Service Details
Name:
 BENNETT
Given Name:
 JOHN FRANK
Initials:
 J F
Service No:
 330351
Rank:
 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Hecla
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Date of Death:
 1942-11-12
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at sea, whilst operating with Convoy Torch. Torpedoed and sunk by U-515
Additional
Information:
Son of Henry John and Edith Nellie Bennett, of No. 1 Gillespie Terrace, Harfield Road, Claremont, Cape Province
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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