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| dateofbirth	  = 11 Sep 1911
| placeofbirth	  = Fremantle, Western Australia
| death	          = 3 Aug 1942
| placeofdeath	  = Bay of Biscay
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| occupation	  = Merchant seaman
| religion	  = Roman Catholic
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| relation	  = Wife
| nextofkin       = Mrs Jean Hemy
| regnumber	  = 104519
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| rank	          = Pilot Officer
| unit     	  = [[No. 51 Squadron RAF]]
| fate1	          = Killed in action 3 Aug 1942
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| medal1	  = 1939-45 Star
| medal2          = Atlantic Star
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==Pre War==
Aged 15, Claude joined the merchant navy as a cabin boy on ''SSSiljan'', a Norwegian ship which sailed from Fremantle to Falmouth, England. IN England he was apprenticed to the West Hartlefird Steamship Navigation Co. and as a cadet travelled on a large cargo ship to North and South America. In December 1938 Claude married Jean Sharpe (1914 - 1982) and they had one child pre war. He had secured a job with a large power station suppyling Newcastle-on-Tyne.

==War Service==
Served with the RAF Volunteer Reserve as a Navigator. At the time of his death, he was a member of [[No. 51 Squadron RAF]], a part of Coastal Command, based at RAF Station Chivenor in Devon . Their primary role was to  carry out U Boat patrols of the Bay of Biscay. On 3 Aug 1942 Claude's crew of six members of the RAF were in [[Armstrong Whitworth A.W.38 Whitley]] Serial Number Z9119, MH-G. They were presumed to have been shot down By 2 Arado 196s About 130 Miles Southwest of Lands End, Cornwall During an Anti Submarine Warfare Patrol, as a large explosion was seen by other 

British records needed.


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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Runneymeade_Memorial.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Runneymede Memorial]] </li>
<li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:Hemy_Claude_Dominic_Memorial.jpg|thumb|none|400px|]] </li>
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Claude's name is on Panel 70 of the Runnymede Memorial.


===Notes===
Claude's uncle, Mr Vincent Weir Hemy served in the British Merchant Navy aboard ''SS Wellpark'' as a 4th Engineer during WW2 and had died as a Prisoner of the Japanese on 15 Aug 1942, aged 55.
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