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ASPLIN, Douglas Sackfield
Personal Details
| Service Number: | PA1727 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 29 December 1939, Port Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2 |
| Born: | Alberton, SA, 24 August 1921 |
| Home Town: | Largs Bay, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Largs Bay Public School, Woodville High School |
| Occupation: | Employee of Goode, Durrant & Murray's Warehouse |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Sunda Strait, Indonesia, Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea, St Clair Woodville High School Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 29 Dec 1939: | Involvement Able Seaman, PA1727, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2 | |
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| 29 Dec 1939: | Enlisted Port Adelaide, SA | |
| 29 Dec 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA1727 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Able-Seaman Douglas Sackfield Asplin, 20. is the only son of Mr and Mrs. J. S. Asplin. of Wattle street, Largs. He had been in the Perth during the evacuations of Greece and Crete. and was in the Battle of Matapan. He enlisted in the Navy when 18.
He was a keen yachtsman. Just before war broke out he built in his back yard the 12-footer Mercury, which, sailed by friends, won the championship of Largs Yacht ing Club last year. Educated at Largs Bay Public and Woodville High Schools, A.B. Asplin worked at Goode, Durrant & Murray's warehouse before the war.