In Memory Of
BASTON, DOUGLAS THOMSON
Service Details
Age:
25
Service No:
68600
Rank:
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Unit:
H.M.S. Hollyhock
Regiment:
South African Naval Forces
Date of Death:
1942-04-09
Cause of Death:
Attacked by carrier-borne aircraft from a Japanese force of three battleships and five carriers which had entered the Bay of Bengal a week before. The fatal bomb hit near the funnel, probably exploding in her magazine, as she immediately blew up.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 74, Column 2.
Cemetery:
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Devon
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of William A. and Elizabeth Baston. On Mossel Bay War Memorial, Western Cape
