Francis Bassett EMMS MID

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Service Number:	18984
Enlisted:	14 March 1928
Last Rank:	Leading Cook
Last Unit:	HMAS Melville
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia , 28 November 1909
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sailor
Died:	Killed in Action, Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia, 19 February 1942, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom Panel 74 Col 1
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

14 Mar 1928:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 18984, HMAS Melville
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 18984
19 Feb 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Leading Cook, 18984, HMAS Melville, Australia's Front Line (incl Darwin Defenders)
1 Sep 1942:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Australia's Front Line (incl Darwin Defenders), For courage and devotion to duty for continuing to fire his machine gun although mortally wounded, thereby probably saving the ship HMAS Kara Kara and many of the ship’s company during an air raid on Darwin on 19 February 1942.

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