In Memory Of

COOK, JOHN ANTONIA

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 70256
Rank:
 Stoker 1st Class
Unit:
 H.M.S.A.S. Parktown
Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
Date of Death:
 1942-06-21
Cause of Death:
 Ships were ordered to embark evacuation parties and leave Tobruk harbour when Axis forces started shelling the town on 20 June 1942. Under heavy fire and was the last Allied ship to leave Tobruk. Her decks were cramped with soldiers evacuated from Tobruk and outside the harbour she took a disabled tug in tow. Early the next morning she was attacked at close range by six Italian MAS boats. With her captain killed, nearly half her ship's company wounded and all ammunition expended, it was finally decided to abandon ship.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 74, Column 2.
Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Devon
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
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