Able Seaman Andrew William George Huston

Service number B3312
Birth Date 25/12/1923
Birth Place Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
Death Date 01/11/1944
Death Place At sea: Nearest landform, At sea (Boeaja Island)
Final Rank Able Seaman
Service Royal Australian Naval Reserve
Unit HMAS Leeuwin
Places
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
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.

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Date of birth 25/12/1923
Date of enlistment 20/03/1942
Date of death 01/11/1944