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ATKINSON, William John
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | B2798, QX846 |
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Enlisted: | 20 May 1940 |
Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
Last Unit: | 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Cairns, Queensland, 12 January 1916 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Sunda Strait, Indonesia, Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial, Kangaroo Point H.M.A.S. Moreton Honour Roll, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Able Seaman, B2798, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2 | |
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20 May 1940: | Involvement Private, QX846 | |
20 May 1940: | Enlisted | |
20 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX846, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion | |
4 Sep 1940: | Discharged | |
19 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, B2798 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Harold William and Florence Moncrief Atkinson.