Arnold Pearce PARTINGTON

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PARTINGTON, Arnold Pearce

Service Number:	22132
Enlisted:	23 May 1938
Last Rank:	Seaman
Last Unit:	HMAS Canberra (I)
Born:	Wellington, Western Australia, 2 April 1916
Home Town:	Glenorchy, Glenorchy, Tasmania
Schooling:	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk & Musician
Died:	Acute appendicitis, Mauritius, 6 April 1941, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Phoenix Cemetery Mil. Sec. 12. 18. Mauritius Inscription: "COME UNTO ME, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

23 May 1938:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, 22132
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 22132, HMAS Canberra (I)
6 Apr 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, 22132, HMAS Canberra (I)

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Arnold Pearce PARTINGTON was born in Wellington in Western Australia on 2nd April, 1916

His parents were Percival Pearce PARTINGTON & Ethel May BAILE who married in West Perth, WA in 1907

He initially joined the Army (SN 236184) before signing up with the Royal Australian Navy for a 12 year term on 23rd May, 1938 - he was a Bandsman

He died of acute appendicitis and is buried in the Phoenix Military Cemetery in Mauritis and also honoured in the Plymouth Naval Memorial & the Australian War Memorial

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His father Percival Pearce PARTINGTON (SN 274011) enlisted voluntary on 20th May, 1921 in the Army & served in the 11th Regiment and the 42nd Infantry Battalion

His brother Leslie Warburton PARTINGTON (SN 22696) was also a Bandsman in the Navy on HMAS Sydney & he was Killed in Action on 20th November in the Indian Ocean

Another brother Percival Kenneth PARTINGTON (SN 21938) was also a Bandsman on HMAS Huon & discharged on 6th March, 1946 - he was also a Prisoner of War

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