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DUNCAN, Victor Ross
Personal Details
Service Number: | 21589 |
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Enlisted: | 12 July 1937 |
Last Rank: | Petty Officer |
Last Unit: | HMAS Cerberus (Shore) |
Born: | Lochee, Scotland, 12 May 1915 |
Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
Occupation: | Professional Sailor, School teacher |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial |
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Non Warlike Service
12 Jul 1937: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, 21589, HMAS Cerberus (Shore) |
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World War 2 Service
12 Jul 1937: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Chief Petty Officer, 21589 | |
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28 Feb 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, 21589, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2, Australia's Northern Periphery, Battle of Sunda Straits 28 Feb - 1 Mar 1942 Electrical Artificer III | |
2 Mar 1942: | Imprisoned Prisoners of War, Captured after the loss of HMAS Perth Transferred to Changi Prison Later transferred to Japan aboard the Rakuyo Maru. which was itself lost on 12 Sep 1944 Survived the sinking and leading a party headed for China in abandoned life boats when intercepted by the Japanese Navy re-captured and taken to Japan for forced labour in coal mines. |
Non Warlike Service
30 Jun 1949: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, 21589, HMAS Cerberus (Shore) |
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World War 2 Service
30 Jun 1949: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Chief Petty Officer, 21589 |
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