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HANNAY, James Douglas
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX26379 |
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Enlisted: | 18 June 1940, Paddington, NSW |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Independent Company |
Born: | Jervis Bay, NSW, 22 October 1917 |
Home Town: | Lindfield, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Crows Nest Presbyterian Church WW2 Book of Remembrance, Lindfield St David's Uniting Church WW2 Memorial Windows, Lindfield St. David's Uniting Church Roll of Honour, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
18 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX26379, No. 1 Independent Company, Paddington, NSW | |
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7 Dec 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX26379, No. 1 Independent Company, Australia's Northern Periphery | |
31 Jan 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX26379, No. 1 Independent Company, Prisoners of War, Lost on the Montevideo Maru |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Keith and Minnie Hannay, of Lindfield, New South Wales