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COSTIN, Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | B/2339 |
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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 |
Service History
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 | |
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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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