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COSTIN, Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | B/2339 |
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Enlisted: | 17 November 1939 |
Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
Last Unit: | HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2 |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, 26 November 1920 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan - Cholera), Thailand, 19 July 1943, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. Q. 2-78. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial, Kangaroo Point H.M.A.S. Moreton Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
17 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, B/2339, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot), Brisbane, Queensland | |
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17 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, B/2339 | |
9 Jul 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, B/2339, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2, Prisoners of War |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Mrs N. Coslin, of 12 Gustavson Street, Annerley, has been notified that her husband, Able Seaman Robert Costin, member of the crew of HMAS Perth, died of illness in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Thailand on July 19, 1913. He was the son of Mrs E. Costin, corner of Brown and James Streets, New Farm.