Harold Frederick Thomas THOMAS

THOMAS, Harold Frederick Thomas

Service Number: 20985
Enlisted: 14 January 1936
Last Rank: Leading Seaman
Last Unit: HMAS Parramatta (II)
Born: Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 6 March 1918
Home Town: Unley, Unley, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Employee of Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd.
Died: Killed in Action, Mediterranean Sea, 27 November 1941, aged 23 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle HMAS Parramatta II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea
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World War 2 Service

14 Jan 1936: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, 20985, HMAS Parramatta (II)
3 Sep 1939: Involvement 20985
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Percival Armstrong Thomas and Gertrude Elizabeth Thomas.

Leading Cook Harold Frederick Thoams, 23 a son of the late Mr. and MRs. P.A. Thomas of Toorak formerly served on the H.M.A.S. Sydney.  He was born in South Africa and came to Adelaide in 1925.  Shortly before his eighteenth birthday he joined the navy.  He worked at Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd. and lived at Victoria Terrace, Unley.