MCCREDIE, George Houston
| Service Numbers: | S5456, S/5456 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Stoker 2/c |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2 |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Chatswood, Willoughby, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds sustained in the bombing of ship 'Maji Maru', Burma, 15 January 1943, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A12 A 15 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement S5456, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2 | |
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| 30 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Stoker 2/c, S/5456, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2 |
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Son of Ludovic George Houston McCREDIE and Anne Elizabeth McCREDIE nee LUKEMAN, of Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia.
"THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD I SHALL NOT WANT"
Become a prisoner of war after the sinking of HMAS Perth in the Battle of Sunda Strait 1 March 1942. He was on the "hell-ship "Moji Maru in a small convoy with Nichimei Maru when the convoy was bombed by US bombers. He was killed 15 January 1943 along with about eleven other Australian POW. He was one of the two killed who had survived the sinking of HMAS Perth.
Died of abdominal wounds substained in bombing.
Originally buried at No 1 Grave, French Mission Cemetery, Moulmein, Burma. Later his remains were relocated to the Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.
He was survived by his parents, sisters Betty and Nancy, brother Maxwell.