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INGHAM, John Wakelin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 22500 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 September 1938 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Stoker |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
| Born: | North Adelaide, SA, 8 May 1920 |
| Home Town: | North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Body Builder General Motors Holden |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" At Sea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Honour Roll, Nailsworth Primary School WW2 Roll of Honour, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1938: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Leading Stoker, 22500, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John William and Florence May Ingham; husband of Patricia Delcey Ingham, of Nedlands, Western Australia.
Leadine Stoker John Ingham, of Strangways place, North Adelaide, was 21, and had been in the navy for three years. A son of Mr. J. W. Ingham, a returned soldier, and of the late Mrs. Ingham, he was married only three days before the Sydney left Australia recently. A former employee at Holden's, he was fond of soccer and fishing.
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