FURNESS, Robert Ronald
| Service Number: | S4637 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 September 1940, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMS Juno |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 8 May 1917 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Employed at the Education Department of Mitchell Library |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Kaso Strait, Greece, 21 May 1941, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Plymouth Naval Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Ordinary Seaman, S4637 | |
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| 26 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, S4637, HMS Juno, Sydney, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Blanche Furness, of Paddington, New South Wales, Australia.
An Australian member of the crew of the British destroyer Juno, which was sunk during the German invasion of Crete, is reported Kiuea in action in a recent naval casualty list.
He was Ordinary-Seaman Ronald Robert Furness. 24, single, of Paddington.
Ordinary-Seaman Furness enlisted in anti-submarine unit of RA.N. in October, 1940. In December 1940, was sent to Alexandria; joined Mediterranean Fleet and before enlisting was employed at the Education Department of Mitchell Library. His brother William is on active service in R.A.N.
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