Dudley Edward EITZEN

EITZEN, Dudley Edward

Service Number: PA3882
Enlisted: 27 April 1943, Port Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Able Seaman
Last Unit: HMAS Madang
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 23 August 1923
Home Town: Brompton, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Malaria M T (“malignant tertian”), HMAS Madang, 22 September 1945, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
(CWGC) Grave Reference ~ Plot L. Row A. Grave 6. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS FAMILY"
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

27 Apr 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman Driver, PA3882, Port Adelaide, SA
15 Sep 1945: Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, HMAS Madang

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Edward Carl Heinrich Eitzen and Annie Eberlie (nee Taylor) Eitzen' brother of Daphne Mavis Eitzen,