Java Index03

 

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This Page is Dedicated To

VX21112

Lance Sergeant

Shannahan, Ernest James

 

Australian

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. 2/2 Pioneer Battalion

 

Died

Age

25
 

(If Age is shown as 0, age at death is unknown)

1944/09/12

At sea: Rakuyo Maru

 

Loved Ones

Son of Thomas Gregory Shannahan, and Evelyn Louise Shannahan, of Geelong, Victoria

 

Memorial

Panel 19.

LABUAN MEMORIAL

 

The Rakuyo Maru left Singapore for Japan on 1944/09/06 with 1318, these included Brit.600, Aus.718. Torpedoed on 04/09/44 by US submarine Sealion off East Hainan island at around 5:00am, Lat 18.0 N Lon 114.0E. Party included Brig. Varley (Aus).

 

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