USS PEARY
SUNK IN DARWIN HARBOUR
ON 19 FEBRUARY 1942
USS Peary
88 men were killed when USS Peary was sunk in Darwin Harbour on 19 February 1942 during a Japanese air raid on Darwin:-
| John Blake Andrews | Robert Benton Armstrong | Delmar Eugene Baker | William Emerson Bancroft |
| Murren Aarel Barbee | George Edward Barnett | Lee Anthony Bauer | John Michael Bermingham |
| Charles Camillie Boudreaux | Claude Lionel Buckley | Cyrus David Carter | Robert Fred Chapman |
| Archie Kennedy Cook | John Wood Cross | Lawrence Jackson Cross | Arthur William Davis |
| Shirley Otis Day | Ray Luther Deatrich | Willie Ray Denmark | James Hammond Fair |
| Chester Harry Frayer | Harold Arthur Frisbie | Herman Eugene Goldman | Augustus Henderson Gray |
| Ralph Griffin | Harold George Gronau | Ralph Eugene Gunn | Arthur Leonard Gustafson |
| Robert Leo Gusti | Wendell Herbert Hanson | Franklin Rosecrans Harris | Charlie Clynerd Holverstott |
| William Micknis Hooks | Robert Lee Howell | Robert Thomas Hunter | Philip Michael Joyce |
| Edwin Jacob Kalisz | Joseph Michael Kappes | Russell Eldon Keener | Gilbert Thomas Kennaugh |
| Gerhardt Marvin Kjolhede | Martin Matthew Koivisto | Bob Barnard Kriener | William Charles Labrie |
| Richard Joseph Lee | William Granville Mailer | John Raymond Mathews | Forest Cortland Matthews |
| Willis Edward McCord | William McFarland | Jackson Delaney McGinnis | Whitman Senter Miller |
| Charles F. Minneci | Jack Thomas O'Donnell | Donald Clayton O'Tyson | James William Palermo |
| Arthur Reuben Parker | Clifton Francis Patch | Raymond Beretis Pearson | Lester Norman Peterson |
| Ralph Delout Piercy | Eugene Richard Poland | Willis F. Polhemus | Jack Quiggen |
| George Smith Radzinski | Victor Frederick Radzinski | Alexander Reese | Benjamin Butler Rich |
| Curtis Rodgers | Paul James Rossiter | Louis Roth | Milton Darwin Rude |
| Max Newton Schuler | Norman Frank Schuler | Eugene Reid Senyohl | Walter Shofner |
| Willis Charlie Shook | William Lance Smith | John Justin Spata | Paul Robert Sweeney |
| Joseph Tapia | Douglas Holcomb Tew | Eugene Edgar Umpleby | Walter Vernon |
| Everett Fred Waite | James Thomas Weiss | John Louis Wilson | Frank Edward Zizak |
NOTE:- Some records and a Plaque incorrectly show the following names:-
Calvin S. George Jr.
Frank A. Glover
Alonzo Denison Hall
John Tinsley, Jr
Robert Doyle White
Can anyone help me with more information?
REFERENCES
Roll of Honour - Northern Territory Library
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I'd like to thank John Richards for his assistance with this web page.
"Australia @ War" WWII Research Products
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