STEVENS, Charles Kenneth
| Service Number: | PA/3692 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 March 1943, Port Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Torrens (Depot) / HMAS Encounter (Shore) |
| Born: | Two Wells, South Australia, 1 November 1925 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Norwood Technical School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Painter & Decorator |
| Died: | Goolwa, South Australia, Australia, 5 August 2020, aged 94 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 16 Mar 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, PA/3692, HMAS Torrens (Depot) / HMAS Encounter (Shore) | |
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| 16 Mar 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Port Adelaide, South Australia | |
| 16 Mar 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, PA/3692 | |
| 15 Mar 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy |
Charles Kenneth Stevens profile
Charles Kenneth Stevens
born on 1st November 1925 at Two Wells
parents ... Eric Cyril Edgar Stevens, Myrtle Irene (Elbourne)
I entered the R.A.N. at the age of seventeen ... HMAS Torrens at Birkenhead.
Serving for 3 years from March 1943 - March 1946
Cerberus (Vic), Balmoral (NSW), Pt Stephens (NSW)
Milne Bay (PNG) Ammunition Ship Yunan in the Pacific ... a Chinese Merchant Ship taken over for the duration of WW2.
After the war I was trained through the Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme to be a Painter and Decorator.
I joined the RSL after WW2 and I've been an active member for over 50 years.
During that time, I served as President of the Payneham Sub branch for 3years.
I was a committee member for 13 years.
In 2003 I transferred to Goolwa Sub branch.
I have participated in most ANZAC day dawn services and marches
and I treasure the camaraderie that this organization provides.
Submitted 21 April 2015 by MERILYN MCWATERS
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