Service number | B3312 |
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Birth Date | 1923-12-25 |
Birth Place | Australia: Queensland, Brisbane |
Death Date | 1944-11-01 |
Death Place | At sea: Nearest landform, At sea (Boeaja Island) |
Final Rank | Able Seaman |
Service | Royal Australian Naval Reserve |
Units |
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Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Gazettes |
Published in London Gazette in 1944-04-11 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1944-04-27 |
Able Seaman Andrew William George Huston
Description
Able Seaman Andrew William George ‘Happy’ Huston enlisted to the Royal Australian Navy on 20 March 1942. After a period of training in Melbourne, Victoria and Nelson Bay, New South Wales, Able Seaman Huston joined Z Special Unit. With this unit, he was part of Operation Jaywick, in which a small crew of commandos and sailors travelled to Singapore in a small Japanese fishing craft, destroyed Japanese ships in the harbour using limpet mines, and safely returned to Australia. For his work during the operation, Able Seaman Huston was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. Able Seaman Huston later died during his participation in Operation Rimau, on 1 November 1944. He is commemorated at Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, United Kingdom.
Rolls
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Roll of Honour:
- Unit
- HMAS Leeuwin
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Able Seaman
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- Z Special Unit
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Able Seaman
- London Gazette
- 11 April 1944 on page 1678 at position 4
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 27 April 1944 on page 896 at position 139
Timeline
Date of birth | 25 December 1923 | |
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Date of enlistment | 20 March 1942 | |
Date of death | 01 November 1944 |
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