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SBPO. Douglas Ellis Weatherley

Royal Navy HMHS Colombo

from:Watford, Hertfordshire

Douglas Weatherley was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England 1922. Indentured in 1939 to a Dental Surgeon in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire; he completed his apprenticeship as a Dental Mechanic in 1941.

He then enlisted into the Royal Navy, initially, he served as an LSBA on HMS Pembroke, Douglas was later transferred to the Royal Naval Ship Hospital Colombo in 1942.

In 1944 he was transferred back to the Pembroke this time as an SBPO and in 1945 he served on the Royal Arthur, until in 1946, when he was transferred once again to the Pembroke as an SBPO.

Late in 1946, Douglas went to Kenya, East Africa and worked as a Dental Mechanic in private practice. He married and had two daughters. 1n 1966 he, along with his family, moved to Perth Western Australia. Douglas died in 1979 aged 56



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