Harold Nelson RICHARDS

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RICHARDS, Harold Nelson

Service Number:	PA2191
Enlisted:	12 May 1941, Port Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Engine Room Artificer IV
Last Unit:	HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Born:	Riverton, South Australia, 5 July 1914
Home Town:	Marleston, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Munitions Worker
Died:	Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 27 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

World War 2 Service

12 May 1941:	Enlisted Port Adelaide, SA
12 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, PA2191
20 Nov 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Engine Room Artificer IV, PA2191, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Archibald Charles and Violet Richards, of Marlston, South Australia. Commodore Largs Bay Dinghy Club, 1939-1941

Engineroom Artificer H. Richards, 27, of Sarah street, Marleston, had been in the Sydney only since September. For many months he had tried to obtain a release from munitions work to go into the navy. He trained at Flinders Naval Depot before being posted. He was formerly a Boy Scout in the Richmond district. He was also commodore of the Largs Dinghy Club for two years.

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