Charles William BARCLAY

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BARCLAY, Charles William

Service Number:	PM2924
Enlisted:	21 August 1940
Last Rank:	Able Seaman
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Wedderburn, Victoria, Australia, 29 November 1906
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Mediterranean Sea, 27 November 1941, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle HMAS Parramatta II Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Able Seaman, PM2924
21 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PM2924

Charles Barclay

Charles was my Grandfather and his only daughter was Aileen Beverely Barclay. She never got over the death of her much loved father, and her lasting memory of him throughout her long life was waving goodbye to him at Spencer Street Railway station.
She never talked about the sinking, or the struggles afterwards to manage financially.
Charles had an Uncle Pte Roy Lemon who was killed at Gallipoli in 1915, and his service would have encouraged Charles to join and do his bit, eevn at the age of 33.

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