TOE, Ernest George
| Service Number: | 40613 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 May 1941, Melbourne, Vic, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 9 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Gardenvale, Victoria, Australia, 14 October 1919 |
| Home Town: | Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stores Clerk and Stockperson |
| Died: | Died at sea (Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea (off east coast of Hainan Island), South China Sea, Pacific Ocean, 14 September 1944, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Listed on the 9 Squadron RAAF Memorial at the Seaplane Memorial in Rathmines, NSW; the HMAS Perth Memorial in Perth, Western Australia; and at the AWM Canberra , Singapore Memorial, Singapore |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 40613, No. 9 Squadron (RAAF) | |
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| 16 May 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 40613, No. 9 Squadron (RAAF), Malaya/Singapore | |
| 16 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 40613, No. 9 Squadron (RAAF), Melbourne, Vic, Australia | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Six members of Number 9 (Fleet Cooperation) Squadron RAAF based at Rathmines were deployed aboard HMAS Perth to fly and maintain the ship's aircraft, when the ship was sunk in Sunda Strait on the 1st of March 1942 three of them were killed and they are commemorated on the Singapore Memorial - Sergeant Harold Sparks 3635 / Corporal Phillip Ernest Will 9030 / Corporal Colin Archibald Nott 9358
Leading Aircraftman Ernest George Toe 40613 survived the sinking of HMAS Perth and became a POW of the Japanese; he died in the Far East following the sinking of the Transport Ship Rakuyo Maru - 12/09/1944 (commemorated on the Singapore Memorial - Column 444)
Flight Lieutenant Allen Vernon McDonough 407008 (discharged from the RAAF in January 1946) and Warrant Officer Ronald Adolphus Bradshaw 17357 (discharged from the RAAF in July 1946) survived.
Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop
Son of Joseph Henry & Myrtle May TOE.