Edwin Max ANDREWARTHA

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Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	1 November 1922
Last Rank:	Commander
Last Unit:	HMAS Lonsdale (Depot / Base)
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia , 16 December 1904
Home Town:	Burwood, Whitehorse, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Manager
Died:	Natural causes, Encounter Bay, South Australia, 2 April 1987, aged 82 years
Cemetery:	Victor Harbor General Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:	South Australian Garden of Remembrance

1 Nov 1922:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Midshipman, Officer
1 Apr 1924:	Promoted Sub Lieutenant
1 May 1926:	Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant
1 May 1934:	Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant Commander, HMAS Cerberus (Shore)

8 Oct 1939:	Enlisted
1 Jan 1940:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant Commander, HMAS Lonsdale (Depot / Base)
2 Jan 1946:	Discharged
30 Jun 1946:	Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Commander, HMAS Lonsdale (Depot / Base)

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HMAS Goonambee was requisitioned for Naval Service on 28 June 1940, and purchased by the RAN on 29 June 1943.

She was commissioned on 9 August 1940 under the command of Lieutenant Commander E.M Andrewartha, RANR, until paying off on 21 June, 1944.

On 4 October 1944, she was sold to Cam and Sons Pty Ltd