The story
Name: R UPTON
Rank: Telegraphist
Official number: 17428
Role: Telegraphist
Service/attached: RAN
Ship/station: H.M.A.S. Matafele (R.A.N.)
Date of death: 1944-06-24
Circumstances: DIED
Buried/commemorated: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL - Devon
Commemoration details: Panel 91, Column 3
Family details: Son of Charles and Mary Violet Upton; husband of Mary Josephine Kathleen Upton, of Waverley, New South Wales, Australia.
Rank: Telegraphist
Official number: 17428
Role: Telegraphist
Service/attached: RAN
Ship/station: H.M.A.S. Matafele (R.A.N.)
Date of death: 1944-06-24
Circumstances: DIED
Buried/commemorated: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL - Devon
Commemoration details: Panel 91, Column 3
Family details: Son of Charles and Mary Violet Upton; husband of Mary Josephine Kathleen Upton, of Waverley, New South Wales, Australia.
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