Mervyn Clive TOWNSEND

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Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	14 October 1940, Surgeon Lieutenant (D) - Dental, temporary service P.N.F.
Last Rank:	Surgeon Lieutenant
Last Unit:	HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Born:	Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 5 February 1917
Home Town:	Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling:	Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Dentist
Died:	Killed In Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom Panel 56, Column 2.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Crib Point Dental Department RAN, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial

14 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Surgeon Lieutenant, Officer, HMAS Cerberus (Shore), Surgeon Lieutenant (D) - Dental, temporary service P.N.F.
14 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant
5 Apr 1941:	Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Surgeon Lieutenant, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
21 Nov 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Surgeon Lieutenant, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2, RAN Operations - 'SW Pacific / Indian Ocean 1941-43', Lost with all hands on HMAS Sydney (II)

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