William John (Bill) BEVAN

BEVAN, William John

Service Number: F2550/13
Enlisted: 4 September 1939, Fremantle, Western Australia
Last Rank: Able Seaman
Last Unit: HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
Born: Cardiff, Wales, 22 May 1913
Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Produce Merchant
Died: Illness-Tropical Ulcers, Burma, 8 October 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma)
Plot A7, Row C, Grave 20 , Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, F2550/13, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
4 Sep 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Fremantle, Western Australia
4 Sep 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, F2550/13
2 Nov 1939: Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman
19 Nov 1941: Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
1 Mar 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, F2550/13, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
2 Mar 1942: Imprisoned Japanese POW
8 Oct 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, F2550/13

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Biography

HMAS Perth

Rank - Able Seaman

Son of William Hanbury Bevan and Margaret Mary Bevan, of Perth, Western Australia