Archibald Douglas KRIEG

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KRIEG, Archibald Douglas

Service Number:	24609
Enlisted:	16 September 1940, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Steward
Last Unit:	HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 29 November 1922
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Sturt Street School, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Employee of Turners Ltd. Butchers
Died:	Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birkenhead HMAS Sydney (II) D48 Memorial, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea

World War 2 Service

16 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Steward, 24609, Melbourne, Victoria
31 Jul 1941:	Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Steward, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Paul Henry and Amelia Ernestine Krieg, of Hectorville, South Australia.

Assistant Steward Douglas Archibald Krieg was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Krieg, of Arthur street, Payneham. His nineteenth birthday fell on Saturday. Before joining the navy, he was in a militia light horse regiment for some years. He was educated at Sturt Street School, and worked
for Turners Ltd., butchers.

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