Alexander Stuart "Jock" Sturrock MBE was a noted Australian yachtsman who won over four hundred international, national, state and club championship yachting races.
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11 Facts About Jock Sturrock
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Between 1929 and 1959 Jock won 21 Australian and 22 Victorian yachting championships.
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Jock Sturrock was 6-time Australian 6 Metre class champion, 4-time Australian Dragon class champion, and 2-time Australian 5.
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Jock Sturrock finished in third place in the 1948 World Star Championship held after the London Olympics at Cascais in Portugal, came third in the 1959 European Dragon Championship at Trieste in Italy, and second the 1959 German Dragon Championships at Lake Konigssee in Germany.
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Jock Sturrock achieved international public recognition when he skippered Australia's first challenge for the America's Cup in Gretel in 1962.
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Jock Sturrock was recognised as the 1962 Australian of the Year, the 1962 Australian Yachtsman of the Year, and the 1962 Australian Sportsperson of the Year.
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In June 2018 Jock Sturrock was posthumously recognised by The Australian Sailing Team's Alumni Program as the first sailor to represent Australia in an Olympic class boat at an Olympic Games or World Championships and achieve a top 10 performance, by the awarding of the No 1 Barranjoey Medal.
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Jock Sturrock served in the 46th Battalion of the Australian Army from 1940 to 1945, rising in rank from private to captain within his first two years.
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Jock Sturrock's duty was the gathering of intelligence from outlying spotter posts behind enemy lines, and carrying orders and intelligence back and forth along the Black Cat Track and the Buisaval Track between front-line troops and HQ.
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