Lieutenant Commander Richard Harwin Nossiter DSC OAM RANVR Retd

Navigator of 16m family yacht, Sirius, crewed by his father and brother, during a 1935-7 world circumnavigation, the first by an Australian yacht and Australians.

See:    

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/dick-nossiter-sailed-around-the-globe-with-his-father-and-brother-20140314-34re9.html 

Awarded DSC for service in HMS PAYNTER in 1942 in taking convoys to and from Murmansk. 

See:     http://www.russianarcticconvoymuseum.co.uk/RichardHarwinNossiter.php

Rank
Lieutenant Commander
Service
RANVR
Decorations
DSC OAM
Died
15/03/2014

Source of information: SMH