Allied Warship Commanders


Max Joshua Clark DSC, RAN

Birth details unknown


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Ranks

1 Jan 1920Cadet
15 May 1924Mid.
15 Sep 1926A/S.Lt.
30 Jul 1927S.Lt.
30 Sep 1929Lt.
30 Sep 1937Lt.Cdr.
31 Dec 1942Cdr.


Retired: 30 Mar 1966

Decorations

8 Jan 1942DSC
1 Jan 1958OBE

Warship Commands listed for Max Joshua Clark, RAN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMAS Nizam (G 38)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer19 Dec 194025 Jan 1943
HMAS Warramunga (I 44)Cdr.Destroyer19 Apr 19452 Dec 1946

Career information

Transferred to the Emergency List on 30 March 1957.

Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMAS Nizam (G 38)


8 Oct 1942
HMAS Nizam (Cdr. M.J. Clark, DSO, RAN) picks up survivors from the Greek merchant Koumoundouros and the Dutch merchant Gaastekerk that were torpedoed and sunk earlier that day by the German submarine U-68 south-west of Cape Point, South Africa.

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