In Memory Of
BINGHAM, AUSTEN
Service Details
Age:
18
Date of Birth:
1925-11-07
Rank:
Midshipman
Unit:
H.M. Trawler Colsay
Regiment:
Royal Naval Reserve
Date of Death:
1944-11-02
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, while in H.M.S. Colsay, one of a mine-sweeping flotilla, sunk of Ostend, Belgium by a German human torpedo (Neger)
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 13, Column 3.
Cemetery:
LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Suffolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of William Hopworth Bingham and Constance Preston Bingham, of Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa. Born Ladysmith, Natal. Educated Ladysmith High School, Natal; General Botha Cadet Draft 1942/43 (Junior Cadet Captain).
