Alfred Vernon (Fred or Vern) FORD

FORD, Alfred Vernon

Service Number: PM3178
Enlisted: 11 November 1940, Port Melbourne, VIC
Last Rank: Petty Officer
Last Unit: HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 29 December 1907
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: South Australia and Victoria
Occupation: Sailor (Deck Hand - UK Merchant Marine)
Died: Naval Battle - Killed in 6 Inch Gun Turret during Battle - Not a POW, Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies (HMAS Perth), 1 March 1942, aged 34 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Panel 76 Column 2 Lived in Adelaide SA and Brunswick Vic. Moved to UK Lived in Liverpool.Unmarried. Parents Alfred Samuel and Lilly Originally from UK and related to Alfred John Finney RAN also Killed HMAS Perth. Also Listed on HMAS Perth Memorial Perth Western Australia, Brunswick War Memorial,The Shrine of Rememberence,Melbourne and AWM Canberra., Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crib Point Ordnance Staff Memorial St Mark Protestant Chapel, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial
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World War 2 Service

11 Nov 1940: Involvement PM3178, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
11 Nov 1940: Enlisted Port Melbourne, VIC
11 Nov 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, PM3178

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