Cyril Francis TANSELL

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TANSELL, Cyril Francis

Service Number:	PA2231
Enlisted:	29 July 1941, Port Adelaide
Last Rank:	Stoker 2/c
Last Unit:	HMAS Yarra (II)
Born:	Cottonville, South Australia, Australia , 19 August 1923
Home Town:	Westbourne Park (Cottonville), Mitcham, South Australia
Schooling:	Westbourne Park School, Unley High School, South Australia
Occupation:	Refrigerator Assembler
Died:	Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 4 March 1942, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Plymouth Naval Memorial Plymouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England Panel 76 Col 3
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea

World War 2 Service

29 Jul 1941:	Involvement PA2231
29 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Port Adelaide
29 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA2231
4 Mar 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Stoker 2/c, PA2231, HMAS Yarra (II), Killed in action

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Edgar Norman and Laura Irene Tansell, of Cottonville, South Australia

Stoker 2nd Class Cyril Francis Tansell, HMAS Penguin, of Cottonville, SA was a refrigerator assembler before enlisting on 29 July 1941. He chose to join the Navy because his father had served in the Navy in the First World War. He joined the crew of HMAS Yarra on 3 January 1942, and was killed in action on 4 March 1942, at the age of 18, when the Yarra was sunk with the loss of 115 men.

Cyril Francis Tansell of the Yarra, said that he had "seen a little excitement on land and sea." He is aged 18, and one of the men posted missing. His parents live at Cottonville. Educated at West bourne Park School and Unley High School. he joined the navy last vear. His father, Mr. E. N. Tansell. served with the R.A.N. in World War I.

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