John Henry SANDERS

SANDERS, John Henry

Service Number: PA1226
Enlisted: 6 November 1939, Port Adelaide
Last Rank: Able Seaman
Last Unit: HMAS Goorangai
Born: Easham, England, 23 January 1917
Home Town: Orroroo, Orroroo/Carrieton, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Chartered Accountant
Died: Killed in Action, Port Phillip Bay, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia, 20 November 1940, aged 23 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
At Sea
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea, Queenscliff HMAS Goorangai Memorial
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World War 2 Service

6 Nov 1939: Involvement Able Seaman, PA1226
6 Nov 1939: Enlisted Port Adelaide
6 Nov 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA1226
20 Nov 1940: Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA1226, HMAS Goorangai
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Florence Sanders; husband of Joyce Elizabeth Sanders, of Orroroo, South Australia