Courage, Rafe Edward
- Date of birth:
- June 22nd, 1902
- Nationality:
- British (1801-present, Kingdom)
Biography
Rank: Commander. Captain of HMS Maori (F 24).
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Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant Commander
- Unit:
- HMS Havock (H43), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- June 7th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Commander
- Unit:
- HMS Havock (H43), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- July 11th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Commander
- Unit:
- HMS Havock (H43), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- April 8th, 1941
"For courage and skill in a successful attack on an Italian submarine."
Second DSC awarded as a bar.
Commandeur in de Orde van Oranje Nassau (ON.3)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Commander
- Awarded on:
- May 12th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Commander
- Awarded on:
- May 26th, 1942
"For coolness, skill and enterprise white serving in H.M. Ships Maori, Sikh and Legion, in a brilliant night action in the Central Mediterranean in which, without hurt or loss to the Royal Navy, two Italian Cruisers and an E-boat were destroyed, and a Torpedo Boat badly damaged."
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
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