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FILDES, Walter Eric
Personal Details
Service Number: | F2632/19 |
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Enlisted: | 4 September 1939 |
Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
Last Unit: | HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2 |
Born: | Birkenhead, England, 22 May 1919 |
Home Town: | Bassendean, Bassendean, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Able Seaman, F2632/19, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2 | |
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4 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, F2632/19 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Walter and Eliza Fildes, of 12 James Street, Bassendean, Western Australia.