BURROWES, Douglas James
Service Number: | PA1679 |
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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 |
World War 2 Service
29 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, PA1679, HMAS Cerberus (Shore), Port Adelaide, South Australia | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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)