DANSWAN, WILLIAM LEONARD EDWARD Able Seaman 20548 14/07/1941 23 Royal Australian Navy Australian C. of E. Plot. Sec. CC. Grave 18. (GRM/2).
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FUNERAL
W. L. E. DANSWAN
The reinterment of the body of William Leonard Edward Danswan of Junee, previously buried in South Australia, took place at the Junee cemetery yesterday.
The deceased, who was a married man with one child, joined the navy over two years ago. His eyesight giving him trouble, he was allotted, with others the dangerous task of exploding mines that floated to the shore from time to time. He was engaged on this duty in South Australia 18 months ago when a floating mine exploded and he and a companion were killed.
Deceased was 23 years of age when he met his death. His parents reside at Junee and he has three brothers on military service. The body, on arrival by train was taken to St. Luke's Church of England, where, after a short service, the cortege left at 10 a.m. for the Junee cemetery. Among wreaths placed on the grave was one from the Red Cross Society.
Messrs. Black and Pickles carried out the funeral arrangements.
Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW : 1911 - 1954) Saturday 5 December 1942 p 2 Article
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Sailors Killed While Destroying Mine
MELBOURNE: Able Seamen W. L. Danswan nnd T. W. Todd, both of South Australia, were killed yesterday by a premature explosion of a demolition charge with which an enemy mine was being destroyed in South Australia.
The Minister for the Navy, Mr. Hughes, said that the mine, which had broken adrift from a field laid some time ago by the enemy, was sighted floating and brought ashore at Beachport, South Australia. It was decided to destroy it with a demolition charge. This was being done when the men were killed.
The Kyogle Examiner (NSW : 1912; 1914 - 1915; 1917 - 1954) Tuesday 15 July 1941 p 2 Article
THE LATE ABLE SEAMAN T. W. TODD handling a mine at the Birkenhead Naval Depot recently. He and Able Seaman Danswan were killed at Beachport yesterday when a demolition charge, which was set to destroy an enemy mine on the beach, exploded prematurely. Dunswan was burried at Beachport this afternoon, and Todd will be brought to Adelaide tonight for burial at Cheltenham probably tomorrow.
News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954) Tuesday 15 July 1941 p 3 Article Illustrated
The central board of health forwarded instructions to be observed in connection with the exhumation of the body of the late William Leonard Edward Danswan, buried at the Beachport cemetery, for removal to the Junee cemetery, New South Wales. The clerk reported that the body had been exhumed on Tuesday, December 1, at 10 a.m. by a Mount Gambier undertaker, and in the presence of the board's inspector and the police He had reported to the Central board accordingly.
The South Eastern Times (Millicent, SA : 1906 - 1954) Friday 18 December 1942 p 2 Article
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FUNERAL
W. L. E. DANSWAN
The reinterment of the body of William Leonard Edward Danswan of Junee, previously buried in South Australia, took place at the Junee cemetery yesterday.
The deceased, who was a married man with one child, joined the navy over two years ago. His eyesight giving him trouble, he was allotted, with others the dangerous task of exploding mines that floated to the shore from time to time. He was engaged on this duty in South Australia 18 months ago when a floating mine exploded and he and a companion were killed.
Deceased was 23 years of age when he met his death. His parents reside at Junee and he has three brothers on military service. The body, on arrival by train was taken to St. Luke's Church of England, where, after a short service, the cortege left at 10 a.m. for the Junee cemetery. Among wreaths placed on the grave was one from the Red Cross Society.
Messrs. Black and Pickles carried out the funeral arrangements.
Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW : 1911 - 1954) Saturday 5 December 1942 p 2 Article
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Sailors Killed While Destroying Mine
MELBOURNE: Able Seamen W. L. Danswan nnd T. W. Todd, both of South Australia, were killed yesterday by a premature explosion of a demolition charge with which an enemy mine was being destroyed in South Australia.
The Minister for the Navy, Mr. Hughes, said that the mine, which had broken adrift from a field laid some time ago by the enemy, was sighted floating and brought ashore at Beachport, South Australia. It was decided to destroy it with a demolition charge. This was being done when the men were killed.
The Kyogle Examiner (NSW : 1912; 1914 - 1915; 1917 - 1954) Tuesday 15 July 1941 p 2 Article
THE LATE ABLE SEAMAN T. W. TODD handling a mine at the Birkenhead Naval Depot recently. He and Able Seaman Danswan were killed at Beachport yesterday when a demolition charge, which was set to destroy an enemy mine on the beach, exploded prematurely. Dunswan was burried at Beachport this afternoon, and Todd will be brought to Adelaide tonight for burial at Cheltenham probably tomorrow.
News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954) Tuesday 15 July 1941 p 3 Article Illustrated
The central board of health forwarded instructions to be observed in connection with the exhumation of the body of the late William Leonard Edward Danswan, buried at the Beachport cemetery, for removal to the Junee cemetery, New South Wales. The clerk reported that the body had been exhumed on Tuesday, December 1, at 10 a.m. by a Mount Gambier undertaker, and in the presence of the board's inspector and the police He had reported to the Central board accordingly.
