John Ferguson HOLM

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Service Number:	21559
Enlisted:	26 July 1937
Last Rank:	Able Seaman
Last Unit:	HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot)
Born:	Sandgate, Queensland, Australia, 17 May 1920
Home Town:	Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Cerebral embolism, Auricular fibrillation, Rheumatic carditis, Deception Bay, Queensland, Australia, 21 August 1969, aged 49 years
Cemetery:	Privately Cremated Ashes scattered at a favourite fishing spot in the Pumicestone Passage near Bribie Island, Qld.
Memorials:

26 Jul 1937:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 21559, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot)
3 Mar 1939:	Involvement Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), 21559, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre, Leading Seaman John Ferguson Holm served aborad the HMAS Sydney from 01 Mar 1939 to 27 Feb 1941. Service Records confirm this service. Don Holm, Son of John donated "Before Unseen" photos of the sinking of the "Colleoni" to the Navel War Museum in Ballina, NSW. in Memory of his Father's Service.
3 Feb 1947:	Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 21559, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot)

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