Albert Raymond (Alby) LEE

LEE, Albert Raymond

Service Number: SX3910
Enlisted: 29 May 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit: Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Born: Renmark, South Australia, 4 September 1915
Home Town: Kensington, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Electrician
Died: Monarto, South Australia, 15 March 2000, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

29 May 1940: Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, SX3910
29 May 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, SX3910
29 May 1940: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
7 Nov 1940: Embarked Private, SX3910, Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 484 days served overseas
7 Oct 1941: Promoted Corporal
29 Oct 1942: Promoted Sergeant
21 Nov 1943: Promoted Staff Sergeant
25 Mar 1944: Promoted Warrant Officer Class 2
5 Aug 1945: Discharged
5 Aug 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, SX3910

EME service

Alby gained a distinction for his course in Palestine and was on the last ship (Orkades) to evacuate troops from Sumatra before it was sunk by the Japanese.

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