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Hell Ships
Montevideo Maru
Service Personnel Roll
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Thornton, George Henry William
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Royal Australian Artillery
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A.I.F. 17 Anti/Tank Battery
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(A.I.F. were Lark Force)
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Born:-
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New South Wales, Australia
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Captured:-
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Date Captured:-
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January - March 1942
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Number:-
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Transported:-
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1942/06/22
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Port:-
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Rabaul
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Ship:-
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Montevideo Maru
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Date of Death:-
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Age:-
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Cause of Death:-
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Drowned when Montevideo Maru was sunk by USS Sturgeon
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Place of Death:-
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Off Luzon
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Loved Ones
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SON OF GEORGE SEPTIMUS THORNTON AND DORIS FRANCES THORNTON, OF GLADESVILLE, NEW SOUTH WALES.
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Memorial
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Notes:-
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Not on Japanese Translated A14143/1 List.
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Source:-
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Source File Explanation:-
CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves all Australian deaths listed on 1942/07/01
A14143/1- Williams 1946 Japanese Translated list by NAA60 in 2010
AWM147 - Australian War Memorial Records
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