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MCCABE, Donald Wolsey
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
| Born: | Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Burnie Other Wars Memorial, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Hobart HMAS Sydney II 60th Anniversary of Sinking - Tasmanian Casualties, Mosman Bradleys Head HMAS Sydney Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
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Officer from Burnie
The only Tasmanian officer missing is Acting Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant Donald W. McCabe, third son of Rev. F. J. and Mrs. McCabe. His father is rector of Burnie. Sub-Lieut. McCabe joined the Royal Australian Navy nearly four years ago and had been overseas on active service on another vessel from the outbreak of the war until some months ago when he spent leave in Burnie. At the expiration of his leave he joined the Sydney.