SMART Gilbert

  • First Name(s):
    Gilbert 
  • Surname:
    SMART
  • Service Number:
    DJX126361
  • Rank:

    Petty Officer

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HMAS Yarra
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    4th March 1942
  • Age At Death:
    31
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England, Panel 63, Column 3.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of William Albert and Edith Mary Smart, of Bredon, Worcestershire

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SMART Gilbert Is Named On These Memorials

Bredon St Giles Church WW2 Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Additional information on the memorial: R.N.

Further Information About SMART Gilbert

H.M.A.S. Yarra was a Grimsby Class Sloop.  On 4th March she was escorting several ships to Fremantle, Australia after the Allied collapse in Singapore when she came under attack from a squadron of Japanese heavy cruisers.  All four Allied ships were sunk, H.M.A.S. Yarra being the last, finally sinking at 08.00 with the loss of 117 crew.  Of the 34 crew members who survived the attack, 21 died on the life rafts from exposure, wounds or losing their senses and jumping overboard.

Gilbert Smart has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Plymouth Naval Memorial.

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