Rupert Basil (Trolly) TRELOAR

TRELOAR, Rupert Basil

Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
Enlisted: 29 January 1936
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: HMAS Cerberus (Shore)
Born: Williamstown Victoria Australia , 21 February 1922
Home Town: Surrey Hills, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Naval Cadetship
Died: Drowned, Lost overboard at sea, 5 May 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Plymouth Naval Memorial Panel 83, Column 2. Local Roll of Honour- Surrey Hills Victoria Australia
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Non Warlike Service

29 Jan 1936: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Cadet Midshipman, HMAS Cerberus (Shore)

World War 2 Service

29 Jan 1936: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant
21 Dec 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant , HMAT Napier

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 21 and served on H.M.A.S. Napier  - Royal Australian Navy.

His brother, Lieutenant Ian Thomas Roy Treloar aged 22,also died on service with the Royal Australian Navy-H.M.A.S. Sydney. 

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

Both are commemorated on the PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL