Person:Tom Lee (1)

Service Record: Name: LEE, TOM; Service: Royal Australian Navy; Service Number: 17704; Date of Birth: 15 Mar 1906; Place of Birth: TICKHILL, ENGLAND; Date of Enlistment: 9 Jul 1926; Locality on Enlistment: Unknown; Place of Enlistment: MELBOURNE, VIC; Next of Kin: VIVIENNE; Date of Death: 10 Feb 1941; Rank: Able Seaman; Posting on Death: HMAS Penguin; WW2 Honours and Gallantry: None for display; Prisoner of War: No; Roll of Honour: HURSTVILLE NSW.

From AWM and CWGC: Rank: Able Seaman [AB]; Unit: HMAS Lismore; Service: RAN; Conflict: 1939-1945; Date of Death: 10/02/1941; Memorial Panel: Panel 56 Column 3; Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial; Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Lillian Lee; husband of Vivienne Clerke Lee, of Chullora, New South Wales, Australia.

On his death certificate, Tom's occupation was working in the merchant navy for Huddart Parker line. His place of birth is given as Doncaster, England and his age as 34. His usual place of Residence was Chullora, NSW.