Douglas James BURROWES

BURROWES, Douglas James

Service Number: PA1679
Enlisted: 29 November 1939, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Able Seaman
Last Unit: HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Born: Maylands, South Australia, 28 May 1920
Home Town: Stepney, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 21 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birkenhead HMAS Sydney (II) D48 Memorial, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Crib Point Ordnance Staff Memorial St Mark Protestant Chapel, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Municipality of St Peters Citizens Who Have Enlisted Roll of Honour, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea
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World War 2 Service

29 Nov 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, PA1679, HMAS Cerberus (Shore), Port Adelaide, South Australia
29 Nov 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA1679
20 Nov 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA1679, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Burrowes, of Union Street, Stepney, was in the naval reserve 12 montsh before war was declared.  He was a gunner.  An all-round sportsman, he contested several boxing bouts. He was born at Maylands, and educated at Marist Brothers' College, Norwood. His father is an ex-naval man.  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131971445 (nla.gov.au)