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EAGAR, Alexander Vinrace
Personal Details
Service Number: | B/2341 |
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Enlisted: | 14 September 1939 |
Last Rank: | Sub Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 13 March 1917 |
Home Town: | Hamilton, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Watchkeeper |
Died: | Killed In Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Brisbane State High School Honour Board, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 | |
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14 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Sub Lieutenant, B/2341, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Sub-Lieutenant Alexander V. Eagar, 24, is a son of Captain K. F. Eagar (tug superintendent for Macdonald, Hamilton, and Co., Brisbane) and Mrs. Eagar. He joined the Navy before the war started. He had been in the Sydney for two months.