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ASHER, John Samuel
Personal Details
Service Number: | PA1913 |
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Enlisted: | 26 August 1941, Port Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Stoker 2/c |
Last Unit: | HMAS Kuttabul (Shore) |
Born: | North Adelaide, South Australia, 18 May 1922 |
Home Town: | Walkerville, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1 June 1942, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (General) Adelaide, South Australia Jewish plot Row 4S - Grave 26E (GRM/5) |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Garden Island Naval Base HMAS Kuttabul Memorial, Medindie Wilderness School Roll of Honour WW2, South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
Service History
World War 2 Service
26 Aug 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, PA1913 | |
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26 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Port Adelaide, SA | |
26 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA1913 | |
1 Jun 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Stoker 2/c, PA1913, HMAS Kuttabul (Shore), RAN Operations - 'SW Pacific / Indian Ocean 1941-43' | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Royal Australian Naval Reserve
H.M.A.S Kuttabul - sank in Sydney
Son of Rudolph and Ella Asher, of Medindie.