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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, Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial |
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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