Lieutenant John Motley Atherton (1895-1942)

Lieutenant John Motley Atherton Veteran

Birth

6 Mar 1895

Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia

Death

1 Jul 1942 (aged 47)

At Sea

Monument

Australian War Memorial

Campbell, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Add to Map

Plot

At Sea aboard the SS Montevideo Maru

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Served World War 1 - Acting Sergeant - 9th Infantry Battalion AIF and Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force.
ADMINISTRATION PHARMACIST OF RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN AGE 49.
Son of William Atherton and Ealey Motley
Husband of Ivy May Adams married Rabaul, PNG aged 37 years.

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Was under transport from Rabaul on the prisoner ship Montevideo Maru, when that ship was torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine Sturgeon (SS-187).

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Ealey Motley Atherton

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