CROLE, Mervyn Henry
| Service Number: | PM/V498 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 December 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot) |
| Born: | Leongatha, Victoria, Australia, 3 February 1921 |
| Home Town: | Newhaven, Bass Coast, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fisherman |
| Died: | Newhaven, Bass Coast - Victoria, Australia, 30 December 2000, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 14 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PM/V498, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot) | |
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| 10 May 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PM/V498, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot) | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Able Seaman, PM/V498, HMAS Moreton |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Mervyn was the third of four children of Walter Henry Crole (born 1890 in Warragul, Victoria) and Florence Helena Mears (born 1890 in Pakenham, Victoria). In 1913, Walter (a Labourer) married Florence in Leongatha, Victoria. They lived in Leongatha, where Walter was a Labourer, until moving to Newhave in Port Phillip Bay in 1918. Walter worked as a Fisherman at Newhaven before moving to Phillip Island, where he was a Boat Builder.
Mervyn was a Fisherman at Newhaven in December 1942 when he enlisted in the RAN (Volunteer Reserves) as a Cadet (Service No:PM/V498) on HMAS Lonsdale. He served on HMAS Stella Maris and Penguin, and was an Able Seaman attached to HMAS Moreton when he was Discharged in May 1946. Brother Reginald Vaughan (Sapper; Service No:VX62632) served in WWII, as did numerous cousins, Uncles and Aunts.
In 1947 Mervyn was a Fisherman on Phillip Island when he married Marie Louise Walker (born 1928 in Melbourne, Victoria). Mervyn and Marie settled at Newhaven in Port Phillip Bay, where Mervyn was a Fisherman. Marie died in 1996 and Mervyn in 2000.