At a young age George Mulock had determined that he should enter the Royal Navy and the Austins threw themselves into ensuring that this was achieved.
32 Facts About George Mulock
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In preparation George Mulock was despatched to Stanmore Park preparatory school.
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On 15 January 1896, fourteen-year-old Midshipman George Mulock entered the Royal Navy, probably one of the last midshipman to have secured entry by the age-old practice of patronage.
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On 15 October 1897 George Mulock was rated midshipman without examination and joined the newly completed battleship Victorious, on her way to join the China Station.
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In January 1903 Morning made fast in ice at Hut Point in Antarctica, and on 3 February George Mulock met Scott for the first time.
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George Mulock expressed a desire to explore the vast continent rather than spending his time behind a desk aboard Discovery.
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George Mulock was awarded the Polar Medal for his work.
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On Saturday 10 September 1904 Discovery docked at Portsmouth to much acclaim, and while the crew was feted by receptions and banquets celebrating the success of the British National Antarctic Expedition, George Mulock was informed that the Admiralty had seconded him to the Royal Geographical Society to compile, record logs, evaluate surveys and produce charts of Antarctica for use in the future.
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In recognition of his diligence and professional attitude towards his work Lieutenant George Mulock was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and in 1908 awarded him the Back Award.
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Scott, Markham and George Mulock met to discuss the final names accorded to various Antarctic features.
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On his return to the service in March 1907 George Mulock joined the torpedo course at HMS Vernon.
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Shortly before Scott had invited George Mulock to join him on a second polar expedition; the young lieutenant accepted without hesitation.
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The expansion of the Naval Intelligence Department at the Admiralty in 1909, created openings for promising officers; for the third time in his career George Mulock was seconded out, this time to Naval Intelligence.
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In January 1917 George Mulock was given command of the Fly-class river gunboat HMS Sawfly, serving on the Tigris River in Mesopotamia.
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George Mulock was placed in temporary command of Fly-class gunboat HMS Firefly by the Senior Naval Officer in theatre on 4 March 1917.
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George Mulock was informed in 1927 that he was to be advanced to the rank of captain on the retired list.
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George Mulock left the UK in late August 1939 aboard the British-India Steam Navigation Company liner HMT Dunera, chartered as a troopship to transport personnel to the Far East.
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In late September 1939 Captain George Mulock was appointed Extended Defences Officer for Fort Canning and Head of Extended Defences, Singapore.
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Three ships that Captain George Mulock personally oversaw the evacuation of were the Blue Star Line refrigerated cargo ship Empire Star, Vyner Brooke, and Malacca.
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Many of the officers and ratings from George Mulock's department, Extended Defences, were evacuated in the convoy.
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George Mulock was frustrated to see ships leaving the port half full in the weeks leading up to the surrender and then grossly overloaded, as the situation became more volatile.
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George Mulock personally organised the evacuation of Rear-Admiral E J Spooner aboard the motor launch ML 310.
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The party, led by Captain George Mulock, was able to make its way onto the Osprey, but the deserters opened fire and machine-gunned the launch.
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Captain George Mulock refused to surrender, but a close warning shot across the bows forced him to reconsider.
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An English-speaking Japanese officer came aboard and Captain George Mulock offered his sword to the officer, thus became the last Royal Navy captain to surrender his sword to the enemy.
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George Mulock was so frail by this time that he was airlifted to Calcutta for medical treatment.
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Once he had recuperated from his time as a POW, Captain George Mulock returned to Singapore on the staff of the newly created Flag Officer, Malaya.
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Captain George Mulock gave evidence at the post-war War Crimes Trials in Hong Kong.
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George Mulock retired in late 1946 to South Africa where he bought land and took up bee-keeping.
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George Mulock later moved to Malaga in Spain, where he spent the rest of his life.
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George Mulock died in hospital in Gibraltar on 26 December 1963 aged 81.
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In March 2012, at the premiere of the screenplay of Reynold's Cargo, a wartime drama, based on the civilian evacuations from Singapore, the character of a naval captain called George Mulock was portrayed by Glenn Hazeldine.