Willoughby Stebbins HAMILTON

HAMILTON, Willoughby Stebbins

Service Number: 20908
Enlisted: 3 October 1935
Last Rank: Able Seaman
Last Unit: HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
Born: Forest Lodge, New South Wales, Australia, 9 November 1918
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942, aged 23 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, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea
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World War 2 Service

3 Oct 1935: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 20908
3 Sep 1939: Involvement Able Seaman, 20908, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Enlisting in the RAN in October 1935, AB Hamilton was killed on board HMAS Perth when it was torpedoed and sunk by Japanese destroyers in the Sunda Straight on 1 March 1942, aged 24.