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FORD, Alfred Vernon
Personal Details
| Service Number: | PM3178 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 November 1940, Port Melbourne, VIC |
| Last Rank: | Petty Officer |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2 |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 29 December 1907 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | South Australia and Victoria |
| Occupation: | Sailor (Deck Hand - UK Merchant Marine) |
| Died: | Naval Battle - Killed in 6 Inch Gun Turret during Battle - Not a POW, Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies (HMAS Perth), 1 March 1942, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 76 Column 2 Lived in Adelaide SA and Brunswick Vic. Moved to UK Lived in Liverpool.Unmarried. Parents Alfred Samuel and Lilly Originally from UK and related to Alfred John Finney RAN also Killed HMAS Perth. Also Listed on HMAS Perth Memorial Perth Western Australia, Brunswick War Memorial,The Shrine of Rememberence,Melbourne and AWM Canberra., Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crib Point Ordnance Staff Memorial St Mark Protestant Chapel, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 11 Nov 1940: | Involvement PM3178, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2 | |
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| 11 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Port Melbourne, VIC | |
| 11 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, PM3178 |
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