SECKER, Charles Archibald
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 29 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Royal Australian Navy |
| Born: | London, England, 19 April 1909 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Killed In Action, At sea - Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda, 2 April 1943, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant | |
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| 29 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, Officer, Royal Australian Navy | |
| 29 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
5 RANVR Officers were aboard the Blue Star Line merchant ship MV Melbourne Star which was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-Boat in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda
In total; 83 Crew, 6 RN Gunners, 5 RANVR Officers and 23 Passengers were lost with this merchant ship. One of the passengers was Wing Commander Donald James MacPherson 110 of RAAF Overseas Headquarters in London
(all names available from web-site: http://www.melbournestar.co.uk/Memorial.html)
The navy officers were:
Engineer Sub-Lieutenant John Eyres Balfour RANVR
Sub-Lieutenant Keith Harold Jackson RANVR
Lieutenant Charles Archibald Secker RANVR
Lieutenant Peter Whishaw RANVR
Electrical Lieutenant Alan Browning Pomroy RN (HMS Cerebus (S.S. Melbourne Star)) - Aged 29 - B.Sc. (Adelaide) son of Harry and Hester Ann Pomroy of Wallaroo Mines, South Australia