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Vice Admiral ERNEST JOHN SPOONER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

Date of Death

Died 15 April 1942

Age 55 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY

27. B. 4.

Singapore

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment Senior Naval Officer in Charge of Naval Establishments, Singapore.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order
  • Additional Info Son of Capt. Douglas Spooner and Mary Spooner; husband of Megan Spooner, of Chiswick, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription "STEEL-TRUE AND BLADE-STRAIGHT"
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Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY
Singapore
Number of casualties: 4574
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