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BIRBECK, William Ross
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Goolwa, SA, 7 January 1920 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | 12 August 2005, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian Capital Territory Garden of Remembrance, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 5 Feb 1946: | Discharged |
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WENT TO AMERICA
Able-Seaman William Ross Birbeck, 22, is the son of Mrs. R. Birbeck, of Victoria street, Prospect. He joined the Navy in April, 1939, and was one of the crew chosen to go to America to join the Perth, which was on its way out to Australia from England. He saw service in the Battle of Matapan, and was with the Perth at the evacuations of Greece and Crete.
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