Lloyd Dudley Bessell 1a

Birth Name Bessell, Lloyd Dudley 2a 3 4 5 6
Gender male
Age at Death 29 years, 7 months

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1915-02-12 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia   3 4 5 6
Residence 1937 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia   2b
Death 1944-09-12 Luzon Straits, South China Sea   3 4 5
Event Note

Was a POW aboard the Japanese prisoner transport SS Rakuyo Maru when it was torpedoed by the USS Sealion (submarine). http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92699330

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Douglas James Bessell1887-03-081956-09-14
Mother Annie Williamina Chandler1887-12-051965-10-13
    Brother     William Bessell 1909-11-00 1910-04-23
    Brother     Eric William Lloyd Bessell 1909-11-00 1910-04-23
    Brother     Keith Reginald Bessell 1912-02-24 2006-08-31
    Brother     Terence Raymond Bessell 1913-12-30 2000-11-15
         Lloyd Dudley Bessell 1915-02-12 1944-09-12
    Brother     Harold Rex Bessell 1921-07-19 2003-06-25
    Sister     June Mavis Bessell 1923-01-03 1996-05-20
    Brother     William Joseph Bessell 1931 1983-01-14

Families

Family of Lloyd Dudley Bessell and Jean Lillian Foley
Married Wife Jean Lillian Foley ( * 1918-04-04 + 1981-11-26 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1936-04-16 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia    

Source References

  1. Ancestry Family Trees
      • Page: Ancestry Family Tree
  2. Ancestry.com: Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1954
      • Source text:

        Residence date: 1937
        Residence place: Launceston North, Bass, Tasmania, Australia

      • Source text:

        Residence date: 1937
        Residence place: Launceston North, Bass, Tasmania, Australia

  3. Ancestry.com: Web: International, Find A Grave Index
  4. Ancestry.com: UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
  5. Ancestry.com: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
  6. Ancestry.com: Australia, World War II Military Service Records, 1939-1945