Colin Neil RUSSELL

RUSSELL, Colin Neil

Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
Enlisted: 28 January 1937, Melbourne, VIC
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: HMAS Australia (II) D84 - WW2
Born: Loxton, South Australia, Australia, 15 December 1923
Home Town: Paruna, Loxton Waikerie, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Professional Sailor
Died: Killed In Action, H.M.A.S. Australia, Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippines, 5 January 1945, aged 21 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Missing Lost at Sea
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Barmera Memorial Gates, HMAS Australia (Honour Roll), Paruna Memory of the Fallen Arch Gates, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea
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Non Warlike Service

28 Jan 1937: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Midshipman, Melbourne, VIC

World War 2 Service

28 Dec 1940: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Royal Australian Navy,

Midshipman, H.M.A.S. Canberra

He saw first action when the Canberra and Leander sank the German supply ship Coburg and captured the tanker "Ket Brovig", liberating a number of Norwegian and Chinese who had been taken prisoners.

5 Jan 1945: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, HMAS Australia (II) D84 - WW2, RAN Operations SW Pacific 1944-45 - "Lleyte 1944 / Lingayen Gulf 1945"

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