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MOXEY, John Adrian
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | W581, W/581 |
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Enlisted: | 6 September 1939 |
Last Rank: | Leading Stoker |
Last Unit: | HMAS Goorangai |
Born: | Williamstown, Vic., 15 November 1912 |
Home Town: | Williamstown, Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia, 20 November 1940, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 1.P.C.2. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Queenscliff HMAS Goorangai Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Leading Stoker, W581, HMAS Goorangai | |
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6 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Leading Stoker, W/581, HMAS Goorangai |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Alfred and Grace Isabel Moxey, of Williamstown.
Another Melbourne man on board was leading Stoker John Adrian Moxey (28), eldest son of Capt. A. Moxey, commander of the famous steamer Edina for 17 years, and now master of an interstate freighter. Stoker Moxey had served in the R.A.N.R. for 10 years.