STEELE, Robert Mitchell
| Service Number: | PA2854 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 May 1942, Port Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Australia (II) D84 - WW2 |
| Born: | Rose Park, South Australia, 30 June 1924 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Paruna Primary School |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds and burns, Central Phillipines, 21 October 1944, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, HMAS Australia (Honour Roll), Loxton Browns Well & District WW2 Pictorial Roll of Honour, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
World War 2 Service
| 19 May 1942: | Enlisted Port Adelaide | |
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| 19 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA2854, HMAS Cerberus (Shore) | |
| 21 Oct 1944: | Involvement Able Seaman, PA2854, HMAS Australia (II) D84 - WW2, Posting at death |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles Robert and Margaret Lillias Steele, of Nailsworth, South Australia.
Mr. C. R. Steele. formerly of Paruna, has been notified that his son AB Robert Mitchell Steele who was a member of the crew of HMAS Australia, lost his life as a result of wounds and burns received in battle in the Central Philippines
AB Robert Mitchell Steele was born in June 1924. He was the eldest son of Mr. C.R. and the late Mrs. Steele of Paruna. After being educated at Paruna Primary School and a city High School, he worked on his father's farm about seven miles from Paruna. AB Steele enlisted in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve in 1941 and HMAS Australia was his first ship.
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