RAN as at the time the RAN was both experience and manpower poor.
The nuances associated with RAN recruiting of the day, deem these men do not meet the current VWMA listing criteria however they are acknowledged here on this memorial.
Garden Island Sydney harbour New South Wales Australia ( Fleet Base East)
In 1933, a stained-glass window commemorating the losses of AE1 and AE2 was added to the naval chapel at Garden Island in Sydney
AE1 Memorial at Garden Island, Sydney A plaque, commemorating AE1, was erected at the Naval Heritage Centre, Garden Island, Sydney on 14 September 2011.
The plaque lists the AE1 crew and describes some of the story and was designed by renowned sculptor Dr Ross Bastiaan AM RFD.
The ceremony was organised by Captain Ken Greig OAM RAN Retd, Mrs Vera Ryan and Mrs Robyn Rosenstraus on behalf of AE1 Inc. with a strong input from the President of the Submarines Association Australia, NSW Branch, Commander Geoff Anderson RAN Retd in combination with the RAN. The RAN organised the invitations to the VIPs and kindly provided the facilities and personnel for the guard and band and the occasion was enriched by the attendance of many naval and civilian dignitaries.
Canberra Australia ( our capital City)
AE1 and AE2 Plaques at Australian War Memorial (AWM), Canberra On 23 May 2014, the Submarine Association Australia ACT Inc. in conjunction with the AWM, conducted a Plaque Dedication Ceremony in memory of AE1and AE2 in the Western Courtyard of the AWM.
The aim was to bring together ex-servicemen and women and family and friends to commemorate all those who had served in submarines but, in particular, to the memory of the crews of AE1 and AE2.
Australian National Maritime Museum Sydney Harbour
In September 2015, a floating sculpture to commemorate AE1 was unveiled outside the Australian National Maritime Museum. The sculpture takes the form of a stainless steel wreath, 6 metres (20 ft) in diameter, which projects patterns of light onto the water at night.
Rich in history the, the Ruth Whitfield Memorial Park in Kallangur is home to a commemorative replica of the AE2; many visit the park (and other ANZAC memorial sites along ANZAC Avenue) to honour the brave exploits of its crew during the Gallipoli Campaign. The park features a mural inscribed with World War 1 important facts about the HMAS AE2’s brave exploits along with a replica submarine monument.
Between 1884 and 1914, New Britain was known as New Pomerania and part of German New Guinea.
On the 11th September 1914, in one of Australia's first actions of the 1914-18 war, its troops seized the German wireless station at Bitapaka near Rabaul.
After the war, the island became part of the Territory of New Guinea, which was an Australian mandated territory.
The site of the wireless station later became the War Cemetery.
The Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, which went down with all hands more than a century ago, has been located off Papua New Guinea in about 1,000 feet of water.
HMAS AE-1 vanished off Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, in the Duke of York islands on Sept 14, 1914, less than three months after the start of World War I.
The vessel had 35 crew aboard — Australians, British and one New Zealander.
HM AUSTRALIAN SUBMARINES AE1 AE2 built by Vickers Ltd Barrow in Furness/Laid Down 14 Nov 1911 & 10 Feb 1912/Launched 22 May & 18 Jun 1913/Commissioned at Portsmouth
28 Feb 1914/The Submarines sailed for Australia on the 2 Mar 1914/arriving Sydney, 24 May 1914
AE1 lost with all hands off New Guinea 14 Sep 1914
AE2 lost in the Sea of Marmara 30 Apr 1915 after the first successful dived passage through the Dardanelles,
The Crew became prisoners of War in Turkey
Others served in AE1 & AE2 including/ names Left Hand Plaque-HMAS/AE1/Lost 14 September 1914 OFFICERS, SEAMEN, ENGINE ROOM
Right Hand Plaque-HMASAE2 Lost-Sea of Marmara 30 April 1915 OFFICERS,SEAMEN,ENGINE ROOM.
Base Dedication Plaque-This Memorial was established by The Barow in Furmess Branch of the Submariners Association
In Co-operation with the HMAS AE1 and HMAS AE2 Family descendants To mark the 100th anniversary of the launch of Australia’s first two submarines at Barrow in 1913 and The 50th anniversary of the founding of the Barrow Branch on 14 May 1963 unveiled by Admiral the Lord Boyce, KG GCB OBE DL and James Lord Abinger on 18th May 2013
THE SUBMARINER MEMORIAL AT THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM
As many of the people who served onboard HMAS AE1 and AE2 were part of the Royal navy they have been included on many of the Royal navy Submarine memorials.
Bronze relief panelling depicting four naval figures in the interior of a submarine contending against the inimical influences of the ocean,
represented by figures attempting to trap it in a net.
On the left is a plaque listing the submarines lost in 1914-1918 and on the right is a list of submarines lost from 1939 to 1945.
To the left and right of the plaques are female figures representing Truth, and a blindfolded Justice.
Under the centre panel is an oblong plaque showing a submarine cruising on the surface of the sea.
Ornamental border includes the badge of the Royal Navy, some dolphins and the prows of boats.
Above This memorial, at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, commemorates the British submarines which were lost in World War I and World War II.
The Duke of Cambridge today unveiled the imposing new Submariners Memorial at the National Arboretum in Staffordshire – a focal point for all who serve/have served with the waves above them to contemplate separation and sacrifice which has characterised the Royal Navy’s Submarine Service since it was established in 1901.
Additional Information can be found at the following link
Australian E Class Submarines
AE2 Kallangur
The stories of AE1 and AE2
submarinefamilies UK
The UK AE1 Story