HALL, Geoffrey Spinner
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 14 February 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Prisoner of War , Yokohama, Japan, 19 January 1943, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Yokohama War Cemetery Aust. Sec. A. B. 14. |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 14 Feb 1940: | Enlisted Merchant Navy |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was Third Officer [Australian Merchant Navy] on the Nankin, a 6,853 GRT steam Passenger/ cargo ship that was attacked on 10 May 1942 by German raider Thor. The Captain of Nankin ordered the ship to be abandoned and an attempt was made to scuttle her but this was not successful and a boarding party managed to repair her. She was taken as a prize and renamed Leuthen and travelled to Japanese-held ports. She was blown up with two other ships on 30 November 1942 whilst in Yokohama harbour during a bunkering operation - possibly sabotage.
The widely varying dates of deaths of the six Australian Merchant Navy casualties suggests they died whilst POW’s.
He was the son of Mrs. D. E. Hall of North Williamstown Victoria Australia
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