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The honour of being William Cresswell | Father of the Australian Navy
Vice Admiral Sir William Rooke Creswell was born on 20 July 1852 in Gibraltar. He was educated at Gibraltar and Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy, Southsea. He began his naval career at the age of 13 as a cadet on the … Continue reading