James Watson Jerdan DUNS

DUNS, James Watson Jerdan

Service Number: 19115
Enlisted: 1 November 1928
Last Rank: Able Seaman
Last Unit: HMAS Parramatta (II)
Born: Duns, Scotland, 21 May 1911
Home Town: Hawthorn, Mitcham, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Mediterranean Sea, 27 November 1941, aged 30 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Lost at sea
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle HMAS Parramatta II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea
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World War 2 Service

1 Nov 1928: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman Driver, 19115, HMAS Parramatta (II)
3 Sep 1939: Involvement Able Seaman, 19115
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Thomas and Helen Catherine Duns, of Hawthorn, South Australia.

Able Seaman Watson Jerdan Duns, 30, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Duns, of Oval Avenue, Hawthorn, was born in Scotland and came to Adelaide in 1913.  When 15 he first applied to join the R.A.N. but was not called up until two and a half years later.  His service was to have ended last May, but he was continuing until after the war.  His brother Acting W.O. George Duns is abroad with the A.I.F.