John Burman HANNAFORD

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HANNAFORD, John Burman

Service Number:	PA691
Enlisted:	2 September 1939, Port Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Able Seaman
Last Unit:	HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
Born:	Port Adelaide, South Australia, 19 November 1910
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Illness, Burma, 8 July 1943, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	McLaren Vale Bethany Methodist Cemetery A5. F. 10.
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial

World War 2 Service

2 Sep 1939:	Involvement Able Seaman, PA691, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
2 Sep 1939:	Enlisted Port Adelaide, SA
2 Sep 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA691
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Able Seaman, PA691, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Able-Seaman John Hannaford 29, of Quebec street. Port Adelaide, had been in the R.A.N.R. eight years before the outbreak of war. He was in the Manoora before his transfer to the cruiser Perth late last year. He is the third son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Hannaford. His yougest brother, William, is in the Navy. William was at Dunkirk. Greece.
and Crete.
A.B. Hannaford was a keen footballer. He played with Riverside Club for several years, and was adjudged the best player in 1936.

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