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FOULKES, John Walton
Personal Details
| Service Number: | F3660 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 September 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Canberra (I) |
| Born: | Birmingham, England, 2 May 1923 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Off Savo Island, Savo Island, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 9 August 1942, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fairbridge War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Stoker 2/c, F3660, HMAS Canberra (I) | |
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| 26 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, F3660 |
Personal Stories
Help us honour John Walton Foulkes's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Stoker 2nd Class Foulkes, Service Number F3660 was 19 and the son of Joseph and Doris Foulkes, of Handsworth, Birmingham. He was lost on H.M.A.S. Canberra [Royal Australian Naval Reserve]
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
The official Point of Commemoration is the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom.
Panel 76, Column 2.
There are more than1850 Australian casualties commemorated there.