Edward MCWHIRTER

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Service Number:	F2719/20
Enlisted:	2 September 1939
Last Rank:	Able Seaman
Last Unit:	HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
Born:	Manchester, England, 9 September 1920
Home Town:	Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom Panel 75 Col 3
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea

2 Sep 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, F2719/20, HMAS Cerberus (Shore), Fremantle, Western Australia
2 Sep 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, F2719/20
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Able Seaman, F2719/20, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
1 Mar 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, F2719/20, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2

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Edward was one of six children five brothers and one sister, Edward was the eldest.

The other siblings were Wilfred Henry McWhirter, William (Bill) McWhirter, Twins Samuel and Elsie McWhirter and Christopher Walker (Half brother)

Edward McWhirter was my uncle. - John McWhirter-Whitlock