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ASPLIN, Douglas Sackfield
Step 1: 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, South Australia, Australia , 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, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Plymouth Naval Memorial Plymouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England Panel 75 Col 2 |
| 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 |
Biography 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.