Service Details
Name:
 BIDDLECOMBE
Given Name:
 THOMAS WYBURN
Initials:
 T W
Rank:
 Commander
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Regiment:
 Royal Australian Navy
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Unit:
 H.M.S. "Q27"
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Unit 2:
 on loan to Royal Navy
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Date of Death:
 1917-03-13
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Date of Birth:
 1880-06-28
Age:
 36
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, North Atlantic, west of Ireland - torpedoed once by German "U-38". Q-ship "Warner" ("Q-27", cargo ship, 1, 300grt, 1911) was on an eastward course as a tempting U-boat target. She was torpedoed around 09.00hrs, going down in five minutes. Some of her survivors were picked up by British submarine "D.3"
Additional
Information:
Son of William and Amelia Biddlecombe, of Swallowfield, Reading, England; husband of Gertrude Mary Biddlecombe, of 50, Leopold St., South Yarra, Victoria, Australia. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Devon
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Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 23

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