Cecil Grant CROSS

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Service Number:	N/A
Enlisted:	5 March 1941
Last Rank:	7th Engineer
Last Unit:	Merchant Navy
Born:	Corrimal, New South Wales, Australia, 1920
Home Town:	Cobar, Cobar, New South Wales
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Killed in Action, Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia, 19 February 1942
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial

5 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Merchant Navy, 7th Engineer, N/A, Merchant Navy
19 Feb 1942:	Involvement Merchant Navy, 7th Engineer, Merchant Navy , Killed when MV Neptuna was sunk in Darwin Harbour by Japanese bombers

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Cecil Grant CROSS was born in Corrimal, NSW in 1920

His parents were Frank CROSS & Ethel Maud SATTERTHWAITE who married in Cobar in 1910

He enlisted in the Merchant Navy on 5th March, 1941 - he was the 7th Engineer

Cecil died on 19th February, 1942 on the ship MV Neptuna which was attacked in Darwin Harbour by the Japanese - he has no known grave

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Adelaide River War Cemetery (Memorial plaque)