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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 525

(x) A Great War 1917 minelaying operations D.S.M. awarded to Petty Officer J. Rock, Royal Navy

Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (183674. J. Rock, P.O. H.M.S. Wahine. 1917), good very fine

D.S.M. London Gazette 1 October 1917.

John Rock was born in July 1879 at Islington, London and enlisted in the Royal Navy in July 1897. Having seen numerous postings and advancements from Boy 2nd Class to Petty Officer 1st Class, his main wartime appointment afloat was with H.M.S Wahine from 22 July 1916. Having served off Gallipoli, she was refitted for minelaying duties and by war's end had completed a quite exceptional 76 missions operating from Immingham. Rock was made Chief Petty Officer and went ashore from Wahine in February 1919, being discharged in December 1919.

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