Nicholas Bellenger SKOTTOWE

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SKOTTOWE, Nicholas Bellenger

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	1 January 1929
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Commander
Last Unit:	HMAS Moresby (I)
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 25 February 1915
Home Town:	Gilberton, Walkerville, South Australia
Schooling:	St Peters College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Naval Officer
Died:	Car Accident - fractured skull, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 27 November 1939, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory Plot P, Row A, Grave 14
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance

World War 2 Service

1 Jan 1929:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy
1 Jan 1929:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant
27 Nov 1939:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant Commander, Officer, HMAS Moresby (I)
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Nicholas Bellenger SKOTTOWE was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 25th February, 1915

His parents were Arthur Bellenger SKOTTOWE & Winifred Bebe HACK

He enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy on 1st January, 1929 - he worked his way up to ranks to Lieutenant

Nicholas died in Darwin, Northern Territory on 27th November, 1939 in a car accident - he was first buried in the Darwin Public Cemetery , Grave 1038 & later re-interred in the Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory, Plot P, Row A, Grave 14

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