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Auction archive: Lot number 10

‘He had prospected for gold, fished for

Estimate
£20,000 - £40,000
ca. US$26,828 - US$53,656
Price realised:
£38,000
ca. US$50,973
Auction archive: Lot number 10

‘He had prospected for gold, fished for

Estimate
£20,000 - £40,000
ca. US$26,828 - US$53,656
Price realised:
£38,000
ca. US$50,973
Beschreibung:

‘He had prospected for gold, fished for bêche de mer and had then started his own quite prosperous imitation jewellery firm. Called back from the reserve, he was chosen for the expedition because of his intimate knowledge of taking small craft round the archipelagos of the South Seas. He was not in the best of health and his eyesight was starting to give him trouble, yet he had an underlying dogged persistence and professional pride which enabled him, almost more than any other man, to get the operatives to their destination and back.’ Return of the Tiger by Brian Connell. The historic and important Z Special Unit 1943 ‘Operation Jaywick’ group of five awarded to Lieutenant H. E. Carse, Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his gallantry, skill and devotion to duty as skipper and navigator of the MV Krait during its hazardous and highly audacious 4000 mile round trip Commando raid, in September 1943, on Japanese occupied Singapore Harbour, resulting in the the sinking and burning of seven enemy ships totalling 37000 tons. Sold together with two highly emotive items believed to have been used on the raid itself, comprising Carse’s Special Operations Australia issued Knuckle Knife, and one of the two Japanese flags displayed aboard the Krait during the operation Australia, 1 Commando Association Cross of Valour, bronze, 1 clasp, Jaywick (H. C. [sic] Carse), with integral top ‘Commando’ bar; 1939-45 Star, unnamed; Pacific Star, unnamed; War Medal 1939-45 with M.I.D. oak leaf (H E Carse, RANVR); Australia Service Medal (H E Carse, RANVR) mounted as worn in this order; together with the recipient’s knuckle knife with spear pointed, double edged blade, marked GREGSTEEL, and knuckle duster grip hilt together with its leather scabbard with button-down knife retention strap enclosing half of the grip and two cuts in the back tongue for a belt, as issued to the Special Reconnaissance Department operatives on board the M.V. Krait on Operation Jaywick; and a Japanese Flag, 95cm x 72cm, said to have been displayed aboard the MV Krait during Operation Jaywick, bearing signatures from the recipient’s fellow Jaywick operatives Able Seaman A. Jones D.S.M. and Leading Telegraphist H. S. ‘Horrie’ Young, light contact marks, good very fine (5) £20,000-£40,000 Footnote Provenance: Bought by Warwick Cary from the private museum of Sydney based collector Bill Connell. M.I.D. London Gazette 11 April 1944: ‘For gallantry, skill and devotion to duty in a hazardous enterprise.’ Hubert Edward Carse was born on 28 May 1901 at Rutherglen, Victoria and joined the Royal Australian Navy as a 13 year old Cadet Midshipman on 31 December 1914. He was appointed Midshipman on 1 January 1919, promoted Acting Sub-Lieutenant on 15 January 1921 and resigned his commission on 17 December 1921. Following a somewhat chequered inter-war period, during which his employment ranged from gold-digging and sailing the South Sea Islands to running a camel racing team and a betting shop, he was mobilised by proclamation and reported for duty on 28 September 1942 with the rank of Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve. He was promoted Lieutenant (provisional) on 4 January 1943. On 12 January, Carse received an invitation to attend an interview at South Yarra, Melbourne with a Lieutenant-Colonel G. E. Mott who said to him: ‘I asked to see you because we’re running a dangerous mission and we need a navigator. If you were selected for the job could you take a ship from Melbourne to San Francisco?’ ‘I could take her anywhere’, replied Carse ‘I like you’, said the Colonel, ‘would you come and join our organisation?’ ‘I don’t know what it’s about’ ‘Well until you join, I can’t tell you’ Carse did join and was promptly advised to take any remaining leave that was due to him as he wouldn’t be getting any for the next year. Still not fully aware of what he had committed himself to, Carse was now part of a team within the “Z” Special Uni

