Service Details
Name:
 MITCHELL
Given Name:
 WILLIAM ARCHIBALD
Initials:
 W A
Service No:
 68796
Rank:
 Stoker 1st Class
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Cornwall
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Date of Death:
 1942-04-05
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. CORNWALL and her sister ship Dorsetshire were detached from the Fleet when they were sighted by Japanese aircraft. A little later they were overwhelmed by approximately 50 dive-bombers whose accurate attack sank both ships quickly; 190 of Cornwall's crew of 650 were lost.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. W. H. and Mrs. M. Mitchell, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Devon
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Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 72, Column 2.

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