RUDALL, Peter Sutherland
| Service Numbers: | S11189, PA2017 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 July 1940, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Ordinary Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
| Born: | Gawler, South Australia, 31 May 1922 |
| Home Town: | Gawler, Gawler, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St Peter's College |
| Occupation: | Law student |
| Died: | HMAS Sydney, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 19 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, Gawler Council WW2 Honour Roll, Gawler RSL Memorial Wall, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
World War 2 Service
| 31 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, S11189, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 31 Jul 1940: | Enlisted S11189 | |
| 27 Jan 1941: | Discharged Private, S11189 | |
| 28 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, PA2017, HMAS Cerberus (Shore), Port Adelaide, South Australia | |
| 28 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, PA2017 | |
| 20 Nov 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, PA2017, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2, RAN Operations - 'SW Pacific / Indian Ocean 1941-43' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Reginald John and Kathleen Clara Rudall, of Gawler, South Australia.
Ordinary Seaman Peter Rudall, 19, son of the Commissioner of Crown Lands (Mr. R. J. Rudall), had a remarkably successful athletic and scholastic career at St. Peter's College. He played in the college tennis six at the unusually early age of 15, and later captained the team. He had taken the first year of his law course at the University before he entered the navy. He was always keen on sailing and had his own boat at Port Vincent. Mr. Rudall's other son, Jake, is with the A.I.F in Syria.
Able Seaman Peter Sutherland Rudall, 19, second son of the Commissioner of Crown Lands (Mr. R. J. Rudall) and Mrs. Rudall, of Gawler, was educated at St. Peter's College, and in his final year was captain of tennis, editor of the school magazine, a school prefect, and prominent in other spheres or school life. "Of out-standing personality, he was one of the finest and most popular boys at St. Peter's," said the headmaster (Rev. Guy Pentreath) yesterday.
On leaving school, Able Seaman Rudall was awarded a scholarship at St. Mark's College. He attempted to enlist in the AIF early in 1940, but was under age. He then joined the Navy as an ordinary seaman, passing his first year's examination in law at the University before he was called up. Able Seaman Rudall was one of 20 men specially selected a few weeks ago to train for his commission aboard the Sydney. His brother Jake is in the AIF and spent several months in Tobruk.
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