Auction archive: Lot number 10
Auction:
Datum:
3 Dec 2020
Auction house:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
United Kingdom
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
Beschreibung:

‘He had prospected for gold, fished for bêche de mer and had then started his own quite prosperous imitation jewellery firm. Called back from the reserve, he was chosen for the expedition because of his intimate knowledge of taking small craft round the archipelagos of the South Seas. He was not in the best of health and his eyesight was starting to give him trouble, yet he had an underlying dogged persistence and professional pride which enabled him, almost more than any other man, to get the operatives to their destination and back.’ Return of the Tiger by Brian Connell. The historic and important Z Special Unit 1943 ‘Operation Jaywick’ group of five awarded to Lieutenant H. E. Carse, Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his gallantry, skill and devotion to duty as skipper and navigator of the MV Krait during its hazardous and highly audacious 4000 mile round trip Commando raid, in September 1943, on Japanese occupied Singapore Harbour, resulting in the the sinking and burning of seven enemy ships totalling 37000 tons. Sold together with two highly emotive items believed to have been used on the raid itself, comprising Carse’s Special Operations Australia issued Knuckle Knife, and one of the two Japanese flags displayed aboard the Krait during the operation Australia, 1 Commando Association Cross of Valour, bronze, 1 clasp, Jaywick (H. C. [sic] Carse), with integral top ‘Commando’ bar; 1939-45 Star, unnamed; Pacific Star, unnamed; War Medal 1939-45 with M.I.D. oak leaf (H E Carse, RANVR); Australia Service Medal (H E Carse, RANVR) mounted as worn in this order; together with the recipient’s knuckle knife with spear pointed, double edged blade, marked GREGSTEEL, and knuckle duster grip hilt together with its leather scabbard with button-down knife retention strap enclosing half of the grip and two cuts in the back tongue for a belt, as issued to the Special Reconnaissance Department operatives on board the M.V. Krait on Operation Jaywick; and a Japanese Flag, 95cm x 72cm, said to have been displayed aboard the MV Krait during Operation Jaywick, bearing signatures from the recipient’s fellow Jaywick operatives Able Seaman A. Jones D.S.M. and Leading Telegraphist H. S. ‘Horrie’ Young, light contact marks, good very fine (5) £20,000-£40,000 Footnote Provenance: Bought by Warwick Cary from the private museum of Sydney based collector Bill Connell. M.I.D. London Gazette 11 April 1944: ‘For gallantry, skill and devotion to duty in a hazardous enterprise.’ Hubert Edward Carse was born on 28 May 1901 at Rutherglen, Victoria and joined the Royal Australian Navy as a 13 year old Cadet Midshipman on 31 December 1914. He was appointed Midshipman on 1 January 1919, promoted Acting Sub-Lieutenant on 15 January 1921 and resigned his commission on 17 December 1921. Following a somewhat chequered inter-war period, during which his employment ranged from gold-digging and sailing the South Sea Islands to running a camel racing team and a betting shop, he was mobilised by proclamation and reported for duty on 28 September 1942 with the rank of Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve. He was promoted Lieutenant (provisional) on 4 January 1943. On 12 January, Carse received an invitation to attend an interview at South Yarra, Melbourne with a Lieutenant-Colonel G. E. Mott who said to him: ‘I asked to see you because we’re running a dangerous mission and we need a navigator. If you were selected for the job could you take a ship from Melbourne to San Francisco?’ ‘I could take her anywhere’, replied Carse ‘I like you’, said the Colonel, ‘would you come and join our organisation?’ ‘I don’t know what it’s about’ ‘Well until you join, I can’t tell you’ Carse did join and was promptly advised to take any remaining leave that was due to him as he wouldn’t be getting any for the next year. Still not fully aware of what he had committed himself to, Carse was now part of a team within the “Z” Special Uni

Auction archive: Lot number 10
Auction:
Datum:
3 Dec 2020
Auction house:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
United Kingdom
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
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