SIEVEY, Richard Thomas
| Service Number: | S5252 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
| Born: | Double Bay, NSW, 30 March 1916 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | University of Sydney |
| Occupation: | Law Graduate |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Ordinary Seaman, S5252, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 | |
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| 3 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, S5252, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Thomas Sievey and Mary Jane Sievey, of Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia. B.A., LL.B. (Sydney).
Richard Sievey, a law graduate of the University of Sydney, was admitted to the bar in March 1941. He enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy as an ordinary seaman in the hope of joining his brother who was serving on HMAS Perth. Ordinary Seaman R T Sievey was posted to HMAS Sydney and was killed in action when HMAS Sydney was sunk after the action with the German raider Kormoran in the Indian Ocean on 20 November 1941. His brother, Able Seaman John W Sievey, was also killed in action when HMAS Perth was sunk on 1 March 1942. The brothers were cousins to Captain H Waller, the captain of HMAS Perth, who was also killed when HMAS Perth was sunk. The original portrait carries the following inscription: "To all I love at "Bramber" Chappie 14-3-41".
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