Rex Wilkinson CLOSE

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Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	14 September 1940
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Royal Australian Navy
Born:	Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia, 17 April 1904
Home Town:	Bellerive, Clarence, Tasmania
Schooling:	Queenstown State School, Tasmania
Occupation:	Draughtsman
Died:	Killed In Action, Bay of Bengal, 9 April 1942, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:

14 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant , Officer, Royal Australian Navy
9 Apr 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, Officer, Royal Australian Navy, Died on board HMS Hermes

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Rex Wilkinson CLOSE was born in Queenstown, Tasmania on 17th April, 1904

His parents were James Ayrton CLOSE & Alice Richmond REX

He married Florence Sophia D'EMDEN on 27th March, 1928 in Bellerive, Tasmania

Rex died in the Bay of Bengal on 9th April, 1942 whilst on board the ship HMS Hermes - no known grave

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Plymouth Naval Memorial