William John GIRVAN

William John GIRVAN Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Numbers:	B/2950, 24875
Enlisted:	13 January 1941
Last Rank:	Able Seaman
Last Unit:	HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
Born:	Ayr, Queensland, Australia, 3 February 1921
Home Town:	Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Plymouth Naval Memorial Plymouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England Panel 72 Col 3
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beaudesert War Memorial, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial, Kangaroo Point H.M.A.S. Moreton Honour Roll, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea, Sandgate War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Able Seaman, B/2950, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
13 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 24875
Date unknown:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 24875, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2

Help us honour William John Girvan's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

H.M.A.S. Perth
Royal Australian Navy

Son of Robert James Girvan and Ellen Girvan, of Sandgate, Queensland, Australia.