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PETTERSSON, Leslie Ormond
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 398, 1021 |
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Enlisted: | 12 October 1906, Permanent Naval Force - Victorian Navy |
Last Rank: | Chief Petty Officer |
Last Unit: | HMAS Lonsdale (Depot / Base) |
Born: | Yarraville, Victoria, Australia, 22 June 1891 |
Home Town: | Williamstown, Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Sailor, R.A.N. |
Died: | Illness, HMAS Cerberus, Victoria, Australia, Flinders, Westernport, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, 24 March 1942, aged 50 years |
Cemetery: |
HMAS Cerberus Cemetery, Crib Point, Victoria 2.G.5., HMAS Cerberus Cemetery, Westernport, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crib Point Ordnance Staff Memorial St Mark Protestant Chapel |
Service History
World War 2 Service
12 Oct 1906: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Chief Petty Officer, 398 |
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Non Warlike Service
12 Oct 1906: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Permanent Naval Force - Victorian Navy | |
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1 Jul 1911: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, 1021, Naval Depot Williamstown, Victoria, Armourer's Crew |
World War 1 Service
4 Aug 1914: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, 1021, HMAS Australia (I) WW1, Armorer's Mate/Armorer 23-04-1914 to 03-06-1918 |
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Non Warlike Service
20 Apr 1929: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Lonsdale (Depot / Base), Auxiliary Services S/N 398, Port Melbourne (Lonsdale), Chief Ordnance Artificer |
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World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 1021 | |
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3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, 398, HMAS Lonsdale (Depot / Base), Port Melbourne (Lonsdale), Chief Ordnance Artificer | |
24 Mar 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, 398, HMAS Lonsdale (Depot / Base) |
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