Lot 4442

Description

Documents for RN service, small ID cover for Harold E. Hignett, HMS D of Y (Duke of York); photos of Duke of York (8) includes five approx 28x20cm in Sydney Harbour and at Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay; Commonwealth of Australia, 1949 Tea and Butter Ration Card N B 767177, named to S.F.Hignett at Darlinghurst, Sydney; various newspaper clippings relating to the service of Harry Hignett, a RN man and post war resident of Bexley, NSW, and included are copies of his entitlement to and issue of the Russian Convoy Medal. Fine - very fine. (lot)

Harry Hignett was an old boy of Bootle Secondary School in the Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. His first employment was with the L.M. & S. Railway Co. He joined the RAN at age 17 and trained at the Boys Establishment. His service included tours on HMS St George and HMS Duke of York, where he was a member of the NAAFI, and with the latter he entered Tokyo Bay. He took part in the Battle of the Atlantic and served in the Russian convoys. He was on board HMS Starling when she was commanded by the 'ace' U-boat killer, the late Captain F.J.Walker. When Harry was awarded his Soviet Jubilee Medal for his part in the Russian convoys he was a director of the Kogarah, NSW, RSL Club.