Service Details
Name:
 JAGGER
Given Name:
 LESLIE JOHN
Initials:
 L J
Service No:
 70016
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 H.M.S.A.S. Parktown
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Date of Death:
 1942-06-21
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Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Ships were ordered to embark evacuation parties and leave Tobruk harbour when Axis forces started shelling the town on 20 June 1942. Under heavy fire and was the last Allied ship to leave Tobruk. Her decks were cramped with soldiers evacuated from Tobruk and outside the harbour she took a disabled tug in tow. Early the next morning she was attacked at close range by six Italian MAS boats. With her captain killed, nearly half her ship's company wounded and all ammunition expended, it was finally decided to abandon ship.
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 10 November 1942 pg. 4883
Additional
Information:
Son of Joseph and Maude Jagger, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa; husband of Grace Adelaide Jagger, of Johannesburg. *** On HMSAS Parktown Memorial in Pieter Roos Park, Parktown.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Devon
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Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 74, Column 1.

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