Petty Officer Stoker

Thomas Barrymore Paton

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Edward John and Isabella Catherine Paton (nee Munro), of Mangaweka, Rangitekei.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Lost aboard troopship HMT Mendoza, in transit, which was torpedoed by U178 off the coast of Africa, near Durban. Total ship loss.

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Casualty

Service Number: 
1308
Name:
Thomas Barrymore Paton
Rank: 
Petty Officer Stoker
Date of Birth:
26 February 1914
Place of Birth: 
Wellington, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Edward John Paton (father), Mangaweka, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Mangaweka, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Farm hand
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Navy, HMS President lll

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Missing Presumed Killed
Date of Death:
01 November 1942
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
28
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 4.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Thomas Barrymore Paton
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