JULIUS, Rex Lawson
| Service Number: | S4176 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 June 1940, Sydney, New South Wales. |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | Royal Australian Navy |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 5 June 1914 |
| Home Town: | Darling Point, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Commercial Artist |
| Died: | Illness, Papua, 19 May 1944, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 3. Row D. Grave 15. Inscription: "SON OF THE LATE HENRY JULIUS AND OF ISABEL JULIUS OF SIDNEY". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Able Seaman, S4176 | |
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| 17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, S4176, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot), Sydney, New South Wales. | |
| 19 May 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, S4176, Royal Australian Navy, Died from throat abscess New Guinea. |
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Extract from Australian War Memorial
Rex Julius was born on 5 June 1914 in Sydney. He served with the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War, from 1940 and in 1944 he was attached to the RAN Historical Section as an official war artist. Unlike other official war artists, Julius did not receive a status higher than the rank of able seaman.
Julius was the first of two artists appointed by the RAN Historical Records Section after senior officers saw a portfolio of drawings Julius had done for his own enjoyment.
The section intended to assemble a larger group of artists to document the RAN's activities, but this plan was never fully realised.
Two works produced by Julius were subsequently presented to the Memorial: Prayers at Divisions HMAS Lonsdale and Fairmile motor launch of RAN.
Rex Julius died from illness on 19 May 1944 while at Milne Bay, New Guinea.
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