EOD Larkin, Ronald Keith

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Larkin ​

• FORENAME

Ronald Keith ​

• UNIT

Royal Australian Naval Reserve (Bomb Disposal) ​

• RANK

Able Seaman ​

• NUMBER

F2363/17 ​

• AWARD

British Empire Medal ​

• PLACE

"For great bravery and enterprise while serving in a defensively equipped Merchant Ship, in helping to dispose of an unexploded bomb after an enemy air attack."​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 11.12.1917 Wuraming, Western Australia​

next of kin Maria Larkin​

enlisted 5.9.1939 Fremantle, Western Australia​

bomb disposal, UK​

SS Gorgon​

discharged 15.2.1946 (A.B.,HMAS Leeuwin)​

London Gazette 36284, 10th December 1943, Page 5431​