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Identity
Person No.
8385
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
John David
Initials
J D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SEA 815
Lost at sea
Cause of Death
Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese I-165. En route from Durban, South Africa to Colombo, Ceylon. I-165's commander LtCdr Shimizu ordered his crewmen to open fire on the MOLLER's survivors. Thirty-two are killed by machine-gun and pistol fire
Military Service
Rank
First Radio Officer
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
Unknown
Notes

Son of John Augustus and Irene Goodson; husband of Vera Goodson, of Rosebank, Cape Town, South Africa.

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