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Raymond Barker Barrey Thursday, 20 November 1941 Lost with HMAS Sydney, off the coast of Western Australia, Indian Ocean
Geoffrey George Chapman Sunday, 9 August 1942 Lost in the Battle of Savo Island, Solomon Islands, while deployed to HMAS Canberra
Arthur John Clarke Thursday, 20 November 1941 Lost with HMAS Sydney, off the coast of Western Australia, Indian Ocean
George John Isiah Clarke Wednesday, 25 September 1940 Lost off the coast of French West Africa, while deployed to HMAS Australia
Keith Frederick Cox Friday, 27 July 1945 Died of complications from an accident on a workboat travelling between Toronto and RAAF Rathmines in 1943, Sydney NSW
Joseph Kenneth Croft Sunday, 9 August 1942 Lost in the Battle of Savo Island, Solomon Islands, while deployed to HMAS Canberra
Richard Dodds Thursday, 20 November 1941 Lost with HMAS Sydney, off the coast of Western Australia, Indian Ocean
Victor Ronald Egginton Sunday, 9 August 1942 Lost in the Battle of Savo Island, Solomon Islands, while deployed to HMAS Canberra
Roy Ebenezer Foster Thursday, 20 November 1941 Lost with HMAS Sydney, off the coast of Western Australia, Indian Ocean
Roy Marsden Freeburn Sunday, 30 May 1943 Died of illness, Bonegilla VIC
David Beaufort Grout Friday, 22 May 1942 Died in a training accident, Lake Macquarie NSW
Keith Homard Thursday, 20 November 1941 Lost with HMAS Sydney, off the coast of Western Australia, Indian Ocean
Donald Jack Hookings Monday, 8 February 1943 Accidental death, offshore near Townsville QLD
Sidney Marley Thursday, 20 November 1941 Lost with HMAS Sydney, off the coast of Western Australia, Indian Ocean
James Ronald Kenneth McCormack Sunday, 9 August 1942 Lost in the Battle of Savo Island, Solomon Islands, while deployed to HMAS Canberra
Duncan John Murchison Sunday, 9 August 1942 Lost in the Battle of Savo Island, Solomon Islands, while deployed to HMAS Canberra
Colin Archibald Nott Sunday, 1 March 1942 Lost in the Battle of Sunda Strait, Indonesia, while deployed to HMAS Perth
Thomas Frederick Pickering Thursday, 5 March 1942 Died in a training accident, Lake Macquarie NSW
Edward James Rowan Thursday, 19 February 1942 Accidental death, at sea off the coast of NSW
Edward Charles Sherwood Seller Monday, 8 February 1943 Accidental death, Bowen QLD
Harold Sparks Sunday, 1 March 1942 Lost in the Battle of Sunda Strait, Indonesia, while deployed to HMAS Perth
Ernest George Toe Thursday, 14 September 1944 Survived the sinking of HMAS Perth in 1942, only to lose his life as a POW following the sinking of the transport ship Rakuyo Maru, in the South China Sea
Phillip Ernest Will Sunday, 1 March 1942 Lost in the Battle of Sunda Strait, Indonesia, while deployed to HMAS Perth

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