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SHIERS, Arthur Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 23495 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
| Born: | Southwark, SA, 24 May 1921 |
| Home Town: | Kent Town, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Henley Beach Public School |
| Occupation: | Employee General Motors Holdens |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" At Sea |
| 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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 23495, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Shiers, of Adelaide, South Australia.
Able Seaman Arthur Ernest Shiers, 21, was a son of Mr. Alfred Shiers. of Kent Town, and the late Mrs. Shiers. He joined the navy shortly after the outbreak of war and had been in the Sydney in all her engagements in the Mediterranean. Educated at the Henley Beach Public School, A.B. Shiers later worked on a farm at Yundi and was employed at General Motors Holden's when he enlisted. One of his three brothers. William is in the R.A.A.F.
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