Robert COSTIN

COSTIN, Robert

Service Number: B/2339
Enlisted: 17 November 1939
Last Rank: Able Seaman
Last Unit: HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, 26 November 1920
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Died of Illness (POW of Japan - Cholera), Thailand, 19 July 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
Coll. grave 1. Q. 2-78. , Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial, Kangaroo Point H.M.A.S. Moreton Honour Roll
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World War 2 Service

17 Nov 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, B/2339, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot), Brisbane, Queensland
17 Nov 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, B/2339
9 Jul 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, B/2339, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2, Prisoners of War

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