Donald PITTENDRIGH MID

PITTENDRIGH, Donald

Service Number: F3746
Enlisted: 2 June 1941
Last Rank: Leading Seaman
Last Unit: HMAS Australia (II) D84 - WW2
Born: Wellington District, Western Australia, 24 July 1917
Died: Killed in Action, 21 October 1944, aged 27 years, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom Panel 92 Column 2
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, HMAS Australia (Honour Roll)

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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Leading Seaman, F3746, HMAS Australia (II) D84 - WW2
2 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, F3746
21 Oct 1944: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, RAN Operations SW Pacific 1944-45 - "Lleyte 1944 / Lingayen Gulf 1945", Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, Thursday 19.04.1945, Page 917. Mentioned In Despatches (Posthumous) Leading Seaman Donald Pittendrigh RANR F3746.
Date unknown: Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, F3746

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