Clarence Petersen de la Motte

Clarence Petersen de la Motte (born 1892), commonly C. P. de la Motte, was a sailor originally from Bulli, New South Wales. During his early career, he served aboard the New Zealand barque Northern Chief and the steamship Warrimoo.^[1] From 1911 to 1914, during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, he served as Third Officer aboard the SY Aurora, under John King Davis.^[2][3] Expedition Commander Douglas Mawson named Cape De la Motte, in George V Land, after him.^[4] De la Motte joined the Aurora again in 1916, and served as First Officer during the rescue of the Ross Sea component of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, for which he was later awarded the Polar Medal.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "People of Aurora: Clarence Petersen de la Motte". Mawson's Huts Foundation. Australian Antarctic Division. http://www.mawsonshuts.aq/voyages/people-of-aurora/clarence-petersen-de-la-motte.html. Retrieved 2011-03-19. 
2. ^ Davis, John King (1919), With the "Aurora" in the Antarctic, 1911-1914, London: A. Melrose, p. 170 
3. ^ Mawson, Douglas (1996) [1915], The home of the blizzard: the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, Kent Town, South Australia: Wakefield Press, p. 8, ISBN 9781862543775 
4. ^ "Cape De La Motte". Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Australian Antarctic Division. http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=280. Retrieved 2011-03-19. 

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Name	Motte, Clarence Petersen De La
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Date of birth	1892
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