Thomas William BRACHER

BRACHER, Thomas William

Service Number: W2983
Enlisted: 12 October 1943, Williamstown, Victoria
Last Rank: Stoker 2/c
Last Unit: HMAS Matafele
Born: East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 May 1926
Home Town: East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Died at sea, Coral Sea, Pacific Islands, 18 June 1944, aged 18 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

12 Oct 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Stoker 3/c, W2983, HMAS Lonsdale (Depot / Base), Williamstown, Victoria
12 Oct 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, W2983, HMAS Matafele
24 Jun 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Stoker 2/c, W2983, HMAS Matafele

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Biography

"Thomas William Bracher was the brother of my dear darling wife, formally Patricia Mary Bracher. Tom was keen to follow his father into the Royal Australian Navy, his dad joined at the last months of ww1, then served in the Fleet Reserve between the two wars, was called up at the very beginning of ww11 and began in HMAS Australia immediately which sailed at short notice for convoy and patrol work in the Atlantic. Thomas was drafted to HMAS Matafele a small stores vessel with a crew of 37. The vessel was carrying supplies from Townsville to Milne Bay New Guinea and simply just disappeared around the 24 of June 1944, Tom turned 18 years in May 1944.

His name liveth forever." - Graham Robinson

"...W2983 Stoker 2nd Class Thomas William Bracher RAN, HMAS Matafele. Stoker Bracher enlisted on 12 October 1943. He was on board the supply ship HMAS Matafele when it disappeared with all hands whilst on a routine voyage between Townsville and Milne Bay sometime after the 20 June 1944. Listed on the Roll of Honour as having died on 24 June 1944, Sto Bracher was aged 18 at the time of his death and has no known grave." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au) (www.awm.gov.au)

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