Asher, John Samuel

Date of Birth	1922-05-18
Date of Death	1942-06-01
Age	20
Gender	Male
Birth Place	Australia, South Australia, North Adelaide
Died During Service	Yes
Cause of Death	KIA

Service Details

Service	RANR - Royal Australian Navy Reserve
Date of Entry	1941-05-27
Rank	Stoker
Rate	Stoker
Official Number	PA1913
Discharged Date	1942-06-01
Discharge Type	DD - Discharged Dead
Discharge Notes	KIA - Killed during Japanese Submarine Attack on Sydney
Service Period	1941-1942
Active Service (War service)	WW2
Service Record	Yes
Ship	Kuttabul (I) HMAS - Depot Ship Accommodation Vessel

Other Details

Hostilities Only

Yes

Cemetery Details

Cemetery Name	West Terrace Cemetery 161 West Terrace Adelaide SA 5000
Cemetery Address	Adelaide, SA
Demonination/Area	Jewish
Row	45
Grave Number	26E
Grave Type	Burial - Grave

Related Graves

• Bland, Leslie WilliamAlso Lost on Kuttabul
• Boundy, William RichardAlso Lost on Kuttabul
• Butcher, Sydney WilliamAlso Lost on Kuttabul
• Dennison, Leslie JosephAlso Lost on Kuttabul
• Gannon, John Edward ThomasAlso Lost on Kuttabul
• Gardner, Jack AlbertAlso Lost on Kuttabul
• Glanford, Frederick ArthurAlso Lost on Kuttabul
• Gordon, Walter GeorgeAlso Lost on Kuttabul
• Howroyd, Leonard WalterAlso Lost on Kuttabul
• Jamieson, Lester RichardAlso Lost on Kuttabul
• Killeen, Kenneth FrancisAlso Lost on Kuttabul
• Kirby, FrankAlso Lost on Kuttabul
• Numan, Jack EdmundAlso Lost on Kuttabul
• Robson, Norman LeslieAlso Lost on Kuttabul
• Smith, Arthur JamesAlso Lost on Kuttabul
• Smith, Herbert ArthurAlso Lost on Kuttabul
• Trist, David BlackAlso Lost on Kuttabul
• Venning, Raymond OwenAlso Lost on Kuttabul
• Watson, Thomas JosephAlso Lost on Kuttabul

Sources

• Service Record - Australian National Archives
• Nominal Roll - Department of Veterans Affairs
• Roll of Honour - Australian War Memorial
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Bundaberg Daily News-Mail (Qld. : 1940 - 1942) Wed 3 Jun 1942
• Barrier Miner (Broken Hill) 4 June 1942 Illustrated- TROVE
• News (Adelaide) 5 June 1942- TROVE
• The Loss of HMAS Kuttabul
• Anti-Submarine Defences of Sydney Harbour 1942
• Sydney’s Anti-Submarine Boom Defences 1942-46
• PERSONAL EXPERIENCES: AFTERMATH OF JAPANESE SUBMARINE ATTACK: SYDNEY HARBOUR

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