RAN BEACH COMMANDOS Band, John Morrel

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Band ​

• FORENAME

John Morrel ​

• UNIT

R.A.N.R. (HMAS Basilisk) (Beach Party) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant Commander ​

• NUMBER

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• DATE OF DEATH

23rd September 1943 ​

• AGE

41 ​

• GRAVESITE

Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery,Papua New Guinea B5.C.23 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 22.3.1902
son of John Oliver and Margaret Band
husband of Violet Band,Harlow,Essex,England
enlisted 1.9.1939
award Navy Cross (US) (posthumous)
KIA New Guinea (Battle of Scarlet Beach) ​