ROZEA, Harry Trivett
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1916 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Yokohama, Japan, 25 July 1945, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Yokohama War Cemetery Aust. Sec. B. A.4 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 22 Aug 1939: | Enlisted Merchant Navy |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was Second 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 29 and the son of Henry Thomas George and Nellie Millicent Rozea; husband of Betty Murray Rozea of Vaucluse New South Wales Australia.
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