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HOPTON, Walter Gordon
Personal Details
Service Number: | 23632 |
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Enlisted: | 10 October 1939 |
Last Rank: | Signalman |
Last Unit: | HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2 |
Born: | Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia, 9 February 1923 |
Home Town: | Strathfield, Strathfield, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Chemist's assistant |
Died: | Killed in Action, Sunda Strait, Indonesia, Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 73 column 1, Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial, Municipality of Strathfield WW2 Roll of Honour, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
Service History
World War 2 Service
10 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, 23632, HMAS Cerberus (Shore), Sydney, New South Wales | |
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10 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 23632 | |
24 Aug 1940: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Signalman, HMAS Adelaide (I) | |
29 Dec 1941: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Signalman, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2 | |
1 Mar 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Signalman, 23632, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2 |
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