the field to Major and traversed the Bitoi River Track with a native carrier to act as Senior Liaison Officer with the United States Army's 41st Division 162nd Regiment at Nassau Bay. As the direct result of his army service, Jock was hospitalised on five occasions: once for a broken ankle during training in Queensland, and in PNG twice for Dengue Fever, once for a concussion received when a US reconnaissance plane he was in crashed in the jungle between Nassau Bay and Wau, and finally for a broken leg received when a suspension bridge over the Bitoi River collapsed during a night-time crossing. This last event lead to him being invalided out of active service and returning to Melbourne, and affected his mobility for the rest of his life. Other tributes Tributes to Jock include streets named after him: 'Sturrock Place' in the Canberra suburb of Gordon, and 3 'Sturrock Courts' in the Melbourne suburbs of Berwick, Mill Park and Altona Meadows; and the 'Jock Sturrock Bridge' in Noosaville, Queensland. References 1915 births 1997 deaths People educated at Brighton Grammar School Australian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Star Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sailors at the 1956 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre Australian Members of the Order of the British Empire Australian of the Year Award winners Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics 1967 America's Cup sailors 1962 America's Cup sailors Sportspeople from Melbourne 20th-century Australian people