John Samuel ASHER

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Service Number:	PA1913
Enlisted:	26 August 1941, Port Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Stoker 2/c
Last Unit:	HMAS Kuttabul (Shore)
Born:	North Adelaide, South Australia, 18 May 1922
Home Town:	Walkerville, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1 June 1942, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (General) Jewish plot Row 4S - Grave 26E (GRM/5)
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Medindie Wilderness School Roll of Honour WW2, Nailsworth Primary School WW2 Roll of Honour, Potts Point Garden Island Naval Base HMAS Kuttabul Memorial, South Australian Garden of Remembrance

26 Aug 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, PA1913
26 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Port Adelaide, SA
26 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA1913
1 Jun 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Stoker 2/c, PA1913, HMAS Kuttabul (Shore), RAN Operations - 'SW Pacific / Indian Ocean 1941-43'
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Royal Australian Naval Reserve

H.M.A.S Kuttabul - sank in Sydney

Son of Rudolph and Ella Asher, of Medindie.