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BELCHER, Edgar Raymond
Personal Details
Service Number: | 24518 |
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Enlisted: | 23 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Leading Seaman |
Last Unit: | HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
Born: | Toorak, Vic., 15 September 1915 |
Home Town: | Croxton, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Naval Rating |
Died: | Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 24518, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 | |
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23 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, 24518 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Leonard Edgar and Adelaide Romsdale Belcher, of Croxton, Victoria, Australia