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CUNNINGTON, Alan Leonard Fyffe
Personal Details
Service Number: | 22983 |
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Enlisted: | 14 March 1939 |
Last Rank: | Petty Officer |
Last Unit: | HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 16 April 1913 |
Home Town: | Sandringham, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Sailor, R.A.N. (trade Fitter & Turner) |
Died: | Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 58, Column 1., Plymouth Naval Memorial, England |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brighton War Memorial, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Crib Point Ordnance Staff Memorial St Mark Protestant Chapel, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial |
Service History
Non Warlike Service
14 Mar 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, 22983, HMAS Cerberus (Shore), Acting Ordnance Artificer 4th Class, 12 year engagement |
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World War 2 Service
14 Mar 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, 22983 | |
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3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 22983, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 | |
14 Apr 1940: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Hobart (I), Rated Ordnance Artificer 4th Class (OA IV) 11-09-1940 | |
2 Oct 1941: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 | |
20 Nov 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, 22983, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
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