HMAS Australia (D84) Kamikaze Casualties October 21, 1944
List of Killed in Action (KIA) and Died Of Wounds (DOW).

On October 21, 1944 Australia was operating in Leyte Gulf to support the U.S. landings on eastern Leyte. Hit by a D3A2 Val that impacted the ship's foremast, causing numerous fires and explosions and resulted in 25 Killed In Action (KIA) and at least 55 Wounded In Action (WIA).

Killed in Action (KIA) (25):
Lt Henry Brinsmead Bayley
AB M Buckland
Ldg Smn Robert James Cornish
Sub Lt Ian Keith Debenham
Capt Emile Frank Verlaine Dechaineeux, DSC
AB Henry Peter Eller
AB Gordon Kenneth Fenton
Lt Cdr Harrie Binns Garrett
AB Vincent Leo Hansen
AB John Wilson Hocking
OD R Hocking
CPO George Frederick Hutchison
AB R Irvine
Lt Ivor Maurice Jones
AB Allan Richard Maunsell
AB Francis Gerard Miller
AB Richard John Parkinson
AB Frederick Percival Perrin
Ldg Smn Donald Pittendrigh
OD Christopher Peel Potter
AB Noel Audrey Rattray
Cmdr John Francis Rayment, DSC
OD Ronald Hamilton Sharpe
AB Francis Frederick Spurr
AB Robert Michell Steele

Died Of Wounds (DOW) (5):
OD Richard Southey Hookins (died 10/22/44)
AB John Neville Erwin (died 10/23/44)
Lt Graham J Greig (died 10/23/44)
AB Eric Stuart Fontaine (died 10/24/44)
AB Frederick George Stephenson (died 10/24/44)

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