RADM G. C. Muirhead-Gould, Flag Officer-in-Charge, Sydney, presided over the Board of Inquiry into the loss of HMAS CANBERRA, (cruiser). Muirhead-Gould also served on the Boards which inquired into the loss of HMS ROYAL OAK, (battleship), at Scapa Flow, Scotland, and the Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney.