Ian Thomas Roy TRELOAR

TRELOAR, Ian Thomas Roy

Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
Enlisted: 1 January 1933
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Born: Echuca, Victoria, Australia , 10 April 1919
Home Town: Surrey Hills, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Australian Navy Cadet
Died: Killed In Action, Naval Battle Indian Ocean off Western Australia coast, 20 November 1941, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Local Roll of Honour - Surrey Hills Victoria Australia
Memorials: Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial
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Non Warlike Service

1 Jan 1933: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Cadet Midshipman, HMAS Cerberus (Shore)

World War 2 Service

31 Jan 1933: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant
2 Nov 1939: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Sub Lieutenant, HMAS Australia (II) D84 - WW2
1 Apr 1940: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant , HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
20 Nov 1940: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant , Australian Red Cross Files: 10002 Lieut Ian TR Treloar 21.12.42 Navy adv.now rep. Died in Action 20/11/41.
1 Dec 1941: Involvement Lieutenant, Trove: West Australian Perth p5 list of Crew Missing, 1.12.1941 Lt Ian T R Treloar West Australian Perth p5 list of Crew, article47171617

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 22 and served on H.M.A.S. Sydney - Royal Australian Navy.

His brother, Lieutenant Rupert Basil Treloar aged 21,also died on service with the Royal Australian Navy- H.M.A.S. Napier 

They were sons of Harry Roy and Gladys Rita Treloar, of Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia.

Both are commemorated on the PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL.

Biography contributed by Graham Padget

Lieutenant Ian Thomas Roy Treloar, HMAS Sydney. From Surrey Hills, Victoria, Treloar began serving in the Royal Australian Navy in 1933. From 1937, he was seconded to the Royal Navy for training, only returning to Australia after the declaration of the Second World War. Lt Treloar was serving aboard HMAS Sydney II when, on 20 November 1941, all 645 personnel were lost following an engagement with the German cruiser Kormoran off the coast of Western Australia. He was 22 years old.

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