Frank Stennett

Forenames

Frank AWMM

Surname

Stennett AWMM

Service number

• WWII D/JX 148899 AWMM
• WWII D/JX148899 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW2 120 Old Mill Lane, Hazel Grove, Stockfort, Cheshire, England AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

River Plate AWMM

Armed force / branch

Navy AWMM

Service number

• WWII D/JX 148899 AWMM
• WWII D/JX148899 AWMM

Military service

Royal Navy AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Ordinary Telegraphist/Military AWMM
Royal Navy, HMS Achilles, New Zealand Division AWMM

Frank Stennett was the son of Frank and Jessie Stennett, of Hazel Grove; stepson of Eveline Stennett, of Hazel Grove, Greater Manchester

Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. AWMM

Death

13 Dec 1939 AWMM
Age  18 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Buceo British Cemetery, Montevideo, Uruguay AWMM Coll. grave SC 225 AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• HMS Achilles. Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 145, 16 December 1939, Page 14
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19391216.2.134&srpos
  Further Reference
• Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21346617
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.