Service Details
Name:
 SHIMMIN
Given Name:
 WILLIAM
Initials:
 W
Service No:
 69661
Rank:
 Leading Stoker
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 H.M.S.A.S. Southern Floe
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Date of Death:
 1941-02-11
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Age:
 36
Cause of Death:
 Lost after striking a mine while on patrol in Mediterranean near Tobruk, Libya
Additional
Information:
Son of James and Hannah Shimmin; husband of Edith R. Shimmin, of Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa.
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 59, Column 1.

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