EOD Humphries, John Thomas

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Humphries ​

• FORENAME

John Thomas ​

• UNIT

Royal Australian Navy (Bomb Disposal) ​

• RANK

Petty Officer ​

• NUMBER

6699 ​

• AWARD

George Medal ​

• PLACE

UK (London Gazette 17.2.1942) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 26.10.1903 Sebastapool,Victoria,Australia​

resided 7 Anderson Street,Kangaroo Point,Brisbane,Queensland,Australia​

next of kin Vera Humphries​

enlisted 18.7.1918​

bomb disposal,UK​

HMAS Kanimbia​

discharged 29.5.1946 (P.O.,HMAS Moreton) ​

employed as Watchman​

wife, 2 daughters​

23.08.1987 died Repatriation General Hospital, Greenslopes, Brisbane, Australia​

Cremated​

London Gazette 35459, 13th February 1942, Page 771​

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