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HAMILTON, Willoughby Stebbins
Personal Details
Service Number: | 20908 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Oct 1935: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 20908 | |
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3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Able Seaman, 20908, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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.