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RUSSELL, Colin Neil
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 28 January 1937, Melbourne, VIC |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Australia (II) D84 - WW2 |
| Born: | Loxton, South Australia, Australia, 15 December 1923 |
| Home Town: | Paruna, Loxton Waikerie, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Professional Sailor |
| Died: | Killed In Action, H.M.A.S. Australia, Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippines, 5 January 1945, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Missing Lost at Sea |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Barmera Memorial Gates, HMAS Australia (Honour Roll), Paruna Memory of the Fallen Arch Gates, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
Service History
Non Warlike Service
| 28 Jan 1937: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Midshipman, Melbourne, VIC |
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World War 2 Service
| 28 Dec 1940: |
Involvement
Royal Australian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Midshipman, H.M.A.S. Canberra He saw first action when the Canberra and Leander sank the German supply ship Coburg and captured the tanker "Ket Brovig", liberating a number of Norwegian and Chinese who had been taken prisoners. |
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| 5 Jan 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, HMAS Australia (II) D84 - WW2, RAN Operations SW Pacific 1944-45 - "Lleyte 1944 / Lingayen Gulf 1945" |
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