William John (Bill) BEVAN

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Service Number:	F2550/13
Enlisted:	4 September 1939, Fremantle, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Able Seaman
Last Unit:	HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
Born:	Cardiff, Wales, 22 May 1913
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Produce Merchant
Died:	Illness-Tropical Ulcers, Burma, 8 October 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Plot A7, Row C, Grave 20 , Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, F2550/13, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
4 Sep 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Fremantle, Western Australia
4 Sep 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, F2550/13
2 Nov 1939:	Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman
19 Nov 1941:	Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
1 Mar 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, F2550/13, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
2 Mar 1942:	Imprisoned Japanese POW
8 Oct 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, F2550/13

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HMAS Perth

Rank - Able Seaman

Son of William Hanbury Bevan and Margaret Mary Bevan, of Perth, Western Australia