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ATKINSON, William John

Service Numbers:	B2798, QX846
Enlisted:	20 May 1940
Last Rank:	Able Seaman
Last Unit:	2nd/15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cairns, Queensland, 12 January 1916
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Sunda Strait, Indonesia, Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial, Kangaroo Point H.M.A.S. Moreton Honour Roll, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Able Seaman, B2798, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
20 May 1940:	Involvement Private, QX846
20 May 1940:	Enlisted
20 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX846, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion
4 Sep 1940:	Discharged
19 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, B2798

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Harold William and Florence Moncrief Atkinson.