In Memory Of

AUSTIN-SMITH, JOHN ROBINSON

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1922-03-25
Service No:
 67336
Rank:
 Ordinary Seaman
Unit:
 H.M.S. Gloucester
Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
Date of Death:
 1941-05-22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. Battle for Crete, lost as ship sunk northwest of Crete by Ju87s and Ju88s
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 58, Column 3.
Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Devon
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of John and Rose (nee Schwitzer) Austin-Smith, of 26 North St., East London, Cape Province, South Africa. Born East London. Educated St. Aidan's College - enrolled 1934. Commemorated on South Africa Naval WWII Memorial, Simonstown & East London WWII Memorial, Eastern Cape. Commemoration stone in East London (East Bank) Cemetery on side of his mother's headstone