King, John Thomas

Date of Birth	1873-04-25
Date of Death	1950-02-10
Age	76
Birth Place	United Kingdom, Dover, Kent

Service Details

Service	RAN - Royal Australian Navy
Rank	Chief Petty Officer
Official Number	7926
Discharge Notes	Discharged - Invalided 1916-04-01
Service Period	1905-1913 RN; 1913-1916 RAN
Active Service (War service)	WW1
Service Record	Yes
Ship	Sydney (I) HMAS - Light Cruiser Town Class

Service 2

RN - Royal Navy

Cemetery Details

Cemetery Name	Rookwood Cemetery, Rookwood NSW 2141
Cemetery Address	Rookwood, NSW
Demonination/Area	Prebyterian
Section	5G
Grave Number	748

Notes

The CPO's Service History Card has him posted to Penguin 25-10-1914 to 20-11-1914 then to UNA on 21-11-1914. But he appears in the crew list in Carlton's Book. Rookwood disc has him at Section R Grave 1623

Sources

First Victory - Mike Carlton, 2013 William Heinemann Australia ISBN 9781742757636;

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