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PEDERSEN, Charles Frederick
Personal Details
Service Number: | 23624 |
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Enlisted: | 10 October 1939, Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
Last Unit: | HMAS Yarra (II) |
Born: | Port Augusta, South Australia, 22 April 1920 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 4 March 1942, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave (at sea) - Panel 73, Column 1, Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
Service History
World War 2 Service
10 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, 23624, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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10 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 23624 | |
4 Mar 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 23624, HMAS Yarra (II) | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Olaf Marius Pedersen and Elizabeth Catherine (nee Hearn) Pedersen of Parkside; brother of Kathleen Marie Pedersen, Ashley Meyer Pedersen and Anne Maud Pedersen who served in the RAAF with the rank of Aircraftswoman