The South Eastern Times (Millicent, SA : 1906 - 1954) Friday 18 December 1942 p 2 Article
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DANSWAN, WILLIAM LEONARD EDWARD Able Seaman 20548 14/07/1941 23 Royal Australian Navy Australian C. of E. Plot. Sec. CC. Grave 18. (GRM/2).
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FUNERAL
W. L. E. DANSWAN
The reinterment of the body of William Leonard Edward Danswan of Junee, previously buried in South Australia, took place at the Junee cemetery yesterday.
The deceased, who was a married man with one child, joined the navy over two years ago. His eyesight giving him trouble, he was allotted, with others the dangerous task of exploding mines that floated to the shore from time to time. He was engaged on this duty in South Australia 18 months ago when a floating mine exploded and he and a companion were killed.
Deceased was 23 years of age when he met his death. His parents reside at Junee and he has three brothers on military service. The body, on arrival by train was taken to St. Luke's Church of England, where, after a short service, the cortege left at 10 a.m. for the Junee cemetery. Among wreaths placed on the grave was one from the Red Cross Society.
Messrs. Black and Pickles carried out the funeral arrangements.
Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW : 1911 - 1954) Saturday 5 December 1942 p 2 Article
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Sailors Killed While Destroying Mine
MELBOURNE: Able Seamen W. L. Danswan nnd T. W. Todd, both of South Australia, were killed yesterday by a premature explosion of a demolition charge with which an enemy mine was being destroyed in South Australia.
The Minister for the Navy, Mr. Hughes, said that the mine, which had broken adrift from a field laid some time ago by the enemy, was sighted floating and brought ashore at Beachport, South Australia. It was decided to destroy it with a demolition charge. This was being done when the men were killed.
The Kyogle Examiner (NSW : 1912; 1914 - 1915; 1917 - 1954) Tuesday 15 July 1941 p 2 Article
THE LATE ABLE SEAMAN T. W. TODD handling a mine at the Birkenhead Naval Depot recently. He and Able Seaman Danswan were killed at Beachport yesterday when a demolition charge, which was set to destroy an enemy mine on the beach, exploded prematurely. Dunswan was burried at Beachport this afternoon, and Todd will be brought to Adelaide tonight for burial at Cheltenham probably tomorrow.
News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954) Tuesday 15 July 1941 p 3 Article Illustrated
The central board of health forwarded instructions to be observed in connection with the exhumation of the body of the late William Leonard Edward Danswan, buried at the Beachport cemetery, for removal to the Junee cemetery, New South Wales. The clerk reported that the body had been exhumed on Tuesday, December 1, at 10 a.m. by a Mount Gambier undertaker, and in the presence of the board's inspector and the police He had reported to the Central board accordingly.
The South Eastern Times (Millicent, SA : 1906 - 1954) Friday 18 December 1942 p 2 Article
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Cenotaph here
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FUNERAL
W. L. E. DANSWAN
The reinterment of the body of William Leonard Edward Danswan of Junee, previously buried in South Australia, took place at the Junee cemetery yesterday.
The deceased, who was a married man with one child, joined the navy over two years ago. His eyesight giving him trouble, he was allotted, with others the dangerous task of exploding mines that floated to the shore from time to time. He was engaged on this duty in South Australia 18 months ago when a floating mine exploded and he and a companion were killed.
Deceased was 23 years of age when he met his death. His parents reside at Junee and he has three brothers on military service. The body, on arrival by train was taken to St. Luke's Church of England, where, after a short service, the cortege left at 10 a.m. for the Junee cemetery. Among wreaths placed on the grave was one from the Red Cross Society.
Messrs. Black and Pickles carried out the funeral arrangements.
Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW : 1911 - 1954) Saturday 5 December 1942 p 2 Article
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Sailors Killed While Destroying Mine
MELBOURNE: Able Seamen W. L. Danswan nnd T. W. Todd, both of South Australia, were killed yesterday by a premature explosion of a demolition charge with which an enemy mine was being destroyed in South Australia.
The Minister for the Navy, Mr. Hughes, said that the mine, which had broken adrift from a field laid some time ago by the enemy, was sighted floating and brought ashore at Beachport, South Australia. It was decided to destroy it with a demolition charge. This was being done when the men were killed.
The Kyogle Examiner (NSW : 1912; 1914 - 1915; 1917 - 1954) Tuesday 15 July 1941 p 2 Article
THE LATE ABLE SEAMAN T. W. TODD handling a mine at the Birkenhead Naval Depot recently. He and Able Seaman Danswan were killed at Beachport yesterday when a demolition charge, which was set to destroy an enemy mine on the beach, exploded prematurely. Dunswan was burried at Beachport this afternoon, and Todd will be brought to Adelaide tonight for burial at Cheltenham probably tomorrow.
News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954) Tuesday 15 July 1941 p 3 Article Illustrated
The central board of health forwarded instructions to be observed in connection with the exhumation of the body of the late William Leonard Edward Danswan, buried at the Beachport cemetery, for removal to the Junee cemetery, New South Wales. The clerk reported that the body had been exhumed on Tuesday, December 1, at 10 a.m. by a Mount Gambier undertaker, and in the presence of the board's inspector and the police He had reported to the Central board accordingly.
The South Eastern Times (Millicent, SA : 1906 - 1954) Friday 18 December 1942 p 2 Article
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