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Service: Royal Australian Navy Service Number: 2354 NS National Service
Veteran Details
Service Record
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Name
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Franklin , Robert William
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Service
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Navy
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Service Number
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2354 NS
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Rank
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Ordinary Seaman
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Date of Birth
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29/08/1934
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Place of Birth
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Devonport
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Date of Intake
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04/07/1952
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NS Training
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Eyre
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Follow Up Training
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HMAS Culgoa
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Basic Training
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Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus)
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Next of Kin at time of Service
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Mr & Mrs Franklin
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Medals
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ADM / ANSM
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Source: NOMINAL ROLL of NASHOS WHO SERVED 1951 to 1972
Link: https://nashonomroll.org/f_nominalroll2.asp?NominalRollID=9134 - Accessed 01/02/2026
Source 2: Franklin R.W. - 15/02/2026
Bob advised (in part):
"Did National Service Basic Training about 2 months or so at Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus)
Spent a similar period on board HMAS Culgoa where we served as the weather ship for the UK Monte Bello atom bomb test
We had 3 annual refresher voyages" |
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