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HONOR, Charles Leslie
Service Numbers: | PA/V24 , PA/V24 |
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Enlisted: | 28 April 1941, Port Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Telegrapher |
Last Unit: | HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
Born: | Milang, South Australia, 4 July 1906 |
Home Town: | Milang, Alexandrina, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Shop assistant |
Died: | Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 35 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, Milang Memorial Gates, Milang Soldiers' Memorial Gardens & Anzac Park, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
World War 2 Service
28 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, PA/V24 , HMAS Torrens (Depot) / HMAS Encounter (Shore), Port Adelaide, SA | |
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28 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA/V24 | |
20 Nov 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Telegrapher, PA/V24, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2, RAN Operations - 'SW Pacific / Indian Ocean 1941-43' | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Son of William Arthur and Lillian Annie Honor; husband of Elva Myrtle Honor, of Milang, South Australia.
Telegraphist Charles Leslie Honor, 37, was born at Milang where he worked for many years. His wife is living at Waverley street, Mitcham, with their sons, William (5) and Robert (4). Telegraphist Honor had been in the navy seven months and only recently transferred to the Sydney.