BACON, Jack Cawston
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 14 April 1938, RN |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Commander |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
| Born: | Staines, Middlesex, England, 12 March 1905 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Naval Officer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Indian Ocean, 19 November 1941, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
Non Warlike Service
| 14 Apr 1938: | Enlisted British Forces (All Conflicts), Officer, RN |
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World War 2 Service
| 20 Nov 1941: | Involvement British Forces (All Conflicts), Lieutenant Commander, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Diver
Nicknamed Aussie Jack because even though he was RN and a 'Pom', he married An Australian and was therefore no longer a pom but an Aussie in the crew's eyes.
Son of Mr and Mrs H Bacon of Middlesex England and Wife to Nyra (Nee) Dalton of Orange NSW in Australia. Children ?
Also Listed on HMAS Sydney Memorial Geraldton Western Australia,Orange War Memorial ,Orange NSW,Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Memorial UK and Sydney City Memorial. A Church in Middlesex has a Stain Glass Window and a Memorial Listing for His Name on a Wall which was Organised by His Parents and His Fathers Employer 'Barclays Bank' after the War.
Biography contributed
Jack Cawston BACON was born in Staines, Middlesex, England on 12th March, 1905
His parents were Harold BACON & Florence Evelyn CAWSTON who married in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK on 21st June 1902
He married Nyra DALTON in Sydney on 21st December, 1939
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