SKOTTOWE, Nicholas Bellenger
Service Number: | Officer |
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Enlisted: | 1 January 1929 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant Commander |
Last Unit: | HMAS Moresby (I) |
Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 25 February 1915 |
Home Town: | Gilberton, Walkerville, South Australia |
Schooling: | St Peters College, Adelaide, South Australia |
Occupation: | Naval Officer |
Died: | Car Accident - fractured skull, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 27 November 1939, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory Plot P, Row A, Grave 14 |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance |
World War 2 Service
1 Jan 1929: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy | |
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1 Jan 1929: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant | |
27 Nov 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant Commander, Officer, HMAS Moresby (I) | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Nicholas Bellenger SKOTTOWE was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 25th February, 1915
His parents were Arthur Bellenger SKOTTOWE & Winifred Bebe HACK
He enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy on 1st January, 1929 - he worked his way up to ranks to Lieutenant
Nicholas died in Darwin, Northern Territory on 27th November, 1939 in a car accident - he was first buried in the Darwin Public Cemetery , Grave 1038 & later re-interred in the Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory, Plot P, Row A, Grave 14