The story
Name: R B ABERNTHY
Rank: Petty Officer Telegraphist
Official number: 14705
Role: Telegraphist
Service/attached: RAN
Ship/station: H.M.A.S. Sydney (R.A.N.)
Date of death: 1941-11-20
Circumstances: DIED
Buried/commemorated: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Commemoration details: Panel 57, Column 2
Family details: Son of Harold and Ida Mary Abernethy, of Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Rank: Petty Officer Telegraphist
Official number: 14705
Role: Telegraphist
Service/attached: RAN
Ship/station: H.M.A.S. Sydney (R.A.N.)
Date of death: 1941-11-20
Circumstances: DIED
Buried/commemorated: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Commemoration details: Panel 57, Column 2
Family details: Son of Harold and Ida Mary Abernethy, of Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
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