Clyde REYNOLDS

REYNOLDS, Clyde

Service Number: PA2048
Enlisted: 2 May 1941
Last Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Last Unit: Unspecified British Units
Born: Marryatville, South Australia, Australia , 12 April 1922
Home Town: Crafers, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling: Crafers Primary School, South Australia
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Singapore, 15 February 1942, aged 19 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Plymouth Naval Memorial Plymouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England Panel 76 Col 1
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea
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World War 2 Service

2 May 1941: Involvement Able Seaman, PA2048, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot)
2 May 1941: Enlisted Port Adelaide
2 May 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA2048
15 Feb 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, PA2048, Unspecified British Units, Malaya/Singapore, Att to HMS Sultan Royal Navy Depot in Singapore awaiting assignment. Apparently killed on the docks by 'an explosion' (family records) on the day of the surrender.

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Biography

Clyde was the youngest of 4 boys who all enlisted in the 3 services, including his father. Aged 19, Clyde was attached to HMS Sultan I depot ship on arrival in Singapore and was killed during the Japanese capture.