IRVIN, Bernard
| Service Number: | PA1784 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 April 1940, Port Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Torrens (Depot) / HMAS Encounter (Shore) |
| Born: | Rose Park, South Australia, 15 November 1920 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fitter |
| Died: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 14 February 1964, aged 43 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 22 Apr 1940: | Involvement Able Seaman, PA1784, HMAS Torrens (Depot) / HMAS Encounter (Shore) | |
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| 22 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Port Adelaide, SA | |
| 22 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA1784 | |
| 30 Oct 1945: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Able Seaman Bernard Irvin (Service No:PA1784) enlisted as an Ordinary Seaman in the RAN on 22 April 1940 and was attached to HMAS Canberra when he was promoted to Able Seaman on 6 April 1941. His service included HMAS Cerberus, Rushcutter; Leeuwin and Bungaree and Able Seaman Irvin was attached to HMAS Torrens at Discharge on 30 October 1945.
The eldest of five children, Bernard was born in Adelaide South Australia in 1920 to Ernest Irvin (b1881 in Adelaide, South Australia) and Mary Veronica Malone (b1891 in Ireland). Ernest was a Labourer at Mt Barker, SA before serving with the AIF (Service No:3851) in WWI. He and Mary married in Adelaide in 1918, where they settled and raised their family and Ernest worked as a Boilermaker's Assistant.
Following his Discharge, Bernard married Joyce Elizabeth Jane Sutherland (b1923 in Camperdown, Victoria) - Joyce had served with the ACMF in WWII. Bernard and Joyce settled in Geelong, Victoria where Bernard worked as a Fitter until his death in 1964. Joyce died in 2004.
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