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BOUCAUT, Ian Penn
Personal Details
| Service Number: | Commissioned Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 29 October 1940, ww2_nominal_roll_import: nr_id: 1187223 service_number: rank: LIEUTENANT posting_on_discharge: LONDON DEPOT date_of_enlistment: 1940-10-29 date_of_discharge: |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Attached Royal Navy |
| Born: | Glenelg, South Australia, 27 December 1908 |
| Home Town: | Peppermint Grove, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | St. Peter's College and Adelaide University (LL.B 1930) |
| Occupation: | Barrister and Solicitor |
| Died: | Missing presumed Killed (Drowned when ship sunk by U-374), At Sea, Strait of Gibraltar, 11 December 1941, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No Known Grave. Name Memorialised on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, England. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goodwood Duke of Leinster Lodge WW2 Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial, St Peters - St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 29 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, ww2_nominal_roll_import: nr_id: 1187223 service_number: rank: LIEUTENANT posting_on_discharge: LONDON DEPOT date_of_enlistment: 1940-10-29 date_of_discharge: | |
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| 11 Dec 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant , Attached Royal Navy, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre, Detached to RN assigned HMS Shirley. Ship torpedoed off Gibraltar |
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