MAYO, Eric Elton
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 1 January 1926 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
| Born: | North Adelaide, South Australia , 28 July 1912 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St. Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Naval Officer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at sea |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birkenhead HMAS Sydney (II) D48 Memorial, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Jan 1926: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 | |
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| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, Officer, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mr. Justice Mayo and Clarice Mayo, of Adelaide; husband of Janet Mayo, of Burnside, South Australia.
Lieut. Eric Mayo, son of Mr. Herbert Mayo, K.C., and an old scholar of St. Peter's College, was top of his training course as a sub-lieutenant in England. He married Miss Janet Simpson, of Burnside in 1939. He was a torpedo officer aboard the Sydney.
Lieutenant E. E. Mayo, 29, torpedo officer on HMAS Sydney, a son of Mr. Herbert Mayo, KC, and Mrs Mayo married Miss Janet Simpson in July, 1939. There is a son aged 16 months. Lieutenant Mayo was a student at St. Peter's College before entering the Royal Australian Navy in 1926. He passed top of the Jervis Bay Naval College in 1929, and had sea service in Australian waters and the Mediterranean. In 1933 he passed top of the Greenwich Naval College after which he again saw service in various waters. He took a special course in torpedo technique, and was stationed at the Flinders base for some time. He was appointed to HMAS Sydney soon after his marriage.
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