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Hector Waller
Captain Hector Macdonald Laws Waller, DSO and Bar (1900 – March 1, 1942) was the captain of the light cruiser HMAS Perth in the Second World War. Waller went down with his ship (HMAS Perth accompanied by the USS Houston) when it encountered a Japanese invasion fleet consisting of two cruisers and twelve destroyers in the Battle of Sunda Strait.
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