POLLARD, Albert Lance
| Service Number: | PA1379 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1939, Port Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Torrens (Depot) / HMAS Encounter (Shore) |
| Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, 1 May 1918 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Adelaide High School |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Circumstances of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA1379, HMAS Cerberus (Shore), Port Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 18 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA1379 | |
| 19 Sep 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA1379 | |
| 14 Aug 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA1379, HMAS Torrens (Depot) / HMAS Encounter (Shore) |
Naming Albert
Albert Lance Pollard was born in May, 1918, and was named after two of his Uncles who were then fighting on the Western Front in France -- Albert William Colley Pollard, his father's brother, and Lance John Edwards, his mother's brother. Both of his uncles survived the First World War and returned home to meet their nephew named in their honour.
Submitted 16 March 2016 by Rosemary Aukett
Biography
Albert was the eldest of two sons. He was born in Port Pirie on 1st May 1918 to Clarence and Laurel Pollard. Albert signed up with the Naval Reserves at Birkenhead in South Australia during 1936, and was called up in the following years to serve in World War 2. He commenced his service on the Australian Destroyer "Quickmatch". He served on this ship until March 1943, when he joined the heavy cruiser HMAS "Shropshire"
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