In Memory Of
MITCHELL, KENNETH ROSS
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
1920-06-05
Service No:
NX68224
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
A.I.F. 19 Special Dental Unit.
Regiment:
Australian Army Dental Corps
Date of Death:
1942-07-01
Cause of Death:
Died at sea, on Montevideo Maru, a Japanese auxiliary ship that was sunk by allied submarine USS Sturgeon, resulting in the drowning of a large number of Australian prisoners of war and civilians being transported from Rabaul.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 32.
Cemetery:
RABAUL MEMORIAL
Country:
Papua New Guinea
Additional Information
Son of William Taylor Mitchell and Pauline Elizabeth Mitchell, of Guildford, New South Wales. Born Klipkraal, South Africa
