 HMAS Waller , the third of the RAN 's Collins @-@ class submarines to enter service , was commissioned on 10 July 1999 . The attendees included John Waller , Michael Waller 's wife , and surviving crewmen of HMAS Perth . On 13 March 2010 , a memorial to Waller was unveiled in his home town of Benalla . In April 2011 , he was one of thirteen servicemen — eleven sailors and two soldiers , including Teddy Sheean , Robert Rankin , and John Simpson Kirkpatrick — named by the Australian government for consideration as possible recipients of the Victoria Cross ( VC ) for extreme valour in combat , under a review by the Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal ; no RAN member had ever been awarded the decoration . Concluding its investigations in February 2013 , the tribunal recommended that no further award be made to any of the thirteen servicemen , but that the name Waller ( among others ) should continue to be used for RAN ships after the current bearer was decommissioned . 
