The story
Name: CROFT
Rank: Corporal
Official number: 21237
Service/attached: RAAF
Squadron: 9 Squadron, RAAF
Ship/station: H.M.A.S. Australia (R.A.N.)
Date of death: 1942-08-09
Aircraft: Seagull V aircrew -
Place of death: At sea, Guadalcanal
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: PORT MORESBY MEMORIAL. Papua
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of Joseph and Maud May Croft; husband of Hilary Hope Croft, of Newcastle, New South Wales.
Rank: Corporal
Official number: 21237
Service/attached: RAAF
Squadron: 9 Squadron, RAAF
Ship/station: H.M.A.S. Australia (R.A.N.)
Date of death: 1942-08-09
Aircraft: Seagull V aircrew -
Place of death: At sea, Guadalcanal
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: PORT MORESBY MEMORIAL. Papua
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of Joseph and Maud May Croft; husband of Hilary Hope Croft, of Newcastle, New South Wales.
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