Stoker 2nd Class

Joseph Ronald Oliver

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of William and Sophia Leslie Oliver, of Auckland City.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

HMS STRONGHOLD (H50) was a British Royal Navy Destroyer of 905 tons built in 1919 by Scotts, Greenock for the Admiralty. She was powered by a steam turbine giving 27,000shp and a speed of 36 knots. On 2 March 1942 a Japanese task group consisting of the heavy cruiser Maya and the destroyers Arashi and Nowaki, belonging to a Japanese carrier force operating S of Java, discovered and sank HMS STRONGHOLD fleeing from Tjilatjap to Australia. 

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Casualty

Service Number: 
3136
Name:
Joseph Ronald Oliver
Rank: 
Stoker 2nd Class
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Navy, HMS Stronghold

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Ship lost, missing, presumed killed
Date of Death:
02 March 1942
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
24
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 5.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Joseph Ronald Oliver
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