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BEVAN, William John
Personal Details
Service Number: | F2550/13 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, F2550/13, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2 | |
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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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HMAS Perth
Rank - Able Seaman
Son of William Hanbury Bevan and Margaret Mary Bevan, of Perth, Western Australia