Augustas Michael O'Malley

Stoker 2nd Class

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Patrick and E. O'Malley, of Linwood, Christchurch, Canterbury.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

HMS Jupiter sank in the Java Sea. Originally thought to have been torpedoed, it was believed it had struck a mine, laid earlier that day by a Dutch minelayer working with allied command.

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Casualty

Service Number:

3135

Name:

Augustas Michael O'Malley

Rank:

Stoker 2nd Class

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Navy, HMS Jupiter

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Missing, Presumed Killed

Date of Death:

27 February 1942

Day of Death:

Friday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 5.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand