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HMS Dragonfly
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Sunk 14th February 1942
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With Japan entering the war, the HMS Dragonfly along with two other gunboats, the ‘Grasshopper’ and ‘Scorpion’, sailed from Hong Kong to Singapore.
The Dragonfly and Scorpion helped rescue a brigade of 2000 men cut off at Batu Pahat.
1942/02/10 - The HMS Dragonfly left Singapore for Batavia, commandeered by Commander Alfred William Sprott, R.N.
Evacuating about 250 troops from Singapore to Sumatra they were equipped with life jackets.
1942/02/14 - Off Rusuk Buaja Island in the Banka Straights, she was attacked and badly damaged by Japanese aircraft which were first seen at 0800 hours.
The Commander gave the order to abandon ship, the dragonfly later sank.
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The roll below is of the crew fatalities
As supplied from Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Also good reference found in ‘Singapore’s Dunkirk’ by Geoffrey Brooke
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Please click below on a name to extend information
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Name
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Service/No
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Rank
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Ahmad Bin Sayidi,
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MN 871
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Telegraphist
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Batjan Bin Muhammad Ali,
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MN 1126
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Signalman
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Beckett, Douglas Pittman
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C/MX502164
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Petty Officer Motor Mechanic
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Bowie, Robert
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D/SSX 23725
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Able Seaman
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Brown, George
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D/KX 95520
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Leading Stoker
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Cantle, George Arthur
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D/JX 255471
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Able Seaman
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Colburn, Horace Edwin
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P/KX 100709
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Stoker 1st Class
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Constable, Reginald Albert
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P/SS 117724
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Leading Stoker
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Coveny, Edward
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D/JX 167587
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Ordinary Seaman
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Edgcombe, Cecil Lawrence
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D/K 65869
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Petty Officer Stoker
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Edmunds, Martin
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P/KX82325
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Petty Officer Stoker
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Ferry, Daniel
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P/CD/X 1886
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Able Seaman
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Finch, James
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C/JX 247332
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Ordinary Seaman
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Gibson, Frank Edward
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D/JX 137467
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Petty Officer
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Hill, William Thomas
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D/KX 83585
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Petty Officer Stoker
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Iley, Sydney Leonard
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Lieutenant
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Jackson, Harry
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P/MX 65248
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Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
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Jamal-Ud-Din Bin Yusuf,
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MN 1042
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Telegraphist
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Johar Bin Uda Yahaya,
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MN.1221
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Able Seaman
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Johnson, Walter
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D/KX 121891
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Stoker 2nd Class
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Lovatt, Horace
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P/JX 272870
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Ordinary Seaman
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Maddocks, Thomas Godfrey
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D/MX 70099
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Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
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Morris, Walter
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D/MX 48513
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Chief Engine Room Artificer
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Muhammad Ali Bin Sharbran,
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MN. 680
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Able Seaman
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Muhammad Hanis Bin Yeob Abdul Aziz,
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MN. 376
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Leading Signalman
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Muhammad Jani Bin Ahmad,
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MN. 238
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Able Seaman
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Muhammad Nur Bin Nasir,
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MN. 656
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Able Seaman
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Muhammad Sam Bin Baki,
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MN. 1140
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Telegraphist
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Muhammad Sani Bin Aboul Ghani,
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MN. 724
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Able Seaman
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Pickett, William Thomas Joseph
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C/KX 126510
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Stoker 2nd Class
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Price, James William
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D/KX 120441
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Stoker 1st Class
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Prince, Ernest
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D/J 106839
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Petty Officer
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Qamr-Ud-Din Bin Muhammad,
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M N.104
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Leading Seaman
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Rafi Bin Marioh,
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MN.420
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Leading Telegraphist
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Ramli Bin Haji Abdul Karin,
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MN.1220
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Able Seaman
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Reddington, John Joseph
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D/SSX 19478
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Able Seaman
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Rees, Hoprin
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D/J 167703
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Able Seaman
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Rothwell, Edward
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D/KX 80573
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Petty Officer Stoker
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Sada Hari Bin Haji Saleh,
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MN.782
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Able Seaman
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Sanderson, Frederick Victor
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PLY/X 116775
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Marine
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Smith, Edward Allan
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D/JX 161069
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Signalman
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Spiller, William Ronald
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C/JX178739
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Able Seaman
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Steadman, Ernest Clement
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C/JX 174157
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Able Seaman
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Swinney, John Thomas
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P/MX 51482
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Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
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Thompson, Wilfred
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P/KX 87981
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Leading Stoker
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Tombs, Charles William
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Sub-Lieutenant
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Ungku Onn Bin Abdul Majid,
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MN. 1116
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Signalman
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Williamson, John
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P/JX190366
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Able Seaman
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