BALFOUR, John Eyres
| Service Number: | Naval Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 16 November 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Sub Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Navy Headquarters |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 December 1912 |
| Home Town: | Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed In Action, At sea - Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda, 2 April 1943, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL - Panel 84, Column 2. |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement | |
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| 16 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Sub Lieutenant, Naval Officer, Navy Headquarters | |
| 16 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Sub Lieutenant |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
5 RANVR Officers were aboard the Blue Star Line merchant ship MV Melbourne Star which was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-Boat in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda
In total; 83 Crew, 6 RN Gunners, 5 RANVR Officers and 23 Passengers were lost with this merchant ship. One of the passengers was Wing Commander Donald James MacPherson 110 of RAAF Overseas Headquarters in London
(all names available from web-site: http://www.melbournestar.co.uk/Memorial.html)
The navy officers were:
Engineer Sub-Lieutenant John Eyres Balfour RANVR
Sub-Lieutenant Keith Harold Jackson RANVR
Lieutenant Charles Archibald Secker RANVR
Lieutenant Peter Whishaw RANVR
Electrical Lieutenant Alan Browning Pomroy RN (HMS Cerebus (S.S. Melbourne Star)) - Aged 29 - B.Sc. (Adelaide) son of Harry and Hester Ann Pomroy of Wallaroo Mines, South Australia