First Name: Douglas Ivan
Initials: D I
Surname: Westmaas
DOB: Circa 1919
Age: 23
Birth Country: British Guiana.
Resided Town: London
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 14/02/1942
Fate: Killed in Action
Information: SON OF GEORGE HAMILTON WESTMAAS AND WINIFRED ALBERTHA WESTMAAS, OF QUEENSTOWN, BRITISH GUIANA.
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 2325691
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Corps Of Signals
Battalion: Singapore Fortress Sigs.
Place of Death: Malaya
Killed in action at sea on 14 February 1942 during the evacuation from Singapore when the SS Vyner Brooke was bombed and sunk off Bangka Island. Three other Royal Signals soldiers were lost (Serjeant P. McDonald, Serjeant A. R. Stokes, and Signalman W. G. Irwin). The sinking preceded the Bangka Island massacre of many of the survivors, including 21 nurses of the Australian Army Nursing Service.
Initials: D I
Surname: Westmaas
DOB: Circa 1919
Age: 23
Birth Country: British Guiana.
Resided Town: London
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 14/02/1942
Fate: Killed in Action
Information: SON OF GEORGE HAMILTON WESTMAAS AND WINIFRED ALBERTHA WESTMAAS, OF QUEENSTOWN, BRITISH GUIANA.
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 2325691
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Corps Of Signals
Battalion: Singapore Fortress Sigs.
Place of Death: Malaya
Killed in action at sea on 14 February 1942 during the evacuation from Singapore when the SS Vyner Brooke was bombed and sunk off Bangka Island. Three other Royal Signals soldiers were lost (Serjeant P. McDonald, Serjeant A. R. Stokes, and Signalman W. G. Irwin). The sinking preceded the Bangka Island massacre of many of the survivors, including 21 nurses of the Australian Army Nursing Service.
First Name: Douglas Ivan
Initials: D I
Surname: Westmaas
DOB: Circa 1919
Age: 23
Birth Country: British Guiana.
Resided Town: London
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 14/02/1942
Fate: Killed in Action
Information: SON OF GEORGE HAMILTON WESTMAAS AND WINIFRED ALBERTHA WESTMAAS, OF QUEENSTOWN, BRITISH GUIANA.
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 2325691
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Corps Of Signals
Battalion: Singapore Fortress Sigs.
Place of Death: Malaya
Killed in action at sea on 14 February 1942 during the evacuation from Singapore when the SS Vyner Brooke was bombed and sunk off Bangka Island. Three other Royal Signals soldiers were lost (Serjeant P. McDonald, Serjeant A. R. Stokes, and Signalman W. G. Irwin). The sinking preceded the Bangka Island massacre of many of the survivors, including 21 nurses of the Australian Army Nursing Service.
Initials: D I
Surname: Westmaas
DOB: Circa 1919
Age: 23
Birth Country: British Guiana.
Resided Town: London
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 14/02/1942
Fate: Killed in Action
Information: SON OF GEORGE HAMILTON WESTMAAS AND WINIFRED ALBERTHA WESTMAAS, OF QUEENSTOWN, BRITISH GUIANA.
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 2325691
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Corps Of Signals
Battalion: Singapore Fortress Sigs.
Place of Death: Malaya
Killed in action at sea on 14 February 1942 during the evacuation from Singapore when the SS Vyner Brooke was bombed and sunk off Bangka Island. Three other Royal Signals soldiers were lost (Serjeant P. McDonald, Serjeant A. R. Stokes, and Signalman W. G. Irwin). The sinking preceded the Bangka Island massacre of many of the survivors, including 21 nurses of the Australian Army Nursing Service.
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Corporal, Royal Corps of Signals. Age: 23.
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