CROSS, Cecil Grant
Service Number: | N/A |
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Enlisted: | 5 March 1941 |
Last Rank: | 7th Engineer |
Last Unit: | Merchant Navy |
Born: | Corrimal, New South Wales, Australia, 1920 |
Home Town: | Cobar, Cobar, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Engineer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia, 19 February 1942 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial |
World War 2 Service
5 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Merchant Navy, 7th Engineer, N/A, Merchant Navy | |
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19 Feb 1942: | Involvement Merchant Navy, 7th Engineer, Merchant Navy , Killed when MV Neptuna was sunk in Darwin Harbour by Japanese bombers |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Cecil Grant CROSS was born in Corrimal, NSW in 1920
His parents were Frank CROSS & Ethel Maud SATTERTHWAITE who married in Cobar in 1910
He enlisted in the Merchant Navy on 5th March, 1941 - he was the 7th Engineer
Cecil died on 19th February, 1942 on the ship MV Neptuna which was attacked in Darwin Harbour by the Japanese - he has no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Adelaide River War Cemetery (Memorial plaque)