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SMITH, Ernest Edwin
Personal Details
Service Number: | PA2086 |
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Enlisted: | 2 May 1941 |
Last Rank: | Ordinary Seaman |
Last Unit: | HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot) |
Born: | Greytown, 6 June 1921 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 4 March 1942, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Victor Harbor WW2 Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
2 May 1941: | Involvement Ordinary Seaman, PA2086, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot) | |
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2 May 1941: | Enlisted Port Adelaide | |
2 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, PA2086 | |
4 Mar 1942: | Discharged | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
H.M.S. Anking
Royal Australian Naval Reserve
Son of Rory Sydney Thomas Smith, and of Olive Irene Smith, of Semaphore, South Australia.