MCCLELLAND, Rupert Watkin
| Service Number: | 19190 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 16 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 1 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Armadale, Victoria, Australia , 6 November 1917 |
| Home Town: | Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died at sea (Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 12 September 1944, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Singapore Memorial, Singapore |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 19190 | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 19190, No. 1 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 16 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 19190 |
Help us honour Rupert Watkin McClelland's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
The Japanese Transport Ship Rakuyo Maru was torpedoed and sunk by a US Navy Submarine enroute from Singapore to Japan with a cargo of Prisoners of War - many of whom drowned before any possibility of rescue and these men are commemorated on the Singapore Memorial
Of the 11 RAAF Personnel known to be on board, 9 died & 2 survived the sinking and the war - 10199 Quick, David and 35423 Day, Noel Charles Ephraim - both from 1SQN
KENDALL, Richard Daniel (Leading Aircraftman) 19690
BURSTON, Herbert (Leading Aircraftman) 25171
WOOD, Kenneth Ronald (Warrant Officer) 404155
McCLELLAND, Rupert Watkin (Leading Aircraftman) 19190
GILL, John Thomas (Leading Aircraftman) 13091
BEGG, Colin Boyd (Aircraftman 1) 18951
MEREDITH, Albert Charles (Corporal) 11813
MYERS, Edward George (Leading Aircraftman) 24300
BONNETT, Raymond James (Corporal) 207782