Service Details
Name:
 BASTON
Given Name:
 DOUGLAS THOMSON
Initials:
 D T
Service No:
 68600
Rank:
 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Hollyhock
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Date of Death:
 1942-04-09
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Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Attacked by carrier-borne aircraft from a Japanese force of three battleships and five carriers which had entered the Bay of Bengal a week before. The fatal bomb hit near the funnel, probably exploding in her magazine, as she immediately blew up.
Additional
Information:
Son of William A. and Elizabeth Baston. On Mossel Bay War Memorial, Western Cape
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 2.

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