KESSACK, James Henry Hyndman
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 14 September 1940, Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve on HMS President |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Attached Royal Navy |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, 9 May 1903 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Seafarer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Southport, Sefton, Merseyside, United Kingdom, 28 April 1941, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
Glasgow Crematorium, Scotland Column 2. His ashes were returned to Australia for burial |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant | |
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| 14 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Officer, Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve on HMS President | |
| 28 Apr 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, Officer, Attached Royal Navy, London Depot |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
James Henry Hyndman KESSACK was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 9th May ,1903
His parents were Captain James O'Connor KESSACK & Margaret Evans Weir CUNNINGHAM
He was Killed in Action in Southport, Sefton, Merseyside, England on 28th April, 1941 while attempting to make a mine safe - he was cremated in the Glasgow Crematorium and his ashes returned to Australia for burial (place unknown)
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His father Captain James O'Connor KESSACK was Killed in Action in 1916 when serving with the 25th Middlesex Regiment
His brother David Stevenson KESSACK (SN NX28658) served in the 2nd/33rd Australian Infantry Battalion and died in Syria during WW2 on 31st August, 1941
His mother Margaret lost both her husband James & two sons James & David in WW1 & WW2 - she also had a daughter who came to Australia with her & they lived in Terrigal, NSW on the Central Coast
James was posthumously awarded a George Medal on 22nd January, 1943 for courage, initiative & devotion to duty
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