Edmond Kenneth KING

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Service Number:	PM3743
Enlisted:	19 May 1941
Last Rank:	Petty Officer
Last Unit:	HMAS Hobart (I)
Born:	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 10 September 1918
Home Town:	Spotswood, Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Occupation:	Fitter
Died:	Torpedoed by Japanese Submarine, At Sea, enroute to Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, 20 July 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 84, Column 1., Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crib Point Ordnance Staff Memorial St Mark Protestant Chapel

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3 Sep 1939:	Involvement PM3743
19 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, PM3743, Mobilized under Royal Australian Naval Reserve (RANR) as Ordnance Artificer 5th Class
19 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, PM3743, HMAS Hobart (I)
16 Feb 1942:	Transferred Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Kanimbla, Confirmed Ordnance Artificer 4th Class 16-08-1942
7 Apr 1943:	Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, HMAS Hobart (I), Ordnance Artificer 4th Class
20 Jul 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, PM3743, HMAS Hobart (I), Task Force 74.

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