Letter addressed to Commander Menlove
Date28 August 1953
Object numberANMS1398[093]
NameLetter
MediumPaper, ink
DimensionsOverall: 250 x 205 mm
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Simon Menlove
DescriptionA collection of ephemera associated with Desmond A. Menlove's merchant shipping career from the 1930s to the 1950s.HistoryA collection of ephemera associated with D. A. Menlove's merchant shipping career from the 1930s to the 1950s. The collection includes various certificates and indentures, photographic prints and postcards (mostly of vessels), log books, newspaper clippings
and booklets titled 'Steamers Particulars' for SS NANKIN, SS NELLORE and SS EASTERN.
Desmond Menlove commanded a corvette the HMAS DELORAINE in WWII. The DELORAINE sank the first Japanese submarine during WWII in December 1941 during the bombing of Pearl Harbour.
Menlove was born in 1906 in Temora, NSW. He entered Naval College in 1920. He joined the 'Merchant Navy' and when war was declared in 1939 was mobilised with the RAN.
After the war he worked for the AMP as a superannuation consultant. He died in 1990.
SignificanceThis material forms part of a larger collection of photographs and other records of Desmond Menlove's career in the Navy as well as his career in merchant shipping lines. Menlove was famous for his role in sinking the first Japanese submarine in World War II.
1930-1950