Charles Eric CROISDALE

CROISDALE, Charles Eric

Service Number: 23553
Enlisted: 5 September 1939, Acting Ordnance Artificer 4th Class, 12 year engagement
Last Rank: Petty Officer
Last Unit: HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
Born: Bedford, England, 5 June 1914
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Sailor, R.A.N. (trade: Engineer)
Died: Killed in Action, Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942, aged 27 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Panel 73, Column 3., Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom Panel 73 Col 3
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

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 23553, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
5 Sep 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, 23553, Acting Ordnance Artificer 4th Class, 12 year engagement
18 Jul 1940: Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
5 Sep 1940: Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2, Confirmed Ordnance Artificer 4th Class
1 Mar 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, 23553, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2

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ROLL OF HONOUR
CROISDALE.—Charles Eric, Ordnance Artificer, H.M.A.S. Perth, killed in action, March 1, 1942, only child of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Croisdale, of Melbourne, loved husband of Dorothy, father of Judith.
The Sydney Morning Hearld, 07 February 1946 (nla.gov.au)