| 👶 Birth | 1920 | Oldham, Lancashire 📍 ⓘFree BMD 🏛️ League of Nations established |
| 💼 Occupation | 1941 (21) | Able Seaman P/JX 193285 of Royal Navy ⓘCommonwealth War Graves 🏛️ Second World War |
| ✝️ Death | 24 Nov 1941 (21) | St. Paul's Rocks, north east of Recife, Brazil 📍 Drowned on HMS Dunedin ⓘCommonwealth War Graves 🔗 View ABLE SEAMAN JOHN MANOCK Service Number: P/JX 193285 Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Navy H.M.S. Dunedin. Date of Death: 24 November 1941 aged 21 years old Buried or commemorated at: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Panel 48, Column 3. United Kingdom Additional Info: Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Manock, of Middleton Junction, Lancashire Dunedin was steaming in the Central Atlantic Ocean, just east of the St. Paul's Rocks, north east of Recife, Brazil, when on 24 November 1941, at 1526 hours, two torpedoes from the German submarine U-124 sank her. Only four officers and 63 men survived out of Dunedin's crew of 486 officers and men. |