Pedlar Palmer
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Alfred Brian Palmer born 1898 near Sydney Australia - died July 1993 Clearwater, Florida was a Royal Navy captain and near the end of his career was the commander of the shore base HMS Furneaux in Brisbane. He is known for his bravery in breaking the German blockade of Tobruk in WWII with his small schooner Maria Giovanni. During WWII he was wounded several times and finally taken prisoner by the Germans, from which he attempted numerous escapes. He was awarded the DSC in 1941 for: courage, skill and devotion to duty in operations off the Libyan coast.
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Palmer, Alfred (1981). Pedlar Palmer of Tobruk. Canberra: Roebuck Society. ISBN 0-909434-21-2.
Palmer, Alfred; Curtis, Mary E. (1994). The Pirate of Tobruk: a sailor's life on the Seven Seas. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. ISBN 1-55750-667-1.
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