Plymouth Naval Memorial
Across the seas where the waves ebb & flow
There is no place for poppies to grow
It's the place where our Sailors sleep.
There is no place for poppies to grow
It's the place where our Sailors sleep.
Morr - My
Able Seaman (DEMS gunner) Hector Maxwell MORTON PM2048
Born: 20-6-1920, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Enlisted: 7-10-1939
Royal Australian Naval Reserve
Attached Merchant Navy
S S Tulagi
Died: 19-5-1944, aged 23years
Son of James and Mary Morton
Husband of Doreen Florence Morton, of Lakemba, N.S.W.
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 9A
He was one of the eight survivors from the Tulagi who was on the second raft that was last seen on 19 May 1944.
Born: 20-6-1920, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Enlisted: 7-10-1939
Royal Australian Naval Reserve
Attached Merchant Navy
S S Tulagi
Died: 19-5-1944, aged 23years
Son of James and Mary Morton
Husband of Doreen Florence Morton, of Lakemba, N.S.W.
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 9A
He was one of the eight survivors from the Tulagi who was on the second raft that was last seen on 19 May 1944.
Able Seaman (DEMS gunner) John Francis MURPHY 3525
Born: Drouin, Victoria
Enlisted: 2-4-1941
Royal Australian Naval Reserve
Attached Merchant Naval
S.S. Tulagi
Died: 19-5-1944 aged 23years
Son of Charles Daniel and Maude Agnes Murphy, of Drouin South, Victoria
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 9A
He was one of the eight survivors from the Tulagi who was on the second raft that was last seen on 19 May 1944.
Born: Drouin, Victoria
Enlisted: 2-4-1941
Royal Australian Naval Reserve
Attached Merchant Naval
S.S. Tulagi
Died: 19-5-1944 aged 23years
Son of Charles Daniel and Maude Agnes Murphy, of Drouin South, Victoria
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 9A
He was one of the eight survivors from the Tulagi who was on the second raft that was last seen on 19 May 1944.