Service Details
Name:
 PERRY
Given Name:
 DESMOND ANTHONY
Initials:
 D A
Service No:
 71211
Rank:
 Petty Officer
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 H.M.S.A.S. Treern
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Date of Death:
 1945-01-12
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Date of Birth:
 1918-06-11
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Sunk by mine, off East Coast of Greece
Additional
Information:
Son of Joseph Richard and Gladys Mary (nee Fennell) Perry, of Dieprivier, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Sea Point. A clerk with American Foreign Service
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 95, Column 1.

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