James Alexander FETTES

FETTES, James Alexander

Service Number: 7290
Enlisted: 14 December 1912
Last Rank: Engine Room Artificer III
Last Unit: HMAS AE1 (Submarine)
Born: Pyrmont, New South Wales, 30 September 1884
Home Town: Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Drowned in accidental loss of vessel), St George's Channel, Papua New Guinea, St George's Channel, New Pomerania, Bismarck Archipelago, German New Guinea, 14 September 1914, aged 29 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balmain War Memorial, Crib Point RAN WW1 Roll of Honour (Panel 1), Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea, Teneriffe Submariners Walk
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Non Warlike Service

14 Dec 1912: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman

World War 2 Service

17 Dec 1912: Enlisted 7290

World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1914: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Engine Room Artificer III, 7290, HMAS AE1 (Submarine), German New Guinea

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