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Heffernan Claude Alexander

 

Wedding of Jean Miller and William Clarke 2 June 1943 Greenock, Renfrewshire.  Bestman Claude Alex Heffernan Australian Naval Reserve H1381 – Photo Courtesy of Ken Redman  Born 8th Feb 1921 Hobart Tasmania to Cyril Thomas and Eliza Mary Heffernan (nee Williams) he married Doreen McDonald 30 Sep 1943 in Scotland Able Seaman Heffernan was attached to the Royal Navy and was on board HMS Panther which was attacked in the Scapento Channel in the Agean Sea during the Dodecanese campaign.  It was noon on the 9th October 1943 when she was struck and she sank within one minute.  Able Seaman Heffernan is listed missing presumed drowned.

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