Service No: S5690
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Naval Reserve, H.M.A.S. Australia
Son of William Bede Hearne and Mildred Hearne; husband of Audrey Mavis Hearne, of Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia.
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Married to Audrey Mavis Powell
"HMAS Australia (D84) By 5th January 1945 she was back in action in the Lingayen Gulf covering the allied invasion of Luzon Island. Here she was subjected to repeated suicide attacks, this time there was no doubt of the kamikaze nature of the Japanese planes. Australia was hit on 5th, 6th, 8th and 9th January, losing three officers and 41 ratings killed and one officer and 68 ratings wounded. This was the ship’s last action in World War II. After repairs in Sydney, she sailed for the United Kingdom via the United States on 24 May 1945 for a major refit, arriving at Plymouth on 1 July. She was still in the United Kingdom at the end of the war and was decommissioned in 1954".
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Naval Reserve, H.M.A.S. Australia
Son of William Bede Hearne and Mildred Hearne; husband of Audrey Mavis Hearne, of Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia.
~
Married to Audrey Mavis Powell
"HMAS Australia (D84) By 5th January 1945 she was back in action in the Lingayen Gulf covering the allied invasion of Luzon Island. Here she was subjected to repeated suicide attacks, this time there was no doubt of the kamikaze nature of the Japanese planes. Australia was hit on 5th, 6th, 8th and 9th January, losing three officers and 41 ratings killed and one officer and 68 ratings wounded. This was the ship’s last action in World War II. After repairs in Sydney, she sailed for the United Kingdom via the United States on 24 May 1945 for a major refit, arriving at Plymouth on 1 July. She was still in the United Kingdom at the end of the war and was decommissioned in 1954".
Service No: S5690
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Naval Reserve, H.M.A.S. Australia
Son of William Bede Hearne and Mildred Hearne; husband of Audrey Mavis Hearne, of Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia.
~
Married to Audrey Mavis Powell
"HMAS Australia (D84) By 5th January 1945 she was back in action in the Lingayen Gulf covering the allied invasion of Luzon Island. Here she was subjected to repeated suicide attacks, this time there was no doubt of the kamikaze nature of the Japanese planes. Australia was hit on 5th, 6th, 8th and 9th January, losing three officers and 41 ratings killed and one officer and 68 ratings wounded. This was the ship’s last action in World War II. After repairs in Sydney, she sailed for the United Kingdom via the United States on 24 May 1945 for a major refit, arriving at Plymouth on 1 July. She was still in the United Kingdom at the end of the war and was decommissioned in 1954".
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Naval Reserve, H.M.A.S. Australia
Son of William Bede Hearne and Mildred Hearne; husband of Audrey Mavis Hearne, of Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia.
~
Married to Audrey Mavis Powell
"HMAS Australia (D84) By 5th January 1945 she was back in action in the Lingayen Gulf covering the allied invasion of Luzon Island. Here she was subjected to repeated suicide attacks, this time there was no doubt of the kamikaze nature of the Japanese planes. Australia was hit on 5th, 6th, 8th and 9th January, losing three officers and 41 ratings killed and one officer and 68 ratings wounded. This was the ship’s last action in World War II. After repairs in Sydney, she sailed for the United Kingdom via the United States on 24 May 1945 for a major refit, arriving at Plymouth on 1 July. She was still in the United Kingdom at the end of the war and was decommissioned in 1954".
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