Glen Morton MCKECHNIE

MCKECHNIE, Glen Morton

    Service Number: 24396
    Enlisted: 3 June 1940, Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Able Seaman
    Last Unit: HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
    Born: Henley Beach, South Australia, 15 September 1922
    Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
    Schooling: Rose Park School, Norwood High School
    Occupation: Student
    Died: Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 19 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    At Sea
    Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birkenhead HMAS Sydney (II) D48 Memorial, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Jun 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, 24396, HMAS Cerberus (Shore), Melbourne, Victoria
    3 Jun 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 24396
    20 Nov 1940: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 24396, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
    Date unknown: Involvement

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Donald Victor McKechnie and Lexa Jean McKechnie nee Morton of Henley Beach South, SA

    Ord. Seaman Glen Morton McKechnie, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. V. McKechnie, of Myrtle street, Seacliff, had an ambition dating from his boyhood to join the navy. He was educated at Rose Park School and Norwood High School, and went straight from school into the navy in 1939.

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