Laurance John BUCKLEY

BUCKLEY, Laurance John

Service Number: PA1352
Enlisted: 3 September 1939, Port Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Able Seaman
Last Unit: HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
Born: Moonta, South Australia, Australia , 12 October 1917
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom Panel 75 Col 2
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Able Seaman, PA1352, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
3 Sep 1939: Enlisted Port Adelaide, SA
3 Sep 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA1352
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Patrick John and Mary Buckley; husband of Margaret Alice Buckley, of Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia.