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LEE-STEERE, Roderick Yelverton
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| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 14 September 1940, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Merchant Navy |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 29 April 1916 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Hale School, Perth, Western Australia & St Peters College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | RAN Officer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, At sea, 29 June 1944, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England. Panel 93 Column 1. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll, Wembley Downs Hale School Honour Roll 2, Wembley Downs Hale School Memorial Grove |
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Roderick Yelverton LEE-STEERE was born in Perth, Western Australia on 29th April, 1916
His parents were Ernest Augustus LEE-STEERE & Bridget Yelverton O'CONNOR who married in Perth in 1910
Roderick served in the Royal Australia Navy and was discharged on 24th January, 1944 - he died on 29th June, 1944 whilst serving in the Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve during the sinking of the ship HMS Rhyl by the Japanese
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 93 , Column 1 in England
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His brother Charles Augustus LEE-STEERE was Killed in Action at Dunkirk on 27th May, 1940
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