HUTCHINSON, Raymond Arthur
| Service Numbers: | PA2273, S23320 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 August 1940, Port Pirie, SA |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Canberra (I) |
| Born: | Hindmarsh, SA, 10 February 1920 |
| Home Town: | Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Solomontown Primary School, Port Pirie High School |
| Occupation: | Barman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Savo Island, Pacific Islands, Savo Island, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 9 August 1942, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" At sea |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Port Pirie WW2 Memorial Gates, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea, Port Pirie Navy Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Able Seaman, PA2273, HMAS Canberra (I) | |
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| 8 Aug 1940: | Involvement S23320 | |
| 8 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Port Pirie, SA | |
| 8 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Private, S23320, Port Pirie, South Australia | |
| 8 Aug 1940: | Enlisted S23320 | |
| 28 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA2273 | |
| 28 Jun 1941: | Involvement Able Seaman, PA2273, HMAS Canberra (I) | |
| 28 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, PA2273, HMAS Torrens (Depot) / HMAS Encounter (Shore), Port Adelaide, South Australia | |
| 28 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Port Adelaide, SA | |
| 9 Jul 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA2273, HMAS Canberra (I), RAN Operations - 'SW Pacific / Indian Ocean 1941-43' | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Morris and Norah HUTCHINSON, of 47 Parks Street, Solomontown, SA.
Raymond was educated at Solomontown Primary School and continued on to Port Pirie High School. He played football and was a prominent official of Solomontown B Grade. He also took part in cricket, boxing and swimming and was associated with his brothers in pigeon racing. He was employed as a barman by the licencee of the Globe Hotel Solomontown when he joined the 'Canberra' in 1941 and was one of the crew in her successful encounters in Macassar Straits and the Coral Sea. He was reported missing and belived to have been killed in the Solomon Islands battle. He had one brother serving with the A.I.F.
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