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Able Seaman George
Frederick Catmull served on board HMAS Perth with the Royal
Australian Navy (RAN). He was killed in action age 32, during the Batlle of
Sundra Strait, against the Japanese navy, on 1st March 1942. "Moggy" Catmull, Mediterranean, March 1941
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HMAS Perth lies in about 120ft of water at position 05.51.42S 106.07.52E about 3 miles north of St Nicholas Point on the NW tip of Java. Of her crew of 682 men, only 229 returned to Australia at the end of the war. |
| Name | CATMULL, GEORGE FREDERICK |
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| Service | Royal Australian Navy |
| Service Number | 14854 |
| Date of Birth | 17 Apr 1910 |
| Place of Birth | ABBOTSFORD, VIC |
| Date of Enlistment | 30 Oct 1924 |
| Locality on Enlistment | ABBOTSFORD, VIC |
| Place of Enlistment | MELBOURNE, VIC |
| Next of Kin | CATMULL, KATHERINE |
| Date of Death | 1 Mar 1942 |
| Rank | Able Seaman |
| Posting on Death | HMAS Perth |
| Roll of Honour | COLLINGWOOD VIC |