SUMMERS, Arthur George
| Service Number: | PA2055 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 March 1941, Port Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2 |
| Born: | Peterhead, 12 February 1922 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Largs Bay School |
| Occupation: | Employee of South Australian Harbours Board |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Sunda Strait, Indonesia, Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Mar 1941: | Involvement Ordinary Seaman, PA2055, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2 | |
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| 3 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Port Adelaide | |
| 3 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, PA2055 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Ordinary-Seaman Arthur George Summers, 20, of Hargrave street, Peterhead, joined the Navy a year ago, hoping to see his only brother, A.B. Robert Summers. who went away on the outbreak of war. They never met, but were in Sydney together on December 5. On that day Robert arrived home on leave in a ship escorted from New Zealand by the Perth.
They sent wires to their mother within an hour of each other. Neither had any idea that the other was in Sydney, as Robert did not know until later that his brother was in the escorting cruiser.
O.S Summers worked in the South Australian Harbors Board Office. Port Adelaide. He was educated at Largs Bay School. He was secretary of Ipana Tennis Club Peterhead.
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