Tasmanian War Casualties

World War 11 Casualties

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Button, Raymond Henry

Born 11 February 1922 Launceston Tasmania to Milton and Irene May Button.

He was on board HMAS Parramatta which was hit by a torpedo from the German submarine U559 on the 27^th November 1941. The torpedo caused the ship’s magazine to explode and she sank within minutes.

There was no time to order the crew to abandon ship and only about a third of the ship’s crew managed to escape.

138 men including Able Seaman Button lost their lives in this incident.

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